Roger Bean (born March 20, 1962) is an American writer and director who specializes in

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s. Bean wrote ''

The Marvelous Wonderettes ''The Marvelous Wonderettes'' is a jukebox musical comedy with a book by Roger Bean. The show, which uses pop songs from the 1950s and 1960s as a vehicle to tell its story, pays homage to the high school Songleader squads of the 50s. When calle ...

'', which played

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at the

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in New York City. ''The Marvelous Wonderettes'' was first written for the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, where Bean created various other musicals utilizing established and lesser-known radio and popular hits. ''The Andrews Brothers'', ''Winter Wonderettes'', ''Don't Touch That Dial!'', ''Route 66'', ''That's Amoré, Life Could Be A Dream'', ''Honky Tonk Laundry'' and ''Why Do Fools Fall In Love?'' have been produced in various theaters across the country (Musical Theatre West, Welk Resort Theatre, Delaware Theatre Company, Oregon Cabaret Theatre, The Laguna Playhouse, Madison Repertory Theatre, Fullerton Civic Light Opera, Phoenix Theatre, Water Tower Theatre, Invisible Theatre, and many others). In 2007, ''

'' received the Los Angeles

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for Best Musical Intimate Theatre, and played a record-setting 18 months at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood, California. Bean was also nominated for two Ovation Awards for Direction of a Musical for the Los Angeles productions of ''The Marvelous Wonderettes'' and ''Winter Wonderettes''. Roger Bean's work as a director has been seen on the stages of the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Delaware Theatre Company, The Laguna Playhouse,

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, Madison Repertory Theatre, Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Skylight Music Theatre, and numerous stages in between. Bean directed the premiere of '' Lend Me a Tenor: The Musical'' at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, written by Peter Sham and Brad Carroll, based on the Tony Award-winning play by

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. Bean is the Executive Director of Steele Spring Productions, a theatrical licensing and royalty company, and is a member of the

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and the

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Works

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'' *''The Marvelous Wonderettes: Dream On'' *''The Marvelous Wonderettes: Caps & Gowns'' *''Winter Wonderettes'' *''Summer of Love'' *''The Andrews Brothers'' *''Don't Touch That Dial!'' *''Route 66'' *''That's Amoré'' *'' Life Could Be A Dream'' *''Honky Tonk Laundry'' *''Why Do Fools Fall In Love?''

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Broadway show

Steele Spring
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