Music Theater Works Richard Rodgers' Greatest Hits

Richard Rodgers’ Greatest Hits

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40th Season, 23rd Autumn Production

KYLE A. DOUGAN Producing Artistic Director

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RICHARD RODGERS’ GREATEST HITS Music by RICHARD RODGERS Lyrics by LORENZ HART OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II STEPHEN SONDHEIM RICHARD RODGERS With

CURTIS BANNISTER ALICIA BERNECHE LYDIA BURKE JUWON TYREL PERRY Music Director & Conductor Roger L. Bingaman Woodwinds Cara Hartz

Piano Linda Madonia Bass Joseph Krzysiak

Drums Joey Zymonas

Members of Chicago Federation of Musicians, Local 10-208 Production Manager Bob Silton Director Adrian Abel Azevedo JOYCE SAXON is the 2020 Music Theater Works Season Sponsor.

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A FEW WORDS FROM THE PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Plato wrote, “Music gives a soul to the Universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything. It is the essence of order, and leads to all that is good and just and beautiful.”

This has been a topsy-turvy year for the entire world, and for our theater. Through the confusion, we have had to shift this year’s programming to find ways to bring great music and great theater to our audiences. Being able to produce this concert has created the “essence of order” for us and has reminded us all of the power of the art we create at Music Theater Works.

I hope this concert will also bring something to your lives whether it be “charm to sadness”, or bringing back old memories of joy. I so look forward to being back in the theater and once again creating the magic that I know we will all need. Until then, stay healthy.

Kyle A. Dougan Producing Artistic Director

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P R O D U C T I O N S TA F F Director......................................................................................................................... Adrian Abel Azevedo Music Director & Conductor...........................................................................................Roger L. Bingman Production Manager / Lighting Coordinator...........................................................................Bob Silton Stylist...........................................................................................................................................Justin LeBlanc Lighting Designer....................................................................................................................... Maggie Hart Sound Designer......................................................................................................................Michael Patrick Videographer.............................................................................................................................Joe Gallagher Camera Operators............................................................. Joe Gallagher, Chris Owsiany, Matt Tyrpin Deck Chief.............................................................................................................................Lyndee Hallahan Orchestra Contractor............................................................................................................ Linda Madonia

THE PROGRAM PART ONE—LYRICS BY LORENZ HART “My Romance”...............................................................................................................from JUMBO (1935) “I Wish I Were in Love Again”..................................................................... from BABES IN ARMS (1937) “There’s a Small Hotel”................................................................................. from ON YOUR TOES (1936) “My Heart Stood Still”............................................ from ONE DAM THING AFTER ANOTHER (1927) “It Never Entered My Mind”............................................................from HIGHER AND HIGHER (1940) “Glad to Be Unhappy”................................................................................................ from ON YOUR TOES “Little Girl Blue”........................................................................................................................... from JUMBO “The Lady is a Tramp”...............................................................................................from BABES IN ARMS “Falling in Love With Love”.................................................from THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE (1938) “Where or When”........................................................................................................from BABES IN ARMS “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered”..............................................................from PAL JOEY (1940) “It’s Easy to Remember (And So Hard to Forget)”........................................ from MISSISSIPPI (1935) “My Funny Valentine”...............................................................................................from BABES IN ARMS “This Can’t Be Love”........................................................................... from THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE ‘”Blue Moon” (1934) PART TWO—LYRICS BY OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II (MOSTLY) Overture...............................................................................................................from OKLAHOMA! (1943) “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’”....................................................................................from OKLAHOMA! “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair”...............................from SOUTH PACIFIC (1949) “Edelweiss”....................................................................................... from THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1959) “Something Good”...........from THE SOUND OF MUSIC (film, 1965, lyrics by Richard Rodgers) “The Next Time It Happens”.............................................................................from PIPE DREAM (1955) “The Gentleman is a Dope”................................................................................... from ALLEGRO (1947) “The Sweetest Sounds”..................................from NO STRINGS (1962, lyrics by Richard Rodgers) “Johnny One Note”............................................from BABES IN ARMS (1937, lyrics by Lorenz Hart) “If I Loved You”........................................................................................................from CAROUSEL (1945) “I Have Dreamed”........................................................................................ from THE KING AND I (1951) “Someone Like You”................. from DO I HEAR A WALTZ? (1965, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim) “Impossible, It’s Possible”................................................................................. from CINDERELLA (1957) “You’ll Never Walk Alone”................................................................................................. from CAROUSEL “Climb Every Mountain”............................................................................. from THE SOUND OF MUSIC Richard Rodgers’ Greatest Hits

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BIOGRAPHIES CURTIS BANNISTER is making his Music Theater Work debut. Mr. Bannister’s upcoming 2020/21 engagements include joining the second season of the Apple TV+ program DICKINSON as Marquis, his return to Chicago Opera Theatre as Cura in IL POSTINO, and his role debut as Florestan in Beethoven’s FIDELIO in a collaborative production with The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Heartbeat Opera as part of the Museum’s MET LIVE ARTS Series, and the production will tour the west coast. Previous performance highlights include covering the role of Rev. Jerome Mitchell in the Chicago Opera Theatre world premiere of Dan Shore’s FREEDOM RIDE, Reimers on seasons 6 and 7 of NBC’s CHICAGO FIRE, Ragotski in Bernstein’s CANDIDE with The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Celebrant in Bernstein’s MASS in Baltimore with Marin Alsop, and his debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival as Street Singer while covering the role of the Celebrant in MASS, again with Marin Alsop and directed by Kevin Newbury, which was filmed for PBS’s GREAT PERFORMANCES. He will appear as Coalhouse Walker, Jr. in Music Theater Works’ upcoming RAGTIME. ALICIA BERNECHE has appeared in 16 productions with Music Theater Works, most recently in LERNER AND LOEWE’S GREATEST HITS. Alicia has starred on opera stages around the globe with performances at Lyric Opera of Chicago as Daisy Buchanan in THE GREAT GATSBY and Helen Niles in MOURNING BECOMES ELEKTRA, at the Goodman Theatre, London’s Barbican Centre, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music in the world premiere of Philip Glass’ and Mary Zimmerman’s GALILEO GALILEI, and was on the roster of the Metropolitan Opera.

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She has originated leading roles in more than 20 world premiere operas and orchestral pieces, and has sung with celebrated conductors and ensembles, including COSÍ FAN TUTTE with Yannick Nezet-Sequin, CARMINA BURANA with the Minnesota Orchestra under Osmo Vänskä and LE NOZZE DI FIGARO with Zubin Mehta. She completed an almost sold-out production with Milwaukee Opera Theatre of THANK YOU, NEXT!, an opera she wrote with composer Tim Rebers, and participated in her sixth tour of the U.K. in Chamber Opera Chicago’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s PERSUASION. LYDIA BURKE returns to Music Theatre Works, where last season she was seen in the ensemble of THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME. Recent credits include the Danseuse in Duke Ellington’s SOPHISTICATED LADIES (Porchlight Music Theatre), KINKY BOOTS (Paramount Theatre), JUNIE B. JONES, THE MUSICAL (Marriott Theatre), MATILDA (Drury Lane Theatre), AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ and GHOST: THE MUSICAL (Theatre at the Center). She is a graduate of Millikin University’s School of Theatre and Dance. Upcoming roles at Music Theater Works include Sarah in RAGTIME and Mum in BILLY ELLIOT. JUWON TYREL PERRY appeared with Music Theater Works in JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT. Juwon is a Chicago transplant by way of Arkansas, and is a Columbia College Chicago graduate with a BFA in Musical Theater Performance. Recent credits include SUGAR IN OUR WOUNDS (First Floor Theater), MADAGASCAR (Marriott Theater), AT THE WAKE OF A DEAD DRAG QUEEN (Story Theatre), A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD, SISTER ACT, THE MUSIC MAN and MARY POPPINS (Post Playhouse)

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MLIMA’S TALE and the 2018 Jeff Awards Best Musical, RAGTIME, both with Griffin Theater. Some of his favorite collegiate productions include ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, XANADU, CAROLINE, OR CHANGE and SWEET CHARITY. Upcoming, he will be seen in CHILDREN OF EDEN with the Chicagoland Theatre Fund, and as Sarah’s Friend in Music Theater Works’ RAGTIME. ADRIAN ABEL AZEVEDO (Director) is making his Music Theater Works debut.

Originally from southern California, Adrian is a freelance director, producer, teaching artist in the Chicago area. He is an alumnus of Columbia College Chicago, and has worked creatively and administratively with Chicago theater companies including Goodman Theatre, Porchlight Music Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Steep Theatre, and Teatro Vista. Adrian is a fulltime staff member at Goodman Theatre.

ROGER L. BINGAMAN (Conductor / Company Music Director) made his first appearance on the Music Theater Works podium in 1997, conducting THE MERRY WIDOW. Since then he has conducted many productions, including THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, HOW TO SUCCEED, INTO THE WOODS, ANYTHING GOES, PETER PAN, GYPSY, CANDIDE, DIE FLEDERMAUS, MAME, MY FAIR LADY, SOUTH PACIFIC, CABARET, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, H.M.S. PINAFORE, OLIVER!, CAMELOT, THE STUDENT PRINCE, BRIGADOON, HELLO, DOLLY!, CAROUSEL, and THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD. Bingaman has been director of the apprentice program and chorus master for the Sarasota Opera since 1998.

JUSTIN LEBLANC (Stylist) is an Associate Professor of Fashion Studies at Columbia College Chicago where he teaches fashion design and installation. LeBlanc’s interdisciplinary career spans fashion, textile art, architecture, and technology.

LeBlanc has been featured in a number of publications, fashion shows, and television programs in the United States and

internationally, including Mercedes New York Fashion Week, Marie Claire, Red Eye, the Chicago Tribune, the New York Times, USA Today, and The Face Magazine. He has competed on Project Runway and Project Runway All Stars. LeBlanc’s undergraduate degree is in Architecture from North Carolina State University, and he received a master’s degree in Fashion Design from School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

MICHAEL PATRICK (Sound Designer) returns to Music Theater Works, where he designed sound for the LERNER AND LOEWE’S GREATEST HITS, JULE STYNE’S GREATEST HITS and DUKE ELLINGTON’S GREATEST HITS. A Jeff Award nominated sound designer, he has worked with theaters including Kokandy Productions, Chicago Shakespeare, Theater at the Center, and Milwaukee Repertory Theater. He has designed and engineered numerous corporate events for companies, including Facebook, Wintrust, Pfizer, Baird, Verizon, and Abbvie. Michael is also the president of Concert Sound Systems, a Chicago-based audio-visual, equipment rental, and installation company serving theatrical and corporate needs.

Michaeljpatrick.com LINDA MADONIA (Piano / Orchestra Contractor) returns to Music Theater Works where she conducted JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, LERNER AND LOEWE’S GREATEST HITS and HOLLYWOOD’S GREATEST SONG HITS. Her credits include A CHORUS LINE and BILLY ELLIOT at Porchlight Music Theater, where she is orchestra manager. For the past four years, Linda has conducted Chamber Opera Chicago’s International tour of PERSUASION. Linda is the vocal coach for the master’s degree Music Theatre Voice program at Carthage College, and owns American Eagle Productions, a touring theatre company that has taken shows and workshops directly into schools for twentyeight years, presenting 150 shows a year to Chicago area schools.

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CARA HARTZ (Woodwinds) is a woodwind doubler and clarinetist in the Chicago area. Originally from Pittsburgh, Cara moved to Chicago in 2008 to attend DePaul University, where she received her bachelor’s degree in Clarinet Performance and Performing Arts Management and master’s degree in Clarinet Performance.

Cara is currently an active freelance musician and has performed with Music Theater Works since 2018.

GREATEST HITS, LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU: JULE STYNE’S GREATEST HITS and HOLLYWOOD’S GREATEST SONG HITS, as well as music directing from the piano for DUKE ELLINGTON’S GREATEST HITS. He played drums for GYPSY and ANYTHING GOES, as well as serving as the guitarist for HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING. He is a house pianist for the 1920s-style Speakeasy at the Maxwell Mansion in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

JOSEPH KRZYSIAK (Bass) has performed for more than 80 main and small stage productions at Music Theater Works during the past 25 years. He received his musical education at Southern Illinois University where he earned a bachelor of music degree in performance (double bass) and a master of music degree in music composition. He was a member of the Mississippi Symphony (Jackson) where he served as assistant principal bassist for five seasons in addition to teaching strings in the Jackson public schools. Since 1980 he has been an active freelance musician in the Chicago area, playing in numerous community orchestras and churches. He currently holds the position of assistant principal bass with the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra and is a member of the Highland Park Strings. In addition to his musical work, Krzysiak works for Thresholds helping people in their recovery from mental illness.

KYLE A. DOUGAN (Producing Artistic Director) has been working in various capacities with Music Theater Works for close to a decade. He has spent his career producing, casting, directing, fundraising, and teaching. Prior to moving to Chicago, Kyle produced and directed a workshop of new musicals at University of London and stage-managed a series of new musicals with Perfect Pitch: New Musicals at Trafalgar Studios. In the Chicago area he has directed, associatedirected and assistant-directed shows for Chamber Opera Chicago, Theatre at the Center, Big Noise Theater and The Music Theatre Company. He also served as artistic producer of a series of new musicals with Midwest New Musicals, as executive director of FWD Theatre Project and as co-owner of Style Theatrical Casting, a professional casting company in Chicago. He has also served as a member of the Board of the Wilmette Chamber of Commerce and the Membership Committee for the National Alliance for Musical Theatre.

JOEY ZYMONAS (Drums) was behind the kit for previous Music Theater Works fall concerts LERNER AND LOEWE’S

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A D M I N I S T R AT I V E S TA F F Producing Artistic Director..................................................................................................Kyle A. Dougan Music Director..................................................................................................................Roger L. Bingaman Business Manager.................................................................................................................... Michael Kotze Production Manager.......................................................................................................................Bob Silton Director of Audience and Press Services.................................................................Christopher A. Riley Director of Marketing and Events.................................................................................. Meredith L. Reed Administrative Assistant...........................................................................................Samantha Kuehnlein Intern............................................................................................................................................. Sasha Cohen YouthREACH Manager...............................................................................................................Anya Plotkin YouthREACH Director...................................................................................................... Caryn Ott Hillman YouthREACH Music Director..................................................................................... Christopher Richard House Manager........................................................................................................................... Matt Conlon Development Services........................................................................................................Juno Consulting Photography................................................................................................... Brett Beiner, Rich Foreman, Dr. John McMahon, Jennifer Schuman Videographer........................................................................................................................... Joe Gallagher Volunteers....................................................................................The Saints (Pat Corirossi, coordinator) Auditors............................................................................................................................ Brook Weiner L.L.C. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Rosie Rees, President Stephen G. Baime Jefferson C. Collins Kyle A. Dougan Ted C. Fishman Ralph M. Goren Joseph Greco, M.D. Electra Kontalonis Kate Mattson Pamela T. Pettibone Morris E. Robinson, Sr. Pamela P. Rosenbusch Catherine Westphal

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