Mark Bramble began his theatrical career under the tutelage of David Merrick, for whom he has worked on many Broadway productions. As author, his shows include Barnum, which introduced Glen Close as a leading actress, with songs by Cy Coleman and Michael Stewart (ten Tony Award nominations including Best Book and Best Musical, Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical), 42nd Street with songs by Harry Warren and Al Dubin, produced by David Merrick with direction and choreography by Gower Champion (Tony Award for Best Musical, Laurence Olivier Award for Musical of The Year, Evening Standard Drama Award for Best Musical, Plays and Player Citation for Musical of The Year, etc.), The Three Musketeers with the music of Rudolph Friml, many collaborations with Michael Stewart including The Grand Tour with songs by Jerry Herman, Treasure Island with songs by Jule Styne, and the off Broadway opera Elizabeth & Essex with music by Doug Katsaros. At the Haymarket Theatre, in Leicester, England, Mr. Bramble and Henry Krieger (composer of Dreamgirls) created Fat Pig, a rock and roll extravaganza about health. He also adapted and staged Notre Dame, a musical based on Victor Hugo’s novel at Saddler’s Wells, London, and in Oxford. His radio musical In With the Old was produced as a Christmas Day special on BBC Radio. He has directed 42nd Street in London, Sydney, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Vienna, Paris and the Tony Award winning 2001 Broadway revival.