September 2012: The King and I at the Fox Theatre

ThE FabulouS FoX Theatre

September 2012 FoxTheatre.org EncoreAtlanta.com

L E XU S .CO M Atlanta

Duluth

Roswell

Smyrna

Union City

HENNESSY LEXUS OF ATLANTA

HENNESSY LEXUS OF GWINNETT

NALLEY LEXUS ROSWELL

NALLEY LEXUS SMYRNA

LEXUS OF SOUTH ATLANTA

5955 Peachtree 3383 Satellite Blvd. 980 Mansell Rd. 2750 Cobb Parkway SE Industrial Blvd.

(770) 680-1000 (678) 461-0800 (770) 428-9600 (770) 457-6800 Options shown. ©2012 Lexus.

4025 Jonesboro Rd. (770) 969-0204

We’re for childhood.

Childhood can be tough, especially on parents. That’s why you need WellStar.

Our pediatricians are experts in keeping your kids healthy and your mind at ease.

WellStar’s Pediatric Network can be found close to home in Cobb, Cherokee, Douglas and Paulding counties. And because aches and pains don’t take a day off, many of our pediatricians offer same-day appointments, six days a week.

When it’s more than aches and scrapes, count on WellStar’s two pediatric emergency departments, at WellStar Kennestone and WellStar Cobb Hospitals.

Our pediatric specialists and equipment specifically designed for children and teens will get your child back to childhood as soon as possible.

To learn more, call 770-956-STAR or visit the new wellstar.org.

We believe in life well-lived.

Women • Newborns • Pediatrics

The vision of WellStar Health System is to deliver world-class healthcare. Our not-for-profit health system includes WellStar Cobb Hospital, WellStar Douglas Hospital, WellStar Kennestone Hospital, WellStar Paulding Hospital, WellStar Windy Hill Hospital and WellStar Medical Group.

When you Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF, the money you collect provides medicine, clean water, and nutrition for children around the world.

contents September 2012

10

14

Features

The Performance

10 Puppet Masters

17 Program and Notes

War Horse whinnies with an equine’s-eye view of WWI.

14 The King and I

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s exotic classic was almost never written.

50 Fox Fun Facts

How much do you know about the Fox Theatre’s ballrooms?

56 Beyond Elmo

Two Atlanta puppeteers know just how to pull the strings.

6 EncoreAtlantA.com

Departments 42 Information 43 Staff/Etiquette 44 Dining Guide 62 Posh Dealz: Experience the best that Atlanta has, for less.

Cover photo by: Anna harrell

Brinkhoff/Mögenburg; theater of the stars; Michael Haverty

56

vp of creative/chief storyteller

Kristi Casey Sanders kristi@encoreatlanta.com creative director

Jenny Schisler Hinely jenny@encoreatlanta.com managing editor

Kathy Janich kathy@encoreatlanta.com graphic designer

Anna Aguiar anna.harrell@encoreatlanta.com production/marketing assistant

Sophia Chin sophia.chin@encoreatlanta.com contributing writers

Curt Holman and Laura Raines publisher/sales Sherry Madigan White 404.459.4128 sherry.white@encoreatlanta.com account executive

Thomas Pinckney 404.459.4127 thomas.pinckney@encoreatlanta.com senior national accounts manager

Sandra Ourusoff 212.260.4883 marketing associate

Stephanie Smith stephanie.smith@encoreatlanta.com ENCORE ATLANTA is published monthly

by Atlanta Metropolitan Publishing Inc. Tom Casey Diane Casey controller Suzzie Gilham vp of sales and marketing Evan Casey chief administrative officer Claudia Madigan president

chairperson

180 Allen Road NE, Suite 200 North Atlanta, GA 30328 Phone 404.843.9800 Fax 404.843.9070 www.encoreatlanta.com Copyright 2012 AMP Inc. All rights reserved.

Reproduction in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Encore Atlanta is a registered publication of AMP Inc. The publisher shall not be liable for failure to publish an ad, for typographical errors or errors in publication. Publisher reserves the right to refuse any advertising for any reason and to alter advertising copy or graphics deemed unacceptable for publication.

Brinkhoff/Mรถgenburg

10 EncoreAtlantA.com

Puppet masters

War Horse magically delivers an equine’s-eye view of World War I

By Curt Holman

S

tephen Spielberg’s film adaptation of the stage play War Horse opened at Christmas 2011 and went on to earn six Academy Award nominations. The stage play, which premiered in London in 2007, used an elaborate puppet to represent Joey, a horse who experiences the trials and tribulations of World War I. With a $66 million budget, Spielberg put puppets aside and placed live animals on spectacular landscapes, putting his War Horse in the tradition of such equine entertainments as The Black Stallion.

Comparing a flesh-and-blood Joey on-screen with a cane-and-metal construction onstage might seem like no contest at all. Not true. Seen live, Joey the puppet is somehow more realistic than a real horse. The Center for Puppetry Arts’ Jon Ludwig says his peers nicknamed Joey “The Marlon Brando of puppets,” and not since Julie Taymor’s The Lion King has stage puppetry so seized the public imagination.

The size of a real horse, the puppet has an aluminum chassis and visible frame, giving it something of a steampunk look. Within minutes of seeing Joey twitching his ears and shaking his mane, all artifice vanishes. He becomes an actual horse half-trained and a little “tetchy.”

War Horse originated with directors Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris of England’s Royal National Theatre, who

Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 11

12 EncoreAtlantA.com

The two performers inside Joey’s frame never evoke the kind of vaudeville-era pantomime horse that is rone to pratfalls and dance steps. Joey more closely evokes the stripped-down, symbolic presentation of Equus (at Actor’s Express in the spring), in which actors wear stylized masks and convey the idea of horses more than attempting a literal imitation.

The winner of four Tony Awards, War Horse impressively replicates a horse’s movements, from playful little flicks of his tail to rearing majestically on his rear legs. As much as you can admire the beauty of movie horses, the play connects you directly to Joey’s emotional life.

Curt Holman writes about arts and entertainment for Creative Loafing, Atlanta magazine, ArtsATL.com, Paste and Encore Atlanta. He has won awards for critical writing and, in 2005, was a National Endowment for the Arts fellow in theater/ musical theater.

Brinkhoff/Mögenburg

sought a collaborative project with the stunningly inventive Handspring Puppet Company of South Africa. Morris’ mother recommended a 1982 children’s novel by Michael Mopurgo called War Horse. The author uses the first-person narration of an English farm horse purchased by the cavalry to depict the horrors of World War I. With the opening lines, “My earliest memories are a confusion of hilly fields and dark, damp stables…,” Joey offers an objective viewpoint on the Great War from the English, French, German and animal perspectives.

Joey requires the close, collaborative work of three puppeteers, each with a specific position and nickname. “The Head” stands outside the horse with hand on his bridle and controls Joey’s eye-line and overall attentiveness. “The Heart,” standing inside the frame at the front legs, conveys the horse’s breath and overall weight and power. “The Hind,” in the back legs, takes charge of the tail and directs the gait of the horse, from walk to trot to gallop. Actor Tim Lewis said that the National considered putting a skin over Joey’s frame, but “technically that doesn’t work, because the puppeteers inside couldn’t see out, which would be dangerous.”

The Heart and Hind not only have to support the 100-pound frame, but occasionally the weight of actors like 160-pound Lewis, who rides Joey at times. “By the end of the show,” says actor/puppeteer Ian Piers, “you’re dripping with sweat and crying in the shower. It’s a crazy job. I never thought I’d be playing the hind of a horse.”

september 13- 23 EXCEPTIONAL

Offer not to be used in conjunction with any other promotional or prior discount. Contact store for further details.

DAYS

Exceptional, once-a-year offers on the entire Roche Bobois collection BOSTON - CHICAGO - COLUMBUS, OH - CORAL GABLES, FL - COSTA MESA, CA - DALLAS - DENVER - HOUSTON - LA JOLLA, CA - LOS ANGELES - MANHASSET, NY - NATICK NEW YORK - PHILADELPHIA - SAN FRANCISCO - SAN JUAN, PR - SCOTTSDALE - SEATTLE - TROY, MI - WASHINGTON, DC

Showrooms, collections, news and catalogs www.roche-bobois.com

ATLANTA 3400 Around Lenox Rd. NE Ste. 204 Tel. (404) 467-1900

For interior design professionals only www.rochebobois-id.com

Designed for you

The timeless classic that almost never happened When The King and I opened on Broadway in 1951, Yul Brynner’s Siamese monarch wasn’t even a leading character.

Although his role was sizable, it was considered a featured part (aka second banana), with billing below the title.

That’s the last time that happened.

M

uch has changed since that March night in 1951, and not only the King’s star status. The term “Oriental,” widely used then to describe all things (and people) Asian, is no longer polite. Neither is Siam or Siamese. And Caucasian actors made up with dark pigments and slanted eyes have, thankfully, given way to actual Asian actors, as is the case in this Theater of the Stars staging, cast largely in New York.

The fact that The King and I was almost never created is but one part of its lore. It seems that Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II weren’t keen on

14 EncoreAtlantA.com

the project, suggested to them (reports vary) by their wives and/or Broadway star Mary Martin, English stage actress Gertrude Lawrence and/or Lawrence’s agent.

They’d already proven themselves musical theater pioneers with Oklahoma!

(1943), Carousel (1945) and South Pacific (1949), and neither wanted to do a star vehicle. (The King and I was pitched to them as a crowning achievement for the aging Lawrence.) And they didn’t think Margaret Landon’s bestseller Anna and the King of Siam had musical potential.

Continued on page 52

theater of the stars

By Kathy Janich

Restoring Family Jewelry with Respect and Care

Legendary in Quality and Design 180 Allen Road Suite 107 Atlanta GA 30328 (404) 252-2256 www.knoxjewelers.com

Christopher B. Manos, Producer

Nicholas F. Manos, president

presents

Ronobir Lahiri Victoria Mallory in

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s

Music by

Book and Lyrics by

RICHARD RODGERS

OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN, II

Based on ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM by MARGARET LANDON Originally Choreographed by JEROME ROBBINS with

JEE Hyun lim josh dela cruz Raul aranas Ali Ewoldt John Antony Carl Kimbrough Chase McGrath and

RAPHAEL ARANAS, STEPHANIE CARD, ANDREW CHENG, AMY CHIANG, ANDY DANH, THANG DAO, YUKA FUKUDA-LAHIRI, CASSEY K. KIVNICK, AZUMI MILLIGAN, JP MORAGA, ARIELA MORGENSTERN, MANNA NICHOLS, ROMMEL P. O’CHOA, RUMI OYAMA, YUKI OZEKI, JESSICA WU Scenic Designer

KENNETH FOY

Costumes Provided by

Lighting Designer

THEATER OF THE STARS KIRK BOOKMAN

Casting by

WOJCIK |SEAY

Children’s Musical Director

BILL NEWBERRY

Production Stage Manager

JOHN W. CALDER, III

Sound Designer

PETER FITZGERALD

General Manager

BRIAN D. FREY

Company Management

CAMBRA OVEREND

Musical Supervisor/Conductor

EUGENE GWOZDZ Choreography by

SUSAN KIKUCHI Directed by

BAAYORK LEE THE KING AND I is presented through special arrangement with The Rodgers and Hammerstein Theater Library, 1065 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2400, New York, NY 10018. www.rnh.com Theater of the Stars is a Not-for- Profit Cultural Treasure that was founded in Atlanta in 1953.

Atlanta’s Theater of the Stars is a founding member of the National Alliance for Musical Theater and the Independent Presenters Network, and a member of the Broadway League (Presenters of the Tony Awards ®).

Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 17

Dear Patrons, Subscribers and Friends: Welcome to the third show of our 60th Season at of the Stars, The King and I!

CHRISTOPHER B. MANOS Producer MANOS Theater NICHOLAS F.President

The King and I has captured the hearts and minds of millions with its charming story of the British governess brought into the court of Siam to tutor the King’s many children. This unique love story is told with one of the most glorious and unforgettable scores ever written. The King And I has always been a favorite of mine and I am thrilled to work with Broadway legend, Baayork Lee, as our director and the extremely talented, Susan Kikuchi as our choreographer. I am also pleased to have Ronobir Lahiri playing The King and the effervescent Victoria Mallory as our Anna Leonowens. In addition to a wonderful professional cast, we also have a very talented group of local Atlanta children who will grace our stage. I always enjoy the dynamic of having local children perform on the Fox stage. It is a memory they will never forget.

Once again, thank you for being a part of our family and supporting Theater of the Stars. We are looking forward to our next produced show, The Producers, which was re-scheduled to Friday January 25 – Wednesday January 30, 2013. Our final 2012 season show is Mary Poppins (April 2 – 7, 2013). We will also offer a special extra that is not a part of the season package, Blue Man Group. We look forward to the show returning to the Fox from January 15 – 20, 2013.

If you are not a Subscriber or member of Theater of the Stars and would like to become one, I would like to take this time to invite you to join our Family for the 2012 Season. There are several opportunities for participation, including the Star Circle and Corporate Sponsorships. All include benefits that feature recognition and opportunities to get a closer look at how Theater of the Stars brings musical theater to life at The Fox. Please contact us at 404-252-8960 to find out more about our programs or visit our newly remodeled website at www.theaterofthestars.com As always, thank you for your patronage. Please sit back and enjoy this beautiful production.

All My Best, Christopher B. Manos Producer

Theater of the Stars wishes to express its gratitude to its Season Sponsors:

18 EncoreAtlantA.com

BOARD OF TRUSTEES John C. Breckenridge Ingrid Saunders Jones Dennis Reagan Belinda Reusch Grant Wilmer, Jr. Emeritus Dr. Robert L. Bunnen Shirley Franklin Aaron J. Johnson Henri Jova William Orkin Glen P. Robinson Dr. John E. Skandalakis Dom H. Wyant David Yu

We, the Board and Staff of Theater of the Stars, would like to dedicate our 60th Season to our former Board President and longtime friend, Dr. Robert L. Bunnen.

(1922-2012) We already miss you, Doc.

Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 19

cast (in order of appearance)

Captain Orton.......................................................................................................... John Antony Louis Leonowens*............................................................................................... Chase McGrath Anna Leonowens...............................................................................................Victoria Mallory The Interpreter.............................................................................................................Andy Danh The Kralahome......................................................................................................... Raul Aranas The King of Siam................................................................................................... Ronobir Lahiri Court Dancer.............................................................................................................. Jessica Wu Lun Tha...............................................................................................................Josh Dela Cruz Tuptim........................................................................................................................ Ali Ewoldt Lady Thiang............................................................................................................. Jee Hyun Lim Prince Chulalongkorn...........................................................................................Raphael Aranas Fan Dancer.................................................................................................................. Yuki Ozeki Sir Edward Ramsay................................................................................................... John Antony *The role of Louis Leonowens will be played by Carl Kimbrough at the Friday, Sept. 7th, performance.

Royal Wives, Slaves, Courtiers, Guards, Monks, English Guests, and Market People Raphael Aranas, Stephanie Card, Andrew Cheng, Amy Chiang, Andy Danh, Thang Dao, Yuka Fukuda-Lahiri, Cassey K. Kivnick, Azumi Milligan, JP Moraga, Ariela Morgenstern, Manna Nichols, Rommel Pierre O’Choa, Rumi Oyama, Yuki Ozeki, Jessica Wu “Small House of Uncle Thomas” Ballet:

Eliza........................................................................................................................... JESSICA WU Simon of Legree....................................................................................................Andrew Cheng Angel George............................................................................................................. Rumi Oyama Uncle Thomas.................................................................................................. Cassey K. Kivnick Little Eva..............................................................................................................Azumi Milligan Topsy.......................................................................................................................... Yuki Ozeki UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for the listed players unless a specific posting or announcement is made at the time of the performance.

For The King: Raul Aranas, For Anna: Stephanie Card, For Lun Tha: JP Moraga, For Tuptim: Manna Nichols, For Lady Thiang: Ariela MorgEnstern, For Louis Leonowens: Carl Kimbrough THE ROYAL CHILDREN Kylie Blank, Courtney Clewell, Camden Croucher, Abby Goldberg, Sara Goldberg, Ana Laura Grullon, Benjamin Harding, Eli Hutchinson, Sarah Grace Hutchinson, Tayler LaNett Jackson, Thomas C.D. Jackson, Chosen Jacobs, Elise Jones, Marilee Karinshak, Camille Lamkin, Logan Patrick McHugh, Rosslyn Milne, Max River Roberts, Nicholas Sanders, Thomas Shoup, Lexi Skinner, Madison Stampfl, Emerson Steele, Conner Street, Jonah Verdon, Camille Warlick, Payten Williams Touring Musicians

Conductor........................................................................................................... Eugene Gwozdz Associate Conductor/Keyboard........................................................................... Mark Erenstoft Percussionist..................................................................................................... Louis B. Crocco Stage Management

Production Stage Manager................................................................................John W. Calder, III Stage Manager.................................................................................................. Sarah Marshall Assistant Stage Manager.............................................................................................. Dan Zittel

20 EncoreAtlantA.com

cast

Ronobir Lahiri

Victoria Mallory

Jee Hyun Lim

Josh Dela Cruz

Raul Aranas

Ali Ewoldt

John Antony

Carl Kimbrough

Chase McGrath

Raphael Aranas

Stephanie Card

Andrew Cheng

Amy Chiang

Andy Danh

Thang Dao

Cassey K. Kivnick

Yuka Fukuda-Lahiri

JP Moraga

Azumi Milligan

Ariela Morgenstern

Manna Nichols

Rommel Pierre O’Choa

Rumi Oyama

Yuki Ozeki

Jessica Wu

22 EncoreAtlantA.com

musical nUmbers THE SCENE The action takes place in the 1860s on the docks and in and around the Royal Palace in Bangkok, Siam (present day Thailand).

ACT ONE Overture........................................................................................................Orchestra “I Whistle a Happy Tune”...................................................................................... Anna “Royal Dance Before The King”................................................................. The Company “My Lord and Master”........................................................................................ Tuptim “Hello, Young Lovers”........................................................................................... Anna “March of the Siamese Children”............................................................. Royal Children “A Puzzlement”............................................................................................... The King “Getting to Know You”.............................................. Anna, Royal Wives & Royal Children “We Kiss in a Shadow”..........................................................................Lun Tha, Tuptim “Shall I Tell You What I Think of You?”.................................................................... Anna “Something Wonderful”...............................................................................Lady Thiang Finale to Act One...................................................................................... The Company

ACT TWO “I Have Dreamed”.................................................................................Lun Tha, Tuptim “Hello, Young Lovers (Reprise)”............................................................................. Anna “The Small House of Uncle Thomas”................................................... Tuptim, Ensemble “Song of the King”................................................................................. The King, Anna “Shall We Dance?”................................................................................. Anna, The King “Procession of the White Elephant”........................................................... The Company “I Whistle a Happy Tune (Reprise)”........................................................................ Anna Finale................................................................................................ The Full Company

Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 23

bios

Principals

RONOBIR LAHIRI (King of Siam) Broadway/ West End/US and UK Tours: The King and I. Off-Broadway and regional: Indian Ink (Helen Hayes Award), The Three Sisters (La Mama), Williamstown Theater Festival (3 seasons), Fall (Trinity Rep), Trudy Blue (Studio Theater).

Film: American Desi, You’ve Got Mail, Stuart Little II, Ta Ra Rum Pum, Igby Goes Down. TV: “Two and a Half Men”, “Torchwood”, “Melissa & Joey”, “Desperate Housewives”, “Grey’s Anatomy”, “Cold Case”, “The Sopranos”, “Bones”. Composer credits: HBO’s 24/7 Promo (2010 Sports Emmy), Resident composer for Hand Crank Films, music director for Franco Dragone’s India, Germany, 2009. This one’s for Kai. VICTORIA MALLORY (Anna Leonowens) is thrilled to be back at TOTS! Broadway credits include original productions of A Little Night Music (Anne Egerman) and Follies (Young Heidi) as well as the Lincoln Center revival of West Side Story and the City Center revival of Carnival. Regional/stock shows at Atlanta TOTS, MUNY, KC Starlight include 1776, The Secret Garden, Kiss Me Kate, Show Boat, The Music Man, Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady, and The Phantom at Pioneer Theatre. TV: The Young and the Restless, Everwood , The Unabomber (USA movie), After Hours (Emmy nomination), Santa Barbara. Concerts: A Sondeim Tribute (NYC), A Stephen Sondheim Evening (NYC) and, most recently, When Everything Was Possible at City Center. When not onstage Victoria is a much “sought” after vocal coach at NYC’s The Voice Studio.

JEE HYUN LIM (Lady Thiang) studied at The Juilliard School of Music and has performed throughout the U.S. (New York City Opera, Chicago Lyric, Seattle Opera), Europe and Asia, with her considerable repertoire including great such operatic roles as Mimi in La Bohème, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte and Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, but is best known for her portrayal of Cio Cio-san in Madama Butterfly. Ms. Lim has performed the role of Lady Thiang in The King and I at the Royal Albert Hall in London and looks forward to reprising the role again for Theater of the Stars.

24 EncoreAtlantA.com

JOSHUA DELA CRUZ (Lun Tha) Credits: Encores!: Merrily We Roll Along (Ru, New York City Center), Here Lies Love (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The King and I (Lun Tha, KC Starlight & North Shore Music Theatre). Other favorites: Arcadia (Septimus Hodge), Crazy for You (Bobby Child), SubUrbia (Norm). Love and thanks to Amanda, my family, my friends, and the countless teachers and mentors who got me where I am today. BFA Musical Theatre, Montclair State University.

RAUL ARANAS (Kralahome/The King u/s) Broadway: Loose Ends, Miss Saigon, The King and I, Flower Drum Song. Off-Broadway: Beast (NYTW), Mother Courage (Delacorte/Public Theatre), Dogeaters (Public Theatre), Jungle of Cities (Public Theatre), The Tooth of Crime (LaMama ETC.), Shogun Macbeth (Pan Asian Rep.). Tour: Miss Saigon (Helen Hayes Award, Carbonell Award, Jefferson Award nom. — 1st National Company). International: Miss Saigon (Theatre Royale, London). Regional: Giant (Signature Theatre, Virginia/DTC Dallas,TX) Pacific Overtures (IRNE Award – North Shore Theatre), Oliver (Gateway Playhouse, Bellport), Miss Saigon (5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle), Exit the King (Cleveland Playhouse), The King and I (Starlight Theatre, K.C.) Film & TV: Burn After Reading, Afterwards, BuzzKill, JFK, Company Man, “Law and Order”, “Gideon Oliver”, “One Life to Live”, “Bluebloods”.

ALI EWOLDT (Tuptim) recently returned from a year on the road as Maria in the first National Tour of West Side Story (David Saint, Arthur Laurents, dir.). Broadway: Les Miserables (Cosette, 2006 revival). Other credits include: Les Miserables (third national tour, Cosette), West Side Story (Maria, PCLO, Joey McKneely’s international tour), Suites By Sondheim (Alice Tully Hall), Quarter Century Baby (Carissa, DCTC) Disney’s Aladdin (Jasmine), Encore!

(Tokyo DisneySea), The Fantasticks (Luisa) and readings of Giant (by Michael John LaChiusa) and The Unsinkable Molly Brown (Kathleen Marshall, dir.). BA in psychology, Yale University. Proud Actors’ Equity member. www.aliewoldt.com JOHN ANTONY (Captain Orton/Sir Edward Ramsay) Broadway and Broadway tours: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas; Stephen Sondheim’s

NOVEMBER 12

ATLANTA SYMPHONY HALL ON SALE NOW!

Tickets available at the Woodruff Arts Center box office and all Ticketmaster outlets including Publix Super Markets

TICKETMASTER.COM • 1.800.745.3000 All artists and schedules subject to change without notice. Tickets subject to service charge.

bios Passion; 42nd St., Titanic, Sunset Blvd., Annie Get Your Gun, Pal Joey Encores! National tours: Dirty Dancing, High School Musical.

Off-Broadway & regional: Legally Blonde, Dangerous Beauty; Mata Hari, Prairie (with Patrick Swayze & Melissa Gilbert), Chicago (New Hampshire best actor award), Notes to Marianne, Hurricane; Footloose, Sweet Charity; Funny Girl; Songs From The Tall Grass, Annie; The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg; Chess. Cast recordings: Breakfast At Tiffany’s, Out Of This World; Pal Joey, Mata Hari. Film &Television: Nothing In Common (with Tom Hanks & Jackie Gleason), Night Eyes, Leo & Loree, General Hospital, As The World Turns; Dynasty; Dallas; One Day at a Time; Fame, Joanie Loves Chachi, Chips.

CARL KIMBROUGH (Louis u/s) an Atlanta native, is thrilled to be a part of Theater of the Stars’ production of The King and I. Credits include A Christmas Story – The Musical! (matinee Ralphie/swing), national tour; SaintEx (Francois), Weston Playhouse; Suprema (Pete), Eugene O’Neill; Secret Garden (Collin), Fabrefaction Theatre; The Sound of Music (Kurt), La Boheme (A Boy) and Brundibar (Pepicek), Asheville Lyric Opera; Oliver (Artful Dodger), Asheville Community Theatre and Green Eggs and Ham (Sam I Am), Atlanta Symphony. Experience includes Atlanta Boy Choir and Cantare Youth Choirs. Proud member of Actors’ Equity and thankful for his God-given talent.

CHASE McGRATH (Louis) is excited to be participating in The King and I. Chase has performed with the Theater of the Stars in its 2010 tour of The Sound of Music (Kurt) and in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (children’s choir), as well as several local productions, his favorites being Bye Bye Birdie, Tom Sawyer, Pippin, and Annie Get Your Gun. When not acting, Chase enjoys playing piano, guitar and learning foreign languages. Special thanks to Mom and Dad and little sisters Jordan and Lizzie for their support.

Ensemble

RAPHAEL ARANAS (Ensemble/Prince Chulalongkorn) is proud and happy to be a part of Theater of the Stars’ production of The 26 EncoreAtlantA.com

King and I. He is currently entering his junior year at LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. He is in the drama program. Raphael previously performed offBroadway in NAATCO’s production of Leah’s Train. He also acted in the independent film, Midas’ Son. He’d like to thank his mom and dad for all their love and support.

STEPHANIE CARD (Ensemble/Anna u/s) Atlanta TOTS debut! New York: Steve Marzullo and Friends (Birdland), American Songbook (Lincoln Center). Regional: Crazy for You (Mitzi), Baby (Lizzie), Last Five Years (Cathy).

Recordings: Show Some Beauty. Training: BA, Marymount Manhattan College; Jacob’s Pillow Dance; British Academy of Dramatic Art. Proud member of AEA. Thanking God, Mom, Dad, and Baayork! Romans 12:6-12.

ANDREW CHENG (Ensemble/Simon of Legree) is thrilled to be a part of this production of The King and I. Andrew, a native New Yorker and graduate of New York University, has performed all over the U.S. and Europe. His credits include productions of West Side Story, Chicago and several productions of The King and I. Thanks and love to Mom and Dave.

AMY CHIANG (Ensemble) is so thrilled to work with Baayork and Susan again. She is a native of Taiwan. She has performed for choreographers such as Gary Masters, Fred Matthews, Jody Oberfelder, Matt Williams and more. Theater: Notre Dame de Paris, The King and I, Miss Saigon, and Cats. Film: Cremasters 5, Sweet Dreams, Truth Seekers, God’s Land.

She is a founding member of Foray Filmworks of Atlanta. Love to Mom and Davids (husband & son), family and friends!

ANDY DANH (Ensemble/Interpreter) is thrilled to be debuting with TOTS. Originally from Cumming, GA, favorite credits include Thoroughly Modern Millie, Rent (Atlanta regional premiere), La Bohème, and Forever Plaid. Special thanks to my wife, Heather, who was on puppy duty while I was out of town. andydanh.com THANG DAO (Ensemble/Asst. to the Choreographer) resides in NYC as a dancer and choreographer. Dao holds a BFA in dance from The Boston Conservatory and an MA from New York University. He is a 2008 Princess

bios Grace Award fellow. Thanks to Susan Kikuchi and Baayork Lee for the opportunities.

CASSEY KIKUCHI KIVNICK (Ensemble/ Uncle Thomas/Asst. Director/Choreographer) has worked as a lighting designer, stage manager and performer. Credits: Assistant to Baayork Lee (Broadway revival, A Chorus Line); stage manager (La Mama); lighting designer (Thang Dao Dance Company); Assistant to the choreographer (King and I - U.S., China, England), assistant director/Uncle Thomas (King and I – Kansas City).

YUKA FUKUDA-LAHIRI (Ensemble) Musical credits: The King and I (TOTS national tour 2004-2005, Paper Mill Playhouse, Musical Theatre West, Casa Manana); Cats (WV Public Theatre), Gospel Gospel Gospel (asst. choreographer). Dance credits: Alvin Ailey II, Dallas Black Dance Theater, City Ballet of Los Angeles, Dance Project NY. This one is for KAI! JP MORAGA (Ensemble/Lun Tha u/s) T.O.T.S. debut! Regional: Joseph…Dreamcoat, The King and I, Miss Saigon(s), Long Season (reading), My Scary Girl, Altar Boys, My Fair lady, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Anything Goes, A Chorus Line.

NY: Suites by Sondheim, Oklahoma! (NAAP).

BW graduate. Proud AEA Member. NMRK. Live, Love, Laugh and Create! For my Leu. AZUMI MILLIGAN (Ensemble/Little Eva) is honored and excited to be a part of The King and I again.Other credits include: Evita, Annie, My Favorite Year, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Sweeney Tood, Les Miserables. Many thanks for everyone who has lent their support.

Specially to my husband, Michael.

ARIELA MORGENSTERN (Ensemble/Lady Thiang u/s) Off-Broadway: Adding Machine; Threepenny Opera (Drama Desk nominated); I Married Wyatt Earp; The Last Goodbye.

Regional: The Light in the Piazza (Arena Stage, Theatreworks); Man of La Mancha; Carmen.

Concert: Symphony soloist, Carnegie Hall; 2nd place, Kurt Weill Foundation’s Lotte Lenya Competition. Ariela is also a member of Studio 42, dedicated to audacious, “unproducible” theatre. arielamorgenstern.com MANNA NICHOLS (Ensemble/Tuptim u/s) is grateful to be a part of this production!

Favorite credits include Miss Saigon (Kim),

The King and I (Tuptim), Into the Woods (Cinderella), Seussical (Mayzie), Most Happy Fella (Rosabella), and Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey). Thanks & love to family, friends, and BL. MannaNichols.com God is good!!!

ROMMEL PIERRE O’CHOA (Ensemble/ Dance Captain) is thrilled to perform in The King and I again. Regional: Miss Saigon (club owner, dance captain); Snow White (Confucius); The King and I; Walnut Street Theatre (Lover George, Phra Alak); The King and I, North Shore Theater (Simon of Legree/ dance captain), Hello, Dolly, (dance captain).

National: Miss Saigon (Swing, Dance Captain, Resident Director) Global: West Side Story Euro tour, The King and I Broadway Asia tour.

Much love to my family, friends and Patrick.

RUMI OYAMA (Ensemble/Angel) The King and I (Walnut Street Theatre and North Shore Theater), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Porthouse Theatre), Miss Saigon (Sacramento Music Circus and Gateway Playhouse), Bruce Lee: Journey to the West (Elephant Eye Production), Bye Bye Birdie (Porthouse Theatre) and The Lion King (Shiki Company). rumioyama.com YUKI OZEKI (Ensemble/Topsy/Fan Dancer/ Asst. to the choreographer) is thrilled to be a part of The King and I again after recently choreographing Lyric Opera Virginia’s production. National/International Tours: Miss Saigon (Assistant Director-Choreographer, Dance Captain, Swing,) The King and I (Topsy, Simon of Legree, Little Eva.) Regional: A Chorus Line (Connie,) The King and I (Eliza, Angel George, Topsy, Uncle Thomas, Fan Dancer.) Bachelor in Science/NYU. JESSICA WU (Ensemble/Eliza/Court Dancer) Broadway: A Chorus Line (Connie), Tours: Tommy Tune’s Dr. Dolittle, Miss Saigon, The King and I w/Sandy Duncan, The Wizard of Oz, A Chorus Line; Regional: Arena Stage, PCLO, TUTS, PTC Utah, KC Starlight, Baltimore CenterStage; Bachelor of Music, Steinhardt NYU. Special thanks to Susie and Baayork, and love to Bill, my T-Rex.

Stage Management

JOHN W. CALDER, III (Production Stage Manager) Proud Equity member since Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 27

bios 1981. Originally from Atlanta, now based in Hollywood. TOTS since 1988. Credits include The King and I (Sandy Duncan / Stefanie Powers); A Chorus Line (Donna McKechnie); Dreamgirls (Jennifer Holliday); Harold Prince’s Show Boat, R&H Cinderella (Sally Struthers/ Marcia Wallace); Anything Goes (Chita Rivera); Hello, Dolly! (Madeline Kahn); Sound of Music (Debby Boone); Carousel (Patrick Wilson); Les Misérables, Disney’s High School Musical (Original PSM), Fiddler on the Roof; Piano Lesson (Tonya Pinkins); Evita; Phantom; The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, 42nd Street; Annie; West Side Story, South Pacific And Forbidden Broadway. He’s also worked With: President Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Madonna, Muhammad Ali, Gwen Verdon, Meryl Streep, Angela Lansbury, Jane Powell, Barbara Cook, Julie Andrews.

Musical theater collector with more than 10,000 recordings. JWCalder3LACA@aol.com SARAH MARSHALL (Stage Manager) is pleased to continue her longstanding relationship with Theater of the Stars, having participated in the premiere production of High School Musical and High School Musical 2 in Atlanta. Tour credits include: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Disney’s High School Musical, Bombay Dreams, Beauty and the Beast, Sound of Music, and Parade.

Regionally, she is proud to have been a part of the premiere production of Bonnie & Clyde at the La Jolla Playhouse.

DAN ZITTEL (1st Assistant Stage Manager) is honored to be working once again for TOTS. His TOTS credits include Disney’s High School Musical 1 and 2, White Christmas, 42nd Street, Sound of Music and Fiddler on the Roof.

He has managed numerous productions.

For six years he was the Kennedy Center’s production coordinator for The American College Theatre Festival and assisted on the center’s production of American Buffalo with Al Pacino. Dan is very grateful to his mentor and dear friend Charlie Davisson.

ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA) Founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as 28 EncoreAtlantA.com

an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. Actorsequity.org.

Authors

RICHARD RODGERS (Music) began his professional career in 1920 with a series of musicals for Broadway, London and Hollywood written with lyricist Lorenz Hart. Among their greatest: On Your Toes (1936), Babes in Arms (1937), The Boys From Syracuse (1938), and Pal Joey (1940). The Rodgers and Hart partnership came to an end with the death of Lorenz Hart in 1943, at the age of 48.

Earlier that year Rodgers had joined forces with lyricist and author Oscar Hammerstein II, whose work in the field of operetta throughout the 1920s and 1930s had been as innovative as Rodgers’ own accomplishments in the field of musical comedy. Oklahoma! (1943), the first Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, was also the first of a new genre, the musical play, representing a unique fusion of Rodgers’ musical comedy and Hammerstein’s operetta.

It also marked the beginning of the most successful partnership in Broadway musical history, and was followed by Carousel (1945), Allegro (1947), South Pacific (1949), The King and I (1951), Me and Juliet (1953), Pipe Dream (1955), Flower Drum Song (1958) and The Sound of Music (1959). The team wrote one movie musical, State Fair (1945; adapted to the stage in 1995), and one for television, Cinderella (1957; remade in 1965 and 1997).

Collectively, the Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals earned 34 Tony Awards, 15 Academy Awards, two Pulitzer Prizes and two Grammy Awards. In 1998 Rodgers & Hammerstein were cited by Time magazine and CBS News as among the 20 most influential artists of the 20th century and, in 1999, they were jointly commemorated on a U.S. postage stamp.

Despite Hammerstein’s death in 1960, Rodgers continued to write for the Broadway stage. His first solo entry, No Strings in 1962, earned him two Tony Awards for music and lyrics, and was followed by Do I Hear a

LOG ON TO ENCOREATLANTA.COM AND REGISTER TO WIN TICKETS! NEXT TO NORMAL

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Enter by Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Enter by Tuesday, November 13, 2012

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL'S TOTEM

ATLANTA BALLET'S NUTCRACKER

at the Alliance Theatre

at the Fox Theatre

at the Big Top at Atlantic Station Enter by Thursday, October 11, 2012

at the Fox Theatre

Enter by Tuesday, November 27, 2012

ATLANTA OPERA'S CARMEN at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

Like us on Facebook for access to more arts news, contests and deals! facebook.com/encoreatlanta

Enter by Monday, October 29, 2012

Exceptional experiences at a price you can afford ... day or night.

Kiss of the Spiderwoman 50% OFF TICKETS FOR ACTOR’S EXPRESS

Posh half-off deal!

From the creators of Chicago and Cabaret comes Kiss of the Spider Woman, the dark and moving musical that opens Actor’s Express’ 25th anniversary season. It tells the story of Valentin, a Marxist revolutionary, and Molina, a gay window dresser, who develop an uneasy friendship rooted in surviving life in a Latin American prison. As the bond between them deepens, the line between reality and fantasy blurs.

Follow us to hear about the latest dealz!

bios Waltz? (1965, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim), Two By Two (1970, lyrics by Martin Charnin), Rex (1976, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick) and I Remember Mama (1979, lyrics by Martin Charnin and Raymond Jessel). Richard Rodgers died at home in New York City on Dec. 30, 1979, at the age of 77. On March 27, 1990, he was honored posthumously with Broadway’s highest accolade when the 46th Street Theatre, owned and operated by the Nederlander Organization, was renamed the Richard Rodgers Theatre, home to the Richard Rodgers Gallery, which honors the composer’s life and works.

OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN, II (Book and Lyrics) started writing lyrics for the Columbia University varsity shows while studying law. His earliest works included musical comedies written with a Columbia undergraduate seven years his junior named Richard Rodgers. (The 1920 varsity show, Fly With Me, was composed by Rodgers with lyrics by both Hammerstein and a fellow classmate of his named Lorenz Hart.)

Withdrawing from Columbia Law School after his second year to pursue a career in theatre, Hammerstein took a job with his uncle as an assistant stage manager. In 1919 Hammerstein’s first play, The Light, was produced by his Uncle Arthur; it lasted four performances. Undaunted, he continued to write both lyrics and librettos, principally with Otto Harbach as his collaborating author. His first success, with Harbach, Vincent Youmans and Herbert Stothart, was Wildflower in 1923. Hammerstein found his niche with some of the greatest composers of his day, breathing new life into the moribund art form of operetta with such classics as Rose-Marie (music by Rudolf Friml), The Desert Song (Sigmund Romberg), The New Moon (Romberg), and Song of the Flame (George Gershwin). With Jerome Kern, Hammerstein wrote eight musicals, including Sweet Adeline, Music in the Air and their masterwork, Show Boat. His last musical before embarking on an exclusive partnership with Richard Rodgers was Carmen Jones, the highly acclaimed 1943 allblack revision of Georges Bizet’s tragic opera Carmen. During the years that Hammerstein 30 EncoreAtlantA.com

was redefining the terms of operetta, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart were challenging the accepted norms of musical comedy with shows that set new standards for wit, sophistication and innovation. The Rodgers & Hammerstein partnership began with Oklahoma! (1943). Like Hammerstein’s Show Boat and Rodgers & Hart’s Pal Joey, the first Rodgers & Hammerstein musical was a milestone, blending musical comedy and operetta into a whole new genre -the musical play. Oklahoma! was also the start of the most successful partnership in Broadway history and was followed by Carousel, Allegro, South Pacific, The King and I, Me and Juliet, Pipe Dream, Flower Drum Song, and The Sound of Music. Rodgers & Hammerstein wrote one musical specifically for the big screen – State Fair -- and one for television -- Cinderella. Collectively, their musicals earned 34 Tony Awards, 15 Academy Awards, two Pulitzer Prizes and two Grammy Awards. Oscar Hammerstein II received many personal honors and awards including five honorary degrees, two Pulitzer Prizes, two Academy Awards and five Tony Awards. His last musical was The Sound of Music written with Richard Rodgers in 1959; his last song was “Edelweiss,” written for that musical during its Boston tryout.

Oscar Hammerstein II died at his farm in Doylestown, Penn., on the morning of Aug. 23, 1960.

Creatives

BAAYORK LEE (Director) has performed in a dozen Broadway shows and created the role of Connie in A Chorus Line. As Michael Bennett’s assistant choreographer on A Chorus Line, she has directed many national and international companies. Her directing credits include The King and I and Bombay Dreams (national tours); R&H’s Cinderella (NYC Opera); Barnum (Australia); Carmen Jones (Kennedy Center); Porgy and Bess and Jesus Christ Superstar (European tours); Gypsy and A New Brain. She has choreographed shows including Mack and Mabel (Shaw Festival); Cocoanuts, Camelot, Damn Yankees, Helen Hayes nomination for Animal Crackers

bios and South Pacific (all at Arena Stage); and Goya, Sly and The Merry Widow (Kennedy Center). She received the 2003 Asian Woman Warrior Award for Lifetime Achievement from Columbia College, as well as the Asian/Pacific American Heritage Association Achievement in Arts Award. With her new company, National Asian Artists Project (NAAP), naaproject.org, she directed an all-Asian artists production of Carousel. NAAP’s mission is to promote Asian performers in theatre across the country.

SUSAN KIKUCHI (Choreographer) has served the Martha Graham Dance Company (MGDC) as dancer, Director of the Graham Ensemble and School, and Artistic Program Manager of MGDC. She has restaged many Graham works for the MGDC, Joffrey Ballet, Boston Conservatory, etc. Ms. Kikuchi has been involved in productions of The King and I since age 7: soloist and assistant director – Broadway production with Yul Brynner at the Uris Theater; Choreographer - Broadway Asia tour in China and the Far East; Choreographer - Royal Albert Hall in London starring Daniel Dae Kim. Director - Kansas City’s Starlight Theater starring Lou Diamond Phillips. (2011); Broadway credits: The King and I, Pacific Overtures, Flower Drum Song, South Pacific, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway.

BA – University of Rochester. Ms Kikuchi has served on the faculties of The Ailey School and the Martha Graham School. She is Artistic Director of the New Dance Drama Educational Projects performing this year in Cremona and Montecatini, Italy.

EUGENE GWOZDZ (Musical Director) from Fort Worth, Texas, based in NYC. Eugene is the Music Director/Arranger for the Duke Ellington Center for the Arts. Eugene was Music Director/Pianist/Arranger for Anika Noni Rose at the Lincoln Center American Songbook Series; Drama League Tribute to Patti LuPone; orchestrated and arranged music for the critically acclaimed revival of It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman. Music Director/ Pianist/Arranger for the hit show; Thrill Me, and the critically acclaimed 20th anniversary revival Production of Maltby & Shire’s Baby at the Paper Mill Playhouse. Broadway: The Full Monty and Oklahoma! Music Director/ Pianist for, and Tony Award winners Donna McKechnie, Cady Huffman, Shuler Hensley,

and Rachel York with Brent Barrett and Marc Kudisch. Broadway national tours: Sunset Boulevard (Petula Clark), The Flower Drum Song, Swing!, The Color Purple, Phantom of the Opera, The Will Rogers’ Follies, and West Side Story (conducted and played keyboards).

He has worked with many Broadway stars including Audra McDonald, Patti LuPone, Chita Rivera, Leslie Uggams, Patrick Wilson, Shirley Jones, Betty Buckley, Will Chase, LaChanze, Nikki James, Chris Seiber, Norm Lewis, Megan Hilty, Kristin Chenoweth, John Tartaglia, Laura Benanti, Karen Ziemba, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Laura Bell Bundy.

KENNETH FOY (Scenic Designer) - Houston Grand Opera: Carmen, Madama Butterfly, Pagliacci and A Little Night Music. Porgy and Bess for Milan’s La Scala Opera: National tours of The Sound of Music, The King and I, My Fair Lady, Bombay Dreams, Doctor Dolittle and Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5. The American Opera Center Xerxes and Regina. Broadway: Candida, starring Joanne Woodward, Macbeth with Nicol Williamson, David Merrick’s production of Oh, Kay!, Annie, An Evening With Jerry Herman, and the Tony Award-winning productions of Gypsy, directed by Arthur Laurents, and Dame Edna: The Royal Tour. West End: Annie and the English National Theatre production of The Syringa Tree, which he also designed in New York. Art direction for the Emmy-winning Pulitzer Prize documentary, Moment of Impact, Annie in Australia, sets for Radio City Music Hall, video animation for the Mariah Carey Charm Bracelet Tour, production design for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and the world premier productions of Disney’s High School Musical.

KIRK BOOKMAN (Lighting Designer) Lighting designs: Currently in NYC, off-Broadway: Closer Than Ever. Regional At Theatre: At Pittsburgh Public Theater: As You Like It, Electra, Midsummer Night’s Dream, At Goodspeed Opera House: Singing in the Rain,.

At Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park: Speaking in Tongues, God of Carnage, The Fantasticks. OffBroadway: The Divine Sister (Charles Busch); Playwrights Horizons: Recent Tragic Events (Heather Graham); Irish Rep: Bedbound, Playboy of the Western World, The Importance of Being Earnest, Major Barbara; Drama Dept.: Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 31

bios June Moon, Rude Entertainment, My One Good Nerve (Ruby Dee); Manhattan Theatre Club: The Green Heart. Broadway: The Gin Game (Julie Harris/Charles Durning), The Sunshine Boys (Tony Randall/Jack Klugman), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Other theatre: Company: New York Philharmonic (dir. Lonny Price); San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas: Thomashefsky, A Flowering Tree (dir. Peter Sellers); Ballet: English National Ballet, Kansas City Ballet. kirkbookman.com PETER FITZGERALD (Sound Designer) Designed the sound and co-produced the new musical Just Another Man starring Clint Holmes. Past designs: The Wiz at La Jolla Playhouse, Evil Dead the Musical, Billy Joel’s Movin’ Out, Ring of Fire, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, La Cage aux Folles, Victor/ Victoria with Julie Andrews, City of Angels, Gypsy, Falsettos, Paul Simon’s The Capeman, The Will Rogers Follies, M. Butterfly, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil’s Who Wrote That, Swing, Minnelli on Minnelli with Liza, Dream, Threepenny Opera with Sting, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Noted plays: The Odd Couple, M. Butterfly, Stones in His Pockets, The Beauty Queen of Leenane and A Thousand Clowns. Mr. Fitzgerald is president of Sound Associates Inc, a premier provider of sound and video systems to the theater. Peter and wife Maritza are the proud parents of daughters Lori and Mallori.

BILL NEWBERRY (Children’s Musical Director) is happy to be back for another production with TOTS. Bill is a vocal coach, teacher, music director, singer/actor, writer/ arranger from Atlanta. His recent work includes the TOTS tour of Les Misérables, Annie, and an adjudicator and music director of Music Theatre International’s National Junior Theatre Festival, and music director for Actor’s Express’ hit production of Xanadu. He is very passionate about young performers reaching their full potential and their wildest dreams. Bill is artistic/music director for the Fox Theatre’s Rising Stars Summer Camp, as well as music director for Camp Broadway.

Upcoming projects include music directing Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson for Actor’s Express’ and “Hello, Dolly!” for Georgia Ensemble Theatre. Bill is thrilled to finally be realizing his dream of doing a show with 32 EncoreAtlantA.com

Baayork Lee, and would like to thank her, Nick and Chris for this stellar opportunity.

WOJCIK|SEAY CASTING (Casting) is the partnership of Scott Wojcik and Gayle Seay. Off – Broadway: Triassic Parq, Chix 6, National Pastime, The Last Session, 666 and the upcoming Tennessee Williams’ The Two Character Play. Tours: Joseph…Dreamcoat, The Presidents starring Rich Little, Oklahoma! and upcoming A Chorus Line. Regional: Riverside Theatre-FL, The Arvada Center-CO, Stages St Louis-MO and Theatre Aspen-CO. Other clients include the John W . Engeman Theatre – NY, Hot Summer Nights – NC, Midtown Direct Rep-NJ and Astoria Performing Arts CenterNY. Other projects include: TV pilot “Upstate”; Web series: “Expert Witness.” Film: Prologue.

Commercials and print for numerous products and services. wscastingonline.com

Management

BRIAN D. FREY (Vice President/General Manager) Mr. Frey’s career in live theatrical entertainment spans over 27 years and thousands of miles around the world, from cruise line, theme park, and ice show entertainment to touring Broadway productions. He has worked onstage as a singer/actor as well as behind the scenes as a Producer, Production Manager, Technical Director, Lighting Designer and Pyrotechnician.

He was the Associate Lighting Designer for the renovation of the historic US Grant Hotel in San Diego and spent 2 years as the Project Technical Coordinator for Cirque du Soleil and Celebrity Cruises. Currently Mr. Frey serves as an advisor to the Shuler Hensley Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theatre and as the Production Manager and Lighting Designer for the Junior Theatre Festival. Mr. Frey is a proud 22-year member of I.A.T.S.E., the union of professional stage employees, and is celebrating 6 years with Theater of the Stars an Atlanta treasure which in turn is celebrating 60 years of producing and presenting the finest in musical theatre. Enjoy the show!

CAMBRA OVEREND (Company Manager) TOTS: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Joseph & The Amazing… Broadway & nat’l tour: That

bios Championship Season, August: Osage County, The Lion King, Hair, One Man Two Guvnors, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Off-Broadway: Playwrights Horizons, The Public Theater, Primary Stages, Classic Stage Company, etc. Regional: CenterStage, Rep Stage, Williamstown Theatre Festival.

Producers

THEATER OF THE STARS (Tour Producer Christopher B. Manos, Producer – Nick Manos, President) is one of America’s premier not-forprofit Regional Theaters and is celebrating its 60th Season of producing and presenting the best of musical theater this year. Based in Atlanta, TOTS mounts lavish productions of new and classic musicals at affordable prices with the goal of expanding traditional audiences, enhancing the availability of quality family entertainment, and exposing new audiences to the magic of live theater. Visit us at theaterofthestars.com.

STAFF FOR THE KING AND I Theater of the Stars Staff Producer.............................................Christopher B. Manos President...............................................Nicholas F. Manos Vice President/General Manager..................... Brian D. Frey Dir. of Special Projects/Contracting..........Marguerite Daniel ........................................................................... Mancini Accounting Manager....................................... Mary O’Hara Marketing........................................ Marketing Inspirations THE KING AND I… Staff Company Manager..................................... Cambra Overend Production Stage Manager...................... John W. Calder, III Stage Manager.......................................... Sarah Marshall 1st Assistant Stage Manager.............................. Dan Zittel Musical Director........................................... Eugene Gwozdz Associate Conductor/Piano...........................Mark Erenstoft Drums.......................................................Louis B. Crocco Children’s Musical Director..............................Bill Newberry Associate Director...........................................Susan Kikuchi Assistant Director......................................Cassey K. Kivnick Asst. to the Choreographers...... Thang Dao, Yukiko Kashiki, ............................................ Cassey K. Kivnick, Yuki Ozeki Dance Captain.................................Rommel Pierre O’Choa Casting Associates...............................Wojcik|Seay Casting Associate Lighting Designer.............................Brad Peterson Associate Sound Designer............................... Janet Smith

The King and I student matinee educational guide provided by Amy Simpson Grubbs and Abilene Christian University.

34 EncoreAtlantA.com

Orchestra Members Reed I – Flute, piccolo....................................Jeanne Carere Reed II – Oboe, Engl Horn.............................. Erica Howard Reed III – Clarinet...........................Tony Carere, Contractor Reed IV - Clarinet........................................... Sam Skelton French Horn I................................................... Brice Andrus French Horn II................................................. Susan Welty Trumpet I.......................................................... Mike Barry Trumpet II......................................................... Ron Turner Trombone I.....................................................Eric Alexander Trombone II....................................................Ed Nicholson Cello I..................................................... Elizabeth Murphy Violin I....................................................... Angele Lawless Percussion.....................................................Scott Douglas String Bass.......................................................Tim Aucoin CREW Head Carpenter......................................... Edward J. Creasy Assistant Carpenter.......................................... Terry Behle Head Electrician.......................................... Dustin Adams Assistant Electrician/Front Light Operator.. Christina Aikman Head Sound Engineer/Mixer.............................. Josh Liebert Assistant Sound/Monitors.........................David Kobernuss Prop Head........................................................Molly Faulk Wardrobe Supervisor.................................... Betty Johnson Assistant Wardrobe............................................Don Skelton Hair & Wig Supervisor................................... Diane Spence The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

Backstage employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).

The musicians, conductors, music preparation personnel and librarians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

The Director and Choreographer are members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

The press agents and company managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.

Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication

More than a program, it’s your ticket to the arts.

404.459.4128 encoreatlanta.com

executive leadership CHRISTOPHER B. MANOS Producer

Mr. Manos has been in At­lanta for more than 40 years. He has produced more than 700 works of theater, ballet and opera.

He has been recognized with nu­mer­ous civic awards, including the Atlanta Critics Award for the de­v el­o p­m ent of the art of the­ater in Atlanta and the Gov­er­nor’s Award in the Arts. He has been instrumental in the creation of such organizations as the Winter Play Season, Grand Opera in the Park, Just Us The­ater Company and the Fall Film Fes­ti­val – just to name a few! During the early months of the Woodruff Arts Center, Mr. Manos was responsible for 12 pro­duc­tions of theater, ballet and opera in that facility.

Mr. Manos received the Coca-Cola Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Award from the Arts & Business Council of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. In 2005, Mr. Manos was the first recipient of the GAELA Award, presented by the Atlanta Coalition of Performing Arts. In 2007, Mr. Manos was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Broadway League.

Mr. Manos was married for 45 years to Glenn Ryman Manos. He has two sons, Chris Jr. and Nick, a daughter, Ann, and is the very proud grandfather of seven grandsons and four granddaughters.

NICHOLAS F. MANOS President

Mr. Manos is a graduate of the Westminster Schools in Atlanta and the University of North Carolina, where he was a Morehead Scholar.

His career spans three decades in leadership positions. In the fall of 2000, he returned to Atlanta to become the managing director of Theater of the Stars. In 2008, he assumed the role of president.

Mr. Manos has been heavily involved with the touring aspect of the company and has been the driving force behind many of the artistic and cultural marvels brought to the Theater of the Stars stage, including the world professional premiere of Disney's High School Musical, the co-productions of Deaf West’s Big River, The King And I with Sandy Duncan, Bombay Dreams and the newly re-imagined version of Les Misérables.

Mr. Manos is the founder of the Junior Theatre Festival, an event that takes place every January in Atlanta, and brings students from all over the world together to perform, learn and celebrate theater.

Mr. Manos and his wife, Laura, have been blessed with three children — Andy, Kate and Sam — and one crazy dog, Peach.

STAFF

Scott Bowker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Administrative Director Robert Browne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Financial Officer Brian D. Frey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice President/General Manager Marguerite Daniel Mancini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Special Projects & Contracting Mary O’Hara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accounting Manager Henry Rowe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asst. to the Administrative Director Linnette Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Administrative Assistant

THANK YOU TO OUR 2012 VOLUNTEERS! Shawn Albert, Artine Azimi, Cynthia J. Duran, Cassandra Guichard, Nicolás Huber, Darius F. Jenkins, Anita Johnson, Francine Johnson, Olga Kantur, Vivian Keith, Tanya Mathis, Jason Perez, Marsha Perry, Marc Singleton, Richard Song, Kristen Story, Xavier Terry, Cyrelle T. Willis, Xupeng Zhang If you are interested in being a volunteer, please check out our website, www.theaterofthestars.com, for more information!

36 EncoreAtlantA.com

donors Theater of the Stars is grateful for the support we receive from our donors. Thank you for helping us produce the best in family entertainment in 2012-2013. star circlE Bill & Rhea Berger Susan K. Black Roger & Connie Blythe James & Diane Brock Dr. Harold J. Brody Vanessa & Phillip Corbin Chris & Sonnet Edmonds Mark Enzmann Dan & Ann Gezymalla Drs. Michelle & Gregory Gibson

Carl J. Herring Sue R. Johnson Mrs. Joseph W. Jones Raymond Malo & Daniel Rendleman Emory McGinty Robert & Mary Meadows Alice M.Miller Walter W. Mitchell Tony A. Phillips AN ANONYMOUS DONOR

Diane Ponzio Dr. Joseph M. Rosenfeld Glenn S. & Anita Ross Dr. Joseph & Susan Sentef Scott & Terri Siegel Charlyn L. Sirmans Katherine R. Stearns Don & Margie Whittaker Carol & Eric Wrape

Patrons J. Neal Abernathy Nancy & Harold Abrams Action Electric Co., Inc. Christine Palazzo Adams Claire R. Adams John & Donna Adams Michael & Joanna Addison David & Sherry Agan Shirley M. Agan Dorothy D. Aiken Donald Alcorn Mr. & Mrs. Aaron I. Alembik Bruce & Charlene Alexander Kenneth & Glenda Alexander Don & Sheila Allen John & Licet Alleva David & Donna Allman David & Debbie Alsobrook Alston & Bird Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Amiel Mr. & Mrs. Jim Anderson Jonathan Andrews Dennis & Mitzi Apple Sandi & John Aquilino Virginia Ard Stephen Aronson Wayne & Joan Aronson Mr. & Mrs. Alan Artz Katina Asbell Laura Asbell Elaine Ashby Atlanta Fragrance, Inc. Malline Austin Herb & Jane Axelrod Michael & Lillie Axelrod Mr. & Mrs. Brian Babin James J. Babula Betty B. Baccus Danny & Lana Bailey Leisa Bailey

Rachel & Christopher Bailey Susan L. Bailey Allan & Martha Baitcher Scott & Sandy Baitcher Emily Ann Baker John Baker Lewis L. Baker Karyn & Don Ballard Mr. & Mrs. Dale Banich Kirk & Penny Barber Mr. & Mrs. Paul Barish Alice & Steven Barlow Mrs. William B. Barmore Don & Amy Barnette W.E. Barnette Bob Barrineau Lee & Maggie Barrineau Eugenia L. Battle Dr. & Mrs. Fernando Bayo III Valerie Bean Jere & Sara Beasley Drs. Mark & Laura Beaty Amelia Beaucham Angela Beaulieu & Courtney Brumbelow Chris & Kathy Becker N. Gwili Beckloff Patricia Belcher Jan & Lou Belinfante Mr. & Mrs. Ronald M. Bell Robert H. Bell Ruth Benedict Kim & McRae Benefield W. Douglas & Mickey J. Benn Sherry C. Bennett Mr. & Mrs. Fred Bentley, Jr Alana & Christian Benton Jeff & Linda Bergmann Steve Berkman Dr. James D. Bernard

38 EncoreAtlantA.com

Sid Besmertnik Marlene & Abe Besser Curt & Sue Bibler Christine & Daniel Bieller Carol Bieszak Mary H. Bird Michael Black & Lilia Ganova Raeva Mr. & Mrs. R. Dwain Blackston, MD L. Gordon Blackwell M. Alexandra Blackwell Shirley Blaine Sandra L. Blake Glen & Jan Blankenstein Rich & Kathy Boden Janet Bogle Barbara Bollinger Nicholas Bonanno Margaret & Stan Boose Judie Borucki Marcia Charlene Bowdoin Chris Bowen Dr. Jeff & Gale Bowen Waldo U. Bowen, Jr Bette Rose Bowers Mary Bowers Russell & Rebecca Bowling Ereania F. Boyd Vanessa Bradbury Linda Branch Katherine Brannon Randall B. Brannon Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Brantley Kathie Brantley Capt. Robert Bristow Robert John Bristow, Jr. Michael Broadwater Tim & Annette Broadwell Ted & Patricia Brook

Bettie Brooks Janet Brown Jennifer Brown Russell L. Brown Terri L. Brown Grant & Alma Bruce F. Scott Brumfield Thomas G. Bruner Scott & Judith Bryan Wayne Buchanan Mr. & Mrs. R.J. Buckwalter Dr. Robert L. Bunnen Dr. & Mrs. W.H. Buntin, Jr. Harvey & Gail Burger John M. Burgess Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Burns Wanda Burrell Charles H. & Adline Burton, Jr Elizabeth P. Buttimer Melissa C. Byars Hugh & Catherine Caffrey Steven Cannon Dr. & Mrs. David Cantrell Joanne V. Capeloto Gary & Kathie Cardoza Robert & Jan Cardwell Harold & Barbara Carlson Mark & Scarlett Carlton Pamela C. Carnes Ben Carpenter Bobby Carrell Dr. & Mrs. M. Gary Carter Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Carver Randolph & Lynda Case Robert & Maria-Elena Casey Sean G. Casey Betty Castellani Timothy & Pam Cavender Linda Chambers Cheryl F. Chandler

Chris Chandler David Charney Mr. & Mrs. Ben F. Cheek, III Terry R. & Ruth Childers James J. Childre, Jr. Linda S. Childs Mackenzie Chorpash Robert W. Clark, Jr. Larry D. Clay Madison T. Clayton Peggy Clayton Club Corp Coca Cola Company Scott Cockerham Ellen M. Cohen Marc David Cohen Mel Coker Joseph L. Coleman Jeff & Heather Colier Barbara B. Collins Kenneth B. Collins Christina Coloma Nita Coloma Sue & John Cone L. Darlene B. Conley Trey L. Conley William & Gail Conn Ann Conner Bruce & Ellen Connors Charlie & Wendy Conover Scott Cook Teri L. Cooper Virgil E. Cooper, Jr. Ben & Karen Copeland R. Dallis Copeland Vanessa & Phillip Corbin Mr. Ray J. Cornay Mark J. Corsale, MD James & Cecelia Costley Cotton States Insurance Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Cotton John & Carla Couch Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Cox Dr. & Mrs. William H. Cox Dr. & Mrs. Douglas Crane, Jr. Robert & Shelby Crain Jeff & Amy Cromwell Thomas Crosby Mrs. Jimmie Bryant Crossley Richard & Mary Crouch Ron & Caroline Cruz Ed & Susan Cummings William & Catherine Curran Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. Curtiss Paul & Vivian Cushman Stephen R. Cutts The Dalby Family Dr. & Mrs. Jay Dallas Nancy V. Dalton Mr & Ms. Richard C. Daniel James H. Daniel, Jr. Kevin & Audra Daughtry Barbara Davenport James & Martha Davis John & Carol Davis Keith & Rosalee Davis Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Davis Walt Davis Kevin & Leisa & Spencer Dawson Arline D. Deacon Rich & Tara Deaugustinis

Emma Deavours DeCorte Industries, Inc. Sandy Delves Catherine Demyanek Leslie A. Dent Savannah Deranger Mr. & Mrs. Walter M. Deriso Jack Dermoushegian Jerri Dettmering Midge & Wes Detwiler Doug & Libby Devine Jorge Diaz Richard L. Dickson Melissa Z. Dietz John Robert Dillon IV Mary Dillon Robert & Sara Dinius Cindy Diskin Monica Dixon Jay & Aimee D’Meza Ray & Dianne Doan Michelle Dobo Tyler & Heather Dobson Nancy B. Doherty Jim & Cathey Donald Simone & Kerry Dorman Gary & Barbara Dorminey Rose M. Dougherty Chris & Frankie Doughtie Steve & Landra Doughty Don G. Dozier Warren & Ronda Drake D. Anne Drew Elizabeth Drew James & Nancylee Drew Cameron Driskell Catherine Driskell Jack E. Driskell Annette & Richard Dukes Christine Dumanski Mrs. Ann T. Duncan Steven S. Dunlevie Dynasound, Inc. Kara Eads Susan M. Earney Elizabeth F. Edwards Lee Edwards Thomas & Hollye Edwards William Edwards Jill Ellington Robert Engeman, Jr. David & Donna Englett Frank G. English, IV Albert & Tanya Ensell, IV Warren M. Epstein Candace Erickson Barbara Ericson Pamela Ernest Elaine A. Erneston Dr. G.B. Espy Linda S. Evans Randy Evans William & Leila Evans Factory Automation System Dean Fadely Mr. & Mrs. John Fahey Faye H. Fall Linda Faulkner Mary Faulkner Bob & Chris Fauls Robert J. Fauls, Jr. Gilbert J. Febles

Garry Fehrman Noel & Gina Fein John & Elleanore Feininger Jim & Beth Ferguson Jessica Fieux Kent Finley Lori & Art Finley Ira & Alma Fischman Dana Fisher Rosemarie Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Neil Flatt Peggy B. Fletcher Roxanna & Kenneth Flick James & Carole Florence Tony & Susan Flowers Joe & Lynn Fogel Richard K. Foley Richard & Joan Foltz Carolyn W. Ford Dr. Cynthia J. Fordyce Robert A. Forster, MD Deborah Forsyth Mr. & Mrs. Clayton Foster David & Susan Fox Clifford E. & Cheri L. Frain Mrs. Christina R. Freeman Richard A. Freeman, MD Ron, Jan & Nikki Frieman Barbara A. Fry Mr. & Mrs. Derek Fuller Michael H. Furniss Jacqueline Fusaro Karol K. Gaines David & Roxanne Galloway Suzanne S. Gann Dianne Garber Edward & Cathy Gasperini Edna T. Gazaway Joan & Harry Gelblat Sid & Michele Gelernter Dr. & Mrs. Spencer H. Gelernter Dr. & Mrs. Robert Geller Georgia Power Company Donna Gibbas, MD Donna Gibson Mary Alice Gibson Michelle & Gregory Gibson Stewart Gibson Betsy & Jim Giesler Debi & Jeff Gilbert Wayne Giles Ted & Susan Glahn Mr. & Mrs. Jack Godfrey Judy Godwin Faith & Jeff Goldberg Robert & Faith Goldberg William H. Golden Louis & Jean Gomez Jacquelyn L. Goodman Robert F. Goodman, Jr Wanda Goodson Robin Gower Brian & Tijana Graham Leigh & Jesse Grant Steven Ray Green George R. Greene Kevin & Kathy Greene Jennifer H. Gregory Nick & Debra Greim Reginald Gresham Iwetta Greune Shirley Griffeth

Donald & Shirley Griffin Ellen Griffith Billy & Debie Grogan Milan & Eloise Gross John G. Grubb Betty J. Grus Nancy & Bob Gunsallus Dr. & Mrs. Glen Guthrie Mitchell Gwinn, Sr Julie Hagan Norvin C. Hagan Dale Hair Hait, Eichelzer & Kuhn Joe & Missie Hall Ken & Debbie Hall Nancy Hall & James Hammons Gary & Cindy Halperin Anita J. Hammer Ken Harbaugh Paul J. Hargaden Chrys & Donna Harkins Ms. Merriman L. Harman Carole K. Harrison Janet S. Harrison Nancy & Charles Harrison Carolyn Douglas Hart Jan Hart Dr. & Mrs. Paul J. Harton Mark & Dolores Harwell Virginia Rowell Hasty Stephanie A. Haugen Jeff & Patti Hayden Mr. & Mrs. Willliam Heaner Ross & Wendy Heins Bill & Kathie A. Hellstein Ken & Pat Hendry Lynne Hennek James R. Henson Herbst Family Carl J. Herring, MD James O. Hewin Donna & David Heyman Gary & Hope Hickman Joan & William Hickman Cathy Hiett Lisa G. Higginbotham Nancy C. Hightower Christi Hildebrandt Mr. & Mrs. Keith Hilderbrant Pamela H. Hill Robert & Carol Hill Sandra Hill Jeff & Lorraine Himebaugh Lt. Col. & Mrs. Richard W. Hinze Randall & Patricia Hitchens Dr. Charles & Judith R. Hofer Wayne K. Hoffman M.R. Holcombe Richard & Jeannene Holliday Mr. & Mrs. Samuel J. Holloway Lorelyn Homa John & Joyce Hooper Nicole V. Hope Jane M. Hopkins Marci Hopkins Richard Horne Mrs. Annie M. Horton Helen Kay Horton Victoria Horton Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Hosch Tim Hourigan Jackie Garson Howard

Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 39

James C. Howard Mark & Lori Howard Nicholas & Karen Howard Sharon Howard Van Howard Lt. Col. Charles S. & Laura Clark Howell Jon & Emily Howell Patti Howell David & Shannon Hudson Doug & Gina Huff David C. Huffman Khristen Huffman Dr. Joseph L.A. Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Humeston John & Sue Humphries John & Kelly Iacobelli Linda Icaza Jim T. Inscoe Fred & Mickey Irvin Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Isaac Kathryn H. Jackson Michael E. Jackson David A. Jacobs Carter L. Jacoby Terry James Annette Janowitz Caroline Jeffords Lee R. & Margaret Jenkins Thomas R. Jennings Michael Jinright Ben & Teresa Joel Iris Johansen Brindley Guy Johnson Jane L. Johnson Jeff & Debbie Johnson Jennifer J. Johnson John & Wendy Johnson Kristen M. Johnson Rick & Tommie-Ann Johnson Timothy A. Johnson & Margaret Wood Cris Ann Jones Dean & Beth Jones G.R. Jones, MD John & Glenda Jones John R. Jones, Jr Ingrid S. Jones Kimberly L. Joyce Juers Family Joseph & Carol Julian Laura Jurecic Barbara Kauffman John & Jary Keairnes Eugene E. Kearney Jim Keel Bill & Babs Keen H. Grady Keith, Jr Dan & Kathy Keller Mr. & Mrs. William Kellerman Joyce Kelley Miles J. Kellog, Jr. Owen & Olive Kellum Brian Kelly & Jadene Burgess Joseph E. & Carol A. Kelly Gregory A. Kershner Larry & Linda Key The Kikkert Family Ken & Reba Killmaster Mike & Linda Kingcaid Garrett & Sharon Kirkland

Paul & Vaneta Kirsch Susan Klein Cary R. Kleinfield Carolyn & Steve Knight Mr. & Mrs. Martin J. Koch Christine Koehler Ed & Margie Koopman Floyd N. Kopf Gerald A. & Jean L. Kopp Diane Kovacs Dale Kratchen Merry Jo Kurrie Marie A. Kurtzer Mr. & Mrs. David Lacy Nolly Ladha Joyce R. Lamar Joe Lamotte Annette M. Lancaster Roger Land Katherine A. Lane Pam Lanford Joe Lang Kevin Langston Mr. & Mrs. Lynn M. Lanier Sid & Sara Lanier Larson-Juhl Iris Laster Daniel G. Lazarek Sam & Jo Ann Leder Dr. & Mrs. Robert A. Lee Ronald & Donna Lee Danny E. Leeser Philip & Mary Lefkoff Dr. Ralph & Sally Lehr Robert Leven Mr. & Mrs. Ronald S. Leventhal Dr. & Mrs. Allan N. Levine James W. Lewis Rev. & Mrs. William R. Lewis Catherine M. Lindsay Phyllis Lipsett Elizabeth B. Littrell Patricia A. Lloyd, MD Mr. & Mrs. David W. Lolmaugh Rosemarie & Michael Long Lynda Lores Lorillard Tobacco Company Brandall & Dana Lovvorn Rob & Sydney Lowry Page Loyd Lindy L. Lukert Richard & Patti Luna Vaughan T. Lund Rick, Leigh Ann & Grace Ann Lundy Maria D. Mackas Jack & Patsy Mackmull, Jr Wendy MacMahon Janice & Kelly Maddox Magusiak & Morgan Brian Z. Makhuli Christy Phyllips Malcom Raymond Malo Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Malone, Sr Sam & Mary Maloy Paul Mande Jennifer Bonanno Mann Dana & Randy Mannino Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Marchioli Mr. & Mrs. Mat Marsh

40 EncoreAtlantA.com

Patrick & Sandra Marshall Chandler & Buffy Mason Nathan L. Mason Henry & Lisa Kay Matchen Sal & Pat Matise Cindy M. Matyas Jennifer & Ed May Mike & Wendy May William J. Mayers A.P. McBrayer Didi McBrayer Mr. & Mrs. Mike McBrayer Stanley H. McCalla, Sr Walter B. McClelland Jeanette McConchie Joyce M. McConnell Mr. & Mrs. Kelle D. McConnell Byron McCorkle Audray McCroskey Nancy J. McDaniel Mr. & Mrs. James McDaniels George M. McDonald Emory McGinty Phillip & Carol McGonegal Glen C. McIntosh Linda W. McKinney Jim & Swan Mcknight Gena M. McLendon Walter & Fran McMahon Thomas McNerney Woodrow Bergeron & Cheryl McRae-Bergeron Robert & Mary Meadows Medica Stand-up MRI, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Medina, Jr. Deb Meffert Mr. & Mrs. Ian Edward M. Mendoza Mr. & Mrs. Merbaum Hilary Ann Meredith Jane & Randy Merrill Betsy C. Mesimer Ronald A. Mesimer Jack Meletios Clentie A. Michael Nancy C. Michaelson John & Wilma Miles Chuck & Ruth Miller Michael A. Miller Dr. & Mrs. Scott Miller Susan Miller Gail Mills Phil & Linda Mills Mr. & Mrs. Gene Milner, Jr Melissa A. Mintz Carolyn & Steve Mitchell Gloria Mitchell Kevin & Ali Mitchell Heidi & Sean Molley Mr. & Mrs. James Monaco Tom & Sarah Money Evelyn C. Montgomery Darren S. Moore Gerald Nathan Moore Moore Colson Tom & Joan Moretz Janice Morris Melinda K. Morris Sandra C. Morris Barbara M. Morrison Peter & Peggy Muller

John & Terry Murillo Cynthia & Brendon Murphy Mrs. John Murphy David & Teresa Murray Mary E. Murray Madilyn & Hannah Muse Cindy Frances Myers John & Judy Myers Martin Myers Monte Myers Leonard Naftal & Ann Levin Charles & Lisa Nagle Dru Nagle Charles E. Nail, Jr National Alliance of Private Clubs Lynda P. Nauright Sandra J. Nearhoof Bea & Joe Nichols Juanita & Frank Nicholson Lydia Nisenson Dennis Nolan Jamie Noll Obijeski Family Kellie O’Brien Bobbie O. Oglesby Allison & Lenny Olim Richard & Karen Oliver Lawrence Ondovchik Adam D. Orkin Victor & Patricia Osborne Faye B. Osteen David, Anita, Sara & Tyler Ostrowski Roy D. Ovesen Gayle C. Owen Richard & Kathy Owen Dr. & Mrs. Timothy Ozburn Mr. & Mrs. Don C. Pair Greg Pallen Jack & Susan Paller Celie C. Parker Douglas M. Parker Dyxie L. Parker Terrill A. Parker Charles L. Parkyn Jim & Lisa Parrish Tracy Parrott Scott Parry Marie Patton Ann E. Paucke Judy Paul Cynthia Pavey Sidney & Norman Pease Lori S. Peck Frank & Trina Pellegrino Mike & Ellen Peppers Jim & Libby Perkins Carolyn & Timothy Perry Craig & Sandra Perry Richard & Martha Perry David & Sharon Petersen Wayne Pettett & Owen Goard The Pickering Family Ben B. & Constance Philips Tony Phillips Crystal Pinsky Mr. & Mrs. Louie Pittman Charles H. Pitts Greg & Debbie Plimpton Eli Benson Plunkett

Lisa Polillo Mark & Patricia Poole Elaine R. Pope Martha & Joe Pope Cynthia Porter Mrs. Catherine T. Porter Mary & Joseph Poskanzer Lisa & Brian Postel Denise C. Pournelle Leonard & Kathy Powell Richard Powell Stephen & Wendy Powner Ronald E. & Lauri Pratt Jacqueline L. Pritchard Muriel & Harold C. Pritchett, Jr Drs. Jeffrey & Vivian Proctor Linda N. Proctor Linda Provost Dr. Jim & Beverly Pruitt Mr. & Mrs. Tom Purcell Dr. Sallyanne Pyle Michael Quinones Mark Rafuse Meredith Ragains Raymond & Margaret Ramos Tamara S. Ramsey Dr. & Mrs. H. Allan Rankin Mary & Curran Rau Steven W. Raver Jean Ray Richard E. Raymer Richard & Kathy Read Jane Reaves Meryl S. Reaves David Rechtman Mary & Kit Redmond Annette Reed Donald & Paula Reeves Kay Reeves Sandra S. Reeves Susan Talton Reeves Wayne & Merrilea Reeves Mr. & Mrs. William E. Reeves Major Reid Michael & Shelly Reiner Daniel Rendleman Charles H. Renfroe John Richardson Kristin S. Rinne Dr. Linda Roberts-Betsch Barbara Robertson Mary & Nolan Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Russ Robinson & Family Alan & LuAnn Rockett Karen Rodman & Brad Howard Richard H. Rohlwing Barbara & Hank Roper Dr. & Mrs. Charles Rosenberg Joseph M. Rosenfeld, MD Jay & Barbara Rosovsky Glenn S. & Anita Ross David & Shirley Rosselot Jay & Renee Roth Mrs. Joe Rowland Dr. & Mrs. Jeff Rubin Steven Rubinacci Paul & Vicky Ryden Brian Sallee Janice Sallee Mr. & Mrs. Leonard B. Salley

Jeffrey P. Salomone, MD Susan Arnovitz Saltz Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence M. Saltzman Catherine M. Sanders Corey Sanford Kerri L. Sauer Dan & Joanna Sbar Michele & George Scheer Patricia A. Schield Jodi A. Schoborg Mr. & Mrs. J. Barry Schrenk Ted R. Schulte Dr. & Mrs. Meyer Schwartz Michael Schwartz Mary Elizabeth Scordato Glenda Scroggs Glenn R. Seger Alex & Grace Seidita Mr. & Mrs. Harry Seitz Bette Selfridge Bonnie Hartley Selvey Dr. Joseph & Susan Sentef Beverly Sentell Lesli, Marco, Francesca, Nola & Joseph Seta Daryle & Nicole Sewell Sam & Angela Seybert Harvey & Sandy Shapiro Robert Sharpenberg Kathryn Shell Dorri Shelton Mr. & Mrs. Glen Shepard Glen F. Sherman Sherry L. Park Esquire Curtis & Lisa Shoch Stella Dowling Shoup Bob & Jeanne Shulman Erik & Sallee Sieber Scott & Terri Siegel Sharon T. Silvermintz Phil & Maureen Simon SLM Recycling, Inc. Linda Sloope Janet Smallman Carol L. Smith Chris & Kristy Smith David A. Smith Derek & Lisa Smith Eunice Smith Kenny & Stefini Smith Mr. & Mrs. Kirby Smith III Nancy & David Smith Nancy Regina Smith Krista B. Snell Martha R. Snipes Wayne B. Snipes Rebecca Snow Robert F. Snow Cheryl Sorensen Southern Music Distribution Melanie M. Spain Dennis & Amy Spangler Sheridan Spencer Jeff & Vickie Sprinkle Joseph Stadelnikas Bill & Nancy Stanton Mike & Sally Stapleton Juanita H. Starr Katherine R. Stearns Bob & Kathy Steele

Christopher Steele Ms. Jane Steele Mark & Carole Steele Dr.George & Cheryl Stefanis John Stegall Susan Steinbreder Bivian H. Stephens Dr. Mrs. C. Edward Stevenson, Jr Jack & Beverly Stewart G. Thomas Stokes Marcus & Lisa Stonecipher Mike & Virginia Stoner Penny Stovall Mindi Strianese William E. Strickland III C.J. Strippelhoff Barbara Stuart Carolyn Stuhltrager Jim & Angie Stuttman Mr. & Mrs. George F. Suhr Richard H. Sukoff John Alon Sutton D.L. Swanstrom Catherine Swartley David E. Swetmon Mr. & Mrs. Grover Swilley Susie & David Tabor Jeff & Wendy Tacy Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Tarlton G. Leonard & Pat Tate Donald A. Tatman Dr. Richard Tavernaro Dennis & Betty Taylor Diane Taylor Martha C. Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Cameron Teeter Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Templeton Sara Terp Joey Terrell Carol A. Terry Terri Thirlaway Frank Thomas Jennifer & Steve Thomason David Thompson Robert S. Thompson, Jr Thomas & Rose Thornton Jane Thraen Chuck Tindol Carol Toler David & Beth Tong Thomas A. Torrey Susan G. Tourial Melody Treat-Smith Troncalli Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Subaru Nicholas Tupper Robert & Peggy Turner Linda Ayers Turner-Knorr Dr. & Mrs. Fred Turpin C. Ben Tyson John & Bunny Underwood United Consulting Group Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Urban Matthew Urbanek Karen Uyesugi Kevin & Kelly Van de Vusse Marianne Van Name Glenn & Kim Varner Alice Vellanikaran & Choojit Sweeney

Sal & Mary Frances Verena Alice H. Vessell Johnny Vick Don Vixaysack Sylvia & Thomas Wade Lynn F. Walker Scott & Amy Walker Laure & Jim Walsh Matt & Fran Walsh Perry & Deborah Walter Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Washburn Terry A. Wassink Brian & Carol Waters Ray & Delores Waters Hazel Watford Jack Watson Linda B. Watson William B. Watson, Jr Harvey Watt, Sr & Helen Alston Gary Watts James W. Webb Robert W. Webb, Jr Donald P. Weber Edward W. Webster Deborah H. Weigel Dr. Craig Weil Mr. & Mrs. John H. Weitnauer, Jr David & Elizabeth Wells Katherine W. Wentworth Steve & Melinda Wertheim, MD Joe & Marsha West Richard West Douglas Weston Carol M. Wheeler Spalding & Ida White William O. Whitt David L. Wilcox Denise M. Wilkins Brian & Cortney Williams Dr. Howard Williams, III Mr. & Mrs. Jacque Williams Paul & Paula Williams Elaine & Ed Willis Kathryn P. Willis Carolyn Lee Wills Adrienne Wilson Melody Wilder Wilson Steve & Karen Wilson Dr. & Mrs. Jonathan Winner Mr. & Mrs. John R. Wise Dianne H. Wood Jill Wood John & Jan Wood Ray & Martha Woodall Barbara Woodell Mark Worrel Worthscape, LLC Teresa A. Wright Justin & Stephanie Wyatt William P. Wyatt Kathryn & Janet Yancey Tracey Redmond Young Joy & Jim Zaidan Martha Zemanek Jane Zickafoose Bradley & Judy Zuber Julia Zynko

Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 41

FOR YOUR INFORMATION The Theatre A fully restored 1929 “Movie Palace,” the Fox Theatre, with 4,678 seats, is a multiple-purpose facility, housing Broadway shows, ballet, symphonies, concerts, movies, and private corporate events.

Lost and Found Lost and Found items are turned in to the House Manager’s office. To check on lost items, please call the House Manager at 404.881.2075. Lost and Found items will be retained for 30 days.

Private Rooms The Fox Theatre has three private rental spaces, with accommodations for 25 to 1,200 guests. Our Egyptian Ballroom and Grand Salon are beautifully decorated and can be set up to your specifications. The Landmarks Lounge is adjacent to the lobby and is perfect for a small pre-show and intermission event. To book your ”Fabulous Fox“ evening, please call 404.881.2100 or visit us at www.foxtheatre.org.

Emergency Information In the event of an emergency, please walk to the nearest exit. Do Not Run.

Fox Ticket Office The Fox Theatre Ticket Office is located in the arcade of the Fox Theatre and open Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Sat. 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. The Ticket Office is closed on Sundays unless there is a performance – in this case the Ticket Office opens two hours prior to the performance time. Doors to the theatre open one hour prior to the performance time. Tickets for all performances at the Fox Theatre may also be purchased by visiting www.FoxAtlTix.com or calling 1-855-285-8499. Now Available – The Fox Theatre has installed self-serve ticket kiosks in the arcade which allow 24-hour access to ticket purchases for the convenience of our patrons.

Group Sales The Fox Theatre Group Sales Department offers discounts to Groups for most Broadway shows. The Group Sales office is open Monday-Friday from 9am to 5pm. Call 404 8812000 or email foxgroup@foxtheatre.org.

Concessions Concession stands are located in the Spanish Room, main lobby, and on the mezzanine lobby level.

Restrooms Restrooms are located off the Main Lobby (downstairs), Mezzanine Lobby levels, and the Gallery level. Accessible restroom facilities are located in the Spanish Room and Accessible/Family restrooms are located through the Office door in the main lobby.

Gift Shop The Fox Theatre operates a gift shop selling history books, T-shirts, sweatshirts, and an assortment of other theatre-related merchandise. The gift shop is located in the Spanish Room.

Tours Tours of the Fox Theatre are available through the Atlanta Preservation Center. Tours are conducted Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. and Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Tours begin in the Peachtree Street Arcade entrance to the theatre.

For more information on tours and to confirm the tour schedule, please call the Atlanta Preservation Center at 404.688.3353.

42 EncoreAtlantA.com

Smoking In accordance with the Fulton County Clean Air Ordinance, the Fox Theatre is a smoke-free facility.

Smoking is only permitted in designated areas.

Special Needs Ken Shook, Patron Services Coordinator, is our liaison to the disabled community. He can be reached at 404.881.2118 and can provide information on the locations and prices of accessible seating and other programs for the disabled.

The Fox Theatre also has a brochure detailing all these programs for our patrons with special needs. This brochure is available at the Concierge Desk in the Arcade.

An audio clarification device (Phonic Ear) is available for patrons with hearing disabilities. It is available, free of charge, on a first-come, first-serve basis on the evening of a performance, or you may reserve a device by calling the Patron Services Director. A limited number of booster seats are also available free of charge.

Elevators Elevators are located at the north end of each lobby.

The elevators are available during all performances and make it possible to access each lobby without the use of stairs. Patrons should be aware that access to upper seating areas do involve stairs.

Parking Parking is available within a four-block radius in all directions of the Fox Theatre. Advanced reserved parking is available for sale at the Fox Ticket Office or by calling FoxATLtix at 1-855-ATL-TIXX. The Fox Theatre assumes no responsibility for vehicles parked in any of the privately owned parking lots operating in the Fox Theatre district.

Performance Notes All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket in order to be admitted to the theatre. Not all events are suitable for children. Infants will not be admitted to adult programs/performances. Parents will be asked to remove children who create a disturbance.

Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the management, in conjunction with the wishes of the producers.

Please turn off all pagers and cell phones prior to the beginning of each performance.

Camera and recording devices are strictly prohibited.

Backstage employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.)

etiquette 1. Please arrive early. Latecomers may not be seated until intermission.

2. Take care of personal needs (drinks of water or restroom) before the performance begins.

3. Please silence or turn off all electronic devices, including cell phones, beepers, and watch alarms. We encourage you to share your experience at the Fox via social media, but please refrain from doing so or texting during performances; the glow from your device is distracting.

4. Most shows do not allow photography of any kind. Flash photography inside the theatre is never allowed as it is a distraction to those around you and a danger to the performers.

5. The overture is part of the performance.

Please cease talking at this point.

6. Dear Lovebirds, when you lean your heads together, you block the view of the people behind you. Please consider the people that will be seated behind you when choosing whether or not to wear a hat or what hair style you choose.

7. Please refrain from talking, humming, or singing along with the show, except when encouraged to do so by the artist or show.

8. Please wait for an appropriate moment to dig something out of your pocket or bag.

9. Go easy with the perfume and cologne, many people are highly allergic.

10. If you need assistance during the show, please go to your nearest volunteer usher.

If additional assistance is needed the usher will get the appropriate person to further help you.

11. Yes, the parking lot gets busy and public transportation is tricky, but leaving while the show is in progress or before the actors have taken their final bows is discourteous.

Wait until it is over and then exit with the rest of the audience.

The Fox Theatre 660 Peachtree Street, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30308 404.881.2100 • www.foxtheatre.org

STAFF

Allan C. Vella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Manager Adina Alford Erwin . . . . . . . . Assistant General Manager Jamie Vosmeier . . . . . . . Director of Ticket Sales & Service Rachel Bomeli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticket Office Manager Jeff Quesenberry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controller Rick Robbins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Controller Jennifer S. Farmer . . . . . . . . . Director of Sales/Ballrooms Jay Forrester . . . Director of Concessions & Merchandising Len Tucker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Operations Pat Prill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Manager Greta Duke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant House Manager Kristen Delaney . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Marketing & PR Ken Shook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patron Services Coordinator Shelly Kleppsattel . . . . . . . . Booking & Contract Associate Molly Fortune . . . . . . . . Preservation Department Manager Amy Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Manager Rebecca J. Graham . . . . . . Assistant Production Manager Gary Hardaway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Master Carpenter Larry Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Flyman Scott Hardin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Property Master Ray T. Haynie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Electrician Cary Oldknow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Electrician Rodney Amos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head Sound Engineer Larry-Douglas Embury . . . . . . . . . . Organist In Residence Tammy Folds . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Security Manager

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND BOARD MEMBERS Alan E. Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chairman of the Board Edward L. White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President Beauchamp C. Carr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Vice President John A. Busby Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Vice President Julia Sprunt Grumbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th Vice President Edward Hutchison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Treasurer Robyn Rieser Barkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Treasurer Clara Hayley Axam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Secretary Keith Cowan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member at Large F. Sheffield Hale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member at Large Walter R. Huntley Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member at Large Ada Lee Correll, Richard Courts IV, Robert L. Foreman Jr., John R. Holder, Florence Inman, Craig B. Jones, Steve Koonin, Charles Lawson, Robert E. Minnear, Starr Moore, Jay Myers, Carl V. Patton, Joe G. Patten, Glen J. Romm, Sylvia Russell, Nancy Gordy Simms, Clyde C. Tuggle, Carolyn Lee Wills

HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS Anne Cox Chambers, Arnall (Pat) Connell, Rodney Mims Cook Jr., Jere A. Drummond, Richard O. Flinn III, Arthur Montgomery, Joseph V. Myers Jr., Edward J. Negri, Edgar Neiss, Herman J. Russell, Preston Stevens Jr. Sponsors

Official Beverage of The Fox Theatre

Official Airline of The Fox Theatre

Official Vehicle of The Fox Theatre

Supporting Sponsors

Official Hotel of The Fox Theatre

Official Restaurant of The Fox Theatre

Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 43

Fox theatre Dining Guide

Looking for a great night out? Try one of these local restaurants before or after the show. For Dinner and a Show packages, visit encoreatlanta.com/offers.

Neighborhood codes: A–Alpharetta, B–Buckhead, DK-Dekalb, D–Downtown, DW-Dunwoody, IP–Inman Park, M­—Midtown, OFW–Old Fourth Ward, P–Perimeter Mall area, SS–Sandy Springs, VH–Virginia-Highland, NA­—North Atlanta, V—Vinings, W–Westside

American Lenox Square Grill offers breakfast, lunch and dinner.

DJ every Fri. and Sat. night until 2am. Private meeting rooms accommodate up to 150. 3393 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404-841-2377, lenoxsquaregrill.com. B Livingston Restaurant and Bar It’s hard to beat the location (across from the Fox Theatre in the Georgian Terrace), and complimentary parking, but the main attraction is the glamour of the main dining room, which has hosted the likes of Clark Gable. 659 Peachtree St. NE, 404-897-5000, livingstonatlanta.com. M ONE.midtown kitchen Dine on fresh, seasonal American cuisine in a club-like atmosphere near Piedmont Park. 559 Dutch Valley Rd., 404-892-4111, onemidtownkitchen.com. M The Melting Pot is the premiere fondue restaurant where guests can enjoy a choice of fondue cooking styles and a variety of unique entrees, salads and indulgent desserts. Four Atlanta locations, including 754 Peachtree St. NE, 404-389-0099, meltingpot.com. M Two Urban Licks “Fiery” American cooking meets live music at this hip hangout. 820 Ralph McGill Blvd., 404-522-4622, twourbanlicks.com. M

American/steakhouse Joey D’s Oakroom Near Perimeter Mall, this stylish steak house has a staggering selection of spirits and a hot after-dinner singles scene. 1015 Crown Pointe Pkwy., 770-512-7063, centraarchy.com. P New York Prime A Prime Time Top 10 USDA Prime Steakhouse known for its wine list, atmosphere and world class service. 3424 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404846-0644, centraarchy.com. B Prime Enjoy steak, sushi and seafood in a festive atmosphere near Lenox Mall. 3393 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404-812-0555, h2sr.com. B Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse A favorite local steak house with multiple locations near shopping and entertainment hotspots. Sides are generous, and the 44 EncoreAtlantA.com

quality of the steaks and seafood is excellent. Three locations: Buckhead, 3285 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404365-0660; Sandy Springs, 5788 Roswell Rd., 404255-0035; Centennial Olympic Park, 267 Marietta St., 404-223-6500; ruthschris.com. B, SS, D The Tavern at Phipps This is one of Atlanta’s hottest after-work spots, and has been singled out for its happy hour and singles scene by Jezebel, InSite Magazine and the AOL City Guide. 3500 Peachtree Rd. NW, 404-814-9640, centraarchy.com. B

American/southern Briza Chef Janine Falvo’s modernist cuisine comes to life with Southern influences, and is complimented by the extensive wine list. 866 West Peachtree ST NW, 678-412-2402, brizarestaurant.com. M Eleven Restaurant & Bar A luxurious destination at Loews Atlanta Hotel. Delectable cuisine, vibrant cocktails and live music. Visit them for delightful pre or post performance cocktails, or a quick bite that always gets a standing ovation. 1065 Peachtree St. NE, 404-745-5745, loewshotels.com/restaurants/ eleven/cuisine. M The Fifth Ivory Public House Enjoy an eclectic menu featuring southern fusion complete with fried green tomatoes, stuffed pork chop and a Coke Float (with a shot of whiskey for an adult treat). 794 Juniper St., 404-881-8302, thefifthivory.com. M South City Kitchen With a stylish, Southerncontemporary menu, this DiRoNA restaurant helped make grits hip for the business crowd. Two locatons: Midtown: 1144 Crescent Ave., 404-873-7358; Vinings: 1675 Cumberland Pkwy., 770-435-0700, southcitykitchen.com. M, V Terrace celebrates American heirloom recipes through supporting local and regional farmers, fisherman and producers. It recaptures pure flavors and tastes of natural and organic ingredients while bursting with delicious flavors. 176 Peachtree St. NW, 678-651-2770, ellishotel.com/terrace. D

asian fusion Aja Restaurant & Bar Serving modern Asian cuisine, Aja has a 150-seat patio overlooking Buckhead and a huge lounge, where diners nosh on dim sum and sip mai tais. 3500 Lenox Rd., Ste. 100, 404-231-0001, h2sr.com. B Spice Market Inspired by the street life of Southeast Asia, Spice Market enchants with complex blends of seasonings and layers of flavor that ignite the taste buds served in a relaxed, alluring environment at W Atlanta — Midtown. 188 14th St. NE, 404-7242550, spicemarketatlanta.com. M

brew pub/goUrmet pub fare Drink Shop features cocktails in artistic divination, blessed with pure and homemade ingredients, complete with a visible fruit juicing and vegetable extraction station. 45 Ivan Allen Junior Blvrd., 404582-5800, watlantadowntown.comdrinkshop. D Gordon Biersch Fresh-brewed beers are a tasty accent to this brewery-restaurant’s hearty pizzas, salads and sandwiches. For a small additional fee, pre-show diners can leave cars in the lot while they’re at the Fox. Two locations: Midtown: 848 Peachtree St. NE, 404-870-0805; Buckhead: 3242 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404-264-0253, gordonbiersch.com. M, B Tap A gastropub offering easy-to-share pub fare and an extensive beer selection. The patio is a great

place to chill after work. 1180 Peachtree St., 404347-2220, tapat1180.com. M

creole/cajun Parish New Orleans-inspired dishes served with a modern twist and a fully stocked raw bar and a Nawlins-inspired brunch served on the weekends.

Downstairs, a take-away market sells sandwiches, spices, pastries and beverages. 240 N. Highland Ave., 404-681-4434, parishatl.com. OFW

european fusion Ecco Esquire Magazine named this casual, European-influenced bistro a “Best New Restaurant in America.” It’s also gotten raves for its killer wine list, wood-fired pizzas, and impressive meat and cheese menus. 40 Seventh St. NE, 404-347-9555, ecco-atlanta.com. M Top Flr This romantic two-story restaurant and bar features delicious bistro dishes, a wine list that rocks and wonderfully affordable prices. Located three blocks from the Fox Theater at 674 Myrtle St., 404685-3110. www.topflr.com. M

mediterranean/latin/asian fusion Shout A young crowd keeps Shout’s rooftop lounge hopping every night. The menu reflects a mix of Far Eastern, Mediterranean and South American influences.

1197 Peachtree St. NE, 404-846-2000, h2sr.com. M

OFF AFTER THE SHOW COME & JOIN US FOR A CR AFTED COCKTAIL, BAR SNACK OR DELICIOUS HOUSEMADE DESSERT.

Livingston Bar MONDAY – THUR SDAY 11AM TO 12 AM FRIDAY – SATURDAY 11AM TO 1AM

659 PEACHTREE ST | ATLANTA, GA 30308 LOCATED IN THE GEORGIAN TERR ACE HOTEL

3 hour complimentary valet parking

SUNDAY 12:30PM TO 12 AM

italian Campagnolo Restaurant + Bar With a casual atmosphere and fare that is anything but casual, features a rustic menu that draws influences from all parts of Italy and its Mediterranean neighbors. 980 Piedmont Ave., 404-343-2446, peasantatl.com. M Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse located at Phipps Plaza in the heart of Buckhead is Atlanta’s newest dining destination. 3500 Peachtree Rd., NE, 404-844-4810, davios.com/atl. B La Tavola Serving classic Italian cuisine in the heart of Virginia-Highland. 992 Virginia Ave., 404-8735430, latavolatrattoria.com. VH

MEXICAN Alma A refreshing new approach to contemporary Mexican cuisine. Bright, fresh ingredients and traditional regional influences come together with other Latin American flavors in vibrant dishes that feel familiar and new all at once. 191 Peachtree St. NE, 404-968-9662, alma-atlanta.com. D Cantina Tequila & Tapas Bar (located in the Terminus building) features authentic Mexican cuisine and has become Buckhead’s newest watering hole. 3280 Peachtree Rd. NW, Terminus 100, Ste. 150, 404-8929292, h2sr.com. B El Taco An eco-friendly watering hole serving fresh Mexican food made with all-natural meats and killer

margaritas. 1186 N. Highland Ave.NE, 404-8734656, eltaco-atlanta.com.VH

spanish Noche A Virginia-Highland favorite known for its Spanish-style tapas dishes and margaritas. 1000 Virginia Ave., 404-815-9155, h2sr.com. VH

seafood/sushi Coast Seafood and Raw Bar serves Atlanta’s freshest seafood and island cocktails. The menu incorporates classics including crab and corn hush puppies, a signature seafood boil, and a variety of raw or steamed oysters, clams and mussels; along with signature fresh catch entrees. 111 W. Paces Ferry Rd. NW, 404-869-0777, h2sr.com. B

steak/sushi Goldfish This fun seafood/sushi restaurant has Happy Hour specials Mon-Fri and nightly entertainment in its lounge. 4400 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., 770-6710100, h2sr.com. P Strip This sophisticated steak, seafood and sushi restaurant offers an in-house DJ and a rooftop deck.

Atlantic Station at 18th St., 404-385-2005, h2sr.com. M Twist This lively restaurant has a huge bar, satay station, tapas menu, sushi and seafood dishes; patio seating is first-come, first-served. 3500 Peachtree Rd. NW, 404-869-1191, h2sr.com. B

The best restaurant Midtown has to offer ...

Located at 14th Street & Peachtree Street NE (404) 846-2000

h2sr.com

... would like to invite you to enjoy 15% off.

PRESENT YOUR TICKET AND RECEIVE 15% OFF FOOD ONLY AT SHOUT* Offer valid with your Atlanta Symphony Orchestra or Fox Theatre ticket stub. Expires 9/30/12.

*

Moderation shmoderation.

Just blocks from the Fox Theatre at 40 7th Street NE Sun.-Thurs. 5:30-10pm | Fri.-Sat. 5:30-11pm | Bar open daily at 4pm 404.347.9555 | ecco-atlanta.com | @FifthGrouper | facebook.com/eccoatlanta PRESENT YOUR TICKET STUB FOR 10% OFF YOUR MEAL!

Fox fun facts: ballroom events

The Fox Theatre’s Egyptian Ballroom and Grand Salon have held many fantastic events, such as weddings and receptions, corporate events, anniversary and birthday parties, and association functions.

Here are some other fun facts:

The Fox Ballrooms have hosted many birthday parties over the years, some of which have included special performances by Tony Bennett and Earth, Wind, & Fire.

Earth, Wind & Fire

David Lee Roth

Local television personality and restaurateur Paula Deen led a cooking class in the Egyptian Ballroom and attendees later enjoyed the meal she prepared.

During the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, the Fox Theatre’s Ballrooms served as the headquarters for the Australian Organizing Committee.

For Super Bowl XXXIV in January 2000, a special event was held in the Ballrooms. In attendance were Muhammad Ali, Elton John, and Lance Armstrong.

50 EncoreAtlantA.com

Numerous film premiere screenings have taken place in the Egyptian Ballroom and special guests included Val Kilmer from Batman, Helen Hunt, star of Twister, Billy Bob Thornton, who starred in Bandits, and Jennifer Lopez of Monster-In-Law.

Ross DeLoach/northlightphoto.com; John Campbell Photography

Many corporate events have taken place in the historic Egyptian Ballroom and Grand Salon. These businesses have invited special guest entertainers such as Martin Short, David Lee Roth, Jeff Foxworthy, the B-52’s, and Tim Conway.

How can you create a lasting legacy?

Customized. Simplified. Independent. Williams Benator

& Libby’s Family Office Services help preserve and protect your family’s wealth, now and for future generations.

n n n n n n n n n n

770-512-0500 www.wblcpa.com

Bill payment, bookkeeping & expense management Income & estate tax planning Trust planning & administration Philanthropy advice & charity interface Coordination of advisory services Family financial education & meeting facilitation Business & strategic planning Executor advisory Succession planning Audit & financial review

Since 1982, attention to detail for your peace-of-mind.

52 EncoreAtlantA.com

reaction to the project wrong in the most glorious way — peppering their tale of politics, passions and personalities with “Hello, Young Lovers,” “Getting to Know You,” “We Kiss in a Shadow,” “Shall We Dance,” “The March of the Siamese Children,” and the peerless “Small House of Uncle Thomas” ballet, choreographed by Jerome Robbins, another musical theater genius.

With its gorgeous score and indelible characters, it’s sometimes easy to overlook the politics and morality woven into the story.

“The King and I is romantic, cleareyed and highly moral,” critic Vincent Canby wrote in The New York Times when the 1996 Broadway revival opened. “Though ever-optimistic, it doesn’t deny intimations of darkness; it successfully absorbs them.”

Hindsight is a beautiful thing. Both Rodgers and Hammerstein worried that the show would flop. Its first performance, out of town in New Haven, Conn., ran four hours. Some backers recommended shutting it down right then, but R&H went back to work. “Getting to Know You”and “I Have Dreamed” were written during the Boston tryout, and still Hammerstein

theater of the stars

Continued from page 14 Then they read the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, the British widow who did, in fact, instruct the children of Siam’s King Mongkut in the 1860s. They saw the 1946 movie Anna and the King of Siam with Irene Dunne and Rex Harrison.

And they began seeing a musical.

What resulted is a spectacular landmark in American theater, one that is just as vibrant, exotic and timeless today as it was 61 years ago, with its unconventional love story and political backdrop.

“There is something about the musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein that speak to each successive generation,” Ted Chapin, president of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization has said.

“The R&H musicals are about people, and people don’t actually change as much as some might think. Our foibles, our hopes, our fears, our concerns, our points of view, our vulnerabilities are all somehow examined. ... And this was never more true than in The King and I.” TOTS Producer Christopher B. Manos puts it more simply, “Even if you took all the music out of The King and I, it would still hold up as a play.”

Luckily, we don’t have to. Rodgers and Hammerstein proved their first

After the show, Enjoy some of our award winning...

Southern Hospitality

A Boutique Luxuryat Hotel West Peachtree 10th

regencysuites.com

remained distressed. Most people were not concerned about whether the show was good, he complained, but whether it was better than South Pacific.

“It is a very strange play,” he said, “and must be accepted on its own terms.”

The King and I received positive, but not ecstatic, notices. Critical appreciation seemed to grow with second or third viewings, and the show built momentum as the run continued. It won five Tony awards — best musical, best actress for Lawrence, best featured actor for Brynner, scenic design and costume design, and has been a staple on professional stages and in high schools and colleges ever since.

“The King and I might well be the ‘other’ R&H masterpiece,” wrote noted theater

scholar Ethan Mordden in his 1992 book Rodgers and Hammerstein, “as fulfilled a composition as Carousel, less experimental but more tightly built. Of the Big 5 — the musicals that chart the first eight years of the team’s 16-year partnership — Oklahoma! is the exuberant groundbreaker, Carousel the showpiece, Allegro the marvelous failure and South Pacific the brooding treat, so mournful yet so elated.

But The King and I, for all the difficulty R&H had in writing it, is the work that perfects their revolution.”

Kathy Janich is Encore Atlanta’s managing editor. Her love affair with theater began at age 6, when she played one of the King’s children in a high school production of “The King and I.”

More lore, if you please • The original King and I in 1951 cost $360,000, twice what other musicals cost at that time. The 1996 Broadway revival with Donna Murphy and Lou Diamond Phillips, by contrast, was budgeted at $2.24 million.

• Baayork Lee, who directs this TOTS staging, appeared in the original Broadway cast as Princess Yaowlak, one of the King’s children.

• Yul Brynner was not the creative team’s first choice to play the King.

Rex Harrison, Alfred Drake (the original Curly in Oklahoma!) and 54 EncoreAtlantA.com

Noel Coward turned it down. Others considered were film and stage actor Jose Ferrer, Ezio Pinza (South Pacific’s Emile de Becque) and Macdonald Carey (known today for his work as patriarch Dr. Tom Horton on the soap opera “Days of Our Lives.”

• “Getting to Know You” was written while the show tried out in Boston.

The tune came via Broadway star Mary Martin (South Pacific), who suggested the team repurpose a softshoe number that had been cut from her show.

TickeTs on sale

now!

atlanta’S PreMier

food

wine beer cocktail

FeStival Friday+Saturday+Sunday

OctOber 5+6+7,2012

tasteofatlanta.com 1160

TOA5.625x8.625.indd 1

8/10/12 4:24 PM

Beyond Elmo Meet 2 Atlanta puppeteers who know just how to pull the strings

By Laura Raines

Michael Haverty with some of his creations for As I Lay Dying.

F

Puppets, which have always had a niche in Atlanta theater, are in the spotlight again nationally and internationally.

Atlanta puppeteer Jon Ludwig remembers seeing War Horse in London. “At a critical scene, adults in 56 EncoreAtlantA.com

the audience were sobbing and yelling ‘No!’,” says Ludwig, artistic director at Atlanta’s Center for Puppetry Arts.

“The horse captures your imagination.

You know it’s not a real horse, but it has heart and character.”

Michael Haverty

irst there was “Sesame Street” and the “The Muppet Show.”

Then came Broadway productions like The Lion King and Avenue Q. Now we have War Horse, a drama in which the title character is a full-scale, galloping, equine puppet named Joey.

A hip and contemporary place to meet for cocktails or hold your next event.

Historic charm combined with artful hospitality.

1302 West Peachtree St., Atlanta artmorehotel.com • 800.548.5631

Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication

More than a program, it’s your ticket to the arts.

404.459.4128 • encoreatlanta.com

Center for Pupperty Arts artistic director Jon Ludwig and the cast of the Little Mermaid Pirate.

Center for Pupperty Arts performance of Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, directed by Michael Haverty (center).

58 EncoreAtlantA.com

workroom, has produced fairy tales and children’s educational theater focused on themes like space, dinosaurs, recycling and the rain forests since 1978. But it also does adult productions like The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, Frankenstein and Gilgamesh. And it’s not the only game in town. As many as 60 artists focus on work with puppets in metro Atlanta.

“Puppetry is a small, fun world that is always moving forward,” says Michael Haverty, whose credits include associate artistic director at the Center and at 7 Stages as well as creator of Haverty’s Marionettes and The Object Group.

“Puppeteers,” he says, “are excited to exchange ideas, and that makes us all better.”

Haverty loves that puppetry combines all the arts – visual art, dance, music and acting, with tremendous technical knowledge and physical stamina.

“Puppeteers have to be able to speak and sing while scrunched over on little stools behind the set, or while leaning over a marionette bridge manipulating the weight of puppets 16 feet below. I love the challenge of that.”

He started his career as a playwright but tired of waiting for producers and actors to bring his work to life. “In the puppetry arts, I discovered I could build my own actors and set, and use everything I’ve ever learned about theater. It’s become a passion.”

A puppet production starts with an idea — a new story or an adaptation of a literary work. “The first question

Center for Puppetry Arts

That puppeteers could create such a creature didn’t surprise him. “In the puppetry world, there just aren’t that many people who say, ‘You can’t do that.’ You get to create your own world.

You can push the limits. That’s what attracted me to the art form.”

The Center, where Ludwig creates stories and creatures from a basement

is, why puppets? How could puppetry make this better?” Haverty says. He thought hand-carved wooden puppets could represent the phantasmagorical qualities of William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, for example, better than real actors when Haverty Marionettes took on the project.

Once you’ve said ‘yes’ to puppets, you must decide what kind,” he says. There are marionettes, hand, rod, shadow, toy and body puppets. Each has unique properties. “Marionettes are better at dancing and flying but not good at fighting. Shadow puppets are great when you want to portray something absolutely ridiculous, like a giant squid attacking a boat.”

The scriptwriting, puppet making, set building, music, choreography and technical details require the collaboration of many artists. It can take a year or more to get to rehearsals — and the changes that come with 60 EncoreAtlantA.com

them. “Puppets never move exactly as expected, and they often do more than you thought they could,” Haverty says.

“The puppet is a dead thing that must be brought to life,” Ludwig says.

“The puppeteer uses manipulation, gesture, body language and voice to give it breath and character. The greatest challenge is to give it heart.

If the audience doesn’t care about the character, then what’s the point?”

If a puppet has character, say Kermit or Joey, then the audience will fill in the blanks of emotion. “The audience is the last member of the puppet company,” Ludwig says. “You invite them to join in and do their part.

When they connect and believe and the puppet begins to respond to them — it’s an incredible moment.”

Laura Raines is an Atlanta freelance writer who specializes in writing about health care, education, business and the arts.

Clay Walker/Center for Puppetry Arts

Scene from Ruth and the Green Book, adapted and directed by Jon Ludwig.

this month’s

You don’t have to bang a gong or pull any strings to sample the good life in Atlanta. You just need “PoshDealz.” Sign up for our newsletter or “like” PoshDealz on Facebook. (Hint: We can help you quench your summer thirst with a Max Lager’s craft beer, take a family portrait or find deals to any number of metro stages.)

Be Art E.’s best bud and win!

Dining deals Did you know that PoshDealz.com has half-price restaurant certificates?

For just $10, you can get $20 worth of food at such foodie hot spots as Escorpion, Max Lager’s, Top Flr, Briza, the Fifth Ivory, Noodle and Mood Lounge. Grab a dinner-andshow deal and feed your stomach as well as your creative side.

”Friend” and “follow” ArtEEncore and @ArtsATL to learn each week’s Free Ticket Friday challenge and play along for a chance to win seats to the symphony, the Fox Theatre, Atlanta Opera and more.

Get the scoop!

Watch behind the scenes interviews at YouTube.com/EncoreAtlanta, and find more cool info by friending us and following @EncoreAtlanta.

Promote your message Looking for unique gift items for a wedding or corporate event? Apparel or awards with your logo for company or trade show promotions?

PromoteYourMessage.net offers more than pens — it offers solutions. Find your answers on Twitter and Facebook or call 888.843.9892 for details.

62 EncoreAtlantA.com