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2015/2016 National Tour Big League Productions, Inc. presents
The Producers A New Mel Brooks Musical
Book by
Music and Lyrics by
MEL BROOKS and THOMAS MEEHAN
MEL BROOKS
Original direction and choreography by SUSAN STROMAN By special arrangement with StudioCanal
Original choreography recreated by Lauren Kadel Original direction recreated by Nigel West Starring
David Johnson Richard Lafleur John B. Boss J Ryan Carroll Jessica Ernest Thomas Slater Allegra Berglund Courtney Brady Priscilla Curtis Elise Dwenger Taylor Eliason Ford Haeuser Zach Hawthorne AJ Hunsucker Heather Klobukowski Marie Lemon Samantha Martin Kelsey Morales Michael O’Connor Nick Raynor James Roberts IV Mandie Russak Anne Marie Snyder Charlie Tingen Scenery Designer
Costume Coordinator
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Sound Designer
KACIE HULTGREN VINCENT SCASSELLATI CHARLIE MORRISON KENNETH BURRELL THE KANSAS CITY COSTUME CO. Hair & Wig Designer
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ANTONY GERALIS
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Technical Supervisor
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DANIEL SHER This productions utilizes Susan Stroman’s original Broadway direction and choreography Choreographed by
LAUREN KADEL Directed by
NIGEL WEST “The Producers” is presented through special arrangement with MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL, New York, NY. www.mtishows.com
Exclusive Tour Direction by Big League Productions, Inc. John Starr VP, Director of Booking
CAST (in order of appearance)
The Usherettes............................................................MANDIE RUSSAK, COURTNEY BRADY Max Bialystock.................................................................................................. DAVID JOHNSON Leo Bloom.................................................................................................... RICHARD LAFLEUR Hold-me Touch-me................................................................................... ALLEGRA BERGLUND Mr. Marks.................................................................................................. MICHAEL O’CONNOR Franz Liebkind.................................................................................................. THOMAS SLATER Carmen Ghia.....................................................................................................J RYAN CARROLL Roger De Bris.......................................................................................................... JOHN B. BOSS Bryan................................................................................................................. CHARLIE TINGEN Kevin................................................................................................................ TAYLOR ELIASON Scott..................................................................................................................... FORD HAEUSER Shirley.................................................................................................................... MARIE LEMON Ulla...................................................................................................................... JESSICA ERNEST Lick-me Bite-me................................................................................................MANDIE RUSSAK Kiss-me Feel-me.................................................................................................... MARIE LEMON Jack Lepidus...........................................................................................................NICK RAYNOR Donald Dinsmore............................................................................................. TAYLOR ELIASON Jason Green................................................................................................ MICHAEL O’CONNOR Lead Tenor........................................................................................................ CHARLIE TINGEN Sergeant...................................................................................................... MICHAEL O’CONNOR O’Rourke.................................................................................................................NICK RAYNOR O’Riley..................................................................................................................AJ HUNSUCKER O’Houllihan.................................................................................................. JAMES ROBERTS IV Judge................................................................................................................ TAYLOR ELIASON Foreman of Jury..................................................................................................... MARIE LEMON Trustee........................................................................................................ MICHAEL O’CONNOR ENSEMBLE ALLEGRA BERGLUND, COURTNEY BRADY, PRISCILLA CURTIS, ELISE DWENGER, TAYLOR ELIASON FORD HAEUSER, ZACH HAWTHORNE, AJ HUNSUCKER, HEATHER KLOBUKOWSKI, MARIE LEMON SAMANTHA MARTIN, KELSEY MORALES, MICHAEL O’CONNOR, NICK RAYNOR, JAMES ROBERTS IV MANDIE RUSSAK, ANNE MARIE SNYDER, CHARLIE TINGEN SWINGS ZACH HAWTHORNE, ANNE MARIE SNYDER DANCE CAPTAIN ZACH HAWTHORNE ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN ANNE MARIE SNYDER UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance. For MAX BIALYSTOCK: Michael O’Connor; For LEO BLOOM: Taylor Eliason For FRANZ LIEBKIND: Michael O’Connor, Taylor Eliason; For CARMEN GHIA: Nick Raynor For ROGER DE BRIS: J Ryan Carroll; For ULLA: Courtney Brady SETTING
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SCENES AND MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT 1 Overture.......................................................................................................................The Orchestra Opening Night............................................................................................ Usherettes and Company The King of Old Broadway.................................................................................Max and Company We Can Do It................................................................................................................ Max and Leo I Wanna Be a Producer................................................................. Leo, Showgirls, and Accountants I Wanna Be A Producer (Reprise)................................................................................ Leo and Max In Old Bavaria........................................................................................................................... Franz Der Guten Tag Hop-Clop..................................................................................Franz, Leo and Max To Be or Not To Be............................................................................................. Roger and Carmen Keep It Gay........................................Roger, Carmen, Max, Leo, Production Team, and Company When You’ve Got It, Flaunt It....................................................................................................Ulla Along Came Bialy...............................................................................................Max and Company Act I Finale....................Max, Leo, Ulla, Franz, Roger, Carmen, Production Team, and Company THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION ACT 2 That Face....................................................................................................................... Leo and Ulla That Face (Reprise 1)................................................................................................... Leo and Max A Wand’ring Minstrel................................................................................................................. Jack Haben Sie gehört das deutsche Band?...................................................................................... Franz Opening Night (Reprise)....................................................................................................Usherettes Springtime for Hitler (part 1)................................... Lead Tenor Stormtrooper, Bavarian Peasants, ....................................................................Tapping Brown-Shirts, Showgirls, Ulla, and Company Heil Myself................................................................ Roger, Ulla, Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt Springtime for Hitler (part 2)................................................................. Roger, Ulla, and Company Til Him........................................................................................... Leo, Max, and Little Old Ladies Prisoners of Love.................................................................................... Roger, Ulla, and Company Leo and Max.............................................................................................. Max, Leo, and Company Goodbye!....................................................................................................................................... All
THE PRODUCERS ORCHESTRA Music Director/Conductor - Peter Nilsen Associate Conductor/Keyboard 2 - Matthew Croft Reed 1 - Chris Smucker Reed 2 - Austin Yancey Trumpet 1 - Andrew Bezik Trumpet 2 - Dustin Beardsley Trombone - Tao Guthrie Bass - Ryan Crum Drums/Percussion - Katie Steinhauer The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.
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Who’s Who in the cast DAVID JOHNSON (Max Bialystock) She Loves Me (Headwaiter) National Tour, Jesus Christ Superstar (King Herod) National Tour. NYC credits include Apple Tree (Snake), Pirates... (Major General) Into the Woods (Nararrator) Frederick Loewe Theatre., Little Shop.. (Audrey 2) Arkansas Rep, Guys and Dolls (Nicely Nicely) Music Theatre North. Regional theaters include Music Theatre Hall of Fame, Riverfront, Broadway Grill. He studied musical theatre at NYU. As an entrepreneur, David owned and operated the popular Heaven nightclub in NYC until 2003. Special thanks to Alison, Nigel, Dan Sher, the cast and crew, and most importantly Karen, his mom. This is for you! RICHARD LAFLEUR (Leo Bloom) is thrilled to be making his national touring debut! Richard hails from Montreal Canada, trained in England, and is currently based in New York City. Training: Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (MFA Acting), AMDA New York. Previous credits: Lead Singer on both Royal Caribbean and Carnival Cruise Lines, La Cage Aux Folles (Chantalle - Weathervane Rep Theatre), The Winter’s Tale (Autolycus - Tobacco Factory Theatre, UK). Lots of love to Rob, Ash, J, Fletch, and my Lindsay. For my mom and dad. www.RichardLafleur.com JOHN B. BOSS (Roger De Bris) debuts with Big League. John is based in Chicago. Credits: Persuasion (Sir Walter - Edinburgh Fringe/ U.K. Tour), Les Miserables (Thenardier - Edgerton Performing Arts), La Cage (Albin - Little Theatre Sullivan), Man of LaMancha (Quixote - Drama Group), Sound of Music (Max - Brightside Theatre), Annie (Warbucks - Variety Theatre St. Louis), Aladdin (Genie - American Family Tour). Thanks to Big League and love to my family and friends back home. J RYAN CARROLL (Carmen Ghia) Favorite credits: WIZARD OF OZ (National Tour), FOSSE (International Tour), Pippin (Utah Shakespeare Festival), Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico, Ballet Clasico de la Havana, Les Ballets Grandiva, American Repertory Ballet. Thanks and love to Nigel, Lauren, Alison, Big League and Muppet. @jryboosh www.jryancarroll.com JESSICA ERNEST (Ulla) a Southern Maine native, is honored to be “flaunting it” every
night with this talented cast and crew. Credits: The Drowsy Chaperone (Janet Van de Graaff), Regional Premiere of Big Fish (MTW), Chicago (Annie - ATP), Catch Me If You Can, Young Frankenstein, Donn Arden’s Jubilee in Las Vegas. Thank you to my super supportive family. THOMAS SLATER (Franz Liebkind) is incredibly excited to be joining the cast of The Producers for the first time! Originally from Portland, OR, Thomas lives in NYC with his wife, Laura, and their dog, Linus. Credits: The Drowsy Chaperone (Underling - Broadway Rose), The Music Man (Jacey Squires Broadway Rose), City of Angels (Angel City 4 Tenor - Lakewood Theater) ALLEGRA BERGLUND (Ensemble) is thrilled to be a part of this company! Credits: Evita (The Gallery Players), Songs for a New World (Woman 1 – Porch Light Productions), Carousel (Julie), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Millie). UW-Stevens Point BFA Musical Theatre. Thanks to God, family, and Big League! COURTNEY BRADY (Ensemble) is uberexcited to be on The Producers Tour! Credits-proud member of The USO Show Troupe! International: Holland America and Regent Seven Seas Cruise Lines. Regional: Crazy For You (Follies Girl - Riverside Theater), Wizard of Oz (Wicked Witch u/s, Glinda u/s - Fireside Theater). Thanks to my supportive family and friends! PRISCILLA CURTIS (Ensemble) is thrilled to be a part of this spectacular show. Favorite credits: The Will Rogers Follies (Merry-GoRound Playhouse, Lyceum Theatre) Sophisticated Ladies, Chicago, Anything Goes, Guys and Dolls, White Christmas (Atlanta Lyric Theatre). All the love to my family! ELISE DWENGER (Ensemble) is delighted to tour with The Producers! Credits: Crazy For You (Margie-Riverside Theatre), 42nd Street and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Lyric Theatre OKC), IPL Yuletide (ISO), Miracles (Busch Gardens), Showroom At Sea (Stiletto Entertainment). Love to Nick. TAYLOR ELIASON (Ensemble) following the advice of his underwhelmed piano teacher, Taylor took up singing at age 9 and has since performed
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Who’s Who in the cast around the world. Favorite credits include: Drowsy Chaperone (Robert) ; South Pacific (Lt. Cable) ; Urinetown (Lockstock) . ILYMTAITW! FORD HAEUSER (Ensemble) is super excited to hit the road with The Producers! Credits: Crazy for You, Hairspray, A Wonderful Life (Prather Entertainment), Princess Cruises (Dancer). Enjoy the show!!! ZACH HAWTHORNE (Ensemble) is pumped for his 1st national tour! This Nebraska native graduated from PPU and now lives in NYC. Endless love to Mom, Dad, Ryan and Caitlyn. AJ HUNSUCKER (Ensemble) Credits: Theatre By The Sea: My Fair Lady (Harry) The Little Mermaid (Chef Louis), Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, West Virginia Public Theatre, Gretna Theatre, and Arizona Broadway Theatre. Much love to family, friends, and the Carson-Adler Agency. HEATHER KLOBUKOWSKI (Ensemble) Credits: Mary Poppins (Ensemble/ Winifred Banks u.s – Woodminster Amphitheatre), NYC Fashion Week (Dancer- Alma NYC), Neon Trees (Back-Up Dancer- 9:30 Club) www. heatherklobukowski.com MARIE LEMON (Ensemble) National Tour: Elf. Off-Broadway: The Berenstain Bears LIVE. BFA, Millikin University. With all my heart: Alison, cast, creative. For mom, dad, Sissy. www.marielemon.com SAMANTHA MARTIN (Ensemble) National Tour debut! Regional credits: The Drowsy Chaperone (Janet), Bye Bye Birdie (Deborah Sue). BGSU graduate. Many thanks to Big League, Greg, and Family! KELSEY MORALES (Ensemble) Previously, she danced at Walt Disney World and Universal Studios. Thanks to mom, family and friends for their love and support! MICHAEL O’CONNOR (Ensemble) is thrilled to be joining The Producers’ team on the road! He is based out of NYC and is a recent and proud graduate of SUNY New Paltz. Thank you to my family and friends for their endless support.
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NICK RAYNOR (Ensemble) Touring credits (U.S.): A Chorus Line (Mark), Guys and Dolls (Scranton Slim, Nicely Nicely u/s). Regional credits: Pippin (Leading Player), Hair (Claude), Tommy (Tommy u/s, Dance Captain, Lad 1). Huge thank you to his family/friends for their love and tremendous support. Make sure to say hello through www.nickraynor.com! JAMES ROBERTS IV (Ensemble) is excited and grateful to share the stage with this wonderful cast! Favorite credits include: Hair (International Tour), Memphis (Arkansas Rep), …Spelling Bee (Jenny Wiley), Children of Eden (Mill Mountain), Chicago (Greenbrier Valley), and Hairspray (STONC). Instagram: @jamesroberts96 Twitter: @jamesrob96 www.jamesrobertsIV.com MANDIE RUSSAK (Ensemble) is overjoyed to be a part of this show! A Pittsburgh based actress. Thanks so much to Big League for making her first national tour so special. http://mandierussak. wix.com/mandierussak ANNE MARIE SNYDER (Ensemble) is thrilled to be touring again. Credits: National Tour: The Wizard of Oz (Ensemble) Regional: White Christmas (Ensemble/ Rhoda u.s. – The Fulton), Hairspray (LouAnn - Flat Rock Playhouse), The Producers (Ensemble - Flat Rock Playhouse). Much love to my amazing family and friends. CHARLIE TINGEN (Ensemble) National tour debut! Proud graduate of Coastal Carolina University (BFA ‘14). Thanks to Big League and Franck Casting. Love to David, Monica, and mom & dad! www.CharlieTingen.com MEL BROOKS (Book, Composer & Lyricist, Producer) Director, Producer, Writer and Actor, Mel Brooks is the recipient of three 2001 Tony Awards (Best Score, Best Book of a Musical, Best Musical) and two Grammy Awards (Best Musical Show Album and Best Long Form Music Video) for THE PRODUCERS. Mr. Brooks began his distinguished career during television’s “Golden Age” as a writer for Sid Caesar on YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS in 1951. In 1955 and in 1957, Brooks received Emmy Award nominations (with others) for the best comedy writing for CAESAR’S HOUR, and in 1956 he was nominated (with others) for best writing for a variety or situation comedy. In 1952, Brooks wrote sketches for
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Who’s Who in the cast Leonard Sillman’s Broadway smash-hit revue, NEW FACES OF 1952, and in 1957, together with Joe Darion, he wrote the book for the Broadway musical SHINBONE ALLEY, which starred Eartha Kitt. In 1962, he wrote the book for the Broadway musical ALL-AMERICAN, starring Ray Bolger. In the’60s, Brooks teamed up with Carl Reiner to write and perform THE 2000 YEAR OLD MAN albums, which became immediate bestsellers. In 1960 and 1961, Brooks and Reiner received Grammy Award nominations for the best spoken word comedy for 2000 YEARS and for best comedy performance for 2000 AND ONE YEARS, respectively. In 1997, Brooks and Reiner teamed up again for THE 2000 YEAR OLD MAN IN THE YEAR 2000. Both a book and a CD were released, the CD winning a Grammy Award in 1998 for the best spoken word album: comedy. Brooks wrote and narrated THE CRITIC, a short satire on avant-garde art films, which received the Academy Award for best animated short subject in 1964. In 1965, he teamed up with Buck Henry and created GET SMART, the long-running television show starring Don Adams as Agent 86. Brooks, along with others, received an Emmy Award for outstanding writing achievement in a comedy-variety in 1967 for THE SID CAESAR, IMOGENE COCA, CARL REINER, HOWARD MORRIS SPECIAL. In 1968, he wrote and directed his first feature film, THE PRODUCERS, starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder, which earned him an Academy Award for the best original screenplay written directly for the screen. He then went on to create a remarkable string of hit comedies: In 1970, he wrote, directed and acted in THE TWELVE CHAIRS; 1974, co-wrote, directed and acted in BLAZING SADDLES, and was nominated, along with John Morris, for the best title song, “Blazing Saddles”; 1974, co-wrote and directed YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN; 1976, co-wrote, directed and starred in SILENT MOVIE; 1977, co-wrote, directed and starred in SILENT MOVIE; 1977, co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART 1; 1983, produced and starred in TO BE OR NOT TO BE; co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in the hit sci-fi spoof, SPACEBALLS; 1991, co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in LIFE STINKS; 1993, co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS; 1995, co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in DRACULA; DEAD AND LOVING IT. For three successive seasons, Brooks won the Emmy
Award for his role as UNCLE PHIL on the hit comedy show, MAD ABOUT YOU. His visionary film company, Brooksfilms Limited, founded in 1980, has produced some of America’s most distinguished films, among them: David Lynch’s THE ELEPHANT MAN, David Cronenberg’s THE FLY, FRANCES, Richard Benjamin’s MY FAVORITE YEAR and 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD, starring Anthony Hopkins and Mr. Brooks’ wife Anne Bancroft. THOMAS MEEHAN (Book) received the Tony Award for co-writing the book for THE PRODUCERS in 2001 and in 2003 for co-writing the book for HAIRSPRAY. He received his first Tony Award in 1977 for writing the book of ANNIE, which was his first Broadway show, and has since written the books for the musicals I REMBEMBER MAMA, AIN’T BROADWAY GRAND and ANNIE WARBUCKS. In addition, he is a long-time contributor of humor to THE NEW YORKER, an Emmy-Award winning writer of television comedy, and a collaborator on a number of screenplays, including Mel Brooks’ SPACEBALLS and TO BE OR NOT TO BE. He and his wife, Carolyn, divide their time between a home in Nantucket and an apartment in Greenwich Village, near which, on Hudson Street, she owns and presides over the long-running and near-legendary children’s store Peanut Butter & Jane. Mr. Meehan is a member of the Council of the Dramatists Guild. SUSAN STROMAN (Original Direction/ Choreography) A five-time Tony Award® winning director and choreographer, her work has been honored with Olivier, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Lucille Lortel, and a record five Astaire Awards. In 2014 she made her Metropolitan Opera debut, directing and choreographing The Merry Widow, starring Renée Fleming. Most recently she directed and choreographed the new musical Little Dancer for the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Her Tony Award® nominated direction and choreography for the critically acclaimed musical The Scottsboro Boys continues to garner praise with her recent productions at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, the Ahmanson Theatre, and for the Young Vic in London’s West End, where it received the Evening Standard Award for Best Musical. She co-created, directed and choreographed the Tony
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Who’s Who in the cast Award® winning musical Contact for Lincoln Center Theater, which was honored with a 2003 Emmy Award® for Live at Lincoln Center. Other Broadway credits include Bullets Over Broadway, Big Fish, Crazy for You, Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Young Frankenstein, The Frogs, The Music Man, Thou Shalt Not, Steel Pier, Big, Picnic. Off-Broadway credits include And the World Goes ‘Round, Flora the Red Menace, Happiness, and The Last Two People on Earth: An Apocalyptic Vaudeville starring Mandy Patinkin and Taylor Mac. For ten years she choreographed Madison Square Garden’s annual spectacular A Christmas Carol. For New York City Ballet, she created the fulllength ballet Double Feature and For the Love of Duke. Other ballet credits include But Not For Me for the Martha Graham Company and Take Five…More or Less for Pacific Northwest Ballet. Her choreography received an Emmy Award® nomination for the HBO presentation “Liza – Live from Radio City Music Hall,” starring Liza Minnelli. She received the American Choreography Award for her work in Columbia Pictures feature film Center Stage. She directed and choreographed The Producers: The Movie Musical, nominated for 4 Golden Globes®. She is the recipient of the George Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement in the American Theater and a 2014 Inductee into the Theater Hall of Fame. NIGEL WEST (Director) Nigel joined the Bristol Old Vic company at the Theatre Royal in 1983 where he stayed for three years working on 29 productions ranging from RICHARD II to the musical JUDY which he also worked on when it transferred to London’s Strand Theatre in 1986. After a season on the Theatre Of Comedy production of ROOKERY NOOK at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre he joined the Olivier award winning musical ME AND MY GIRL at the Adelphi Theatre and became Associate Director in March 1988 establishing a 10 year association with director Mike Ockrent, going on to direct the first sell out British national tour. He has also acted as Artistic Consultant on several foreign productions, and has directed the show in Stockholm, (in Swedish) Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Receiving best director nominations for the Canadian and Australian productions. Nigel then became Associate director of the Tony and Olivier award
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winning CRAZY FOR YOU at the Prince Edward Theatre, London and directed the UK tour and Australian Production of the show. He also acted as artistic supervisor for the South African production. He then directed CLOSER THAN EVER for Bergen Film, Stage and Television, Holland and a sell out season of SHE LOVES ME for the Drayton Festival Theatre, Canada. choreographed by Stephen Mear. He was UK Associate Director of the Olivier award winning Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at London’s’ Dominion Theatre and resident Director of the Tony and Olivier Award winning musical revival of Kander and Ebb’s CHICAGO at the Adelphi Theatre, which he also directed in Buenos Aires, Mexico City and Dusseldorf. His own productions include a national tour of Stephen King’s MISERY, JUST FOR JOE a one woman show starring Brenda Cochrane at the Edinburgh festival and subsequent Scottish Tour. Dennis Potters BLUE REMEMBERED HILLS for the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry. He has also directed various pantomimes at Glasgow Kings Theatre, Birmingham Hippodrome and Coventry. THE PRODUCERS for Susan Stroman - A US tour (3 years) including a season at Harrah’s Casino, Atlantic City. THE WIZARD OF OZ for the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton which subsequently toured the United States (four years) including a season at MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York City. The first German speaking production of THE PRODUCERS re-opening the newly renovated Ronacher Theatre in Vienna Austria which subsequently played Berlin!! Revisiting CHICAGO over recent years directing productions in Australia, Singapore, Korea, Madrid, Barcelona, Spanish tour and Cambridge and Garrick Theatre, London. Most recently A new production of Disney’s and Cameron Mackintosh’s MARY POPPINS Ontario, Canada. Best Production nomination. Also directed the highly acclaimed production of Susan Stoman’s SCOTTSBORO BOYS Young Vic Theatre. London. UK. LAUREN KADEL (Choreography) The Merry Widow (Metropolitan Opera/Lyric Opera of Chicago, Assistant to Susan Stroman), The Producers (Point Park University; Choreographer/ Associate Director), Wizard of Oz (National Tour, Associate), Young Frankenstein (MTWest, Director/Choreographer; Gateway Playhouse
Who’s Who in the cast and Ogunquit Playhouse, Associate), Annie (Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Associate), The Drowsy Chaperone (Cape Playhouse, Associate). Performance Credits: National Tours: Young Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, The Producers. Regional: The Drowsy Chaperone, Annie, Addams Family, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Guys and Dolls, Legally Blonde, 42nd Street, Crazy for You, Me and My Girl, Cabaret, Annie Get Your Gun, Oklahoma!, Footloose, Good News. Thanks to Stro and Mel for this hilarious piece of theatre that still makes me laugh every day, Nigel, Big League, Mom, Dad, Aubrey, Ben and Rosie! KACIE HULTGREN (Scenic Design) has worked as associate and adaptor for musical tours such as Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, Ain’t Misbehavin’ and The Color Purple. Recent Broadway associate credits include Disgraced, Mothers and Sons, Outside Mullingar and After Midnight. Kacie spent two seasons with The Old Globe in San Diego, CA as a resident design associate and is a graduate of Boston University. She is also a 3D designer, and teaches online courses about
CAD and 3D printing. KANSAS CITY COSTUME COMPANY (Costume Coordinator) (www.kccostume.com) was established in the 1920’s to serve the needs of Kansas City. Today we work with many organizations and theatres from Boston to San Diego. One of our new favorite accounts will be Big League, for whom we have created new wardrobes for Grinch at Madison Square Garden, Hello Dolly starring Sally Struthers, and this year The Producers. We think Robert Fletcher, Vincent Scassellati, and Kenneth Burrell’s designs will delight audiences from coast to coast. CHARLIE MORRISON (Lighting Design) National/International Tours: Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical (NYC/Tour), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Miss Saigon, Aida (US, Taiwan, & China), Man of LaMancha, Guys and Dolls, Groovaloo (NYC, LA, Foxwoods, & US Tour), Hello Dolly!, My Fair Lady, The King and I (US Tour & Korea), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Gypsy, 42nd Street (US &
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Who’s Who in the cast Japan), Smokey Joe’s Café, The Who’s Tommy (Europe & Japan), Titanic, The Music Man, many others. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre Company (DC), Goodspeed Musicals, Seattle Rep, Theatre Under the Stars, Dallas Summer Musicals, Kansas City Starlight, Pittsburgh CLO, George Street Playhouse, North Carolina Theatre, Playmaker’s Rep, Tulsa Opera, many others. Charlie is the recipient of two Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design and has been nominated for seven Helen Hayes Awards. Website: www.cmlighting.com. ED CHAPMAN (Sound Design) happily returns for another year as part of the design teams of the touring productions of A Christmas Story and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Other notable credits include: The Joker’s Game (World Premiere in China), Off Broadway’s Bedbugs, Walnut Street’s In The Heights, HunterFoster’s Rocky Horror Show, and American Pops Orchestra in Tokyo. Mr. Chapman sends much love and thanks to his parents John and Gayle, and family Kate, Mary Ann, Johnny and Eddie. GERARD KELLY (Hair & Wig Design) Broadway: Hair. Tour: Ain’t Misbehavin’, Hair, Hello, Dolly!, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Musical!, My Fair Lady. West End: Hair. New York: The Public Theater, The Pearl Theater, The Classic Stage Company. Regionally: Westchester Broadway Theater, Maltz Jupiter Theater, Dallas Theater Center, Maine State Music Theater, Carousel Dinner Theater, Phoenix Theater, Sierra Repertory Theatre, San Francisco Theater Works, Cape Playhouse, The Ahmanson Theater, Sacramento Music Theater, Down Town Cabaret, West-Port Country Playhouse, George Street Playhouse. Sheakespeare Festivals: New York, Lake Tahoo, New Jersey, Idaho, San Francisco. Movie: The Conjuring, Transamerica, Girls Will Be Girls, Notorious, The Ten, The Savages, The Other Women. TV: Law and Order SVU, The Ru Paul Show, Are We There Yet. Others: The B-52’s, RuPaul, Charles Busch, Varla Jean Merman, Lypsinka, Jennifer Holiday, Laura Linney, Felicity Huffman, Marlo Thomas, Woopie Goldburg, Lesley Mann, and William Hurt. ANTONY GERALIS (Music Supervision) is currently the Assistant Conductor for this season’s Broadway hit Something Rotten. Other credits include: Broadway: The Mystery of Edwin Drood,
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La Cage Aux Folles starring Kelsey Grammer, Spamalot, The Producers, Michel Legrand’s Amour, Jane Eyre, The Sound of Music starring Richard Chamberlain, Steel Pier, The King and I, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, Cats, Starlight Express, Zorba starring Anthony Quinn, and A Chorus Line. National Tours: A Chorus Line, Zorba, Cats, Chess. Concerts: “Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins” (Roundabout Theater), “Patti LuPone” (Carnegie Hall, 54 Below), “Bock and Harnick’s She Loves Me” (Roundabout Theater), “Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music” (Roundabout Theatre), “Jerry Herman’s Mack and Mabel” (Avery Fisher Hall), “Carousel” conducted by Leonard Slatkin (Carnegie Hall), “Noel Coward’s Sail Away” starring Elaine Stritch (Carnegie Hall), “Strike Up the Band” (City Center), and “South Pacific” (Lincoln Center). Off-Broadway: Merrily We Roll Along (York Theatre), Jack’s Holiday (Playwrights Horizons), Brontosaurus (Circle Rep). Regional Theatre: Some Enchanted Evening (The Cape Playhouse), Sweet Charity (The Cape Playhouse), Lucky Guy (Norma Terris-Goodspeed), (Time and Again (Old Globe), Dream (Tennessee Rep.). He is a graduate of The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music with a degree in Piano Performance. ALISON FRANCK (Casting Direction) (CSA) has been working in casting for 20 years. Current projects are national tours of A Christmas Story, The Musical! (2nd year) The Producers, and Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical (for the 6th year in a row). Her recent projects include: National Tours of Guys and Dolls, Hello Dolly starring Sally Struthers, Man of La Mancha, tons of commercials and the voice overs.. Past tours of Hair, Dreamgirls, My Fair Lady, Ain’t Misbehavin’ starring Ruben Studdard and Frenchie Davis, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Gloryana at The Public (reading and workshop), the TV series Peter Rabbit and A Moment in Time, the new John Denver songbook musical, off-Broadway plays, It’s Just Sex. & The Donkey Show (directed by Diane Paulus). Alison also worked in television casting of Soul Man, starring Dan Aykroyd, LateLine, starring Al Franken, Talk to Me starring Kyra Sedgewick, and pilots of Freaks and Geeks, and Madigan Men, and most recently Recovery Road on ABC Family. Also was the Casting director for several films including Broke Even starring
Who’s Who in the cast Kevin Corrigan. Alison was the Resident Casting Director for Paper Mill Playhouse for 10 years, where she cast over 50 productions, including the Broadway transfer of I’m Not Rappaport, starring Judd Hirsch and Ben Vereen, directed by Daniel Sullivan. Regional: Pirates! (Goodspeed/ Paper Mill), Hairspray, and Les Misérables (North Shore) and 2007’s mini-tour of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (TUTS/Paper Mill Playhouse/North Shore/TOTS). website: www.franckcasting.com DON S. GILMORE (Technical Supervision) has provided technical supervision for over 300 Broadway, regional and commercial projects in the U.S. and abroad. Recent projects include - Broadway: Guys & Dolls, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Pirate Queen (Prod Carp), Dracula the Musical, Sinatra. Road: The Producers, Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty, Tallest Tree in The Forest, A Christmas Story the Musical, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Guys & Dolls, Hair. Other: Mat Franco Magic Reinvented Nightly, The Laramie Project, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex, NYC; Times Square New Years Eve. Don lives in NYC with his wife, actress Rebecca Holt, and their three children: Luke, Max and Ruby. CIRBY HATANO (Production Stage Manager) National tours: A Chorus Line (Baayork Lee, Dir), The Music Man: In Concert with Shirley Jones, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Dancing Pros Live! with Alan Thicke & Karina Smirnoff. Other credits include: 69th Annual Tony Awards, Chautauqua Opera, Manhattan School of Music, Bard SummerScape Festival, Sacramento Music Circus, Reprise Theatre Company, Asian American Alliance, RADAR LA Theater Festival, 3rd National Asian American Theater Conference & Festival, Pacific Resident Theater. Alumnus of UC, Santa Cruz and The Juilliard School Professional Internship program in Stage Management. Thank you to Big League! And special thanks to my family for their love & support. MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL (www.mtishows.com) is one of the world’s leading dramatic licensing agencies, protecting the rights and legacies of composers, lyricists and book writers. MTI’s core business is
issuing licenses, scripts, musical materials and dynamic theatrical resources to schools as well as amateur and professional theatres across the globe. With over 400 classic and contemporary show titles from Broadway, Off-Broadway, and London’s West End, MTI shows have been performed by 60,000 theatrical organizations in the US and in over 60 countries worldwide. MTI is dedicated to the idea of theatre as education and has created special collections for younger audiences. The Broadway Junior Collection features 70-minute adaptations of major musicals designed for middle school children to perform; the KIDS Collection, provides 30-minute musicals for performance by elementary school children; School Editions are musicals that have been annotated for performance by high school students; and the Theatre For Young Audiences Collection, 70-minute musicals designed for adults to perform for children. WENDY CONNOR (Press and Marketing) Wendy is President of TRUE Marketing a fullservice entertainment marketing firm based in Orlando, FL. TRUE Marketing boasts a full Marketing and Public Relations Consulting Team, Graphic Design Department, Social Marketing Strategy Team and In-House Video Production Team with capabilities in HD Field Production, Real-Time Green Screen Compositing, Voiceover Recording and Pre and Post-Production Editing. Wendy is also owner of two of the newest and most popular entertainment venues in downtown Orlando, The Abbey and The MEZZ. The MEZZ is a modern, urban-style event space boasts 7000 square feet of impeccably furnished décor featuring modern art, innovative LED lighting and a state-of-the-art sound system. The Abbey is committed to broadening the cultural offerings in downtown Orlando, and has been cleverly conceived as the ideal mixed-use venue to deliver exciting and diverse live entertainment options on a nightly basis. BIG LEAGUE PRODUCTIONS/DANIEL SHER (Executive Producer) Led by Daniel Sher as owner and Executive Producer, Big League is celebrating its 28th season of producing, general managing and booking Broadway musicals and special attractions for touring throughout North America and worldwide. Among Big League’s significant achievements were its collaborations
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Who’s Who in the cast with Disney Theatricals on Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida (North America, Taiwan and China) and with Cameron Mackintosh on a new production of Miss Saigon which toured for 4 years. Other noteworthy productions were the Japanese and North American touring production of the Tony Award winning Broadway revival of 42nd Street as well as Meredith Willson’s The Music Man as newly conceived by Susan Stroman. Others were Footloose (Las Vegas, Atlantic City, North American tour), tours of Titanic, 1776, Peter Pan, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum starring Rip Taylor, and Blast!. Big League’s production of The Who’s Tommy was seen throughout North America, South America, and Europe, and Japan. Big League produced the Tony Award®- winning musical Ain’t Misbehavin’ starring “American Idol” winner Ruben Studdard
and the first national tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang... flying car and all. More recent seasons included Hello, Dolly! starring Sally Struthers, Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady, an original hiphop dance show Groovaloo (Off-Broadway), Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical (annual National Tour, 2012/2014 at Madison Square Garden, Nashville Grand Ole Opry), Dreamgirls (US and Japan), Hair (US and Japan), and Bring it On (US and Japan). In this current season, Big League will continue touring its new production of A Christmas Story: The Musical and it will premiere a tour of The Producers featuring Susan Stroman’s original direction and choreography. The booking department at Big League, helmed by Vice President John Starr, is among the most respected in the industry.
STAFF FOR THE PRODUCERS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Daniel Sher COMPANY MANAGER Mark Johnson EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION John Starr TOUR PRESS & MARKETING TRUE Marketing Wendy J. Connor Donna Fiegel TECHNICAL SUPERVISOR Don S. Gilmore BROADCAST ADVERTISING TV & RADIO Frank Basile/Fresh Produce Productions Assistant Director.................................Ben Liebert Associate Lighting Designer............ John Burkland Production Stage Manager................. Cirby Hatano ASM/ACM....................................... Josiah Parsons Production Electrician.................. Brendan Quigley Production Sound............................. Jeremy Oleksa Keyboard Programmer.......................... James Harp Head Carpenter................................Dan Laushman Assistant Carpenter..................... Joshua Townsend Deck Carpenter/Electrician..................Alex Forrest Head Properties............................Brittany Maxwell Assistant Properties.......................... Garrett Crooks Head Electrician.....................................Sean Flynn Assistant Electrician.................. Michael Anderson Head Sound.............................................. Ian Loftis
Assistant Sound................................... Tyler Ponath Head Wardrobe....................................Kay Pearson Head Hair............................................. Rae Phillips
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For Big League Productions, Inc. Legal Counsel for BLP, Inc...........Nan Bases, Esq. Operating Manager.......................... Xavier Mazara Accounting for BLP, Inc......... Schall & Ashenfarb Accountant/Business Manager..........Connie Caulo Payroll Services....................... Checks & Balances Banking......................................J.P. Morgan Chase Insurance....................................... C & S Insurance Travel/Housing Services.................Tour Resources Production Assistant........................ Jessie Douglas CREDITS Scenery by Communilux Productions Lighting Provided by PRG Lighting Sound Provided by Masque Sound Drops painted by Infinite Scenic, LLC Costumes Provided by The Kansas City Costume Company Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.). The Director and/or Choreographer is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union. United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre.
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