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A Chorus Line Conceived and Originally Directed and Choreographed by
Michael Bennett
Book by
James Kirkwood & Nicholas Dante
Music by
Lyrics by
Marvin Hamlisch
Edward Kleban
Originally Co-Choreographed by
Bob Avian
Original Broadway production produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival, Joe Papp, Producer, in association with Plum Productions, Inc. starring
Nicholas Berke Ronnie S. Bowman, Jr. Noah Bridgestock Melissa Cabey Wesley Ian Cappiello Ashley Chiu Leighann Bibb Colin Kahlia Davis Darius R. Delk Giovanni DiGabriele Francine Espiritu Lauren Garriott Samantha Cho Grossman Orianna Hilliard Erica Jane Hughes Peter Hughes Ryan Koerber Matthew Aaron Liotine Pierre Marais Kim McClay Makayla McIntosh Laura Pierpont Andrew Natale Ruggieri Trevor Michael Schmidt Madison Tinder Andrew Winans Taylor Wright Josh Zacher
Original Costume Design
THEONI V. ALDREDGE Sound Design
Costume Adaptation
MICHAEL MCDONALD
Musical Supervisor
Lighting Design
CHARLIE MORRISON
Musical Director and Orchestrations
Casting
STEVE ROGERS PATRICK VACCARIELLO MATTHEW LOWY ALISON FRANCK, CSA
Technical Supervisor
General Management
DON S. GILMORE BIG LEAGUE PRODUCTIONS, INC. GINA WILLENS
Tour Press & Marketing
TRUE MARKETING WENDY J. CONNOR
Executive Producer
DANIEL SHER Associate Director
PETER PILESKI Direction and Choreography Restaged by
BAAYORK LEE
Exclusive Tour Direction by Big League Productions, Inc. John Starr VP, Director of Booking A Chorus Line is presented by arrangement with Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc., 560 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022
CAST (in alphabetical order) Greg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NICHOLAS BERKE Butch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RONNIE S. BOWMAN, JR. Zach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NOAH BRIDGESTOCK Val. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MELISSA CABEY Roy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WESLEY IAN CAPPIELLO Lois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ASHLEY CHIU Tricia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LEIGHANN BIBB COLIN Sheila. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KAHLIA DAVIS Richie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DARIUS R. DELK Al. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GIOVANNI DIGABRIELE Diana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ORIANNA HILLIARD Judy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LAUREN GARRIOTT Connie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAMANTHA CHO GROSSMAN Kristine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ERICA JANE HUGHES Mark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PETER HUGHES Bobby. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RYAN KOERBER Frank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MATTHEW AARON LIOTINE Paul. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PIERRE MARAIS Maggie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KIM MCCLAY Vicki. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAKAYLA MCINTOSH Bebe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LAURA PIERPONT Mike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANDREW NATALE RUGGIERI Tom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TREVOR MICHAEL SCHMIDT Cassie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MADISON TINDER Don. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TAYLOR WRIGHT Larry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOSH ZACHER DANCE CAPTAIN FRANCINE ESPIRITU ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAINS TREVOR MICHAEL SCHMIDT, ANDREW WINANS SWINGS FRANCINE ESPIRITU, ANDREW WINANS UNDERSTUDIES
Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance. For Al: WESLEY IAN CAPPIELLO, TREVOR MICHAEL SCHMIDT; for Bebe: LEIGHANN BIBB COLIN, MAKAYLA MCINTOSH; for Bobby: MATTHEW AARON LIOTINE; for Cassie: MAKAYLA MCINTOSH; for Connie: LEIGHANN BIBB COLIN; for Diana: ASHLEY CHIU; for Don: RONNIE S. BOWMAN, JR., WESLEY IAN CAPPIELLO, MATTHEW AARON LIOTINE; for Greg: WESLEY IAN CAPPIELLO, MATTHEW AARON LIOTINE; for Judy: LEIGHANN BIBB COLIN; for Kristine: MAKAYLA MCINTOSH; for Maggie: ASHLEY CHIU; for Mark: JOSH ZACHER; for Mike: TREVOR MICHAEL SCHMIDT, JOSH ZACHER; for Paul: WESLEY IAN CAPPIELLO; for Richie: RONNIE S. BOWMAN, JR.; for Sheila: ASHLEY CHIU; for Val: LEIGHANN BIBB COLIN, MAKAYLA MCINTOSH; for Zach: TAYLOR WRIGHT 6
MUSICAL NUMBERS I Hope I Get It. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company I Can Do That. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike And. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bobby, Richie, Val, Judy At the Ballet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheila, Bebe, Maggie Sing!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristine, Al Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company Nothing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana Dance: Ten; Looks: Three . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Val The Music and the Mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cassie One. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company The Tap Combination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company What I Did I for Love. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana, Company One: Reprise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company
AN AUDITION Time: 1975 Place: A Broadway Theatre A CHORUS LINE IS PERFORMED WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION
A CHORUS LINE - ORCHESTRA MUSIC DIRECTOR, KEYS 2 —MATTHEW LOWY
Associate Music Director, Keys 1 — Sean Cameron Reed 1 — Tanner Dawson Reed 2 — Devin Eddleman Trumpet 1 — Forrest Powell Trumpet 2 — Dustin Beardsley Trombone — Tao Guthrie Bass — John Convertino Drums — Andrew Gillum
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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST NICHOLAS BERKE (Greg) National Tour debut! Selected credits: West Side Story (B&B, Cortland Rep, Arizona B’way, Skirball NYC); Singin’ in the Rain (u/s Don – STONC), 42nd Street (Dance Captain/Swing – TOCAP). Endless love to my family, Bear, and infinite gratitude to Baayork and the entire ACL team! BFA NYU/ Tisch: New Studio on B’way. @nickberke RONNIE S. BOWMAN, JR. (Butch, U/S Richie, U/S Don) is grateful to be making his National Tour debut with this show, cast, crew and creative team. Favorite Regional Credits: Maine State Music Theatre, Ivoryton Playhouse, MacHayden Theatre, Playhouse on Park. Concerts: Kristen Chenoweth “ My ... to Broadway”(Lunt Fontaine Theatre), Hair to Hamilton (Delacorte Theatre). Thanks to God, my par-ents, family, friends, The Hartt School and the D. Hoff Agency. @rsbowman NOAH BRIDGESTOCK (Zach) tour debut! Credits include The Full Monty (Engeman Theatre), Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Hope Summer Rep, New Stage Theatre), A Chorus Line (Wagner College). Noah is a proud Wagner College Theatre alum. Keep up to date with him on instagram @snowybridgestock. Much love to my family for the endless support. MELISSA CABEY (Val) is thrilled to be performing in her first national tour! Credits: Singer/ Dancer (Carnival Cruise Lines), Billy Elliot (Swing/Asst. Choreographer - North Carolina Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse). BFA MT Coastal Carolina University. Endless love to my family for being there through every little step. Follow @melcabey. WESLEY IAN CAPPIELLO (Roy, U/S Al, U/S Don, U/S Greg, U/S Paul) is honored to be apart of this incredible production. Special thanks to Baayork, Peter, and Alison for making this lifelong dream a reality. Never-ending love to Tommy, family and friends! www.wesleyiancappiello.com ASHLEY CHIU (Lois, U/S Diana, U/S Maggie, U/S Sheila) holds a BFA from NYU. OffBroadway: KPOP (Tiny D - Ars Nova). NYC:
Rent (Alexi - NYU). Regional: Hairspray (Shelly - Broadway by the Bay), Golden Child (Eng Ahn - Hillbarn). Love to Mom, Dad, Kylie. Thanks to Baayork. @ashleychiuchiu LEIGHANN BIBB COLIN (Tricia, U/S Bebe, U/S Connie, U/S Judy, U/S Val) is happy to finally join the A Chorus Line family! Some of Leighann’s favorite credits are Shy (Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), Anybody’s (West Side Story), Tantomile (Cats), and Penelope/ Persephone (Goddess Wheel). Leighann also returns to land after performing on Holland America Line as a singer/dancer. Thank you to Baayork, Todd, Mom and Dad, and a special shout out to Mitzi Hamilton! KAHLIA DAVIS (Sheila) From Melbourne Australia, a graduate of AMDA NY. Favorite credits include 42nd Street (US National Tour), Mamma Mia! (Arts Center Coastal Carolina), 42nd Street (NSMT) and White Christmas (Ogunquit Playhouse). Endless love and thanks to the most supportive family and friends. @kahlyd www.kahlia.net DARIUS R. DELK (Richie) is ecstatic to join the gifted cast of A Chorus Line. Darius is currently based in NYC. His Credits include: Santa Clause Meets the Wicked Wizard (Hot CoCoa - Taubenslaug Productions) Celebrity Cruises (Vocalist - Reflection), Beauty and the Beast (Prince Charming - The Players Theatre) La Cage Aux Folles (Mercedes - Signature Theater) Endangered (Snoop - The Davenport Theatre). He’s thankful for the love and support generated from his family, friends and wishes many blessings to his new cast and crew! GIOVANNI DIGABRIELE (Al) is honored to be in this special production. National Tour: R+H’s Cinderella. Regional: Rags, newly-revised (w/Stephen Schwartz), at Goodspeed Opera House, Walnut Street Theatre, Maine State Music Theatre, Fulton Theatre. Endless gratitude to Baayork, Peter, Alison, Big League, Michelle, CPM, Shelia, and his family and friends.
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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST FRANCINE ESPIRITU (Female Swing, Dance Captain) is excited to get back on the road with A Chorus Line. Recent credits: Interstellar Cinderella (Choreographer - Theater Row NYC), A Chorus Line (Assistant Choreographer - Hollywood Bowl), Sesame Street Live (Elmo/ Zoey - VEE Corporation). Proud UC Irvine Graduate. Love and Gratitude to Baayork, MSA, my family and friends. This one’s for you, Diana. LAUREN GARRIOTT (Judy) is thrilled to make her National Tour debut! Credits: How to Succeed…, Gypsy (Flat Rock Playhouse), TCT on Tour (The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati), The Drowsy Chaperone (Pittsburgh Playhouse). Proud graduate of Point Park University. Forever grateful to my friends and family for their support! @lmgarriott SAMANTHA CHO GROSSMAN (Connie) is excited to be joining the cast of A Chorus Line. Credits: The Berenstain Bears (Sister Bear – Tour), Hello, Dolly! (Ensemble - Riverside Theatre), A Chorus Line (Connie - Riverside Theatre), The Pajama Game (Ann - Pace University), Great Wall (Michelle - Pace University). Love to Mom, Dad, and Ethan! samanthachogrossman.com ORIANNA HILLIARD (Diana) is excited to be back on the line. Credits: In The Heights (Vanessa – Broadway By The Bay), The 25th… Bee (Olive – Berkeley Playhouse), A Chorus Line (Diana – Woodminster), Legally Blonde (Pilar – Woodminster), CATS (Victoria – Broadway By The Bay), Disney Cruise Lines. Love to my family! @littleoreo. ERICA JANE HUGHES (Kristine) is thrilled her first national tour is A Chorus Line! Proud graduate of Point Park University and the Professional Semester at BDC! Favorite Credit: The BoyFriend (Dulcie - Pittsburgh Playhouse). Endless thanks to her ever supportive family and friends. Follow her adventures @er_hughes. For Grandma. PETER HUGHES (Mark) is a New Jersey native thrilled to be making his national tour debut! Previously seen as a Mainstage Performer 12
for Disney Cruise Line with regional credits including Woodstock Playhouse, Pittsburgh Musical Theater, and the Pittsburgh Playhouse. BFA Point Park. Thanks to family, friends, and Dunkin’ coffee. @phughes33 RYAN KOERBER (Bobby) is thrilled to join the line! Regional: The Producers (Theatre By The Sea), On The Town & Singin’ in the Rain (Gateway Playhouse), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Engeman Theatre). NYC: The Jimmy Awards. Montclair State University BFA Musical Theatre. Love to this amazing team, especially Baayork. www.ryan-koerber.com @ryan_koerber MATTHEW AARON LIOTINE (Frank, U/S Bobby, U/S Don, U/S Greg) is so excited to be performing in his first National Tour! His past regional credits include: The Little Mermaid (The Muny), Anything Goes (The Palace Theatre), Saturday Night Fever (Royal Caribbean) and many more. He holds his BFA from Montclair State! PIERRE MARAIS (Paul) is honored to be touring the US on the line. Theatre: Flashdance (Tour), Rock of Ages (NCL), Spring Awakening, Saturday Night Fever, Rent, West Side Story. Film: Scorpion King 2 (Young Scorpion King), Wake of Death (Nicholas). NYFA grad. For those who taught me how to be a man. Instagram: @ pierre_marais KIM MCCLAY (Maggie) is happy to be on the line! Theatre: The Berenstain Bears, Live! (Mama Bear – Natl. Tour), 1776 (Martha – 54 Below), I’ll Be Home For Christmas (Maggie – Arvada Center), White Christmas (Ogunquit Playhouse), Thoroughly Modern Millie and Oklahoma! (John Engeman). Thanks Alison & Baayork! BFA Millikin. www.kim-mcclay.com MAKAYLA MCINTOSH (Vicky, U/S Cassie, U/S Bebe, U/S Kristine, U/S Val) is excited to be returning to The Big League family. Credits: A Chorus Line (Val - SRT), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Punky/Reno - Grand Ole Opry), and Disney Dream (Swing - DCL). Graduate of Belmont U M.T. Thanks to Big League and Baayork for this opportunity. Love and gratitude to Continued on page 17
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my family, friends, and physical therapists! Thanks for the dance lessons, Mom! @tinydanseuse LAURA PIERPONT (Bebe) is thrilled to be on THE line! Recent credits include How To Succeed (Krumholtz/Dance Captain - Virginia Musical Theatre) and Billy Elliot (Assistant Choreographer – Ogunquit Playhouse). Laura graduated from Coastal Carolina University in 2016 and is now based in NYC. Thank you Dad and family for your unwavering support. This is for you, Mom! @laurapierpont92 www.laurapierpont.com ANDREW NATALE RUGGIERI (Mike) is proud to be making his national tour debut with A Chorus Line! A Philadelphia native with a BFA in Vocal Performance from University of the Arts. Favorite Credits include Ghost (Sam), Miss Saigon (Chris), The Boy from Oz (Peter Allen) and Walnut Street Theatre’s South Pacific. Love and thanks to Mom, Dad and family. Special thanks to Baayork Lee and the entire A Chorus Line team for this amazing opportunity. TREVOR MICHAEL SCHMIDT (Tom, U/S Al, U/S Mike, Co-Asst. Dance Captain) is thrilled to be on the road with A Chorus Line! Favorite Credits: Newsies (Crutchie - Music Theatre of Wichita) and All Shook Up (Dennis - Florida State University) Much love to Baayork for the opportunity and to his family for their support. GO NOLES! Insta- @trevormichaelschmidt MADISON TINDER (Cassie) is thrilled to be joining the A Chorus Line family, and begin this journey with such a wonderful team and cast! Credits: Sweet Charity (Charity), Disenchanted (Snow White), Noises Off (Brooke), My Fair Lady (Busker). Love to her friends and family, it’d be impossible without you! Isaiah 41:13 @tinmads ANDREW WINANS (Male Swing, Co-Asst. Dance Captain). National Tour: 42nd Street (u/s Billy Lawlor). Selected regional: North Shore MT, Maine State MT, Reagle MT. Film: Live by Night. Education: The Boston Conservatory, B.F.A. MT. Love and gratitude to Baayork, family and friends. For James. @andrewwwinans
TAYLOR WRIGHT (Don, U/S Zach) Taylor is based in NYC and comes from Waxahachie, TX. It’s baby’s first tour! Select credits: Afterglow (Swing — Off B’way), Kiss Me, Kate! (Bill — New London Barn), West Side Story (Diesel, u/s Action — The Wick), Mary Poppins (Bert — Festival Theatre). Training: BFA Coastal, SITI. jtaylorwright.com. JOSH ZACHER (Larry, U/S Mike, U/S Mark) is honored to be continuing the legacy of A Chorus Line. Film/TV: Rise (NBC), MTV’s TRL, Dance Moms. Regional: West Side Story (Baby JohnOrdway/NSMT/TBTS), Young Frankenstein (Telegraph Boy-NSMT), The Little Mermaid (Jetsam-Sharon Playhouse). @dancingdudejz www.josh-zacher.com MICHAEL BENNETT (Conception, Original Director/Choreographer) choreographed Promises, Promises; Coco; Company; Follies (which he co-directed with Harold Prince) and Seesaw (which he also wrote and directed). In 1973 he made his debut as a dramtic director with Twigs which starred Sada Thompson. A Chorus Line, which he conceived, choreographed and directed, won nine Tony Awards. In 1976 he and the other authors of A Chorus Line were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for dama. In 1979 he produced, directed and choreographed Ballroom, which was nominated for eight Tony Awards and won Mr. Bennett his sixth Tony. He won his seventh Tony Award for 1981’s Dreamgirls and directed its acclaimed 1987 Broadway revival. JAMES KIRKWOOD (Book) was a Broadway and television actor as well as half of the the comedy team Kirkwood and Goodman before taking up writing. His novels include There Must Be a Pony!, Good Times/Bad Times, P.S. Your Cat Is Dead!, Some Kind of Hero and Hit Me With a Rainbow. His nonfiction books include American Grotesque and Diary of a Mad Playwright: Perilous Adventures on the Road With Mary Martin and Carol Channing about the road tour of his play, Legends. Other plays include dramtizations of There Must Be a Pony!, P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! and UTBU. James Kirkwood passed away in 1989. 17
WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST NICHOLAS DANTE (Book) Real name: Conrado Morales. He danced in the choruses of Applause and other Broadway shows as well as various TV shows and nightclubs while pursuing his dream of becoming a writer when Michael Bennett, a friend, called and asked him to collaborate on the first draft of the book for A Chorus Line. The final result earned him a Pulitzer Prize, a Tony Award and many other honors. He also authored a screenply, Fake Lady, and a musical based on the life of Al Jolson entitled Jolson Tonight. MARVIN HAMLISCH (Music) is the composer of the Broadway musicals They’re Playing Our Song and Sweet Smell of Success and shared the Pulitzer Prize for his score of A Chorus Line. He is the composer of more than 40 motion picture scores including his Oscar-winning score and song for The Way We Were and his adaptation of Scott Joplin’s music for The Sting, for which he received a third Oscar. Mr. Hamlisch is a graduate of both the Julliard School of Music and Queens College. EDWARD KLEBAN (Lyrics) A Chorus Line was Mr. Kleban’s first Broadway musical, and his lyrics won 1975 Tony, Drama Desk and Olivier Awards as well as the Pulitzer Prize. He died in 1987 at the age of 48. Mr. Kleban’s music and lyrics comprise the score of the musical A Class Act, produced on Broadway in 2001, for which he was posthumously nominated for a Tony and a Drama Desk Award. In addition to his legacy as a songwriter, Mr. Kleban created the Kleban Foundation, which awards grants to aspiring theatre lyricists. BOB AVIAN (Original Co-Choreographer) recieved Tony Awards as co-choreographer of the original production of A Chorus Line and for Ballroom, on which he also served as co-producer. He was also the producer of the highly acclaimed Broadway and national companies of Dreamgirls. Bob choreographed the London production of Follies, followed by the London and Broadway productions of Miss Saigon and Sunset Boulevard, receiving two more Tony nominations. Next was the Boublil 18
and Schonberg musical Martin Guerre, for which he won the Olivier Award for Choreography. He choreographer Putting it Together Off-Broadway starring Julie Andrews and on Broadway starring Carol Burnett. Returning to London he choreographed The Witches of Eastwick for Cameron Mackintosh. BAAYORK LEE (Restaged Directon and Choreography) has performed in a dozen Broadway shows and created the role of Connie in A Chorus Line. As Michael Bennett’s assistant choreographer on A Chorus Line, she has directed and choreographed many national and international companies including Klagenfurt, Austria, Santiago, Chile, Hollywood Bowl and Pace University. Her directing and choreography credits also include; The King and I and Bombay Dreams (National tours), R&H’s Cinderella (NYC Opera), Barnum (Australia), Carmen Jones (Kennedy Center), Porgy and Bess and Jesus Christ Superstar (European tours), Gypsy and A New Brain. She has also choreographed shows including: Miss Saigon (KC Starlight), Mack and Mabel (Shaw Festival), Animal Crackers, South Pacific (Helen Hayes nominations), Coconuts, Camelot, and Damn Yankees all at Arena Stage in Washington, DC. Through her nonprofit organization, National Asian Artists Project, Baayork’s vision includes educating, cultivating, and stimulating audiences and artists of Asian descent through the many programs the company offers. The organization has produced classical musical theatre shows such as Oklahoma!, Carousel, Hello Dolly!, and OLIVER! with all Asian-American casts. NAAP has made audiences more aware that talent goes beyond ethnicity. Most recently, Baayork Lee was the recipient of the 2017 Isabelle Stevenson Award. Ms. Lee was honored for her commitment to future generations of artists through her work with National Asian Artists Project and theatre education programs around the world. PETER PILESKI (Associate Director) most recently was associate director on the Hollywood Bowl production of A Chorus Line starring Mario Lopez and Robert Fairchild as well as on the London West End revival and at the Klagenfurt
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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST Opera House in Austria. He previously was assistant director on the hit Broadway revival and on many national tours. He assisted director/ choreographer Bob Avian on Miss Saigon, Sunset Boulevard and Follies (London). Off-Broadway credits include An Evening in Bloomsbury (Gene Frankel Theatre), Romeo And Juliet (starring Judith Jamison at Rubenstein Rep) and HMS Pinafore (Village Light Opera). Favorite regional credits include Middletown (West Boca Theater Co.) Patience (Huntington Theatre), Promises, Promises (Aggasiz Theatre), The Cave Dwellers and The Birthday Party (700 Repertory Co.). For television, he produced and directed USA Network’s long-running series “Calliope” and SyFy Channel’s award-winning “Inside Space.” Peter trained at Boston University, Actor’s Workshop of Boston and in NYC at HB Studio. THEONI V. ALDREDGE (Original Costume Design) Select Broadway credits: Sweet Bird of Youth, Who’s Afraid of Virgina Woolf?, Anyone Can Whistle, A Chorus Line, The Threepenny Opera, Annie (Tony Award), Barnum (Tony Award), 42nd Street, Dreamgirls, La Cage aux Folles (Tony Award) and Gypsy. Film credits: The Mirror Has Two Faces, The First Wives Club, Addams Family Values, Moonstruck, Network, The Rose and The Great Gatsby (Academy Award). Honors include the NYC Liberty Medal, Costume Guild Career Achievment Award, Theatre Hall of Fame (1986). For more than 20 years, Ms. Aldredge was the principal designer for NYSF. MICHAEL MCDONALD (Costume Adaptation) Broadway & London West End: Hair (Tony, Drama Desk and Hewes Award nominations). The Public: Hair (Delacorte Theater). Off-Broadway: STRAIGHT (Theater Row), The Irish Curse (Soho Rep), A Perfect Future (Cherry Lane Theater), Jericho (59E59), Almost Home (The Directors Co.), Amahl and the Night Visitors (Lincoln Center). Regional: La Cage Aux Folles (Goodspeed); Sex With Strangers, God of Carnage, [title of show], Mama’s Boy (George Street Playhouse); Take Me Out (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); Johnny Baseball, (American Repertory Theater); All The Way, The Great Society, Peter and the 22
Starcatcher, Dirty Blonde, Spring Awakening, Omnium Gatherum and Crowns (Zachary Scott Theatre). Oklahoma! and West Side Story (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival). Red (Cape Playhouse) Design Faculty: Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. CHARLIE MORRISON (Lighting Design) National/international tours: Disney’s The Little Mermaid, A Christmas Story, The Musical, Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas: The Musical (NYC, Grand Ole Opry, US Tour), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Miss Saigon, Aida (U.S. and Asia Tours), The Producers, Man of La Mancha, Guys and Dolls, Groovaloo (N.Y.C., L.A., U.S. Tour), Hello, Dolly!, My Fair Lady, The King and I (U.S. and Korea), Spelling Bee, Gypsy, 42nd Street (U.S. and Japan), Smokey Joe’s Café, The Who’s Tommy (Europe and Japan), Titanic, The Music Man and many others. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Guthrie Theater, Shakespeare Theatre Company (D.C.), Goodspeed Musicals, Seattle Repertory, Seattle 5th Avenue, Sacramento Music Circus, Theatre Under the Stars, Dallas Summer Musicals, Kansas City Starlight, Pittsburgh CLO, George Street Playhouse, North Carolina Theatre, PlayMakers Repertory, Tulsa Opera and many others. Charlie is the recipient of two Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design. www.cmlighting.com. STEVE ROGERS (Sound Design) Doing audio both design and mixing for over 25 years. Has been head sound on many Broadway tours including Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Beauty & the Beast, Lion King, Mary Poppins, War Horse and Motown the Musical. PATRICK VACCARIELLO (Musical Supervisor) was the Conductor for the 40th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Recently, Patrick has just returned from an arena tour throughout Australia music directing Hugh Jackman. He has supervised and conducted the Tony Awards for the past four seasons. He is currently the Music Coordinator for the touring Broadway musical, On Your Feet. Broadway: Music Director/ Arranger for Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway, On Your Feet, West Side Story, Come Fly Away,
WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST Lend Me A Tenor, Gypsy (both Patti LuPone and Bernadette Peters), La Cage aux Folles, The Boy From Oz, Cabaret, Dance of the Vampires, Jesus Christ Superstar, Victor/Victoria, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Cats and Take Me Along. West End: A Chorus Line. Worldwide: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. Patrick has performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Kansas City Symphony and conducted at Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, City Center, Steppenwolf Theatre, the Kennedy Center and the Great Hall of the People (Beijing). A graduate of the Hartt School of Music, Patrick received its Distinguished Alumni Award in 2010. MATTHEW LOWY (Musical Director/ Orchestrations) Nat’l Tours: 42nd Street (Music Director), Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (Key 1), My Fair Lady (China tour, Assoc. MD). Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse: New Voices Summer Conservatory (2010arranger, music director, 2016 conductor). As a composer, Matt premiered How Christmas Feels, an original musical commissioned by the C.I.C. Theater Company in Boston. In 2016 Matt’s first original musical, Fallen Skies, premiered at the New York International Fringe Festival, winning the Overall Excellence Award in music composition. Proud B.M. in Music Composition from The Boston Conservatory. mattlowymusic.com ALISON FRANCK (Casting Director) (CSA) has been a casting director in NYC for over 20 years. She started as an assistant for many Broadway Productions, then she worked in film/ TV for several years, then from 2000-2010, she was the Resident Casting Director at Paper Mill Playhouse. In 2011 she joined the team at Liz Lewis Casting Partners, where she cast commercials, voice overs, film/TV and theatre. Alison now runs her own company, Franck Casting, where she is currently casting several tours of well known musicals including A Christmas Story, the Musical!, A Chorus Line, Legally Blonde & Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas. WENDY J. CONNOR (Press and Marketing) Wendy is President of TRUE Marketing a full-service 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 boasting 7000 square feet of impeccably furnish ed décor featuring modern art, innovative LED lighting and a stateof-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. DON S. GILMORE (Technical Supervisor) 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. Las Vegas: Mt Franco – Magic Reinvented Nightly, Puppet Up! Uncensored, Paul Zerdin – Mouthing Off, Frankie Moreno. Other: 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. BIG LEAGUE PRODUCTIONS/DANIEL SHER (Executive Producer) Led by Daniel Sher as President and Executive Producer, Big League has been an industry leader for 29 seasons in general managing and booking top Broadway musicals and special attractions for tours throughout North America and worldwide. Among Big League’s significant achievements were its collaborations with Disney Theatricals on Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida (North America, Taiwan and China) and with Cameron 23
WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST Mackintosh on a new production of Miss Saigon which toured North America 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 Susan’s Stroman’s new production of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man. Others: Footloose (Las Vegas, Atlantic City, North American tour), Titanic, 1776, Peter Pan, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum starring Rip Taylor, and Blast!. Big League’s The Who’s Tommy was seen throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Japan. Other past noteworthy: 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: The Producers (Susan Stroman’s original direction and choreography), Hello, Dolly! starring Sally Struthers, Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady (US Tour and historical China premiere), original hip-hop dance show Groovaloo (Off-Broadway), Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical (annual National Tour, 2012/2014 at Madison Square Garden), Dreamgirls (US and Japan), Hair (US and Japan), and Bring it On (US and Japan). In 2018, Big League will premiere its new production of Legally Blonde - The Musical in China and Singapore. The booking department at Big League is helmed by legendary booking agent John Starr who helped launch the company 29 years ago.
STAFF FOR A CHORUS LINE STAFF FOR A CHORUS LINE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Daniel Sher GENERAL MANAGER Big League Productions, Inc. Gina Willens COMPANY MANAGER Gina Willens TOUR BOOKING John Starr jstarr@bigleague.org TOUR PRESS & MARKETING TRUE Marketing Wendy J. Connor Donna Fiegel CASTING Alison Franck, CSA TECHNICAL SUPERVISION Don S. Gilmore BROADCAST ADVERTISING TV & RADIO Frank Basile/Fresh Produce Productions PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR . . Kevin Brannick Associate Lighting Designer. . . . . Andrew Scharwath Associate Costume Designer . . . . Matthew Solomon Carpenter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Maybury Head Electrician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Kohn Assistant Electrician. . . . . . . . . . Delaney McCowen Assistant Electrician. . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Hammond Head Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . Norman “Boomer” Bardo Assistant Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Collin Caston Head Wardrobe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melissa Payte
Assistant Stage Manager. . . . . . . . . . Andrew Winans Rehearsal Stage Manager. . . . . . . . . Hollis Duggans Assistant Company Manager. . . . . . Andrew Winans Assistant Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cassey Kivnick Assistant Choreographer. . . . . . . . . Francine Espiritu For Big League Productions, Inc. Legal Counsel for BLP, Inc. . . . . . . Nan Bases, Esq. Associate General Manager. . . . . . . Shawn Thibault 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . Road Rebel Program Creation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shawn Thibault 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.
CREDITS Lighting Provided by 4Wall Entertainment, Inc. Sound Provided by Masque Sound Sets Provided by Gateway Playhouse The Producers wish to thank Goodspeed Musicals Costume Collection and Rental for its assistance in this production. Tights and Dance Belts by Capezio
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