MARK HARTMAN (Musical Director) is a pianist/arranger/musical director who loves new songs and songwriters. Broadway credits include 1776 (Roundabout) and Miss Saigon. Off-Broadway, he played The Fantasticks and musical directed The Hostage, The Streets of New York, and The Irish...and How They Got That Way for the Irish Rep. Other credits include nine staged concerts for Musicals Tonight!, three cast albums, seven cabaret albums, two MAC Awards, and the 2001 Backstage Bistro Award for Musical Direction. He is currently developing From This Day Forward, a new Steven Schwartz review, with the Ergo Theatre Company.