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The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Book by
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Music by
Bob Gaudio
Lyrics by
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with
Nick Cosgrove John Gardiner Miles Jacoby Michael Lomenda Tommaso Antico Candi Boyd Christopher DeAngelis Lauren Decierdo Frankie J. Galasso Miguel Jarquin-Moreland James T. Lane Mauricio Pérez Timothy Quinlan Kyli Rae John Rochette Brian Silverman Leslie Taylor Kara Tremel Mark Verdino Adam Zelasko with Jonathan Hadley and Donnie Kehr Scenic Design
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Jess Goldstein
Howell Binkley
Steve Canyon Kennedy
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Fight Director
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Charles LaPointe
Steve Rankin
Richard Hester
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John Miller
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Cast (in alphabetical order)
Officer Petrillo, Hank Majewski, Crewe’s PA, Accountant, Joe Long (and others).........................................................................................TOMMASO ANTICO Frankie Valli.................................................................................................................Nick Cosgrove Frankie Valli (Mon. Eves, Tue. Eves, Thu. Mats, Sun. Eves)........... MIGUEL JARQUIN-MORELAND Church Lady, Angel, Lorraine (and others)...........................................................Lauren DECIERDO Joey, Recording Studio Engineer (and others)....................................................Frankie j. galasso Tommy DeVito.............................................................................................................John gardiner Bob Crewe (and others).........................................................................................Jonathan Hadley Bob Gaudio.......................................................................................................................MILES JACOBY Gyp DeCarlo (and others)................................................................................................ DONNIE KEHR French Rap Star, Detective One, Hal Miller, Barry Belson, Police Officer, Davis (and others)....................................................... James T. Lane Nick Massi............................................................................................................ michael lomenda Detective Two, Billy Dixon (and others)............................................................... timothy quinlan Nick DeVito, Stosh, Norman Waxman, Charlie Calello (and others)................................................................................... JOHN ROCHETTE Frankie’s Mother, Nick’s Date, Miss Frankie Nolan, Bob’s Party Girl, Angel, Francine (and others)........................................................ LESLIE TAYLOR Mary Delgado, Angel (and others)..................................................................................KARA TREMEL Thugs.....................................................................................Brian Silverman, Mark Verdino UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance. For Frankie Valli: FRANKIE J. GALASSO, MAURICIO PÉREZ; for Tommy DeVito: TIMOTHY QUINLAN, ADAM ZELASKO; for Bob Gaudio: TOMMASO ANTICO, JOHN ROCHETTE; for Nick Massi: CHRISTOPHER DeANGELIS, ADAM ZELASKO; for Gyp DeCarlo: CHRISTOPHER DeANGELIS, TIMOTHY QUINLAN; for Bob Crewe: CHRISTOPHER DeANGELIS, TIMOTHY QUINLAN SWINGS CANDI BOYD, CHRISTOPHER DeANGELIS, MAURICIO PÉREZ, KYLI RAE, ADAM ZELASKO Dance Captain: KARA TREMEL Assistant Dance Captain/Fight Captain: CHRISTOPHER DeANGELIS JERSEY BOYS ORCHESTRA Conductor: BEN HARTMAN Associate Conductor: LOGAN MEDLAND Keyboards: Caren Cole, Ben Hartman, LOGAN MEDLAND Guitar: Brian Silverman; Bass: Mark Verdino; Drums: Russ Gold Reeds: Terry Cook, Christopher Miele; Trumpet: Michael Robb Musician Standby: Nick Dickerson Music Coordinator: John Miller Please silence all electronic devices such as cellular phones, beepers and watches. The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. 8
Cast
Nick Cosgrove
John Gardiner
Miles Jacoby
Michael Lomenda
Jonathan Hadley
Donnie Kehr
Tommaso Antico
Candi Boyd
Christopher DeAngelis
Lauren Decierdo
Frankie J. Galasso
Miguel Jarquin-Moreland
James T. Lane
Mauricio PĂŠrez
Timothy Quinlan
Kyli Rae
John Rochette
Brian Silverman
Leslie Taylor
Kara Tremel
Mark Verdino
Adam Zelasko
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Musical Numbers ACT ONE “Ces Soirées-La (Oh, What a Night)”—Paris, 2000............................... French Rap Star, Backup Group “Silhouettes”..........................................Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi, Nick DeVito, Frankie Castelluccio “You’re the Apple of My Eye”.................................................. Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi, Nick DeVito “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love”.................................................................... Frankie Castelluccio “Earth Angel”.............................................................................................Tommy DeVito, Full Company “Sunday Kind of Love”......................................Frankie Valli, Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi, Nick’s Date “My Mother’s Eyes”............................................................................................................... Frankie Valli “I Go Ape”.........................................................................................................................The Four Lovers “(Who Wears) Short Shorts”.............................................................................................The Royal Teens “I’m in the Mood for Love/Moody’s Mood for Love”........................................................... Frankie Valli “Cry for Me”...................................................... Bob Gaudio, Frankie Valli, Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi “An Angel Cried”.................................................................................................Hal Miller and The Rays “I Still Care”.................................................................................... Miss Frankie Nolan and The Romans “Trance”............................................................................................................ Billy Dixon and The Topix “Sherry”...........................................................................................................................The Four Seasons “Big Girls Don’t Cry”......................................................................................................The Four Seasons “Walk Like a Man”..........................................................................................................The Four Seasons “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)”........................................................... Bob Gaudio, Full Company “My Boyfriend’s Back”............................................................................................................. The Angels “My Eyes Adored You”..................................................Frankie Valli, Mary Delgado, The Four Seasons “Dawn (Go Away)”..........................................................................................................The Four Seasons “Walk Like a Man” (reprise).................................................................................................Full Company
ACT TWO “Big Man in Town”..........................................................................................................The Four Seasons “Beggin’”.........................................................................................................................The Four Seasons “Stay”............................................................................................ Bob Gaudio, Frankie Valli, Nick Massi “Let’s Hang On (To What We’ve Got)”............................................................Bob Gaudio, Frankie Valli “Opus 17 (Don’t You Worry ‘Bout Me)”.....................Bob Gaudio, Frankie Valli and The New Seasons “Bye Bye Baby”................................................................................. Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons “C’mon Marianne”............................................................................ Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”.............................................................................................. Frankie Valli “Working My Way Back to You”...................................................... Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons “Fallen Angel”........................................................................................................................ Frankie Valli “Rag Doll”.......................................................................................................................The Four Seasons “Who Loves You?”.................................................................................The Four Seasons, Full Company
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(l to r) Miles Jacoby, Nick Cosgrove, Michael Lomenda and John Gardiner in Jersey Boys. Photos by Joan Marcus and Jeremy Daniel.
(l to r) Bob Gaudio, Frankie Valli, Nick Massi and Tommy DeVito. The Original Four Seasons. Photo courtesy of The Four Seasons.
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The Ones That Got Away “Ain’t That a Shame” (Domino/Bartholomew) “Candy Girl” (Santos) “Don’t Think Twice” (Dylan) “Girl Come Runnin’” (Gaudio/Crewe) “Grease” (Gibb) “I Make a Fool of Myself” (Gaudio/Crewe) “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” (Porter) “Marlena” (Gaudio) “New Mexican Rose” (Crewe/Calello) “Our Day Will Come” (Hillard/Garson) “Ronnie” (Gaudio/Crewe) “Save It for Me” (Gaudio/Crewe) “Silver Star” (Gaudio/Parker) “Swearin’ to God” (Crewe/Randall) “Tell It to the Rain” (Petrillo/Cifelli) “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore” (Gaudio/Crewe) “To Give (The Reason I Live)” (Gaudio/Crewe) “Watch the Flowers Grow” (Brown/Bloodworth) “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” (Goffin/King)
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WHO’S WHO NICK COSGROVE (Frankie Valli) is extremely grateful and honored to be a part of the Jersey Boys family. Off Broadway: Where’s Charley? (Encores!) Regional: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Joseph), The Sound of Music (Rolf), Snapshots (Danny), Titanic (Fleet). NY Readings/Workshops: Saving Aimee (Charlie Chaplin), Natural Woman (Neil Sedaka), It’s a Wonderful Life (Harry Bailey), Wanda’s World (Ty Belvedere), Tuck Everlasting (dir. Casey Nicholaw). BFA in Acting/Music Theatre from Carnegie Mellon University. Special thanks to the Jersey Boys creative team, Dodgers, Merri/Tara Rubin Casting, Katie Agresta, The Muny and Wolf Talent Group. Proud AEA. Endless love and gratitude to Mom and Dad. John Gardiner (Tommy DeVito) hails from Edgewood, Kentucky, and dedicates this performance to his ever-supportive family. As a singer/ songwriter, John’s CD “The Way We Weren’t” is available on iTunes. Before Jersey Boys, John played Timon in the national tour of The Lion King. Regional: Big River, Much Ado About Nothing, Jesus Christ Superstar, A Christmas Carol, The Tempest. Television: All My Children. BFA, Northern Kentucky University. MFA, Alabama Shakespeare Festival. John’s favorite roles include: Hamlet, Jean Valjean, King Lear, Othello & Darth Vader… and someday he hopes to play them. Special thanks to Nonni for my first acting gig in our imaginary bed fort. MILES JACOBY (Bob Gaudio) A Boston native, Miles couldn’t be more thrilled to be a part of the Jersey Boys national tour! Favorite New York credits: the Drama Desk Nominated New York Premiere of These Seven Sicknesses (Hyllus) at The Flea Theater; Woyzeck (Drum Major); True Love (Edward). Regional: A Streetcar Named Desire (Barrington Stage), Zombies Actually (New Orleans Fringe Festival); Two Slatterns and a King (Williamstown Theater Workshop). Additional favorite roles include Roger in RENT, Floyd Collins in Floyd Collins, and Wolf/Prince in Into the Woods. B.A. Yale University. Special thanks to Merri/Tara Rubin Casting, Craig Holzberg at Avalon Artists Group, Vicki Shaghoian, and my ever supportive family. milesjacoby.com MICHAEL LOMENDA (Nick Massi) is honored to return to Jersey Boys, having received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for his “Nick Massi” in Toronto. Born and raised in rural Stettler, Alberta, Michael graduated Sheridan College’s Music Theatre Program. Favorite credits include: Hairspray (Corny), Grease (Kenickie), Miss Saigon, I Love You, You’re Perfect..., Forever Plaid (Smudge), Footloose, A Chorus Line, Cabaret (Cliff), Guys and Dolls, Rocky Horror (Brad). Michael has worked as a director, music director, arranger, and voice-over artist. Many thanks to the Jersey Boys family, current and past Jersey cast & crew-mates, Bruce, the TH Crew, my incredible family, and Caden. michaellomenda.com
JONATHAN HADLEY (Bob Crewe and others) was last seen on Broadway in Jersey Boys, and before that, channeled Marvin Hamlisch and Michael Bennett in A Class Act. Tours: Into the Woods, Joseph…, Fiddler on the Roof, Forbidden Broadway (Australia). Off-Broadway: Finian’s Rainbow, Theda Bara and the Frontier Rabbi, Kuni-Leml. Favorite regional: Dirty Blonde, White Christmas, Loves Labours Lost, Call Me Madam, Yiddle with a Fiddle (Bostone Herald Award). TV: “Another World,” “Sex and the City.” BFA from NCSA, MFA in Directing from Brooklyn College. DONNIE KEHR (Gyp DeCarlo and others) was in the original Broadway cast of Jersey Boys and is happy to return. Broadway: Billy Elliot, The Human Comedy, Aida and The Who’s Tommy. TV: Late Night with David Letterman, Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Today Show with Katie Couric. He is founder/executive director of the PathFund.org and producer of RockersOnBroadway.com, a concert series benefiting arts education and BC/EFA. Donnie would like to thank the producers and creative team of Jersey Boys. Tommaso Antico (Hank Majewski and others) is thrilled to be part of the Jersey Boys Family. Off-Broadway: Altar Boyz, The Donkey Show, My Big Gay Italian Wedding. National Tours: Hairspray, Cabaret, Altar Boyz. TV/Film: Enchanted, Revolutionary Road, Boardwalk Empire, The Other Guys. Print: Italian Vogue. Thank you Merri, creative team, MSA, nieces, nephews, Harley & Victor. CANDI BOYD (Swing) has been a proud JB family member since 2009. BFA Point Park University. Credits: Annie (Lily-Northern Stage) Hair, Contact, Anything Goes (Reno-Pittsburgh Playhouse), Happy Embalmer (NYMF) and J.C. Superstar (KC Starlight). A trillion thanks to Merri, her amazing parents, the Buddies and the Best husband in history. candiboyd.com Christopher DeAngelis (Swing) Proud AEA member. Broadway/Tours: Beauty and the Beast, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Ragtime. Regional: Footloose, Mame, Cabaret. Concert Tours: Perry Como, Kenny Rogers. TV/Film: “One Life to Live,” “Law & Order,” “Sex and the City,” A Beautiful Mind. Thanks to family, friends, Floyd, Emma and Jay for everything. For Mom. LAUREN DECIERDO (Lorraine and others) is thrilled to join the Jersey Boys tour, having been an original Chicago cast member. Tour: Pippin (Fastrada u/s) Regional: PaperMill, Goodspeed, T.U.T.S. Special thanks: JB creative team, Merri/ Tara Rubin Casting, Prestige Management. Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory. AEA. Endless love to the Lord, my family and TGC. For YSB. Favorite role: wife to Shawn. FRANKIE J. GALASSO (Joey and others), from the Bronx, NY, is thrilled to be a Jersey Boy! Broadway: An Inspector Calls. Tour: Oliver. TV: Hudson Street, AMC, ATWT. Film: Jungle 2 Jungle, A Tale of Two Pizzas. Frankie was a 15
WHO’S WHO member of the Platinum selling musical group Dreamstreet. Thanks to parents for their love and support. Miguel Jarquin-Moreland (Frankie Valli on Monday Evenings, Tuesday Evenings, Thursday Matinees, Sunday Evenings). Theatre: Buddy Holly (Walnut St. Theatre); Kingdom (Old Globe); Rent (National Tour); Saint-Ex; Street Lights; Godspell; Dracula, Host & Guest, Master & Margarita (Synetic Theatre). Film/TV: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Great Fight, One Life to Live, At the Top of the Pyramid. B.M. in Musical Theatre from Catholic University. James T. Lane (Barry Belson and others), born and raised in Philadelphia. Broadway Credits: The Scottsboro Boys, A Chorus Line and Chicago. National Tours of Cinderella with Eartha Kitt and Fame the Musical. James has appeared at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops twice and has sung with symphonies all over the United States. Peace and blessings to you. MAURICIO PÉREZ (Swing) is honored to be a part of Jersey Boys. Off-Broadway: Miss Abigail’s Guide…, Altar Boyz. Regional: Straz Center, Cincinnati Playhouse, St. Louis Rep, Arvada Center. Thanks to Mom, Dad, family, friends, Krasny Office, Merri, Dodgers, and Agresta. This one’s for his father, Cef, the man he admires most. Proud AEA member, Sinfonian. mperez.net TIMOTHY QUINLAN (Billy Dixon and others) is originally from Northampton, MA and graduated from Wagner College, Staten Island, NY. Timmy was previously seen in the Chicago Company of Jersey Boys. Other credits include national tours of Tommy, Grease, Gypsy and the Broadway Company of Footloose. 1, 2, 3... Kyli Rae (Swing) is elated to be joining the Jersey Boys family! National/International Tours: Mamma Mia!, Grease, Fame. Regional Favorites: Footloose (Ariel), Aida (Amneris), Cats (Bombalurina), Tarzan (Jane). Many thanks to JB creative team, Merri/Tara Rubin Casting, Thomas Scott/ DDO, and my incredibly supportive family and friends. Proud member of AEA. JOHN ROCHETTE (Norm Waxman and others). A born and raised Jersey boy, proud Rutgers graduate. NYC: Blue Man Group. Regional: Spamalot (Lancelot), Rocky Horror (Frank), Take Me Out (Kippy). Soaps: Guiding Light, OLTL, All My Children. Honky Tonk Band: UptownOutfit.com. Mom & Dad, I did it! LT, I love you pretty bebe! JERSEY! JohnRochette.com Leslie Taylor (Francine and others). Credits: Legally Blonde, Hairspray, The Producers (Marriott), Annie (Fireside), Happy Days (Gateway), BA: Columbia College, NOCCA alum. Thanks to the creative team, Merri/Tara Rubin Casting, Dodgers, Naomi and Scott at Talent Express, Mom, Dad, Colin, Laura, CS, and my amazing friends. JR: Working my way back to you, bebe! 16
KARA TREMEL (Mary Delgado and others). National Tour: Beauty and the Beast (Belle u/s). European Tours: Saturday Night Fever (Stephanie Mangano), Grease (Sandy). Canada: Dames at Sea (Ruby). TV: John Woo’s “Once a Thief.” Thanks to family and friends. She is thrilled to be a part of this fantastic show. ADAM ZELASKO (Swing). Off-Broadway: My Big Gay Italian Wedding (Mario). Broadway Tours: Legally Blonde: The Musical! (Nikos/ US Warner), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Jimmy Smith). Regional: Altar Boyz (Chicago Company, Juan). BFA Musical Theater from SUNY Buffalo. Thank you Bart and John from Frontier International Booking. BRIAN SILVERMAN (Thug, Guitar). Broadway: Jersey Boys, Movin’ Out, Hairspray. 1st National Tour: Movin’ Out. Off-Broadway: Molly’s Dream. TV soundtracks: “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “The Today Show,” MTV. Film soundtrack: Romance & Cigarettes. His band with his wife Shauna is called Champagne Francis. champagnefrancis.com Mark Verdino (Thug, Bass). Broadway: Jersey Boys, Spring Awakening, Young Frankenstein, Mary Poppins, Pirate Queen, Movin’ Out. 1st National Tour: Spring Awakening. Off Broadway: Toxic Avenger, Rooms, Jaques Brel. Bass sub for the Big Apple Circus Band. Ants Marching (DMB Tribute Band). Mark is endorsed by D’addario strings. markverdino.com MARSHALL BRICKMAN (Book). Films (author or co-author): Sleeper, Annie Hall, Manhattan, Manhattan Murder Mystery, For the Boys, Intersection; (as writer/ director): Simon, Lovesick, The Manhattan Project, Sister Mary Explains It All. Television: “The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson” (head writer), “The Dick Cavett Show” (head writer/co-producer). Before turning to writing and directing, Mr. Brickman performed with the folk group the Tarriers; then, with John and Michelle Phillips, formed the pre-Mamas and Papas group the New Journeymen. He has published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Playboy and other periodicals and was the 2006 recipient of the Writers Guild of America’s Ian McClellan Hunter Award for Lifetime Achievement. Jersey Boys, his first venture into musical theatre, won four Tonys including Best Musical. The Addams Family, his second Broadway venture (with co-author Rick Elice) is currently playing on National Tour. His major in college was physics with a minor in music. RICK ELICE (Book). Jersey Boys, Rick’s first Broadway credit, won the Tony, Olivier, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, and Grammy awards for Best Musical. From 1982-1999, as creative director at Serino Coyne Inc., he produced ad campaigns for some 300 Broadway shows, from A Chorus Line to The Lion King. From 1999-2009, he served as creative consultant for The Walt Disney Studio. Also on Broadway, a new play that’s a prequel to Peter Pan, called Peter and
the Starcatcher, directed by Roger Rees and Alex Timbers. With Marshall Brickman and Andrew Lippa, he wrote The Addams Family, now on National Tour. End of credits. Rick saw his first Broadway show when he was three. His mother said he was very well-behaved. From that day, he dreamed of working in the theatre. From the age of 19, he has. Heartfelt thanks to those he’s been lucky enough to know, whose work makes him grateful for the day he was born: Sondheim, Stoppard, Bennett, Prince, Fosse, Robbins, Nichols, Tune, Nunn, Laurents, Stone, Kushner, Taymor, Papp, Schumacher, Schneider, Coyne, Brickman and Rees. Rick thinks about them a lot. He never thought about Jersey much. He does now. BOB GAUDIO (Composer) wrote his first hit, “Who Wears Short Shorts,” at 15, for the Royal Teens, and then went on to become a founding member of the Four Seasons and the band’s principal songwriter. He also produced the hit “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” for Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand (Grammy nomination, Record of the Year) as well as six albums for Diamond, including The Jazz Singer. Other producing credits include albums for Frank Sinatra, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson and the soundtrack for the film of Little Shop of Horrors. Several songs co-written with Bob Crewe have been cover hits for such artists as the Tremeloes (“Silence Is Golden”), the Walker Brothers (“The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore”) and Lauryn Hill (“Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”). With his wife, Judy Parker, Gaudio produced and co-wrote the Who Loves You album for the Four Seasons and one of Billboard’s longestcharted singles (54 weeks), “Oh, What a Night.” A high point in his career came in 1990 when, as a member of the original Four Seasons, Gaudio was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 1995, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, which hailed him as “a quintessential musicmaker.” To this day, Bob Gaudio and Frankie Valli still maintain their partnership…on a handshake. BOB CREWE (Lyricist). “New York was pregnant in the fifties,” says Bob Crewe, “gestating with possibilities.” Crewe and music partner Frank Slay became independent writer-producers when the category hadn’t yet been invented. In 1957 they wrote and produced “Silhouettes” for The Rays, skyrocketing to #1. Suddenly, producers in demand, they launched Freddie Cannon’s “Tallahassee Lassie” and Billy & Lillie’s “Lah Dee Da.” Crewe’s 1960’s solo unprecedented producing success with The Four Seasons birthed a new sound, striking a major chord in American Pop. “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Walk Like a Man,” “Candy Girl,” “Ronnie”—all smashes! When lead Frankie Valli demanded a solo turn, Crewe and Bob Gaudio wrote and Crewe produced “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” which eventually became the century’s fifth most-played song. Crewe ran hot with artists from Vicki Carr, Oliver, Lesley Gore to Mitch Ryder, cowriting with Charles Fox the soundtrack for Jane Fonda’s film,
Barbarella. Then his own Bob Crewe Generation exploded with “Music to Watch Girls By.” In 1972 Bob was in L.A., where he revived Frankie Valli with “My Eyes Adored You” by Crewe & Kenny Nolan. They also co-wrote Patti LaBelle’s “Lady Marmalade” (#1, July ‘75) – to re-hit again from the soundtrack of Moulin Rouge (#1, June ‘01)… David Ritz. DES McANUFF (Director) is a two-time Tony Award-winning director and artistic director of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. He is director emeritus of La Jolla Playhouse, where during his tenure as artistic director he directed more than 30 productions of classics, new plays and musicals. Broadway: Jesus Christ Superstar (2012), Guys and Dolls (2009), Aaron Sorkin’s The Farnsworth Invention (2007); Jersey Boys (2006, four Tonys including Best Musical, now also in, London, Las Vegas, 2 National Tours, and soon to open in Auckland); Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays (2004, Tony Award); Dracula the Musical (2004); How to Succeed… (1995); The Who’s Tommy (director/co-author with Pete Townshend, 1993 Tony Best Director; 1997 London Olivier Best Director/ Best Musical); A Walk in the Woods (1988); Big River (1985, seven Tonys including Best Director, Best Musical). Stratford: Romeo and Juliet and Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra starring Christopher Plummer. Film: Cousin Bette, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (director), Iron Giant (producer), Quills (executive producer). Upcoming: adapting Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots for stage with Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips and Aaron Sorkin. SERGIO TRUJILLO (Choreographer). Broadway: Leap of Faith, Tony Award winning Best Musical— Memphis, Tony and Olivier Award winning Best Musical—Jersey Boys, The Addams Family, Next to Normal, All Shook Up, Guys and Dolls. Off-Broadway: Saved, The Capeman, Romeo & Juliet (Public), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Kismet (Encores!), Salome (NYC Opera). Regional: White Noise (director/choreographer), The Wiz, Zhivago (La Jolla), Mambo Kings, The Marriage of Figaro (L.A. Opera), Chita and All That Jazz. International: Disney’s Tarzan; West Side Story; The Sound of Music (Stratford); Peggy Sue Got Married (West End); Kiss Me, Kate (Japan). TV: Judging/choreographing on “So You Think You Can Dance: Canada,” “Broadway: The American Musical” (PBS). Upcoming: Director/Choreographer: Flashdance, Arrabal. RON MELROSE (Music Supervision, Vocal Arrangements and Incidental Music). Music direction: Scarlet Pimpernel and Imaginary Friends, Radio City’s Sinatra. Dance/vocal arranging: Sweet Smell of Success, Jekyll & Hyde, Perfectly Frank, The Act, Marilyn: An American Fable, Woman of the Year, Cabaret. Composing: Superdimensional Microbabes (anime-based chamber musical); Fourtune (Off-Broadway); The Silver Swan (National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship); three theatrical CDs (The Missing Peace, Early One Morning, Songs I Won’t Be Singing); two Harvard Hasty Pudding shows (Tots in Tinseltown, Bewitched Bayou); a gospel-based Requi17
WHO’S WHO em; and additional songs for church choir, various cabaret artists and “Saturday Night Live.” Education: Harvard (philosophy), Westminster (choral conducting). Now Californian. Thanks and love to Alexandra. KLARA ZIEGLEROVA (Scenic Design) Broadway: The Farnsworth Invention, Jersey Boys, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. Off B’way: Ms. Zieglerova designed for the Public Theater, MTC, NYTW and numerous Regional Theaters. London’s West End: Sister Act, Jersey Boys. Holland: Saturday Night Fever. Interior architecture design: New World Stages, New York. Awards: The Green Room Award 2010 (Australia) and The Best Set Design of the 2009 Theatregoers’ Choice Award London (both for Jersey Boys), 2005 Lumen Award (New World Stages), 2003 Drammy Award for Best Set Design; 2000 Carbonell Award for Best Set Design; sets for the Best Touring Production, 2003 L.A. Ovation Award. JESS GOLDSTEIN (Costume Design). Selected New York credits include The Homecoming, Cymbeline (LCT), The Apple Tree, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Lincoln Center’s The Rivals (Tony Award), Julius Caesar with Denzel Washington, Henry IV, Take Me Out, Enchanted April, Proof, Love! Valour! Compassion!, The Most Happy Fella, Dinner With Friends, How I Learned to Drive, Buried Child and The Mineola Twins (Lortel and Hewes Awards). Opera: Jack O’Brien’s Il Trittico (Met, 2007), NYC Opera’s The Pirates of Penzance. Film: A Walk on the Moon, Love! Valour! Compassion! and The Substance of Fire. HOWELL BINKLEY (Lighting Design). B’way works include Jesus Christ Superstar, Cry-Baby, Gypsy, In the Heights, The Farnsworth Invention, Xanadu, LoveMusik, Avenue Q, Bridge & Tunnel, Steel Magnolias, Golda’s Balcony, Hollywood Arms, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, Minnelli on Minnelli, The Full Monty, Parade, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Sacrilege, Taking Sides, How to Succeed…, High Society, Grease. Off-B’way: Landscape of the Body, Sinatra at Radio City, Batboy: The Musical, Radiant Baby. Also, the Kennedy Center’s Sondheim Celebration. Parsons Dance (co-founder), Alvin Ailey, ABT, the Joffrey Ballet (Billboards). Five-time Helen Hayes Award recipient; 1993 Olivier Award and Canadian Dora for Spider Woman; 2006 Henry Hewes Design, Outer Critics Circle and Tony Awards for Jersey Boys. STEVE CANYON KENNEDY (Sound Design) was the production engineer on such Broadway shows as Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats, Starlight Express, Song & Dance, The Phantom of the Opera, Carrie and Aspects of Love. His Broadway sound design credits include Mary Poppins, The Lion King, Jersey Boys (Drama Desk Award), Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, Hairspray, The Producers, Aida, Titanic, Big, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Carousel and The Who’s Tommy (Drama Desk Award). Steve is 18
married to actress Loni Ackerman and together they have two sons, Jack and George. MICHAEL CLARK (Projection Design) designs film and video for live events. Credits include Ring of Fire (Broadway and Studio Arena Theatre); 700 Sundays (Broadway and La Jolla); Dracula the Musical (Broadway and La Jolla); The Elephant Man (Broadway); Manon Lescaut (Washington Opera); Allegro, One Red Flower and Hedwig (Signature Theatre); The Last Five Years (Philadelphia Theate Company); Company, Sunday in the Park With George and Merrily We Roll Along (Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration); Spider-Man Live (national tour); Music From a Sparkling Planet (Drama Dept); Aeros (national tour); and Dinner With Friends (ACT). CHARLES LaPOINTE (Wig/Hair Design). B’way: A Raisin in the Sun, Henry IV, The Rivals, Good Vibrations, Sight Unseen, The Apple Tree, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, High Fidelity, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Radio Golf, The Color Purple, Julius Caesar, Xanadu. Regional credits include McCarter, Alliance, American Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Hartford Stage and La Jolla Playhouse. Opera credits include Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Santa Fe Opera, Minnesota Opera, Opera Omaha and Philadelphia Opera Company. Love to James. STEVE RANKIN (Fight Director) Broadway: Henry IV parts I and II, Guys and Dolls, Jersey Boys, The Farnsworth Invention, Dracula the Musical, Twelfth Night, Two Shakespearean Actors, Anna Christie, The Real Inspector Hound, Getting Away With Murder and The Who’s Tommy. Off-Broadway: The Third Story, The Night Hank Williams Died and Below the Belt. Stratford Shakespeare Festival: Romeo and Juliet, Caesar and Cleopatra. Metropolitan Opera: Rodelinda, Iphegenie at Tauride. RICHARD HESTER (Production Supervisor). Supervisor for all productions of Jersey Boys internationally (New York, both US Tours, Las Vegas, London, Australia and South Africa/Asia.) Broadway: Gypsy, Sweet Smell of Success, Cabaret, Annie Get Your Gun, Patti LuPone’s Matters of the Heart, A Delicate Balance, The Old Neighborhood, Titanic, The Phantom of the Opera, The Red Shoes, The Secret Garden. US National tours: Wicked, The Phantom of the Opera, West Side Story. US Regional: Jersey Boys (La Jolla Playhouse). Ten years with Patti LuPone on the road. Cofounder/producer with Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore of Broadway Barks! an annual animal adoption event in NY since 1999. LARRY BAKER (Production Stage Manager) comes to us directly from the Jersey Boys Chicago Company. Broadway: Mamma Mia! National Tour: Elaine Stritch at Liberty, Rent, Heartstrings. Regional: Drury Lane, Canon, Desert Inn, St. Nicholas, Long Beach Civic Light, Melody Top, Disneyland, Eldorado, Marriott and Victory Gardens. Thanks to Richard.
Jack McLeod (Stage Manager) Thrilled to be a proud member of the Jersey Boys family. Seven Broadway credits including the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q and revival of Boeing-Boeing. Ten years of regional theatre productions across the United States. Thirteen years of National & International touring productions. For FAF. Jay Carey (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to be full time on Jersey Boys after being a substitute stage manager on the 1st National Tour & recently the 2nd National Tour. Recent credits include Asst. Stage Manager God of Carnage & Red at Virginia Stage Company. Thanks to the “Jersey Boys Family,” my own family, and especially Chris & the pups. STEVE ORICH (Orchestrations) has worked as an Orchestrator, Composer and Musical Director in NY and LA for more than 25 years, with numerous credits in film, television and theatre. Most recently, he’s written orchestrations for Paint Your Wagon, 110 in the Shade, Snapshots and Can-Can and he received a Tony nomination for his work on Jersey Boys. He has orchestrated and conducted albums for artists including Helen Reddy, Judy Kaye, Debbie Gravitte, Petula Clark and Deborah Gibson, and his orchestrations have been performed by the Boston Pops and at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the White House and around the world. JOHN MILLER (Music Coordinator). Recent Broadway: Xanadu, Les Mis, Grey Gardens, Drowsy Chaperone; Beauty and the Beast; Hairspray; Coram Boy; Threepenny Opera; Lennon; Sweeney Todd; The Producers; Movin’ Out; Sweet Charity; Caroline, or Change; Little Shop…; Thoroughly Modern Millie; 42nd Street; Urinetown; Nine; La Bohème; Big River; Never Gonna Dance; Thou Shalt Not; By Jeeves; Follies; Oklahoma!; Jekyll & Hyde; The Rocky Horror Show; Seussical; The Music Man; Fosse; Swing!; Kat and the Kings; The Civil War; Triumph of Love. Studio musician (bass): Michael Jackson, Madonna, Portishead, Eric Clapton, BB King, Sinatra, Carly Simon, Celine Dion, Smashing Pumpkins, Tommy Flanagan, Pete Seeger, NY Philharmonic. Ben Hartman (Music Director) has been the Associate Conductor of the Jersey Boys 1st National Tour since 2010, having originally worked with the Chicago company. Education: Ithaca College (B.Mus), University of Chicago (Ph.D, forthcoming). Original compositions performed by Grammy Award-winning ensembles the Pacifica String Quartet and eighth blackbird. Jacob K. Javits and Whiting Dissertation Fellow. Broadway: Gypsy of the Year. Other credits: Buddy!, Chess, City of Angels. Love to Mom and Dad. Thanks to Ron, Smitti, Samorian, Chuck, and Ginger. PETER FULBRIGHT/TECH PRODUCTION SERVICES (Technical Supervisor). Peter, with associates Mary Duffe and Colleen Houlehen, has managed more than 70 Broadway, International and Touring productions. Favorites include
Rock of Ages, Seminar, The Normal Heart, Arcadia, Lombardi, Hairspray, 13, Curtains, Bombay Dreams, 42nd Street, Urinetown, Into the Woods, Dance of the Vampires, Blast!, Aspects of Love, The Rocky Horror Show, The Sound of Music, … Forum, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Crazy for You, Guys and Dolls, Joseph…, The Secret Garden, Starlight Express, Singin’ in the Rain and Foxfire. TARA RUBIN CASTING (Casting). Broadway/ Tours: Young Frankenstein, Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins; My Fair Lady; The Pirate Queen; Les Misérables; The History Boys; Spamalot; …Spelling Bee; The Producers; Mamma Mia!; Phantom…; Good Vibrations; Bombay Dreams; Oklahoma!; Flower Drum Song; Imaginary Friends; Metamorphoses; Disney’s On the Record; The Frogs; Contact; Thou Shalt Not; A Man of No Importance. Second Stage, Williamstown, Kennedy Center, La Jolla, Yale Rep. Film: The Producers. BROADWAY BOOKING OFFICE NYC (Tour Booking, Engagement Management, Press & Marketing) is a leading theatrical tour booking, marketing and press company, representing musicals, plays and theatrical productions. Currently: Jersey Boys, War Horse, The New 25th Anniversary Production of Les Misérables, Mary Poppins, NETworks presents Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, End of the Rainbow, Hair, Do You Hear the People Sing, Potted Potter, Holland Taylor in Ann, The Rat Pack Is Back!, Backbeat, Scooby Doo Live! Musical Mysteries, Magic Tree House® The Musical and Roger Rees in What You Will. bbonyc.com KELLY DEVINE (Associate Choreographer) Choreographer: Rock of Ages (Broadway). Off Broadway: Frankenstein; Anne Wrecksick; The Happy Embalmer (Director/Choreographer). Peter and the Starcatchers; A Christmas Story; Zhivago; Private Fittings; Cabaret; Romeo & Juliet; Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson; Sneaux, Wozzeck (San Diego Opera). Film/television: Happy Texas; Zombie Prom; 30 Days Until I’m Famous. Associate Choreographer: Memphis; The Wiz. STEPHEN GABIS (Dialect Coach). B’way: Doubt, Steel Magnolias, Dracula, Taboo, The Boy From Oz, Joe Egg, “Master Harold”…, Present Laughter, A Doll’s House. Venues: Roundabout, MTC, Playwrights, Atlantic, the New Group, MCC, the Public, Second Stage, Williamstown,Yale Rep, McCarter, Hartford Stage, Primary Stages, LCT, Long Wharf, Westport. Film contributions: Million Dollar Baby, Ballad of Bettie Page, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Boys Don’t Cry. DODGER THEATRICALS (Producer). A producing partnership made up of Michael David, Edward Strong, Rocco Landesman and Des McAnuff. Originated at BAM in 1978, migrated to NY Shakespeare Festival, then off and on Broadway, where they’ve shared in a host of Tony and Obie Awards. On Broadway: Currently Jersey Boys and Jesus Christ Superstar; also The Farn19
WHO’S WHO sworth Invention, 42nd Street, Urinetown, Dracula, Good Vibrations, Into the Woods (Original and ‘02), The Music Man, Blast!, Titanic, Wrong Mountain, Footloose, Mandy Patinkin in Concert, High Society, 1776, …Forum, The King and I, The Who’s Tommy, Ralph Fiennes’ Hamlet, Guys and Dolls, Once Upon a Mattress, How to Succeed in Business..., Jelly’s Last Jam, The Secret Garden, Prelude to a Kiss, Gospel at Colonus, Big River, Pump Boys and Dinettes. Off Broadway: Drumstruck, Symphonie Fantastique, Bare, Barbra’s Wedding, Duet, Savion Glover Downtown. JOSEPH J. GRANO, JR. (Producer) is Chairman/CEO of Centurion Holdings LLC, an advisor to private and public companies. From 20012004, Mr. Grano was Chairman of UBS Financial Services Inc. (formerly PaineWebber). While at PaineWebber, Mr. Grano chaired the Board of Governors of the National Association of Security Dealers (NASD). In 2002, Mr. Grano was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as the Chairman of the Homeland Security Advisory Council. He proudly served his country as a Captain in the U.S. Special Forces (Green Berets). Due to his commitment to education, Mr. Grano received the Corporate Leadership Award from the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund. Other awards include the USO Gold Medal for Distinguished Service and The Ellis Island Medal of Honor. He is also a member of the Council for the United States and Italy, a member of both the City University of New York’s Business Leadership Council and the Board of Directors at Lenox Hill Hospital. KEVIN AND TAMARA KINSELLA (Producers). Kevin Kinsella has been investing in earlystage technology companies for thirty years, primarily through his firm Avalon Ventures. Avalon companies have been responsible for bringing to market several multi-billion dollar life-saving drugs, the iPhone touch-screen, and the fastest growing revenue company in the history of the Internet (Zynga). Mr. Kinsella is a Life Sustaining Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a member of Johns Hopkins SAIS Dean’s Advisory Counsel and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Both outdoor enthusiasts, Kevin and Tamara met in Alaska during the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup. The Kinsellas’ vineyard in Healdsburg, California released the first Kinsella Estate Dry Creek Valley cabernet in 2011. Jersey Boys is their first Broadway show. Mr. Kinsella’s father, Walter A. Kinsella, was a career actor on Broadway, radio, television and cinema. He first appeared on Broadway in 1924 in What Price Glory? THE PELICAN GROUP (Producer), a San Diego production company, is enthusiastic about supporting this production of Jersey Boys. The Group, assembled by Ivor and Colette Royston, consists of Todd and Debby Buchholz, Edward and Martha Dennis, Eric and Marsi Gardiner, 20
Cam and Wanda Garner, Richard and Patricia Harmetz, Irwin and Joan Jacobs, Hal and Debby Jacobs, Paul and Stacy Jacobs, Jeff and Deni Jacobs, John and Angie Longenecker, Rao Makineni, Nevins and Margaret McBride, Ray Mirra, Shearn Platt, Edward Richard, Drew and Noni Senyei, Steven Strauss and Lise Wilson. Mr. Royston co-produced the TV film “Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story” (w/ Cliff Robertson and Loretta Swit, 1986) and the feature film Soultaker (1990). Latitude Link (Producer) is currently represented on Broadway by Jersey Boys (Tony Award), Memphis, and American Idiot. Additionally, six productions running worldwide: Jersey Boys National Tour, Las Vegas, London, Toronto, Australia and the Xanadu National Tour. Past productions include: 33 Variations (Tony Nomination), Cry Baby (Tony Nomination), and Farnsworth Invention. RICK STEINER (Producer) Of the eleven Broadway musicals Rick has co-produced, Jersey Boys, Hairspray, The Producers and Big River won Tony Awards for Best Musical. In 1954, at age eight, Rick made his stage debut opposite Gene Lockhart in On Borrowed Time and then promptly retired. Rick has won six poker championships including the 1992 World Series of Poker 7 Stud Hi-Lo event. He resides in Cincinnati, Ohio with his children Ace and Duke and sits on the ownership bench of his beloved Cincinnati Reds. LAUREN MITCHELL (Associate Producer). As producer, on Broadway: Urinetown, Into the Woods (‘02 revival), Wrong Mountain, High Society. Off-Broadway: Barbra’s Wedding, Bare. As actress, on Broadway: The Boys From Syracuse, Me and My Girl, Nine, Annie, City of Angels (L.A.), Into the Woods (original cast and PBS American Playhouse) and numerous Off-Broadway, regional, television and concert appearances. LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE (Original Producer) has received more than 300 awards for theatre excellence, including the 1993 Tony Award as America’s Outstanding Regional Theatre. Located in La Jolla, CA, the Playhouse is internationally acclaimed for its innovative productions of classics, new plays and musicals. Led by Artistic Director Christopher Ashley and Managing Director Michael S. Rosenberg, the Playhouse was founded in 1947 by Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire and Mel Ferrer. Jersey Boys is among the more than 16 Playhouse productions that have moved to Broadway, garnering 29 Tony Awards, including Big River, The Who’s Tommy, How to Succeed in Business…, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, Memphis, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning I Am My Own Wife, fostered as part of the Playhouse’s Page To Stage new play development program. Visit lajollaplayhouse.org
STAFF FOR JERSEY BOYS General Management DODGER MANAGEMENT GROUP Engagement Booking, Management & Marketing BROADWAY BOOKING OFFICE NYC Steven Schnepp Temah Higgins Kent McIngvale Jenny Bates Judith Hoenig Adelson David Freeland Zach Stevenson Julia D’Angelo Scott Praefke Jim Lanahan COMPANY MANAGER Jason Pelusio National Press Representatives BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN Adrian Bryan-Brown Susanne Tighe Heath Schwartz Production Stage Manager................................................Larry Baker Stage Manager................................................................. Jack McLeod Assistant Stage Manager.......................................................Jay Carey Senior Associate General Manager.......................Jennifer F. Vaughan Associate General Manager........................................Flora Johnstone General Management Assistant ..................................... Lauren Freed Production Manager........................................................... Jeff Parvin Production Management Assistant.............................Lyndsey Goode Technical Supervision.......Tech Production Services/Peter Fulbright, Mary Duffe, Colleen Houlehen, Robert Spink Music Technical Design........................................ Deborah N. Hurwitz Associate Director...............................................................West Hyler Assistant Directors.......................Holly-Anne Ruggiero, Daisy Walker Associate Choreographers........................Danny Austin, Kelly Devine Associate Music Supervisor...........................................Michael Rafter Dialect Coach................................................................. Stephen Gabis Associate Company Manager................................... Bridget A. Stegall Associate Scenic Designer................................................. Nancy Thun Assistant Scenic Designers..........Sonoka Gozelski, Matthew Myhrum Associate Costume Designer.............................................. Alejo Vietti Assistant Costume Designers....................China Lee, Elizabeth Flauto Associate Lighting Designer....................................... Patricia Nichols Assistant Lighting Designer.......................................Sarah EC Maines Associate Sound Designer............................................Andrew Keister Assistant Sound Designer...........................................Walter Trarbach Associate Projection Designer.................................. Jason Thompson Assistant Projection Designer............................................Chris Kateff Story Board Artist..............................................................Don Hudson Casting Directors.....................Tara Rubin, CSA; Merri Sugarman, CSA Casting Associates................................................... Eric Woodall, CSA; Laura Schutzel, CSA; Dale Brown, CSA Casting Assistants...................................Kaitlin Shaw, Lindsay Levine Automated Lighting Programmer....................................Hillary Knox Projection Programming............................................. Paul Vershbow Set Model Builder............................................................... Anne Goelz Costume Intern.........................................................Christine Tschirgi Costume Shopper................................................................. Katie Irish Production Carpenter..........................................................Mike Kelly Head Carpenter.....................................................................Dale Lane Assistant Carpenters................Douglas “Pablo” Moscinski, Tim Perry Advance Carpenter/Swing....................................Mike “P2” O’Connor Production Electrician.................................................. James Fedigan Head Electrician...............................................................Mike Clifford Assistant Electricians.. Brian “Shovels” Davies, Jeffrey “Swing” Holtz Production Sound Engineer......................................... Julie Randolph Head Sound........................................................ Matthew L. McShane Assistant Sound.....................................................Demetrius Grandel Production Props..........................................................Emiliano Pares Head Props........................................................................David Krugh Assistant Props...............................................................Lonnie Goertz Production Wardrobe Supervisor.................................... Lee J. Austin
Wardrobe Supervisor..................................................Gerbie Connolly Asst. Wardrobe Supervisor........................................ Michael Murphy “Four Seasons” Dresser................................................Darrell Wagner Hair Supervisor........................................................Vanessa Anderson Hair Assistant.............................................................Desiree Ricottilli Assistant to John Miller..................................................Melissa Heller Synthesizer Programming.............. Deborah N. Hurwitz, Steve Orich Music Copying ........................................... Anixter Rice Music Service Music Production Assistant...............................................Amy Ashton Production Assistants................................................Bryan Rountree, Scott Rowen, Sarah Tschirpke Dramaturg.................................................................... Allison Horsley Advertising...............................................................Serino Coyne, Inc. Marketing.............................................................. Dodger Marketing/ Jessica Ludwig, Jessica Morris Travel Agent.................................................Silva Jenabian, Pro Travel Hotel Booking..................................Lisa Morris, Road Concierge.com Banking......................................Signature Bank: Barbara von Borstel Payroll............................................................................. Paychex Inc.: Janet Byer, Pat Porsch, Mike Kilkelly Accountants............................................ Schall and Ashenfarb, C.P.A. Finance Director....................................................... Paula Maldonado Insurance............................................................. AON/Albert G. Rubin Insurance Services, Inc./George Walden, Claudia Kaufman Counsel........................................................................ Nan Bases, Esq. Special Events.................................................................John L. Haber Information Technology Management...........................ITelagen, Inc. Web Design/Maintenance..........................Curious Minds Media, Inc. www.curiousm.com Production Photographer................................................ Joan Marcus Theatre Displays..............................................................King Displays Official Website www.JerseyBoysTour.com DODGERS Dodger Theatricals Mark Andrews, Michael Camp, Sandra Carlson, Hunter Chancellor, Ben Cohen, Dhyana Colony, Michael David, Scott Dennis, Anne Ezell, Lauren Freed, Mariann Fresiello, Tyler Gabbard, John L. Haber, Richard Hester, West Hyler, Flora Johnstone, Deana Marie Kirsch, Abigail Kornet, Tony Lance, Pamela Lloyd, James Elliot Love, Jessica Ludwig, Paula Maldonado, Jennie Mamary, Ron Melrose, Lauren Mitchell, Jessica Morris, Sally Campbell Morse, Jason Pelusio, Jeff Parvin, Samuel Rivera, Maureen Rooney, Andrew Serna, Bridget Stegall, Edward Strong, Tim Sulka, Ellen Szorady, Ashley Tracey, Ann E. Van Nostrand, Jennifer F. Vaughan, Laurinda Wilson LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE Artistic Director......................................................Christopher Ashley Managing Director.............................................Michael S. Rosenberg Associate Artistic Director...........................................Shirley Fishman Director Emeritus.............................................................Des McAnuff General Manager........................................................ Debby Buchholz Associate General Manager................................................Jenny Case Director of Marketing................................................... Joan Cumming Director of Development......................................................Ellen Kulik Director of Finance..........................................................John T. O’Dea Director of Education and Outreach..........................Steve McCormick Production Manager....................................................... Peter J. Davis Associate Production Manager................................... Linda S. Cooper Technical Director............................................................. Brian Busch Associate Technical Directors...............Chris Borreson, Chris Kennedy Costume Shop Manager................................................Susan Makkoo Sound Supervisor........................................................Peter Hashagen Lighting Supervisor.............................................................Mike Doyle Prop Master.......................................................................Debra Hatch Charge Scenic Artist......................................................... Mark Jensen Theatre Operations Manager............................................. Ned Collins 21
CREDITS Scenery, show control and automation by ShowMotion, Inc., Norwalk, CT. Sound equipment by Masque Sound. Select guitars provided by Gibson Guitars. Projection equipment by Sound Associates. Costumes executed by Carelli Costumes, Studio Rouge, Saint Laurie Merchant Tailors, CarmenGee.com, Brian Hemesath and Maria Ficarola Knitwear Ltd. Specialty dying and printing by Gene Mignola, Inc. Dance Shoes by Worldtone Dance. Hosiery and undergarments by Bra*Tenders. Props provided and executed by The Spoon Group and Downtime Productions. Rehearsed at the New 42nd Street Studios. Scenic drops adapted from George Tice: Urban Landscapes/W.W. Norton. Other photographs featured are from George Tice: Selected Photographs 1953-1999/David R. Godine. (Photographs courtesy of the Peter Fetterman Gallery/Santa Monica.)
My Way Back to You” (Denny Randell, Sandy Linzer), Screen Gems–EMI Music Inc, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Fallen Angel” (Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett), Chrysalis Music (ASCAP). “Rag Doll” (Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio), EMI Longitude Music (BMI), Gavadima Music (ASCAP). “Who Loves You?” (Bob Gaudio, Judy Parker), Jobete Music Company Inc, Seasons Music Company (ASCAP).
SONG CREDITS “Ces Soirées-La (“Oh, What a Night”)” (Bob Gaudio, Judy Park er, Yannick Zolo, Edmond David Bacri). Jobete Music Company Inc., Seasons Music Company (ASCAP). “Silhouettes” (Bob Crewe, Frank Slay, Jr.), Regent Music Corporation (BMI). “You’re the Apple of My Eye” (Otis Blackwell), EMI Unart Catalog Inc. (BMI). “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh), EMI April Music Inc., Aldi Music Company, Cotton Club Publishing (ASCAP). “Earth Angel” (Jesse Belvin, Curtis Williams, Gaynel Hodge), Embassy Music Corporation (BMI). “Sunday Kind of Love” (Barbara Belle, Anita Leanord Nye, Stan Rhodes, Louis Prima), LGL Music Inc./Larry Spier, Inc. (ASCAP). “My Mother’s Eyes” (Abel Baer, L. Wolfe Gilbert), Abel Baer Music Company, EMI Feist Catalog Inc. (ASCAP). “I Go Ape” (Bob Crewe, Frank Slay, Jr.), MPL Music Publishing Inc. (ASCAP). “(Who Wears) Short Shorts” (Bob Gaudio, Bill Crandall, Tom Austin, Bill Dalton), EMI Longitude Music, Admiration Music Inc., Third Story Music Inc., and New Seasons Music (BMI). “I’m in the Mood for Love” (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh), Famous Music Corporation (ASCAP). “Moody’s Mood for Love” (James Moody, Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh), Famous Music Corporation (ASCAP). “Cry for Me” (Bob Gaudio), EMI Longitude Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “An Angel Cried” (Bob Gaudio), EMI Longitude Music (BMI). “I Still Care” (Bob Gaudio), Hearts Delight Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Trance” (Bob Gaudio), Hearts Delight Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Sherry” (Bob Gaudio), MPL Music Publishing Inc. (ASCAP). “Big Girls Don’t Cry” (Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe), MPL Music Publishing Inc. (ASCAP). “Walk Like a Man” (Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio), Gavadima Music, MPL Communications Inc. (ASCAP). “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)” (Bob Gaudio, Judy Parker), Jobete Music Company Inc, Seasons Music Company (ASCAP). “My Boyfriend’s Back” (Robert Feldman, Gerald Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer), EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI). “My Eyes Adored You” (Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan), Jobete Music Company Inc, Kenny Nolan Publishing (ASCAP), Stone Diamond Music Corporation, Tannyboy Music (BMI). “Dawn, Go Away” (Bob Gaudio, Sandy Linzer), EMI Full Keel Music, Gavadima Music, Stebojen Music Company (ASCAP). “Big Man in Town” (Bob Gaudio), EMI Longitude Music (BMI), Gavadima Music (ASCAP). “Beggin’” (Bob Gaudio, Peggy Farina), EMI Longitude Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Stay” (Maurice Williams), Cherio Corporation (BMI). “Let’s Hang On (To What We’ve Got)” (Bob Crewe, Denny Randell, Sandy Linzer), EMI Longitude Music, Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc., Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Opus 17 (Don’t You Worry ’Bout Me)” (Denny Randell, Sandy Linzer) Screen GemsEMI Music Inc, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Everybody Knows My Name” (Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe), EMI Longitude Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Bye Bye Baby” (Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio), EMI Longitude Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “C’mon Marianne” (L. Russell Brown, Ray Bloodworth), EMI Longitude Music and Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” (Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe), EMI Longitude Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Working
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IN MEMORY It is difficult to imagine producing anything without the presence of beloved Dodger producing associate James Elliot Love. Friend to everyone he met, James stood at the heart of all that is good about the theatrical community. He will be missed, but his spirit abides. 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 Un ited States.
The musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians. 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. The Theatre Managers, Press Agents, and Company Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers. The Dramatists Guild—The Professional Association of Playwrights, Lyricists and Composers
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Between growing up in Jamaica and visiting Africa often, he feels strongly tied to every aspect of Caribbean and African cultures. What he didn’t reckon on were the costumes. “When I saw the drawings for the puppets,” he says, “it was love at first sight. But I didn’t know how I’d integrate them into the dance. I thought the dancers might go into a state of shock when they saw they’d be heavily laden. All their lives they wear as skimpy clothes as possible because they like to be free. Now they’d have gazelles on their arms; grass on their heads, all the while they’re leaping and turning. The natural instinct would be to stiffen up and act robotic.” Working with his longtime company members, Norwood J. Pennewell and Natalie Rogers, he devised movements that wouldn’t be hindering by the costumes. “The trick was to get the essence of the animals,” he says, “but also to keep an awareness of the human body. I wasn’t going to do the furry suit thing where someone portrays the shaggy whatever. I wanted you to think lioness but also think woman, who is hunting to eat. While you’re seeing the lionesses hunting, you’re still getting the feeling of softness and femaleness. They’re strong women and if they don’t hunt, the lazy men don’t eat. All these human things I wanted to get in there. I’m very proud of all my dances but I’m particularly proud of the lioness dance.” Fagan came away from The Lion King not only with a Tony Award in 1997 for his choreography but with major new insights. “I learned how to create dances in hardly any space, like the hyena dance,” he says, “and how to devise movement that would be vibrant and big enough not to be overpowered by all the beautiful scenery and costumes while also keeping in mind that the dancers have to do eight shows Proof: 3/28/11; 8:39AMa week, and couldn’t be totally exhausted.” He paused, evaluating hisComplimentary: life-changing experience. “But the most important thing I learned,” he says, “was EncoreMichigan.com how to adapt when something didn’t work. WePublication: were goingBroadway for a masterpiece, and everyin Detroit program for one“Chicago” involved knew the collaboration counted for more than any one particular view. That’s RunThe dates: why Lionxxxxxxxxxxxx King is a masterpiece.”
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