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ROLLER DERBY
A Rocking Rolling
New Musical
BARRY ARNOLD Book / Lyrics
At New York’s Public Theater Barry co-authored the musical PLAY ON
THE TIMES, and the musical MONDAY MARCH ELEVEN at the Promenade. With Harold
Wheeler, he has written the new musical HOT NUTS, currently in pre-production.
Barry assisted director Joshua Logan on Broadway’s LOOK TO THE LILIES, and
Producer Harry Rigby on NO, NO, NANETTE. In the late 90’s, he designed TIMES
SQUARE'S NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATIONS, and in 2002 he associate produced NEW
YORK'S OFFICIAL 9/11 COMMEMORATIONS, also contributing designs in 2003. Mr.
Arnold wrote the book for ANOTHER STAR IN THE SKY, which opened the Bangkok
Cultural Center, as well as THE PEARL for Phuket Fantasea. As a lighting
designer, among the original productions Barry designed are GODSPELL, JOSEPH
AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, BUBBLING BROWN SUGAR, DIVERSIONS AND
DELIGHTS, and TO BE YOUNG GIFTED AND BLACK. http://barryarnoldassociates.com
JOHN BRADEN Composer / Lyrics
John
Braden created the scores for dozens of musicals, among them THE BEARD, SILVER QUEEN
SALOON, GULLIVER’S TRAVELS, EMILY POST’S BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, the Obie Award
winning WRITERS OPERA, and DOWNRIVER. John was a five time ASCAP Award winner
in the Pop and Theatre categories. With three gold records to his credit, he
wrote and produced children’s albums for projects as wide ranging as DUNGEONS
& DRAGONS, CABBAGE PATCH KIDS, KNIGHT RIDER, TARZAN, BARBIE AND KEN, THE
CARE BEARS, and the Arthur C. Clark film 2010. John had a long association with
the La Mama Experimental Theatre Club and Theatre for the New City, as well as
numerous other important companies involved in the development of the Off-Off
Broadway Theatre movement. John Braden’s promising career was tragically cut
short in the early days of the AIDS epidemic, to which he succumbed in 1987 at
the age of 41. ROLLER DERBY is dedicated to his memory. http://windfarmisrecords.blogspot.com/2009/11/john-braden-part-i.html
HAROLD
WHEELER Composer / Orchestrator
As an orchestrator, Harold received a Drama Desk Award and
a Tony nomination for HAIRSPRAY, as well as a Tony nomination for DIRTY ROTTEN
SCOUNDRELS. From the time he conducted the Broadway musical PROMISES, PROMISES
to the year DREAMGIRLS won six Tony awards, Wheeler has been in the front ranks
of entertainment as a conductor, composer, arranger and performer. Additional
credits as an orchestrator and music supervisor include COCO, TWO GENTLEMEN OF
VERONA, THE WIZ, LITTLE ME (Tony nomination), A CHORUS LINE, THE TAP DANCE KID,
LENA HORNE: THE LADY AND HER MUSIC, FAME, THE LIFE (Tony nomination), SIDE
SHOW, SWING! (Tony nomination), THE FULL MONTY and NEVER GONNA DANCE (Drama
Desk nomination). He was musical director for the SUMMER OLYMPICS IN ATLANTA,
the 2004 ACADEMY AWARDS and composed the score for the film LOVE! VALOUR!
COMPASSION! Currently, he is the musical supervisor for the hit ABC television
series DANCING WITH THE STARS. Harold is married to actress/singer Hattie
Winston. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Wheeler_(musician)
JERRY
SELTZER Consultant
Attending
Stanford University and obtaining his degree from Northwestern, Jerry served in
the US Army 430th Counter Intelligence Corps in Austria. Following his service
in the Army, he revived the sport of Roller Derby in 1959, establishing a video
tape network with the Bombers as America’s team. The sport grew in popularity
in the 60’s and 70’s, drawing record crowds in Madison Square Garden and other
major venues across the nation (Record crowd: 50,200, White Sox Park, Chicago,
September 1972.) For motion pictures, he produced the award-winning documentary
DERBY in 1970. In 1973 he retired from Roller Derby, starting BASS Tickets with
Hal Silen in 1974, which became the largest computerized ticket service in
Northern California. In 1975, Jerry served as consultant to Bob Dylan’s ROLLING
THUNDER REVIEW and in 1977 co-produced the infamous HOOKER’S BALL with Margot
St. James at San Francisco’s Cow Palace. Seltzer joined Ticketmaster in 1983 as
Vice President Sales and Marketing. Jerry is the son of Roller Derby’s founder,
Leo Seltzer. Currently living in Sonoma, California, where he co-founded the
Sonoma Valley Film Festival, Mr. Seltzer does not roller skate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Seltzer
GARY
POWERS Roller Derby Historian
Powers
has been a fan of the banked track sport since 1967. From the moment Gary first
saw skaters whizzing 'round the curved skating surface on TV, the color and
excitement of the game, the competition and theatricality of it all, he was
immediately hooked. Following the demise of the original Roller Derby in 1973,
Powers has been dedicated to keeping the game alive, founding The National
Roller Derby Hall of Fame and Museum. Through the Roller Derby Foundation,
which he initiated, Gary, with the help of other fans, has been able to give
tens of thousands of dollars to former skaters in the form of cash grants,
plane tickets, parties, get-togethers, phone cards, or whatever it takes to
improve the quality of the lives of these great stars of the Roller Derby. Because
of his desire to preserve and protect the history of the Roller Derby, he has
accumulated one of the largest collections of memorabilia in the country, which
is professionally displayed and on view for all to see at his home in New York
City. www.rollerderbyhalloffame.com
BARON
WOLMAN Roller Derby Photographer
In addition to his stint as Roller Derby’s official
photographer, Baron Wolman is perhaps best known as Rolling Stone’s first
photographer. During his fast-paced tenure at the magazine, Wolman's lens
captured the royalty of the '60s pop and rock explosion: Janis Joplin, the
Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez, Iggy Pop, Pink
Floyd, Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead, Phil Spector, Jim Morrison, Ike & Tina
Turner, Timothy Leary, and the counter-culture of the times. After leaving
Rolling Stone, Wolman started his own fashion magazine, Rags, housed in Rolling
Stone's first San Francisco offices. When that venture, devoted to street
couture and culture, folded after 13 issues, Wolman learned to fly, did
aviation photography; started Squarebooks, his own publishing house; and has
since continued to do projects for everyone from the Oakland Raiders to the
adult-rock cable music channel VH1. Today Baron lives and works in Santa Fe,
New Mexico and continues to stretch the boundaries of the arts of photography
and photojournalism. His work can be viewed at www.fotobaron.com