Steve Cuden

Steve Cuden has written 90 scripts for TV series such as "X-Men," "The Batman," "Iron Man," "Xiaolin Showdown," "The Mask," "Beetlejuice," "Extreme Ghostbusters," "Pink Panther," "RoboCop," "Gargoyles," and "Goof Troop." He also directed and coproduced the multiple award-winning, cult favorite horror-comedy feature "Lucky," for which he won Best Director at the Nodance Film Festival. Cuden is perhaps best known for co-creating the hit Broadway and international sensation "Jekyll & Hyde, The Musical," writing the show’s original book and lyrics with noted composer Frank Wildhorn.

Cuden authored the popular book on writing musicals, "Beating Broadway: How to Create Stories for Musicals That Get Standing Ovations."

Cuden teaches a wide variety of screenwriting classes in the Cinema Arts Department at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. To learn more about the author, please visit stevecuden.com, beatingbroadway.com and beatinghollywood.com.