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We look forward to seeing you at La Jolla Playhouse at your upcoming performance of The Good, The Bad and The I-5. Below is some additional information about the production and the venue to enhance your theater-going experience. Parking Parking is free for all subscribers. For all others, parking is $2 (subject to change), Monday-Friday. Upon arrival to campus, please purchase your parking permit from one of the automated pay stations located next to the information kiosk. Simply park, note your space number, and pay $2 at the pay station. Pay stations accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express or cash ($1 and $5), and do not give change. You will not need to return to your car. Parking is free on the weekends. SPECIAL EVENTS Opening Night - Food Trucks: This opening night performance also includes access to some of San Diego’s finest food trucks, plus a complimentary microbrew tasting! - Thursday, August 8 at 6:00 pm Foodie Friday: Buy a ticket to The Good, The Bad and The I-5 and enjoy a complimentary microbrew tasting from Stone Brewing Company. Plus, the finest San Diego food trucks will be on hand. - Friday, August 16 at 6:00 pm Added ASL Interpreted Performance: This performance has added American Sign Language interpretation for patrons who are deaf or hard of hearing. - Friday, August 23 at 8:00 pm Pardon Our Dust – Theatre District Landscape Improvement Project Landscape improvements will include new walkways, exterior plazas, enhanced signage and lighting, as well as permanent seating areas. Additionally, eucalyptus grove restoration will reinforce the unique character of the Theatre District and its connection to the greater UC San Diego campus. La Jolla Playhouse productions will continue without interruption, but please look for signs and ushers to be your guide around the fenced-in work areas. For more information please contact Patron Services.
Accessibility A golf cart is available to assist patrons with accessibility issues to and from the parking lot. Please notify the Box Office prior to your performance if you are in need of this service; additionally, you may pull into the five minute parking in front of the theatre, and a friendly La Jolla Playhouse greeter will assist you. Dining Please note that our on-site restaurant, JAI by Wolfgang Puck, is now closed. We are excited to introduce you to a new restaurant partner in the Fall. Until then, UC San Diego Hospitality Services will be presenting two dining options to our theatergoers: La Jolla Playhouse Coffee Bar, offering specialty coffees, sandwiches, salads and desserts; and La Jolla Playhouse Restaurant, featuring hot dishes. Please see our website at LaJollaPlayhouse.org/dining or call (858) 638-7778. We also recommend the following nearby restaurants: Dolce Pane e Vino 16081 San Dieguito Road Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067 dolcepaneevino.com
Pamplemousse Grille 514 Via de la Valle, Suite 100 Solana Beach, CA 92075 pgrille.com
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar 8970 University Center Lane San Diego, CA 92122 flemingssteakhouse.com
Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive La Jolla, CA 92037 rockbottom.com
Giuseppe Restaurants & Fine Catering 700 Prospect Street San Diego, CA 92037 giuseppecatering.com
Roppongi Restaurant & Sushi Bar 875 Prospect Street La Jolla, CA 92037 roppongiusa.com
Mustangs & Burros Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa 9700 N. Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, CA 92037 estancialajolla.com/la-jolla-restaurants/ san-diego-outdoor-dining The Good, The Bad and The I-5 CONTENT WARNING This production contains adult content, strong language and loud gunshots (Act II).
MISSION: La Jolla Playhouse advances theatre as an art form and as a vital social, moral and political platform by providing unfettered creative opportunities for the leading artists of today and tomorrow. With our youthful spirit and eclectic, artist-driven approach, we will continue to cultivate a local and national following with an insatiable appetite for audacious and diverse work. In the future, San Diego’s La Jolla Playhouse will be considered singularly indispensable to the worldwide theatre landscape, as we become a permanent safe harbor for the unsafe and surprising. The day will come when it will be essential to enter the La Jolla Playhouse village in order to get a glimpse of what is about to happen in American theatre.
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CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
A MESSAGE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR When La Jolla Playhouse re-opened its doors in 1983, its season consisted of three summer shows performed in the Mandell Weiss Theatre. Now, thirty years — and three additional performance spaces — later, the Playhouse provides a wide array of year-round programming, from musicals to new works to re-imagined classics. This year alone, in addition to our six subscription shows, the Playhouse offers our Performance Outreach Program (POP) Tour for young audiences; our DNA New Work Series; shows from our new Resident Theatre Company, Teatro Máscara Mágica; special events like our limited run of Neva; and our hit Without Walls show Accomplice (which extended three times during its run in Little Italy). And from October 3-6, we will present the Without Walls Festival — turning the grounds of the Playhouse and UC San Diego into a giant performance space in which audiences can experience over twenty site-specific works. Into this eclectic mix, we now welcome back Chicago’s famed comedy troupe, The Second City. Fresh off two successful stints in our cabaret setting, The Second City has been hard at work creating a show for and about San Diego. This past spring, their writers spent several days immersing themselves in everything our town has to offer, from its neighborhoods to its beaches to its culture, politics, sports and institutions. Since then, they’ve been reading our various media outlets to keep abreast of the constantly-shifting terrain of San Diego’s current events. Now, like seals returning to the Children’s Pool for pupping season, The Second City arrives in La Jolla for their newest show, The Good, the Bad and the I-5. Thanks for joining us. Enjoy the show!
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October 10 - November 3 Moisés Kaufman directs a new play with music on the life of actor and activist Paul Robeson As an internationally-renowned vocalist and star of stage and screen, Paul Robeson was one of the best-known African American artists in the world in the early 20th century. Award-winning playwright and performer Daniel Beaty delivers in a stunning piece that explores the bold choices that defined Robeson’s remarkable life. A co-production with Kansas City Repertory Theatre written and performed by DANIEL
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LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE presents Michael S. Rosenberg Managing Director
Christopher Ashley Artistic Director
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Billy Bungeroth Featuring
Marla Caceres, Frank Caeti*, Mitchell J. Fain*, Kevin Sciretta*, Andel Sudik*, Travis Turner* MUSIC DIRECTOR Sound Design and Original Composition STAGE MANAGER Associate Production Manager LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE Producing Director
Lisa McQueen Julie Nichols Laura Hum* Marc Stubblefield Dana I. Harrel
Material written by the casts of The Second City. Additional material written by Ross Bryant, John Hartman and Barry Hite.
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Marla Caceres Frank Caeti Mitchell J. Fain Kevin Sciretta Andel Sudik Travis Turner The Good, the Bad and the I-5 is performed with a 15-minute intermission. Acknowledgements Sharp Business Systems * Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association. This Theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union.
This Theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.
La Jolla Playhouse is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national service organization for the nonprofit professional theatre.
PATRON SERVICES
PATRON SERVICES is located in the lobby area of each theatre. A representative is available to answer questions and hand out assisted listening devices, restaurant guides, performance schedules and subscription information. BARS AND CONCESSIONS are open one hour prior to curtain and during intermissions. To avoid the rush, intermission beverages can be ordered before the show. CAMERAS AND RECORDING DEVICES are strictly prohibited in the theatre. Please check these items with the House Manager and turn off your camera phone. PLEASE SILENCE all electronic devices including cellular phones, watches and pagers before the performance. PARKING is free for subscribers; $2 for the general public on weekdays (free on weekends). Upon arrival to campus, please enter your parking space number and pay the automated paystations located in the parking lot. Spaces that are not paid for are subject to ticketing by UC San Diego Campus Police. THEATRE TOURS Tour the stages and production shops of the Playhouse facilities and learn more about the history of La Jolla Playhouse and the role that it plays in the community. Contact (858) 550-1070 x101.
ACCESSIBILITY
La Jolla Playhouse provides wheelchair-accessible seating and parking. Wheelchair seat locations are available for wheelchair users and a companion at all performances; be sure to advise the reservationist that you require a wheelchair location. Additionally, a golf cart is available to assist patrons with accessibility needs to and from the parking lot. Please notify the Box Office prior to your performance if you are in need of this service; additionally, you may pull into the five minute parking in front of the theatre, and a friendly La Jolla Playhouse greeter will assist you.The Playhouse also provides assisted listening devices for patrons who are hard of hearing. Devices are available, free of charge, at the Patron Services Center prior to performances (subject to availability). Listening Devices Provided in Part by
ACCESS PERFORMANCE ACCESS performances feature American Sign Language interpretation for the deaf and hard of hearing and live audio description for patrons who are blind/low-vision. Pre-show touch tours provide design information to enhance the production experience for blind/low-vision patrons as well.
LATECOMERS or PATRONS WHO LEAVE THEIR SEAT DURING THE PERFORMANCE will be admitted to the standing room section of the theatre at the discretion of the House Manager. They may take their assigned seats at intermission. La Jolla Playhouse accepts no responsibility for inconvenience to latecomers. Safety in the Theatre District La Jolla Playhouse is constantly working with the UC San Diego Police Department and UC San Diego Transportation and Parking Services, which operates the parking lot and security system, to maintain and improve security conditions for patrons and staff members. Additionally, patrons and staff are welcome to use UC San Diego Community Service Officers (CSOs) for an escort to their cars by calling (858) 534-WALK (9255). Further questions regarding security may be addressed to UC San Diego Police at (858) 534-HELP (4357). DOCTORS AND PARENTS expecting calls during the performance should leave their names and seat numbers with the House Manager before the show. Leave the following number with your service: (858) 550-1030. BABES IN ARMS Out of respect for fellow audience members and the performers, babes in arms are not permitted in the theatre during performances.
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Douglas Sills and Jenn Lyon in His Girl Friday, photo by Kevin Berne
We are pleased to announce that the La Jolla Playhouse Restaurant and Coffee Bar hosted by UC San Diego Hospitality Services is open for all summer performances. Come early to enjoy a seated dinner featuring a wide array of locallysourced and organic dishes including Grilled Organic Romaine Heart Salad, Braised Certified Angus Beef Shortribs and Coconut Panna Cotta with Candied Jalapeno Papaya Salsa. For reservations, operating hours and more information, please call (858) 638-7778.
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THE COMPANY Marla Caceres La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Ms. Caceres is a Miami native, but Chicago’s her home. She has performed and taught improv and sketch for over a decade. With Second City, she has performed aboard the NCL Dawn and Spirit, with Second City Communications, and in an original revue at Miami’s Arscht Center, which she helped write. She’s a founding member of the 10-years-running improvised political satire Whirled News Tonight at iO Theatre. Other credits include Piven Theatre, Barrel of Monkeys, Maine’s ImprovAcadia, and several commercial, industrial, web and voiceover credits. A University of Florida grad (go Gators!), Marla loves her family, friends, husband and puppy. Frank Caeti La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Mr. Caeti is originally from Chicago, but currently lives in Los Angeles. His Second City credits include: the Touring Company, two resident company stages (Chicago e.t.c. & Las Vegas), Reverie (a nonverbal sketch comedy show) and Twist Your Dickens at the Kirk Douglas Theater. He was a series regular on FOX’s long-running sketch show MADtv. Other credits include: Key and Peele, Reno 911, NCIS, The Jay Leno Show, over 40 commercials, iO West and UCBLA. Frank is one half of the acclaimed duo FrankenMatt, with former Saturday Night Live writer Matt Craig. He would like to thank his wife and daughter for being the best things to ever happen to him. Find him on Twitter @frankcaeti. Mitchell J. Fain La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Mr. Fain has danced naked at Dance Chicago, played three dead gay poets, a Shakespearean king, a Red Queen, joined a circus, performed the words of James Joyce, Anne Frank and David Sedaris, played a dying Dalmatian, and most importantly... a killer cheerleader named Pepper. He was recently seen in the Chicago Humanities Festival’s production of Assassins as Sam Byck and at The Actors Theater of Louisville in It Takes a ‘Ville with The Second City and Lookingglass Alice for Lookingglass Theatre. He is a member of Chicago’s own The Midnight Circus and will be co-directing their next Circus in the Parks show that will be performed all over the Chicago area. He is also an artistic associate with Chicago’s About Face Theatre. He is very grateful to be working for the legendary Second City with these amazing people and at this beautiful theater. As always...for Robin. Kevin Sciretta La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Mr. Sciretta is delighted to be a member of this ensemble and a part of this revue. A graduate of SUNY Fredonia’s Theatre program, he has performed for The Second City aboard Norwegian Cruise Lines, as a part of Second City Theatricals Productions (Peach Stop, Drop and Roll (Atlanta), Rod Blagoevich: Superstar!, Rush Limbaugh: The Musical) and as a member of the touring company. Currently, he is a staff writer for The Second City Network and a contributing writer for The Onion News Network, as well as a regular performer at iO Chicago. All thanks to his New York family, his Chicago family and Carisa.
Andel Sudik La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Ms. Sudik was born in Chicago and raised in California. She studied improv at iO Chicago, performed all over the country with The Second City and is an alumni of Boom Chicago in Amsterdam, lekker ja? She would like to thank Paonessa Talent and her family, and she’s heard great things about you. She hopes you enjoy the show. Travis Turner La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Mr. Turner returns to The Second City after having appeared in Spoiler Alert: Everybody Dies at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and Second City II: Less Pride, More Pork at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Other credits include: Boston’s Huntington and New Haven’s Long Wharf as well as Chicago’s Victory Gardens, Marriott, Drury Lane, Lyric Opera, Court, Chicago Shakespeare, About Face and Chicago Children’s Theatres. Atlanta native. Northwestern grad. Thankful man. Billy Bungeroth, Director is an independent contractor proud to be employed by The Second City. In 2007 he received his degree in Sketch Comedy Directing from Oxford University. His credits include The Caucasian Chalk Circle Jerk (Concord Theater of Justice) and KILL YOUR IDOLS: The Story of Black Flag (Lyric Opera of Chicago). He is the author of 15 books of poetry and one novel, The Absolute Best Anxiety Attack of the Century, published by Little Brown. He would like to thank his loving wife Zora Neale Hurston for her constant support. This show is dedicated first to Joyce, and second to at least three women named Mary, with love. It is also dedicated to anyone who was ever left dissatisfied and incomplete, and did something about it. Lisa McQueen, Music Director has been an Ensemble Member/Music Director at Annoyance Theater for 23 years, where she composed original musicals, including President Bush Is a Great Man, 40 Whacks, Brunch Punkx, Swear Jar, Wizard Quest and The Boy Scout Musical (Knot Prepared), among others. Second City credits include revues in Atlanta, Denver, Rochester, Barbados and Amsterdam. Regional: Shakespeare’s Hamlet! The Musical; Romeo & Juliet, the Musical; How Can You Run With a Shell On Your Back?; Victory Gardens; Off-Broadway productions of Wild Men! (both starring George Wendt) and Second City’s Rod Blagojevich: Superstar!. Film credits include composing the original score for the indie film Scrooge and Marley. She serves as long-time pianist for the Jeannie Tanner Jazz Quartet and The Rolling Clones, a band dedicated to the music of The Rolling Stones – the greatest rock and roll band in all of history. JULIE NICHOLS, Sound Design and Original Composition is thrilled to be composing for La Jolla Playhouse. She recently finished her fourth revue with The Second City Mainstage. Previous Second City credits include Let Them Eat Chaos, Who Do We Think We Are?, Spoiler Alert: Everybody Dies and the Jeff Award-nominated South Side of Heaven. Before life with The Second City, Julie was the Associate Musical Director for Boom Chicago in Amsterdam. She has composed for the amazing Annoyance Theater and The New Colony. She sends endless thanks to her friends and family.
THE COMPANY Laura Hum, Stage Manager La Jolla Playhouse: Second City’s Laughing Matters Tour. Ms. Hum is delighted to be joining The Second City in beautiful La Jolla. She has spent the last three years traveling with the Second City Touring Company making groan-worthy puns all over the country. She is a proud alumnus of The Ohio State University and has been lucky enough to stage manage everything from opera to comedy to Shakespeare. Andrew Alexander, CEO/Managing Partner is an innovative and influential theatre, film and television producer known most widely for his leadership of The Second City theatre company and the hit television show SCTV. Mr. Alexander became an owner of The Second City in 1974 and has produced or executive produced over 200 Second City revues in Canada and the United States. He has developed television programming for networks such as ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox Television, Comedy Central, HBO, Showtime, A&E and the CBC. Alexander has had co-production deals with MGM Television, Imagine Films, Disney Studios and United Artists. He was Executive Producer for The Second City’s Next Comedy Legend on CBC (2007) and for the Canadian feature film Intern’s Academy (2004), written by Dave Thomas. Mr. Alexander serves on the Columbia College Board of Trustees. He is Chair of the Gilda’s Club Toronto Honorary Board, an Honorary Member of the Chicago Gilda’s Club Board, and has also served on the Board of the League of Chicago Theaters and the Canadian Walk of Fame. Kelly Leonard, Executive Vice President has been with The Second City since 1988, where he oversees the company’s live theatrical operations, producing original and touring revues with such celebrated performers as Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Amy Poehler, Amy Sedaris and Jack McBrayer. Mr. Leonard co-founded Second City Theatricals, the division of the company that has produced such works as Hiccups and Pickups, featuring Seth Meyers at Chicago’s Apollo Theatre; Rod Blagojevich: Superstar! at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre; and The Pajama Men at the Steppenwolf Theatre. Additionally, Second City Theatricals has created original comedy productions for the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Actors Theatre of Louisville and CenterStage in Baltimore, MD. Time Out Chicago identified him as one of the 40 leading cultural figures in the city of Chicago and he has been similarly honored by New City Magazine and Crain’s Chicago Business.
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Jenna Deja, Managing Producer has been with The Second City for nine years and has produced shows with such wonderful partners as Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Center Theatre Group, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Alliance Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, CenterStage and many more. Prior to The Second City, Ms. Deja worked in regional theatre occupying several roles, including General Manager at Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia. It is a privilege and a pleasure to bring The Second City and an amazing theatre like La Jolla Playhouse together. Beth Kligerman, Director of Talent has been with The Second City since 1993. In that time, she has helped produce countless Second City revues in Chicago. Other Second City producing credits include work at: Vienna’s English Theatre, Vienna, Austria; Arkansas Repertory in Little Rock; numerous appearances at Charleston; Norwegian Cruise Line; South Carolina’s Piccolo Spoleto Festival; and USO tours that have included stops in Saudi Arabia, Alaska and Bosnia. As Director of Talent, Ms. Kligerman oversees casting for the three Second City Touring ensembles based in Chicago as well as a variety of other projects. Beth is honored to have nurtured some of today’s comedy stars, such as T.J. Miller (Comedy Central’s Mash Up), Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele, MAD TV) and Jason Sudeikis (Saturday Night Live, Horrible Bosses). Jeremy Smith, Associate Producer has worked with The Second City since 2002 as a producer and stage manager. Previous producing credits at The Second City include Let Them Eat Chaos, We’re All in This Room Together, Chicago Live!, Sky’s the Limit (Weather Permitting), A Clown Car Named Desire and Southside of Heaven. He has had the opportunity to work with many wonderful regional theaters across the country including Arkansas Repertory, Center Theatre Group, Chicago Shakespeare Theater and American Players Theatre in Spring Green, Wisconsin. THE SECOND CITY is the leading brand in improv-based sketch comedy. With theatres in Chicago and Toronto, Training Centers in those cites as well as Hollywood, 11 full-time touring ensembles, thriving corporate communications and theatricals divisions as well as television and film operations, The Second City has been called “A Comedy Empire” by The New York Times.
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PLAYHOUSE LEADERSHIP Christopher Ashley, Artistic Director has served as La Jolla Playhouse’s Artistic Director since October, 2007. During his tenure, he has helmed the Playhouse’s productions of His Girl Friday, Glengarry Glen Ross, A Dram of Drummhicit, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Restoration and the acclaimed musicals Xanadu and Memphis, which won four 2010 Tony Awards including Best Musical. Prior to joining the Playhouse, he directed the Broadway productions of Xanadu (Drama Desk nomination), All Shook Up and The Rocky Horror Show (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations), as well as the Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration productions of Sweeney Todd and Merrily We Roll Along. Other New York credits include: Blown Sideways Through Life, Jeffrey (Lucille Lortel and Obie Awards), The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Valhalla, Regrets Only, Wonder of the World, Communicating Doors, Bunny Bunny, The Night Hank Williams Died, Fires in the Mirror (Lucille Lortel Award), among others. Mr. Ashley also directed the feature film Jeffrey and the American Playhouse production of Blown Sideways Through Life for PBS. Mr. Ashley is the recipient of the Princess Grace Award, the Drama League Director Fellowship and an NEA/TCG Director Fellowship. Michael S. Rosenberg, Managing Director has served as Managing Director of La Jolla Playhouse since April, 2009. During his four years at the Playhouse, he has worked in partnership with Artistic Director Christopher Ashley to produce 15 world premieres, 9 Playhouse commissions and the hit musicals Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Hands on a Hardbody and Little Miss Sunshine. He was also instrumental in bringing the Page To Stage workshop of John Lequizamo’s Diary of a Madman to the Playhouse, which transferred to Broadway. Additionally, he fostered the growth of the Playhouse’s awardwinning Performance Outreach Program (POP) tour, achieving the most performances at local schools in Playhouse history. Previously, Rosenberg was Co-Founder and Executive Director of Drama Dept., a New York non-profit theatre company, where he produced new works by the likes of Douglas Carter Beane, Warren Leight, Isaac Mizrahi, Paul Rudnick and David and Amy Sedaris. He has been a part of the producing teams for the Broadway productions of Grey Gardens and American Buffalo and the national tour of Little House on the Prairie. He serves on the boards of La Jolla Country Day School and the Theatre Communications Group.
Debby Buchholz, General Manager has served as general manager of La Jolla Playhouse since 2002. She is a member of the Executive Committee and of the League of Resident Theaters (LORT). In 2009, she received a San Diego Women Who Mean Business Award from The San Diego Business Journal. Previously she served as Counsel to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. She was a faculty member of the Smithsonian Institution’s program on Legal Problems of Museum Administration. Prior to the Kennedy Center, she served as a corporate attorney in New York City and Washington, DC. She is a graduate of UC San Diego and Harvard Law School. Ms. Buchholz and her husband, noted author and White House economic policy advisor Todd Buchholz, live in Solana Beach and are the proud parents of Victoria, Katherine and Alexia. Des McAnuff, Director Emeritus served as La Jolla Playhouse’s Artistic Director from 1983 through 1994, and from 2001 through April, 2007. Under his leadership, the Playhouse garnered more than 300 awards, including the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Playhouse to Broadway credits: Jersey Boys (four Tony Awards); Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays (Tony Award); How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (five Tony nominations); director and co-author with Pete Townshend on The Who’s Tommy (Tony and Olivier Awards for Best Director) and Big River (seven Tony Awards), among others. Film credits: Quills, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, The Iron Giant (nine Animation Society awards) and Cousin Bette. Recipient of the Drama League’s 2006 Julia Hansen Award, Mr. McAnuff served as Artistic Director at Canada’s Stratford Festival from 2007 through 2012. He recently directed the hit productions of Sideways, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and Jesus Christ Superstar at the Playhouse.
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