"Shangri-La Plaza" is a musical-comedy pilot made for CBS-TV in 1990. The all-sung “Shangri-La Plaza” was directed by Nick Castle and written and created by Mark Mueller and Nick Castle. It starred The Office’s Melora Hardin, Chris Sarandon and Broadway’s original Beast and Javert Terrence Mann, a two-time Tony Award Nominee for Best Actor. It also featured the very young tap dancing phenomenon Savion Glover in one of his first television appearances. The pilot was filmed on location in an actual mini-mall at the corner of Vineland Avenue and Burbank Boulevard in North Hollywood, California.
| Directing | Nick Castle | Director |
| Writing | Nick Castle | Writer |
| Writing | Mark Mueller | Writer |
| Writing | Craig Safan | Writer |
| Production | Nick Castle | Executive Producer |
| Production | Stephen Cragg | Supervising Producer |
| Production | Mark Horowitz | Co-Producer |
| Production | Mark Mueller | Executive Producer |
| Production | Craig Safan | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Nick Castle | Music |
| Sound | Mark Mueller | Music |
| Sound | Craig Safan | Music |
| Editing | Richard Freeman | Editor |
| Editing | Pamela Malouf | Editor |
| Art | Jeremy Railton | Production Design |
| Art | Greg J. Grande | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tracy Tynan | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lola Kemp | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Timothy A. Miguel | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Ron Mitchell | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Norman S. Powell | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Directing | Dennis M. White | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Robin Winter | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Gregg H. Bilson | Property Master |
| Sound | Bruce Bisenz | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Ron Horwitz | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Marty W. Eichmann | Key Grip |
| Camera | George Kohut | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | James Plannette | Gaffer |
| Production | Allison Cowitt | Casting |
| Production | Valorie Massalas | Casting |
| Crew | Cosmas P. Bolger | Post Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Ken Johnson | Music Editor |
| Directing | Andrea Walzer | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Michael Peters | Choreographer |