Like They Do in The Movies

Laurence J. Fishburne III has achieved an impressive body of work as an actor, producer, and director. He starred in his first television show at 10 in the drama One Life to Live, and made his feature film debut at 12 in Cornbread, Earl and Me. At 15, Laurence appeared in Apocalypse Now, the first of many cult classics destined to define his long career.

Leonard Foglia is a theater and opera director as well as librettist. Broadway productions: Master Class, Wait Until Dark, Thurgood (filmed for HBO), The People in the Picture, On Golden Pond, The Gin Game. Off-Broadway: Let Me Down Easy (filmed for PBS), Notes From The Field (filmed for HBO), One Touch of Venus, The Stendhal Syndrome, If Memory Serves, About Alice. He directed the world premieres of the operas of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Everest, Moby Dick (filmed for PBS), It’s a Wonderful Life, Cold Mountain, The End of the Affair, Three Decembers, Stonewall, A Coffin in Egypt (also librettist), Cruzar la Cara de la Luna/To Cross the Face of the Moon (also librettist), El Pasado Nunca Se Termina/The Past Is Never Finished (also librettist), El Milagro del Recuerdo/The Miracle of Remembering (also librettist). His production of Dead Man Walking has been seen across the United States and Europe. The three ‘mariachi operas’ for which he wrote the librettos have been staged on three continents and are continually produced in the United States.

Photo by Susan Raines.

Recent projects include The Great Indian Musical: Civilization to Nation which was the inaugural production of the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Center in Mumbai, Tolu Awosika and Olumide Odebunmi’s King Shaka (Executive Producer Antoine Fuqua) for Showtime, and Theater of the Mind for the Denver Center for Performing Arts/Arbutus created by David Byrne and Mala Goankar. Neil’s work as a scenic and production designer include the Peabody Award winning In Treatment (HBO), Dickinson (AppleTV+) and Tony Award-winning Side Man (Broadway).

Broadway: Into The Woods, American Buffalo, Be More Chill, The Band’s Visit (Tony Award). Recent Off-Broadway: Buena Vista Social Club (Atlantic), Camp Siegfried (2ST), A Case For The Existence of God (Signature). Other notable Off-Broadway: Antlia Pneumatica (Playwrights Horizons, Drama Desk nomination); When The Rain Stops Falling (Lincoln Center Theater, Lucille Lortel Award); Blasted (Soho Rep, Hewes Award); Bug (Barrow Street Theater, Lortel and OBIE awards). Obie Award for sustained excellence.

Broadway: JaJa’s African Hair Braiding, The Cottage, Ohio State Murders, Topdog/Underdog, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, Clyde’s, Pass Over, Other Desert Cities. Off-Broadway: Covenant (Roundabout Theatre Company); Hamlet (The Public); Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Coriscana (Playwrights Horizons); Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie (ArsNova); The Winter’s Tale, Merchant of Venice, He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box (TFANA); The Rolling Stone, Pipeline (Lincoln Center Theater).

Elaine J. McCarthy’s background in photography, film, and architecture has led to a 30-year career as an award-winning projection and scenic designer for live performance. Broadway highlights: Wicked, Spamalot, Assassins, and Thurgood (featuring Laurence Fishburne). Off-Broadway highlights: Notes From the Field, Gloria: A Life, About Alice, and Accidentally Brave. In 2023 she designed scenery and projections for Haydn’s The Creation with The Fort Worth Symphony; as well as the World Premiere of Gene Scheer and Joby Talbot’s opera, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, with The Dallas Opera.

Broadway: Grey House, 1776, Hillary & Clinton, 1984, The Humans, The Audience, Skylight, Disgraced, and I’ll Eat You Last. Off-Broadway: The Humans (Roundabout Theatre Company), Adoration of the Old Woman, Pinkolandia, Lucy Loves Me (INTAR), Breakfast with Mugabe (Theatre Row). Regional: Tootsie (Ogunquit Playhouse), Jordan (Northern Stage), The Cottage (John W. Engeman Theatre). London: The Humans (Hampstead Theatre).

Broadway: Summer, 1976 (Friedman Theatre). Off-Broadway: The Refuge Plays (Roundabout); On Sugarland, Kristina Wong Sweatshop Overlord (NYTW); The New Englanders, In The Body Of The World (MTC); The Pain of My Belligerence, The Thanksgiving Play (Playwrights Horizons); Sandra (Vineyard Theater); Nice Fish (St. Ann’s Warehouse). Regional credits include: Center Theatre Group, American Repertory Theater, Huntington Theatre, Trinity Repertory. My love to Ben and Efram.

Taeuk Kang has over 20 years of theater experience from South Korea to Broadway with an MFA in Stage Management from Columbia University (2020). He has worked as an ASM at PAC NYC for the production Like They Do In The Movies, production assistant and Sub ASM in KPOP, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Moulin Rouge! (National Tour), and Buena Vista Social Club. Dedicated to fostering international cultural exchange, Taeuk’s career reflects a commitment to the arts and impactful storytelling across global stages.