Charles M. Schulz was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 26, 1922. His Peanuts comic strip debuted in 1950 in just seven newspapers and launched a cultural legacy. When Schulz announced his retirement in December 1999, Peanuts was syndicated in over 2,600 newspapers ...

Warren Lockhart (1940-2012) was born in Hollywood, California. Both his father and grandfather worked as sound technicians for film studios. After receiving a BS degree from UC Berkeley, Lockhart indirectly began his career in show business in management marketing at United A ...

Arthur Whitelaw has been producing, directing, writing and acting for the past 61 years. His productions have won every major industry award, including the Tony, Oscar, Emmy, Olivier, Evening Standard, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, etc. He has discovered many future stars ...

Along with British composer Thomas Lowe, Michael L. Grace recently completed two new musicals, A Voyage to Freedom and Runner-Up, which will be produced next year in the U.K. and London.

After returning from graduate school in the UK, Michael joined the William Morris Agency a ...

Hal Hackady (1922-2015) was an award-winning American lyricist, librettist, and screenwriter. In addition to writing the lyrics for Snoopy!!! Hal wrote for Broadway, West End, Film and Television. His Broadway credits include Minnie’s Boys, Goodtime Charley, Almost Crazy, Amb ...

Andrew Lippa wrote the music and lyrics for Big Fish, book by John August, directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman, which recently played at the Neil Simon Theater on Broadway. His concept opera I Am Harvey Milk (words and music), was premiered by the San Francisco Gay Me ...

Kaitlin Hopkins is an award-winning actress, director, producer and educator, and has worked in theater, film, television, and radio, for over 30 years. She currently heads the BFA Musical Theatre program at Texas State University, named one of the top 10 musical theatre prog ...