MARK SALTZMAN (Book and Lyrics) began his career in N.Y. with Jim Henson, writing for the Muppets. His Sesame Street sketches and songs (including Caribbean Amphibian) earned him seven Emmy Awards. But behind Kermit's back, Mark was writing cabaret shows and musicals that played at The Ballroom, Soho Rep, 13th Street Theater, and the Village Gate, where he co-wrote the long-running revue A, MY NAME IS ALICE. For network television, Mark wrote MRS. SANTA CLAUS, the holiday musical starring Angela Lansbury with songs by Jerry Herman. For the movies, he wrote THE ADVENTURES OF MILO AND OTIS and THREE NINJAS KICK BACK and has written screenplays for Sony, Universal, and Disney. Mark's musical play, THE TIN PAN ALLEY RAG opened at the Pasadena Playhouse in 1997 and was nominated for five Los Angeles Ovation Awards, including Best Musical. Mark's stage musical, ROMEO AND BERNADETTE, played at the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami and New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse. His play, MR. SHAW GOES TO HOLLYWOOD premiered at the Laguna Playhouse in April 2003. His newest play, CLUTTER, had its world premier at the Colony Theater in Burbank on February 7 of 2004.
