BRUCE H. NEWBERG, CSA is an award winning Casting Director with  extensive experience in film, television and theater. He began his casting  career at Walt Disney Studios as a Casting Executive where he supervised  the films BLAME IT ON THE BELLBOY starring Dudley Moore, THE  HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE starring Anabella Sciorra, ,  Julianne Moore, Rebecca DeMornay, MARRYING MAN starring Kim  Basinger & Alec Baldwin, RUN starring Patrick Dempsey and  ARACHNOPHOBIA starring John Goodman. After leaving Disney, he cast  several dozen independent films including THE SISTERS (Maria Bello,  Elizabeth Banks, Tony Goldwyn, Chris O’Donnell, Mary Stuart Masterson),  ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING (Kim Basinger, John Corbett),  WALKING ACROSS EGYPT (Ellen Burstyn), THE CHERRY  ORCHARD (Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates, Gerard Butler, Melanie  Lynskey), JUST WRITE (Jeremy Piven, Sherilyn Fenn), LOVELIFE (Carla Gugino, Peter Krause, Saffron Burrows, Jon Tenney), THE MAKER  (Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Mary Louise Parker), SPAWN (John Leguizamo),  ZACH & REBA (Brittany Murphy, Debbie Reynolds) and WHEN THE  PARTY’S OVER (Sandra Bullock).  

Bruce is probably best known for having lured Kyra Sedgwick to television  for THE CLOSER (J.K. Simmons, Jon Tenney, G.W. Bailey, Tony  Denison), his first television pilot. He cast all 7 seasons of the series. Kyra  Sedgwick has won an Emmy and a Golden Globe. The cast was nominated  for the SAG ensemble award numerous times. Bruce then cast the first two  seasons of MAJOR CRIMES, the spin off of THE CLOSER starring  Mary McDonnell. He is also cast the CW show HELLCATS starring Aly  Michaelka and Ashley Tisdale. Other TV Series include THE CLASS  (Lizzy Caplan, Jason Ritter, Lucy Punch, Jon Bernthal, Jesse Tyler  Ferguson), 20 GOOD YEARS (John Lithgow, Jeffrey Tambor), TRUST  ME (Eric McCormack, Tom Cavenagh, Monica Potter), STATE OF MIND (Lili Taylor) , EMILY OWENS, M.D. starring Mamie Gummer and BAD  TEACHER for CBS starring Ari Graynor, David Alan Grier, Sara Gilbert  and Kristin Davis. Also for television: HOLIDAY SPIN (Ralph Macchio,  Karen Olivo) for Lifetime, THE TENTH CIRCLE (Kelly Preston, Ron  Eldard) for Lifetime and CREATURE FEATURES (HBO) starring Dan  Aykroyd, Randy Quaid, Rufus Sewell and Nastasjia Kinski and  STALKERS for Lifetime starring Drea De Mateo, Jodi Lyn O’Keefe &  Mena Suvari.  

Bruce has numerous theatre credits in Los Angeles and New York. THE  PEE-wee HERMAN SHOW (directed by Alex Timbers) had a very  successful Broadway run after one in L.A. at Club Nokia and was filmed for  HBO. He cast the musical version of HAPPY DAYS (directed by Garry  Marshall) at the Falcon Theatre in Burbank and cast a number of summer  musicals at The Hollywood Bowl including LES MISERABLES (Lea  Michele, John Lloyd Young, Brian Stokes Mitchell), THE SOUND OF  MUSIC (Melissa Erico, John Schneider, Rachel York, Jeffrey Tambor), CAMELOT (Jeremy Irons, Melissa Erico, James Barbour), MAME  (Michele Lee, Christine Ebersole, Ben Platt) ,SUNSET BOULEVARD (Betty Buckley, Len Cariou), MAME (Michelle Lee, Christine Ebersole),  MY FAIR LADY (John Lithgow, Roger Daltrey, Melissa Erico, Rosemary  Harris), SHOWBOAT (Douglas Sills, Alice Ripley) and THE MUSIC  MAN (Eric McCormack, Kristin Chenoweth, Ben Platt). Bruce also cast five  seasons of Reprise, with such shows as HAIR (Sam Harris, Steven Weber,  Marisa Jaret Winokur), 1776 (Roger Rees, Orson Bean), PIPPIN (Sam  Harris, Michael Arden), COMPANY (Chris Siebert, Judith Light),  FOLLIES (Vikki Carr, Patty Duke, Donna McKechnie, Harry Groener, Bob  Gunton), SHE LOVES ME (Rebecca Luker, Scott Waara), ON THE 20TH CENTURY (Carolee Carmello, Bob Gunton, Mimi Hines), BABES IN  ARMS (Jodi Benson, Joey McIntyre) , BRIGADOON (Marin Mazzie,  Jason Daniele), ASSASSINS (Kevin Chamberlin, Patrick Cassidy, Annie  Golden), MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (Teri Hatcher, Hugh Panero,  Kevin Chamberlin). Additionally, Bruce cast TEN COMMANDMENTS  (Val Kilmer, Adam Lambert, Alison Porter) at The Kodak Theatre, MACK  AND MABEL AT LINCOLN CENTER (Jerry Orbach, Sutton Foster, Sam  Harris, Karen Ziemba, Douglas Sills and The Rockettes), HAPPY DAYS directed by Garry Marshall at The Falcon, IF MEMORY SERVES (starring  Brooke Adams) at the Pasadena Playhouse and at The Promenade (starring  Elizabeth Ashley), 110 IN THE SHADE at the Pasadena Playhouse  (starring Marin Mazzie & Jason Daniely) and ATLANTA at the Geffen  Playouse. For Deaf West, he cast BIG RIVER at The Taper and The  Roundabout and most recently cast SPRING AWAKENING directed by  Michael Arden at The Wallace Annenberg Theatre in L.A. which went to  Broadway and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Musical Revival.  

Since relocating to Atlanta, Bruce has done the regional casting for  FINDING STEVE MCQUEEN starring Travis Himmel and Lily Rabe,  THE 15:17 TO PARIS directed by Clint Eastwood, the pilots DYNASTY  for THE CW and INSATIABLE for Netflix, the film CANDY JAR starring Sami Gayle, Jacob Latimore, Helen Hunt, Uzo Adaba & Christina  Hendricks for Netflix, the film KILLERMAN starring Liam Hemsworth  and the pilot THE WANNABES and QUEEN BEES directed by Michael  Lembeck and starring Ellen Burstyn, James Caan, Ann-Margret, Jane Curtin,  Loretta Devine and French Stewart.  

Bruce has been nominated 24 times for the Artios Award in Casting,  winning three times for his work on BIG RIVER, COMPANY and  SPRING AWAKENING. He was also given THE MEDIA ACCESS  AWARD for casting 10 deaf actors and 1 paraplegic in SPRING  AWAKENING in 2016. Bruce was educated at Tufts University (B.A. in  Drama) and U.C.L.A. Film School (M.F.A.in screenwriting). Prior to his  casting career he created the TBS comedy series DOWN TO EARTH with  best friend Sam Harris which ran for 104 episodes and wrote the book and  lyrics for the original musical HURRY! HURRY! HOLLYWOOD! which  premiered at The La Mirada Theatre and in workshop at Manhattan Theatre  Club. He also spent three years as a writer for Bette Midler’s company Miss  M Productions at Disney Studios and was a staff writer for GENERAL  HOSPITAL. He is a member of The Television Academy, The Writers  Guild, The Casting Society of America and The Teamsters.