Ben Sprecher founded The Sprecher Organization in 1997. He is in the business of operating and booking theatres as well as acting as an independent theatrical producer and general manager on Broadway, Off-Broadway, nationally and internationally. As CEO, Mr. Sprecher is responsible for the development and production of all projects emanating from The Sprecher Organization. His responsibilities include the identification and selection of shows to produce, the overall financing and economic structure of those shows, and the hiring of creative personnel, including directors, actors and designers for each production. He supervises in-house General Managers and other support personnel with regards to staffing, booking, and weekly operations management for all productions. During this period, Mr. Sprecher has produced a number of works including: Eugene O’Neil’s MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN starring Eve Best, Kevin Spacey and Colm Meaney, James Kirkwood’s comedy LEGENDS! starring Joan Collins and Linda Evans, the Broadway revival of Neil Simon’s THE ODD COUPLE starring Nathan Lane and Mathew Broderick; the Tony award-winning Broadway production of FORTUNES’S FOOL starring Alan Bates and Frank Langella; Larry Gelbart’s hit Broadway comedy SLY FOX starring Richard Dreyfuss and Eric Stoltz; the Tony award winning production of Hal Holbrook’s MARK TWAIN TONIGHT and the Broadway thriller VOICES IN THE DARK starring Judith Ivey. Currently in development include a new musical entitled PRAIRIE based on the literary classic books of Laura Ingalls Wilder, with book by Beth Henley and music by Rachel Portman and the musical REBECCA based on the classic novel by Daphne Du Maurier, both to be directed by Francesca Zambello. In addition, Mr. Sprecher is responsible for the booking and ongoing operation of New York’s premier commercial Off-Broadway Theatre, The Little Shubert, located on 42nd Street. He is responsible for creating or identifying suitable productions for presentation at that Theatre as well as overseeing its day to day operation.

Prior to the creation of The Sprecher Organization, Mr. Sprecher was at the center of Off-Broadway. He reconstructed and operated the Theatre de Lys (now known as the Lucille Lortel Theatre) from 1981 until 1999. In 1982, he built and began operating the Promenade Theatre which was in continuous operation until 2006. In 1992, he built and began operating the Variety Arts Theatre which was in continuous operation until 2005. With the Shubert Organization, he was integral in construction of the Little Shubert Theatre which opened in 2004 and is currently in operation. During this period, productions Mr. Sprecher was responsible for include: the Pulitzer prize winning production of Edward Albee’s THREE TALL WOMAN; Steve Martin’s PICASSO AT LAPIN AGILE; Terrence McNalley’s LISBON TRAVIATA; Stephen Sondheim’s PACIFIC OVERTURES; the original production of David Rabe’s HURLYBURLY directed by Mike Nichols; London’s Best Musical Award winner RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET; the Pulitzer prize winning production of DINNER WITH FRIENDS; DEATH DEFYING ACTS by Woody Allen, Elaine May and David Mamet; the original productions of Robert Harling’s STEEL MAGNOLIAS, Carol Churchill’s CLOUD 9 and Wendy Wasserstein’s ISN’T IT ROMATIC; the presentation of Tommy Tune’s WHITE TIE AND TAILS and the New York premier of the musical FAME.
 
As an independent, Mr. Sprecher produced the National Tour of Cole Porter’s ANYTHING GOES starring Mitzi Gaynor, and the original New York productions of: the musical ANNIE WARBUCKS; Elaine May’s ADULT ENTERTAINMENT starring Danny Aiello; the Canadian Smash TWO PIANOS, FOUR HANDS; MADAME MELVILLE starring Macaulay Culkin and Jolie Richardson; Yazmina Reza’s UNEXPECTED MAN starring Alan Bates and Dame Eileen Atkinson; Neil LaBute’s THE SHAPE OF THINGS starring Rachel Weitz and Paul Rudd and MR GOLDWYN starring Alan King.
After opening the first Equity Dinner Theatre in San Diego, he came to New York in 1976 as the Production Stage Manager for the Broadway musical SHE LOVES ME starring Madeline Kahn and Rita Moreno. Mr. Sprecher began his career as the lighting designer for the 1974 world tour of EARTH WIND AND FIRE.

Mr. Sprecher is an alumnus of California State University of Northridge. He is a member of the League of American Theatres and Producers. He served as Vice President of the League of Off Broadway Theatres and Producers for fifteen years. He was the Vice President of the Players Club for seven years. He currently serves as a trustee for the League of American Theatres and Producers ATPAM pension and welfare funds. For 12 years, he was chief negotiator for the League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers for the collective bargaining agreements covering ATPAM, SSD&C as well participating in the negotiation of the agreement for Actor’s EQUITY. He continues to serve on these committees as well as the negotiating committees for the Broadway contracts of those same unions. His shows have received two Tony awards, two Pulitzer prizes, eleven New York Drama Critics awards, fourteen Outer Critic Circle Awards, five Lucille Lortel Awards and numerous Obie Awards.
 

MARY MILLER, General Manager / Comptroller - Theatre Operations, has been with The Sprecher Organization since its inception in March of 2000. Along with the financial supervision of all projects emanating from The Sprecher Organization, she is responsible for the daily management of the PROMENADE THEATRE, the VARIETY ARTS THEATRE, and the LITTLE SHUBERT THEATRE. In addition to her financial responsibilities, she is also charged with overseeing all personnel including Technical Supervisors, House Managers, Box Office personnel, and all other theatre employees.

Prior to joining The Sprecher Organization, Ms. Miller fulfilled the same duties for Fox Theatricals in Chicago. Her other facilities experience includes booking coordinator for The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and events manager for The Ambler Music Festival, both in Philadelphia. Additionally Ms. Miller has over fifteen years experience as a Company Manager in New York City and on the road, handling productions such as ASPECTS OF LOVE, ME AND MY GIRL, LES MISERABLES, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, MISS SAIGON, and SHOWBOAT.

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PETER BOGYO, General Manager / Productions, has been with The Sprecher Organization since inception. Most recently, he was responsible as General Manager of the Broadway revival of Eugene O’Neill’s A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN, starring two-time Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey and Eve Best, the most successful production of this play in its history. On Broadway he has also general managed SLY FOX, starring Richard Dreyfuss and Eric Stoltz, FORTUNE'S FOOL, with Alan Bates and Frank Langella, and VOICES IN THE DARK, starring two-time Tony winner Judith Ivey, all of which were co-produced by The Sprecher Organization. Off-Broadway, his general manager credits include Elaine May's ADULT ENTERTAINMENT, starring Danny Aiello and Jeannie Berlin, MR. GOLDWYN, starring Alan King, MADAME MELVILLE starring Macaulay Culkin and Joely Richardson, and THE UNEXPECTED MAN, starring Alan Bates and Eileen Atkins, all of which were co-produced by The Sprecher Organization. Independently he was the General Manager for A MOTHER, A DAUGHTER AND A GUN, starring Olympia Dukakis, and Jerry Herman's SHOWTUNES. As a former Company Manager, Peter managed numerous shows in New York - on Broadway: Alfred Uhry's THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO (Tony award for Best Play), Alan Ayckbourne's A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS, Timberlake Wertenbaker's OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD, SWINGING ON A STAR, CRAZY HE CALLS ME, MIXED EMOTIONS, A LITTLE MORE MAGIC, and THREE FROM BROOKLYN; off Broadway: STEEL MAGNOLIAS, PENN & TELLER ROT IN HELL, STRIP, ENO and LIFE ON THE THIRD RAIL. On Broadway, Peter served as Associate Producer for STARMITES, nominated for 6 Tony Awards. Peter is also a leading producer of benefit concerts, and has helped raise well over a million dollars in the fight against AIDS. For Gay Men’s Health Crisis he produced 3 celebrated benefit concerts- at Carnegie Hall: Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents's ANYONE CAN WHISTLE, starring Scott Bakula, Madeline Kahn, Bernadette Peters, and Angela Lansbury, and directed by Herbert Ross (recorded by Columbia Records and nominated for a Grammy award), and Cole Porter and Moss Hart's JUBILEE, starring Bea Arthur, Tyne Daly, Sandy Duncan, Michael Jeter, Bob Paris, Alice Ripley, Stephen Spinella, and Damian Woetzel, and, at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall, SHOWSTOPPERS, starring Carol Lawrence, Robert Morse, Chita Rivera, Jerry Orbach, Andrea McArdle, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Priscilla Lopez, George Hearn and Colm Wilkinson. Peter also produced the benefit concert FIRST LADIES OF SONG at Alice Tully Hall for the Eleanor Roosevelt Monument Fund, an evening featuring Rosemary Clooney, Barbara Cook, Judy Collins, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Lena Horne, Marilyn Horne, Shirley Verrett, Julie Wilson, Joanne Woodward with special guest speaker Hillary Rodham Clinton. Peter has unveiled three monuments for the City of New York, honoring Eleanor Roosevelt, Duke Ellington, and Antonin Dvorak, and produced a memorial tribute to Herbert Ross at the Majestic Theatre. Peter is a member of The League of American Theaters and Producers and ATPAM, a Tony Award voter, and a proud graduate of Yale College and the Commercial Theater Institute's 14-week program.

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