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NEIL BERG

  
Nationality:    USA
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Neil is the composer/lyricist of the Off-Broadway musical the Prince and the Pauper, which recently finished it's second year at the Lambs Theater in New York City . the New York Times raved " (Berg's) music soars on angel's wings". the original cast CD is released internationally on Jay records, sheet music published by Hal Leonard, and licensing by Samuel French Inc. He is currently the composer/music supervisor on the new feature film "Searching For Bobby D.", featuring Carmen electra, Sandra Bernhard, and Mario Cantone, to be released in the summer of 2006. Neil is also the composer for the new Broadway musical "Grumpy Old Men", based on the contemporary movie classic starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Mathau. His musical "Tim and Scrooge" was voted "one of the best musicals" of the inaugural NYMF festival in NYC, and will now be opening at the Queens Theater in the Park in December of 2006, with another production to follow in Austin, Texas in 2007. another musical, "the Man Who Would Be King", also played in the inaugural NYMF festival in NYC, and has starred Marc Kudisch. the fully orchestrated CD recording, with orchestrations by TONY- winner Larry Hochman, should be released in the fall of 2006. Neil also composed the new musical Heidi, commissioned by the Walden Family Theater in San Francisco , which ran for over 80 performances in it's regional premiere. Other commission works include "Percy Penguin" for the Penguin Repertory Theater (Joe Brancato, artistic Director), "Threads" for the Helen Hayes Theater, and "Fiona: the Mother Goose Musical". Other works include asylum in the Night (1995 Bistro award for Best Musical), and the upcoming "Twelve". as a producer Neil has produced hundreds of Broadway concerts across the world with such stars as Michael Crawford, Rita Moreno, Bernadette Peters, Ben Vereen, Betty Buckley, Donna McKechnie, Liz Callaway, eden espinosa and many other greats. He will be touring over 40 cities in 2006-2007 with his hit show Neil Berg's "100 Years of Broadway". Neil was the Producing artistic Director of the Broadway Series at the world famous China Club in NYC, and is now the Producer/artistic Director of "Broadway Rocks", starting in May 2006 at the Hard Rock Cafe in NYC. For the past 15 years, Neil has been the musical director/entertainment coordinator for the Leukemia Society of America, and Covenant House. He has produced countless corporate events all across the world for such organizations as UBS/Paine Webber, Goldman Sachs, Deloitte Touche, John Hancock, Marriott Corporation, IBM, the United Hospice Organization, the American Red Cross, YMCa, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Retired Officers association of America, Jewish Family Services, the archdiocese of NYC, BC/eFa, and many others. For his charitable contributions Neil was honored in 2001 as the American Red Cross Man of the Year, and was honored again in 2003 by the United Hospice Foundation. Neil can be heard on radio all over the country with his jingle for Shock Coffee. Neil also toured the US with the rock and roll band Joe D'Urso & Stone Caravan, and has played on their past seven CDs, as well playing/writing with them on the recent 100 Year anniversary Tour for Harley Davidson. Neil dedicates everything to his wife, Rita, and his newest inspiration, Lucas David Berg.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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below is a list of Neil Berg's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

        12, The         Fiona: the Mother Goose Musical         Grumpy Old Men: the Musical         Heidi         Hexed In the City         Man Who Would Be King         Percy Penguin         Prince And the Pauper, The         Threads         Tim And Scrooge