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The Sound of Music returns in a new production

What makes this one special By Ted Chapin

pecial care has to be taken with things we know and love. When a musical has been introduced to the public in a very particular—and successful—way, it is assumed we will revisit very familiar territory in each subsequent production. There are many examples of these in today’s crop of touring shows. Such, however, is not the case with The Sound of Music. Despite it having won several Tony Awards, including Best Musical, for the Broadway premiere in 1959, it’s the Twentieth Century Fox film version that most people know. Many assume stage productions are merely translations of the film onto the stage. So the pleasure and thrill of mounting a brand-new production of The Sound of Music is to go back to the beginning, see what started it all. That’s exactly what this production has done. Our leader is a man uniquely positioned for the task of reinventing a classic musical. Among the accolades that Jack O’Brien has received over his long and varied career are three Tony Awards, for Hairspray, Shakespeare’s Henry IV, and Tom Stoppard’s three-show epic The Coast of Utopia. That shows he knows history, form, and show business. He started by hand-picking an absolutely A-list of collaborators—designers, who have among them 5 Tony Awards and 28 nominations, including one Lifetime Achievement Tony: Jane Greenwood, Natasha Katz, and Douglas W. Schmidt. And three young talents from today’s Broadway: musical super-

visor Andy Einhorn, choreographer Danny Mefford, and sound designer Ken Travis. That pedigree made the task of assembling a cast just a little easier for casting director Rachel Hoffman. In the hands of the able staff of the Networks production company, putting this show together became the kind of joyous experience you long for, but seldom actually achieve. The result is a production in which the familiar is certainly present, but in which discoveries abound. And those discoveries are the kinds that come when a director dives into the text and score and asks the questions; Who are these people? Who is at risk? Who is in personal crisis? What is the subtext? What are these words actually saying? What is the music telling us? This is indeed a brand-new production of what has become the world’s most popular musical. The Sound of Music is at the Fisher Theatre May 10–22. For tickets, please see our ad on page 3.

Clockwise from top: “Do, Re, Mi,” Kerstin Anderson as Maria Rainer and the von Trapp children (from left) Svea Johnson (Brigitta), Audrey Bennett (Gretl), Quinn Erickson (Kurt), Mackenzie Currie (Marta), Maria Knasel (Louisa), Erich Schuett (Friedrich), Paige Silvester (Liesl). Dan Tracy as Rolf Gruber and Paige Silvester as Liesl. Kerstin Anderson as Maria Rainer. Photos: Matthew Murphy 4

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Music

Book & Lyrics

TOM KITT

BRIAN YORKEY Starring

JACKIE BURNS ANTHONY RAPP TAMYRA GRAY MATTHEW HYDZIK JANINE DiVITA DAREN A. HERBERT MARC DELACRUZ ENGLISH BERNHARDT CHARISSA BERTELS XAVIER CANO TREY ELLETT KYRA FAITH COREY GREENAN CLIFFTON HALL DEEDEE MAGNO HALL TYLER McGEE JOSEPH MORALES EMILY ROGERS ALICIA TAYLOR TOMASKO

Set Design MARK WENDLAND

Costume Design EMILY REBHOLZ

Lighting Design KENNETH POSNER

Sound Design BRIAN RONAN

Projection Design PETER NIGRINI & DAN SCULLY

Wig & Hair Design DAVID BRIAN BROWN

Vocal Arrangement ANNMARIE MILAZZO

Music Coordinator MICHAEL KELLER

Associate Choreographer MARK MYARS

Casting TELSEY + COMPANY CRAIG BURNS, CSA

Technical Supervision Production Stage Manager JAKE BELL & NOEL BELL SHAWN PENNINGTON

General Management 321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT

Tour Press Representation PHILLIP ALEMAN

Orchestrations MICHAEL STAROBIN Music Supervisor CARMEL DEAN Choreographer

LARRY KEIGWIN Director

MICHAEL GREIF

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(in order of appearance) Elizabeth.........................................................................................................JACKIE BURNS Lucas............................................................................................................ANTHONY RAPP Kate................................................................................................................ TAMYRA GRAY Josh.........................................................................................................MATTHEW HYDZIK Anne................................................................................................................ JANINE DiVITA Stephen.................................................................................................. DAREN A. HERBERT David.........................................................................................................MARC DELACRUZ Elena and others..................................................................................................KYRA FAITH Deputy Mayor, An Architect and others................................................... COREY GREENAN A Bartender and others................................................................................. CLIFFTON HALL A Soldier and others.........................................................................................XAVIER CANO A Flight Attendant and others.................................................. ALICIA TAYLOR TOMASKO A Street Musician and others.......................................................................... TYLER McGEE Paulette and others........................................................................... ENGLISH BERNHARDT Cathy and others..............................................................................DEEDEE MAGNO HALL Time: The recent past Place: Madison Square Park and all around New York City THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION. SWINGS & UNDERSTUDIES Swings and understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance. SWINGS CHARISSA BERTELS, TREY ELLETT, JOSEPH MORALES, EMILY ROGERS UNDERSTUDIES Understudies for Elizabeth: JANINE DiVITA, DEEDEE MAGNO HALL; for Kate: CHARISSA BERTELS, DEEDEE MAGNO HALL; for Lucas: TREY ELLETT, CLIFFTON HALL; for Josh: COREY GREENAN, TYLER McGEE; for Stephen: COREY GREENAN, CLIFFTON HALL; for Anne: CHARISSA BERTELS, EMILY ROGERS; for David: XAVIER CANO; TREY ELLETT DANCE CAPTAIN MARC DELACRUZ ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN ALICIA TAYLOR TOMASKO The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones, beepers and watches.

CAST

JACKIE BURNS

ANTHONY RAPP

JANINE DiVITA

TAMYRA GRAY

DAREN A. HERBERT

MATTHEW HYDZIK

MARC DELACRUZ

ENGLISH BERNHARDT

CHARISSA BERTELS

XAVIER CANO

TREY ELLETT

KYRA FAITH

COREY GREENAN

CLIFFTON HALL

DEEDEE MAGNO HALL

TYLER McGEE

JOSEPH MORALES

EMILY ROGERS

ALICIA TAYLOR TOMASKO

MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE “What If?”.................................................................................................................... Company “It’s a Sign” ..................................................................................................... Kate, Passengers “A Map of New York” ......................................................... Stephen, Beth, Kate and Company “You Never Know” ............................................................................................................. Josh “Ain’t No Man Manhattan” ............................................................................... Lucas, Activists “What the Fuck?” ......................................................................................................... Liz/Beth “Here I Go” .................................................................................................................. Liz, Josh “You Don’t Need to Love Me” .........................................................................................Lucas “No More Wasted Time” ......................................................................Kate, Beth, Elena, Anne “Surprise” .................................................................................................................... Company ACT TWO “This Day/Walking by a Wedding” .......................... Kate, Anne, Liz, Josh and Company/Beth “Hey Kid” ........................................................................................................................... Josh “Some Other Me” ................................................................................................... Beth, Lucas “Best Worst Mistake” ............................................................................................ Lucas, David “I Hate You” ................................................................................................................. Liz, Josh “A Map of New York” (Reprise) ....................................................................................Stephen “You Learn to Live Without” ....................................................................................... Beth/Liz “The Moment Explodes” ................................................................Beth, Architect, Passengers “Love While You Can” ....................................................................................Beth, Kate, Anne “What Would You Do?” ....................................................................................................David “Always Starting Over” ......................................................................................................... Liz “What If?” (Reprise) ................................................................................................... Company ORCHESTRA Conductor: Kyle C. Norris Associate Conductor/Keyboard 2: Alex Harrington Keyboard 1: Matt Goodrich Guitar: Hidayat Honari Drums: Greg Germann The If/Then touring musicians welcome nine local musicians who will be playing at all performances in Detroit. Alto Sax, Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet: Paul McCaffrey Tenor Sax, Clarinet, Oboe, English Horn: Paul Onachuk Trumpet, Flugelhorn: Jason Borngesser Violins: Melody Wootton, Cheryl Zetterholm Viola: Janine Bradbury Cello: Eugene Zenzen Acoustic/Electric Bass: Takashi Iio Guitars: Al Ayoub Keyboard Substitute: Robert Conway Music Coordinator: Michael Keller Associate Music Coordinator: Michael Aarons Music Copying: Emily Grishman; Music Preparation: Emily Grishman, Katharine Edmonds Keyboard Programming: Randy Cohen

WHO’S WHO JACKIE BURNS (Elizabeth) is thrilled to be starring in If/Then, returning to many of the same cities she visited playing Elphaba in Wicked, a role for which she received an IRNE Award nomination. She subsequently played Elphaba on Broadway, to great acclaim. Other Broadway: Hair (Revival, Original Cast), If/ Then (Original Cast). Off-Broadway: Rock of Ages (Original Cast), Unlock’d, Ripper. Regional: Aldonza in Man of La Mancha (PCLO), Wedding Singer, A Grand Night for Singing (Connecticut Critics Circle Award), The Full Monty, Singin’ in the Rain, Joseph..., Sweeney Todd, Drood, Candide, Smokey Joe’s Café (Paper Mill). TV: “All My Children.” Concept Albums: Lucifer (Michael Mott), Swept Away (Disney), Tears from Heaven and Excalibur (Frank Wildhorn). ANTHONY RAPP (Lucas). Broadway: If/ Then; Rent; You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; Six Degrees of Separation; Precious Sons (Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk nomination). Off-Broadway: Raised in Captivity, Sophistry, The Destiny of Me, Some Americans Abroad, among others. Film: Adventures in Babysitting, School Ties, Dazed and Confused, Six Degrees of Separation, Rent, Man of the Century, Road Trip, Winter Passing, A

Beautiful Mind. TV: “The X-Files,” “Law & Order: SVU” and “Psych.” Author of Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent, which was adapted into the one-man show Without You and performed nationally and internationally. @albinokid on Twitter. TAMYRA GRAY (Kate). After the acclaim that followed her appearances in the inaugural season of “American Idol,” Tamyra parlayed the attention into a successful theater, televison and film career. Broadway credits include: Bombay Dreams, Rent. Film: Sony’s The Gospel, Jonathan Demme’s Rachel Gettng Married. Tamyra won the Hollywood NAACP award for “Best Lead Female” for her role in Debbie Allen’s Twist. Tamyra is a devoted wife and mother who leans on spirituality to maintain balance between work, home and health. MATTHEW HYDZIK (Josh). Broadway: Side Show (Buddy), West Side Story (Tony), Grease (Kenickie), It Shoulda Been You. OffBroadway: Tomorrow Morning. Some regional favorites: The Lyric Opera of Chicago, La Jolla Playhouse, Kennedy Center, Planet Hollywood Las Vegas, Fulton Opera House. National tours: Rent, Fame, Grease, and Flashdance. Proud grad of Penn State University. Insta/Twitter: @matthew_hydzik.

MARCH 20 –JUNE 12, 2016 Tickets at DIA.org/Dance This exhibition has been organized by the Detroit Institute of Arts. Support has been provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support has been provided by the Marjorie and Maxwell Jospey Foundation and an ADAA Foundation Curatorial Award and the Association of Art Museum Curators. Any views, fndings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this exhibition do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Dances (detail), 1914 or 1915, oil on canvas. Arthur Bowen Davies, American. Gift of Ralph Harman Booth

WHO’S WHO JANINE DiVITA (Anne; u/s Elizabeth). Broadway/national tour: Grease (Rizzo), Young Frankenstein (Elizabeth), Anything Goes (Reno u/s), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Isabel and Drood/Rosa u/s). Select regional/NYC: A Walk on the Moon (Pearl, NYSAF workshop); Evita (Eva, JET); Sunday in the Park… (Dot, HRT); Oliver! (Nancy, WST); Grey Gardens (Young Little Edie, PCS); Bye Bye Birdie (Rosie, SMC); Spamalot (Lady of the Lake, TUTS). TV/Film: “This is the Moment” (PBS), Boychoir (Feature Film). Education: University of Michigan. Love to Rich. janinedivita.com. Twitter: @divitaj. Instagram: janinedivita. DAREN A. HERBERT (Stephen). NAACP Theatre Award nominee, LA Drama Critics Circle, Toronto Theatre Critics and Dora Award winner for The Wild Party. Regional: Three-time Dora Award nominee for The Toxic Avenger, Parade and Once on This Island. Film/TV: Dreamgirls, This Means War, “Falling Skies,” “En Vogue Christmas,” “Breakout Kings,” “Human Target,” 2012, “Smallville.” @BDArenherbert. MARC DELACRUZ (David ). Broadway: If/ Then, u/s David. Off-Broadway and New York: Three Days to See (Transport Group), Prison Dancer (NYMF). Tour: Disney’s High School Musical. Asia: Where Elephants Weep, The Wedding Banquet. Regional: Allegiance (The Old Globe), Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre, Northwest Asian American Theatre, ReAct, SiS Productions and Village Theatre. ENGLISH BERNHARDT (Paulette and Others). First National Tour debut! A North Carolina native, favorite Regional credits include: Next to Normal (Natalie), Les Misérables (Eponine) and Evita (Mistress). Special thanks to my family, friends, NCT and the entire creative team! CHARISSA BERTELS (Swing; u/s Kate, Anne). Credits: A Christmas Story (Broadway & 1st National), Lady, Be Good and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Encores! and cast albums). Many thanks to God, the If/Then team, CTG, family, friends and my amazing husband, James. charissa.nyc. XAVIER CANO (A Soldier and Others; u/s David ). Broadway: Grease; NYC: Rent, Giant, The Capeman, Freckleface Strawberry, Lucky Guy. International: West Side Story 50th Anniversary; Regional: On The Town (Gabey), A Chorus Line (Paul), Buddy Holly Story (Ritchie), Dames at Sea (Dick), Altar Boyz (Juan). UMiami alum. TREY ELLETT (Swing; u/s Lucas, David ). Favorite roles: Trip in Other Desert Cities (Rubicon, CA), Mark in Rent (Broadway), Harry in 12

Mamma Mia! (Las Vegas), Dan in Next to Normal (Michigan), Sam in Fully Committed (LA), Ethan in The Full Monty and Jonathan in Tick, Tick… Boom! (First National Tours). KYRA FAITH (Elena) is thrilled to be a part of this incredible cast! Red Mountain Theatre: Legally Blonde (Pilar), Dallas Theatre Center: Fly! (Tree), Oklahoma City Rep: Vanya et al. (Cassandra). Website: kyrafaith.com. Psalm 103. COREY GREENAN (Deputy Mayor, An Architect and Others; u/s Josh, Stephen). BA Pepperdine University (Theatre). Broadway: Mamma Mia! (Sky), Scandalous (Swing). Tours: Mamma Mia! (Sky), Evita (Che). Regional: Damn Yankees, 42nd Street, Much Ado About Nothing, I Am Harvey Milk. Love to family, Natalie & the Bubs. CLIFFTON HALL (A Bartender and Others; u/s Lucas). Broadway: A couple! Equity Nat’l Tours: A few! TV/Film: Wants more! Thanks “The One Up Above” (Philip 4:6-9), family, wife Deedee and their two boys! @Clifftonhall Soon: clifftonhall.com. DEEDEE MAGNO HALL (Cathy and Others; u/s Elizabeth, Kate). If/Then, Miss Saigon (Broadway); Wicked (Emerald City Tour); “Mickey Mouse Club;” Sister Act 2; voice of Pearl on “Steven Universe;” Singer w/ The Party & @Mama_Bares. Blessed and grateful to tour w/ hubby & sons. Thanks be to God & family. @DeedeeMagnoHall. TYLER McGEE (A Street Musician and Others; u/s Josh). Broadway: If/Then, Ghost (Subway Ghost). TV: “Madame Secretary,” “The Blacklist,” “All My Children,” “Alpha House.” Film: A True Story, which he also wrote and produced, was recently added to Netflix. Thanks to Amber, Malcolm and all my love to my baby boy Hendrix. JOSEPH MORALES (Swing). National Tours: In the Heights (Usnavi), Bombay Dreams. Regional: Rock of Ages (LA Company), Paper Mill, Huntington Theatre Co, Pioneer Theatre Co, EWP. TV: “Colony.” Love to Heather, Anthony, and the best family ever. EMILY ROGERS (Swing; u/s Anne) is thrilled to be making her national tour debut! Pace MT 2015. Many thanks to the entire cast and crew, Carson-Adler, Jeffy, Marshall, and Taylor. For mom and dad. Ecclesiastes 9:7. ALICIA TAYLOR TOMASKO (A Flight Attendant and Others, Assistant Dance Captain). Broadway: In The Heights (u/s Vanessa, Nina). 1st National: Evita. Regional: Little Shop (Audrey), In The Heights Miami (Carla), Sylvia (Sylvia). s/o to Rikky at Hybrid. Love to Momma. @aliciatomasko IG: @aliciataylornyc.

TOM KITT (Music) received a 2014 Tony nomination for the score of If/Then. He was also awarded the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as two Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Orchestrations for Next to Normal. In addition, his work on Next to Normal received the Frederick Loewe Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best New Score. Tom was responsible for the music supervision, arrangements and orchestrations for Green Day’s American Idiot on Broadway and provided additional arrangements for their studio albums, 21st Century Breakdown and ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré! As a composer, credits include the Broadway shows High Fidelity and Bring It On: The Musical, The Winter’s Tale, All’s Well That Ends Well and Cymbeline (the Public’s NYSF). Tom has composed songs for “Sesame Street,” and with Lin-Manuel Miranda he co-wrote “Bigger,” which opened the 2013 Tony Awards, and for which he received an Emmy Award. As an arranger, conductor and musical director, other credits include Pitch Perfect, Everyday Rapture, 13, Laugh Whore and Debbie Does Dallas. BRIAN YORKEY (Book and Lyrics) received a 2014 Tony nomination for the score of If/ Then. Broadway: Next to Normal (Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tony Award, Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Score, Tony nomination for Best Book); The Last Ship, with Sting and

John Logan. Films/television in development: 13 Reasons Why for Paramount Television and Anonymous Content (based on the best-selling novel by Jay Asher), Chase for Gaeta/Rosenzweig Films and Anonymous, and Score! for Team Downey and Warner Bros. Other theatre credits: Making Tracks (Off-Broadway, regional, international), the musical adaptation of Ang Lee’s The Wedding Banquet, and the new musical Jesus in My Bedroom. Brian has directed Off-Broadway and regionally and for seven years was associate artistic director at Village Theatre in Washington State, one of the nation’s leading producers of new musicals. He’s a graduate of Columbia University, where he was artistic director of the Varsity Show; an alum of the BMI/Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop; and a proud member of the Dramatists Guild and the WGA. For Bev. MICHAEL GREIF (Director). Broadway: Next to Normal, Grey Gardens, Rent (Tony Award nominations), If/Then and Never Gonna Dance. Delacorte: The Tempest, The Winter’s Tale, Romeo and Juliet. Off-Broadway: new plays, musicals, revivals at Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Class Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, NY Shakespeare Festival/ Public, NYTW, Roundabout, Second Stage and Signature, including Katori Hall’s Our

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WHO’S WHO Lady of Kibeho, the 2010 revival of Angels in America (Lortel Award), Kushner’s The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide… (Public), Guare’s Landscape of the Body (Signature) and musical adaptations of Giant (Public) and Far From Heaven (Playwrights Horizons). He received Obie Awards for Machinal and Dogeaters (Public) and for Rent (NYTW). Regional: Williamstown (nine seasons), La Jolla Playhouse (artistic director 1995-99), Arena, Center Stage, Goodman, Guthrie, CTG/Taper, DTC, Trinity Rep. Upcoming: Pasek/Paul/Levenson’s Dear Evan Hansen at Second Stage (2016). Education: Northwestern (BS), UCSD (MFA). Proud father of David and Hannah. LARRY KEIGWIN (Choreographer) is a native New Yorker and choreographer who has danced his way from the Metropolitan Opera to downtown clubs to Broadway and back. He founded Keigwin + Company in 2003 and has created dozens of dances for his company, as well as for the Royal New Zealand Ballet, the Martha Graham Dance Company and others. His work in musical theatre includes choreography for If/Then on Broadway, Tales of the City at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco in 2011 and the new production of Rent, for which he received the Joe A. Callaway Award from the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation. MARK WENDLAND (Set Design). Broadway: If/Then, The Merchant of Venice, Next to Normal, Talk Radio, An Almost Holy Picture, Death of a Salesman. New York: Murder Ballad, Beauty of the Father, Iron (MTC); Nobody Loves You, Lonely I’m Not, Boys’ Life, Some Men (Second Stage); The Great God Pan, The World Over (Playwrights Horizons); Rent (New World Stages); The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide…, Satellites, Fucking A, Pericles, A Dybbuk, The Winter’s Tale, Romeo and Juliet, Henry V, Cymbeline, Timon of Athens (Public Theater); Angels in America, Hot ’n’ Throbbing (Signature); Distracted (Roundabout); Unconditional (Labyrinth); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard III, Hamlet (CSC). EMILY REBHOLZ (Costume Design). Broadway: If/Then, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Recent Off-Broadway: Stop Hitting Yourself, VSMS (2013 Lucille Lortel nomination) for Lincoln Center; Into the Woods (Shakespeare in the Park); The Last Five Years; Lonely, I’m Not (2012 Henry Hewes design nomination); Bachelorette (Second Stage); The Madrid, Close Up Space (MTC); Mr. Burns, The Call, The Shaggs (Playwrights Horizons); Carrie (MCC). Additional designs have been seen at Opera St. 14

Louis, Lincoln Center, Roundabout, Rattlestick, Ars Nova, the Atlantic, the Old Globe, A.R.T, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and the Asolo Repertory. MFA, Yale School of Drama. KENNETH POSNER (Lighting Design) has more than 50 Broadway play and musical theatre credits. He designs extensively Off-Broadway, for resident theatres and touring productions throughout the United States as well as internationally. Selected Broadway credits: If/ Then, Wicked, Hairspray, Kinky Boots, Pippin, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Legally Blonde, The Coast of Utopia—Shipwrecked, Other Desert Cities, Harvey, The Best Man, The Merchant of Venice, The Royal Family, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Goat, Uncle Vanya, Side Man, The Little Foxes and The Rose Tattoo. He is the recipient of Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Obie awards. BRIAN RONAN (Sound Design). Over 30 Broadway shows including The Last Ship, Cabaret, If/Then, Beautiful, Annie, Bring It On, Nice Work, The Book of Mormon, Anything Goes, American Idiot, Promises, Promises, Next to Normal, Grease, Curtains, Spring Awakening, Grey Gardens and The Pajama Game. Brian is the recipient of the Obie, Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, London’s Olivier and Tony awards. His career has spanned North America, Europe and Asia and has allowed him to work with the most talented composers, directors, designers, actors, musicians and stagehands in the world for which he is eternally grateful. PETER NIGRINI (Projection Design). Broadway: Act of God, The Heidi Chronicles, The Best Man, Fela!, 9 to 5, Say Goodnight Gracie. Elsewhere: Grounded and Here Lies Love (Public Theater), Far From Heaven (Playwrights Horizons), The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (2nd Stage), Notes from Underground (Yale Rep), The Grace Jones Hurricane Tour, Rent (New World Stages), Haroun and the Sea of Stories (NYC Opera), Blind Date (Bill T. Jones). For Nature Theater of Oklahoma, No Dice and Life & Times (Burgtheater, Vienna). Currently: Dear Evan Hansen (2nd Stage), Amélie (Berkley Rep), Real Enemies (BAM Next Wave), and The Spongebob Musical. DAN SCULLY (Projection Design) is a Brooklyn-based projection and lighting designer whose work explores the intersection of visual art, technology and storytelling. Recent projects includes: Rocky (Broadway); Jedermann (Salzburger Festpiele); Another Night (Alvin Ailey/ ADT); Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (NY Pops); The Orchestra Moves! (Carnegie Hall); When the Wolves Came In/Watershed (Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion); Seven Last Words (Lincoln Center Chamber Orchestra So-

ciety); Lake Lucille Chekhov Project. Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, A.R.T., Trinity Rep., Cleveland Play House, Asolo Rep. M.F.A.—NYU. DAVID BRIAN BROWN (Wig/Hair Design). Broadway Highlights: Curious Incident…, If/ Then, Gigi, Bridges of Madison County, Macbeth, The Nance, Death of a Salesman, Follies, Sister Act, Arcadia, A Steady Rain, Shrek, The Little Mermaid, Legally Blonde, Spamalot, Tarzan, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Fiddler on the Roof, Nine, Gypsy, Sweet Smell of Success, The Invention Of Love, Aida, The Iceman Cometh, Chicago, Sideshow, Steel Pier. Off Broadway: Far From Heaven, Giant. Film credits: Peter Pan—Live, The Sound of Music-Live NBC, It’s Complicated, Angels in America (Emmy Nominated), To Wong Foo… MICHAEL STAROBIN (Orchestrations). Credits include If/Then, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Little Miss Sunshine, Annie, Dogfight, Leap of Faith, Queen of the Mist, The People in the Picture, Sondheim on Sondheim, Next to Normal, The Glorious Ones, The Grinch, Adrift in Macao, Bernarda Alba, Spelling Bee, Assassins, Tom Sawyer, A New Brain, A Christmas Carol (MSG), Hello Again, Guys and Dolls, My Favorite Year, Falsettos, In Trousers, Sunday in the Park With George, Once on This Island, Closer Than Ever, Legs Diamond, Romance Ro-

mance, Carrie, Birds of Paradise, Rags, Three Guys Naked, Von Richtofen. KYLE C. NORRIS (Music Director). Broadway: Rocky, Pippin, First Date. First national tour: Legally Blonde, West Side Story. Las Vegas: Spamalot, Mamma Mia, Hairspray, Avenue Q. Other: TV Time! An active composer, his folk-rock musical Rex won Best Music at the NYC SoundBites Festival. Love to Erika, Katie and Harry. “Roll Tide!” ANNMARIE MILAZZO (Vocal Arrangements). Broadway: Spring Awakening, Next To Normal, Finding Neverland, If/Then. Off Broadway: Carrie, Bright Lights Big City. Regional: Dangerous Beauty, Prometheus Bound, Some Lovers, A Little More Alive. Lyricist: Cirque du Soleil’s Le Rêve and Carmen. Grammy-nominated singer for East Village Opera Company on Decca/Universal Records. MICHAEL KELLER (Music Coordinator) & MICHAEL AARONS (Associate). Broadway: Wicked, Hamilton, Amazing Grace, Honeymoon in Vegas. Upcoming Broadway: School of Rock, The Color Purple, Gotta Dance. Current & Future Tours: Kinky Boots, The Bridges of Madison County. MARK MYARS (Associate Choreographer). If/Then (Associate Choreographer: Broadway), In Your Arms (Associate Choreographer: Old

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der for Two. Other credits include If/Then, Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Tony Award, Best Musical Revival) Hands on a Hardbody, Red (Tony Award, Best Play), Next to Normal (Pulitzer), Hamlet starring Jude Law, 33 Variations starring Jane Fonda, Mary Stuart, Legally Blonde— The Musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and A Raisin in the Sun. A native New Yorker, Barbara attended NYU’s Gallatin School and received an MFA in Theatre Management and Producing from Columbia University. Her proudest productions are her sons, Daniel and Will. PATRICK CATULLO (Producer). Broadway and National Tour credits include: If/Then, Tony Award-winning revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, recent production of The Elephant Man starring Bradley Cooper, Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Next to Normal, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Twyla Tharp’s collaborations with the music of Bob Dylan and Frank Sinatra. West End: The Elephant Man and Chichester Festival Theatre’s production of Gypsy starring Imelda Staunton at the Savoy. Patrick is a graduate of Yale and a member of The Broadway League. NANCY NAGEL GIBBS (Producer) has been a Producer, General Manager and Company Manager for Broadway, Off-Broadway and internationally for over 30 years. Producer: If/ Then, Peter and the Starcatcher, Fun Home, Bat Boy, Striking 12, All Shook Up, The Big Bang, The Last Session, Fully Committed and Smoke on the Mountain. General Manager: Traces, The Search for Signs…, I Love You You’re Perfect, De La Guarda, Over the River, Visiting Mr. Green, Full Gallop, Hank Williams: Lost Highway, John & Jen, Santaland Diaries, The Lamb’s Theatre & Ford’s Theatre. FOX THEATRICALS (Producer). Under the leadership of Kristin Caskey and Mike Isaacson, Broadway credits include Fun Home (2015 Tony Award); If/Then; Grace; Bring It On (Tony Award nomination); Red (Tony Award); Thoroughly Modern Millie (Tony Award); Legally Blonde; One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Tony Award); Death of a Salesman (Tony Award); The Seagull; ‘night, Mother; Caroline, or Change. Off-Broadway: Fun Home and Traces. For the Independent Presenters Network: Kinky Boots, Matilda, Spamalot, The Color Purple. Fox Theatricals is a division of Fox Associates, owner and operator of the Fox Theatre in St. Louis; led by President Richard Baker and owners Robert Baudendistel, Mary Strauss, Lisa Suntrup, Julie Noonan. MARC PLATT (Producer) is currently represented on Broadway by Wicked. Prior Broadway productions: If/Then, Three Days of Rain, Pal Joey. Off-Broadway: Matthew Bourne’s bal-

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let Edward Scissorhands, Family Week. Films: Bridge of Spies, Ricki and the Flash, Into the Woods, Drive, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Nine, Rachel Getting Married, Wanted, Legally Blonde, Legally Blonde 2, Song One, Lost River, Winter’s Tale, 2 Guns, Charlie St. Cloud, Cop Out, The Other Woman, The Seeker, The Perfect Man, Honey and Josie and the Pussycats. Upcoming Films: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, directed by Ang Lee; La La Land starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, directed by Damien Chazelle; The Girl on the Train. Television: “Grease: Live!” (FOX), “Empire Falls” (HBO—Golden Globe Award), “Taking The Stage” (MTV), “Once Upon A Mattress” (ABC), “The Path To 9/11” (ABC). STAFF FOR IF/THEN GENERAL MANAGEMENT 321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT Nina Essman Nancy Nagel Gibbs Marcia Goldberg Ken Silverman TOUR PRESS REPRESENTATIVE Phillip Aleman CASTING TELSEY + COMPANY Bernard Telsey CSA Craig Burns CSA TECHNICAL SUPERVISORS Jake Bell Noel Bell COMPANY MANAGER Kelly Ann Gray PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER......................................... Shawn Pennington Stage Manager.....................................................................................Jen Ash Assistant Stage Manager...................................................Heather Englander Production Consultant...........................................................Judy Schoenfeld Production Coordinator........................................................... Erica Norgaard Assistant Company Manager.................................Mattea Cogliano-Benedict Makeup Design......................................................................Joseph Dulude II Associate Director........................................................................ David Alpert Associate Choreographer...............................................................Mark Myars Associate General Managers....................Bob Brinkerhoff, Amy Merlino Coey Associate Scenic Designer...........................................................Brett Banakis Scenery Coordinator.................................................................Chris Batstone Associate Costume Designer.........................................................Amy Wright Assistant Costume Designer......................................................Sarafina Bush Associate Lighting Designer.............................................................Joel Shier Assistant Lighting Designer..........................................................Nick Solyom Associate Sound Designer...........................................................Cody Spencer Associate Projection Designer....................................................... Dan Vatsky Assistant Projection Designer................................................. Robert Figueria Video Programmer............................................................Benjamin Keightley Production Carpenter..................................................................Rick Howard Head Carpenter........................................................................Kevin Hoekstra Flyman.......................................................................................Randy DeBoer Automation Carpenter..................................................................Jason Edens Production Electrician................................................................Greg Husinko Head Electrician............................................................................. Vince Goga Moving Light Programmer...................................................... Thomas Hague Follow Spot Operator.....................................................................Mark Leslie Moving Light Technician.............................................................Kim Caldwell Production Sound.................................................................... Brett Bingman Sound Engineer......................................................................Brad Zuckerman Assistant Sound Engineer..........................................................Marc Fisher III Head Props.................................................................................Lonnie Goertz Assistant Props........................................................................Carlos Wauman Wardrobe Consultant........................................................................Linda Lee

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All scenery and scenic motion control by Proof Productions, Inc. Lighting by PRG Lighting. Sound by Masque Sound. Products furnished by Apple, Inc. (Suzanne Lindergh and George Pulios). Prop artisans are Mary Wilson, Daniel Moss. Specialty props by Tom Carroll Scenery Inc., Aardvark Interiors, Costume Armour, Izquierdo Studio, Alexandra Geiger. Built costumes by Marc Happel. Hair products by L’Oreal Professional. The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union. Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.). United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre. The Press Agents and Company Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.

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ALI M AC GR AW

RYAN O’NEAL

LOVE LETTERS BY

A.R. GURNEY

DIRECTED BY

GREGORY MOSHER

“The undeniable chemistry between Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal is on full display again in Love Letters.”

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emember Love Story? If you’re like me, you remember the book and movie, both written by the classics professor Erich Segal, vividly. You remember how Harvard-Radcliffe it was. You remember sobbing your eyes out, and how great that felt. Most of all, you remember how beautiful the leads, Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw, were. When I think of the 1970 movie, I see the montages of the lovers frolicking in the snow, in Cambridge and in Central Park. Today, Ms. MacGraw is still striking, and Mr. O’Neal remains handsome, but we can see the lives they’ve lived: Mr. O’Neal is using a cane to help steady himself after tearing his Achilles tendon, and the ravenhaired Ms. MacGraw is mostly gray. Their enviable bone structures have been softened

time on Broadway. Indeed, some of the rotating cast members didn’t get their chances to read at the table. Ms. Nugent suggested the O’Neal/MacGraw pairing to Broadway Across America, the largest presenter of touring shows, and with the O.K.’s of the playwright and director, they got to it. While Love Letters is no sequel to Love Story, it feels cut from similar tweed, and — this has to be said—it is the better written of the two. Andrew Makepeace Ladd III could be Oliver Barrett IV of Love Story, though he attends Yale and joins the service before he heads to Harvard Law School. Melissa Gardner is a Fairfield County black sheep bohemian, though unlike Jenny Cavilleri, the feisty scholarship student in the Segal tale, she is rich, as she frequently, and bluntly, re-

Ali MacGraw & Ryan O’Neal Return in Love Letters By Lisa Birnbach, The New York Times

by the four decades they’ve spent since Love Story, and by some hard living on both of their parts: good breaks, bad breaks, scandal and divorce. He’s in a blazer and buttondown shirt, and she is in an Indian kurta and white jeans, wearing a chic assortment of silver jewelry. Their easy affection is apparent. At a pre-tour news conference they are asked the usual anodyne questions (“Do you still have chemistry?”), they playfully hug, swat and pat each another. Mr. O’Neal cracks one selfdeprecating remark after another—“She’s one of the few women who will still talk to me”—which make Ms. MacGraw laugh till she snorts. The two had been in touch off and on over the years, mostly via letters and phone calls. Then, as part of a feature last year in The Hollywood Reporter, the stars of Love Story—the quintessential movie romance, at least until Nicholas Sparks picked up his laptop—were brought together for an interview. The accompanying images affected Nelle Nugent, a veteran producer who produced Love Letters on Broadway last year. Despite positive reviews for the play (“Deceptively simple and quietly moving”—The New York Times), that run closed after three months. It was the oft-produced play’s first

minds Andy. Through letters, post cards, invitations and notes of apology, Mr. Gurney’s play chronicles a 50-year friendship of two loving friends and reveals a woody wagon full of regrets. Back in 1970, Mr. Mosher, the director of Love Letters, was thinking more about the Vietnam War and Kent State from his perch at Oberlin College than sentimental me was, and knew about Love Story only as a reference point. He didn’t see the movie until later, and even now he’s surprised by the big effect the stars still make together. “Ryan and Ali trigger a very powerful beholder’s share,” Mr. Mosher said. “Their impact on our psyches happened together, and they are very generous performers.” I agree with Mr. O’Neal; the actors are doing what they’re meant to do, using one another’s encouragement and affection as life support. I forget that they are senior citizens as they take the stage in Love Letters. They’re young again, laughing at their private jokes and playing in the snow. Lisa Birnbach, a New York writer, is the author of The Official Preppy Handbook and True Prep. Love Letters is at the Fisher Theatre April 12–17. For tickets, please see our ad at left. 23

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2016 CHRYSLER 200

MOST TECHNOLOGICALLY

ADVANCED AWD1

AVAILABLE

ROTARY

E-SHIFT

8.4-INCH UCONNECT速 SYSTEM

IT WAS MADE FOR THE SPOTLIGHT.

36 MPG HWY

C H RYS L E R .C O M / 2 0 0

2016 CHRYSLER 200

MSRP STARTING AT

22,990

SEE YOUR LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER FOR CURRENT INCENTIVES (1) ALL-WHEEL DRIVE (AWD) SYSTEM IS OPTIONAL. BASED ON THE LATEST AVAILABLE COMPETITIVE INFORMATION AND THE FCA US LLC STANDARD MIDSIZED SEDAN SEGMENT. (2) EPA ESTIMATED MPG WITH 2.4L ENGINE AND NINE SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. EPA EST. 29 MPG HWY ON MODEL SHOWN. ACTUAL MILEAGE MAY VARY. (3) MSRP OF 200C MODEL SHOWN: $36,615. TO GET FULL PRICING DETAILS, SEE YOUR DEALER. MSRP EXCLUDES TAX, TITLE, LICENSE AND REGISTRATION FEES. STARTING AT PRICE REFERS TO THE BASE MODEL, OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT NOT INCLUDED. PRICING MAY CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTIFICATION. CHRYSLER AND UCONNECT ARE REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OF FCA US LLC.