Universal Studios Japan

Todd has worked on behalf of Universal Studios Japan (USJ), located in Osaka Japan, for the past 14 years.

Todd was first brought in to musical direct their worldwide audition tour in 2002. He has continued as a member of the audition team every year in addition to visiting Osaka every spring to mount and remount their many live shows. Additional projects have included "Universal Monsters Live”, a rock and roll revue, "The Blues Brothers" featuring Jake and Elwood and friends, and “Funky Freda”, a tribute to disco divas. He also composed original music for their live animal show, “Toto and Friends.” In 2006, Todd had the honor of working with Stephen Schwartz on a special production of “Wicked” created especially for USJ. Todd musical directed this production for 4 years and was involved in casting, recording and mounting this unique show that was performed in both English and Japanese.