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THE BE ST OF BR OA DWAY A Tribu te To The Musical Gen ius Of Andrew Lloyd Web ber
Starring The World’s Finest Counter
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TERRY BARBER
A Marvelous Musical Cast
Of World Class Vocalists And Instrume ntalists!
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POTTER CENTER 2018 The Potter Center Playbills are produced by the Marketing and Communications Department at Jackson College. Comments or questions about the publication can be directed to the Marketing Department at 517.796.8416. Publisher: Editor: Writer: Creative:
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Jackson College Board of Trustees: Sam R. Barnes, Chairman John M. Crist, Vice Chairman Sheila A. Patterson, Secretary Donna L. Lake, Treasurer Matthew R. Heins, Trustee Philip E. Hoffman, Trustee Dr. Edward A. Mathein, Trustee Dr. Daniel J. Phelan, President/CEO Potter Playbills are published once yearly and distributed at all the professional performances held in the George E. Potter Center. All rights reserved. No part of the material may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage retrieval system without the permission of the publisher. It is the policy of Jackson College that no person shall be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, gender, marital status, or handicap, excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subjected to, discrimination in any program or activity for which it is responsible for or for which it receives financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Education. The George E. Potter Center | Jackson College 2111 Emmons Road | Jackson, MI 49201 For tickets call the Box Office: 517.796.8600 or online www.jccmi.edu/pottercenter For information about Jackson College call: 517.787.0800. or online www.jccmi.edu.
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Welcome to the Potter Center Cindy Allen, Vice President of Administration, Human Resources and Talent Development Sandra Phelan, Operations Coordinator
Calendar of Events
A comprehensive listing of performances at the George E. Potter Center at Jackson College
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Featured Performer:
GIRLS NIGHT THE MUSICAL
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Featured Performer:
BEST OF BROADWAY THE MUSIC OF ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
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Welcome
TO THE POTTER CENTER! OUR SEASON CONTINUES
WITH GREAT MUSIC AND COMEDY.
Grab the girlfriends and BFFs and head out to “Girls Night: The Musical,” on Feb. 2. Described as hilarious and touching with plenty of the ‘80s and ’90s hits, “Girls Night” makes you want to dance! If you’re a fan of musicals like “Phantom of the Opera,” “Jesus Christ Superstar,” and “Cats,” you’ll enjoy the ‘Best of Broadway: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber” on Feb. 16. Vocalist Terry Barber brings Webber’s classic show tunes to life! And laugh again with Sister in Late Nite Catechism 3: ‘Til Death Do Us Part,” on Feb. 23. Join Sister in her own wacky Newlywed Game. A live performance can be a truly unique experience, something different for each person. It may thrill you, trigger reactions, invite reflection and touch the heart! Enjoy a couple of hours of entertainment away from the cares of the everyday world. We look forward to seeing you again.
Cindy Allen Sandra Phelan Vice President of Administration, Operations Coordinator Human Resources and Talent Development
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2018 - 2019 calendar of events
SEPTEMBER 22 Blue Oyster Cult & Mark Farner’s American Band 29 Jackson Symphony Orchestra Concert OCTOBER 11 Jackson Symphony Orchestra (school show) 13 Jeremy Camp & Matthew West: The Answer-All In Tour 19 Bill Blagg’s The Science of Magic (school show) The Magic of Bill Blagg LIVE (evening performance) NOVEMBER 3 Roots & Boots Tour: Aaron Tippin, Collin Raye and Sammy Kershaw 2, 3, 4, 9 Center Stage Jackson: The Music Man 10 & 11 10 Jackson Symphony Orchestra Concert 18 Community Concert Band Performance 30 Wizards of Winter DECEMBER 8 & 9 Ballet Chelsea & Jackson Symphony Orchestra: The Nutcracker JANUARY 22 CeCe Winans FEBRUARY 2 Girls Night: The Musical 9 Jackson Symphony Orchestra Concert 12 Madeline and The Bad Hat (school show) 16 Best of Broadway: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber 23 Late Nite Catechism 3: ‘Til Death Do Us Part MARCH 2 Jim Brickman and Melissa Manchester 4 Junie B. Jones (school show) 24 Community Concert Band Performance APRIL 12 The Underwater Bubble Show 14 Sara Evans 25 Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System (school show) 27 Jackson Symphony Orchestra Concert 28 FOP’s Country Concert MAY 5 Jackson College Commencement 11 Ballet Chelsea’s The Five Dancing Princesses JUNE 7, 8, 9, 14 Center Stage Jackson: Peter Pan 15 & 16
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premier partners KEEPING YOUR COMMUNITY CENTER STAGE As the curtain draws open on the 2018-2019 Potter Center season, get ready to enjoy the top quality entertainment provided by shows like CeCe Winnans, Sara Evans, Melissa Manchester, Jim Brickman and many more. Each year, the Potter Center is able to attract these great shows and others because of theatre patrons’ commitment to cultural and professional entertainment in southern Michigan. Premier Partners are a select group of individuals and companies who share a commitment to diverse culture and entertainment. Members understand that ticket sales alone do not make each Potter Center season a success. The annual private support of individuals and businesses is critical.
YOUR SUPPORT ENSURES THE POTTER CENTER CAN: • Attract first class cultural events and entertainment to southern Michigan. • Enhance the beauty and comfort of the Potter Center. • Assure that the technical equipment will enhance the professionalism of each performance. By becoming a Premier Partner, you also promote our entire community. The thousands of patrons who visit contribute directly to the local economy. They discover firsthand what a tremendous area we have and spread the word to others.
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Premier Partners do make a difference in many ways, and we hope you consider becoming a member today.
CONTRIBUTORS FOR CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES $100 “PATRON”: Name listed in Potter Center Playbills. $250 “SPONSORS”: The benefit listed above, plus prioity purchasing of tickets before they go one sale to “Partners.” $500 “PARTNERS”: The benefits listed above, plus an invitation to a post-performance reception.
BENEFITS Partners joining at the $500-level and above are entitled to a Priority Ticket Purchasing Benefit. Partners at this level will receive priority in both series renewal and single ticket purchases for the 2019-2020 season.
MEMORIAL GIFTS Memorial gifts to the Potter Center are a meaningful tribute. Your memorial gift will be recognized in Potter Center Playbills throughout the year, while you receive the benefits of Premier Partner membership.
MATCHING GIFTS Double the value of your gift to the Potter Center! If you work for one of the many area companies offering a matching gift program, include the appropriate matching gift form with your gift to the Potter Center.
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BUSINESS LAW COMMERCIAL LAW ESTATE PLANNING LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW LITIGATION REAL ESTATE LAW
WILLIAM M. ABBOTT • KEVIN M. THOMSON CLYDE M. MAULDIN • KURT J. PARKER BRENDON R. BEER • STEVEN D. RICK • ERIC R. KYSER
P.O. BOX 450 • 405 S. JACKSON STREET JACKSON, MI 49201 • PHONE 517.767.8570 WWW.ATBPLCLAW.COM
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If you are already a member of Premier Partners, we thank you for your contribution. If not, please remember that Premier Partners do make a difference in many ways. We hope you consider becoming a member today.
PARTNERS
Bill & Cindy Allen Addison P. Cook John & Jan Crist John & Deborah Friedrich Margaret Myers/Little Caesar’s Carry-outs Roger & Vonnie Petersen Drs. Dan & Adriana Phelan George & Donna Potter Andy & Julia Walz
SPONSORS
Phil & Dennise Hoffman Jack & Dee Jackson Keith & Barb Lane
PATRONS
Michael J. & Julia B. Baughman Ann Brown John & Helen Bulick Anthony Cleveland Jeremy R. Frew Gerald A. Gialanella Greg M. Green Randy & Penny Janiak Rod & Colleen Kirtland Joe & Sandra Phelan Rick & Carol Vernier
WE WISH YOU SWEET SUCCESS IN THE 2018-2019 SEASON
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become a premier partner To become a Premier Partner, complete and mail this form to: Jackson College, 2111 Emmons Road • Jackson, MI 49201 or call Sandra Phelan, Operations Coordinator, 517.796.8473.
PREMIER PARTNER ENROLLMENT ❑ Yes, I work for a Matching Gift Company. Enclosed is the Matching Gift Form for: Company Name ___________________________________________________________ ❑ Please enroll me as a member of Premier Partners at the following level: ❑ Patron ❑ Sponsor ❑ Partner My contribution will be paid as indicated: ❑ Check enclosed, payable to the Jackson College Foundation, for $ _______________ ❑ Credit Card, call 517.796.8473 if you wish to make your donation using a credit card. I pledge a total of $ ______________________, of which $ __________________ is enclosed. Pledges available for gifts of $500 and above only. Total pledge must be paid in full within one year of gift. The balance will be paid as follows: $ _________ Date _________; $ _________ Date _________ ; $ _________ Date _________ Name ________________________________________________________________ Address ______________________________________________________________ City/State/Zip ________________________________________________________ Daytime Telephone # __________________ Home Telephone # __________________ Signature _____________________________________________________________ Note: Unless otherwise specified, 50% of your contribution will be given to to the Cultural Affairs non-restricted account (for theatre and equipment enhancements) and 50% will be given to The Arts Endowment Fund, with annual interest used to provide first class entertainment. Matching gifts will be given to the Cultural Events non-restricted account.
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featured performer
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Saturday, February 2, 2019 • 7 p.m.
“G
irls Night: The Musical” has been thrilling audiences and earning
raves from critics throughout North America since it began touring after its sensational Off-Broadway debut. This touching and hilarious, tell-it-like-it-is musical takes audiences on a journey into the lives of a group of female friends. Audience members cannot help but laugh, cry and even find themselves singing and dancing in the aisles as some of the most popular hit songs of the 1980s and ‘90s make this musical a fan favorite!
Follow five friends as they visit their past, celebrate their present and look to the future on a wild and hilarious night out ... and you will recognize a bit yourselves in every one of them! Carol who was born to party, blunt Anita who says it like it is, Liza and her ‘issues’, boring Kate the great designated driver and Sharon, the not-so-angelic angel who just couldn’t resist tagging along! It is described as “Desperate Housewives meets Mamma Mia” (Applause Magazine), “A boisterous, bust-out, bawdy musical revue” (Wisconsin State Journal), “An infectious, exhilarating sense of intoxication” (Hollywood Reporter) and “As funny and outrageous as Sex and the City!” (The Advocate). Girls Night is bursting with energy and is packed with hits “Lady Marmalade,” “It’s Raining Men,” “Man I Feel Like a Woman,” “I Will Survive,” “We are Family” and many more.
The story behind Girls Night is an inspiration to any writer still waiting for their big break. One night, British playwright, author and television producer Louise Roche, a mother of three children under 5, went out with a group of friends to see a Shane Richie musical. She looked around the theatre, saw that the audience was mostly women and thought “I could do this…I could write a show that lots of women will enjoy watching.” Therefore, she did. She went home and wrote her first play, Girls Night, a musical comedy about a group of friends who relive the past on a wild night out at a karaoke club! She put it on with some of her friends at the local community theatre. Five old friends
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Memorable Events HAP PEN WI TH CONT INENTA L
@ JA CKS ON COL L EG E
CATERING
Memorable events start here! Jackson College’s Continental Catering can help make your reception, reunion, business meeting or special event a success! We offer a variety of menu options, from hors d’ouevres or pastries, to sit down dinner or buffet. Breakfast, lunch or dinner, small or large groups, casual or formal, we can plan the menu that suits your occasion and fits your budget. Continental Catering will assist with your event planning needs. Call today to speak with one of our culinary professionals at 517.879.0443, or e-mail JCFoodService@jccmi.edu. FREE TASTING with a signed contract. Once a bride decides on Jackson College for their wedding site, plan a FREE tasting to confirm your menu.
BANQUET & FACILITY RENTALS Jackson College offers facility rentals and the professional services needed to present conferences, workshops and weddings. Jackson College is easily accessible by public transportation and major highway arteries, making it an ideal place to host your next function. Robert Snyder Dining Commons - Located on the first floor of Potter Center is an excellent facility for wedding receptions, banquets and other special events. Most events range from 200 to 275 individuals. The maximum capacity is 325. This allows for an area for dancing and a band or DJ. The Potter Center Patio may be reserved for an additional cost. Food service arrangements must be made through the catering service on campus, Continental Catering. Walker Hall Community Rooms - This area is the ideal place for your next corporate or special event. The nbuilding offers an excellent space to host events that include banquets, conferences, training, etc. The Community Rooms have the capability of being subdivided from two separate rooms into one large room and can accommodate all of your event requirements: • Banquet style seating, with tables and chairs, for up to 176 people • 250 person theater style meeting room or two 125 – 150 person theater style meeting rooms • Soundproof wall used to separate rooms • Technology such as microphones, projection capabilities, and moe. For more information please contact the Office of Community Relations at phelansandral@jccmi.edu or 517.796.8473.
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from school did the acting. She got a woman that she met at her daughter’s playgroup to design the posters and the set. Her mom did the costumes and she dressed the auditorium up like a nightclub herself. Packing theatres throughout the United Kingdom since 2003, it premiered in the United States in 2007. Since then, Girls Night has gone from success to success.
Bolstered by this success, she hired the much bigger Milton Keynes Theatre to mount a one-off spectacular performance of Girls Night. Not one to do things by halves, our heroic homemaker put her money where her mouth was and ploughed her life savings into the show. Every one of the fourteen hundred seats in the building sold and she made back all of her investment.
“Well if you’re female and are looking to have an irreverent good time, this off the wall show is loads of fun. The night I went every seat was taken – mostly by women by the way – and everyone was having a fantastic time dancing, swaying and drinking (yes there’s a bar in the back which gets a lot of traffic) to the performers singing to all the music you ever loved including “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” “I Am What I Am,” “It’s Raining Men” and “We Are Family.” The cast is super and everyone I talked to, including two or three men who ventured in, had the time of their lives. Girls Night is great fun.”
-WOR Radio
“The show’s unpretentious fun and the talented, unembarrassable women on stage had all of the audience on their feet, clapping, singing, and dancing in the aisles.”
-Philadelphia Inquirer
“The audience was on its feet cheering and clapping and erupted in loud applause at several points” -DesMoinesRegister.com
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featured performer
The Music Of Andrew LLoyd Webber Starring World Renowned Vocalist Terry Barber With A Stunning Musical Cast
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“Stunning, a class vocalist, his counter tenor is amazing!” –Music Scene
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Saturday, February 16, 2019 • 7 p.m.
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ongs that you sing long after the concert! Music that you simply
cannot get out of your mind with the song styling of the world’s finest tenor, Terry Barber. “The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber” is a concert that features music of Mr. Webber as you’ve not heard it before. This is a kaleidoscope of music from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Broadway Musicals, from 10 of his most exciting collaborations.
The vocalists sing these huge unforgettable songs accompanied by a marvelous musical cast of world class instrumentalists. Unique, customized arrangements
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breathe new life into these beloved melodies. The production stimulates both eyes and ears, as this is a marvelous modern-day visual presentation as well. The staging includes scenes of New York and Times Square with stunning state-of-the-art audio and lighting.
Terry Barber Terry Barber is a performer in a class by himself! Barber has been featured on some of the world’s most storied stages. For this outstanding concert tour “The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber,” he sings songs from the most famous Broadway shows. Songs that we all know and love, the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber! Standing ovations are sure to punctuate this musical gem! Songs like, “The Music of The Night,” the gut wrenching “Gethsemane” (I only want to say), the beautiful “Memory,” “Love Changes Everything,” “Any Dream Will Do,” music from 10 of Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals!
Barber is a former member of the two-time Grammy winning musical group Chanticleer. He joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera in 2002 and made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2004. From Carnegie Hall to famed Svetlanov Hall, Moscow – over a hundred plus cities Worldwide! His voice can be heard on every major record label with a range of artists from Madonna to the London Philharmonic. Don’t miss the fantastic concert “The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber starring World renowned-vocalist Terry Barber and a stunning musical cast!”
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Ballet Chelsea “The Five Dancing Princesses” 7 p.m. Saturday, May 11, 2019 The Five Dancing Princesses is an original full-length ballet and Ballet Chelsea’s Artistic Director Wendi DuBois’ light-hearted interpretation of the Grimm Brothers’ tale, “The Twelve Dancing Princesses.” Set to music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Wendi’s choreography tells the story in an unforgettable manner. Founded in 1995, Ballet Chelsea builds strong individuals through high caliber training and performance excellence while giving back to the audience that supports them through arts education and community outreach.
The Golden Rules Please read on and remember that part of one’s pact as an audience member is to take seriously the pleasure of others, a responsibility fulfilled by quietly attentive (or silently attentive) and self-contained behavior. After all, you can be as demonstrative as you want during bows and curtain calls.
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Go easy with the atomizer. Many people are highly allergic to perfume and cologne.
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If you bring a child, make sure etiquette is part of the experience. Children love learning new things.
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Unwrap all candies and cough drops before the curtain goes up or the concert begins.
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Make sure cell phones, beepers, and watch alarms are OFF. And don’t jangle the bangles.
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The overture is part of the performance. Please cease talking at this point.
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Note to lovebirds: When you lean your heads together, you block the view of the person behind you. Learning forward also blocks that view.
THOU SHALT NOT TALK, or hum, or sing along, or beat time with a body part.
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Force yourself to wait for a pause or intermission before rifling through a purse, backpack, or shopping bag.
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Yes, the parking lot gets busy and public transportation is tricky, but leaving while the show is in progress is discourteous.
10. The old standby: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
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