Patrons: David Babani Don Black Judi
Dench Maria Friedman Cameron Mackintosh Julia
McKenzie Paul Nicholas
Harold Prince Tim Rice
Jeremy Sams Stephen Sondheim Richard Stilgoe
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MMD Board and Patrons
the experts who steer and support MMD's work
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Caroline Underwood
Publisher
Board Member (Chairman)
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David Babani
Producer
Patron
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Joanne Benjamin
Producer
Board Member
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Don Black
Lyricist
Patron
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Tony Bogod
Accountant
Board Member
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John Cohen
Solicitor
Board Member
John Cohen is the Senior Partner of Clintons, the leading firm of entertainment lawyers. He has been at the firm for more than 40 years.
Initially, he specialised in music law, representing a whole range of rock stars, including Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney, The Who, The Cure, Boy George, Chrissie Hynde, Michael Jackson, Paul Weller, Dave Clark and Roxy Music, some of whom he still looks after personally.
In the early 1990s, having fallen out of love with the music of the time, he decided to follow his first love and move his practice into the area of theatre. Since then, he has built a practice representing many of the leading British creators of musical theatre, including Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, Don Black, George Stiles, Anthony Drewe and the late Lionel Bart, as well as choreographers, directors, designers and producers. He also works with a number of agents, assisting them with their clients.
He also represents a number of television personalities in the news and current affairs areas and handles corporate matters in the entertainment business generally.
He was educated at Malvern College and University College London, is married with two sons and two grandsons.
He is a Trustee of The Arts Foundation, Mercury Musical Developments and The Lionel Bart Foundation.
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BB Cooper
website
Composer
Board Member
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Anthony Drewe
website
Bookwriter, Lyricist
Board Member
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Peter Fineman
Board Member
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Maria Friedman
Actor
Patron
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Sean Gray
Publisher
Board Member
Sean Gray is the Managing Director of Josef Weinberger in the UK, a significant publisher of some of the biggest titles in musical theatre.
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Neil Marcus
Executive Director, MMD
Board Member
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Francis Matthews
Writer, Director
Board Member
From 1990 to 1998, Francis Matthews was Artistic Director of the
Greenwich Theatre. His work there included his own adaptations of TALE
OF TWO CITIES, DAVID COPPERFIELD,THE PRISONER OF ZENDA,
NORTHANGER ABBEY and HUCKLEBERRY FINN, (all of which have been
published) as well as productions of CYRANO DE BERGERAC (with Edward
Petherbridge), THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR (with Timothy Spall), THE
CORN IS GREEN (with Patricia Routledge), SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM,(with
Dawn French) CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA (with Alec McCowan) and many
others.
He directed ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD for the
Royal National Theatre, and his work in opera includes FIDELIO for Opera
Northern Ireland. He has directed for The National Youth Theatre and at
the University of South Florida. He has worked extensively in repertory
theatres across the UK. He was Associate Director at the Chichester
Festival Theatre - where his work included THE RELAPSE, THE TEMPEST,
TWELFTH NIGHT and Pinero's THE SCHOOLMISTRESS. He directed NOEL AND
GERTIE (1999) and Shaw’s CANDIDA (2000) for Alan Ayckbourn at
Scarborough. In 2001 he directed Dawn French as Bottom in A MIDSUMMER
NIGHT’S DREAM at the Albery Theatre, and in 2003 Michael Richards
(Kramer from Seinfeld) starred in his London revival of ARSENIC AND OLD
LACE at the Strand Theatre.
In 2007, he directed the Stiles/Raby/Leigh
musical of THE THREE MUSKETEERS at the North Shore Theatre in Boston.
His credits as television producer include OFFICE GOSSIP and GIMME GIMME
GIMME for which he has been nominated for both a BAFTA award and the
Golden Rose of Montreux. After working on the second series of the
successful comedy MY DAD’S THE PRIME MINISTER, Matthew produced the
third series of the BBC’s most successful drama NEW TRICKS. He has
just finished working on LADIES OF LETTERS for ITV - with Maureen Lipman
and Anne Reid.
At present, Francis is collaborating on a music theatre
adaptation of the movie IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE. His adaptation of Carl
Hiaasen’s LUCKY YOU was premiered in the US at the end of last year, and
he directed the British premiere at this year’s Edinburgh Festival.
Francis began his career as an actor - when, between theatre and TV
appearances, he spent three happy months as front man for the Swedish
pop group ABBA.
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Julia McKenzie
Actor, Director
Patron
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Paul Nicholas
Actor, Director
Patron
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Harold Prince
Director
Patron
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Jeremy Sams
Bookwriter, Director
Patron
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Mark Shenton
Critic
Board Member
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Stephen Sondheim
Composer, Lyricist
Patron
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John Sparks
website
Bookwriter, Dramaturg
Board Member
MFA, UCLA. Shows include The Art Of Becoming A Middle Aged Man, book, music and lyrics; Babes In Barns, music and lyrics; Hans Brinker, lyrics; The Arresting Dilemma of Mister K, book; On The Brink, book and Lyrics; Wanting Miss Julie, book. Affiliations include Artistic Director, Theatre Building Chicago, 1999-2009; Artistic Director, The Academy for New Musical Theatre (Los Angeles), 1988 - present; Board of Directors, Mercury Musical Developments (London) 1999 - present; Dramatists Guild, Associate Member; TRU, Individual Member.
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George Stiles
website
Composer
Board Member
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Richard Stilgoe
Lyricist
Patron
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