Scott Sanders
SCOTT SANDERS is one of the entertainment industry's most creative and prolific entrepreneurs, with a proven track record of producing quality entertainment properties for a variety of media. In addition to his credit as lead producer of the 11 Tony Award-nominated hit Broadway musical The Color Purple, he is widely credited with the historic turnaround of Radio City Music Hall. Additional credits include Elaine Stritch: At Liberty, which won the 2002 Tony Award, and the HBO special of Elaine Stritch: At Liberty, which won two Emmy Awards, including one for Sanders for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special. Sanders partnered with Queen Latifah in a groundbreaking music partnership to record and produce her first vocal album, The Dana Owens Album, which is approaching platinum sales status and received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album. He also produced the Tony Award-nominated Broadway production Dame Edna: Back With a Vengeance and pop star Josh Groban's Broadway debut in a concert version of Chess at the New Amsterdam Theatre. Sanders also launched film and television powerhouse Mandalay Entertainment with partner and chairman Peter Guber and served as president of Mandalay Television, executive producing six network series - in association with Columbia TriStar - including ABC's Cupid with Jeremy Piven and the WB's Young Americans with Kate Bosworth. He recently announced the formation of Scott Sanders Productions, a New York-based feature film and live-theatre production company, which has a first look motion picture deal with Walt Disney Studios. Bio as of June, 2010. American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include: Working in the Theatre (video) Developing Musical Theatre - April, 2010 - Watch now. Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com) Website: scottsandersproductions.com