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On Stage at the Kennedy Center: The Mark Twain Prize is produced by:
John Schreiber, termed "impresario of brand names" by the New York Times, is the founder and president of The John Schreiber Group (JSG), a New York City entertainment company.
Through live performance, national television and radio broadcasts, traveling tours, spectacles, festivals, and celebrations of all shapes and forms, Mr. Schreiber has led his company beyond the limits of event production and strategic marketing to execute programs that are innovative, newsworthy, and exciting.
Mr. Schreiber produced Carnegie Hall's annual American Popular Song Celebration, which featured tributes to the music of Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Judy Garland, the glorious MGM Musicals, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Alan Jay Lerner, and others. With George C. Wolfe, he is producing a new musical revue set to premiere in June, 2002 at Harlem's Apollo Theater entitled Harlem Song. Elaine Stritch At Liberty, a one person show he developed with the legendary musical theater star, will open the season at the New York Shakespeare Festival's Public Theater later this month.
Other company projects have included The New Yorker Magazine Literary and Arts Festival, National Public Radio's "25th-Anniversary Celebration at The White House," hosted by the President and Mrs. Clinton; the Harman: How to Listen music appreciation program that has visited more than 300 schools with such artists as Grover Washington, Jr., Chuck Mangione, Bobby McFerrin, and Wynton Marsalis; NASCAR Rocks! on the Road with the Allman Brothers Band for CBS Sports and NASCAR; and programs for The People's Republic of China, The Juilliard School, The American Museum of Natural History, American Express, Pilot Pen, Hard Rock Café, The Bravo Network, QVC, Tiffany & Co., Habitat for Humanity and others.
Mark Krantz (Executive Producer) is a partner in The John Schreiber Group and serves as the company's Executive Vice President. Since joining JSG in 1995, he has spearheaded the creative development and execution of major television, film, theatrical and touring projects.
Mr. Krantz is currently supervising Comedy Central's broadcast of the NY Friars Club Roast, as he has done for the last two years, while developing new television properties for BRAVO, The USA Network, MTV, PBS and other broadcast networks. He is also overseeing the production of the original cast album of Harlem Song, the new George C. Wolfe musical at the world famous Apollo Theater for an October release on the Sony Legacy label.
Other projects in development include a major AIDS awareness telecast and concert being developed with Whoopi Goldberg, a movie celebrating the legendary songwriter Doc Pomus with co producer and actor John Goodman, and a festival celebrating the past, present and future of Urban Comedy.
One of his most cherished experiences over the last five years of being involved with The Mark Twain Prize is the opportunity to develop and enjoy ongoing friendships with Richard Pryor, Jonathan Winters, Carl Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg and their families.
Mr Krantz and his wife, Sandy, reside in South Salem, New York and are the very proud parents of three young boys, Andrew, Tommy and Luke.
Bob Kaminsky, of CoMedia, Inc., has spent over 25 years in the entertainment industry, spanning TV, Music, Radio and New Media. As a producer, writer, and director of prime-time specials for network and cable television, his many shows have included The Montreal International Comedy Festival, The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Spy Magazine's How to be Famous, People Magazine's 20th Birthday, NSync, Live at the New Orleans Superdome, Farm Aid and the Grammys.
Mr. Kaminsky directed The Presidents' Summit For America's Future, featuring former President Clinton, General Colin Powell, and Oprah Winfrey and, as a former A&R director for A&M Records, produced the Grammy nominated Bette Midler album "Mud Will Be Flung Tonight and Into Some Of Your Favorite Faces." As a producer of the King Biscuit Hour, he traveled worldwide recording major popular musical artists.
Mr. Kaminsky attended NYU Film School and the Berklee School of Music and studied multimedia at UCLA. He serves as a mentor in the American Film Institute Enhanced Television workshop, and is a partner in Riptide Music, maintaining offices and studios in Marina Del Ray, California.
Peter Kaminsky was managing editor of National Lampoon in the 1970s. He has written and produced for Jerry Seinfeld, Mary Tyler Moore, John Candy, Jane Curtin, and Bob Newhart. Kaminsky is well known as a journalist and author. His "Outdoors" column has appeared for the last thirteen years in the New York Times, and his food writing appears regularly in New York and Food & Wine. His current books are The Elements of Taste and The Moon Pulled Up An Acre of Bass. His most recent television assignment was head writer for The Concert For America at the Kennedy Center this past September. Mr. Kaminsky, whose father wrote for Jackie Gleason, lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Melinda, and daughters, Lucy and Lily.
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