STEVE WILSON (Caractacus Potts) Broadway credits include: Sunday in the Park With George; Lestat; The Frogs; and By Jeeves. Regional theatres include: Shakespeare Theatre of NJ (company member), Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Asolo Theatre, GeVa Theatre, Cape Playhouse, Ensemble Theatre Co., and the Walnut Street Theatre. Steve is a proud graduate of Miami University (BA) and Penn State University (MFA).

KELLY MCCORMICK (Truly Scrumptious) National Tour: Les Misérables (Factory Girl/ Fantine u/s). Regionally: Les Misérables (Fantine), Pioneer Theatre Company; Pajama Game (Babe), Arizona Theatre Company; 1776 (Martha Jefferson), Pittsburgh CLO; Pal Joey (Linda), Prince Music Theater; Children of Eden, Ford's Theatre. NYC Workshop: Zhivago. Kelly holds her M.F.A. in Drama/M.M. in Voice from CCM; proud member of AEA. www.Kelly-McCormick.com

DICK DECAREAU (Grandpa Potts) Dick has for the past 28 years been performing in theatres all over the country. From Broadway to Off-Broadway. National Tours, Regional Theatre, and Summer Stock. Some of his most recent credits include, Wilbur in Hairspray, Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast, and Max in The Sound of Music.

GEORGE DVORSKY (Baron Bomburst/Lord Scrumptious) Broadway: The Scarlet Pimpernel, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Passion, Marilyn: An American Fable, and Whorehouse. Off-Broadway: Pete N Keely, Dames at Sea, and 'And the World Goes Round. Lincoln Center: Cinderella and Brigadoon. PBS: Passion: Live at Lincoln Center and Bernstein's Broadway with the Boston Pops. Solo CD: In the Still of the Night.

ELIZABETH WARD LAND (Baroness Bomburst/ Miss. Phillips) Broadway/Tours: The Scarlet Pimpernel, Passion, City of Angels, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, Les Miserables, Singin' in the Rain. Starring roles at the Alliance, Old Globe, Goodspeed, Sacramento Music Circus, and many others. TV, Voice-Over, Concerts, etc. Her acclaimed CD, First Harvest is available at LMLMusic.com and iTunes. www.ElizabethWardLand.com

DIRK LUMBARD (Boris) Broadway: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; Imaginary Friends; Meredith Willson's The Music Man; On Your Toes; Barnum; Sugar Babies. National Tours: Wizard of Oz (Jefferson Award); Crazy for You; Grand Hotel. Canada's Stratford Theatre: Meredith Willson's The Music Man (Stage Door Award); Titus Andronicus; Kiss Me Kate; Comedy of Errors. Television: "Deadline" (NBC); "Home Improvement" (ABC) "Alice in Wonderland" (PBS).

SCOTT COTE (Goran) Scott originated the role of Gus Gus in the new musical Twice Charmed: An Original Twist on the Cinderella Story for Disney Creative Entertainment. Regional credits include: Cabaret, Moon Over Buffalo, and Disney's Beauty and the Beast all for Northern Stage. Love to my family and friends! Proud member of AEA!

RICHARD G. RODGERS (Coggins/Toymaker) Most recent performances have included Leatherstocking in the world premiere of Glimmerglass, 5 various characters in Play by Play, Desire Lines, and John Mitchell in Martha Mitchell Calling. He has performed in the European and North American tours of FAME, national tour of The Unsinkable Molly Brown with Debbie Reynolds.

OLIVER WADSWORTH (Junkman/Childcatcher) Oliver has worked at many regional theatres including The Old Globe, Seattle Repertory, Long Wharf Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Denver Center Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Actors Theatre of Phoenix, and Capital Rep. Off-Broadway: Endpapers (Variety Arts); Well (The Public Theater); Bread and Roses (New York Theatre Workshop). He has won the AriZoni Award in Phoenix and been cited three times in Metroland for Best Performance in Albany, NY. Check out his website at www.oliverwadsworth.com.

ALY BRIER (Jemima Alternate/Orphan) Aly is thrilled to be on her first national tour in Chitty...! Local theater credits include Wizard of Oz (Dorothy), Into the Woods (Cinderella), Sound of Music (Gretl), Oliver (Oliver) and Willy Wonka (Charlie). Other credits include independent films Token (Young Santhe) and Sane Jules Blaine (Eve Blaine). Thanks JMM!

JEREMY LIPTON (Jeremy Alternate/ Orphan) 11, is thrilled to be a part of the Chitty cast. Community and local theatre credits include: Oliver (Oliver), Les Miserables (Gavroche), Seussical (Jojo), The Music Man (Winthrop), Sound Of Music (Kurt). Short Films Include: Pirate Boy (James), and Pas De Deus. Thanks to JMM.

CAMILLE MANCUSO (Jemima Alternate/ Orphan) 9-year-old from Columbus, Ohio making Professional debut. Regional/National credits: Annie (Molly), Sound of Music (Gretl), Charlotte's Web (Wilbur), Bugsy Malone (Lena), Kidzbop Nationwide Arena, America Sings! Disney World. Thanks: Ray Roderick, cast/crew for this "fantasmagorical" adventure, Alison Franck, Nancy Carson, Bob Marks, Diane Hardin, Harriet Hill, and family & friends.

ZACHARY CARTER SAYLE (Jeremy Alternate/ Orphan) is thrilled to be with the amazing cast of Chitty! Credits: The Sound of Music (Asia), Les Miserables, A Christmas Story, Bye Bye Birdie, Ah, Wilderness!, Scrooge!. Fantasmagorical thanks to Amelia DeMayo, Nancy Carson, Janine, Vera, and my wonderful family for supporting me on this crazy ride!

BIANCA BURGESS (Ensemble) Bianca graduated from Baltimore School for the Arts and received a B.F.A from Marymount Manhattan College. She danced with Washington Reflections Dance Company and was a part of 42nd Street in Asia.

MARK CHMIEL (Ensemble) Broadway: Anything Goes; Damn Yankees. London: Damn Yankees. National Tours: Everything's Ducky!; Damn Yankees; Wizard of Oz. Film/TV: The Producers; "All My Children" and numerous commercials.

PAIGE FAURE (Ensemble) National Tours: Little Women (Jo), Aida (Ens., US Amneris, Musical Staging Capt.); Other Favorites: Woman 1&2 in Miss You (BTP and Soulforce Benefit), Beverly in Shadowbox. Love to the Percussionist. Eph. 3: 4-21

GEOFFREY GOLDBERG (Ensemble) NY: On The Town (Chip) with Staten Island Philharmonic; Tour: 42nd Street (Billy Lawlor u/s and performed); Regional: Yankee Doodle; Grease (Doody); Forever Plaid (Sparky); Singin' in the Rain. BFA from NYU. www.geoffrey-goldberg.com

TREY GILLEN (Ensemble) Broadway: Movin Out, Candide, Most Happy Fella, Pirates of Penzance. Regional: Damn Yankees, Barnum. Dance: Icelandic National Ballet, Los Angeles Chamber Ballet, NYCOpera. BFA, The Juilliard School. Trey and his sister build orphanages for African children with HIV, www.childrensjourney.com

TIMOTHY HUGHES (Ensemble) Timothy is a recent graduate of NYU's Tisch School and CAP21. Last seen in Geva Theatre's Cabaret and ASF's West Side Story. Love to my family and friends. For Dad.

MATTHEW BRANDON HUTCHENS (Ensemble) Original Casts: Irving Berlin's White Christmas (Ensemble/Phil Davis cover). Regional: West Coast Premiere Memphis, Thoroughly Modern Millie (Jimmy), Me and My Girl (Gerald), Brigadoon (Charlie). www.MatthewBrandonHutchens.com

KEVIN LEARY (Dance Captain/Swing) BFA Wright State University. National tours: 42nd Street (DC/Andy Lee u/s), Meredith Willson's The Music Man (Tommy Djilas). Regional: Singin' In The Rain (Goodspeed), Guys and Dolls (Mountain Playhouse), A Chorus Line (Struthers Library).

KENT M. LEWIS (Ensemble) Regional: White Christmas, Annie...Gun, Oklahoma, Showboat, Singin' in the Rain, Pal Joey, 42nd Street. In Chicago: Buddy Holly Story, Hot Mikado, Will Rogers; Follies, 7 Brides/7 Bros, Brigadoon.

CHRIS KLINK (Ensemble) Credits: The Producers (Broadway and Las Vegas), We Will Rock You (Original U.S. Company); Hello Dolly! (Houston TUTS), CATS (Marriott Theatre), Joseph...(Fulton Opera), Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Fox Theatre, Detroit). Proud AEA Member.

MOLLY MAHONEY (Ensemble) Favorite Regional Credits: Crazy for You (Tess), Fiddler on the Roof (Tzeitel), 42nd Street (Diane), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Gloria/Millie u/s), Evita (Eva u/s). Thanks to family, friends, and teachers. www.MollyMahoney.com

ALISON MARCHESE (ASM/Swing) Alison is thrilled to be back on the road! Previous tours: The Producers (Ensemble/ACM), 42nd Street (Ensemble/US Dorothy). Graduate of Wagner College, BA in Theatre/Speech. Proud new member of AEA!

ELLIE MOONEY (Violet/Ensemble/Asst. Dance Captain) Recent Productions: Miss Dorothy Brown in Thoroughly Modern Millie (Maine State Music Theatre), The Thing About Men (Walnut Street Theatre), and Eileen in Irving Berlin's I Love a Piano (The Denver Center).

TIFFANY LEE OCVIRK (Ensemble) Favorite Roles: Ponytail girl in Sweet Charity, Lou Ann in Hairspray, Rhoda in White Christmas. Other professional credits: Seven Brides; CATS and Thoroughly Modern Millie. OCU graduate. Love to family, friends, and Jesus Christ.

MICHELLE PETRUCCI (Ensemble) National Tour: Camelot (Dance Captain). Lead singer/dancer onboard the Dawn Princess. Regional: Forum, Pal Joey (IRNE Award nom.), Fiddler, West Side Story. BFA, Boston Conservatory. Much love to family and friends for their support and laughs!

JOHN SAUNDERS (Sid/Ensemble) National Tours: My Fair Lady and Oliver. Regional: Northshore Music Theatre, Papermill Playhouse, MacHaydn Theatre. Currently a Professor of theatre at Wagner College. Love and thanks to Alison Frank, the family and the VIPS!

ERIC SHOREY (Ensemble) Eric is thrilled to join Chitty! Tours: Cats, West Side Story (European). Regional: Paper Mill, Goodspeed, NSMT, Marriott Lincolnshire, Gateway Playhouse, and Fireside, Disney Cruise Line. Thanks to friends and family.

MOLLY TYNES (Ensemble) New York: Angels the Musical (Swing). National Tour: Pippin (Goodspeed/ Tour). Favorites: Cabaret (Two Ladies), Chicago (Velma Kelly), How To Succeed... (Miss Jones). Thanks to my family!



RAY RODERICK (Director/Book Adaptation) was associate director of A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden for six years, where he was privileged to work with original director Mike Ockrent. He was associate director for Susan Stroman's Broadway revival of The Music Man. He subsequently directed the successful 3 year North American Tour. He co-wrote, directed and Choreographed Irving Berlin's I Love A Piano (Carbonell Award nomination best choreography, Florida Stage) now on National Tour. Off-Broadway, Ray directed and co-wrote the new musical The Prince And The Pauper (published by Samuel French), and directed and choreographed The Ark, Lamour The Merrier and The Story Goes On. He also co-wrote, directed and choreographed Heaven Help Us! (Carbonell Award nomination, best new work, Florida Stage), A Christmas Survival Guide (published by Samuel French) and I Love New York (Bistro Award, Best Musical Review 1999). Ray was the founding artistic director of Tri-State Center for the Arts and is currently co-owner of Miracle or 2 Productions (Miracleor2.com), where he has helped to develop and create the new musicals; Are We There Yet? and Coming To America and soon to come...The Bikinis! At the Denver Center Ray has directed and choreographed The Last 5 Years, The Taffetas and I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! (The longest running show in Denver History). Ray begins his tenth year as creative director for the Tennis Association's US Open, where he creates on court ceremonies for live television and is the Director of Arthur Ashe Kids Day for CBS. He is creative consultant and has written the English adaptation for the Chinese production of Chun Yi, The Legend Of Kung Fu now in its fourth year in Beijing and touring internationally. He also directed Believe, the all new award winning Shamu (killer whale) show for Seaworld in San Diego. Ray resides in New York, is married to Broadway actress Karyn Quackenbush and is the proud father of high school Senior and budding lighting designer Jamie Roderick.

JOANN M. HUNTER (Choreographer) Associate choreographer for Broadway, National Tour and West End productions of Spring Awakening. Curtains, The Wedding Singer, All Shook Up, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Petroucshka for ABT, and Princesses at 5th Avenue Theatre. As a performer she has 12 Broadway shows to her credit. Gloria, u/s Bunfoo in Thoroughly Modern Mille, Suzanne in Thou Shalt Not, Lois/Bianca in Kiss Me Kate, June in Chicago, Hannah in Steel Pier, Vibrata in A Funny Thing Happened..Forum, Damn Yankees, DC in How to Succeed..., Mimi/Havanna specialty in Guys and Dolls, Yvonne in Miss Saigon, Kiku in Shogun the Musical, and Maria/Angel in Jerome Robbins Broadway, and Victoria the white cat in Cats (Nat'l tour). Regional credits include: Emily Benson in Of Thee I Sing, Anita in West Side Story, Fumiko in Sayonara.

ROB BISSINGER (Set Designer) Broadway: Funny Girl benefit concert for The Actor's Fund. Off-Broadway; Jacques Brel... at the Zipper Theatre, Big Time, Dr. Sex, Rhapsody in Seth, Melancholy Baby, Strictly Personal, Holocaust Stories, and Theatre of the Film Noir. National tours include 42nd Street, The Who's Tommy, and Blast for Big League Theatricals as well as Scooby Doo in Stagefright for Clear Channel Family Entertainment. Regional credits include Half A Sixpence for Goodspeed Musicals, Pirates! and Meet Me in St. Louis for the Paper Mill Playhouse, Everything's Ducky at the Cincinnati Playhouse (Garland Award) as well as productions at Capital Rep., St. Louis Rep., and Longwharf. Robert has also worked for many years as a Broadway Associate for designers David Gallo, Douglas Schmidt, and David Rockwell. Presently, he is the Associate Designer for the upcoming Julie Taymor musical Spiderman designed by George Tsypin with whom he is also working on developing a brand new show for Cirque Du Soleil.

CHARLIE MORRISON (Lighting Design). Charlie's lighting for theatre, national and international tours, architecture, and events has been seen worldwide on four continents and in every state in the U.S. National and International tours include: Aida (U.S. and China); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Gypsy; 42nd Street (U.S. and Japan); Miss Saigon; Smokey Joe's Café; The Who's Tommy (Japan and Europe); Titanic; The Music Man; Footloose; The King and I (U.S., South America, Korea); many others. Regional: Shakespeare Theatre Company (DC); Papermill Playhouse; Goodspeed; Olney Theatre Center; Playmaker's Rep; many others. Charlie is the recipient of the 2006 and 2007 Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design, and has been nominated for six Helen Hayes awards over the past three years. For more information, please visit www.cmlighting.com.

LUCAS CORRUBIA, JR. (Sound Designer) Lucas, better known on Broadway as "Rico", has toured the US and internationally with such acts as Liza Minnelli, Frank Sinatra, Michael Crawford and Bernadette Peters. Some of his Broadway credits include mixing The Who's Tommy, Bring in 'da Noise Bring in 'da Funk, and most recently the revival of 42nd Street. In addition to several film projects, his most recent sound designs include the International touring production of Burn the Floor, and Big League Theatrical's road tours of Footloose, Miss Saigon and Meredith Willson's The Music Man.

ROBERT K. MIKULSKI (Music Supervisor) Robert's Broadway credits include Phantom of the Opera, Fosse, Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake, and Disney's Aida. His regional theater credits include Chess, West Side Story, Little Shop of Horrors, Pump Boys and Dinettes, and Chasing Nicolette. Robert's television credits include: "The Book of Daniel." He has worked with such performers as Idina Menzel, Liza Minelli, Toni Braxton, Debra Cox, Donald O'Connor, Sherrie Renee Scott, Adam Pascal, Bebe Neuwirth, Ann Reinking, and Marni Nixon.

JOHN BAXINDINE (Additional Orchestrations and Dance Arrangements) NYC: Drood, The Fartiste. Regional: Jamaica, Meet John Doe, Parade (Barrymore nomination), Pal Joey, Great Ostrovsky, Casino Paradise. Readings: Lorenzo, Goodbye And Good Luck, American Family. Arranger for Christiane Noll, Hampton String Quartet. Recordings: Rupert Holmes's Swing. As composer/ lyricist: Angst, The Cub Club. Harvard graduate.

ALISON FRANCK (Casting) has been the Resident Casting Director for Paper Mill Playhouse since 2000. She has cast over 40 productions for Paper Mill including the Broadway transfer of I'm Not Rappaport, starring Judd Hirsch and Ben Vereen, directed by Daniel Sullivan. Recent Paper Mill productions include Meet Me in St. Louis, The Miracle Worker, Steel Magnolias, Kiss Me Kate and Little Shop of Horrors. Other regional productions include Pirates! (Goodspeed/Paper Mill), Hairspray and Les Miserables (North Shore Music Theatre), and 2007's mini-tour of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers directed by Scott Schwartz and choreographed by Patti Colombo (TUTS / Paper Mill / North Shore / TOTS). She has also cast the National Tour of Ain't Misbehavin' starring Ruben Studdard and Frenchie Davis.

MB PRODUCTIONS (Production Management) Formed in the fall of 2005, MB Productions was the creation of Production Manager, Mike Bauder, after spending nearly 20 years in a variety of roles within the industry. Managing projects domestically and abroad, through his career he has managed productions in the United States, United Kingdom, Korea, China, The Philippines, Singapore, and India (to name a few) Recent projects include Cinderella (with Lea Salonga), Ring of Fire (National Tour), and the National Tour of Nickelodeon's Go Diego Go - Live!. Mike is currently working with Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Singapore for productions that will open in 2009. MB Productions can be found online at www.mbproductions.com

MICHAEL DANEK (Production Stage Manager) Touring Companies: Dr. Dolittle w/ Tommy Tune; Disney's High School Musical. European Touring companies: Grease, (Performed in German); Fame, Hair; Evita, West Side Story. Off Broadway: Perfect Crime, (Longest Running play in New York), Night of the Hunter. New York Musical Theatre Festival. Regional: It's A Wonderful Life at the Paper Mill Playhouse. Prior to becoming a Stage Manager, Michael was an actor in many Broadway shows, films, and TV programs.

KELLY M. BISCOPINK (Stage Manager) Kelly's theatre credits include touring productions of Miss Saigon, Blast, Aida, CATS, Movin' Out, and regional productions of Ragtime, Dirty Blonde, Swing and All Shook Up. Kelly is a graduate of the U. of Dayton, and a proud member of AEA!

ALAN WASSER ASSOCIATES AWA Touring Services is a leading theatrical tour booking and marketing company, distributing musicals, plays and attractions internationally. Current projects include The Phantom of the Opera, Jersey Boys, The Light in the Piazza, My Fair Lady, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Edward Scissorhands, Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy, Go Diego, Go!, Scooby Doo Live! and Thomas & Friends Live! On Stage. www.awatouringservices.com

TYPE A MARKETING Under the leadership of Anne Rippey, Type A is an independent entertainment marketing company that specializes in Broadway and National Touring productions. Marketing Direction services include strategic partnerships, inventory management, group sales management, media and non-media trade, grassroots campaigns and oversight of advertising and publicity campaigns. Current New York shows include The Phantom of the Opera, All My Sons, Rock Of Ages, Sleepwalk With Me and the upcoming 9 to 5 and Guys and Dolls. Current national tours include A Chorus Line, Ain't Misbehavin' starring Ruben Studdard and Frenchie Davis, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Mother Load, The Phantom of the Opera and next season's Cry-Baby, Dreamgirls, Little House on the Prairie and Xanadu. www.typeamktg.com

CHITTY UK LTD Chitty UK Ltd is the General Management Office for the UK Production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Having its World Premiere at the London Palladium in May 2002 the production was nominated for three Olivier Awards and winner of the Variety Club Award for Best Musical 2002. It went on to become the longest running show in the history of the theatre beating Cameron Mackintosh's Oliver and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. In 2005 a new version of the show was created to enable Chitty to reach a wider audience across the UK. This production broke theatre box office records and gained the coveted Manchester Evening News Award for Best Family Show. After twelve venues, ten star name Caractacus' and 14 Childcatchers another version is in the pipeline with the hope to embark upon a more extensive tour of the British Isles in 2009.

BARBARA BROCCOLI has worked on the productions of James Bond films for many years. Starting her career as an assistant director on Octopussy and A View to A Kill, Barbara worked her way up to become associate producer on The Living Daylights and License to Kill. She then went on to produce GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough, Die Another Day and most recently Casino Royale with her brother Michael Wilson. The 22nd James Bond film, Quantum of Solace is released Autumn 2008. Barbara was awarded the OBE in the Queens New Years Honours 2008.

MICHAEL G WILSON joined EON Productions in 1972 and was assistant to the producer on The Spy Who Loved Me. He then executive produced Moonraker and the next two Bond films. He co-wrote For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View To A Kill, The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill with Dick Maibaum. He co-produced with his stepfather, the late Albert R. Broccoli, A View To A Kill, The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill and produced GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough, Die Another Day and Casino Royale with his sister Barbara Broccoli. They are about to release the 22nd James Bond film, Quantum of Solace. He was awarded the OBE in the Queens New Years Honours 2008.

MICHAEL ROSE LTD Michael Rose and David Morgan formed their production company in 1987. Transfers from London's West End include Steel Magnolias and the Olivier Award winning productions of Hot Shoe Shuffle and Tap Dogs. West End of London includes Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies at the Gielgud, Pam Gem's Marlene at the Lyric, nominated for two Olivier Awards, Sweet Charity at the Victoria Palace, Footloose at the Novello and the smash hit musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium, nominated for three Olivier Awards and winner of the Variety Club Award for Best Musical 2002, also on Broadway New York nominated for five Tony Awards. The show has just completed its third year of successfully touring the UK. Recent productions include - Santa Claus - The Musical at the Birmingham Alexandra, Irving Berlin's White Christmas at the Edinburgh Playhouse and Wales Millennium Centre Cardiff and The Wizard of Oz at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton and currently touring the United States.

MGM ON STAGE DARCIE DENKERT & DEAN STOLBER Veteran film and theatre executives Darcie and Dean conceived, developed, and run MGM ON STAGE, the industry leader in developing and licensing film properties for live stage presentation. Dean began his early career as a TV and stage performer with featured and starring roles on Broadway in Bye Bye Birdie and You're A Good Man Charlie Brown. A graduate of Harvard College and NYU Law School he went on to become a top film executive for MGM overseeing the Rocky, James Bond and Pink Panther franchises, among others. Darcie started her career as a theatrical attorney, and prior to the formation of MGM ON STAGE was head of all entertainment business and legal affairs for MGM. She recently published her first book, A Fine Romance, about the relationship between Hollywood and Broadway. MGM ON STAGE has been represented in London, on Broadway and elsewhere with productions of Legally Blonde, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Rain Man, Desperately Seeking Susan, Theatre Of Blood, Midnight Cowboy, and Saved. With many new projects in the works, the next production opening in 2009 will be Minsky's.

IAN FLEMING (Original Author) was born on May 28, 1908. He was educated at Eton and Sandhurst and worked as a stock-broker before becoming foreign manager for the Sunday Times newspaper. He wrote Casino Royale, the first James Bond novel, in Jamaica in 1952. Thirteen further James Bond books followed. Cars were one of Fleming's great passions; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Fleming's only book for children, was written in 1964 for his son, Caspar.

THE SHERMAN BROTHERS (Composers/ Lyricists) Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman's songwriting honors include two Oscars (Mary Poppins), nine Oscar nominations, three Grammys, 24 gold/platinum albums, a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame and induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Top-ten hits ("You're Sixteen," "Let's Get Together," "Tall Paul") led to a phenomenal association with Walt Disney - they wrote more than 150 songs for his films, TV shows and theme parks. "It's a Small World" is the world's most translated and performed song. Sherman Disney credits include The Jungle Book, The Parent Trap, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Winnie the Pooh, The Aristocats and The Tigger Movie. Other films include Tom Sawyer, The Slipper and the Rose, Charlotte's Web, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Beverly Hills Cop 3. Over Here! was their first Broadway show, while in London Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Mary Poppins premiered to huge critical acclaim.

JEREMY SAMS (Book) Directed: Noises Off (RNT and Broadway); Passion; Wild Oats; Marat/Sade; Enter the Guardsman; The Wind in the Willows; Two Pianos, Four Hands; Spend Spend Spend; Benefactors. Lyrics: Amour (Tony nominated.) Translations: Indiscretions; The Miser and Mary Stuart (RNT); The Rehearsal; Beckett; Figaro's Wedding, La Boheme, The Magic Flute, Wagner's Ring Cycle (ENO); and The Merry Widow (Covent Garden). As composer: The Wind in the Willows, Arcadia (RNT); The Merry Wives of Windsor (RSC); The Mother (BBC); Enduring Love (Pathe); and Jane Austen's Persuasion (BBC Films), for which he won a BAFTA.

ADRIAN NOBLE (Original Director) In 1991 he became the artistic director and chief executive of the RSC, where he produced more than 200 productions and directed over 40. His productions have won many awards and have been seen regularly at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Kennedy Center and around the world. He has directed more than half of the Shakespeare canon with many leading British actors, including Derek Jacobi, Ralph Fiennes, Kenneth Branaugh, Mike Gambon, Tom Courtenay, Helen Mirren, Jonathan Price. He won the Grand Prix des Critiques for his opera work in France. He is an Honorary Doctor of five British universities and an Honorary Bencher of Middle Temple.

ANTHONY WARD (Original Scenic and Costume Designer) Broadway: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Tony Award nomination, Set Design), Oklahoma! (Olivier Award and Outer Critics Circle Award, Best Set Design; Drama Desk nomination), Gypsy, Uncle Vanya (Obie Award, Best Set Design) and Twelfth Night at BAM. The Makropulos Case (Metropolitan Opera NY). In England he has worked extensively for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, the Royal Ballet, the Almeida Theatre and the Donmar Warehouse. West End credits include Oliver! and My Fair Lady. He won the Olivier Award for Best Costume Design in 1996.

GILLIAN LYNNE (Original Musical Staging and Choreography) Broadway: How Now, Dow Jones; Pickwick; Roar of the Grease-paint...; Jeeves Takes Charge. Tony nominations: Cats (Olivier Award), Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love. West End: 42 productions including eight RSC, four Royal Opera House, My Fair Lady, Song-book, Tomfoolery. Countless television productions, notably "A Simple Man" (British Academy Award) and the "Muppet Show" series. Five ballets. Eleven films: Half a Sixpence, Man of La Mancha, Yentl. Awards: the Mr. Abbott, Samuel G. Engel, Austrian order of Merit, QE II Coronation. www.gillianlynne.com

CHRIS WALKER (Original Orchestrations and Dance Arrangements) Musical director and orchestrator on numerous productions across the UK and USA. West End: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Ragtime, My Fair Lady (NT and Cameron Mackintosh), The Secret Garden (RSC) and Acorn Antiques: The Musical. Other: An Evening with Maria Friedman (NY), Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (Houston). Chris has also worked extensively for TV and film and ha produced numerous cast albums for theater.

ROBERT SCOTT (Production Musical Supervisor) Musical Supervision for the UK Productions of Irving Berlin's White Christmas and The Wizard of Oz. West End: She Loves Me, Me and My Girl, Radio Times. UK Tour: Crazy For You, Oliver! (and Toronto), Other: Closer Than Ever (European Premiere), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Cabaret, Annie, Into the Woods, A Funny Thing... Forum. Compositions: incidental music for Misery national tour, Blue Remembered Hills, Coventry and Widows of the Other 9/11.

DANIEL SHER (Executive Producer) After spending the early part of his career touring in the worlds of opera, music and dance, Mr. Sher came to Big League Theatricals in 1995 as the General Manager/Associate Producer for The Who's Tommy, Five Guys Named Moe, and A Grand Night for Singing. In 1997, he took over the position of Executive Producer and is proud to have produced Big League's critically acclaimed North American tours of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, The King and I, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (starring Rip Taylor), 1776, Footloose (Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and National Tour), Peter Pan, Titanic and Meredith Willson's The Music Man as newly conceived by Susan Stroman. Other acclaimed productions have been the 4 year tour of the newly conceived Miss Saigon as developed with Cameron Mackintosh, 42nd Street with the Tony Award winning creative team, as well as Blast! Most recently, he produced the new touring production of Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida which, following its US tour, is now touring throughout China with other countries to follow. Other international highlights have included the European, Japanese and South American tours of The Who's Tommy, The King and I in Brazil, 42nd Street in Japan. Çurrent productions include the brand new touring production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Ain't Misbehavin' starring Ruben Studdard and Frenchie Davis and directed by the Tony Award winning director, Richard Maltby, Jr.

BIG LEAGUE PRODUCTIONS, INC. is celebrating its 20th season of producing, general managing, and booking Broadway musicals and special attractions for touring throughout North America and the world. By special permission from Disney Theatricals, Big League just developed and toured extensively a brand new production of Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA to great critical acclaim (visit www.bigleague.org/aida/). This production is now touring throughout China with our partner Nederlander World Wide and will continue to other countries. Among Big League's recent highlights was a new touring production of the world famous mega-musical, Miss Saigon, developed in collaboration with Cameron Mackintosh, which toured the US and Canada for four years. Other productions of note were the Japanese and North American touring productions of 42nd Street with the creative team from the recent Tony Award winning Broadway revival as well as a three-year tour of Meredith Willson's The Music Man as conceived by Susan Stroman. Other successes have included Footloose (Las Vegas, Atlantic City, North American Tour), tours of Titanic, 1776, Peter Pan, as well as A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum starring Rip Taylor, and the unique spectacular, Blast!. Big League's renowned production of The Who's Tommy has been seen throughout North America, South America, Europe, and most recently in Tokyo. This season Big League is proud have the opportunity to produce the 30th Anniversary National Tour of the Tony Award winning musical Ain't Misbehavin' with direction by the Tony Award winning Director Richard Maltby, Jr. and starring American Idol winner recording artist Ruben Studdard as well as Frenchie Davis of Idol fame. Also touring this season is a new dynamic production of the stage adaptation of the iconic children's film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang which will prove to be the most technically challenging production for Big League to date. The booking department at Big League, helmed by the Vice President of the company, John Starr, is among the most respected in the industry. Upcoming productions for 09'-10' will include the highly acclaimed, Hip-Hop sensation, Groovaloo. Visit www.bigleague.org for more.