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Nick Davis is a New York writer and filmmaker. Among his films are Once Upon a Time in Queens about the 1986 New York Mets for ESPN’s 30 for 30 series, Ted Williams: “The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived” for PBS’ American Masters, and JACK: THE LAST KENNEDY FILM for CBS.  His recent film, THIS ORDINARY THING, a documentary about non-Jews who helped Jews during the Holocaust, featuring a voice cast including Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons, F. Murray Abraham, Carrie Coon, and Ellen Burstyn, was nominated for the Cinema for Peace Dove Documentary of the Year and is available online. His book about his grandfather and great-uncle, Competing With Idiots: Herman and Joe Mankiewicz, a Dual Portrait, was shortlisted for the LA Times book prize as biography of the year in 2021. Last year, after years of collaborating informally, he and his wife the novelist Jane Mendelsohn formed their new production company, Series of Dreams. YOU HAD TO BE THERE is the company’s first film. He and Jane live downtown and have two daughters and a dog.

Victor Garber is an acclaimed actor with six Emmy and four Tony nominations across film, television, and stage. His film credits include TITANIC, ARGO, MILK, HAPPIEST SEASON, DARK WATERS, SICARIO, THE FIRST WIVES CLUB, SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE, and LEGALLY BLONDE. On television, he earned three Emmy nominations for ABC’s Alias, plus nods for guest roles on Frasier and Will & Grace and for the TV movie LIFE WITH JUDY GARLAND: ME AND MY SHADOWS. He currently stars as Harry Svensson on Family Law, and has recurred on And Just Like That..., Ghost, The Orville, Power, and The Flash, with guest appearances on Schitt’s Creek, Web Therapy, Nurse Jackie, Damages, and Glee. Other TV credits includes Legends of Tomorrow, Deception, and Eli Stone. On stage, Garber has been Tony-nominated for Damn Yankees, Lend Me a Tenor, Deathtrap, and Little Me, and appeared in the original Broadway productions of Sweeney Todd, Noises Off, Arcadia, and The Devil’s Disciple, as well as Art and, most recently, Hello, Dolly! opposite Bernadette Peters.

Andrea Martin won the Tony, Drama Desk, and Theatre World Awards for her Broadway debut in My Favorite Year, and has since become the featured actress with the most Tony nominations in a musical, for her performances in Candide, Oklahoma!, Young Frankenstein, and Pippin (for which she won the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Elliot Norton, and IRNE Awards), plus a Tony nomination for the revival of Noises Off. Additional stage credits include the Lincoln Center Theater premiere of McNeal opposite Robert Downey Jr., the revival of Exit the King, the Broadway adaptation of Act One, A Christmas Carol, and her one-person show Nude Nude Totally Nude. On television, she won two Emmys for writing and earned an Emmy nomination for her work on SCTV, plus a special Emmy for Sesame Street. Other TV credits include her Showtime special Andrea Martin, Together Again, Hairspray Live!, Modern Family, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, 30 Rock, The Good Fight, Harlem, The Gilded Age, Only Murders in the Building, Great News, Difficult People, and Evil (Critics Choice nomination). Her film credits include CANNIBAL GIRLS, CLUB PARADISE, WAG THE DOG, HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 3, DIANE, and MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING and its two sequels (SAG Award nomination for Best Ensemble). Martin has a star on the Canada Walk of Fame, received Canada’s Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, and published the book Lady Parts with HarperCollins.

Stephen Schwartz wrote the music and lyrics for the current Broadway hit Wicked and has also contributed music and/or lyrics to Godspell, Pippin, The Magic Show, The Baker’s Wife, Working (which he also adapted and directed), Rags, Children of Eden, and The Queen of Versailles. For film, in addition to the two-part adaptation of WICKED, he wrote the songs for THE PRINCE OF EGYPT and collaborated with Alan Menken on the songs for Disney’s POCAHONTAS, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, and ENCHANTED. In the classical field, he collaborated with Leonard Bernstein on the English texts for Bernstein’s Mass, and his opera, Seance On A Wet Afternoon, was produced at Opera Santa Barbara and New York City Opera. Mr. Schwartz has been inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame and has been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Awards include three Academy Awards®, four Grammy Awards, and a special Tony Award for his support of young theatre artists.

Martin Short is a celebrated comedian and actor whose career spans television, film, and stage since his breakout on Saturday Night Live. He won his first Emmy on Canada’s SCTV, which led to his fan-favorite run on SNL and characters like Ed Grimley and Nathan Thurm. His film career includes THREE AMIGOS, INNERSPACE, FATHER OF THE BRIDE and its sequel, MARS ATTACKS, MADAGASCAR 3, and FRANKENWEENIE. On stage, he won a Tony, Theatre World Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award for the revival of Little Me, and was Tony-nominated for The Goodbye Girl; he also co-wrote and starred in Fame Becomes Me and appeared on Broadway in It’s Only a Play. A two-time primetime Emmy winner, his television credits include Merlin, Primetime Glick, Damages, Schmigadoon!, Big Mouth, The Morning Show, and Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That, along with four SNL hosting stints. Short has toured extensively with Steve Martin, most recently on You Won’t Believe What They Look Like Today!, and their 2018 Netflix special An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life earned four Emmy nominations. He and Martin co-star in and executive produce Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building alongside Selena Gomez, which has won seven Emmys and earned Short his fourth Outstanding Lead Actor nomination. His bestselling memoir, I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend, was published in 2014, and he has received the Order of Canada, induction into the Canadian Walk of Fame, and a Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award from Canada’s Governor-General. He recently hosted ABC’s Match Game and was the subject of Lawrence Kasdan’s Netflix documentary MARTY, LIFE IS SHORT from Imagine Entertainment.

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