Production: Master Class - April, 1996

Published: Nov. 26, 2008, 3:45 p.m.

The production team of Master Class -- three-time Tony Award-winning producer Lewis Allen (for Annie in 1977, I’m Not Rappaport in 1986 and Master Class in 1996), producing associate Doris Blum, actress Karen Day Cody, press agent Bill Evans, casting director Alan Filderman, stage manager Dianne Trulock, and advertising representative Jim Weiner -- traces the show from its Montana workshop, to stagings in Philadelphia, L.A., and D.C., to opening in New York; how the creators, designers, and operatic cast were put together; developing the publicity and advertising campaigns including the casting of Zoe Caldwell's replacement Patti LuPone; and producing under the Broadway Alliance contract.