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Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno
Puerto Rican singer, dancer and actress
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Marvin Hamlisch
Marvin Hamlisch
American composer and conductor (1944-2012)
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Richard Rodgers
Richard Rodgers
American composer of songs and Broadway musicals
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Alan Menken
Alan Menken
American composer
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Billy Porter
Billy Porter
American actor and singer
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Jonathan Tunick
Jonathan Tunick
American orchestrator, musical director, and composer
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Barbara Cook
Barbara Cook
American actress and singer (1927-2017)
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Al Jarreau
Al Jarreau
American jazz and pop musician
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Liza Minnelli
Liza Minnelli
American actress and singer
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Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks
American director, writer, actor, and producer
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Itzhak Perlman
Itzhak Perlman
Israeli-American violinist and conductor
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Gregg Field
Gregg Field
American music producer and musician
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Jon Batiste
Jon Batiste
American cross-genre musician
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Wouter Kellerman
Wouter Kellerman
South African musician
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Renée Fleming
Renée Fleming
American opera soprano
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Herbert Kretzmer
Herbert Kretzmer
English journalist and lyricist
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Vanessa Williams
Vanessa Williams
American actress, singer and former Miss America
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Aziz Ansari
Aziz Ansari
American actor and stand-up comedian
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Bill Withers
Bill Withers
American singer-songwriter and musician
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John Legend
John Legend
American singer, songwriter, producer, actor, and philanthropist
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Bruce Gowers
Bruce Gowers
British television director and producer
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Robert Glasper
Robert Glasper
American jazz pianist, composer and record producer
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Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Schwartz
American musical theatre lyricist and composer
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G. E. Smith
G. E. Smith
American musician
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Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber
English composer and impresario of musical theatre (born 1948)
Anthony Aibel
American actor and musical director

Anthony Aibel

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American actor and musical director
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Anthony Aibel is an American actor and musical director. He is best known for his shows at Carnegie Hall and The Kennedy Center that featured artists such as EGOT winner Rita Moreno, Rosemary Clooney, The Tonight Show’s Doc Severinson, and Al Jarreau. He is also known as the musical director for Area 31, which received a Grammy Award nomination.

Aibel was invited by NBC to be a guest on Live at Five. At the recommendation of producer Arnold Kopelson, he made cameo acting appearances in productions directed by Oscar winners Costa-Gavras and Martin Scorsese. In March, 2020, he starred in a TV pilot alongside Emmy Award and Tony Award winner Judd Hirsch.