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t was a chance encounter between legends from the worlds of film and music, and it resulted in an international phenomenon. In 1996 at the Venice Film Festival, Robert De Niro approached Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor, and asked if they had ever considered creating a musical based on the hardThe cast of the national tour of We Will Rock You. © Paul Kolnik rock band’s work. Six years later, with De Niro and Jane Rosenthal’s company Tribeca The- the sound of a Queen concert proved to be atrical Productions on board as one of the a huge challenge for best-selling author Ben producers, We Will Rock You opened in Elton, who was invited to write the script. “I had almost given up trying to find a stoLondon’s West End, where it continues to galvanize audiences. Featuring more than 24 ry that could contain the incredible richness, Queen songs, this electrifying spectacle— wit and variety of Queen’s greatest hits,” now in its 11th year in London—has since says Elton, a triple-threat stand-up comedian, played in some 20 countries and sold over writer, and director. “Then the idea came to 15,000,000 tickets worldwide. Now audienc- me: a world where young people are denied es throughout the country will have a chance the right to make music for themselves, to do to see what they’ve been missing, with the what Elvis and the Beatles did—form bands, launching of the first North American tour write songs, start a revolution in their heads. I really thought Queen could illustrate that of We Will Rock You. From 1973, when they released their first beautifully. And the fact that they are the recording, until the death of lead singer and stuff of legend meant that it was a terrifically keyboard player Freddie Mercury in 1991, fun story to weave.” We Will Rock You is set 300 years in the Queen was one of the most popular rock groups in the world, racking up 18 No. 1 al- future, on a planet once called Earth that is bums and selling out stadiums around the now controlled by a corporation. Globalizaworld. Their stage shows were flamboyant, tion is complete. Individuality is taboo. Evtheir recording techniques elaborate, their eryone watches the same movies, wears the same clothes, and thinks the same thoughts. style aggressive. “We’re the Cecil B. DeMille of rock and Music is generated by the corporation’s comroll, always wanting to do things bigger and puters, rock music is unheard, and all musical instruments are banned. But resistance, better,” Mercury famously said. In addition to Mercury, the band included by a bunch of rebels known as the BohemiMay on lead guitar, Taylor on drums, and ans, is brewing. Woven around Elton’s witty and engaging John Deacon on bass guitar. Among their best-known hits are “Somebody to Love”; script, the musical succeeds in capturing the the groundbreaking, six-minute operetta, raucous energy of a Queen concert, and lov“Bohemian Rhapsody”; “Another One Bites ingly and impeccably recreating the group’s the Dust”; “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”; music. “The amazing bonus is that Ben’s and two numbers familiar to anyone who script subtly works as a metaphor, too,” says has ever stepped foot in a stadium or are- May. “People definitely come out of the thena, “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the ater feeling that in a strange way they know us, Queen, our struggle and our journey.” Champions.” Incorporating the band’s vast and eclectic body of work into a book musical while re- Tickets are on sale now to We Will Rock You at the taining the excitement, the iconoclasm, and Fisher Theatre April 1–13; see the ad on page 18. 4

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CAST (in alphabetical order) Wrangler/Hero Puppeteer ��Hallie Goodman Paleontologist/Host ��Aimee Louisanne Wrangler/Hero Puppeteer ��Anthony Orefice Wrangler/Puppeteer �� Kelley Selznick Swing �� Jackson Eather

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WHO’S WHO AIMEE LOUISANNE (Paleontologist/Host) is a multicultural actor/musician from Perth, Australia, living in New York. Career experience includes credits with Oscar-nominated director Darren Aronofsky, with two lead roles in independent feature films, and various international productions. She works with renowned acting coach Susan Batson, and trains in combat/stunts and martial arts for film. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Aviation, a Commercial Pilot’s License (AU), and speaks French and Italian, and will soon release her first EP. Aimee has a passion for working with children and spent a year performing internationally at various orphanages. She works with children with cerebral palsy and other disabilities, and is part of a non-profit organization, Kissabilites, promoting disability awareness and integration in primary schools. Special thanks to her agent Lisa Price—Aimee is thrilled to be touring the U.S. in Dinosaur Zoo Live! HALLIE GOODMAN (Wrangler/Hero Puppeteer) is native to New York, having graduated from LaGuardia High School for Drama, though she has recently relocated to the Boston area. She has been seen most recently in Kidville Wellesley’s Rockin’ Railroad and in Spencer, an independent feature film that won Best U.S. Feature at the New York International Film Festival 2013. Hallie has been seen in Don Ardin’s Jubilee at the Bally’s Hotel in Las Vegas, and in The Producers, High School Musical, No No Nannette, A Chorus Line and Little Shop of Horrors at Merry-Go-Round Playhouse. Thanks to her family and Nate, without whom she couldn’t be as awesome. ANTHONY OREFICE (Wrangler/Hero Puppeteer). A native of Long Island, NY and graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, with a degree in psychology. Anthony recently appeared at Field Station: Dinosaurs in New Jersey where he operated various hand puppets and the T-Rex hero puppet. He discovered his love of full body puppetry when, freshly out of college, he took a job as Pinny the Bowling Pin mascot for Bowlmor Lanes in Times Square. Since then, he has integrated his knowledge of psychology and puppetry with his childhood dinosaur fixation. Anthony can’t wait to tour North America and beyond in Dinosaur Zoo Live! KELLEY SELZNICK (Wrangler/ Puppeteer) is a New York-based puppeteer and textile artist and recent graduate of Cal State Northridge where she studied puppetry and costume construction. She apprenticed with shadow puppeteer Maria Bodmann and interned with Jessica Scott. Recent puppeteering credits include the short film The Never Bell (Emily Lobsenz), La Divina Caricatura (Mabou Mines), Sirens of

the Lambs (Banksy), Tiger Tales and ChangEr (Chinese Theatre Works), Big Annie, Tobias Turkey and Lumpy Bumpy Pumpkin (Shadow Box Theatre). She has designed puppets for Independent Shakespeare Co.’s Winter’s Tale and puppet costumes for The Never Bell. She is known for her Elizabethan ruffs which have been used in art projects and shows all over the world. kelleyselznick.com. JACKSON EATHER (Swing). Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, he performed in community theater companies, playing leading roles in Spring Awakening, West Side Story and Seussical. He attended Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, where he trained in acting, circus and visual arts. He moved to New York City to study at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy. He performed the role of Bub Hicks in Musicals Tonight!’s Off-Broadway production of Leave It to Jane. Jackson served as the Dinosaur Wrangler and as a puppeteer at Field Station: Dinosaurs in New Jersey, where he operated the T-Rex puppet built by Erth. Jackson is thrilled to be touring North America in Dinosaur Zoo and sharing his passion for theater and dinosaurs with the world. SCOTT WRIGHT (Artistic Director) is the Artistic Director and co-founder of Erth Visual & Physical, Inc., which began in 1990. He trained as a dancer and choreographer in Victoria in Southeast Australia, and is a multiskilled artist incorporating puppetry (one of his greatest loves), movement, acting, aerial, stilts and pyrotechnics. Currently he is devising several new shows including Murder—inspired by the music of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ murder ballad “Stagger Lee”—and a production with a prehistoric aquarium in which the audience is submerged in an ancient underwater environment, witnessing the thrills and spills of aquatic life. Also in development is a new work based upon the last thylacine (the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times) kept in Australian captivity. Scott’s personal focus currently lies within the survival of indigenous folklore, exploring how ancient stories can be retrieved and presented to new audiences. This interest takes him into remote communities throughout Australia where he meets with elders, learning and developing methods for puppetry to tell the stories of ancient creatures and landscapes. SHARON KERR (Executive Director) is a founding and core member of Erth. Originally trained as a school teacher majoring in drama, Sharon has much performance experience. Prior to helping form Erth, she spent five years in contemporary dance theater with emphasis on improvisational movement. Puppetry became a natural extension of this. Her roles within Erth are many and varied. Contributing Dinosaur Zoo Live! • 9

WHO’S WHO to creative and performance direction, Sharon continues to perform, while assisting with the construction of props and costumes. Sharon has also steered the company for many years as its key administrator. Some of her performance highlights include her aerial harness and flying work, effectively becoming a human marionette. Memorable amongst these are from atop the sails of the Sydney Opera House, the spire of St. Paul’s Cathedral in Melbourne, the tower of Bingham Hall at Yale University and from the 30th floor of the Nge Ann skyscraper in Singapore. ANNA YOUNG (General Manager) has been in the entertainment industry all her working life. She has applied her skills and extensive experience of the arts and cultural production to events both across Australia and internationally. These range from music and film to roles from performer to producer. Her flair for production and management has seen her do the same for Spiegelworld both in Las Vegas and NYC (2008–2009) while also delivering the annual Australian G’Day U.S.A. Australia Plays Broadway concert event at Carnegie Hall (2009). Anna has been with Erth since the beginning of 2011 and has become an invaluable family member, helping the company grow further and develop new markets. When people enquire as to her line of work, Anna enjoys the reply, “I manage Erth.” STEVE HOWARTH (Designer). As a founding and full time member of Erth Visual & Physical, Inc., Steve designs for most of the company’s productions and external commissions. From the Erth studio/workshop he supervises a team of artists in the creation of the puppets, sets, props, costumes and the associated elements that are in constant tour around the nation and the globe. Over the last twenty years in this principal role, he has worked with a wide variety of people, organizations and across numerous media. Steve spent the first 15 years at Erth performing in, on and dangling from many of his creations, but he now devotes his time solely to their realization rather than being the one on stage. Offstage, he oversees the daily production of giant, teeth-gnashing dinosaurs and inflatable monsters that live alongside traditional fine arts and textiles work, and increasingly, within disciplines such as digital animation. He recently directed his first work which combined live actors, puppets and projection. Working closely with indigenous storytellers, Taniwha! wove together threads of Maori folklore for Auckland Museum, NZ. Steve also mentors design students from several tertiary institutions and assists emerging artists in the implementation of their respective crafts. 10 • Dinosaur Zoo Live!

PHIL DOWNING (Sound/Lighting/Video Designer) has a distinct history working with interactive multimedia. After years spent performing music, Phil set about reinventing his means of expression through music, by creating unique and obscure musical instruments. This inspiration has led to the creation of numerous soundtracks for theatrical productions (1999– 2012). Delivery of video and imagery being an obvious progression, Phil has also worked with various technologies to incorporate physical interaction (with performers and audience members) into installations and performances, utilizing technologies such as infra-red, sonar and pressure sensors, Arduino programmable circuit boards and Kinect sensors. Working with Erth, Phil has developed systems for automated delivery of sound, light and visual effects, and has designed stand-alone sound systems for their various creature puppets. “This one’s going to be a mad professor!” his grandma proclaimed upon his birth… She was possibly correct! DEANNA FITZGERALD (Lighting Designer). Lighting Designer, assistant professor and head of M.F.A./B.F.A. Lighting Design and Technology at the University of Arizona. Career highlights: Cirque Mechanics: Boom Town and Stomp Out Loud Las Vegas. Other credits: San Francisco Opera’s Merola; Coconut Grove Playhouse’s Young Artist programs; numerous original dance designs for choreographers such as Deborah Hay and Ben Levy; Lighting Director for Stomp; Production Director for Opera Theater Music Festival in Lucca, Italy; Lighting Supervisor and Assistant Lighting Designer for Santa Fe Opera; Lighting Consultant for the original Broadway cast tours of the Greater Tuna trilogy; and Assistant Lighting Designer for Cincinnati Ballet. deannafitzgerald.com. MEGAN COY (Stage Manager/Lighting Director) is a graduate of the University of Arizona with a degree in Theatrical Design and Stage Management. Most recently, she served as stage manager for The Magik Theatre’s national tour of Splat the Cat, where she also designed the lights for their production of Willy Wonka. She recently served as Assistant Producer/Associate Lighting Designer on The Rocky Horror Show in Wenatchee, WA and she was a Lighting Design intern for Williamstown Theatre Festival, where she designed lights for The Zoo Story. She has served as stage manager and lighting designer for theater companies throughout the United States. RED TAIL ENTERTAINMENT LLC (Producer), founded by Phillip Drayer, produces a wide range of spectacular live entertainment and presents a variety of live performances by headline entertainers throughout the U.S. In addition to producing Dinosaur Zoo Live, the company most recently produced the national

tour of Scooby Doo Live! Musical Mysteries, a live musical designed specifically for children. Red Tail also produced the acclaimed A Night with Janis Joplin now playing at the Lyceum Theater on Broadway. The company presents concerts by notable entertainers such as Tony Bennett, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and many more at venues throughout the U.S. ARKTYPE (Producer). ArKtype supports risk by supporting artists’ work in live performance—an ever-shifting mechanism for the fulfillment of their visions for international collaboration, production and touring. The company was established in 2006 by producer Thomas O. Kriegsmann to support the finest in emerging and established domestic and internationally based artists and projects. Mr. Kriegsmann’s acclaimed work as producer has been seen worldwide, proudly beginning his work in the production and development of emerging ensembles. His work includes projects with Mikhail Baryshnikov; Peter Brook; Julie Taymor; Yael Farber; Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson; Annie-B Parsons and Paul Lazar; Lisa Peterson; Jay Scheib; and Tony Taccone. For three seasons he produced the Ringling International Arts Festival in Sarasota, FL and recently premiered Big Dance Theater/Mikhail Baryshnikov’s Man in a Case and the U.S. premiere of Nalaga’at Deaf-Blind Theater’s Not By Bread Alone. Upcoming premieres include Jay Scheib’s Platonov, or The Disinherited, Dayna Hanson’s The Clay Duke, Robert Ashley and Alex Waterman’s Vidas Perfectas and Jessica Black and Erik Jensen’s Lester Bangs Project (Spring 2015). EAST BANK ENTERTAINMENT / MATT CHINN (Producer) specializes in the development, production, distribution and management of commercial entertainment attractions as well as consultation on programming, and financial analysis for performing arts centers and promoters. Upcoming and ongoing projects include: Peter Pan 360, Hombre Vertiente, A Christmas Carol the Concert, Star Wars Burlesque and Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo Live among others. Matt Chinn is an 18-year veteran of the live entertainment industry, working as an agent and promoter for Madstone Productions, AWA Touring, Columbia Artists Theatricals and Pace Theatricals, representing and managing touring concert and theatrical attractions. Throughout his career he has represented more than 100 touring productions, including A Chorus Line; Bring in da‘ Noise, Bring in da‘ Funk starring Savion Glover; Cats, Chicago; Dreamgirls; Evita; Fiddler on the Roof; Green Day’s American Idiot; Ragtime; Stomp; Sunset Blvd; and The Phantom of the Opera to name a few. A Texas native, Matt is a graduate of Southwestern University in Georgetown. He

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WHO’S WHO currently resides in heart of Brooklyn’s Carroll Gardens. eastbankentertainment.com. ERTH-VISUAL & PHYSICAL INCORPORATED (Creator/Producer). Erth brings the impossible to life. For more than 21 years, the company has developed a truly fantastic aesthetic and an extraordinary box of tricks, the foundations of its unique visual theater works. The company regularly tours internationally, to every major Australian festival, and to regional and major city venues around the country. More than a million people have seen its dinosaurs in performance works such as Dinosaur Petting Zoo and Dinosaur Zoo Live, and in museums. Their works range from large-scale interactive environments, such as The Garden—a prehistoric landscape inhabited by giant insects which premiered at the Melbourne International Festival of Arts—to more intimate in-theater works and roving spectaculars. Dinosaur Petting Zoo has toured through Australia and overseas for four years and is now joined by I, Bunyip and its cast of Australian Indigenous spirit creatures and their stories, which toured Australia nationally in 2012. The Nargun and the Stars, an adaptation of Patricia Wrightson’s novel, was commissioned by Sydney and Perth Festivals in 2009.

The company has also been commissioned by major museums including The Australian Museum, Auckland War Memorial Museum (New Zealand), Powerhouse Museum (Sydney), The Field Museum in Chicago, Science Museum Minnesota, Natural Museums Liverpool (U.K.), Naturalis (Leiden), National Museums Northern Ireland, Montreal Science Museum and the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles. Most recently Erth commissioned work and supplied dinosaur puppets for the Field Station Dinosaurs Theme Park (U.S.A.) which launched in May 2012. Erth’s design studio has built for a huge range of cultural institutions and commercial clients from Sydney Opera House and City of Sydney to the primetime Spanish television program “El Hormiguero.” Erth was founded in 1990 in Ballarat, Victoria and is now based at Sydney’s CarriageWorks contemporary arts center. SPECIAL THANKS This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. STAFF FOR DINOSAUR ZOO LIVE GENERAL MANAGEMENT ArKtype Thomas O. Kriegsmann Matt Chinn Jenny E. Goelz Elizabeth C. Given

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SISTER ACT THE MUSICAL AND HOW W by Matt Wolf

ne simple gesture said it all: there it was, August 2010, and Whoopi Goldberg had walked on stage for the press performance of her limited run as the Mother Superior in Sister Act, as a capacity crowd at the London Palladium cheered and hollered in a most gratifyingly un‐English way. Taking in the applause, the star put a finger to her lips in order to silence the crowd. The show, as they say, must go on, and it was time to do so. That outpouring of affection wasn’t lost on a woman who has been wowing audiences in all art forms since the legendary New York director Mike Nichols first brought Whoopi to attention, presenting the then little‐ known performer’s Broadway debut in 1984 at the Lyceum Theatre. Since that time, she was nominated for an Academy Award for her screen debut in The Color Purple; went on to win an Oscar five years later for her indelible supporting turn in Ghost; fronted various awards shows (including the Oscars, where one will never forget the sight of Whoopi abseiling down on to the stage like some madcap Mary Poppins only to announce herself as “the African Queen”); and has become a daytime TV personality in America courtesy her co‐hosting duties on “The View.” But Sister Act occupies a special place in the Whoopi canon, and not just because the source films that inspired the stage musical made a lot of money—more than $230 million in the case of the first one—and were also lots of fun. As that Palladium vignette served to indicate, here was a screen phenomenon returning to her theatre roots in ®

front of an adoring crowd: Whoopi’s connection to the material remains undeniable and strong. Let’s just say that even when not in the production Whoopi hovers over the stage musical as more than a coproducer: a sort of beneficent, and inspirational, patron saint. Sister Act, of course, tells the story of Deloris van Cartier, the nightclub singer‐turned‐ nun who has become one of those characters that audiences know without needing to be reminded of the title of the film itself; Celie from The Color Purple is another. But when talk turned to fashioning the movie anew for the stage, Whoopi had no intention of ever appearing in it; instead, she was there to preside over something, in her view, “brand new, fresh and exciting,” that could mint a young leading lady‐turned‐ star—just as Whoopi had herself been catapulted to attention thanks to her theatre work a quarter‐century or more before. Her intuition must have worked, given that Sister Act in London played more than 600 performances over 18 months, breaking box office records twice at the Palladium, and on Broadway was nominated for five Tony Awards including Best Musical. In fact, the show has now been seen by over three million audience members across the globe, including productions in Hamburg, Vienna, Milan, and on tour throughout the UK, with upcoming productions scheduled to begin in Paris, Stuttgart, Scheveningen, Moscow, Madrid, Prague, Sao Paolo, Korea, ®

Top: The touring cast of Sister Act, center: Ta’Rea Campbell as Deloris. Photos by Joan Marcus.

WHOOPI GOT THE HABIT and Japan. Expect a stage convention of Deloris‐es someday soon. The films, of course, are drenched in the music of the times, and Sister Act on stage could have gone the jukebox musical route. Instead, Alan Menken, a composer who has himself won more Oscars than most of us have had cups of coffee, offers up an original score in the best pastiche tradition, which is to say that an entire era of disco, gospel, and blues pours forth from the stage, contributing to a score that, says Whoopi, “works just as well as the film, if not better.” Whoopi in any case knows first‐hand the virtues of music‐making when it comes to musical theatre: she was the unexpected choice to take over for Nathan Lane in the hit Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum, directed by Jerry Zaks, and it is Zaks who directed Sister Act on Broadway— a vivid example of the sort of small‐world department on which Broadway thrives. An African‐American woman as the male roman slave, Pseudolus? We told you there wasn’t much this singular talent couldn’t do.

And it’s surely not coincidental that Sondheim’s peerless lyrics for Forum’s uproarious opening number include the immortal line, “tragedy tomorrow/comedy tonight.” That mantra could well apply equally to the hapless Deloris, a singer seeking refuge from the gun‐toting Curtis, who finds both a safe home and the chance to send some women’s voices soaring within a convent that clearly didn’t realize all it needed was this feisty, winning outsider to wake them up. Sister Act may take its opening cues from the cries of a chanteuse in danger, but it builds toward a celebration not just of the sisterhood but of the power of soul, both musical and otherwise. In retrospect, small wonder Whoopi was keen to still her appreciative public in order to get the show on the road. You came to cheer, she seemed to be telling the sold‐ out house. Now stay to listen. Matt Wolf is the London theatre critic for The International New York Times and theatre editor at theartsdesk.com. Tickets are on sale now to Sister Act The Musical at the Fisher Theatre April 22–May 4; see the ad below.

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CAST OF CHARACTERS Belle ��HILARY MAIBERGER Beast ��DARICK PEAD Gaston ��TIM ROGAN Lefou ��JORDAN ARAGON Mrs. Potts ��KRISTIN STEWART Lumiere �� HASSAN NAZARI-ROBATI Cogsworth ��JAMES MAY Babette �� STEPHANIE MOSKAL Maurice �� PAUL CRANE Madame de la Grande Bouche �� ROXY YORK Chip (at certain performances) ��JOSH FELDMAN Chip (at certain performances) ��JACK MULLEN Monsieur d’Arque ��KIERON CINDRIC Young Prince ��TONY D’ALELIO Carpet ��TONY D’ALELIO Silly Girls......................................BONNIE KELLY, SARAH GAWRON, TIGER BROWN Townspeople/Enchanted Objects ��TONY D’ALELIO, BLAIRE BAKER, CHRIS BRAND, TIGER BROWN, KIERON CINDRIC, MARK EDWARDS, SARAH GAWRON, BONNIE KELLY, KEVIN ROBERT KELLY, COREY JOSEPH MASKLEE, EMILIE RENIER, BRANDON ROACH, TREVOR SONES, EMILY THOMAS, BECKY WHITCOMB, JILL-CHRISTINE WILEY Voice of Prologue Narrator ��JAMES MAY UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance. For the Beast—MARK EDWARDS; CHRIS BRAND for Belle—EMILIE RENIER; JILL-CHRISTINE WILEY for Gaston—CHRIS BRAND; MARK EDWARDS for Lefou—TONY D’ALELIO; ANTHONY LAGUARDIA for Lumiere—BRANDON ROACH; COREY JOSEPH MASKLEE for Cogsworth—KEVIN ROBERT KELLY; KIERON CINDRIC for Mrs. Potts—BLAIRE BAKER; BECKY WHITCOMB for Madame de la Grande Bouche—BLAIRE BAKER; BECKY WHITCOMB for Babette—EMILY THOMAS; SARAH GAWRON for Maurice—KEVIN ROBERT KELLY; KIERON CINDRIC for Monsieur D’Arque—KEVIN ROBERT KELLY; ANTHONY LAGUARDIA for Carpet—TREVOR SONES; ANTHONY LAGUARDIA Dance Captain �� ALYSSA BRIZZI Fight Captain ��CHRIS BRAND Swings.............................................................ALYSSA BRIZZI, ANTHONY LAGUARDIA

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WINDSOR’S DANIELLE WADE IS DOROTHY IN

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER’S NEW THE WIZARD OF OZ by Sheryl Flatow

f her mother hadn’t suggested they take a four-hour drive to Toronto for her first professional audition, Danielle Wade would be a college student pursuing a B.F.A. in musical theatre. She is instead receiving a hands-on education as the star of The Wizard of Oz, which completed an extended eight-month run in Toronto on August 18 and headed to Las Vegas to launch a U.S. tour on September 10. Wade didn’t audition for the show per se. The audition was actually for a reality televi-

sion program called “Over the Rainbow,” in which young women competed for the role of Dorothy and Canadian viewers voted for their favorite. Among the studio judges was Andrew Lloyd Webber, who co-produced the musical, adapted the book with director Jeremy Sams, and wrote some new songs with lyricist Tim Rice. “Whenever I tell this story, I think my mom is the best person in the world,” says Wade, a native of LaSalle, Ontario, the Windsor suburb just across the Detroit River from Wyandotte. “I’ve always loved to sing and I’ve always wanted to do musical theatre, but I didn’t think I’d ever have enough guts. My mom said, ‘Let’s drive up to Toronto and see what happens. The worst they can say is No.’” Instead, it was a resounding yes. Wade was one of 100 aspirants to make the initial cut, and one of the ten eventually chosen to participate in the six-week television show. She was named the winner on November 5, 2012, and was in rehearsal just one week later. “Because I got this role in a very strange way, I was terrified that I was going to be treated like a kid,” she says. “But as soon as I walked in the door, everyone treated me like a professional. That was wonderful.”

She admits it was intimidating to take on an iconic role immortalized by an iconic star. “It was terrifying, because Judy Garland was brilliant and everyone has her performance in their mind,” Wade says. “So I had to approach it like this: I am not Judy Garland and I never could be. I just have to be myself.” Wade, who is onstage for all but about eight minutes, says she recalls almost nothing about her opening night in Toronto. “It’s a blur,” she says, “but at the end of the show, it hit me that I had accomplished something that I always wanted to do. For the last thirty seconds and throughout the bows, I was a puddle of tears.” Now she’s enjoying the challenges of playing eight shows a week. “I find my performance changing and growing,” she says. “The more you do a show, the more you learn about your character and the other characters. You catch different things, and interpret your lines differently. It’s fascinating.” Her role model, she says, is a former reality contestant who was selected to play Sandy

in the 2007 revival of Grease. “Laura Osnes is my inspiration,” says Wade. “She was on a television show just like me, and she’s doing amazing things. She’s also sweet. A friend of mine went to see her in Cinderella and met her afterwards, and took a video of her saying hi to me. That was pretty cool.” Wade is refreshingly enthusiastic, but she is not naïve. “This has been such a wonderful experience,” she says. “It makes me want to work so much harder and learn so much more to better myself. I know that I will not be the lead in every production. I will be a tree in the background if that’s what it takes. I don’t care. I’m so excited to see what the future holds.” To get tickets now to The Wizard of Oz at the Detroit Opera House June 17–29, see the ad, page 39. Reprinted from Playbill® Magazine, June 2013. PLAYBILL® is a registered trademark of Playbill Incorporated, N.Y.C. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Clockwise from top left: Danielle Wade as Dorothy & Robin Evan Willis as Glinda; Danielle Wade as Dorothy; Lee MacDougall as Lion; The Company in The Land of Oz (Original Toronto Cast. Photos by Cylla Von Tiedemann); Jacquelyn Piro Donovan as the Wicked Witch of the West (Photo by Tom Donoghue/Donoghue Photography). 21

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MUSICAL NUMBERS AND SCENES ACT I Overture ��Orchestra Prologue ��Orchestra Belle..................................................................... Belle, Gaston, Silly Girls and Townspeople Wolf Chase �� Maurice Me �� Gaston Belle (Reprise) ��Belle Home ��Belle Home (Reprise) ��Mrs. Potts Gaston.............................................................. Lefou, Gaston, Silly Girls and Tavern Patrons Gaston (Reprise) ��Gaston and Lefou How Long Must This Go On? ��Beast Be Our Guest.................................... Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, and Enchanted Objects, Ensemble If I Can’t Love Her ��Beast ACT II Entr’acte/Wolf Attack ��Orchestra Something There......................................... Belle, Beast, Lumiere, Mrs. Potts and Cogsworth Human Again �� Lumiere, Madame de la Grande Bouche, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts, Babette, Chip and Enchanted Objects, Ensemble Beauty and the Beast ��Mrs. Potts If I Can’t Love Her (Reprise) ��Beast A Change In Me ��Belle The Mob Song �� Gaston, Townspeople, Ensemble Home (Reprise) �� Belle and Beast Beauty and the Beast (Reprise) �� Belle, Prince, Company There will be one 15-minute intermission ORCHESTRA Musical Director/Conductor: Kevin Finn Associate Conductor/Keyboards: Danny White Trumpet: Ricky Spears French Horn: Jeremy M. Brewer Drums/Percussion: Aaron Nix Violin: Melody Wootton Cello: Sarah Cleveland String Bass: James Simonson Flute/Piccolo: Jaimie Wagner Oboe/English Horn: Ann Augustin Clarinet/Bass, Clarinet/Flute: Paul McCaffrey Electronic Keyboard Programming by Jeff Marder

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WHO’S WHO HILARY MAIBERGER (Belle). Originally from Yucaipa, CA, Hilary is thrilled to be part of NETworks Beauty and the Beast playing her dream role as Belle. Her theatre credits include: Aladdin: The Musical Spectacular (Jasmine), South Pacific (Nellie), Cinderella (Cinderella), Little Women (Jo March), The Marvelous Wonderettes (Cindy Lou), Evita (Mistress), Anyone Can Whistle (June). Some of her favorite roles include State Fair (Margie), Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? (Becky), Titanic the Musical (Kate), A Christmas Carol (Mrs. Cratchit) and Working (Millworker). Equally at home on the operatic stage she has appeared in Don Quixote, The Coronation of Poppea, I Quattro Rusteghi. Many thanks to my Disney family, my dear friends and my wonderful family. I love you all! DARICK PEAD (Beast) is humbled and very excited to join the national tour of Beauty and the Beast. Credits include: Elephant Man (Dr. Treves), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Freddy Benson), The Drowsy Chaperone (Aldolpho), 110 in the Shade (Starbuck), Little Shop of Horrors (The Dentist), The Fantasticks (El Gallo), and Disney’s Aida (Radames). He would like to thank his family and friends for their love and support. He surely loves them. TIM ROGAN (Gaston). DC AREA: Rocky Horror Show (Brad Majors), Big Nate (Artur), Jason Invisible (U/S), Spring Awakening (Ensemble), The Fantasticks (El Gallo), Rocky Horror Show (Rocky), Grease (Danny Zuko), Sunset Boulevard (Ensemble). Education: Bachelor of Music Catholic University 2011. JORDAN ARAGON (LeFou). National Tour debut! California native, UCLA graduate. Credits include: Sweeney Todd (Tobias), Singin’ in the Rain (Cosmo Brown), and A Chorus Line (Mike). He sends love to his family, friends, and mentors for their continued guidance and support! PAUL CRANE (Maurice) is excited to be part of Beauty and the Beast. Past credits include: national tour of All Shook Up (Jim), Hairspray (Wilbur), Anything Goes (Whitney), Annie (Drake), White Christmas (Ezekiel). Paul thanks his family and friends for putting up with his crazy life and still being there for him. TONY D’ALELIO (Carpet). Tony is thrilled to be making his National Tour debut! Previous: Footloose (Ren), Thoroughly Modern Millie, Oklahoma! Much love and thanks goes out to Mom, Pops, Nick, Joe, NETworks, B&TB Team, Riley Fitzgerald, DDC. For best friend, Sarah Wilkie. Twitter: @Tonydalelio JOSH FELDMAN (Chip at some performances), a 10 year old from Chadds Ford, PA, is thrilled to be making his national tour debut 24 • Disney’s Beauty and The Beast

in Beauty and the Beast. Love and thanks to my family, friends, coaches, and Nancy Carson for their support. JAMES MAY (Cogsworth) has clocked in over 500 performances as Cogsworth, before which he performed regionally in SoCal in such productions as the World Premiere of Summer of Love (Donovan), L.A. Premiere of Cinderella (Dandini), Hair (Claude), Rent (Mark), and Falsettos (Whizzer), among others. FILM: Boycrazy (Corey). Check out #cogsworthsclocks on Instagram/Twitter for his favorite clocks from each city. Luvtama peops! STEPHANIE MOSKAL (Babette). Stephanie is thrilled to be back in the enchanted castle for her second time. A Boston Conservatory graduate, Stephanie was most recently seen in The Wizard of Oz at the North Shore Music Theatre. Endless love and thanks to her friends and family for their constant support. Stephaniemoskal.com. JACK MULLEN (Chip at certain performances) 10, is so excited to join the Beauty and the Beast National Tour! He is from Boston, MA and has studied at Franklin School for Performing Arts. Love and Thanks to Mom, Dad, Ryan, and family. HASSAN NAZARI-ROBATI (Lumiere). Favorite credits: The King and I (King), West Side Story (Chino), Fat Pig (Tom). Graduate of Oklahoma City University. Thanks to Sam, Bob, and everyone at NETworks for this opportunity. Much love to my family and friends. KRISTIN STEWART (Mrs. Potts). National Tours: Wizard of Oz (Glinda), Hairspray (Velma Von Tussle) Wonderful Town (Swing), The Full Monty (Vicki Nichols), A Christmas Carol (Belle). Regional: Funny Thing...Forum (Philia) at Seven Angels, Stand By Your Man (Tammy Wynette) at Surflight Theatre & West Virginia Public, and Cabaret (Fraulein Kost) at Theater Barn. Farm girl, Iowa. BFA, Illinois Wesleyan University. Ah, Mom & Dad! HMMTEMJ & TJAMSC. Michael, yes, I sure will. And now, to the tale at hand... ROXY YORK (Madame de la Grande Bouche) is a Long Island native and a recent 2013 graduate of The Boston Conservatory. She is also allergic to all things furred and thanks the Beast for keeping a healthy distance. Love to Parentals, Friends, Fam and Edward! roxyyork.com. BLAIRE BAKER (Townsperson/Enchanted Object) is thrilled to be joining the national tour of Beauty and the Beast! Previous credits: Camelot and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas at TUTS, The Will Rogers Follies (Betty Blake) at Arizona Broadway Theatre. blairebaker.com. CHRIS BRAND (Townsperson/Enchanted Object). National tour debut! Chris comes

from Boise, Idaho. BFA in Music Dance Theater from BYU. Credits: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Bob Wallace), Love’s Labors Lost (Ferdinand), Cats (Munkustrap). Performer on BYU’s Young Ambassadors. He sends his love to his family. TIGER BROWN (Silly Girl/Enchanted Object) is thrilled to be a part of this sensational cast! Favorite credits: Kreip: A Gruesical (Fire), LMPC Off-Bway (Swing), Nine (Annabella/ Dance Captain), Tommy (Local Lass), Two Gentlemen... (Ens/Sylvia u/s), dance performances at MMAC and Citigroup Theater NYC. BFA NYU Tisch. TigerBrown.weebly.com. For my family. KIERON CINDRIC (Monsieur D’Arque, Townsperson/Enchanted Object). A native of Findlay, OH, Kieron is delighted to be on the road with Beauty. Other nat’l tour: A Chorus Line, Bye Bye Birdie. Reg’l: 9 to 5 (Joe), Mary Poppins (Neleus), A Wonderful Life (Clarence), Footloose, Guys & Dolls, White Christmas. Phi Beta Kappa grad of Columbia U. (Art History/French). Merci, maman! MARK EDWARDS (Townsperson/Enchanted Object). National Tour Debut! Favorite credits include: Chicago (Billy Flynn), Music Man (Harold Hill), Rocky Horror (Brad), Andrews Brothers (Max), Singer with Holland America Line (2009–2012). Love and gratitude to family and friends for all their love and support. SARAH GAWRON (Silly Girl/Enchanted Object) recently spent two years traveling and performing in children’s musical in South Korea. She is excited to be back in the States and to be part of the cast of Beauty & the Beast. Her favorite credits include West Side Story (Graziella), You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Sally Brown), Seussical the Musical (Bird Girl), and Urinetown the Musical (Little Sally). Thank you Mom, Dad, and Grandma for your never ending love and support. BONNIE KELLY (Silly Girl/Enchanted Object). Native of Cherry Hill, NJ. National Tours: A Chorus Line (Bebe) Favorite Credits include The Music Man (Ethel Toffelmier), Sweet Charity (Elaine), Singin’ In The Rain (Olga). BFA Musical Theater from Montclair State University. Bonnie-Kelly.com. KEVIN ROBERT KELLY (Townsperson/ Enchanted Object). National Tour: My Fair Lady (Jamie). Favorite credits: Guys and Dolls (Harry the Horse), Anything Goes (Moonface Martin), Chicago (Mary Sunshine), Jekyll and Hyde, and Carousel. BFA, University of South Dakota. Love and thanks to my family. COREY JOSEPH MASKLEE (Townsperson/Enchanted Object) is overjoyed to be working with such a fantastic company. National Tour: A Christmas Carol; NYC: Happy

Holidays in Pucelandia; Regional: Spamalot, Ragtime, The Will Rogers Follies, Swing!, Grey Gardens, Grease, and more. Corey Joseph thanks his family and friends for their constant love and support. EMILIE RENIER (Townsperson/Enchanted Object) is excited to join the tour! Graduate of Elon University. Regional Credits: Sound of Music (Maria), Cinderella (Cinderella), Peter Pan (Jane), Wizard of Oz, and many more. Many thanks to amazing family and friends! BRANDON ROACH (Townsperson/Enchanted Object) is ecstatic to tour the country with such a spectacular production. BFA Music Dance Theatre from Brigham Young University. 42nd Street (Billy), Little Shop (Seymour). Much love to family, friends, and God for their support. TREVOR SONES (Townsperson/Enchanted Object). Born and raised in Clearfield, PA. BA degree in Dance; Mercyhurst University. Credits: National Tour of Cats (Swing), Hairspray (Brad) onboard Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas. Thanks to Bob Cline, NETworks, family and friends! Extremely grateful for this opportunity! EMILY THOMAS (Townsperson/Enchanted Object) is beyond excited to be joining this amazing show! Regional credits include; Cats (Bombalurina), Brigadoon (Maggie), The Rat Pack Lounge (Kathrine/Angie), Swingin’ Christmas (Dancer), Grease (Cha Cha). Thanks to my Beautiful Family! I love you! God Bless!

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WHO’S WHO JILL-CHRISTINE WILEY (Townsperson/ Enchanted Object) feels delighted to be a part of this unforgettable show! Favorite credits include: The Music Man (Marian Paroo), HSM2 (Sharpay), Little Women (Beth), and The Fantasticks! (Louisa). Love and laughter to family, PaceMT15, Amy and Robert and Tina Marie! For my niece, Talia, who always reminds me to keep believing in the magic of make believe! BECKY WHITCOMB (Townsperson/Enchanted Object). National tour debut! Favorites: Knut in The Hills Are Alive! (NYMF), The Wizard and I (Carnegie Hall), Twelfth Night (Maria), Grease (Rizzo). Thanks to God, mama, the clan, and all of my amazing family and friends for their love and good wishes. Talent Express Management. beckywhitcomb.net. ALYSSA BRIZZI (Dance Captain/Swing). National Tour Debut! International: Mystic Rhythms with Tokyo Disney. Regional: Hairspray at Arts Center of Coastal Carolina. Television: Triple Sensation Season 2 finalist. Alyssa cannot than k her family enough for their constant love and support. ANTHONY LAGUARDIA (Assistant Dance Captain/Swing). National Tour Debut! International: Chicago, Blue Planet with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. Regional: Hairspray, Dreamgirls, 42nd St. This proud Wisconsin native would like to thank his family and friends for their unconditional love and support. For Grandma & Grandpa. KEVIN FRANCIS FINN (Musical Director/ Conductor). 1983 B.M (Piano) from The Hartt School, Univ. of Hartford (CT); 1978 graduate of NYC’s High School for the Performing Arts. As Musical director, Kevin has toured nationally with Joseph w/Donny Osmond; CATS IV; Dreamgirls; In NYC assisted Phil Reno on Chess (1992 off-bway revival); has musically directed and/or conducted regionally: Northern Stage Co (VT); Red Mountain Theater Co (AL); Springer Opera House (GA); Arizona’s Broadway Theatre. From 1999 to 2004 Kevin was an artist in residence & served as the musical director for the Department of Theater and Dance at Millikin University. As a composer, his theater piece Girl’s Night Out was produced at The Warehouse Theatre in East Croydon, UK); 13 Alabama Ghosts & Jeffrey (2010 Red Mountain Theatre Co. AL); numerous chamber works for violin, viola, and many, many songs for various voice parts. ALAN MENKEN (Composer). Theater: God Bless You Mr Rosewater, Little Shop Of Horrors, Real Life Funnies, Atina: Evil Queen Of The Galaxy, Kicks, The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz, Beauty And The Beast, A Christmas Carol, Weird Romance, King Da26 • Disney’s Beauty and The Beast

vid, Der Glöckner Von Notre Dame, The Little Mermaid, Sister Act, Leap Of Faith, Aladdin and Newsies. Film: Little Shop Of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, Newsies, Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Hercules, Life With Mikey, Lincoln, Home On The Range, Noel, Enchanted, Shaggy Dog, Tangled and Mirror Mirror. Songs: Rocky V, Home Alone 2 and Captain America. Awards: 8 Oscars (19 nominations), 11 Grammys (including Song of the Year) , 7 Golden Globes, Tony (plus 4 nominations), Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, New York Drama Critics, Olivier and London’s Evening Standard Award, Drama League. Honors: Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, Doctorates from New York University and University of North Carolina School of the Arts. HOWARD ASHMAN (Lyrics) conceived, wrote and directed Little Shop of Horrors, based on Roger Corman’s 1960-era horror flick and with music by Alan Menken. Little Shop played for five years off-Broadway at the Orpheum Theater. The show continues to be produced to great acclaim in the US as well as internationally. In 2003, Little Shop was revived on Broadway and in 2007 it was revived on the West End. It is currently one of the most produced shows in American High Schools. In 1986, Ashman wrote and directed the Broadway musical, Smile, music by Marvin Hamlisch. Little appreciated at the time, Smile is now considered a lost gem of musical theater and is performed by high school students around the US. Turning his talents toward film, Ashman was pivotal in the renaissance of Disney animated musicals and in the development of Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Producer and Lyrics), Beauty and the Beast (Executive Producer and Lyrics) and Aladdin (Lyrics), all with music by Alan Menken. Ashman’s contributions to the revival of classic Disney animated musicals were perhaps best expressed by the dedication to the film Beauty and the Beast: “To our friend Howard, who gave a mermaid her voice and a beast his soul. He will be forever missed.” Ashman’s numerous awards include two Oscars, two Golden Globes, four Grammys, a Drama Desk and a London Evening Standard. He died in 1991 at age 40 from complications arising from AIDS. Ashman Sings Ashman, a CD of his work, with never-beforeheard demos, including those from Smile, is available from PS Classics. Ashman’s papers are in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress. TIM RICE (Lyrics). (Sir Tim to you) has been writing lyrics for musical theatre and related enterprises for over forty years, something he only intended to do for a few months while waiting to become a pop star. The waiting has been extended, mainly because of the ®

world’s failure to accept him as a rock god, but also because of the distracting success of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita with Andrew Lloyd Webber, Aladdin, King David and Beauty and the Beast with Alan Menken, Chess with Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, and The Lion King and Aida with Elton John. He is well known in England, his home country, for his love of cricket and as a tolerable radio and television personality. He has won numerous awards along the way, including Oscars, Tonys and life-saving badges, but often for the wrong thing and often for simply turning up. He is currently working on a musical play about Machiavelli, and is plugging the recently released DVD and album of Chess in Concert starring Josh Groban, Idina Menzel and Adam Pascal. More gripping info can be found on timrice.co.uk but please don’t feel obliged to go there. LINDA WOOLVERTON (Book). While working as a development executive at CBS, Linda Woolverton wrote two young adult novels: Star Wind and Running Before the Wind. After her books were published by Houghton Mifflin, she abandoned development and began to write full time. She started by writing scripts for animated television shows. When one of her novels caught the attention of a Disney executive, she was hired to write the script for the animated feature, Beauty and the Beast. Upon its release in 1991, the film won the Golden Globe for the Best Comedy/Musical and became the first animated film to be nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award. Woolverton was then hired to write the screenplay for The Lion King (shared credit). She then rewrote the script for Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (shared credit) as well as writing for the animated feature Mulan. She went on to adapt the script of Beauty and the Beast for the Broadway stage and received the Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical in 1994. Woolverton was also awarded the Laurence Oliver Award for Beauty and the Beast for Best New Musical in the U.K. Beauty and the Beast ran between 1994 and 2007, becoming the sixth longest running show in Broadway history. She also wrote the Book (shared) for Elton John and Tim Rice’s Musical Aida which ran for five years at the Palace Theatre. Linda Woolverton’s script for Alice In Wonderland directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, was released in March of 2010. The film grossed over 1 billion dollars worldwide and is the fifth highest grossing film of all time. Woolverton’s screenplay for Disney’s Maleficent starring Angelina Jolie will be released in March of 2014. She is presently adapting the Alice screenplay for the theatre as well as scripting Through the Looking Glass for Disney.

ROB ROTH (Director) received a Tony Award nomination as Best Director for his Broadway debut Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. The show has played to sold out houses around the world in over 30 productions, winning many awards including the Olivier Award for Best Musical in London. Beauty is the 7th longest running show in Broadway history. Rob developed and directed the inaugural production of Elton John and Tim Rice’s AIDA, which debuted at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. Rob co-wrote the book and directed The Opposite of Sex, which opened at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Rob developed and directed the Broadway musical Lestat, based on Anne Rice’s “Vampire Chronicles” with a score by Sir Elton John and Bernie Taupin, and book by Linda Woolverton. Rob has enjoyed a long collaboration with rock legend Alice Cooper, co-conceiving and directing four world tours. Alice Cooper’s Theatre of Death Tour was filmed in London and has had a very successful DVD release. Rob has also directed tours by notable musicians Cyndi Lauper, The Dresden Dolls, and guitar great Steve Miller. Rob will direct the premiere play by best selling author Jackie Collins, Jackie Collins Hollywood Lies, next year. The Museum of Modern Art recently held the premiere of Taken By Storm, a film about legendary album graphics creator Storm Thorgerson, on which Rob is the Executive Producer. Rob is proud to maintain the largest collection of rock and roll graphics in the world. The coffee table book The Art of Classic Rock with over 1,500 pieces from the collection, was published by Harper

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WHO’S WHO Collins in 2010. Rob’s play “Warhol Capote Strange Dents” will open on Broadway next year. He lives in New York City with two Labrador retrievers, Dash Rip Rock and Tag. MATT WEST (Choreographer). For Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Matt received the L.A. Drama-Logue Award along with London’s Olivier, New York’s Drama Desk and Outer Critics’ Circle Award nominations. Other Broadway: Lestat with music and lyrics by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, and Mimi LeDuck starring Eartha Kitt. Matt choreographed the World Premiere of Elton John and Tim Rice’s Elaborate Lives: The Legend of Aida at the Alliance Theatre. Also: Little Shop of Horrors, Buenos Aires; The Wanderer, Tokyo’s Parko Theatre; The Little Mermaid and Peter Pan for Disney Home Video; and The Nutcracker for the Disney Channel. Film: Matt starred as Bobby in A Chorus Line directed by Sir Richard Attenborough. Matt recently directed and choreographed Fantasmic for Tokyo Disney Sea. MICHAEL KOSARIN (Music Supervisor/ Incidental Music Arrangements) was the original music director/incidental music arranger of the Broadway production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast twenty years ago, and has collaborated as composer Alan Menken’s music director since then. He has worked steadily on Broadway for thirty years, on the original Broadway productions of Nine, Grand Hotel, Secret Garden, King David, Mayor, A Chorus Line, Triumph of Love (for which he composed two songs), Little Shop of Horrors, Can-Can (Encores!), Hunchback of Notre Dame (in Berlin), Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Leap of Faith, Sister Act, Newsies, and Disney’s newest, Aladdin. He has extensive film work as well, having conducted the orchestra and arranged vocals for many Walt Disney Feature Animation projects, including the films “Pocahontas,” “Hercules” and “Home On The Range,” as well as numerous live action films, including the more recent hits, “Enchanted,” “Tangled,” and “Captain America.” He won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction for his work on the musical film “A Christmas Carol” (Menken/Ahrens) for NBC-TV–for which he also provided the underscore–and did music direction and underscore as well for ABC-TV’s “Once Upon a Mattress” and “The Music Man” (another Emmy nomination). Kosarin is a twotime Grammy-nominated recording artist, and recording and concert work features long-time collaborations with Carly Simon (including the gold album and HBO special “My Romance”), Barbara Cook (including the album “Tribute” recorded live at the Café Carlyle), and performer Jane Krakowski (“Live at Feinsteins”). He’s produced scores of albums, including many in28 • Disney’s Beauty and The Beast

ternational cast recordings. Kosarin has extensive classical training in addition, and work in that realm runs the gamut from performing on the piano at Carnegie Hall to conducting Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto at that same venue, to a Lincoln Center/Disney concert, in which he conducted St. Luke’s Orchestra performing Stravinsky’s “Firebird Suite,” live to picture (as animated for “Fantasia 2000”). An in-demand composer for children’s television, his work has been featured on “Sesame Street,” “Wonder Pets,” and the BBC’s “Third and Bird.” He lives in New York City with his wife and son. STANLEY A. MEYER (Scenic Design) has more than four dozen credits as a scenic/ production designer that have earned him numerous awards and nominations including an American Theatre Wing Design Award nomination, a New York Outer Critics Circle Award nomination, a National Broadway Theatre Award nomination, a Los Angeles Ovation Award Nomination, THEA Award, and IAPPA Brass Ring Award, and numerous Los Angeles Drama Logue Awards for his work at the Grove Shakespeare Festival in Southern California. He was the first recipient of The League of American Theatres and Producers, National Broadway Award. His critically acclaimed work includes the smash-hit show Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (the sixth longest running show in Broadway history) and the world premier of Treasure Island, A New Musical, Arkansas Repertory Theatre. Stan has designed in almost every genre of entertainment including the new 2014 Version of the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus, Disney Live! Three Classic Tales, Disney on Ice, Feld Entertainment Inc; Barbie Live! EMS Entertainment; Rock & Roll tour design for Steve Miller, Alice Cooper and Cyndi Lauper; The New Nutcracker Ballet for The Lone Star Ballet; Shamu’s One Ocean & Blue Horizons for Seaworld; Busch Garden Williamsburg’s rollercoaster Verbolten!; llustrations for the book “101 Things I Hate About Your House.” Stan is represented by the Michael Moore Agency. Thanks to his partner Arnis for 10 Fabulous Years. To view more of Stanley’s Design go to: stanleyameyerdesign.com. ANN HOULD-WARD (Costumes). For Broadway: Among many others: The People in the Picture, A Free Man of Color (Drama Desk nomination), A Catered Affair (Drama Desk nomination); Company; Dance of the Vampires; Beauty and the Beast (Tony Award; American Theatre Wing’s Design Award; Ovation Award; Oliver nomination, Best Costume Design) 30 International tours of Beauty; Into the Woods (Tony, Drama Desk nominations; Outer Critics Circle nomination, L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award); Falsettos; Sunday in the

Park with George (Tony, Drama Desk Nominations); Harrigan ‘N’ Heart; Dream; St. Joan; Three Men on a Horse; Timon of Athens; In the Summer House; Little Me; The Moliere Comedies; House Arrest, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet (Public Theatre). Off-Broadway: Russian Transport, The Blue Flower, Wings, In the Grand Manner, Let Me Down Easy, Road Show, Surviving Grace, Lobster Alice, Cymbeline. Film: Strike!, Miramax. Other credits: Metropolitan Opera–Peter Grimes, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus 2001 & 2003, The Most Happy Fella (New York City Opera), Los Angeles Opera –Mahagonny, Graciela Daniele (Ballet Hispanico), Lar Lubovitch (the White Oak Project–San Francisco Ballet), American Ballet Theatre (Othello, Artemis and Meadow), Alvin Ailey (Reminicin’, Saddle Up, Morning Star), Dear World revival (West End 2013), & the upcoming Secondhand Lions which will premiere at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in Seattle in September. Over 100 credits in regional theaters. Is the U.S. Representative of the United States to the International Design Quadrennial in Prague, Recipient of Fashion Institute of Technology Patricia Zipprodt Award. NATASHA KATZ (Lighting Design) has designed extensively for theater, opera, and dance. Recent Broadway: Once (Tony Award), Motown, Sister Act, Elf, The Addams Family, The Little Mermaid, The Coast of Utopia: Salvage (Tony Award), A Chorus Line (revival), Spelling Bee, Tarzan, Aida (Tony Award), and Beauty and the Beast. Other designs include Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland (Royal Ballet), Buried Child (National Theatre, London), Cyrano (The Met), Carnival of the Animals (NYCB), Don Quixote (ABT); EFX (Las Vegas), concert acts for Shirley MacLaine, AnnMargret and Tommy Tune. Permanent installations include: The audiovisual shows at Niketown NYC and Niketown London, The Masquerade Village (Las Vegas), and the Big Bang in the Rose Center at the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. JOHN PETRAFESA, JR (Sound Designer) was the production sound engineer and / or associate sound designer for numerous productions of Beauty and the Beast including, Broadway, Los Angeles, Toronto, US National Tours II & III and the UK National Tour. Other theatrical design and engineering credits include Elf (2012 US Tour), Under Fire (2010 NYMTF), The Music Man (Broadway), Guys and Dolls (National Tour) and Les Misérables (Broadway and National Tour). John has also designed and / or consulted on numerous corporate, broadcast and special events. John is a director with Production Glue, LLC, a New York based creative and technical consulting agency.

DAVID H. LAWRENCE (Hair Design). Having worked on Broadway productions many years, David has had the pleasure of working with all of the best casts, crews and fellow designers on Broadway. This production of Disney’s Beauty and The Beast for NETworks is no exception. Broadway: Baby It’s You, A Catered Affair, Rock’N’Roll, Company, All Shook Up, Guys and Dolls, Tommy, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, he King and I, Grease, Death of a Salesman, The New 42nd Street and The Full Monty. David also designed the hair for two seasons of Saturday Night Live. David won the 1994 Outstanding Achievement award from Theatrecrafts International for his work on Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Thanks Paul Huntley, the late Bob Kelly, plus all who work so hard backstage nightly. RICK SORDELET (Fight Direction). 53 Broadway shows including The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aida among others. 52 first class productions all over the world. 100’s of shows Off-Broadway and Regional Theater. Cyrano the opera starring Placido Domingo at the Met, The Royal Opera House, and La Scala in Milan, Ben Hur Live on tour all over Europe and in Rome (Benhurlive.com). Film and television: The Game Plan, Dan in Real Life, Hamlet and 12 years as Chief Stunt Coordinator for Guiding Light. Edith Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence by the Lucille Lortel Foundation. Jeff Award for Out Standing Fight Direction for Romeo and Juliet for the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Board member for the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey. Instructor at Yale School of Drama. Author of Excalibur and Buried Treasure. JIM STEINMEYER (Illusion Design). According to The New York Times, Jim Steinmeyer is the “celebrated invisible man, designer and creative brain behind many of the great stage magicians of the last quarter century.” His illusions have been featured by magicians Doug Henning, Siegfried and Roy, David Copperfield, Criss Angel, Ricky Jay and many others. Jim has created special illusions for Broadway, OffBroadway, West End, and Las Vegas shows, including Beauty and the Beast, Into the Woods, The Phantom of the Opera and Mary Poppins. His illusions were featured in the 139th edition of Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. He’s also the author of several books on the history of magic, including the bestseller, Hiding the Elephant, and The Glorious Deception and The Last Greatest Magician in the World. Jim lives in Los Angeles with his wife, television producer Frankie Glass. BASIL TWIST (Puppet Design), originally from San Francisco, is a third generation puppeteer who lives and works in New York City. Broadway credits include The Addams Family and The Pee Wee Herman Show. Original Disney’s Beauty and The Beast • 29

WHO’S WHO creations; The Araneidae Show, Symphonie Fantastique, Petrushka, Master Peter’s Puppet Show, Dogugaeshi, La Bella Dormente Nel Bosco, Behind the Lid, and Arias with a Twist. Partnerships include The Spoleto Festival, Lincoln Center Festival, Lincoln Center’s Voice and Visions Series, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Japan Society and Gotham Chamber Opera. He premiered his second opera, Hansel and Gretel with The Houston Grand and Atlanta Opera Companies. Recent collaborations include Streetcar Named Desire with Lee Breuer at The Comedie Francaise. Awards: Obie Award, five UNIMA Awards for Excellence in Puppetry, two Bessie Awards, a Drama Desk Award, New York Innovative Theatre Award, and Henry Hewes Design Award, Guggenheim Fellow, an inaugural United States Artist Ford Fellow and an inaugural Doris Duke Performing Artist Award. This past year he was honored with a festival of his original works in Washington, DC. Twist is the director of the Dream Music Puppetry Program at HERE in New York City. His Rite of Spring will premiere with Carolina for The Performing Arts in 2013. basiltwist.com. SAM SCALAMONI (Associate Director). Most recently, Mr. Scalamoni directed the critically acclaimed national tour of Elf the Musical. He also directed Nickelodeon’s Storytime Live! for Broadway Across America and played Radio City Music Hall and the national tour of The Gazillion Bubble Show. Mr. Scalamoni was the Associate Director for Elton John’s Broadway musical Lestat and of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast on Broadway and worldwide. He now serves as Artistic Director of Skyline Theatre Company in New Jersey. In New York Mr. Scalamoni has directed two incarnations of Alan Menken’s Leap of Faith, the debut workshop of Mulan Jr. for Disney Theatrical Productions, Sense and Sensibility at Playwrights Horizons and Shakespeare & Company, At the Back of the North Wind at the Players Theatre and the National Arts Club, The New Picasso at New World Stages, Treaty 321! at the Lucille Lortel, and Fidelity Futurestage at New World Stages. He has served as Artistic/Producing Director of The Hackmatack Playhouse in Maine, and as Artistic Director of The Lycian Centre for the Performing Arts in Orange County New York. He has also been a guest director at Yale University, Manhattan College, and Longwood College. For Tricia, Spencer and Mia. CONNOR GALLAGHER (Associate Choreographer) is very happy to be working with Matt and the Beauty team. Connor is the choreographer for the Networks national tour of ELF. Other: The Roundabout (Robber Bridegroom, upcoming) Public Theatre (Into the Woods) 30 • Disney’s Beauty and The Beast

Lincoln Center, Northern Stage, FringeNYC, NYMF, 3 Broadway Bares (Associate Director). Connor appeared on Broadway in Beauty and the Beast (Doormat) and is a graduate of the Cincinnati Conservatory. UTPO. connorgallagher.com. KELSEY TIPPINS (Production Stage Manager), is thrilled to be a part of her favorite childhood tale—the tale as old as time. Previous national tour credits include Beauty and the Beast (ASM), Elf the Musical (PSM), and Shrek the Musical (ASM). Kelsey has a BFA in Stage Management from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and has worked regionally with the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company, the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, and the Piedmont Opera Company. MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL (MTIShows.com) is one of the world’s leading dramatic licensing agencies, granting schools as well as amateur and professional theatres from around the world the rights to perform the largest selection of great musicals from Broadway and beyond. MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists and book writers of these shows to provide official scripts, musical materials and dynamic theatrical resources to over 60,000 theatrical organizations in the US and in over 60 countries worldwide. MTI is particularly dedicated to the idea of theatre as education and has created special collections for younger performers. The MTI Broadway Junior Collection includes “JR.” titles, 60-minute musicals for performance by middle school children; and “KIDS” titles, 30-minute musicals for performance by elementary school children. MTI School Editions are musicals that have been annotated for performance by high school students, and the Theatre For Young Audiences (TYA) Collection are 70-minute musicals designed for adults to perform for children. MTI ShowSpace.com is the theatre world’s online community where practitioners and fans from around the world share advice, photos, videos, sets, props, costumes and more, to help bring their next productions to life. BROADWAY BOOKING OFFICE NYC (Tour Marketing) is a leading theatrical tour booking, marketing and press company, representing musicals, plays and theatrical productions. Currently: Jersey Boys, War Horse, Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, The New 25th Anniversary Production of Les Misérables, Matilda, NETworks presents Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty, Do You Hear the People Sing, Holland Taylor in Ann, Backbeat, 50 Shades! The Musical, The Rat Pack is Back!, MJ Live, Scooby Doo Live! Musical Mysteries, and Magic Tree House: A Night in New Orleans. bbonyc.com. ®

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THE BOOKING GROUP (Tour Booking). Since its inception in 1996, The Booking Group has been considered the most prominent Broadway booking agency in the industry. Their current roster includes: The Book of Mormon, Anything Goes, Beauty and the Beast, Mamma Mia!, The Addams Family, Memphis, Shrek The Musical, Million Dollar Quartet, La Cage Aux Folles, West Side Story, In the Heights, Fiddler on the Roof, and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Past shows have included Rent, The Producers, Annie, Avenue Q, The Full Monty, Contact, Cabaret, Evita, Legally Blonde, Thoroughly Modern Millie, 12 Angry Men, August Osage County and Fosse, among many others. TheBookingGroup.com. KARY M. WALKER (Executive Producer). Chicago for two decades. Founding board member National Alliance for Musical Theatre. Vietnam Veteran. Mr. Walker has been in show business for 40 years and produced over 150 shows. Mr. Walker is most delighted to have been able to recently marry his partner of 33 years, Mr. James Morvay. NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS (Producer). Since 1995, NETworks has produced and managed over 55 touring productions in the US., U.K. and internationally. Current productions include Disney’s Beauty and the Beast; Blue Man Group National Tour; Elf The Musical; Flashdance the Musical; Memphis the Musical; Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera; The National Theatre of Great Britain’s production of War Horse and We Will Rock You, the musical by Queen and Ben Elton.

Lighting Programmer..................................Sean Beach, John Dunkle Ass’t. Costume Designer......................................Christopher Vergara Assoc. Sound Designer......................................................Eric Talorico Production Assistants..................................Trey Gerrald, Hols Fischer Carpenter.................................................................... Caitlin Madden Flyman........................................................................Matthew White Production Electrician ......... Barb Bartel, Trevor Maynard, Erik Plath Ass’t. Electrician...............................................................Judith Lopez Head Audio.........................................................................Tylor Foster Ass’t. Audio.................................................................... Logan Canipe Head Properties................................................Christopher Reininger Head Wardrobe........................................................Corinne M. Walsh Ass’t. Wardrobe................................................................Lyndsi Sager Head Wigs...................................................................Caitlin Maxwell Dance Captain..................................................................Alyssa Brizzi Fight Captain.....................................................................Chris Brand Rehearsal Pianist..............................................................Nate Patten Dialect Coach.........................................................Claudia Hill-Sparks Print Design, Printing.................................................... Marty Molina Radio and TV Spot Production...........................................HMS Media Video Production...............................................................HMS Media Website..................................................................Pit Bull Interactive Production Photography.............................. Amy Boyle, Joan Marcus Merchandising....................................Disney Theatrical Merchandise Accounting.............................................NETworks Presentations, LLC HR & Payroll Servicess........................................Human Resources inc. Financial Services......................... George W. Wilson, OneSource PSG Insurance...........................................................................OneBeacon Tax Consultant...................................Brent A. Turner, One Source PSG IT Services.................................... George W. Wilson, One Source PSG Trucking......................................................................... Clark Transfer Cast Bus..................................................................Croswell VIP Coach Crew Bus........................................................................ Clarion Coach Hotel Booking..........................................Lisa Morris, Road Concierge For NETworks Presentations Chief Executive Officer................................................Kenneth Gentry Chief Operating Officer............................................. Scott W. Jackson President...............................................................................Orin Wolf

STAFF FOR BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Executive Producer Kary M. Walker & Seth Wenig General Management Gentry & Associates Scott W. Jackson, Mary Witte Tour Marketing Broadway Booking Office NYC Steven Schnepp, Temah Higgins, Kent McIngvale, Jenny Bates, Zach Stevenson, Scott Praefke Tour Direction THE BOOKING GROUP Meredith Blair Mollie Mann, Kara Gebhart, Brian Brooks, Rich Rundle www.thebookinggroup.com Casting Patricia Gentry and Bob Cline Company Manager Ryan Parliment Production Stage Manager........................................... Kelsey Tippins Ass’t. Stage Manager.........................................................Katie Falter Head Carpenter.............................................................Megan Parrish Ass’t. Company Manager.............................................Kristin Stewart Assoc. Scenic Designer................................................Christine Peters Assoc. Lighting Designers................Daniel Walker, Peter Hoerburger Disney’s Beauty and The Beast • 31

Staff for Beauty and The Beast continued Director of Finance............................................................. John Kinna Executive Vice President Production................................ Seth Wenig Executive Producer......................................................Kary M. Walker Associate Producer....................................................... Angela Rowles Director of Booking............................................. Charmaine McVicker Senior General Manager................................... Gregory VanderPloeg General Manager..........................................................Dawn Kusinski General Manager...........................................................Mary K. Witte General Manager................................................................ Guy Heard Assistant to the CEO/Associate General Manager..............Curt Owens Assistant General Manager.........................................Penelope Lopez Assistant General Manager.................................. Bobby Maglaughlin Production Manager......................................................Jason Juenker Associate Production Manager......................................Hector Guivas Associate Production Manager..........................................Ben Neafus Assistant Production Manager........................................Evan Rooney Intern, Production Department...................................Ashley Harman Warehouse Manager............................................................Brad Korff Director of Marketing/PR................................................Heather Hess Music Coordinator............................................................John Mezzio Assistant Controller....................................................Jennifer Gifford Accounts Payables............................................................ Laura Carey Office Manager.......................................................... Buddy Piccolino Administrative Assistant...................................Esther Schwarzbauer Office Assistant.................................................................Carol Jewell Credits Audio Equipment by PRG Audio; Lighting Equipment by PRG Lighting; Scenery Constructed by 3DX Scenic Studios; Automated Scenery by: 3DX Scenic Studios; Drops Painted by Joe Forbes, Scenic Arts Studios; Illusion Construction by Entertainment Design and Fabrication; Props Construction by Spoon Group; Puppet Construction by Tandem Otter Productions; For Tandem Otter: Barbara Busackino, Producer. Wigs and Prosthetic by Atelier Bassi Gmbh with Sari Rambut Wig Production and Toga; Additional wigs by wigfactoryusa.com; Specialty Props by Tom Talmon Studios. Rehearsed at Gateway Playhouse

Special Thanks to Providence Performing Arts Center; Norbert Mongeon, J. L. “Lynn” Singleton, Joseph Harris, Paul Allen, Anne Quart Financial Services and banking arrangements by M&T Bank Stock and Amateur rights for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast are represented by Music Theater International, New York City. 212-541-4684 www.mtishows.com Visit the Beauty and the Beast website at www.BeautyAndTheBeastOnTour.com All stage work performed by employees represented by IATSE. United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre. The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.

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BROADWAY IN DETROIT The Program for the Fisher Theatre Volume 52, Number 8 March 12–16, 2014 & March 25–30, 2014 Fisher Theatre • Fisher Building 3011 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit, MI 48202 BroadwayInDetroit.com Under the Management of Nederlander Detroit, LLC Executive Director............................................. Alan N. Lichtenstein Assistant to Mr. Lichtenstein.......................................... Nancy King Director, Corporate Sales/Marketing..............................Scott Myers Senior Director, Marketing........................................... Alyssa Cohen Advertising Director.....................................Debbie Michelson, SMZ Press Agent................... Brendy Barr, Brendy Barr Communications Program Design................................Frank Bach, Bach & Associates THE FISHER THEATRE Business Office Staff Accounting................................................................. Barbara Jones House Staff Theatre Manager.....................................................James Manduzzi House Manager............................................................Reuben Perez Box Office Treasurer...................................................... Marc Roland Group Sales Manager........................................................Amy Yokin Subscription Manager..................................................Gwen Harden Lost and Found........................................................... Robin Teachey Production Staff Head Stage Technician............................................ Robert Hayward Head Lighting Technician.................................................. Sam Aluia Head Propman................................................................. Joe Achatz Head Sound Technician..............................................J. B. Ralbovsky Head Scenery Technician................................................Ronald Ivey Wardrobe Supervisor........................................ Kristyn Pinky Mahle Musical Director...............................................................Alice Sauro The photographing or sound recording of any performance or the possession of any device for such photographing or sound recording inside the theater without the written permission of the management is prohibited by law. Violations may be punishable by ejection and may render the offender liable for money damages.

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The musicians employed in this production are members of the Detroit Federation of Musicians, Local 5. Backstage employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E).

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