Cast

David Byrne

Concept, Music
& Lyrics by

is a musician, performer, writer and multidisciplinary artist whose creative ventures have captivated audiences since 1975, when he co-founded the musical group Talking Heads. Recent works include Theater of the Mind, an immersive journey co-created by Byrne and writer Mala Gaonkar (2022/23); SOCIAL! at The Park Avenue Armory; the Broadway production of David Byrne’s American Utopia (2019) as well as the Spike Lee-directed film version (2020); Reasons to Be Cheerful online magazine (2019); and the solo album American Utopia (2018). To date, Byrne has published five books, including How Music Works (2012).

FatBoy Slim

Music
By

Also known as Norman Cook. Grammy Award-winning DJ, musician, and record producer, he first rose to prominence in the 1980s as bassist of indie band The Housemartins and went on to form the band Beats International. In 1996, as Fatboy Slim, he released Better Living Through Chemistry; then You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby; Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars; and Palookaville. 2008 saw a collaboration with David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal with The Brighton Port Authority. Winning nine MTV Awards and three Brit Awards, he remains the only artist to play Glastonbury for 20 consecutive years.

Annie-B Parson

Choreography
by

Annie-B Parson co-founded Obie-winning Big Dance Theater, creating commissions for BAM, Sadler’s Wells/London, The Old Vic/London, National Theater/Paris, and others. Parson choreographed David Byrne’s American Utopia; Byrne’s tours with St. Vincent; and with Brian Eno. She’s made dances for the work of Lorde, David Bowie, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Anne Carson, Lucas Hnath, Salt-N-Pepa, Laurie Anderson, Jonathan Demme and two operas: Candide and The Hours. Her book, The Choreography of Everyday Life, was published in 2022.

Alex Timbers

Developed &
Directed By

Alex Timbers is the recipient of Tony, Golden Globe, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and London Evening Standard awards as well as two Obie and Lortel awards. Broadway: Moulin Rouge! The Musical; Beetlejuice; David Byrne’s American Utopia; Oh, Hello with Nick Kroll and John Mulaney; Rocky; The Pee-wee Herman Show; Disney’s Peter and the Starcatcher; and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (also book writer). For Amazon: “Mozart in the Jungle” (co-creator). For Netflix: “John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City”; “Ben Platt: Live at Radio City”; “John Mulaney: Baby J.” His debut picture book, Broadway Bird, set in an all-animal version of Broadway, is published by Macmillan.

David Korins

Scenic Design

Broadway: over 25 shows including Hamilton (Tony nom.), Beetlejuice (Tony nom.), and Dear Evan Hansen. TV includes “Grease: Live!” (Emmy Award); 91st and 94th Academy Awards (Emmy noms.). Creative director: Immersive Van Gogh, Disney Animation Immersive Experience, Hamilton: The Exhibition, DiscoOasis NYC, The Shoah Foundation, Sotheby’s, and TED.

Clint Ramos

Costume Design

Clint is a Tony Award-winning theatre/film designer and producer. Recent Tony-nominated designs for Broadway include KPOP, Slave Play, The Rose Tattoo, Eclipsed, Once on This Island, and Torch Song. He also designed Sunday in the Park With George, The Elephant Man, Six Degrees of Separation, and Burn This. Film credits include Lingua Franca by Isabel Sandoval and Respect for MGM. He is the producing creative director at NYCC Encores! @clintramos He was born and raised in Cebu, the Philippines.

Justin Townsend

Lighting Design

Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Tony, Drama Desk Award), Jagged Little Pill (Tony nom.), The Humans (Drama Desk Award, Tony nom.), American Psycho (Drama Desk Award, Tony nom.), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Obie Award Sustained Excellence of Lighting Design. Chair of the department of design for stage and film, NYU.

M.L. Dogg & Cody Spencer

Sound Design

M.L. Dogg
Assistant professor of sound design at the University of Washington. Primary Stages, Second Stage Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Huntington Theatre, Roundabout Theatre Company, Royal National Theatre, Ars Nova, and Nicholas Ward Productions. Drama Desk, IRNE, IT nominee; Lortel Award for Here Lies Love; fringeNYC Award for Go-Go Kitty, GO!

Cody Spencer
Broadway: co-sound design: The Pee-wee Herman Show. Off-Broadway: Broadway Bounty Hunter and Joan of Arc: Into the Fire; co-sound design Trevor and Here Lies Love (Lortel Award). Cody has also co-designed some of New York’s biggest venues, including Brooklyn Steel, Terminal 5, and Webster Hall.

Peter Nigrini

Projection Design

Broadway: MJ; Ain’t Too Proud; Beetlejuice; The SpongeBob Musical; Dear Evan Hansen; A Doll’s House, Part 2; and Fela! Elsewhere: Hans Zimmer Live; Lucia di Lammermoor, Don Giovanni (Santa Fe); the Grace Jones Hurricane tour; Deep Blue Sea (Bill T. Jones). He has been nominated for three Tony Awards.

Craig Franklin Miller

Hair Design

Craig Franklin Miller is making their Broadway hair and wig design debut. Known for their work on Almost Famous, “Ziwe,” and “Dickinson.” A special thanks to Allie, Luc, Kaitie, Leah, Collin, and Clint Ramos for their love and support.

Suki Tsujimoto

Make-Up Design

Theatre/Broadway: KPOP, Bob Fosse’s Dancin’. Fashion/editorial: Fendi, Marc Jacobs, Moschino, Thom Browne, Gucci, Coach, Tom Ford, Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, Fenty Beauty, Vogue.com, Allure, In Beauty, Ginza. TV/film: “The Chris Gethard Show” seasons 1–4. MTV VMA Vanguard 2016–2022.

Andrew Scoville & Billy Bustamante

Associate Director

Andrew Scoville
AD on Here Lies Love since the first workshop in 2011! Recently directed Theater of the Mind by David Byrne and Mala Gaonkar at Denver Center of the Performing Arts. Love to Jaclyn and Ernie.

Billy Bustamante
is honored to be part of this history-making stepping stone of progress. Twenty years of theatre-making. Co-founder: Broadway Barkada. Teaching: JWS and Circle in the Square. For my Family, my Barkada, and Peyton.

Elizabeth Dement & Renée Albulario

Associate Choreographer

Elizabeth DeMent
Associate choreographer: American Utopia, Digital Witness, Love This Giant, Lorde Solar Power tour. Dance: Big Dance Theater, Liz Gerring Dance Company, Metropolitan Opera, St. Vincent. Elizabeth is a graduate of The Juilliard School and is a Bessie Award-winning performer.

J. Oconer Navarro

Music Director

Proud first-generation Fil-Am. Broadway MD debut. Favorites: A.R.T., Guthrie, Kennedy Center, Old Globe, OSF, Paper Mill, Playwrights Horizons, The Public. His musical Breathe honors Filipino healthcare workers. Winner: Jonathan Larson Award; composer-in-residence, St. Paul the Apostle NYC; faculty, New Studio on Broadway/NYU Tisch; Salamat Mom, Dad, Ate, Kuya, and Craig.

Kimberly Grigsby & Justin Levine

Vocal Arranger

Justin Levine
Recent: The Outsiders (La Jolla), Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Tony Award), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Drama Desk nomination), VevoXLorde (Electric Lady), Contemporary Color (David Byrne, Barclays), Here Lies Love (The Public/National/Seattle/Williamstown), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Broadway/The Public), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Delacorte), The Robber Bridegroom (Roundabout).

Matt Stine & Justin Levine

Music Production & Additional Arrangements

Matt Stine
Matt Stine is a Tony-winning orchestrator, two-time Grammy-nominated music producer, and a Drama Desk, Lortel, and Outer Critics Circle-nominated sound designer. Credits include Broadway: Once Upon a One More Time, KPOP, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Beetlejuice. Off-Broadway: Assassins and Sweeney Todd.

Justin Levine
Recent: The Outsiders (La Jolla), Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Tony Award), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Drama Desk nomination), VevoXLorde (Electric Lady), Contemporary Color (David Byrne, Barclays), Here Lies Love (The Public/National/Seattle/Williamstown), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Broadway/The Public), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Delacorte), The Robber Bridegroom (Roundabout).

Tara Rubin, CSA, Xavier Rubiano, CSA & Gail Quintos

Casting

Tara Rubin, CSA
Back to the Future, The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Six, The Band’s Visit, Indecent, Dear Evan Hansen, The Producers, Cats, Billy Elliott, Jersey Boys, Aladdin, Mr. Saturday Night.

Gail Quintos
Fil-Am/NYer who started at Playwrights Horizons, followed by Estrin/Bergstein, Ellen Chenoweth/Susanne Scheel, Twinkie Byrd, Jenny Jue. Credits: Daphne Project, Mr. Harrigan’s Phone. Upcoming: A24’s Past Lives, Ethan Coen’s Drive-Away Dolls.

Jose Antonio Vargas / Clint Ramos

Creative Consultant

Jose Antonio Vargas
Jose is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, and Tony-nominated co-producer of Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me. A leading voice for the human rights of immigrants, he founded the culture-change nonprofit Define American, named one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. He is the author of the best-selling book Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen (Dey Street/HarperCollins) and the forthcoming book White Is Not a Country (Alfred A. Knopf/Penguin Random House). An elementary school is named after Vargas in his hometown of Mountain View, California.

Clint Ramos
Clint is a Tony Award-winning theatre/film designer and producer. Recent Tony-nominated designs for Broadway include KPOP, Slave Play, The Rose Tattoo, Eclipsed, Once on This Island, and Torch Song. He also designed Sunday in the Park With George, The Elephant Man, Six Degrees of Separation, and Burn This. Film credits include Lingua Franca by Isabel Sandoval and Respect for MGM. He is the producing creative director at NYCC Encores! @clintramos He was born and raised in Cebu, the Philippines.

Jacob Grigolia-Rosenbaum

Fight Director

(he/him) Here Lies Love (The Public+), Peter and the Starcatcher (Broadway+), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Broadway+), Cyrano (Broadway), “Peter Pan Live!” (NBC/Universal), Dark Was the Night (Caliber/Image), Sailor Man (NYFringe Best Play), The Old Globe, Disney Cruises, more. Fencer for Jocelynashbram.

THE 7107 MEDIA GROUP, GISELLE “G” TÖNGI

Cultural & Community Liaison

Giselle “G” Töngi is kilig to be part of Here Lies Love on Broadway, serving as the bridge to amplify Filipino/a/x community interest and outreach. G also serves as FilAm Arts executive director, advocating for representation of FilAms in entertainment. G is a certified nonprofit professional, multihyphenated artist, cultural bearer, and community leader. Makibaka, huwag matakot!

JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS

Production Management

Formed in 1998 and based in New York City, JSP has managed over 150 Broadway, Off-Broadway, national tours, and events. Currently: & Juliet; Betty Boop; Funny Girl; Good Night, Oscar; Grey House; Gutenberg; Harry Potter; Here We Are; Kimberly Akimbo; MJ; Moulin Rouge! The Musical; Parade; Shucked; Some Like It Hot; Tina.

GREGORY T. LIVOTI

Production Stage Manager

Broadway: The Phantom of the Opera, David Byrne’s American Utopia (production supervisor), Prince of Broadway, Magic/Bird, Coram Boy, The Pajama Game. National tours: Billy Elliot, Disney’s High School Musical. Seven seasons at Williamstown Theatre Festival. Past adjunct professor of stage management at NYU. Graduate of Boston University School of Theatre.

RYAN GOHSMAN

Stage Manager

Off-Broadway: Here Lies Love (also consultant at National Theatre, London), Little Shop of Horrors (2019 revival), Playwrights Horizons (seven productions, including Detroit), NYTW, Signature, Civilians, PROTOTYPE. Regional: Bard SummerScape, Barrington, Westport. Thanks to Alex, the team, M and D.

SHERYL POLANCOS

Assistant Stage Manager

Born and raised in the Philippines. Broadway: Beetlejuice, The Phantom of the Opera. Off-Broadway: Jersey Boys, Samara. Singapore: Avenue Q. Manila: Avenue Q, Shrek, Next to Normal, Piaf, Carrie, Ghost the Musical, and Cinderella Asian tour. Love and thanks to my family.

STEVE GREER

Company Manager

Broadway: The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables. Proud Northwestern University alum and proud member of ATPAM. So grateful to Ari Garcia. Love to Harris and Benjamin!

FORESIGHT THEATRICAL, Aaron Lustbader & Alexandra Wolfe

General Management

Foresight Theatrical
is comprised of partners Allan Williams, Aaron Lustbader, Mark Shacket, and DOO Lane Marsh, who oversee and supervise Moulin Rouge! The Musical; Funny Girl; Life of Pi; Good Night, Oscar; New York, New York; and Grey House on Broadway; and worldwide management of Kinky Boots.

Aaron Lustbader
has been a partner and general manager at Foresight Theatrical (previously AWA) for over 20 years. He currently oversees Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway and on tour (also co-producer, Tony Award Best Musical) and Life of Pi on Broadway. Aaron managed the Tony Award-winning production of Kinky Boots (as well as nine international companies of the show). Love to DJ and Dylan.