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YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN On Stage This March . . . . . . . . . . . .4 AVENUE Q Returns for More Laughs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 North Carolina Dance Theatre Celebrates 40th Anniversary . . . . . .8 PERFORMANCE PROGRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Opera Carolina Sponsors Rescue Opera Express . . . . . . . . . .16 Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Performs with Four Tops . . . . . .18 Garth Fagan Dance Comes to the Knight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

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YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN: MADLY FUNNY, MEL BROOKS’ STYLE! I

successful and useful. Mental illness interferes with people’s lives. So the ‘mad scientist,’ whatever eccentricities they may have…they’re still productive and maybe even well adjusted. Maybe they’re just odd.” Sure, creating a monster is a task most would consider “odd,” but YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN isn’t just a wickedly funny take on a mad scientist’s quest—with its zany characters and lively numbers such as “The Transylvania Mania” and “He Vas My Boyfriend,” it’s a monstrously good time. And it has a heart. Just ask Executive Producer Seth Wenig, who has produced classic Broadway shows like Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and the new 25th anniversary tour of Les Misérables. “It teaches us that like many stories that involve a beast, beauty comes from within and people are generally kind at heart,” says Wenig. “I think that’s what the show teaches us; love can come from anywhere. It’s soul food for the musical theatre soul.”

t’s alive! The Frankenstein legend comes to the stage in Charlotte via Mel Brooks’ hilarious musical YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, following the story of the bright, young Dr. Frankenstein and his attempts to complete his grandfather’s life’s work to bring a corpse to life–with scary and often hilarious complications. But if you’re familiar with Brooks’ 1974 film re-imagining of the Mary Shelley classic, you know there’s more to the story about the mad scientist and his monster than is evident at first glance. Although you might think of a ‘mad scientist’ as being, well, mad—the line between sanity and mental illness isn’t always easy to spot, according to George Demakis, associate professor and director of clinical training in the Psychology Department at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. “Appearances can be deceiving,” he says. “Our perception is that a mad scientist is ‘crazy,’ but this person is still extraordinarily

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irony – and humor – to their gritty themes of n paper, a show starring a cast of fuzzy puppets searching for love, purpose and grown-up life. They originally thought their script would spin off into a television series. a decent apartment certainly doesn’t sound like a musical that could beat out Wicked for But with encouragement and backing from three experienced theater producers, Lopez the 2004 Tony Award for Best Musical. But Avenue Q did. And like Wicked, the and Marx developed the show for the stage with book writer Jeff Whitty. musical comedy continues to entertain Avenue Q opened off-Broadway at the audiences from coast to coast. Vineyard Theatre in March 2003, where it Avenue Q’s appeal lies in the humorous received rave story-telling and reviews and was universal extended four themes. The times. The show’s main character first fans were is Princeton, a mostly young New bright-eyed York professionals, college grad who who then raved moves to NYC about it to their with big dreams friends and coand a tiny bank workers. Within account. months, the word The only AVENUE Q NATIONAL TOUR 2009. NATIONAL TOUR CAST. © JOHN DAUGHTRY 2009. spread. apartment he can Veteran producers Kevin McCollum, afford is way out on Avenue Q, where everyone’s looking for the same things he is: a decent job, a Robyn Goodman and Jeffrey Seller, with costable relationship, and a “purpose.” Eventually, producers The New Group and Vineyard Princeton learns to embrace the ups and downs Theatre, gambled that Avenue Q’s appeal was of city life and realizes that “the real world” isn’t big enough for Broadway and moved the show from its downtown venue to the Golden so bad, after all! Theatre. In 1998, Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, And they were on the money! The buzz Avenue Q’s talented young creators, were fresh grew and led to three Tony Awards , including out of college when they crafted the story about graduating with great expectations, only Best Musical. Like the rest of the world, Charlotte loved to end up in an outer borough neighborhood, the show when debuted here several years ago. underpaid and under-appreciated. In a writers workshop, the pair came up The intimate Knight Theater promises to be a with the idea of using puppets reminiscent of perfect location for this hilarious hit on its first return to the Queen City. sunny children’s television programs to lend

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CAST (in order of appearance) Graffiti Pete..................................................................................................JOSE-LUIS LOPEZ Usnavi.........................................................................................................JOSEPH MORALES Piragua Guy.........................................................................................................DAVID BAIDA Abuela Claudia...............................................................................................ELISE SANTORA Carla ...............................................................................................................ANA NOGUEIRA Daniela .................................................................................................................APRIL ORTIZ Kevin ............................................................................................................DANNY BOLERO Camila...............................................................................................................NATALIE TORO Sonny ...........................................................................................................CHRIS CHATMAN Benny ..........................................................................................NICHOLAS CHRISTOPHER Vanessa ..............................................................................................................LEXI LAWSON Nina........................................................................................................GENNY LIS PADILLA Ensemble ....................................SANDY ALVAREZ, DAVID BAIDA, CHRISTINA BLACK, CHAD CARSTARPHEN, NATALIE CARUNCHO, OSCAR CHEDA, DEWITT COOPER III, TAMI DAHBURA, RAYANNE GONZALES, JOEL PEREZ, CARLOS SALAZAR, ALISON SOLOMON

SWINGS BRANDON CONTRERAS, KARLEE FERREIRA, MICHAEL FIELDER, MORGAN MATAYOSHI

UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for a listed player unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.

For Usnavi—CHRIS CHATMAN, JOEL PEREZ; for Abuela Claudia—TAMI DAHBURA, RAYANNE GONZALES; for Nina—NATALIE CARUNCHO, ANA NOGUEIRA; for Benny—CHAD CARSTARPHEN, DEWITT COOPER III; for Camila—TAMI DAHBURA, RAYANNE GONZALES; for Kevin—DAVID BAIDA, OSCAR CHEDA; for Vanessa—NATALIE CARUNCHO, ANA NOGUEIRA; for Daniela—TAMI DAHBURA, RAYANNE GONZALES; for Carla—NATALIE CARUNCHO, MORGAN MATAYOSHI; for Sonny—SANDY ALVAREZ, BRANDON CONTRERAS, JOEL PEREZ; for Graffiti Pete—BRANDON CONTRERAS, CARLOS SALAZAR; for Piragua Guy—OSCAR CHEDA, JOEL PEREZ

DANCE CAPTAINS MICHAEL FIELDER, MORGAN MATAYOSHI

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MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT I “In The Heights”......................................................................................................Usnavi, Company “Breathe” .....................................................................................................................Nina, Company “Benny’s Dispatch”...........................................................................................................Benny, Nina “It Won’t Be Long Now” ...............................................................................Vanessa, Usnavi, Sonny “Inutil” ........................................................................................................................................Kevin “No Me Diga”.......................................................................................Daniela, Carla, Vanessa, Nina “96,000”..................................................Usnavi, Benny, Sonny, Vanessa, Daniela, Carla, Company “Paciencia y Fe” (“Patience and Faith”) ...................................................Abuela Claudia, Company “When You’re Home”.....................................................................................Nina, Benny, Company “Piragua”...........................................................................................................................Piragua Guy “Siempre” (“Always”)...............................................................................................................Camila “The Club/Fireworks” ...........................................................................................................Company

ACT II “Sunrise” .........................................................................................................Nina, Benny, Company “Hundreds of Stories” ....................................................................................Abuela Claudia, Usnavi “Enough” ...................................................................................................................................Camila “Carnaval del Barrio” .............................................................................................Daniela, Company “Atencion”....................................................................................................................................Kevin “Alabanza” .....................................................................................................Usnavi, Nina, Company “Everything I Know”.....................................................................................................................Nina “No Me Diga (Reprise)”.................................................................................Daniela, Carla, Vanessa “Piragua (Reprise)”...........................................................................................................Piragua Guy “Champagne”..............................................................................................................Vanessa, Usnavi “When the Sun Goes Down” ...........................................................................................Nina, Benny “Finale” ....................................................................................................................Usnavi, Company THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION. In The Heights Band Conductor—Justin Mendoza Associate Conductor—David Gardos Paul Baron—Trumpet 1 Loraine Faina—Drums Kristy Norter—Reeds Mark Karwan—Bass Chris Rinaman—Trombone 1 Robert Rosario—Percussion Manny Moreira—Guitar Justin Mendoza—Keyboard 1 David Gardos—Keyboard 2

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Danny Bolero

Chris Chatman

Nicholas Christopher

Lexi Lawson

Jose-Luis Lopez

Joseph Morales

Ana Nogueira

April Ortiz

Genny Lis Padilla

Elise Santora

Natalie Toro

Sandy Alvarez

David Baida

Christina Black

Chad Carstarphen

Natalie Caruncho

Oscar Cheda

DeWitt Cooper III

Tami Dahbura

Rayanne Gonzales

Joel Perez

Carlos Salazar

Alison Solomon

Brandon Contreras

Karlee Ferreira

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WHO’S WHO in the CAST DANNY BOLERO (Kevin). Broadway: Joseph… 1993 revival, In The Heights (Ensemble, Piragua u/s). Regional: Cesar and Ruben (Cesar), Drowsy Chaperone (Adolpho), Evita (Che, L.A. Drama-Logue Award), The Fantasticks (El Gallo), Nine (Guido), Drood (Jasper), Zorba, Pacific Overtures, Side By Side. Film/TV: The Hitcher, Viva La Causa, “Ghost Whisperer,” “Ally McBeal,” “Malcolm,” “Beverly Hills 90210.” CHRIS CHATMAN (Sonny; u/s Usnavi) is ecstatic to be living his dream with the Heights Family! Credits include: B.F.A. in Musical Theater (CSUF), “American Idol” ’09, Disney Live! (Host), performances with Gladys Knight, Chicago, Kristin Chenoweth. Love and thanks to Mom, Family, Friends, Sav and God. Grandmas 1 and 2, this is for you! NICHOLAS CHRISTOPHER (Benny). Born in Bermuda, Nick couldn't be more blessed and thankful to have his professional debut as his dream role! He studied at Boston Conservatory and The Juilliard School. “Love to Family, Da Pakes, Telsey +co. Matignon Crew, Tex and his Mama bird. Don't be fooled by the show, GO REDSOX!” LEXI LAWSON (Vanessa). Nat’l/ International Tour: Rent starring Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal (Mimi). Off-Broadway: Runaways, The Trip. TV/Film: “Ghost of Girlfriends Past,” “Can you hear the Music,” “What Would you do,” “Evergirls,” “American Idol” and a ton of commercials. www.LexiLawsonofficial.com. Music on Itunes. Lots of gratitude to KSR, the creative team, and her family and friends for continued love and support. xo. JOSE-LUIS LOPEZ (Graffiti Pete). Credits: Broadway: In The Heights. “Latin Grammy Awards,” Olga Tanon, Thalia, Aventura. Film/TV: Dirty Dancing: Oye Mi Canto DVD, “Jimmy Kimmel Live Special.” Various music videos and commercials. All my love to my amazing family and those special friends. Mami, Papi, Guela and Guelo. Love and Live! JOSEPH MORALES (Usnavi). Off-Broadway: Henry and Mudge (orig. cast). Tours: Bombay Dreams; Rock of Ages (original L.A./Vegas cast). Regional: High School Musical (Paper Mill), Disney’s Aladdin, A Musical Spectacular

(L.A.). Thanks to God, family, friends, The Mine. And T. ANA NOGUEIRA (Carla, u/s Nina, Vanessa). Off-Broadway: Knives and Other Sharp Objects (The Public/LAByrinth), Goodtime Charley (The York), Boy in the Bathroom (NYMF), Cutman (NYMF). Regional Theater: Barrio Grrrl! (Kennedy Center), 26 Miles, After Ashley. Readings/Workshops include: Bring It On!, Clueless, On a Clear Day. BFA Musical Theater, The Boston Conservatory. “As always, for Mom, Dad and Raquel.” APRIL ORTIZ (Daniela). Broadway: In The Heights. Tours: Cats, La Cage aux Folles. OffBroadway/Regional: Tio Pepe, Castronauts, Medea Macbeth Cinderella, Bright Ideas. Film/TV: Father Of The Bride I and II, The Majestic, “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “ER,” “Golden Girls,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Down and Out In Beverly Hills.” GENNY LIS PADILLA (Nina) is thrilled to join the In The Heights family. Gracias a mi Dios JC. Credits: Rent, Junie B. Jones, Frida Liberada and The Diamante Show. Thank you Headline Talent, Telsey, AEA, Gillien, Tracey and my family and friends for their neverending love and support. To my lobster Edward. ELISE SANTORA (Abuela Claudia) is thrilled to join the tour directly from the Broadway cast where she performed the roles Abuela and Daniela. Additional Broadway: Man of La Mancha, The Capeman, Adventures of Tom Sawyer. National companies: A Chorus Line (Morales); Man of La Mancha (Aldonza). Recently appeared in Anna in the Tropics at Capital Repertory Theatre. NATALIE TORO (Camila). Broadway: A Tale of Two Cities, Les Misérables, A Christmas Carol. Off-B’way: Zombie Prom. Tours: Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats, West Side Story. Regional: Everything’s Ducky, The Fix, Frances of Guernica, Blood Brothers, Zorba. TV/film: “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: SVU,” Santa Baby. Soloist at Carnegie Hall. New CD available in lobby. Natalietoro.com.

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WHO’S WHO in the CAST SANDY ALVAREZ (Ensemble, u/s Sonny). Manati, P.R. Broadway/national tour: The Lion King. Recipient of two NAACP Image Awards for “Best Choreography in a Musical” for his work in Ephraim’s Song (’03) and Black Olive (’04). Love to God, Familia and especially Nicole. DAVID BAIDA (Piragua Guy, u/s Kevin). Joseph (with Andrea McArdle), King Tut (with Brian D’Arcy James), Forever Plaid (Jinx), Jesus Christ Superstar (Herod), Radio Gals, Celebrity and Crystal cruises, B.A. in DramaUC Irvine. www.davidbaida.com. Thank you, Adolpho. El sueño nunca se muere. CHRISTINA BLACK (Ensemble) is thrilled to join In The Heights. Credits: MTV VMA promo (Wade Robson), Easter Bonnet, Pro Bowl, dre.dance, Schiff Dance, Morph. BSME, CSU. Mahalo to my family and friends. Mom and Dad, this is for you. CHAD CARSTARPHEN (Ensemble, u/s Benny) is thrilled to join the Heights family. Off-Broadway: Street Lights (NYMF), The Conscientious Objector (Keen). Readings/ Workshops: Roofless, Bring It On!, Clueless. TV: “Law & Order”. BFA: NYU/Tisch School of the Arts. Love to Mom, Nana and Auntie. NATALIE CARUNCHO (Ensemble, u/s Carla, Vanessa, Nina) is so excited to join the Heights family. Recent credits: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck); The Bluest Water (Lizzy); Galileo (Virginia); Romeo and Juliet (Juliet). FSU B.F.A. Acting. All my love to my family and friends. OSCAR CHEDA (Ensemble, u/s Kevin, Piragua Guy cover). Credits: Havana Bourgeois, Adding Machine—A Musical (Carbonell Award ’09), She Loves Me (Carbonell nomination ’09). TV/film: “America’s Most Wanted,” All Men Are Beasts. Director for countless voice dubbing projects for his company, OC Production Services in South Florida. DeWITT COOPER III (Ensemble, u/s Benny) is from Jacksonville, Fla. and holds an M.F.A. in contemporary dance. Professional credits: Ain’t Misbehavin’, Anything Goes, Finding Nemo The Musical. He is the cofounder of the Cooper Morgan Dance Project in Jax., Fla.

TAMI DAHBURA (Ensemble, u/s Abuela, Camila, Daniela). Off-Broadway: Pajama Game. National Tour: A Chorus Line. Regional: Gypsy, Company, Into the Woods. Soloist: Oakland, Sacramento, Hawaii Symphonies. B.A. Mount Holyoke. Friends/teachers: GRACIAS! Mom & Dad: Thank you, for everything I know. RAYANNE GONZALES (Ensemble, u/s Abuela, Camila, Daniela). Broadway: Phantom of the Opera. Regional: Arena Stage—Señor Discretion Himself, Damn Yankees; NCT, Casa Mañana—South Pacific. Honors: Domingo’s Operalia, MET Opera auditions. Thanks Ph/family, friends, Nicolosi. For Paloma. JOEL PEREZ (Ensemble, u/s Sonny, Usnavi, Piragua Guy cover). Regional: After the Revolution, Golden Gate (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Pirates! (Huntington Theater Co.), Aloha Boricua (Pregones Theater), The Light in the Piazza (SpeakEasy Stage Co.). Film: BoyBand. Education: British American Drama Academy, Tufts University. Member A.E.A. and S.A.G. CARLOS SALAZAR (Ensemble, u/s Graffiti Pete). Credits: Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Beatstock, MTV’3, Mohegan Sun Freestyle Extravaganza, Just For Laughs Dance Festival. Videos: Aver Aver, Sweat. T.V: “Despierta America,” “Cristina” Tribute Show (Univision), Nickelodeon “Halloween Bash,” NBC 4 with Anthony Rodriguez. ALISON SOLOMON (Ensemble) is thrilled to join the ITH family! NY/tour: Show Boat, Camelot, Swing!, All Singin’ All Dancin’. TV: “Boardwalk Empire,” “The View,” Lord & Taylor commercial. Gracias Andy, Luis, MSA. For Britty and Bobbi. D2GB! www.alisolomon.com BRANDON CONTRERAS (Swing, u/s Sonny, Graffiti Pete) is blessed to be performing in his dream show! Regional: The 25th Annual…Spelling Bee and South Pacific. Pace University—B.F.A. Musical Theatre ’12. Deepest love to Ashley, Mom, Papi and family! KARLEE FERREIRA (Swing) is thrilled to be joining the Heights family! Credits include: Disney’s Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular, A

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WHO’S WHO in the CAST Chorus Line and “Glee.” Much love and thanks to Mamma and Dad. God Bless! MICHAEL FIELDER (Co-Dance Captain, Fight Captain, Swing) is honored to be joining the Heights family. Off-B’way/Regional: Mambo Kings the musical (SF), All Shook up, Swing, Samson and Dalilah, The Met. Tours: Don Omar King of Kings, Mariah Carey. Film: El Cantante, Enchanted. www.michaelfielder.com. MORGAN MATAYOSHI (Co-Dance Captain, Swing, u/s Carla) is thrilled to join the In The Heights family. Credits: Edgemar Theatre Company, Disney Channel, CBS pilot “Life As a Song,” multiple regional musical theatre roles (assistant choreographer/dance captain). Thank You Mom and Dad. morganmatayoshi.com. LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA (Music and Lyrics; Original Concept) won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Original Score for In The Heights and a 2009 Grammy Award for its Original Broadway Cast Album. OffBroadway: In The Heights—nine Drama Desk nominations (including Best Music, Best Lyrics); Drama Desk Award (Outstanding Ensemble Performance); Lucille Lortel Award and Outer Critics Circle Award (Best Musical); Obie Award (Outstanding Music and Lyrics). Miranda received the 2007 ASCAP Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award. He has contributed new songs to the upcoming revival of Stephen Schwartz’ Working and collaborated with Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim on Spanish translations for the 2009 Broadway revival of West Side Story. TV/film: “The Electric Company,” “The Sopranos,” “House,” The Sex and the City Movie. Cofounding member of Freestyle Love Supreme, a hip-hop comedy group that tours comedy festivals worldwide. Love and gratitude to Luz, Luis, Lucecita y Mundi. He dedicates In The Heights to the memory of Abuela Eva. QUIARA ALEGRÍA HUDES (Book) has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama two times: in 2007 for her play Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue and in 2009 for In the Heights, for which she was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Book. Her play 26 Miles opened at the Alliance Theatre, and her musical Barrio Grrrl! begins its national tour after premiering at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Her picture book Welcome To My Neighborhood is published by Scholastic. Her honors include a Joyce Foundation Award, a Lucille Lortel Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award and a resolution from Philadelphia’s City Council. She is a resident writer at New Dramatists. She dedicates Heights to Ray, Cecilia and the loving memories of Abuela Yuya and Titi Ginny. THOMAS KAIL (Director) was nominated for a 2008 Tony Award for his direction of In the Heights. Other B'way: Lombardi. Off B'way: In the Heights (Callaway Award, Drama Desk nom., Outer Critics nom.) New York City Center: The Wiz. Lincoln Center Theater: Brokeology (Mitzi Newhouse - Fall 2009). Williamstown: Broke-ology (World Premiere). Co-creator and director of the hip-hop improv group Freestyle Love Supreme. Artistic director and co-founder of Back House Productions. CoMusic director and a consulting producer of the PBS show "The Electric Company." Recipient of the Martin E. Segal Award from Lincoln Center. Graduate of Wesleyan University, CT ANDY BLANKENBUEHLER (Choreographer) won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Choreography for In The Heights. Other recent credits include the Broadway musicals 9 To 5 (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics nominations) and The Apple Tree, as well as The Wiz (City Center), Desperately Seeking Susan (West End) and the off-B’way production of In The Heights (Lortel, Outer Critics, Callaway and Drama Desk awards for Outstanding Choreography). He has staged concert work for Elton John and Bette Midler and conceived, directed and choreographed the hit Caesars Palace production Nights on Broadway. Mr. Blankenbuehler appears as a guest choreographer on “So You Think You Can Dance.” Mr. Blankenbuehler has performed on B’way in Fosse, Contact, Man of La Mancha, Saturday Night Fever, Steel Pier, Big, Guys and Dolls. Future projects include the new musical Bring It On. He sends boundless love to his wife Elly and children Luca and Sofia. ALEX LACAMOIRE (Music Supervisor, Arranger, Orchestrator) won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for In The Heights and a 2008 Grammy Award for producing the Heights cast album. Other Broadway credits as Music Director, Arranger, and/or Orchestrator: 9

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WHO’S WHO in the CAST To 5, Wicked, High Fidelity and Legally Blonde. Other favorite projects: Bat Boy: The Musical (off-B’way), the 2001 nat’l tour of Godspell, Captain Louie and The Wiz (City Center Encores!). Para toda mi familia, aquí y allá. JUSTIN MENDOZA (Musical Director). Broadway: In The Heights. Off-Broadway: Fugitive Songs (Drama Desk nomination). Regional: She Loves Me, Falsettos, john and jen (San Francisco premiere), Jesus Christ Superstar, 3 years as Associate Music Director of Steve Silver’s Beach Blanket Babylon, the internationally acclaimed San Francisco institution and longest running musical revue. Much love and gratitude to all who helped me on this journey. ANNA LOUIZOS (Set Designer). Broadway: In The Heights, Curtains, High Fidelity, Avenue Q, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, To Be Or Not To Be, Steel Magnolias, Golda’s Balcony. OffBroadway: Vanities, the Musical; Crimes of the Heart; Speech and Debate; In The Heights; Based on a Totally True Story; Birdie Blue; The Altar Boyz; The Foreigner; Jonathan Larson’s tick, tick…BOOM! Regional: Sarah Plain and Tall; Minsky’s; Vanities, the Musical; Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas; Seven Brides…; The Baker’s Wife; Much Ado About Nothing; Beyond Therapy; Me and My Girl. Also: Berkshire T. F., Alley Theatre, Merrimack Rep, Charlotte Rep, George St., Williamstown. U.S. and world tours: Disney Live Winnie the Pooh. Art Direction film/TV: “Sex and the City” (HBO). Feature film: The Secret Lives of Dentists. Attended Mills College and has a Masters degree from NYU Tisch School of the Arts in Scenic Design. PAUL TAZEWELL (Costume Designer). B’way: The Color Purple (Tony nom.); Hot Feet; Caroline, or Change; A Raisin in the Sun; Drowning Crow; Bring in ’da Noise… (Tony nom.); Elaine Stritch: At Liberty; On the Town; Fascinating Rhythm; Def Poetry Jam. Off-B’way: In The Heights, McReele, Flesh and Blood, Fame, Boston Marriage, Harlem Song. Three Helen Hayes Awards plus Lucille Lortel, Jefferson, Princess Grace and Irene Sharaff awards. HOWELL BINKLEY (Lighting Designer). Recent Broadway: Memphis, West Side Story (2009 Tony nom.), Gypsy starring Patti LuPone,

In The Heights (2008 Tony nom.), Xanadu, LoveMusik, Jersey Boys, Avenue Q, The Full Monty, Parade, Kiss of the Spider Woman and How to Succeed…. Extensive regional and dance designs include Parsons Dance (cofounder), the Joffrey Ballet (Billboards) and The Kennedy Center’s Sondheim Celebration. Five-time Helen Hayes Award recipient; 1993 Sir Laurence Olivier Award and Canadian Dora Award for Kiss of the Spider Woman; 2006 Henry Hewes Design Award, Outer Critics Circle Award and Tony Award for Jersey Boys. ACME SOUND PARTNERS (Sound Design). Broadway: Hair (Tony nomination), Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, In The Heights (Tony nomination), The Country Girl, Legally Blonde, High Fidelity, A Chorus Line (2006), Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Drowsy Chaperone, Hot Feet, The Light in the Piazza, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dracula the Musical, Twentieth Century, Fiddler on the Roof (2004), Never Gonna Dance, The Boy From Oz, Avenue Q, Gypsy (2003), La Bohème (Drama Desk Award), Flower Drum Song, Elaine Stritch At Liberty, Bells Are Ringing, A Class Act. Numerous international, off-Broadway and regional productions, plus theatrical concerts and special events with renowned orchestras at world-famous venues indoors and out. Acme is Tom Clark, Mark Menard, Nevin Steinberg and Sten Severson. BILL SHERMAN (Arranger/Orchestrator). 2008 Tony Award, Best Orchestrations (In The Heights), 2008 GrammyAward (co-producer In The Heights Original Broadway Cast Album). Nominations: Emmy Award, Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music (AMC’s “Storymakers”); Drama Desk, Outstanding Orchestrations (In The Heights off-Broadway). Fall 2009, Bill will be the Music Director, composer for “Sesame Street.” Currently head composer, Sesame Workshop’s new “The Electric Company,” second season of MTV’s “Gamekillers,” Nike’s “Kobe Mentu.” Contributed songs to “Sesame Street” and “Chasing Broadway Dreams,” a documentary about In The Heights on its road to Broadway. Composer: Barrio Grrrl!, an upcoming children’s musical commissioned by The Kennedy Center (Book/Lyrics by Quiara Alegria Hudes). Proud member: NY’s premier hiphop, improv and comedy group, Freestyle Love

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WHO’S WHO in the CAST Supreme. Graduate of Wesleyan University. Love, as always, to Kristen. MICHAEL KELLER (Music Coordinator). Music Coordination for Broadway: Fela, Memphis, Next To Normal, West Side Story (2009), Billy Elliot, Shrek The Musical, In The Heights, Wicked, Mamma Mia!, The Lion King, Barbra Streisand Concerts (1994/2001/2006/ 2007). Life is complete with wife Pamela Sousa, son Zachary and daughter Alexis. TELSEY + COMPANY (Casting). Broadway/ tours: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, The Addams Family, Race, Memphis, Superior Donuts, Next to Normal, Rock of Ages, South Pacific, Wicked, Rent, Legally Blonde, The Color Purple, Peep Show and Bette Midler in Vegas. Off-Broadway: Atlantic, MCC, Signature. Film: Jonah Hex, Main Street, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, I Love You Phillip Morris, Rachel Getting Married, Sex and the City, Dan in Real Life, Then She Found Me, Across the Universe, Ira & Abby, Rent, Pieces of April, Camp, The Grey Zone, Finding Forrester, The Bone Collector. TV: “Ugly Betty” (pilot), “Whoopi,” HBO’s “Undefeated,” commercials. ALLIED LIVE (Tour Marketing/Publicity) is a full-service entertainment marketing and advertising agency representing numerous Broadway shows, national tours, performing arts institutions and experiential entertainment entities throughout North America. Current clients include: (Broadway/Tour) Billy Elliot, Million Dollar Quartet, Hair, Mamma Mia!, Avenue Q, West Side Story, STOMP, In The Heights, Blue Man Group, Burn the Floor, Feld Entertainment, (Washington, D.C.) Washington National Opera, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Strathmore Performing Arts Center, (Los Angeles/West Coast) Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall and Hollywood Bowl, Center Theatre Group, Reprise Theatre Company, Music Center, Cirque du Soleil, Madame Tussauds Hollywood, Hollywood & Highland Center, Broadway By The Bay, Westfield Malls Century City, (Chicago) Victory Gardens Theater, Lookingglass Theatre, www.alliedlive.com JOHN S. CORKER (General Manager) has had the privilege to be the General Manager of three Tony Award winning best musicals, In The Heights, Avenue Q and Rent. He was also

the General Manager for the Broadway productions of the revival of Ragtime, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas and Baz Luhrmann’s Production of Puccini’s La Bohème. He was the general manager for the national tour of Avenue Q, two national touring companies of Rent, the Canadian, West End and German productions of Rent, Avenue Q at the Wynn Resort in Las Vegas and the holiday perennial Irving Berlin’s White Christmas which has had productions in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Toronto, St. Paul and Detroit. BRIAN LYNCH/THEATRETECH, INC. (Technical Supervisor/Production Management). Broadway: In The Heights, West Side Story, Avenue Q, Ragtime (upcoming). Current tours: In The Heights, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Avenue Q, Rent. Other Broadway credits: The Drowsy Chaperone, Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème, Rent, [title of show], High Fidelity, The Odd Couple, Movin’ Out, Contact, Jesus Christ Superstar, Side Show, De La Guarda, Riverdance. MARIAN DEWITT (Production Stage Manager). 15 tours in 20 years across the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Avenue Q, Doubt, Chicago, Say Good Night Gracie, Saturday Night Fever and Leader of the Pack since 2000. AEA member since 1994. KATRINA STEVENS (Stage Manager). Broadway: Sunset Boulevard, Lost In Yonkers, Death and the Maiden, Mastergate, A Month of Sundays and Broadway Bound. National tours: Avenue Q, Camelot, Peter Pan, Contact, Beauty and the Beast, Anything Goes and Cirque du Soleil’s Alegria. AEA since 1987. MICHAEL T. CLARKSTON (Assistant Stage Manager). Broadway: Avenue Q, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Hairspray, In The Heights, Jersey Boys, Million Dollar Quartet, Lion King, Tour: (Sonny Co.), White Christmas (Orig. Co), Lion King (Cheetah, Los Angeles), Xanadu Live! (Los Angeles, St. Louis), Other: Elton John’s Goodbye…Road, Sunset Blvd., Miss Saigon, Evita. Film: Dubai Int’l Film Awards, The Diplomat, Freegan Love, Wilderness. CHARLES LAPOINTE (Wig Designer) has designed wigs for more than 30 on and off-

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WHO’S WHO in the CAST JILL FURMAN WILLIS (Producer) won a 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical for In The Heights. On Broadway Jill produced The Drowsy Chaperone, winner of five Tony Awards in 2006, and associate produced Sly Fox and Fortune’s Fool. Off-Broadway she produced In The Heights and On the Line and associate produced Adult Entertainment. Currently Jill is co-producing the Broadway revival of West Side Story and the hip-hop comedy group Freestyle Love Supreme. She is on the Board of Directors of MCC Theater and is a member of the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.

B’way shows. Current productions include Jersey Boys, Xanadu, The Color Purple and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. RON PIRETTI (Fight Director). Broadway/ National Tours: West Side Story, In the Heights, The Miracle Worker. Other productions: Pentecost (The Barrow Group), Queen Amarantha by Charles Busch, Earth to Bucky (Bay Street Theatre), Phédre, Regina, The Florentine Tragedy (Bard Summerscape). Recently appeared as Officer Krupke in West Side Story (Broadway).

SANDER JACOBS (Producer) has served as a co-producer and/or major investor for numerous Broadway, national and international productions, including a selection of theatre’s most celebrated and critically acclaimed musicals. Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, Grand Hotel and Follies are among his many investments. Mr. Jacobs most recent Broadway productions include In The Heights and West Side Story, the latest projects of his entertainment company. His business career began with the creation of a multi-product fashion manufacturing and distributing company and quickly expanded to include ventures in the real estate and cosmetic industries.

CASEY HUSHION (Associate Director). B’way: The Drowsy Chaperone (national tour, West End), Good Vibrations. Off-B’way: In The Heights. Directing credits include many regional productions and workshops of new musicals. Love to Marc and Lincoln. KEVIN McCOLLUM (Producer) won Tony Awards for Best Musical for In The Heights (2008), Avenue Q (2004) and Rent (1996), which also won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was made into a major motion picture. Produced West Side Story (2009); Ragtime (2009); touring and Broadway productions of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas; [title of show] (2008); The Drowsy Chaperone (2006), winner of five Tony Awards; High Fidelity (2006); Baz Luhrmann’s Broadway production of Puccini’s La Bohème (2002), which won two Tony Awards; and the off-Broadway hit De La Guarda. Received his undergraduate training at the Conservatory of Music at University of Cincinnati, and earned his Master’s degree from the Peter Stark Program in Film Producing at the University of Southern California.

ROBYN GOODMAN/WALTER GROSSMAN (Producers). Robyn Goodman produced B’way’s Avenue Q and In The Heights (both Tony Award winners for Best Musical), West Side Story, Metamophoses (Drama Desk), A Class Act, Steel Magnolias, Barefoot in the Park, High Fidelity. Off-B’way: Altar Boyz; Bat Boy; tick, tick…BOOM!; Our Lady of 121st Street; Red Light Winter. Cofounder/artistic director of Second Stage Theatre for 13 years; supervising producer of ABC’s “One Life to Live” for four years; artistic consultant to the Roundabout Theatre Company. Walt Grossman is chairman of Brookehill Capital Partners, a private Investment firm. He is an associate producer of Avenue Q and also a producer of the Off-B’way miracle Altar Boyz. He produced Barefoot in the Park, In The Heights and West Side Story. He presently serves as a board member of the New Group Theatre Company.

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PETER FINE (Producer). The son of a New York City cab driver, Peter Fine is the

WHO’S WHO in the CAST Alan Greenspan, who was a classmate of Henry Kissinger. Today, the school’s largely Hispanic population’s alumni hero is L.A. Dodger Manny Ramirez. Harold endows a program which brings actors and writers to integrate with the high school’s English courses. His involvement with In The Heights is a labor of love and of maintaining cherished memories of people and times.

quintessential entrepreneur. He grew up in public housing in Queens, N.Y. and became a social worker, pursuing his Ph.D. in sociology at NYU. In 1995, he co-founded Atlantic Development Group. In 14 years, the company has grown to become a major development, construction, leasing and management company in New York. Atlantic has built 55 buildings in the last five years, totaling more than $1 billion of mixed-use, residential, retail, office and community facility projects in New York City. In The Heights is Peter’s first B’way production.

STAFF FOR IN THE HEIGHTS GENERAL MANAGEMENT John S. Corker Lizbeth Cone

SONNY EVERETT/MICHAEL SKIPPER (Producers). Sonny Everett’s credits: Tonywinning Avenue Q (B’way, Las Vegas, national tour), The Drowsy Chaperone (B’way, national tour), Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (annual tour), State Fair (B’way, national tour), In The Heights (off-B’way), The Unexpected Man (London, N.Y.), Collected Stories, Vita and Virginia, Beauty Queen of Leenane, June Moon, The Laramie Project, Gross Indecency, Shockheaded Peter, Tru, As Bees in Honey Drown, Blown Sideways Through Life, Hurlyburly and as the late Kitty Carlisle Hart’s producer. Michael Skipper received a Tony nomination for The Crucible with Liam Neeson. Other Broadway shows include The Civil War, Play On and Damn Yankees. Drama Desk Awards: Best Musical for Bat Boy and Best Ensemble of a Play for Cobb (co-produced with Kevin Spacey). Other offB’way credits include Shockheaded Peter and Vagina Monologues. Mike loves his two homes, Texas and NYC. www.Gramily.com.

TOUR MARKETING AND PUBLICITY Allied Live Laura Matalon Marya K. Peters John Gilmour CASTING Telsey + Company, CSA Bernie Telsey CSA, Will Cantler CSA, David Vaccari CSA, Bethany Knox CSA, Craig Burns CSA, Tiffany Little Canfield CSA, Rachel Hoffman CSA, Carrie Rosson CSA, Justin Huff CSA, Bess Fifer CSA, Patrick Goodwin CSA, Abbie Brady-Dalton COMPANY MANAGER ...................................Jeff Klein TECHNICAL SUPERVISOR..........................Brian Lynch Theatretech, Inc. PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER.............Marian DeWitt WIG DESIGNER.................................Charles LaPointe Assistant Director ................................Casey Hushion Resident Supervisor .....................Michael Balderrama Associate Choreographer ..............Stephanie Klemons Latin Assistant Choreographer.................Luis Salgado Co-Dance Captains....Michael Fielder, Morgan Matayoshi Fight Director.............................................Ron Piretti Fight Captain.......................................Michael Fielder Assistant Company Manager................Natalie Fleming Stage Manager ..................................Katrina Stevens Assistant Stage Manager .................Michael Clarkston Associate Scenic Designers ...Hilary Noxon, Todd Potter Assistant Scenic Designers .....Aimee Dombo/Jeremy Foil Associate Costume Designer ....................Daryl Stone Assistant Costume Designers ...................Caitlin Hunt, Val Ramshur Associate Lighting Designer.....................Ryan O’Gara Assistant Lighting Designer ...................Sarah Maines, Mark Simpson Associate Sound Designer....................Sten Severson Assistant Sound Designer .....................David Thomas Moving Light Programmer .......................Warren Flynn Production Carpenter .........................McBrien Dunbar Production Electrician .........................Keith Buchanan Production Sound.................................Justin Rathbun Production Prop Supervisor.................George Wagner Head Carpenter..................................Andrew Sullivan

RUTH HENDEL (Associate Producer). Fela!; Brighton Beach Memoirs/Broadway Bound; Hamlet; Mary Stuart; 33 Variations; All My Sons; Legally Blonde; Kiki & Herb; Lieutenant of Inishmore; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Barefoot in the Park; Steel Magnolias; ’night, Mother; Caroline, or Change; A Raisin In The Sun; Frozen; Golda’s Balcony; Metamorphoses; Altar Boyz; Our Lady of 121st Street; The Exonerated; Red Light Winter; tick, tick…BOOM! (assoc.). Theatres: O’Neill Center, LAByrinth, Playco, YSD. Love to Gabriel. HAROLD NEWMAN (Associate Producer) was born and raised in Washington Heights during the 1930s and ’40s. He attended George Washington High School, overlapping with 13J

WHO’S WHO in the CAST Flyman ....................................................John Wilson Advance Carpenter.................................Michael Allen Head Electrician ..................................Randy Anetsky Follow Spot Operator ............................Dena Borders Advance Electrician............................Jamie Allspaugh Properties ..........................................Marielle Thorne Sound Engineer.....................................Jake Scudder Assistant Sound ....................................Robbie Henry Wardrobe Supervisor.............................Susan Malone Hair Supervisor ..........................Michael Dondanville II Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor ................Jimmy Wead Assistant Conductor/Rehearsal Pianist .......David Gardos Conducting Coach ...............................Joseph Church Musical Coordinator ..............................Michael Keller Copyist ...................Emily Grishman Music Preparation Keyboard Programming..........................Randy Cohen Rehearsal Drummer ...............................Loraine Faina Assistant to Messrs. McCollum & Seller...................Kaitlin Fine Assistant to Mr. Corker ..................Kim Marie Vasquez Athletic Trainer ..................................Crystal Cochran Legal Counsel ......................Levine Plotkin Menin, LLP Loren Plotkin, Susan Mindell, Conrad Rippy, Cris Criswell Advertising.....................................................Spotco Drew Hodges, Jim Edwards, Y Darius Suyama, Pete Duffy Accountant ..............................................FK Partners Robert Fried Controller...........................................Sarah Galbraith Insurance...............................D. R. Reiff & Associates Banking..............................................Signature Bank Margaret Monigan, Mary Anne Fanelli Payroll .........................................Castellana Services Merchandise....................Creative Goods, Pete Milano Travel Arrangements .................................Tzell Travel Housing & Ground Transport .....................Road Rebel Website/Internet Marketing..............................Spotco Sara Fitzpatrick, Matt Wilstein Production Photographer.........................Joan Marcus

Langman Costumes, Tricorne, Inc., Paul Chang Custom Taylor; Millinery by Lynne Mackey Studio; Hosiery and Undergaments from Bra*Tenders: Natural Herb Cough drops—courtesy of Ricola USA, Inc.

THE PRODUCING OFFICE Kevin McCollum Jeffrey Seller John S. Corker Kaitlin Fine

Performance rights to In The Heights are licensed by R&H Theatricals: www.rnhtheatricals.com In The Heights rehearsed at The New 42nd Street Studios Tour Direction The Booking Group Meredith Blair, Kara Gebhart www.thebookinggroup.com

The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union. United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre.

The Road Crew are members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.

This tour is dedicated in loving memory of Sonny Everett, our friend and fellow producer

The Press Agents and Company Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.

Special Thanks Luis Miranda, John Buzzetti, Mark Sendroff Credits Scenery constructed by Center Line Studio, Inc; Lighting equipment from PRG Lighting; Sound Equipment from PRG Audio; Chain motors from Show Motion; Trucking by Clark Transfer, Inc. Percussion equipment and drum programming by Dan McMillan; Wireless handsets by Verizon. Costumes built by Donna

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The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

This production is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.

Blumenthal Performing Arts recognizes with gratitude the dedication and support of the following contributors.

Producer’s Circle Chairman’s Council Mr. and Mrs. William B. McGuire, Jr.

Director’s Council Scot and Diane Powell

President’s Council Peg and Jay Adamczyk Jim and Cathy Baily Mrs. Nancy B. Thomas and Mr. William M. Barnhardt Arthur D. Becker, Christine K. Becker, Kimberly K. Becker

The Blumenthal Foundation Amy and Philip Blumenthal Betsy and Alfred Brand Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cameron Mr. William K. Diehl, Jr. Walter and Michele Fisher

Dorlisa and Peter Flur Tom and Vickie Gabbard David and Barbara Goodman Beverly and Jim Hance Chuck and Diane Harrington

Mr. and Mrs. David L. Hauser Sally Hawk and Tommi Levi Jeanne and Rick Puckett Mr. and Mrs. Eric Sklut Edgar and Karen Whitener

Grace, Michael and John Galloway Harry and Gail Grim Belinda and Timothy Gunter Mandy and Todd Houser Thomas and Nora Hughes Sunny and Wen Hutchinson David and Susan Jamison Lloyd Johnson

Howard and Julie Levine Karmen and Russell Martin Chris and Caroline McDowell Thomas C. Nelson and Anna Spangler Nelson Wendy and Frank Rosen Bill and Brenda Ryan Jane and Nelson Schwab Thad and Bobbie Sharrett

Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Sherrill Lisa and Glenn Sherrill Ronnie and Paulette Sherrill Jacqueline Snipes Pam and Andy Warlick Mr. and Mrs. E.I. Weisiger, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. White Caroline and Lawrence A. Wilson

J.C. and Elizabeth Faulkner Beth and Jonathan Feit Curt and Sara Fochtmann Joyce Staley Ford Peggy and Heriberto Garcia John R. Georgius In Memory of Judy Gerhart Anne and George Goodyear Mrs. Charles Grace Rebecca and Carl Guidice Sharon and Benjamin Hager Pamela G. Hanna, M.D. Ned Hardison Blaine and Robin Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hawley Eleanor and Parks Helms Tim and Carolyn Hilton Dr. and Mrs. Alex Horchak Jim and Peggy Hynes Lynn Jeffrey Tom and Michelle Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Graeme M. Keith Ginger Kemp Virginia A. Kern Mary Jean and Howard L. Kushner Janice S. Ladley James Ledbetter

The Leon Levine FoundationSandra and Leon Levine Mr. and Mrs. Kurt E. Lindquist, II David Markoski Lori Matthews Ashley and Scott Mattei Gary and Jill Maxwell Jane and Hugh McColl T. Bragg and Betsy McLeod Mr. Edwin McMahan Elsa and Joseph McNamara John and Donna Mitchell Marie Mitchell Daniel Nance Ed and Jill Newman Janet and Peter Nixon Madison O’Kane Donald O’Shields Mr. and Mrs. John R. Prince III Jim Putnam Eva and George Raftelis Sally and Russell Robinson Robert and Lisa Rollins William R. Rollins Carla and Ed Rose In Memory of Larisa Samoylov Mr. and Mrs. Jason C. Schmidly

Dale and Mary Sedivec Dr. and Mrs. Robert Seymour Mr.andMrs.CharlesM.Shelton,Sr. Peggy and Pope Shuford Jim Shupe The Marc and Mattye Silverman Foundation Tom and Sherry Skains Mr. and Mrs. Wayne B. Smith, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh Spencer Walter and Ingrid Steele Dia and Paul Steiger Ms. Donita Stewart John D. and Patricia E. Stewart John and Mary Sumner Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Thomas David Thomason Ellen and Ron Vilas Greg and Sandy Vlahos Catherine and Scott Warfield Lin and DP Washburn Mary Ellen and Reid Wilkerson Richard T. “Stick” Williams Rip and Cathey Winfield Steve Worthy GillianAlbinskiandDouglas Young Stephen C. Young

Benefactor Howard and Margaret Bissell J. Michael Booe and Rebecca S. Henderson Laura and Sam Bowles Lea and Robin Burt Amy and Alfred Dawson Daniel and Marilyn DiMicco Charlie Elberson Scott Fuller

Grand Patron Larry Adams Bill and Valerie Alexander Elizabeth Austin Mr. and Mrs. John M. Barry Dr. and Mrs. Edward S. Baum Mike and Renee Baumbach Ralph and Linda Beck Mark and Louise Bernstein Ken and Beth Beuley Roy and Amy Bivens Mr. and Mrs. Alan Blumenthal Crandall and Erskine Bowles Peter and Cynthia Buck James R. Bullock Bret Burquest Tony and Dianne Byers Jeffrey Carlson Nan and Hal Clarke Steve and Elaine Coats Roger Cuddy Bill and Rose Cummings Adelaide and Ned Davis James W. Donahue Pepper and Roddey Dowd Mr. and Mrs. James F. Downs Marica and Bob Dynko Greg Ewald Lane E. Faison

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Blumenthal Performing Arts recognizes with gratitude the dedication and support of the following contributors.

Leadership Gift

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2010/11 Broadway Lights Series Sponsor

Signature Gift

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Major Gifts

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Blumenthal Performing Arts recognizes with gratitude the dedication and support of the following contributors.

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The Arts & Science Council supports Blumenthal Performing Arts’ 2011 Fiscal Year budget with a Basic Operating Grant in the amount of $345,401.

Blumenthal Performing Arts receives support from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.

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THIS MONTH, WE THOUGHT YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;D APPRECIATE OUR NOT THANKING YOU. In these extraordinary times, your generosity could not be more important in helping ASC fund the efforts of those dedicated to arts, science, history and heritage. With every dollar more critical than ever, we are foregoing our tradition of listing all of our donors in this publication. Instead, you can view a list of our donors at ArtsAndScience.org, and we hope you will accept our sincere gratitude as we devote our resources to those who are counting on our support.

Opera Carolina SPONSORS RESCUE OPERA CAROLINA EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR CMS

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chool students across Mecklenburg County and future benefits of early arts education. With a generous grant of $25,000 from will enjoy up-close encounters with opera the Duke Energy Foundation, Opera Carolina when Opera Carolina’s educational touring has raised a total of $55,500 from generous company, Opera Express, hits the road once individuals and corporate sponsors including again this spring, entertaining and American Tire Distributors, BB&T, The Duke enlightening young audiences in more than Energy Foundation, The Hearst Corporation, twenty Charlotte-Mecklenburg elementary Husqvarna, King & Spalding, Lance, Inc., and schools, as well as a dozen counties in North Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice. These Carolina, South Carolina and Northern funds supplement a Georgia. $10,000 grant from the The engaging Arts & Science Council. cast of locally based “Opera Carolina is opera singers profoundly grateful to these performs the sponsors who have stepped children’s opera The forward to demonstrate Billy Goats Gruff, a such a far-reaching and modern adaptation of enduring commitment to the famous children’s arts and education,” said tale that tells the story General Director James of the three Billy Students enjoying The Billy Goats Gruff, the 2010/2011 Opera Express Touring Program. Meena. “Funding programs Goats and the bully like Opera Express allows students from CMS’ Osmin. Online teaching tools and excerpts diverse neighborhoods to experience live opera from the opera are available for teachers and in their own schools. Eighty percent of Opera students alike to gain greater insight into the Express performances this spring will be in opera art form. Opera Express is designed for CMS FOCUS Schools.” K-5 age groups, with study guide activities Since 1971, Opera Express has served that address North Carolina Standard Course of Study in English Language Arts and Music. more than one million children with such favorites as The Billy Goats Gruff, An Aesop Threatened by another year of Odyssey, Pinocchio, How Nanita Learned to deepening budget cuts to CMS, Opera Carolina secured private and corporate support Make Flan, and more. Opera Carolina’s other education programs include The Opera to protect its 25-year history of education Carolina Academy, Student Night at the Opera, programming in CMS. Opera Express was and Master Classes for regional university rescued by the collective vision of Opera students. Carolina’s Board of Directors, businesses and individual donors who understand the value

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ew things have remained the same since 1954, but you can bet that the soulful and satisfying harmonies of The Four Tops haven’t changed a bit. Charlotte Symphony conductor Albert-George Schram will team up with the chart-topping quartet March 18-19 at Ovens Auditorium for an evening of Motown musical memories. The Four Tops began their journey as a band of soulful Detroit-area high school students in 1954. Founders Levi Stubbs, Abdul “Duke” Fakir, Renaldo “Obie” Benson, and Lawrence Payton had their THE FOUR TOPS first impromptu performance at a friend’s birthday party – the rest is history. Looking to “aim for the top,” the group called themselves The Four Tops and scored a record deal with Chess Records in 1956. The Four Tops spent 10 years perfecting their vocal blend before landing their first hit, “Baby I Need Your Loving,” after switching to Motown Records. They celebrated their first number-one single in the spring of 1965 with “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch),” and blazed through the 1960s and 1970s with a streak of R&B hits including “Reach Out, I’ll Be There,” “Standing in the Shadows of Love,” and “Ain’t No Woman (Like the One I’ve Got).”

The Four Top’s smooth moves and timeless tunes brought the group success well after the peak of Motown. The quartet toured with the Temptations and released its final Top 40 hit, appropriately titled “Indestructible,” in 1988. Just a few short years later The Four Tops were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the group of friends continued to tour the United States, Europe, and Asia. While the group’s talent and professionalism have remained consistent throughout the deacdes, the performers have changed; the legendary Abdul “Duke” Fakir remains the last founding member of The Four Tops. Seasoned entertainer Theo Peoples, previously lead singer for the Temptations, joined the group in 1998 upon the death of Lawrence Payton, stepping in to fill the shoes of founding “Topper” Levi Stubbs as The Tops’ lead vocalist a couple of years later. Ronnie McNeir, a wellknown producer and musician, joined in 1999. Talented songwriter, pianist, and vocalist Lawrence Roquel Payton, Jr., son of original Four Tops member Payton, grew up in the Motown sound and joined The Tops in 2005. Schram and the Charlotte Symphony are thrilled to bring you two evenings that groove to the Motown classics you know and love.

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www.blumenthalarts.org Knight Theater Show ‘FEARLESS’ COMPANY LEAPS ONTO KNIGHT STAGE THIS SPRING

arth Fagan Dance is “unfailingly original” deemed the The New York Times, which also named the Company’s piece, Mudan 175/39, third of the Top Six Dance-Watching Moments of 2009. In 2010, to mark its 40th anniversary, Garth Fagan Dance premiered two works: Thanks Forty by Fagan and Hylozoic by his current dancer and muse Norwood Pennewell. The company also added two revivals to its repertoire: Passion Distanced and Woza. Tony award winning choreographer Garth Fagan’s dancers communicate with unbridled energy the PHOTO BY GREG BARRETT. depth, precision, and grace of Fagan’s work. The “fearless” dancers are “able to sustain long adagio balances, to change direction in midair, to vary the dynamic of a turn, to stop on a dime,” wrote David Vaughan in Ballet Review. Fagan’s ever-evolving dance language draws on many sources: sense of weight in modern dance, torso-centered movement and energy of Afro-Caribbean, speed and precision of ballet, and the rule breaking experimentation of the post-moderns. Critics have called Garth Fagan “a true original,” “a genuine leader,” and “one of

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the great reformers of modern dance.” Fagan is the founder and artistic director of the award-winning and internationally acclaimed company. “Originality has always been Mr. Fagan’s strong suit, not least in his transformation of recognizable idioms into a dance language that looks not only fresh but even idiosyncratic,” writes Anna Kisselgoff of The New York Times. For his pathbreaking choreography for Walt Disney’s The Lion King, Fagan was awarded the prestigious 1998 Tony Award for Best Choreography. He also received the 1998 Drama Desk Award, 1998 Outer Critics Circle Award, 1998 Astaire Award, 2000 Laurence Olivier Award, 2001 Ovation Award, and the 2004 Helpmann Award for his work on the Broadway musical, which opened in fall 1997 to extraordinary critical praise. Fagan’s distinguished work in the theatre also includes the first fully staged production of the Duke Ellington street opera, Queenie Pie at the Kennedy Center in 1986 and the opening production of Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare Festival’s Shakespeare Marathon: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, (1988), set in Brazil and directed by A.J. Antoon.

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