Notable UM Alumni in Performing Arts & Entertainment
- Carmen Balthrop - Opera singer/recording artist; played title role in Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha in its Broadway premiere and is featured on the original cast recording on DVD and audio.
- Gail Berman - President of FOX TV Network, 2000–2005 ; president of Paramount Pictures, 2005–2007; Broadway producer (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Hurlyburly); TV producer (“Malcolm in the Middle,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Angel”); named one of the “100 Most Powerful Women” by Forbes magazine in 2005.
- Larry David - Head writer and executive producer, Seinfeld; creator/writer/actor, Curb Your Enthusiasm.
- Jim Henson - Creator of the Muppets.
- Liz Lerman - 2002 MacArthur Fellow; founder/choreographer, Liz Lerman Dance Exchange.
- Michael Olmert - Playwright/author; has written three Emmy award-winning documentaries for the Discovery Channel.
- David Simon - 2010 MacArthur Fellow; writer/producer, Homicide: Life on the Street; creator/executive producer/head writer, The Wire; executive producer, Treme.
- William Lucas Walker - TV producer/writer, “Will & Grace,” “Frasier,” “Rosanne,” “The Chris Isaak Show.”
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