"Roger Bean's career proves that there's theatrical life beyond New York City." –Broadway.com
ROGER BEAN created the smash Off-Broadway hit The Marvelous Wonderettes (over 1,000 performances Off-Broadway: 18 months at the Westside Theatre, 3 years and running at the Kirk Theatre), along with the sequels Wonderettes: Caps & Gowns, Winter Wonderettes, Wonderettes: Dream On and Wonderettes: Glee Club Edition. Original cast albums for all four shows in the Wonderettes franchise are available from iTunes and Amazon. The Marvelous Wonderettes received the 2007 LA Ovation Award for Best Musical for its long-running Los Angeles production, and continues to be an audience favorite in regional and amateur theater companies throughout the country. Mr. Bean revisits Springfield, USA with his newest jukebox hit Life Could Be A Dream. With a record-breaking 12-month run in Los Angeles, the show received the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, the LA Weekly Theatre Award and the Backstage Garland Award for Outstanding Musical.
Mr. Bean wrote and created the popular jukebox musicals Summer of Love, The Andrews Brothers, Route 66, Honky Tonk Laundry and Why Do Fools Fall In Love? and all currently available through licensing agent Stage Rights. Additional musicals created by Mr. Bean include Don't Touch That Dial!, That's Amoré and Beach Blanket Bash.
Mr. Bean's work as a director has been seen on the stages of Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, La Mirada Theatre, Delaware Theatre Company, Laguna Playhouse, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Madison Rep, Capital Rep, Musical Theatre West, California Music Circus, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, San Diego Musical Theatre, Utah Musical Theatre, Skylight Opera, Northlight Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre, Oregon Cabaret Theatre, San Jose Rep, as well as numerous commercial houses in Los Angeles and Off-Broadway.
Mr. Bean is the president of Stage Rights, a leading independent theatrical publisher in the United States. Based in Los Angeles, Steele Spring Stage Rights provides stage performance rights for a wide range of plays and musicals to theater companies across the country and internationally.
Roger Bean Productions has co-produced and been involved with Vanya, Sonia, Masha & Spike (Tony Award for Best Play, Broadway), The Marvelous Wonderettes (Off-Broadway & Regional), Annie (Broadway), A Christmas Story (Tony Award Nominee, Broadway), and A Night With Janis Joplin (Broadway). Current projects include Life Could Be A Dream (Off-Broadway and Regional), Honky Tonk Laundry (Regional), and Real Housewives: The Musical (Regional).
Mr. Bean has a proven track record in creating enduring, audience-pleasing musical franchises that help keep cash registers ringing in theaters across the country. His shows have had over 750 different productions throughout the United States, Canada and abroad.
Mr. Bean wrote and created the popular jukebox musicals Summer of Love, The Andrews Brothers, Route 66, Honky Tonk Laundry and Why Do Fools Fall In Love? and all currently available through licensing agent Stage Rights. Additional musicals created by Mr. Bean include Don't Touch That Dial!, That's Amoré and Beach Blanket Bash.
Mr. Bean's work as a director has been seen on the stages of Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, La Mirada Theatre, Delaware Theatre Company, Laguna Playhouse, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Madison Rep, Capital Rep, Musical Theatre West, California Music Circus, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, San Diego Musical Theatre, Utah Musical Theatre, Skylight Opera, Northlight Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre, Oregon Cabaret Theatre, San Jose Rep, as well as numerous commercial houses in Los Angeles and Off-Broadway.
Mr. Bean is the president of Stage Rights, a leading independent theatrical publisher in the United States. Based in Los Angeles, Steele Spring Stage Rights provides stage performance rights for a wide range of plays and musicals to theater companies across the country and internationally.
Roger Bean Productions has co-produced and been involved with Vanya, Sonia, Masha & Spike (Tony Award for Best Play, Broadway), The Marvelous Wonderettes (Off-Broadway & Regional), Annie (Broadway), A Christmas Story (Tony Award Nominee, Broadway), and A Night With Janis Joplin (Broadway). Current projects include Life Could Be A Dream (Off-Broadway and Regional), Honky Tonk Laundry (Regional), and Real Housewives: The Musical (Regional).
Mr. Bean has a proven track record in creating enduring, audience-pleasing musical franchises that help keep cash registers ringing in theaters across the country. His shows have had over 750 different productions throughout the United States, Canada and abroad.