"If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach the same conclusion."         -George Bernard Shaw


Paul Cozby
(Book/Lyrics)

Bruce Roberts
(Producer/Creator)


As President of Bull Market Productions and its subsidiaries, Bruce Roberts has been active in the New York theater industry for over 25 years.

A proud graduate of the Commercial Theater Institute 14-week program, Bruce has provided marketing consulting services for Broadway and Off-Broadway shows such as Crazy For You, Jekyll and Hyde, Annie Warbucks and Blood Brothers. After assisting Producers Judith Rutherford James and Camille Cosby on the Broadway and National Tours of Having Our Say, Bruce began to focus on Theatrical Management and Producing. Working as an associate of Producer Eric Krebs, Bruce helped manage the John Housman and Douglas Fairbanks Theater Center and Associate Produced, Fyvush Finkel at Town Hall.Bruce also served as Executive Producer of the two-night sold-out run of Chess-In Concert starring Brian D’Arcy James and Alice Ripley.Bruce’s innovative marketing of the pre-Broadway tour of Rupert Holmes’ Solitary Conferment starring Stacy Keach helped shatter the box office record at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC. Well versed in many aspects of theater, Bruce also served as General Manager for Magic on Broadway at the Lambs Theater and 100 Years Into The Heart as part of the inaugural season of New York Musical Theater Festival.

As Company Manager, Bruce has worked on Too Jewish at the Westside Theater and the National Tours of Promises, Promises and Cole Porter, No Regrets.

Through Roberts Ltd. Management, Bruce has developed and Production Managed numerous shows for a variety of charities and Fortune 500 companies including three seasons of Ice Theater of New York, (included performances in Greely, Colorado, The United States Military Academy at West Point and New York’s Chelsea Piers) the 125th Birthday Celebration of Columbia Teachers College at Harlem's Apollo Theater and the New York City Mayors office multi-boro IDA Worldwide Conference.   Bruce is proud of his work with The Center and Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (Congregation Beit Simchat Torah) and the NYC AIDS Memorial.

Bruce resides in New York City with his wife Babette and their two sons.

A Texan by birth and New Yorker by choice, Paul Cozby is an award-winning playwright and writes book, music and lyrics for his own original musicals, including Babes at Sea, Panther City and Herbert Hoover High School Presents—Cyranose! the Musical. 

Collaborating with other writers, Paul developed a new book and additional lyrics for The Dancing Princess, a family musical and finalist for the 2014 Eugene O’Neill Center National Musical Theater Workshop. Paul is also collaborating on a musical in development—Fictitious: A Completely Unauthorized Musical Parody Definitely Not Based on the Life of Arnold Schwarzenegger. 

Paul’s roots in business run deep as well. Hailing from three generations of Texas bankers, Paul has covered the business beat for local, national and international newspapers and magazines. He served as editor and publisher of the Fort Worth Business Press and owned a chain of community newspapers.

In the business of musicals, Paul and his wife, Sherry, through their company The Musical Machine, associate produced—with Tony-winning producer Van Dean—the world premiere and off-Broadway debut of Rooms—A Rock Romance, directed by Scott Schwartz. And Paul was proud to help bring the beloved musical Godspell back to Broadway.
 
Paul continues to enjoy writing about New York and theater. And he currently serves as communications director at Fellowship for Performing Arts, producers of the off-Broadway hit The Screwtape Letters. Paul and Sherry live on New York's Upper West Side with their Chihuahua Whinnie. None of their five kids went to the University of Texas, and Paul will get over that someday. Paul talks all things musical at his blog/website PaulCozby.com