RICK ELICE (Book) Four-time Tony® Award and Drama Desk nominee. Grammy® and Olivier Award winner. On Broadway: Jersey Boys (Best Musical; Tony®, Grammy®, and Olivier Awards); The Addams Family; Peter and the Starcatcher (five Tony® Awards); The Cher Show (two Tony® Awards); Water for Elephants (seven Tony®Award® nominations); Smash. Currently in the pipeline: The Princess Bride, Silver Linings Playbook. From 1982-1999, as Creative Director at Serino Coyne Inc, Rick created advertising campaigns for more than 300 Broadway shows, from A Chorus Line to The Lion King. From 1999-2009, Elice served as creative consultant for The Walt Disney Studios. Heartfelt thanks to those he’s been lucky enough to know: Sondheim, Stoppard, Bennett, Prince, Fosse, Robbins, Nichols, Tune, Nunn, Timbers, McAnuff, Laurents, Lippa, Trujillo, Stone, Taymor, Martin, Shaiman, Whitman, Stroman, Coyne, Brickman, and Rees. Rick thinks about them a lot. He never thought about New Jersey much. He does now.