Rommy Sandhu
For over 20 years, Rommy Sandhu has worked continuously as a director, choreographer, actor, singer, dancer, and teacher in productions encompassing Broadway, off-Broadway, national tours, regional theatre, television, film, universities, and more. Throughout his career he has worked with many of Broadway’s top directors and choreographers, including Tony Award winners Susan Stroman, Kathleen Marshall, Graciela Daniele, Matthew Bourne, George C. Wolfe, Richard Eyre, Michael Blakemore, and Trevor Nunn.
Mr. Sandhu has directed and/or choreographed numerous productions off-Broadway, at the NY Fringe Festival, for CUNY and Hofstra University, and the opening numbers of the Broadway Cares/EFA 26th Annual Easter Bonnet and 23rd/24th Annual Gypsy of The Year competitions. He has staged multiple productions of Disney/Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins, notably the US Regional premier at Tuacahn Center for the Arts (choreographer) as well as Coeur D’Alene Summer Theater (director/choreographer). More recent work includes staging and choreography for Christmas Eve with Christmas Eve starring Ann Harada (Avenue Q, Cinderella, Smash). He also staged the finale production number of Something Good: A Broadway Salute to Richard Rodgers on His 100th Birthday. Additionally, he served as associate choreographer for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer on Broadway, New York City Center Encores’ Bells Are Ringing and Applause, the off-Broadway premier of The Ark at 37 ARTS, the original pre-Broadway workshop of Thoroughly Modern Millie, and regional productions of Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, The Gershwins’ Fascinating Rhythm, and Maury Yeston’s adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen.
As a performer, Mr. Sandhu has appeared on Broadway in Mary Poppins, A Christmas Carol, Oklahoma! (all as dance captain), Bombay Dreams, Annie Get Your Gun, On The Town, The Life, Sweet Charity in Concert, Children and Art, and in the first national tours of Carousel and Kiss Me, Kate (dance captain). He has also been featured on the hit television series Smash, and in multiple Tony Award and Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade telecasts. As an educator, Mr. Sandhu serves as adjunct faculty for NYU’s CAP 21 program and Marymount Manhattan College’s musical theatre department, as well as being a frequent guest instructor at Broadway Dance Center and Onstage New York.
Mr. Sandhu has directed and/or choreographed numerous productions off-Broadway, at the NY Fringe Festival, for CUNY and Hofstra University, and the opening numbers of the Broadway Cares/EFA 26th Annual Easter Bonnet and 23rd/24th Annual Gypsy of The Year competitions. He has staged multiple productions of Disney/Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins, notably the US Regional premier at Tuacahn Center for the Arts (choreographer) as well as Coeur D’Alene Summer Theater (director/choreographer). More recent work includes staging and choreography for Christmas Eve with Christmas Eve starring Ann Harada (Avenue Q, Cinderella, Smash). He also staged the finale production number of Something Good: A Broadway Salute to Richard Rodgers on His 100th Birthday. Additionally, he served as associate choreographer for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer on Broadway, New York City Center Encores’ Bells Are Ringing and Applause, the off-Broadway premier of The Ark at 37 ARTS, the original pre-Broadway workshop of Thoroughly Modern Millie, and regional productions of Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, The Gershwins’ Fascinating Rhythm, and Maury Yeston’s adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen.
As a performer, Mr. Sandhu has appeared on Broadway in Mary Poppins, A Christmas Carol, Oklahoma! (all as dance captain), Bombay Dreams, Annie Get Your Gun, On The Town, The Life, Sweet Charity in Concert, Children and Art, and in the first national tours of Carousel and Kiss Me, Kate (dance captain). He has also been featured on the hit television series Smash, and in multiple Tony Award and Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade telecasts. As an educator, Mr. Sandhu serves as adjunct faculty for NYU’s CAP 21 program and Marymount Manhattan College’s musical theatre department, as well as being a frequent guest instructor at Broadway Dance Center and Onstage New York.
Matthew Worth
Matthew Worth is quickly becoming the baritone of choice for innovative productions and contemporary works on the operatic leading edge. In 2013 he created the role of Father Flynn in the world premiere of Doubt at Minnesota Opera, alongside Christine Brewer as Sister Aloysius. He will return to Minnesota Opera in the 2014-2015 season for the world premiere of The Manchurian Candidate, the second opera from Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts. The 2013-2014 season included his debut as Starbuck in Moby-Dick with Washington National Opera, and a return to Pittsburgh Opera as the title character in Philip Glass’s Orphée, a role he debuted at Virginia Opera. Other notable roles include Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Tarquinius (The Rape of Lucretia), Charlie (Three Decembers), Curly (Oklahoma!), and Billy (Carousel). Recent debuts include Santa Fe Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Castleton Festival, and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Future seasons include a world premiere at Fort Worth Opera and the European premiere of Silent Night at Wexford Festival Opera in Ireland.
Joseph Fierberg
Joseph Fierberg has worked as an actor and dancer since graduating from Syracuse University with a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre in 2013. His numerous regional theatre credits include Mary Poppins(Maine State Music Theatre and Fulton Theatre), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Ogunquit Playhouse), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Arizona Broadway Theatre), and Young Frankenstein (Fulton Theatre). Raised in West Hartford, Joseph graduated from Hall High School in 2009 and appeared in numerous productions with the West Hartford Summer Arts Festival, where he was last seen as Tulsa in the 2010 production of Gypsy. Joseph again took the stage in Mary Poppins (Theatre by the Sea) in August 2014 before joining the National Tour of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Ensemble and u/s Lumiere).