{"id":342,"date":"2024-07-03T18:31:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T18:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/batmansbatman.com\/?page_id=342"},"modified":"2024-07-15T04:58:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T04:58:26","slug":"cast-and-creative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/batmansbatman.com\/?page_id=342","title":{"rendered":"Cast and Creative"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"342\" class=\"elementor elementor-342\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c0a052 e-grid elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8c0a052\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74b2daf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74b2daf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cast &amp; Creative<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0576016 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0576016\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4af93f5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4af93f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-755c31b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"755c31b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Michael Uslan<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04fd829 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"04fd829\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5887d46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5887d46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>MICHAEL USLAN is the Originator and Executive Producer of the Batman movie franchise from 1989\u2019s revolutionary Batman through The Dark Knight Trilogy, to the upcoming film Joker: Folie A Deux and The Batman, Part 2.<\/p><p>From his start teaching the world\u2019s first ever accredited college course on comic books and writing Batman comics while still a student, to his memoir,\u00a0The Boy Who Loved Batman,\u00a0now being produced as a Broadway-bound play by Nederlander Worldwide, Uslan has enjoyed the career of his dreams. He presents his acclaimed TEDTalk at comic book conventions, universities and business conferences around the world, thrilling the fans who embrace him as one of their own who rose up to spend his life restoring the darkness and dignity to their mutually beloved Batman.<\/p><p>An Emmy Award winner whose films have garnered Oscars and other international awards, and Chairman of The New Jersey Film Commission, Uslan\u2019s commencement address at Indiana University has been hailed as one of the ten best of all time by USA Today and by NPR as one of the 350 best commencement speeches in the United States since 1774.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e311b23 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e311b23\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d48526d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d48526d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-319a920 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"319a920\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jeff Calhoun<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02898dc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"02898dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfc833f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cfc833f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>JEFF CALHOUN (Director\/Choreographer) Broadway: Disney\u2019s Newsies (Tony Award Nomination for Best Director), Bonnie &amp; Clyde, Jekyll &amp; Hyde, Grey Gardens, Deaf West\u2019s Big River (Tony Award Nomination for Best Revival of a Musical), Brooklyn, Annie Get Your Gun, Grease (Tony Award Nomination for Best Choreography), Tommy Tune Tonite, and The Will Rogers Follies. Tours, Off-Broadway, and International: Between The Lines (Drama Desk Nomination), Dolly Parton\u2019s 9 to 5 (US National Tour, London, and Australia) and Disney\u2019s High School Musical 1 &amp; 2. Mr. Calhoun is an Associate Artist at The Ford\u2019s Theater in Washington D.C. He also serves on the Latin American Board of Directors for Covenant House and recently directed A Night of Covenant House Stars (2020 and 2021) on AmazonPrime. Currently, Jeff is working on an original musical for Deaf West entitled Elephant Shoes. Twitter and Instagram:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thejeffcalhoun\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">@thejeffcalhoun<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5759f86 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5759f86\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f83ebd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5f83ebd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea7595c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ea7595c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Asa Somers<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c90e71 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3c90e71\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d05bae0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d05bae0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>ASA SOMERS is a New York City-based writer and performer who grew up on Sullivan&#8217;s Island, South Carolina, and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy and Yale University. \u00a0Asa wrote the libretto for the\u00a0<i>Duck Dynasty<\/i>\u00a0musical, based on the reality series from A+E Network, which received a first-class production in Las Vegas in 2015. Directed by Tony-nominated Jeff Calhoun and produced by multiple Tony-winning Dodger Theatricals and music-industry legend Tommy Mottola, the show received near universal acclaim. As a performer, Asa is well-known to New York audiences, having appeared in seven Broadway shows. He is currently in\u00a0<i>Water for Elephants<\/i>. Previously, he was in\u00a0<i>Dear Evan Hansen<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0and starred on Broadway in the Tony and Pulitzer-winning musical\u00a0<i>Next to Normal<\/i>, reprising the role opposite Alice Ripley in the First National Tour (Seattle Theater Award for Best Actor). 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