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Vincente Minnelli
American director
George Gershwin
George Gershwin
American composer
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Busby Berkeley
American director
Bob Fosse
Bob Fosse
American choreographer and director
Matthew Broderick
Matthew Broderick
American actor
Julie Taymor
Julie Taymor
American director, playwright, and costume designer
Idina Menzel
Idina Menzel
American actress and singer
Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson
American singer, actor, and political activist
Rouben Mamoulian.
Rouben Mamoulian
American director
Russel Crouse
American dramatist
Joseph Stein
American librettist
Lupino Lane
English actor
Lew Fields
American comedian
Joe Weber
American comedian
Betty Comden
American songwriter
John Kander
American songwriter
Jonathan Larson
American composer
Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
German dramatist
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber
British composer
Christina Applegate, 2015
Christina Applegate
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