THOMAS Z. SHEPARD is the twelve-time Grammy-winning producer of the cast albums for such shows as Ain't Misbehavin', Annie, La Cage aux Folles, Chicago, Company, Crazy for You, Dames at Sea, Follies in Concert, 42nd Street, Jelly's Last Jam, The King and I, Kiss of the Spider-Woman, A Little Night Music, Marry Me a Little, Me and My Girl, Merrily We Roll Along, No No Nanette, Pacific Overtures, Porgy and Bess, The Secret Garden, 1776, Song and Dance, Sunday in the Park with George, Sweeney Todd, Victor/ Victoria, Zorba, and many, many more. In a sixty-year career that has included stints as the lead Broadway producer at Columbia Records, RCA, and MCA, he's left a mark on Broadway that will never be erased, working with some of the biggest names to have graced the Great White Way.

GAYDEN WREN is the former entertainment editor for The New York Times Syndicate and a director of Off-Off Broadway and regional theater. He is also the author of the critical work A Most Ingenious Paradox: The Art of Gilbert & Sullivan (Oxford University Press, 2001) and eight plays, including A Gilbert & Sullivan Christmas Carol (1994) and Very Truly Yours, Gilbert &
Sullivan (1997).