Ken Bloom is the author of American Song, Hollywood Song, and Tin Pan Alley. His Broadway: An Encyclopedic Guide to the History, People and Places of Times Square was named one of the top reference books of the year by the New York Public Library and was recently reissued in a new edition. Most recently, he published an illustrated book celebrating the career of Jerry Herman and a two-volume history of Twentieth Century-Fox music. Bloom is also a playwright, a theatre director, a radio host, an arts consultant, and the president of Harbinger Records. He lives in New York City.
Frank Vlastnik is an actor who appeared in the original cast of the Broadway musicals Big, Sweet Smell of Success, and A Year with Frog and Toad. He did the photo editing and research for Ken Bloom's Jerry Herman and Richard Norton's A Chronology of American Musical Theatre. He lives in New York City.
Jerry Orbach appeared on Broadway more than any actor in Broadway history, appearing in "The Fantasticks," "42nd Street," and "Promises, Promises." He appeared in several films, including "Dirty Dancing "and "Crimes and Misdemeanors." On TV, he starred in his own series before joining the cast of "Law & Order." Jerry passed away in 2004.
