Terrence Mann is (i'm thinking) the artistic director for North Carolina Theatre (NCT) here in Raleigh, North Carolina. He's done some excellent things for theatre in this area and his company produces very excellent work. I've seen several of their productions ("The Wizard of Oz" and "La Cage Aux Folles" to name a couple).
He also started a short-lived concert series here called "Broadway Rocks for the Arts" where he gets Broadway names to come to a very nice amiptheatre space in Cary, NC (not far from Raleigh) and perform some of their favorite Broadway songs and some of their own personal songs they've written. The first year he had Anthony Rapp, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Alice Ripley, and many others... (I forget the whole list, now...)
Though I've never met him, I was impressed by his performances...And Alice Ripley and Anthony Rapp sang several songs from his new pop-opera of Romeo & Juliet, which just held auditions in Raleigh this week.
Sorry I loaded you all down with silly T.M. info :)
whatever and ever amen - ben folds five