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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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WHO’S WHO ALI MACGRAW (Melissa Gardner) was born in Westchester County, New York and attended Wellesley College where she studied art history, languages and literature. She began her professional career as Diana Vreeland’s assistant at Harper’s Bazaar. After leaving Harper’s Bazaar, she went to work as a stylist for photographer Melvin Sokolsky in New York for six years. Ali’s acting career began when producer Stanley R. Jaffe and director Larry Peerce offered her the leading role of Brenda Patimkin in the screen version of Philip Roth’s short novel, Goodbye, Columbus. The movie was an international success, opening to tremendous popular and critical acclaim. Wanting her next film to be something special, Ali looked for a script that touched her on a personal level. That picture was Love Story and it proved to be her major break. An original screenplay (and later a best selling novel) by Erich Segal, the film earned Ali international fame, an Academy Award nomination, a Golden Globe award, and many additional honors worldwide. Ali’s third picture, The Getaway, co-starring Steve McQueen, completed her trio of blockbuster films. Nevertheless, after The Getaway, Ali took a five-year hiatus from Hollywood to raise her son Joshua. She returned to the screen to co-star in Sam Peckinpah’s Convoy with Kris Kristofferson. Other film credits include Players costarring Dean Paul Martin, and Just Tell Me What You Want, directed by Sidney Lumet and co-starred Alan King and Myrna Loy. Ali has appeared in a number of television projects, starring in Herman Wouk’s epic mini-series, “The Winds of War,” with Robert Mitchum. In addition, she guest-starred for a season on the popular ABC-TV series, “Dynasty.” Ali published her autobiography, Moving Pictures, (Bantam Books) and watched it climb the New York Times Bestseller List. The book went on to become an international bestseller in England, France and South America. She also teamed up with Warner Home Video to distribute an instructional yoga video called “Yoga Mind & Body.” The video features respected yoga instructor Erich Schiffmann. It was filmed in beautiful Whites Sands, New Mexico and remains popular in the U.S. and in Europe selling over 500,000 copies. Ali currently lives in New Mexico. She travels extensively, appearing in documen10

taries and working on behalf of numerous social, animal and environmental causes including the Humane Society of the United States, Animal Protection of New Mexico and a number of specific animal sanctuaries. She is actively involved with the Santa Fe Rape Crisis and Trauma Treatment Center, the Lensic Theatre for the Performing Arts, Santa Fe Pro Musica, the Tibetan Center of Santa Fe, and many other New Mexico nonprofits. She received the Luminaria Award in 2008 from the Santa Fe Community Foundation, and the Governor’s Award for contribution to the Arts in the same year. RYAN O’NEAL (Andrew Makepeace Ladd III). Born Patrick Ryan O’Neal on April 20, 1941 in Los Angeles, California, Ryan O’Neal was born into show business as the son of writer Charles “Blackie” O’Neal and actress Patricia O’Callaghan. Determined to make his own way, O’Neal trained to become a professional boxer, competing in two Golden Gloves championships in Los Angeles in 1956 and 1957. He had an impressive amateur fighting record—18 wins to 4 losses, with 13 knockouts. In the late 1950s, O’Neal and his family moved to Germany for his father’s job writing broadcasts for Radio Free Europe. O’Neal landed his first job in the entertainment industry as a stuntman on the American television series “Tales of the Vikings.” In 1964, O’Neal’s first major television role on “Peyton Place” led him to starring in films such as The Big Bounce (1969), and The Games (1970). His big break soon followed when he was chosen from more than 300 hopefuls for the role of Oliver Barrett opposite Ali MacGraw in Arthur Hiller’s adaptation of Erich Segal’s best-seller Love Story in 1970. The film was a huge success and landed O’Neal both Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor. After Love Story, O’Neal turned to comedy and starred opposite Barbra Streisand in smash hit What’s Up, Doc (1971). He then starred with Warren Oates and Jacqueline Bisset in The Thief Who Came To Dinner (1973). O’Neal next played a drifter working con games with his daughter (played by real life daughter, Tatum) in the critically acclaimed hit Paper Moon (1973) for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actor. Tatum won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role. O’Neal then went on to star in Stanley Kubrick’s 1975 historical drama Barry Lyndon; Oli-

ver’s Story, a sequel to Love Story in 1978; and the noir hit The Driver, also in 1978. In 1979, O’Neal scored another box office win with The Main Event, starring again with Barbra Streisand. In 1979, O’Neal met and fell in love with actress Farrah Fawcett. Together they had one child, a son Redmond. O’Neal and Fawcett co-starred in the madefor-TV miniseries “Small Sacrifices” (1989), based on the true story of Diane Downs. O’Neal returned to episodic television, again co-starring with real-life love, Farrah Fawcett in 1991 with the sitcom “Good Sports.” O’Neal’s other roles included starring alongside Robert Downey in Chances Are (1989), Faithful co-starring Cher (1996), and the comedic Malibu’s Most Wanted (2003). O’Neal can currently be seen on Fox’s hit crime drama “Bones” and will soon make an appearance in Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups (2015). A.R. GURNEY (Playwright) has been writing plays for quite a while. Besides Love Letters, his more familiar ones are The Dining Room, The Cocktail Hour, Sylvia and Ancestral Voices. He taught literature at MIT for many years before turning to writing full time. Besides plays, Gurney has written three novels, two opera librettos, and sev-

eral efforts for TV. Most of his plays have been produced Off-Broadway by such theatre organizations as Playwrights Horizons, Lincoln Center, Primary Stages and the Flea Theater in Tribeca. He has received a number of professional awards, along with honorary degrees from Williams College and Buffalo State University. A member of the Theater Hall of Fame and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, he is the father of four children, eight grandchildren and has been married to his wife Molly for 57 years. GREGORY MOSHER (Director) is the director and/or producer of over 200 plays at the Lincoln Center and Goodman Theatres (both of which he led), on Broadway, at the Royal National Theatre, and in the West End. Colleagues have included playwrights Samuel Beckett, Tennessee Williams, David Mamet, Richard Nelson, Spalding Gray, David Rabe, and Edward Albee, and countless leading actors and directors. Notable premiere productions include Six Degrees of Separation, John Leguizamo’s Freak, David Rabe’s Hurlyburly, Richard Nelson and Sean Davey’s James Joyce’s The Dead, the South African township musical Sarafina, and first productions of over twenty plays by Mr.

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WHO’S WHO Mamet, including American Buffalo, Speedthe-Plow, Edmond, and Glengarry Glen Ross. Recent work on Broadway includes A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller and That Championship Season by Jason Miller. His latest production, a new version of Sophocles’ Antigone, has just played in Kenya and South Africa. PETER KACZOROWSKI (Scenic and Lighting Designer). Broadway: more than 50 plays and musicals including The Country House, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, No Man’s Land/Waiting for Godot, The Assembled Parties, Nice Work…, Wit, Venus in Fur, Anything Goes, A View From the Bridge, Grey Gardens, The Producers, Contact, Steel Pier. Extensive Off-Broadway, resident and regional credits. Opera: Met, San Francisco, Houston Grand, Santa Fe, St. Louis, Seattle. Abroad: Royal Opera, Scottish Opera, Opera/North, Maggio Florence, L’Arena di Verona, La Fenice, Bonn, Lisbon. Awards: Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Drama-Logue, Hewes awards. JANE GREENWOOD (Costume Designer). In a career that spans 50 years, she has designed more than 100 productions on Broadway, including You Can’t Take It With You, Act One, A Delicate Balance, The Heiress, The Sisters Rosensweig, The Assembled Parties, A View From the Bridge, Harvey, A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Plenty, The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Burton’s Hamlet. Off-Broadway: Belle Epoque, A Man of No Importance, Burn This, The Lisbon Traviata. Film: Arthur, Glengarry Glen Ross, Oleanna. Awards: 18 Tony nominations, Theater Hall of Fame, Tony Lifetime Achievement Award, Irene Sharaff Award. Faculty, Yale School of Drama. She first worked with Gregory Mosher on Our Town. SCOTT LEHRER (Sound Designer). Scott Lehrer’s work with Gregory Mosher includes The Guardsman (Kennedy Center), That Championship Season and A View From the Bridge. He received the first Tony for sound for the 2008 revival of South Pacific. Recent work: The King and I, Honeymoon in Vegas, Living on Love, A Delicate Balance, Raisin in the Sun, Betrayal, The Apple Family plays, Lucky Guy, Chaplin (Drama Desk), Death of a Salesman, Finian’s Rainbow, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, the long running revival 12

of Chicago. Music engineer/producer projects include the B’way cast recording of An American in Paris, Loudon Wainwright III’s Grammy winning High Wide and Handsome, Bebe Neuwirth’s Porcelain, Judy Kuhn’s All This Happiness and Meredith Monk’s mercy. JOHN VIESTA (Associate Lighting Designer) has worked on over 25 Broadway productions including: The Producers, Young Frankenstein, Spamalot, 42nd Street, Beauty and The Beast, …25th Annual Spelling Bee, R&H’s Cinderella, Bonnie and Clyde, The Merchant of Venice, A View From the Bridge, Gore Vidal’s: The Best Man, and Arcadia. His work has also been seen on shows such as NBC’s “SMASH!,” Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live,” ABC’s “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” and the new launch of ESPN’s Sports Center. BFA Purchase College, member of United Scenic Artists Local 829, and the U.K. Association of Lighting Designers. WILL PICKENS (Associate Sound Designer). Recently he has worked on: Broadway: Dames At Sea (Helen Hayes), Honeymoon In Vegas (Nederlander Theatre), The Realistic Joneses (Lyceum Theatre), Bronx Bombers (Circle In The Square), A Time To Kill (John Golden Theater), Death of a Salesman (Ethel Barrymore Theater), That Championship Season (Bernard B. Jacobs Theater), Importance of Being Earnest, Present Laughter (American Airlines Theater). Off Broadway: Woodshed Collective, Roundabout Pels Theater, Keen Company, Origin Theatre Company. Regional: TheaterWorks Hartford, Geva Theatre Center, Barrington Stage Theater. A proud member of USA 829 and TSDCA. willpickens.com. TELSEY + COMPANY (Casting). Broadway/Tours: Fiddler on the Roof, The Color Purple, Allegiance, On Your Feet!, Hamilton, Something Rotten!, An American in Paris, Finding Neverland, The King and I, Hand to God, Kinky Boots, Wicked, If/Then, The Sound of Music, Newsies, Pippin, Motown, Rock of Ages, Million Dollar Quartet. Off-Broadway: Atlantic, LAByrinth, MCC, Second Stage, Signature. Regional: A.R.T., Goodspeed, La Jolla, New York Stage and Film, Paper Mill, Westport, Williamstown. Film: Fun House, Ithaca, The Intern, Ricki and the Flash, Focus, The Last Five Years, Song One, A Most Violent Year, Into the Woods. TV: “Flesh and Bone,” “Masters of Sex,” commercials. telseyandco.com.

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he 2016–17 Broadway In Detroit A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder is Series proudly presents five all-new at the Fisher Theatre in October 2017. GetTony Award-winning hit Broadway ting away with murder shows at the Fisher Theatre. can be so much fun… and there’s no better Beautiful—The Carole King Musical, at proof than this hilarithe Fisher Theatre in January 2017, tells the ous hit show that won inspiring true story of Carthe 2014 Tony Award ole King’s remarkable rise for Best Musical. As to stardom, from being part one most gentlemanly of a hit songwriting team NPR critic put it, “I’ve with her husband Gerry never laughed so hard Goffin, to her relationship at a Broadway musical!” Gentleman’s Guide with fellow writers and best tells the uproarious story of Monty Navarro, friends Cynthia Weil and an heir to a family fortune who sets out to Barry Mann, to becom- jump the line of succession by eliminating ing one of the most successful solo acts in the eight pesky relatives who stand in his popular music history. Along the way, she way… and be done in time for tea. The Holmade more than beautiful music, she wrote lywood Reporter raves, “Gentleman’s Guide the soundtrack to a generation. Featuring a restores our faith in musical comedy!” stunning array of beloved songs written by Gerry Goffin/Carole King and Barry Mann/ Fun Home is at the Fisher Theatre NovemCynthia Weil, including “I Feel The Earth ber–December 2016. Every once in a while a Broadway musical Move,” “One Fine Day,” “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,” “You’ve Got comes along that surprises, moves A Friend” and the title song, Beautiful has a and excites audibook by Tony Award-nominee and Academy ences in ways only Award-nominated writer Douglas McGrath, a truly landmark and direction by Marc Bruni, choreography by Josh Prince—and it took home two 2014 musical can. The Tony Awards and a 2015 Grammy Award. “groundbreaking,” “uplifting” and Above, from Beautiful—The Carole King Musical, top, 1650 “exquisite” new Broadway (l to r) Curt Bouril (Don Kirshner), Liam Tobin (Gerry musical Fun Home Goffin), Abby Mueller (Carole King), Ben Fankhauser (Barry was the event of the Mann), Becky Gulsvig (Cynthia Weil) and the company of Broadway season, receiving raves from critBeautiful; inset, Carnegie Hall, Abby Mueller (Carole King); ics and audiences alike, winning five 2015 photos Joan Marcus. Tony Awards including Best Musical—and 14

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WHO’S WHO gers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella starring Eartha Kitt, The Full Monty, Seussical, The Musical starring Cathy Rigby, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma, Cameron Mackintosh’s Oliver!, Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake and Edward Scissorhands, Cameron Mackintosh’s My Fair Lady, Hairspray US and Asia, The Lincoln Center Theater’s Production of The Light in the Piazza, The Producers, Sweet Charity starring Molly Ringwald, The Wedding Singer, The Drowsy Chaperone, Sweeney Todd, The Wizard of Oz, The Lincoln Center Theater’s Production of South Pacific, The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein starring Roger Bart, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, A Chorus Line, Spring Awakening, 25th Anniversary Production of Les Misérables, Mary Poppins, War Horse, Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty, Cameron Mackintosh’s Spectacular New Production of The Phantom of the Opera, Dirty Dancing and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music. Future productions include Bullets Over Broadway, The Bridges of Madison County and Once. NELLE NUGENT (Producer). Sixty-plus productions on B’way, touring, Off-B’way and West End including Dracula, The Elephant Man, Morning’s at Seven, Mass Appeal, Amadeus, Nicholas Nickleby, Sly Fox (revival), American Buffalo (revival), Little House on the Prairie, Time Stands Still, Ghetto Klown, Stick Fly, The Trip to Bountiful (revival). Professional awards include five Tonys, two Obies, two NY Drama Critics Awards, numerous film/TV awards. She is developing Stick Fly as a one-hour series for HBO. Also in development is The Glint, a new comedy by Matt Hoverman, to be directed by Michael Wilson for this season on Broadway; and Stars and Strikes, an annual baseball-themed revue for families to play Cooperstown, NY, summer 2016. BARBARA BROCCOLI (Producer). The daughter of Albert R ‘Cubby’ Broccoli, the legendary producer who turned 007 into the longest-running series in movie history, Barbara began working on the Bond films at the age of 17. Together with her brother Michael G Wilson, she has produced the past seven Bond films, most recently, the box-office hit Skyfall. They are now Producing the 24th 007 adventure, Spectre, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Daniel Craig. Barba18

ra’s theatre credits include: La Cava (2000), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2002 London, 2005 Broadway), and A Steady Rain starring Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman (Broadway 2009). In 2012 Wilson and Broccoli adapted the critically acclaimed film Once which opened on Broadway and in London to rave reviews and garnered 8 Tony® Awards, 2 Olivier Awards and a Grammy®. They also adapted Chariots of Fire which opened in July 2012 and Strangers On A Train in November 2013, both at the Gielgud Theatre in London’s West End. Love Letters first opened on Broadway in September 2014. FREDERICK ZOLLO (Producer). New York: Love Letters, Casa Valentina; Once; Orphans; A Steady Rain; That Championship Season; Lucky Guy; The Farnsworth Invention; Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; ‘night Mother; King Hedley II; On Golden Pond; The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel; Death and the Maiden; Hurlyburly; Angels in America; Private Lives; Caroline, or Change; Frozen; The Goat; Our Country’s Good; Butley; The Hairy Ape; Buried Child; Talk Radio; Marvin’s Room; Oleanna; Goose and Tomtom; Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll. London: Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Glengarry Glen Ross, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Breaking the Silence, Camille, The Cryptogram. Mr. Zollo has produced several films, including Best Picture Oscar nominees Mississippi Burning and Quiz Show. OLYMPUS THEATRICALS (Producer). Broadway credits include Hamilton, Lucky Guy, Chinglish, Arcadia, La Cage aux Folles, American Idiot, Lend Me a Tenor, A View From the Bridge, The 39 Steps, The Seagull, 13, Guys and Dolls. Off-Broadway: The 39 Steps, Fault Lines. London: Urinetown The Musical, The Ladykillers, The Sunshine Boys, The Children’s Hour, Sweet Charity, The Little Dog Laughed, Arcadia, Marguerite. U.S. tour: The 39 Steps. U.K. tour: The Ladykillers. MICHAEL G. WILSON (Producer) began his producing career in 1976 working with Cubby Broccoli on The Spy Who Loved Me. He co-produced seven film releases with his sister Barbara Broccoli, most recently Skyfall. His theatre credits include Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London 2002 followed by Broadway 2005), A Steady Rain (Broadway 2009), Once on Broadway (2012) and currently in London, Chariots of Fire (Lon-

don 2012) and Strangers on a Train (London 2013). LOU SPISTO (Producer). Broadway: The revival of You Can’t Take It With You, John Tiffany’s acclaimed 2013-14 revival of The Glass Menagerie, Rocky, Big Fish. London: Strangers on a Train. Regional: produced ten seasons, more than 140 productions and six transfers to Broadway as executive director/producer a The Old Globe, San Diego. COLLEEN CAMP (Producer) is an actressproducer known for Apocalypse Now, American Hustle, Four Christmases, Palo Alton, In Good Company, Election, Die Hard III, Greedy, Wayne’s World, Clue, Police Academy 2 and 4, Sliver, They All Laughed, Valley Girl, Game of Death, Death Game, Smile, Funny Girl, “Mob City,” “Rake,” “Entourage,” “House,” “Roseanne,” She produced and acted in American Rhapsody; HBO’s “Creature Features”; Eli Roth’s upcoming Knock, Knock; and Lake Mead. In addition: She’s Funny That Way, The Truth About Lies and Grandma. Her theatre productions include Room 105 (Los Angeles 2012) and Strangers On A Train (London 2013-14).

POSTMARK ENTERTAINMENT GROUP (Producer). Lily Fan, Jacki Barlia Florin, Dennis Grimaldi, Ken and Trish Mahoney, Robert Sher, Mark Zimmerman. Their Tony, Pulitzer, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle award-winning productions include Jesus Christ Superstar, Chinglish, Bullets Over Broadway, The Scottsboro Boys, A Gentleman’s Guide…, Angels in America, Pippin, On The Town, How to Succeed…, Ghost, among others. JUDITH ANN ABRAMS (Producer). Tony and Olivier Award-winning producer. Kinky Boots, Spring Awakening, Annie Get Your Gun, Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (London), Matilda, Twelfth Night with Mark Rylance, It’s Only a Play, Love Letters, The Visit and The Audience. Full bio: JudithAnnAbramsProduction.com. PAT FLICKER ADDISS (Producer). Broadway: Little Women; Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life; Bridge & Tunnel; Spring Awakening; The 39 Steps; Passing Strange; Promises, Promises; Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike; A Christmas Story, Gigi. OffBroadway: the acclaimed Buyer& Cellar, Be-

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MAI NGUYEN (Co-Producer) is a cosponsor of The Quiet American and co-producer of the Vietnamese films Story of Pao, Adrift and Floating Lives. She is now making her Broadway debut. Mai is the founder and CEO of VIDOGroup, a large Vietnambased corporation which specializes in travel, entertainment and investment. SCOTT LANE (Co-Producer) made his Broadway producing debut with Love Letters after a 20-year career in nonprofit theatre and civic, educational and real estate development. Film: Cinema Purgatorio (Executive Producer). Scott earned his MFA in theatre management from Columbia University and currently serves as president of the board of Pure Theatre in Charleston, SC. JOSEPH SIROLA (Co-Producer) has starred in more than 600 TV shows and films and on Broadway in Molly Brown, Pal Joey and Golden Rainbow. WSJ named him “King of the Voiceovers,” having recorded 10,000+ commercials. His one-man piece, Shakespeare’s Ages of Man, is continually successful. Producing credits: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Tony Award). The Trip to Bountiful, Stick Fly and Time Stands Still. DEMAR-SOLIS (Associate Producer). Jonathan Demar and Jeffrey Solis have independently been involved with numerous productions both off and on Broadway. Love Letters marks their first joint effort together as producers.

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