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FLASHDANCE—THE MUSICAL: WHAT A FEELING FOR

BROADWAY CHOREOGRAPHER SERGIO TRUJILLO

f the name Sergio Trujillo sounds familiar, it should not be a surprise for Broadway In Detroit regulars. His work has literally danced across the Fisher Theatre stage in Memphis and one of Detroit’s most popular shows, Jersey Boys. His work will return to the Fisher when Flashdance—The Musical opens next week. Flashdance tells the story of Alex Owens, a Pittsburgh steel mill welder by day and a bar dancer by night with dreams of one day becoming a professional performer. It’s a story that Trujillo could relate to, even under completely different circumstances. Growing up in Toronto with his Colombian-Canadian family, he too dreamed of escaping his childhood’s humble beginnings. Like Alex, In Flashdance, Trujillo walked into his first audition much like her— untrained with a ton of ambition. “I was like Alex,” he recalls, “I went into that audition thinking that I was a dancer. Of course, I was turned away, and that was when I thought, I have to go get myself some serious training. I

went back a year later and I got the job.” Through his own hard-work and dedication, Trujillo has become one of the most celebrated names on Broadway with nominations and awards for his work on Memphis and Jersey Boys, and great anticipation for his latest work On Your Feet, a biography of Gloria Estefan set to debut this summer in Chicago. And like those stories, Flashdance highlights how important it is to bring the inspiration that lives inside us to the stage and to our lives. “Alex in the show is striving for something that’s out of her realm,” Trujillo recounts. “She was self-trained. She had potential, she had talent, and that was how she was able to overcome the fear of not being good enough… Anything is possible if you put yourself on the line.” Finding the ability to do that… What a feeling! Material excerpted from an article by Erika Thorkelson, The Vancouver Sun, Nov. 7, 2014. Flashdance—The Musical at the Fisher Theatre March 10–22; for tickets please see our ad on the facing page.

Karli Dinardo as Alex Owens and company (top), Karli Dinardo as Alex Owens and Adam Rennie as Nick Hurley (bottom), in the national tour of Flashdance—The Musical. Photos: Chad Bremerman

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THE COMPANY (in order of appearance) Carl Perkins ��GABE BOWLING Johnny Cash �� SCOTT MOREAU Jerry Lee Lewis �� COLTE JULIAN Elvis Presley �� JACOB ROWLEY Jay Perkins (Bass Player) ��CHUCK ZAYAS Fluke (Drummer) �� PATRICK MORROW Sam Phillips ��BRYAN LANGLITZ Dyanne �� LAURA OBENAUF UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for the listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.

For Jerry Lee Lewis: JAMES SCHEIDER; For Dyanne: ALYSON BLOOM; For Johnny Cash, Sam Phillips: ANDREW FRACE; For Carl Perkins: H. BRADLEY WATERS; For Fluke, Jay Perkins: DAVID SONNEBORN; For Elvis Presley: SKYE SCOTT

Time: December 4, 1956

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A Tuesday night shortly before Christmas 1956. Four legends—Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley—gathered at the Sun Records studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where they’d launched their careers. Word soon leaked out of an impromptu jam session. A newspaper man who was there wrote, “This quartet could sell a million.” Soon, they were dubbed the Million Dollar Quartet. This was their only performance, a cultural flashpoint that caught rock ‘n’ roll at the moment of creation. Sun Records owner Sam Phillips discovered and produced the Million Dollar Quartet. That’s why he, together with Presley and Lewis, were among the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame’s charter inductees. Perkins and Cash soon joined them. Unlike other producers at that time, Phillips took an active role in recording, encouraging and coaxing his young, untested artists to reach deep within themselves. He began by recording blues singers like B.B. King and Ike Turner. Later on, he was the first to sign Roy Orbison and Charlie Rich. In his rudimentary, one-room studio, Phillips looked for innovation, not imitation. The music he recorded transformed the cultural landscape of the twentieth century, and its reverberations are still felt today.

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WHO’S WHO ALYSON BLOOM (u/s Dyanne) is thrilled to be joining the MDQ family! Before this, Alyson was seen as Regina (original cast) in Rock of Ages Vegas. Other credits include: Off-Broadway: Fancy Nancy. Tours: Seussical, Brigadoon, Scrooge in Concert. Regional: Godspell, Legally Blonde, Spelling Bee, All Shook Up, Carousel, Suds. A big thanks to her insanely supportive family, Dave, and Telsey and Co. Proud member of AEA. Alysonbloom.com. GABE BOWLING (Carl Perkins) was a member of the MDQ Chicago cast and is thrilled to be dusting off his Blue Suede Shoes! Theater: Because of Winn-Dixie, My Big Gay Italian Wedding, SPANK! The 50 Shades Parody, Pump Boys and Dinettes and Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story. TV/Film: One Small Hitch, “The Rosie Show.” Special thanks to the creative team, Mom, Dad, Michelle, Christopher Silveri and Stone Manners Salners. drinkmeup.net. ANDREW FRACE (u/s Sam Phillips, Johnny Cash) is excited to be back with MDQ! Broadway Tours: Jersey Boys, The Lion King. Vegas: Jersey Boys. National Tours: Willy Wonka. Regional: Finding Nemo, How To Succeed, Ragtime, Grease. BFA Elon University. Love to family, friends, and Haley. andrewfrace.com. COLTE JULIAN (Jerry Lee Lewis). Dream Role! NYC: On the Town; Chicago: MDQ, Next to Normal; Regional: Oklahoma!, Carousel, Rent, and Fiddler. Music Director for State and National FFA Organizations. Education: BA in Music from Oklahoma State, MM in Musical Theatre from Arizona State. An inconceivable amount of love and thanks to Mom, Dad, Erika, Milo and Rosie as well as the best bunch of friends this small town Oklahoma boy could ask for! coltejulian.com. BRYAN LANGLITZ (Sam Phillips). Broadway: Memphis. NY Theatre: The Comedy of Errors (The Public); The Mistakes Madeline Made (The BASiC Theatre Project). Regional: Other Desert Cities; Twelfth Night; Hairspray. TV: “Orange Is the New Black,” “House of Cards,” “SMASH,” “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” BFA from the University of Michigan. Thanks to God, and love to Sally. bryanlanglitz.com. SCOTT MOREAU (Johnny Cash) is from Maine, received a BFA in Music Theatre from IWU and is pleased to return to MDQ for a 4th tour. Proud member of AEA who thanks his parents for their love and support. Recent roles include a young Jim Neary on HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” series finale. For more info and

to buy his Johnny Cash tribute album visit: scottmoreau.com. PATRICK MORROW (Fluke, Drummer). has drummed for Wanda Jackson, Dale Hawkins, Joe Clay, The Bellfuries, Eddie Clendening, Milwaukee Repertory Theater and toured with Little House on the Prairie: The Musical starring TV’s Melissa Gilbert. He also founded Weil Street Records. Love to Jenny. LAURA OBENAUF (Dyanne). Born and raised in Ohio and schooled at the University of Illinois, Laura is thrilled to join the MDQ National Tour after spending the past year with the Chicago company—Yes, it is as fun as it looks. Love and gratitude to her family for their constant love and support! JACOB ROWLEY (Elvis Presley) is an up and coming Elvis Tribute Artist from Nederland, TX. He made his first appearance in Kountze, TX in March 2014. He has performed in Kingwood, TX; Lumberton, TX; Jackson, MS; and Beaumont, TX. He has also competed in ETA competitions in Tupelo, MS , the birthplace of Elvis, and in Memphis, TN, where Elvis lived most of his life. JAMES SCHEIDER (u/s Jerry Lee Lewis) made his Broadway debut understudying Tony winner Levi Kreis in the original Broadway cast of MDQ. He originated the role at Village Theatre’s Festival of New Musicals. Regional credits include: The Cotton Patch Gospel, Tribute to Creedence Clearwater Revivial, Jesus Christ Superstar, 42nd Street, Aida, The Who’s Tommy, White Christmas, Hello Dolly!, 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, and Mame! Proud AEA member since 2008. Thanks to friends and family. Love to Tyler. SKYE SCOTT (u/s Elvis Presley) is so excited to be touring with MDQ! Tour: Jersey Boys, Miss Saigon. Off-Broadway: Love In The Time of Chanukah at Ars Nova; The Selfish Giant at Firebone Theater Co; host on The Ride. Regional: Pittsburgh CLO, Marriott Lincolnshire Theater, West Virginia Public Theater, Wagon Wheel Theater, and Eugene O’Neill National Theater Conference. Film: Summer Nuts and American Teen. Proud graduate of the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. theskyescott.com. DAVID SONNEBORN (u/s Fluke, Jay Perkins). Cincinnati native, longtime NYC musician, and a fourth-year veteran of the MDQ National Tour. David currently plays drums or bass in “Western Caravan,” “The San AnTones,” “Gunsmoke,” “The Mary Lamont Band,” and “Teri Joyce and the Tag-alongs.” NYMF; God’s Country. Toured nationally in Always, Patsy Cline. Love to Becky.

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WHO’S WHO H. BRADLEY WATERS (u/s Carl Perkins) is from the very small town of Deer, Arkansas. He comes from a large musical family. Brad currently is combining his acting, guitar and vocal abilities to understudy the role of Rock and Roll pioneer Carl Perkins in the road tour of Million Dollar Quartet. CHUCK ZAYAS (Jay Perkins, Bass player) has been performing for more than twenty years as a bassist, singer, songwriter, session player, band leader and producer. He plays bass and is lead vocalist of his band The Midnight Ramblers, and is also a founding member of the band Rocket 88. He’s an original member of the Chicago cast. ERIC SCHAEFFER (Director) is the artistic director/co-founder of Signature Theatre, Washington DC, recipient of the 2009 Regional Theatre Tony Award and home to the American Musical Voices Project, the largest musical commission program in the country. Broadway: Follies, Million Dollar Quartet, Putting It Together, Glory Days. West End: The Witches of Eastwick, Million Dollar Quartet. Kennedy Center Artistic Director: Sondheim Celebration, Sunday in the Park with George, Passion; Mame, Follies.

COLIN ESCOTT (Co-Author). Born in England, Colin Escott lives near Nashville, Tennessee. He is the author of Good Rockin’ Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll, the first in-depth account of the Sun Records story. His book, Hank Williams—The Biography, has been adapted into the movie I Saw the Light, starring Tom Hiddleston and Elizabeth Olsen. His multi-CD box set, The Complete Hank Williams, won a Grammy, and another of his productions, B.B. King—King of the Blues, was nominated for a Grammy. FLOYD MUTRUX (Co-Author, original concept and direction) worked Second City, Chicago; NY attended Columbia University; in LA, conceived, wrote, directed or produced 50 films: American Hot Wax (Best Picture, Director), Scarecrow (Best Picture), Urban Cowboy, Untouchables, Up in Smoke, Dick Tracy, with his wife Birgitte, preparing new film Moon Over Memphis (a rock ‘n’ roll Field of Dreams). DEREK McLANE (Scenic Design). Broadway designs include Beautiful, The Heiress, Nice Work, The Best Man, Follies, Anything Goes, How to Succeed, Bengal Tiger, Million Dollar Quartet, Ragtime, 33 Variations, The Pajama Game, I Am My Own Wife. Off-Broadway: The Last Five Years, Ruined, Lie of the Mind, Hurlyburly. He designed the 2013 and 2014 Acade-

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o one knows how to make a more inspired mess than Blue Man Group. Whether they’re beating on drums and generating a kaleidoscopic spray of airborne paint, or catching flying gumballs with their mouths and spewing the paint onto canvases, or feasting on Twinkies, or chomping out a Cap’n Crunch symphony, the bald-and-blue characters approach each messy, noisy enterprise with the expertise and determination of children. And the audience responds with unadulterated, uncomplicated, grin-inducing joy; with howls of laughter; with childlike wonder and delight. You might say that Blue Man Group is child’s play for adults. At first glance, a mess—but looking closer, it’s far from one. It might be child’s play but its not childish. “We have been known to look at things in a unique way, and then express those things in a unique way,” says Phil Stanton, co-founder of Blue Man Group with Matt Goldman and Chris Wink. “A lot of what we do is colorful, and kids enjoy it, and adults are entertained by it, whether they get the idea behind it or not. We’re usually looking at things from the point of community or relationships. We’re trying to say something about the power of a group. That’s why there are three Blue Men; three is the smallest number that makes up a group.” Goldman adds, “Preserving a childlike wonder is definitely one of the things behind what we do. We believe that we’re all creative beings, and creativity can look a lot of different ways. We’re trying to get to an ecstatic, euphoric, emotional place. We surf many different interests—science and art and music and spectacle and reading and math and technology. Why can’t people be fascinated and entertained by all of these things?” At a Blue Man Group theatrical show 16

there is, indeed, something on the bill to fascinate and entertain everyone. “We have so many different influences,” says Stanton. “Vaudeville. The Marx Brothers. Buster Keaton. Punk rock. Kodo drummers. Butoh dance. Ultraman, who was a Japanese super hero. It’s all somewhere deep in our DNA.” Says Goldman, “I don’t like to name influences because the list is too vast. Our influences are almost everything we’ve ever been exposed to. Bugs Bunny is just as big an influence on me as the Marx Brothers.” The Blue Man is a combination of hero and trickster, clown and scientist, innocent and super hero. When speaking about their creation, Goldman and Stanton sometimes refer to him as a singular being, and sometimes refer to him in the plural. Goldman adds, “A lot of people think that being bald and blue is putting on a mask of sorts. We consider it the opposite, that we’re taking off the mask. Once you strip away the hair, the skin tone, the gender, the ears, and have no particular style of clothing, what’s left? It’s really the rawest, purest form of what’s essentially human. We’ve found that for the first third or first half of the show, audiences think they’re looking at these very strange, unusual beings. But somewhere in there— and I see this over and over—it suddenly dawns on them that they’re actually watch-

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ing themselves. And then the question becomes—and I go back and forth on this myself—are we watching three different beings with three different personalities, or are we watching one being that’s been split into three? I like to live in the ambiguity of it.” The Blue Man uses every facet of his being to engage the audience in situations and ideas and behavior and sights and sounds that intrigue him. And he does so without ever speaking. “Talking is so limiting,” says Goldman. “But we don’t think of the Blue Man as a mute. We think of him as someone whose chosen not to say anything, he chooses to express himself differently.” The show is not without words. LED screens display a series of messages designed to make the audience laugh and/or think. An authoritative, other-worldly voice wittily explains the intricacies of modern plumbing and choreography and technology. But more often than not, words are unnecessary. When the Blue Men are playing their unique polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, pipes—instruments of their own making—or fiercely pounding on drums, words would just intrude on the giddiness being felt throughout the theater. But even when the audience is in a heightened state of exhilaration, the Blue Men are often teaching them somet h i ng— even if the audiphoto: Blue Man Group

ence is unaware of it. Take, for instance, one of their most famous pieces, beating paint-covered drums, which never fail to rev up the crowd. What audiences likely aren’t aware of is that they’re being given a lesson in synesthesia, a mixing of the senses. The great choreographer George Balanchine was famous for saying, “See the music and hear the dancing.” That’s synesthesia. So is seeing the sounds of the drums and feeling the colors of the paint. “The paint on the drums for us is a visual representation of the music,” says Wink, “We want to create a visceral experience. We want you to feel it in your gut. That’s why we have as big a drum as we can find. Because that drum will literally vibrate your viscera, your guts will resonate.” Connecting to the audience and creating a community within the walls of the theater is what matters most to Blue Man Group. “The relationship with the audience is everything,” says Goldman. “Because at the end of the day, the Blue Man is really just trying to connect. He knows, whether intellectually or on a gut level, that in order to get to that ecstatic, heightened moment, he’s got to connect with these strangers. That’s why the Blue Man is so respectful of the audience. That’s why he wants to gain their trust. It’s all about the connection.” “It’s all about the connection,” emphasizes Stanton. “And we also want to make a statement about how important it is to have that experience live, in person. Though technology has made it so that we don’t have to have be physically together, there’s something about our humanity that will always need to be among other people, among our tribe.” Blue Man Group is at the Fisher Theatre April 21–26. For tickets, please see our ad on page 18. 17

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WHO’S WHO my Awards, Awards: Winner of 1997 and 2004 OBIE Awards, 2004, 2005, 2007 Lucille Lortel Awards; 2009 Tony Award, 2011 Drama Desk Award, 2014 Emmy Award. HOWELL BINKLEY (Lighting Design). B’way works include: After Midnight, Jesus Christ Superstar, How to Succeed… starring Daniel Radcliffe (2011 Tony nomination), Memphis, West Side Story (2009 Tony nomination), Gypsy with Patti LuPone, In the Heights (2008 Tony nomination), Jersey Boys, Avenue Q, The Full Monty, Parade, How to Succeed... starring Matthew Broderick and Kiss of the Spider Woman. Proud co-founder of and lighting designer for Parsons Dance. 1993 Olivier Award and Canadian Dora Award for Kiss of the Spider Woman. 2006 Tony Award, Henry Hewes Design Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Jersey Boys. JANE GREENWOOD (Costume Design). Over 100 Broadway / off-Broadway credits. Metropolitan Opera, Film and Dance. Awards: Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement award, Theatre Hall of Fame, 15 Tony nominations, Lucille Lortel Award, Helen Hayes Award. Professor Yale School of Drama.

KAI HARADA (Sound Designer). Designs include Little Dancer (Kennedy Center): On the Town (Broadway); Follies (Drama Desk & Tony Award nominations); Fun Home (Drama Desk nomination); First Date (Broadway); Million Dollar Quartet; Zorro (Moscow, Atlanta); Hinterm Horizont (Berlin); Pirates of Penzance (Portland Opera); She Loves Me (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); First You Dream (Kennedy Center); Rent (5th Avenue Theatre); and Barbie Live! Associate design credits to Tony Meola include A Christmas Carol; Disney’s Der Glöckner von Notre Dame; Kiss Me, Kate; and Wicked. Audio Consultant for Hedwig and the Angry Inch on Broadway. Education: Yale University. CHUCK MEAD (Musical Arrangements and Supervision). Singer/Songwriter/Producer Chuck came to prominence as co-founder and front man of the three-time Grammy-nominated and CMA Award-winning country band BR-549. Since then, he has released three critically acclaimed solo records and continues to tour the world. Chuck first crafted the music arrangements for MDQ during the original Daytona and Seattle workshop productions, supervised the musical performances for its 2008 Chicago opening, and created new music mate-

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WHO’S WHO rial for the show’s Broadway, West End and Las Vegas productions. TOM WATSON (Hair and Wig Design) is head of the wig and makeup department at the Metropolitan Opera and has designed wigs for more than 50 Broadway productions, including The Addams Family, How to Succeed…, and Wicked. B.J. FORMAN (Production Stage Manager). Broadway: Avenue Q, 42nd Street. Off-Broadway: Soul Doctor, Jewtopia, Confessions of a Mormon Boy, The Musical of Musicals, Pirates of Penzance, The Rink. National/International Tours: Mamma Mia!, Grease, 42nd Street, Man of La Mancha, Joseph…Dreamcoat, Phantom of the Opera. As always, love to Mark. ANDREW BACIGALUPO (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be joining Million Dollar Quartet. Milan, Italy: Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Italian Premiere); West End: Merchants of Bollywood; Tour: Ghost the Musical (1st National Tour), Walking with Dinosaurs. Kentucky native. Proud member of Equity. For Mom and Dad for letting him live his dreams. TELSEY + COMPANY (Casting). Broadway/ Tours: An American in Paris, Finding Neverland, The King and I, Hand to God, Honeymoon in Vegas, The Last Ship, Love Letters, This is Our Youth, If/Then, Pippin, Motown, Kinky Boots, Rock of Ages, Wicked, Blithe Spirit, Newsies. Film: The Intern, Ithaca, Focus, A Most Violent Year, Into the Woods, The Last 5 Years, Stage Fright, Song One. TV: “Peter Pan Live!,” “Masters of Sex,” commercials. telseyandco.com. CLAIRE SIMON CASTING (Additional Casting). Claire Simon C.S.A. & Becca McCracken C.S.A. have been casting MDQ for six years. Regional credits: Actors Theatre of Louisville, Asolo, Indiana Festival, Indiana Rep, Milwaukee Rep, New Theater. Chicago credits: How To Train Your Dragon, Broadway in Chicago’s Working, Peter Pan & Rock N Roll Christmas Tale; The Doyle & Debbie Show, Old Jews Telling Jokes and Fox Valley Rep, Lyric Opera, Silk Road & Writers. TV: “Chicago Fire,” “Chicago PD,” “Crisis,” “Betrayal,” “Detroit 1-8-7,” “Boss,” “Mob Doctor,” “Chicago Code.” Film: Divergent, Contagion. Artios Award winner for “Prison Break.” FORESIGHT THEATRICAL (General Manager) is comprised of Alan Wasser, Allan Williams, Aaron Lustbader and Mark Shacket, who oversee The Phantom of the Opera, Kinky Boots, Les Misérables, Disgraced, On the Town, Side Show and Million Dollar Quartet in Chicago and Las Vegas. 20

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PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS Hillary Blanken Ana Rose Greene Guy Kwan Joseph DeLuise ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS FOR BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA Jennifer Costello Erica Rotstein Production Stage Manager............................................................B.J. Forman Stage Manager..................................................................Andrew Bacigalupo Assistant Stage Manager........................................................... Andrew Frace Assistant Company Manager..............................................Justin Gleiberman Associate Director...................................................................Scott Weinstein Associate Music Director..............................................................Ethan Deppe Associate Set Designer............................................................ Shoko Kambara Associate Costume Designer.......................................................Moria Clinton Associate Lighting Designer.........................................................Ryan O’Gara Assistant Lighting Designer.......................................................Amanda Zieve Assistant Sound Designers................................. Maggie Burke, Jana Hoglund Production Carpenter..................................................................Scott Poitras Head Carpenter.........................................................................Danielle Taylor Advance Carpenter...................................................................Louis Riquelme Production Electricians.....................................James Fedigan, Randy Zaibek Moving Light Programmer.........................................................Chris Herman Head Electrician...............................................................................Eric Briggs Assistant Electrician.................................................................Mary Anderson Advance Electrician................................................................. John Panichello Production Properties...........................................................Matthew Hodges Head Properties.............................................................................Corey Kloos Production Sound Engineer....................................................Patrick Pummill Head Sound Engineer................................................................Anthony Jones Assistant Sound Engineer............................................................Rachael Koss Wardrobe Supervisor.................................................................Megan Moore Drums provided by.....................................................................GMS Drum Co. Drum Heads provided by............................................... D’Addario & Company Makeup by............................................................................. M•A•C Cosmetics Legal Counsel..................................................... Levine Plotkin & Menin, LLP/ Loren H. Plotkin, Cris Criswell Loeb & Loeb LLP/Douglas Mirell Accountant............................................................Marks, Paneth & Shron LLP CPAs/Christopher Cacace, Marina Flom, Ruthie Skochil Advertising & Interactive Marketing.....................................................87AM/ Adam Cunningham, Wayne McWorter, Matt Brown, Jenna Lauren Freed, Kristina Smithy Payroll Services..........................................................Castallana Services, Inc. Production Photography................ Jeremy Daniel, Joan Marcus, Paul Natkin General Management Office................Rob Abud, Kaitlin Boland Erin Dooley, Nick Eilerman, Amy Gahm, Nina Greene, Jennifer O’Connor Banking..................................................Signature Bank, Barbara Von Borstel Margaret Monigan, Mary Ann Fanelli Insurance..........DeWitt Stern Group, Inc./Peter ShoemakerCathy Dumancela Theatre Displays..........................................................................King Displays Merchandising...............................Creative Goods Merchandise/Pete Milano Licensing Agent........................................................ Creative Licensing Group John Edward Thomas, President; Danita Pagel-Thomas, Vice-President SPECIAL THANKS John R. Cash Revocable Trust. Johnny Cash is a registered trademark of John R. Cash Revocable Trust. Image and likeness of Johnny Cash used with permission. Jerry Lee Lewis ™, The Killer ™ and the image and likeness of Jerry Lee Lewis are used with permission. Courtesy Pont Neuf, Inc. Carl Perkins Enterprises. Image and likeness of Carl Perkins used with permission. Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. Elvis Presley is a registered trademark of EPE, Inc. Image and likeness of Elvis Presley used with permission. CREDITS

Scenery Fabrication by Scenic Technologies, a division of Production Resource Group, LLC. Scenery painted by Scenic Art Studios. Costumes built by Eric Winterling, Inc. Lighting equipment provided by PRG Lighting. Sound equipment provided by PRG Audio. Music license consulting by Jill Meyers. Hosiery and Undergarments provided by Bra*Tenders.

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“Blue Suede Shoes” (Carl Perkins), ©MPL Music Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Wren Music Co. o/b/o Carl Perkins Music Inc. “Real Wild Child” (John Greenan, John O’Keefe, David Owens), ©MPL Music Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Wren Music Co. “Matchbox” (Carl Perkins), ©MPL Music Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Wren Music Co. o/b/o Carl Perkins Music Inc. “Who Do You Love?” (Ellas McDaniel), ©ARC Music Corp. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Folsom Prison Blues”written by John R. Cash. Published by House of Cash, Inc. Administered by Bug Music Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Fever” (John Davenport, Eddie Cooley), ©1955 Bug Music-Trio Music Company (BMI) Fort Knox Music, Inc. (BMI). All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Memories Are Made of This” (Richard Dehr, Terry Gilkyson, Frank Miller), ©EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. (BMI). All rights reserved. Used by permission. “That’s All Right” (Arthur Crudup), ©1947 (renewed). Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI) and Crudup Music (BMI). All rights administered by Unichappell Music Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Brown Eyed Handsome Man” (Chuck Berry), ©Arc Music Corp. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Down by the Riverside” (Traditional; arranged by Chuck Mead), ©Zoilink Music. All rights administered by Coburn Music. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Sixteen Tons” (Merle Travis), ©Merle’s Girls Music. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “My Babe” (Willie Dixon), ©Bug Music, Inc. o/b/o Hoochie Coochie Music (BMI). All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Long Tall Sally” (Robert Blackwell, Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman), ©Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “(There Will Be) Peace in the Valley for Me” (Thomas A. Dorsey), ©(renewed) 1939 Warner- Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI). All rights reserved. Used by permission. “I Walk the Line” written by John R. Cash. Published by House of Cash, Inc. Administered by Bug Music Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “I Hear You Knocking” (Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King), ©EMI Unart Catalog Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Party” (Jessie Mae Robinson), ©MPL Music Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Great Balls of Fire” (Otis Blackwell, Jack Hammer), ©1957 (renewed), Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI), Mijac Music (BMI), Chappell & Co., Inc. (ASCAP) and Mystical Light Music (ASCAP). All rights reserved on behalf of itself and Mijac Music, administered by Unichappell Music Inc. All rights reserved on behalf of itself and Mystical Light Music, administered by Chappell & Co., Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Hound Dog” (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller). Published by Sony/ATV Songs LLC. Copyright 1953 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, 8 Music Square West, Nashville TN 37203. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Riders in the Sky” (Stan Jones), ©MPL Music Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Edwin H. Morris & Company. “See You Later Alligator” (Robert Guidry), © Arc Music Corp. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” (Curly Williams), ©1997 N’Mani Entertainment Co. (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission.

To learn more about the production, please visit www.MillionDollarQuartetLive.com Find us on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter @MillionDQuartet The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. Backstage employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).

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Located in the beautiful Hotel St. Regis, La Musique is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Directly connected to the Fisher Theatre, it’s the perfect place for dinner before the show. Present tickets for tonight’s performance and receive 15% off your entire bill. Make a complete evening out of your trip to the show and spend the night in the magnificent Hotel St. Regis. Present tonight’s show tickets and receive an additional 15% off our current room rates for the room of your choice. 3071 W. Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48202 313-873-3000 HotelStRegisDetroit.com

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BROADWAY IN DETROIT The Program for the Fisher Theatre Volume 53, Number 9 March 6–8, 2015 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...................................................... Sam Aluia Head Lighting Technician..................................... Suzanne Johnston Head Propman................................................................. Joe Achatz Head Sound Technician..............................................J. B. Ralbovsky Head Scenery Technician................................................Ronald Ivey Wardrobe Supervisor........................................ Kristyn Pinky Mahle Musical Director........................................................ Paul McCaffrey 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. Backstage employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E). Articles found in the theater will be held for 30 days only. Lost article inquiries should be made by phone to (313) 872-l000 between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Fisher Theatre Offices................................................ (313) 872-1000 Broadway In Detroit Season Ticket Office & Subscription Information...........................................(313) 872-1180 Group Sales Information............................................(313) 871-1132 If you expect emergency phone calls please leave your seat location with the ticket taker. For emergencies only during performances.............. (313) 872-1111 New handicap (wheelchair) facilities now located in the main floor lobby near elevators.

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