Kristen Allen Blodgette, CCM '76

Musical director, conductor, pianist, private vocal coach, vocal-competition judge, record producer and adjunct faculty at Columbia University School of the Arts’ theater program. For about 30 years, she has been involved in 15 companies of "Phantom of the Opera," including Broadway, Los Angeles and San Francisco productions; national tours; and companies in Hamburg, Switzerland, Belgium, Copenhagen, Australia, Stuttgart, Madrid, Mexico City and Buenos Aires.

• "Evita" ('12-13, musical director, musical supervisor)
• "The Phantom of the Opera" (1988-2010, musical director, conductor)
• "Lovemusik" ('07, musical supervisor)
• "Mary Poppins" ('06, associate conductor and second keyboard)
• "The Woman in White" ('05-06, musical director, associate musical supervisor, conductor)
• "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" ('05, musical director)
• "Jesus Christ Superstar" ('00 revival, associate musical supervisor)
• "Riverdance — On Broadway" ('00-01, musical coordinator)
• "Sunset Boulevard" ('94-97, associate musical supervisor)
• "Cats" (1982-2000, associate musical supervisor)

C. Randall White (Whitescarver), CCM ’83

Stage manager. Also worked on world tours with Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman, plus concerts for Bette Midler and Barbara Streisand.

• "Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark" ('11-14, $65 million musical directed by Julie Taymor)
  
• "9 to 5" ('08-09)
• "The Pirate Queen" ('07)
• "Jackie Mason's Laughing Room Only" ('03)
• “Ragtime” ('98-00)
• “Starlight Express” ('87-89)
• “Sweet Charity”

Phil Reno, CCM '83

Musical director, conductor, arranger, musician.

• "Elf" ('10-13, musical director, conductor, vocal arranger, keyboards)
• "Promises, Promises" ('10-11, musical director, conductor)
• “The Drowsy Chaperone” (’06-07, musical director, conductor, vocal music arranger)
•  “Thou Shalt Not” (‘01, musical director, conductor)
• “The Producers” (original production ’01, associate conductor, keyboard)

LINK: See video where Reno is called a "musical wizard" at the Tony Awards.

Greg Anthony Rassen, MM (CCM) '03

Musical director, conductor, orchestrator, arranger, pianist. Visit his website and listen to some of his music.

• “Bullets Over Broadway” (’14-present, associate conductor, keyboards)
• "The Little Mermaid" ('08-09, associate musical director, associate conductor, keyboards)
• "A Chorus Line" (revival, '06-08, keyboards)

Robert Elhai, CCM '83

Noted arranger, orchestrator and music producer.

• "Lion King" ('97, orchestrator who received both the Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations in '98 for best orchestration; also associate music producer for the show, arranged dance and incidental music, composed "Simba Confronts Scar". He was also orchestrator and associate music producer for the show in London's West End in '99 and on the U.S. national tour in '02.)
  

LINKS

• See his TV credits.
• See his extensive movie credits.

Cara Hannah Sullivan, Cler '97, MFA (CCM) '02

Wig stylist and hairstylist. Won an Emmy.

• "The Phantom of the Opera" ('07, managing more than 12 wigs)
  
• "The Producers" (closed in '07)
• "110 Degrees in the Shade"
• "The Pirate Queen"
• "Les Miserables"
• "Spamalot"
• "The Little Mermaid"
• "You’re Welcome, America: A Final Evening with George W. Bush" (Will Ferrell’s comedy special)

LINKS

• See her TV credits.
• See her movie credit.
• Read UC Magazine story about her Emmy win (plus photo gallery).
• See her Alumni Dream job story.
• Read the story the New Yorker did on her during strikes by writers and stagehands.

Sam Samuelson, CCM '89

A talent agent for film, television and theater at Stewart Talent Management in Chicago, the Midwest's largest talent agency. Responsible for putting together Stewart Talent in New York, the premier boutique agency representing Tony Award winners. Previously, Samuelson was a performer, appearing in "Blood Brothers" on Broadway, as well as Off-Broadway and national tours. He was the first recipient of the CCM Musical Theatre Young Alumni Award. He is also one of the owners of the Wimette Theatre, a historic Chicago playhouse that had a grand re-opening in 2006.

Derric Nolte, CCM ’11

Stage manager.

• "Annie" revival (’13-14, assistant stage manager working with these CCM alumni: Faith Prince,  ’79; Kirsten Wyatt, ’97; Justin Patterson, ’99; and Danette Holden, ’96)

LINK: See story about all CCM alumni in the show "Annie."