MARQUEE December 17-22, 2019
Dear Friends, Happy holidays! No matter the holiday you celebrate this month, December is a special time of year for many faiths and nationalities. It is also an extremely hectic month for most of us. I am thankful that in the middle of this busy time, you have chosen to spend an evening (or an afternoon) with us here at the Orpheum. Hello, Dolly! is certain to take the edge off whatever else you may have going on right now. At least for a couple of hours, anyway. That is the magic of live theatre. It transports us out of our day-to-day routine. It lifts our spirits and our thoughts to a new plane. It brings us joy. Live theatre makes our quality of life better! All of us at the Orpheum are pleased we can provide live theatre to the Mid-South throughout the year, but especially during this special month. You are about to see one of my favorite ‘classic’ musicals. Based upon the stage play The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder, which was itself rewritten from Wilder’s earlier work The Merchant of Yonkers, which was derived from the Johann Nestroy farce Einen Jux will er sich machen (He Will Go on a Spree or He’ll Have Himself a Good Time), which was a retelling of the 1835 British play A Day Well Spent by John Oxenford, Hello, Dolly! has thrilled audiences around the world since 1964. Many wonderful actresses have played Dolly Levi through the years, perhaps none more iconic than Carol Channing, the original Dolly. Ms. Channing even toured to Memphis with the show a number of years ago. This particular production opened in New York in 2017 with Bette Midler in the title role. It won that year’s Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical (and counted my personal vote among its winning total). The production launched its national tour last season with Betty Buckley portraying Dolly Levi. Now, we are extremely excited to bring it to Memphis with the incomparable Carolee Carmello. As you enjoy the show today, please take a moment to consider how close to your heart you hold the Orpheum Theatre. As you make your year-end giving plans, I ask you to keep the Orpheum in your thoughts. Consider Naming-a-Seat as a holiday gift this year. Make a cash donation to support our many education programs. Support our On Stage at the Halloran Centre series with a sponsorship. We appreciate all gifts, large and small, as they allow us to continue to bring the best of Broadway to Memphis and keep the Orpheum shining bright. I hope each of you have the happiest holiday season. I wish you peace and love as we welcome 2020. I thank you for being a fan of live theatre and supporting the Orpheum Theatre Group. Enjoy Hello, Dolly!
Brett Batterson President & CEO Orpheum Theatre Group
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SUSAN MARSHALL + REBA RUSSELL January 10, 2020
SUZY BOGGUSS February 15, 2020
SWEET LIZZY PROJECT February 29, 2020
FAREWELL ANGELINA March 14, 2020
OTIS REDDING III April 11, 2020
ALISON BROWN April 18, 2020
GIVE ‘EM HELL, HARRY! January 18, 2020
THAT GOLDEN GIRLS SHOW! A Puppet Parody March 28, 2020
Mark and his musical guests take audiences on a journey behind the music, sharing personal stories and introducing exciting new works in the casual, cozy setting of the Halloran Centre Lounge. Each innovative, immersive Songwriter Series performance will feature three of Memphis’ own seasoned musicians. February 27, 2020 March 26, 2020 April 23, 2020 Media Partner:
Thank you to: MEMPHIS SONGWRITERS ASSOCIATION SOUTH MAIN SOUNDS & MARK PARSELL
In the elegant and intimate setting of downtown Memphis’ Halloran Centre, Memphis Symphony Orchestra Music Director Robert Moody unlocks the musical genius of Beethoven, takes audiences to the “Crossroads,” where Delta Blues Robert Johnson and Igor Stravinsky meet, and then deconstructs the full historical arc of music from the Gregorian Chant to music of great 21st century composers. Spend an evening at the Halloran Centre experiencing live orchestral music with a unique twist only Robert Moody can provide! Have a cocktail, bring your friends, and immerse yourself in an auditory journey. January 31, 2020 • March 6, 2020
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DONOR SPOTLIGHT
SCOTT HENNESSY A performing arts lover, generous donor, passionate board member, community activist, and huge fan of Hello, Dolly!, Scott has been an integral part of the Orpheum Theatre Group’s growth for the last eight years. Theatre has been part of your life since the beginning. Tell us about it. I grew up in the Northeast, so going to New York City with my family to see Broadway shows was a normal part of growing up for me. I went to a large high school and every single student there was encouraged to participate in the school musical. It didn’t matter if you were a sports guy or played in the band, everyone pitched in to the show, onstage or backstage. I was the lead character in The Music Man and West Side Story. Theatre was a big part of the high school experience for everyone at my school. And you’ve continued to support the theatre since moving to Memphis. Well I moved to Memphis for work in 1994 and coming from the Northeast, growing up with Broadway, I was just blown away by the Orpheum. I was used to seeing theatres thrive in Philadelphia and New York City, but it was incredible to see such a robust organization right here in Memphis. The Orpheum does so much for the community – far more than just Broadway. Exposing thousands of kids to the arts, instilling self-confidence, and even reaching unique populations through Mending Hearts and Camp SAY. The access we’re providing is growing rapidly and Memphis students need that engagement with the arts. Arts education is a great investment and something I’m passionate about supporting.
York City and it was just incredible. It felt like the longest day of our lives, about 15 hours. We saw My Fair Lady and The Iceman Cometh starring Denzel Washington, sat in on chat-backs with Broadway actors and directors, and had lunch and dinner all together. It was a glimpse into this huge operation that so many different people throughout the country make happen – a totally unique experience. What are you most excited about as we get closer to our 100th birthday? So many great things! As we expand our reach, we are taking a much more active, engaging role in the city. The Orpheum is an important space for arts education in the region. And everyone I know has such a positive experience at the Orpheum. It makes Memphis a better place to live and to raise a family.
Tell us about your Tony Voter for a Day experience! In 2017, I won the Tony Voter for a Day trip at the annual auction, so I went with the Orpheum team and Brett to New
The Orpheum Theatre Group, a non-profit organization, relies on the generosity of our donors. For more information on how you can support, visit Orpheum-Memphis.com/Give
We gratefully acknowledge the contributions made in honor or memory of the following MEMORIALS
HONORARIUMS
David Fargotstein
Andy and Joanie Taylor
by Margaret & Shep Fargotstein
by Charles & Meg Gerber
Jim Wooldridge
John Reese Richey
by Donna Peer Wooldridge
Carolyn Ouille Nelson by Matthew Nelson, Deborah Cothern, John Palermo, Brittany Massey, and Mr. & Mrs. Chris Ouille
Clarence R. Gearhart by Karen Rousseau
Jerry Bower by Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Harris by Annie, Paxton, Robin, Kyle, and Jack Griffin by Haley’s SMS Crew by Jack and Kathleen Blair by Sally Penn
by Mel and Bud Richey
Carole Conner by Jane Conner
Judy and Phoebe Dixon by Muffin Dixon
Donna Clement by Dr. Thomas Schroeppel and Paige Clement
Vicki Spencer by Dr. Thomas Schroeppel and Paige Clement
ENTERTAIN. EDUCATE. ENLIGHTEN. The mission of the Orpheum Theatre Group is to enhance the communities we serve by utilizing the performing arts to entertain, educate, and enlighten while preserving the historic Orpheum Theatre and the Halloran Centre for Performing Arts & Education. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit, we rely on your contributions to keep the sparkle in our chandeliers and the glimmer in our gold leaf. Your generosity helps us take students on learning adventures, provides professional development workshops for local educators, and makes the arts accessible to all Mid-South families.
Learn more at Orpheum-Memphis.com/GiveÂ
THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS A round of applause to the following individuals, foundations, and businesses for their generous support of the Orpheum Theatre Group. 100,000+ RJD Fund The Mustang Fund The Plough Foundation $40,000 -$99,999 Arts Memphis Horseshoe Tunica Memphis Area Honda Dealers nexAir Sedgwick SunTrust Bank $25,000 - $39,999 Evolve Bank & Trust Farris Bobango PLC FedEx Robin & Billy Orgel Cheryl & Bill Stegbauer Ticketmaster LLC $10,000-$24,999 Anonymous Anonymous Armstrong Relocation Bank of America Dean Film & Video, LLC MMF Consulting Karen Fields-Isaacman & Ken Isaacman First Horizon Bank First Horizon Foundation ArtsFirst Kirby & Glenn Floyd Fogelman Properties Rick & Kim Fogelman Keri and Doug Gage Gant Systems Gerber/Taylor Capital Advisors Greenway Home Services Helena Agri-Enterprises Carol & Scott Hennessy Suzanne & Bill Landers Necy & Ben Livingston Orion Federal Credit Union Pickler Wealth Advisors PNC Bank Ring Container Technologies Roadshow BMW MINI Bryan & Leslie Settle Pat & Ron Solberg South Arts, Inc. in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts Swain Wealth Partners Tennessee Arts Commission Waddell and Associates The Whitaker Family Gina & Jim Wiertelak Winston Wolfe $5,000-$9,999 AutoZone Anonymous Veronica & Brett Batterson The Crews Family Foundation Charles & Meg Gerber Mr. and Mrs. James Gilliland, Jr. Whit Greenway & Linda Sena The Hankins Family David Hoback Joey & Kelly House The Crump Firm Amy and Alex Knight
Moore Management LLC Wendy & Matthew McCrory Kevin & Melissa McEniry Northwestern Mutual Foundation Nike Parkway Parking Solutions Jerry & Nina Patton Susie & Kirk Peters Realty Capital Management, LLC Craig & Emily Shaw Dr. Paula Spence-Evans The Terral Family The Barnett Group The Lyons Group of Raymond James True Temper Sports, Inc. Lura & Steve Turner Ann & Jim Vining The Walker Family Woodyard Realty $2,500-$4,999 Patty & George Alvord Anise and Ron Belz Anne Wulff & Brian Bendersky Brag Silver Screen on Air Debbie & Homer Branan Shannon and Beryl Brown Christ Methodist Day School John and Lynette Cibelli Dr. George & Nancy Cook Kim & Robert Cox Cindy Cromwell Cushion Employer Services, Corp. Ted & Jan Donaldson FirstSouth Financial Gannett Foundation Jim & Lucia Gilliland Dr. & Mrs. Barry Gilmore Tymikia & Nicholas Glenn Glassman, Wyatt, Tuttle & Cox, P.C. Gould’s Academy Gould’s Salon/Spas Anne & Pat Halloran The Hand Family Kroger Lauren, Linda, & Rande Lazar Joanie & Michael Lightman, Sr. Lipscomb & Pitts Insurance Paulette & Paul Luker Greg & Meredith Martin The Majestic Grille Lori Patton Monifa Polite-Schill Lanny Poteet Dr. Thomas J. Schroeppel & Paige Clement Brian and Brooke Sparks Scott Jones & Bonnie Walker Ron and Marianne Walter Julia Williams Paige and Shad Williams $1,000-$2,499 Kevin and Sara Adams Elizabeth & Bo Allen American Guild of Organists Memphis Chapter Annette & Andy Dean Anonymous Vincent Astor Wanda & John Barzizza Dr. and Mrs. Neal Beckford Scott & Rachel Bendure Stevan Black
Jack & Kathleen Blair John & Lisa Bobango Lydia Bors-Koefoed Penny Bower Doug Browne Ricky & Florence Busey Dr. Noelle Chaddock Nancy A. Chase Mandy & Chirag Chauhan Leslie Cooper Dr. Sam J. Cox, III Scott & Kay Dawson Happy & Babs Deas Johnathan Park Dodge Mr. & Mrs. Michael Edwards Craig and Bonita Esrael Sandy Finerson Mr. and Mrs. Harry Flowers FOTO Jennifer Futch Dana & Tom Giel Dr. Jason Gordon Philip Gould Janice and Daniel Green Grinder, Taber & Grinder, Inc. Sue & Frank Guarino Cille Hale Dr. Randy and Ellen Holcomb Will and Hayley Hudson Johnny & Connie Jackson Mr. & Mrs. John Paul Jones Joanna & Jason Landrum Jayme Laser Harry W. Laughlin, III Suzanne Lazarov Mr. Todd and Dr. SuzAnne Liddell Mary Lomas John Lynn Kim and Mark Mathews Robert G. & Paula P. McEniry Neil Gibson & Lisa Menuskin Diane Vescovo & Michael McLaren Natalie & Jim Meeks Nancy H. Miller Cindy and Marlin Mosby Keith & Alicia Norman Tim Owen and Dustin Cann Michael Pera Beth & David Pickler Dottie & Louis Pounders Tony & Tracie Powers Angela Ralph Mr. & Mrs. William R. Reed, Jr. Randa Rosenblum Carmine A. Ruggiero and David van Isaks Phillip Schaefgen Gail & Karl Schledwitz Don Scobey George and Susan Simmons Gary Smith Jeffrey B. Smith Nancy Welsh Smith Mr. Ham Smythe III Jack and Leighanne Soden Sonic Properties of Memphis Jill & Kenneth Steinberg Mr. McNeil Stringer Brian & Kate Sullivan Amy Thiessen Darrell and Latina Thomas Bonnie & David Thornton Tracy and Jon Trotter
For more information on how to support the Orpheum Theatre Group, please call (901) 529-4280. Scott Barnes & Shane Waldroup Watkin Uniberall, PLLC Danny & Saralyn Weiss Anne & Jim West Justin White Kimberlee & Byrne Whitehead Gay & Mike Williams Camilla Wilson Jordan Wise Linda & Bill Woodmansee $500-$999 Charles Abbott Iris & Joseph Albright Johnnie & Rex Amonette Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Batson Ralph & Sue Berry Dr. Hays & Judy Brantley Mr. and Mrs. William Capooth Cheryl Diane Carter Brett & Nicole Clothier Harry & Bette Colter Sam & Barbara Creekmore William & Vicki Deweese Amy, Maggie & Floyd Dixon William Duncan Dr. and Mrs. Tony Eldridge Elvis Presley Enterprises Russell and Sarah Farley Sharon Green Joseph Heinz Charles & Laurie Herzog Robert Hetherington Annette & Jerry Hosier Tanya & James Howell Jennifer Jeffers Melissa Kath Drs. Derek & Hallie Kelly Kennedy Center Deb and Samuel Lewis Jennifer, Camille, and June Marksberry Jennifer McGrath Doug & Lynne Morgan Mr. & Mrs. Bob Nance, III Holmes Pettey, INC. Van Phillips Dr. Thomas Ratliff Daniel and Shahd Ryan Jack & Jan Scharff Carey Slocum Susan Smith and Family Southeastern Coatings Inc. Elizabeth Stewart Alex Barton and Christina Torres Zachary Thomas Kirk Towater Rachel Weatherly Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffee, P.C. $100-$499 James and Lorraine Abruzzo Patricia G. Allen Mr. & Mrs. Mark Anderson Tom Anderson Anonymous Dr. & Mrs. Philip Aronoff Andy Balaity David Bartlett Scott & Amy Beatty Hal Beckham Drs. Leon Bedwell and Kim Huch Doug Bennett Ken & Deborah Bennett Nicole Bichelman Carmen Bond Binka Bone
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Bonnema Mary and Charlie Booker Gay Daughdrill Boyd Anthony A. & Delois S. Brown Laura Butler Susan & Rice Byars Don Campbell Robin P. Cocke Dabney Coors Diane Copley Jerry & Phoebe Corder Kimberly Coryat Zachary & Janet Cox Sarah F. Crain Jeff Crump Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Davis Mary Jane Davis Samantha & Charles Dean Erin Dempsey Dixon Family Muffin Dixon Donna DiPaolo Dr. Earle Donelson & Ms. Ruthie Lentz Jim Dorman JJ & Dick Doughtie Ms. Regina Duberstein Cedric and Rebecca Dupuy Jackie Edwards Steve & Laura Edwards Jerry and Ann Ellis Carla Fahhoum Margaret & Shep Fargotstein Kathryn Feinstone Richard & Melanie Fine Gavion Kimberly Georgi John Glynn Marsha & David Goberish Glendora Greenway Jennifer Hagerman Rob & Mary Hansom Becky Harrington The Hauber Foundation Kendall Hennessy Charles & Laurie Herzog Deborah Hester Mr. & Mrs. Bliss Y. Hicky Scott Higgins Brandon & Amber Hollie Faydette Holmquist Katharine Huffman John & Dwana Huffstutter John and Nancy Iovinelli C. Lauren Jones Elise Jordan Mike & Joy Karel Lukasz and Jillian Krahel Elaine Krueger Kevin Kimberly & Geoffrey Maddox Grover Kinney Lloyd & Ann Kirkland Martin & Janie Kocman Janette “JJ” & Bobby Krauch Art & Susan Kunkle Robert Lanier Harry W. Laughlin Pam & Bill Lawhead Mr. & Mrs. Sam Lipe George & Elizabeth Lofton Barbara E. Logan Ed Lomenick Anna Lucas Tobin Maginnis Julie & Steve Maroda Craig & Karen Marshall Barbara McConville
Judith McGuire MedTronic Karen Meeks Mimi & Robert Mehrle Debbie & Stephen Meyer Vanessa and Greg Miller Corbi Milligan John and Judith Minton Judy & Larry Moss Walter Morris Jim Moton John and Nancy Nanney Cynthia Nash and Angela Cabera Matthew Nelson Victor and Cybel Norlund Robert Owens Salil Parikh Lauren Patterson Rochelle & Frank Perlman Rosetta Peterson Kate Pera Mrs. Frank Pierce Charles & Carole Plesofsky Tanya Reddell Matt and Donna Reed Sandra Reed Beth and Kerry Regen Rebecca Regen Mel and Bud Richey Dawn & Lee Roberts Maggie Robertson James N. Robinson David Rodgers Rose & David Ross Jim & Margie Russell Ginger Sain John Sandefur Dr. and Mrs. Alan Schaeffer Nancy & James Segars Stephen & Rachel Shankman Dr. Mark & Pat Smith The Sorce Family Rose Spears Lois Stewart-Wiebe S. A. Storgion Mary Katherine Stout Mary H. Taylor Paul & Phyllis Taylor Sabrina Taylor Brad Thompson Dr. David A. Tipton Charles S. Trammell Blanchard Tual Stephen Valadie Mr. and Mrs. Joe Neil VanCleve The Wadsworth Family Kiersten Watkins Billy and Deana Weeks Jason & April Wellikoff Ducan Wharff Melinda White Richard Wiseman Donna Peer Wooldridge Betsy and Ed Pat Wright Ziad & Nada Younes Neal Zamore Pamela and Terry Zubrod In-Kind Donors Memphis Funeral Home Chick-fil-A Memphis Audio Justin Fox Burks LSI Graphics
Donations received between December 5, 2018 - December 3, 2019 The Orpheum Theatre Group would also like to thank those individuals in the VIP/Gold Circle seating areas who contribute as part of their season ticket purchase.
the club of Lawson and Marcia Albritton David L. Allen Harriet Allen Bruce Alpert Patty and George Alvord Donald and Susan Angel Nancy and Neil Arnold Dennis and Emily Baer Jenny and Lawrence E. Baer Linda and Steve Baggett John and Rebecca Bakke Grant and Mary Ruth Bales Bruce and Cindy Barney Linda M. Barrett Marsha Barrom John and Wanda Barzizza Vickie Baselski Ann T. Baxter Charles Bedwell Drs. Leon Bedwell and Kim Huch Robby Bellamy Marilyn and Jack Belz Anise and Ron Belz Anne Wulff and Brian Bendersky Cheryl R. Bensky Sheila C. Bentley Stanley Bilsky Richard D. Blalack Benard Blasingame Jay and Kelly Bobo Percy R. Boggan Jr. Deanna and Antonio Bologna Jeffrey L. Bronze Donna and Barry G. Bouchillon Penny and Jerry Bower Patricia and Charles Brand Ray Brandon Denby Brandon III J. Allen Brasfield Jr. Jerry Brasher Philip Breazeale Patricia Brigance Robert H. Buckman Becky and Andy Burkeen Johnny Burns Jr. Tony Burriss Linda Busby Kathy Campbell Dee Cannell Joyce A. Carter
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Richard Carver Dr. Nancy A. Chase Michael L. and Roberta Christensen Rachel Claiborne Gregg A. Coats and Mark Harris Robin P. Cocke Dr. Marc A. Cohen Shirley Connealy Mike Conway Dr. and Mrs. George A. Cook Jennifer Cook Arie J. Cooper Harriett Crews A. B. Crofford Pat Crouse Larry Crum Mr. and Mrs. John Hall Dalton Miriam and Bernard Danzig Doris I. Davis Mark D. Dessem Vicki and Bill Deweese Carlton and Rhonda Dixon Jan and Ted Donaldson Jim Dorman Michael Dragutsky Ms. Regina Duberstein Elizabeth Durham Gail and Alex Duron Gerald and Lynn Eisenstatt Jerry and Ann Ellis Graves Enck Robert Ervin Glenn Everton Kathleen Fatolahi Carol A. Feather Dan and Judith Felkner Robert and Brenda Ferralasco Dr. and Mrs. William Fesmire James Fickle Craig Fienup Kent D. Fisher Holly Fleming George Flinn Jr. Lassie and Harry Flowers Houston L. Freeburg Flo and Richard Gadomski Steve Galella Gerald and Linda Geddes Mary Ellen Gehring Dave and Pat Gesell
Wilma and William R. Gibbs Bettye Gibson Robert Gilbert Greg and Beth Gillaspie Bobbi and Jerry Gillis Howard and Nannette Gish Richard Glassman Carole Goddard Kathy S. Goldate Kathy Gomes William Gotten Philip Gould Margaret Gray E. Dianne Greenhill Mimi Grossman Sue and Frank Guarino John Gyetvay Cindy and Everett Hailey Rommy Hammond Jerry and Carol Harber Larry J. Hardy Barbara Harrington John J. Harris Leslie Y. Hays Jane S. Hester Leslie Heun Key Linda and Cheryl Hill Susan and David Hoback Rebecca Hogan Randy and Ellen Holcomb Brenda G. Holmes Faydette Holmquist Donna Holton Gene and Kathy Horner Dr. Lawrence and Anita Hsia John and Nancy Iovinelli Allen and Jeri Israel Theresa P. Jacques Steve and Pam Johnson Larry W. Johnson Horace Jones Charles and Penny Jones Robert and Laura Keeton Rosalind Kimmelman Michael King Carla Kirkland Lloyd Kirkland Frances Kitterman Arlene Kleiman Russell Knox
The Orpheum Theatre Group would like to recognize the following Season Ticket Holders who have subscribed to the Orpheum’s Broadway Series every year for the past 20 or more years! These dedicated subscribers are the core of our annual patrons and allow us to continue to bring the best of Broadway to Memphis year after year. Please join the Orpheum in thanking the members of THE CLUB OF 20 for their loyalty and enthusiasm for our historic theatre.
Janice Knecht Kolb Dr. Roger Labonte Elizabeth Landers Sharon S. Langley Rachel Laughlin Dr. Edward H. Lazar Lauren, Linda, and Rande Lazar Suzanne Lazarov Barney and Jan Lee Patrice Lenahan Elaine and David Levine Mark Lindsey Mathew Lipscomb III John and Mary K. Logan Diane Long Jeffrey H. Lowrey M.D. Robert and Heather Lundy Mark Luttrell John and Bettye Claire Lynn Tobin Maginnis Sandra Marbry Sammy A. Marshall Craig Marshall Pat and Linda Martindale Pat and Louis Masur III Janice McAfee Thomas R. McCalla Bill McCann Mrs. Paul McCutchen Keith McDaniel Suzanne McDonald Joseph and Nancy McGarry Michael McGee Margaret McKee Denice and Jim McMahon Jean Mercer and Breen Bland James and Kathy Meredith Maxine Middlecoff Pam Montesi Dolores M. Morganti Marlin L. Mosby Sandy Moss and Lynette Maw Judy Moss Ginny Mount William Seldon Murray Mr. and Mrs. Bob Nance Cyndie Nash and Angie Cabrera Vicki Noble
Robert C. Owens Joy J. Ozbirn J. T. and Connie Page Judith G. Parker Karen Parker Martha Parker Rodney Parks Nina and Jerry Patton Jim Paulsen Frank and Rochelle Perlman David and Beth Pickler Charles and Carole Plesofsky Chuck and Robin Porter Brenda and Terry Poteet Sara Power Bonida and Brian Poynor Ron Privette Eddie and Sally Ramsey Karen Richmond John Rimmer Dee Dee Rives Meryl Rosen Susan Ross Carmine Ruggiero and David van Isaks Louis A. Sampson Philip Schaefgen Jack Scharff Jr. Eric and Constance Scott Carolyn B. Sechrest Robbie, Sally and Carey Segal Nancy and James Segars Sidney Seligstein Rachel and Stephen B. Shankman Debra Shirley Jim Shoemaker David Simpson Marye Lee Sims Rogers Smith Bethany Smith and Joe Larkins Jack Soden Rita T. Sparks Townsend Sparks Dr. Paula Spence-Evans Leslie Spengler J. W. Stafford Jr. William and Cheryl Stegbauer Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert Stein Elizabeth Stewart
Charles and Mary Stewart James F. Swindle Teresa and Andrew Taylor Susan Thompson Bonnie and David Thornton Kathy C. Thurmond-Edwards Charles S. Tipton Dr. David A. Tipton Danny L. Todd Virginia F. Trenham Tommy Trout Ronald Underberg Rita and Bob Vasilyev Jennifer Beggs Vescovo Louis Vescovo Dianna Voyles Hazel Waggener Ceil Walker Janice Wall Lee Wardlaw James C. and Ann Warner Charles Warner John and Betty Weiman Danny Weiss Peggy and James White Jr. Gil and Karen Whitlock Kay Whittington Emelda L. Williams Thomas A. Williams Michael C. and Gay Williams Jane C. Williamson Les and Nancy Willingham Jim and Mary Wirski William and Sandy Wolfe Cheryl Wood Linda and Bill Woodmansee Joanne H. Woody and Jo Ann Owen Mr. and Mrs. James B. Wooldridge Sr. Larry Wright Terri Wright Elizabeth R. Wright Linda Yates Robin Yates Harry and Karan Zepatos Bennett Zinn Pam and Terry Zubrod
If you would like to change the way your name is recognized or if you qualify for The Club of 20 but have been inadvertently omitted from this list, please call (901) 525-3000 so we may correct our oversight.
Orpheum Theatre Group BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chair............................................................................................................................... Philip Gould Past Chair......................................................................................................................Robert Cox Treasurer................................................................................................................... Bill Stegbauer Secretary............................................................................................................. Robert DelPriore
Bo Allen President First Horizon Bank
Scott Bendure Managing Director, Senior VP SunTrust Bank
George Alvord
KaShaundra L. Atkinson
Brett Batterson
Dr. Neal S. Beckford
CEO AEGCorp
President & COO Grove Park Dental Group
President & CEO Orpheum Theatre Group
ENT/Head and Neck Surgery UT Otolaryngology
Debbie Branan
Shannon A. Brown
John Bobango Chief Manager/Partner Farris Bobango PLC
Ricky Busey
Chirag Chauhan
Vice President of Human Resources Caesars Entertainment
Partner/Director of Finance The Barnett Group
Rick Fogelman
Terri Lee Freeman
President & CEO Fogelman Properties
President National Civil Rights Museum
Owner/Attorney Branan Law Firm
Robert Cox
Senior Vice President FedEx Express
Robert DelPriore
Doug Browne President Peabody Hotels & Resorts
Craig Esrael
Shareholder Glassman, Wyatt, Tuttle, & Cox, PC
Executive Vice President MAA
President/CEO First South Financial
Keri Gage
Jim Gilliland, Jr.
Karen Fields-Isaacman
Senior Vice President UBS
Principal Diversified Trust
Co-Chair Armstrong Relocation
Philip Gould
Scott Hennessy
Joey House
C. Suzanne Landers
Global Financial ControllerManaging Director Sedgwick
Senior Lawyer The Landers Firm
President Gould’s Salon/Spas
Chairman True Temper Sports, Inc. (retired)
Kevin McEniry
Jim E. Meeks Jr.
Dr. Keith Norman
Managing Partner Northwestern Mutual
Robin Orgel
Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church; VP, Government Relations Baptist Memorial Healthcare
Community Volunteer
CEO nexAir
David Pickler
Dorothy J. Pounders
Karl Schledwitz
Owner Pickler Wealth Advisors
Attorney at Law
Chairman & CEO Monogram Foods
Bill Stegbauer Local Business Owner
Brian Sullivan Principal/CEO Sullivan Branding
Lura Turner President Turner Marketing
PAST CHAIRS COUNCIL George Alvord Anise Belz Jack Blair Tony Bologna Jerry Bower Henry Brenner
Robert Cox Karen Fields-Isaacman Lucia Gilliland Mason Granger Allen Israel C. Suzanne Landers
Rande Lazar Ann McRae Mike Pera Jack Soden Andy Taylor Mike Williams
SCOTT RUDIN ROY FURMAN JAMES L. NEDERLANDER ELI BUSH UNIVERSAL THEATRICAL GROUP ROGER BERLIND WILLIAM BERLIND JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION LEN BLAVATNIK PETER MAY THE ARACA GROUP INDEPENDENT PRESENTERS NETWORK JAY ALIX & UNA JACKMAN SCOTT M. DELMAN STEPHANIE P. M c CLELLAND AL NOCCIOLINO WENDY FEDERMAN & HENI KOENIGSBERG PATTY BAKER & GOOD PRODUCTIONS BENJAMIN LOWY ERIC CORNELL & JACK SENNOTT EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
JOEY PARNES
SUE WAGNER
JOHN JOHNSON
PRESENT
CAROLEE CARMELLO HELLO, DOLLY! IN
ALSO STARRING
JOHN BOLTON BASED ON THE PLAY “THE MATCHMAKER” BY
THORNTON WILDER
BOOK BY
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY
MICHAEL STEWART JERRY HERMAN ORIGINALLY PRODUCED ON THE NEW YORK STAGE BY
DAVID MERRICK
FEATURING
DANIEL BEEMAN ANALISA LEAMING
SEAN BURNS CHELSEA CREE GROEN COLIN Le MOINE LAURA SKY HERMAN JANE BROCKMAN BLAKE HAMMOND COLIN BRADBURY ALEC COHEN JULIAN D e GUZMAN KAREN ELLIOTT CHRISTOPHER FAISON JENNY HICKMAN LAURA IRION MADISON JOHNSON JULIE KAVANAGH NATHAN KEEN BEN LANHAM MARTY LAUTER IAN LIBERTO HILLARY PORTER STEFFANY PRATT KYLE SAMUEL LIZ SCHMITZ SCOTT SHEDENHELM TIMOTHY SHEW CASSIE AUSTIN TAYLOR CAYEL TREGEAGLE DAVIS WAYNE BRANDON L. WHITMORE SCENIC AND COSTUME DESIGN
SANTO LOQUASTO ORCHESTRATIONS
LARRY HOCHMAN VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS
DON PIPPIN
DANCE ARRANGEMENTS
HAIR, WIGS & MAKE UP DESIGN
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER
BRIAN J. L’ECUYER
MUSIC DIRECTOR
BEN WHITELEY
MUSIC SUPERVISION
ANDY EINHORN
SEYMOUR RED PRESS
CASTING
TELSEY + COMPANY
NATIONAL PRESS REPRESENTATIVE
DKC/O&M
TOUR BOOKING AGENCY
SCOTT LEHRER
MUSIC COORDINATOR
DAVID CHASE
CAMPBELL YOUNG ASSOCIATES
SOUND DESIGN
LIGHTING DESIGN
NATASHA KATZ
THE BOOKING GROUP
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
WILLIAM JOSEPH BARNES
TOUR MARKETING AND PRESS
ALLIED TOURING
COMPANY MANAGER
MIKE McLINDEN
PRODUCTION MANAGER
AURORA PRODUCTIONS
ORIGINAL PRODUCTION DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY
GOWER CHAMPION WARREN CARLYLE JERRY ZAKS CHOREOGRAPHED BY
DIRECTED BY
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CAST OF CHARACTERS (in order of appearance)
Dolly Gallagher Levi .............................................................................................CAROLEE CARMELLO Ambrose Kemper ..............................................................................................................COLIN LeMOINE Horace Vandergelder ...........................................................................................................JOHN BOLTON Ermengarde ............................................................................................................LAURA SKY HERMAN Cornelius Hackl ............................................................................................................. DANIEL BEEMAN Barnaby Tucker...................................................................................................................... SEAN BURNS Minnie Fay .......................................................................................................... CHELSEA CREE GROEN Irene Molloy............................................................................................................... ANALISA LEAMING Mrs. Rose .........................................................................................................................KAREN ELLIOTT Ernestina ....................................................................................................................... JANE BROCKMAN Rudolph ....................................................................................................................... BLAKE HAMMOND Stanley.................................................................................................................... SCOTT SHEDENHELM Judge ................................................................................................................................ TIMOTHY SHEW Court Clerk........................................................................................................... CHRISTOPHER FAISON Townspeople, Waiters, etc. ............................................................. COLIN BRADBURY, ALEC COHEN, JULIAN DeGUZMAN, KAREN ELLIOTT, CHRISTOPHER FAISON, JENNY HICKMAN, MADISON JOHNSON, JULIE KAVANAGH, BEN LANHAM, MARTY LAUTER, STEFFANY PRATT, KYLE SAMUEL, LIZ SCHMITZ, SCOTT SHEDENHELM, TIMOTHY SHEW, CASSIE AUSTIN TAYLOR, CAYEL TREGEAGLE, DAVIS WAYNE, BRANDON L.WHITMORE UNDERSTUDIES Swings and understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance. For Dolly Gallagher Levi—JANE BROCKMAN, KAREN ELLIOTT for Ambrose Kemper—COLIN BRADBURY, MARTY LAUTER for Horace Vandergelder—BLAKE HAMMOND, TIMOTHY SHEW for Ermengarde—HILLARY PORTER, STEFFANY PRATT for Cornelius Hackl—CHRISTOPHER FAISON, IAN LIBERTO for Barnaby Tucker—JULIAN DeGUZMAN, SCOTT SHEDENHELM, BRANDON L. WHITMORE for Minnie Fay—MADISON JOHNSON, HILLARY PORTER for Irene Molloy—JENNY HICKMAN, CASSIE AUSTIN TAYLOR for Ernestina—KAREN ELLIOTT, JENNY HICKMAN SWINGS LAURA IRION, NATHAN KEEN, IAN LIBERTO, HILLARY PORTER DANCE CAPTAIN IAN LIBERTO ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN
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CAST
SEAN BURNS
CAROLEE CARMELLO
JOHN BOLTON
DANIEL BEEMAN
ANALISA LEAMING
CHELSEA CREE GROEN
COLIN LeMOINE
LAURA SKY HERMAN
JANE BROCKMAN
COLIN BRADBURY
ALEC COHEN
JULIAN DeGUZMAN
KAREN ELLIOTT
BLAKE HAMMOND
CHRISTOPHER FAISON
JENNY HICKMAN
LAURA IRION
MADISON JOHNSON
JULIE KAVANAGH
NATHAN KEEN
BEN LANHAM
MARTY LAUTER
IAN LIBERTO
HILLARY PORTER
STEFFANY PRATT
KYLE SAMUEL
LIZ SCHMITZ
SCOTT SHEDENHELM
TIMOTHY SHEW
CASSIE AUSTIN TAYLOR
CAYEL TREGEAGLE
DAVIS WAYNE
BRANDON L. WHITMORE
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SCENES AND MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE Overture ...........................................................................................................................................Orchestra Scene 1: Along Fourth Avenue, New York City Scene 2: Grand Central Station “I Put My Hand In” ....................................................................................................Dolly and Company Scene 3: A Street in Yonkers Scene 4: Vandergelder’s Hay and Feed Store, Yonkers “It Takes a Woman” ................................................................... Vandergelder and the Instant Glee Club “Put on Your Sunday Clothes” ............................Cornelius, Barnaby, Dolly, Ambrose, and Ermengarde Scene 5: The Yonkers Depot “Put on Your Sunday Clothes” .............................................................................. The People of Yonkers Scene 6: Outside Mrs. Molloy’s Hat Shop—Water Street, New York City Scene 7: Inside the Hat Shop “Ribbons Down My Back”.....................................................................................................Mrs. Molloy “Motherhood” .....................................................................................Dolly, Vandergelder, Mrs. Molloy, Minnie Fay, Cornelius, and Barnaby “Dancing” ........................................ Dolly, Cornelius, Barnaby, Minnie Fay, Mrs. Molloy, and Dancers Scene 8: A Quiet Street Scene 9: 14th Street “Before The Parade Passes By” .................................................................................Dolly and Company ACT TWO Scene 1: From 42nd Street to 14th Street “Penny in My Pocket” .......................................................................................................... Vandergelder “Elegance” ................................................................. Mrs. Molloy, Cornelius, Minnie Fay, and Barnaby Scene 2: Outside the Harmonia Gardens Restaurant, on the Battery Scene 3: Inside the Harmonia Gardens Restaurant “The Waiters’ Galop” ............................................................................................... Rudolph and Waiters “Hello, Dolly!” .................................................................................Dolly, Rudolph, Waiters, and Cooks “The Contest” ..................................................................................Ambrose, Ermengarde, Mrs. Molloy, Cornelius, Minnie Fay, Barnaby, and the Contestants Scene 4: A Courtroom on Centre Street “It Only Takes a Moment” .........................................Cornelius, Mrs. Molloy, Prisoners, and Policemen “So Long Dearie” ..............................................................................................................................Dolly Scene 5: Vandergelder’s Hay and Feed Store, Yonkers “Hello, Dolly!” .................................................................................................... Dolly and Vandergelder Scene 6: The Hudson River Valley Finale .......................................................................................................................................... Company THERE WILL BE ONE INTERMISSION. ORCHESTRA Conductor—BEN WHITELEY Keyboard/Associate Conductor—MATTHEW J. POOL Keyboard 1—MAX MAMON Percussionist—RICHARD ROSENZWEIG First Trumpet—JEFFREY WILFORE Music Coordinator—SEYMOUR RED PRESS Associate Music Coordinator—KIMBERLEE WERTZ Music Copying—EMILY GRISHMAN MUSIC PREPARATIO LOCAL MUSICIANS Woodwinds—GARY BUSS, JOHN LUX, NATHAN NIX, MICHAEL SCOTT Trumpets—DAVID SPENCER, BENJAMIN LEWIS Trombones—KENNETH SPAIN, WILLIAM A. FLORES, JR. Violins—DANIEL GILBERT, JESSICA MUNSON, PRISCILLA TSAI Cello—ELLEN WROTEN; Bass—SAM SHOUP 5
WHO’S WHO in the CAST CAROLEE CARMELLO (Dolly Gallagher Levi) has appeared in 14 Broadway musicals and is a threetime Tony Award-nominee for her performances in Parade, Lestat and Scandalous. She recently completed a year-long run as Mrs. Lovett in the critically acclaimed Sweeney Todd at New York’s Barrow Street Theatre. Additional Broadway roles include Mae Tuck in Tuck Everlasting; Mrs. du Maurier in Finding Neverland (Drama Desk Award nomination); Mother Superior in Sister Act; Alice Beineke in The Addams Family (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle award nominations); Donna in Mamma Mia!; Ms. Pennywise in Urinetown; Kate in Kiss Me, Kate; Marguerite in The Scarlet Pimpernel; Abigail Adams in 1776; Cordelia in Falsettos; and Oolie in City of Angels. OffBroadway credits include John & Jen, Das Barbecü, I Can Get It for You Wholesale, Hello Again (Obie Award), A Class Act, The Vagina Monologues and Elegies. Television credits include “The Deuce,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “The Good Fight,” “Madam Secretary,” “Smash,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Frasier,” “Ed” and “Remember W.E.N.N.” (SAG Award nomination). Ms. Carmello was nominated for an Indie Series Award for Best Supporting Actress in the award-winning webseries “Indoor Boys.” Her concert appearances have taken her across America and Europe, including engagements at Lincoln Center, Town Hall and Carnegie Hall. JOHN BOLTON (Horace Vandergelder) recently completed a two-year run starring as Vlad in Broadway’s Anastasia. His additional Broadway credits include Dames at Sea, A Christmas Story: The Musical, Curtains and How to Succeed…. Mr. Bolton was in the original cast of the Tony Award-winning Best Musicals Spamalot, Contact and Titanic. He made his Broadway debut alongside Jerry Lewis in Damn Yankees. Nominated for Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Astaire, Rivera and Lortel awards, Mr. Bolton headlined four sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall and performed as a soloist with the NY Philharmonic at Lincoln Center. He plays U.S. Attorney General Hank Nolan on CBS’ “Madam Secretary” and spent four seasons as Bruce on “Gossip Girl.” He has guest-starred on “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “Elementary,” “Blue Bloods,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “The Good Wife” and “Law & Order,” and is featured in the film Mapplethorpe. DANIEL BEEMAN (Cornelius Hackl). National tour: Something Rotten! Regional: Sunday in the Park with George, Hair, The Diary of Anne Frank (Kansas City Repertory Theatre); Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music (Kansas City Starlight); Music Theatre Wichita, Ogunquit Playhouse, Spinning Tree Theatre. University of Missouri-Kansas City.
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ANALISA LEAMING (Irene Molloy). Broadway: School of Rock (Rosalie Mullins); The King and I (Anna); Hello, Dolly!; On the Twentieth Century. New York: Pipe Dream, Where’s Charley? (Encores!); The Mikado (Carnegie Hall). National/international tours: Annie, The Sound of Music. Regional: The Muny, Kansas City Starlight Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Magic Theatre, Geva Theatre Center, Infinity Theatre Company, Barrington Stage Company. Leaming is a Lotte Lenya Competition winner. Creator of “A Balancing Act” podcast. B.M. Eastman School of Music. SEAN BURNS (Barnaby Tucker). National tours: Jersey Boys (Joe Pesci), Peter Pan 360 (Michael Darling). Regional: Jersey Boys (Ogunquit Playhouse), Titanic (Signature Theatre), Elmer Gantry (Signature Theatre), Defiant Requiem (The Kennedy Center). Bachelor of Music, Catholic University of America. CHELSEA CREE GROEN (Minnie Fay). National tour debut. Off-Broadway/New York: Fiorello! (Dora), Pete(HER)Pan with Alice Ripley (Tinkerbell). Regional: The Music Man (Zaneeta, Theatre By The Sea), Les Misérables (Cosette, Theatre Aspen), Fiorello! (Dora, Berkshire Theatre Group), The Muny, Ogunquit Playhouse, Phoenix Theatre, Arizona Broadway. AEA’s Roger Sturtevant Award Winner. B.F.A. University of Michigan. COLIN LeMOINE (Ambrose Kemper). National tour debut. Regional: Newsies, Guys and Dolls, Pippin (Music Theatre Wichita); Annie (Axelrod Performing Arts Center). B.F.A. Musical Theater Indiana University. Jacob’s Pillow Musical Theatre Dance alum. LAURA SKY HERMAN (Ermengarde). National tour debut. Off-Broadway: The Little Dancer (Marie van Goethem). Favorite regional: New London Barn Playhouse, North Shore Music Theatre, Reagle Music Theatre, Miami City Ballet. Current undergrad at Harvard University (Hasty Pudding Theatricals, first woman cast in 171 years) with additional training from the B.F.A. musical theater program at Texas State University and Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. JANE BROCKMAN (Ernestina, u/s Dolly Gallagher Levi). Broadway: Wicked, A Christmas Carol. New York: Live from Lincoln Center Camelot (Lady Anne); Show Boat, Kristina (Carnegie Hall); Kismet (Widow/Ayah, Encores!), The Kid (The New Group). National tours: Wicked, The Light in the Piazza, The Sound of Music (Berta). Film: Bad Education, The Producers. Television: “The Americans,” “Law & Order: SVU.” Proud Equity member.
WHO’S WHO in the CAST BLAKE HAMMOND (Rudolph, u/s Horace Vandergelder). Broadway: Living on Love; First Date; Sister Act; Elf; Billy Elliot; The Lion King; Hairspray; The Music Man; Kiss Me, Kate; On the Town. Eight national tours, including Something Rotten!, Cinderella, The Addams Family. Recipient of Carbonell Award, Chicago After Dark Award, LA Drama Critics Circle Award, and Indie Soap Award. COLIN BRADBURY (Ensemble, u/s Ambrose Kemper). Broadway/tours: Carousel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Come Fly Away, The Book of Mormon, A Chorus Line, White Christmas, 42nd Street. Other favorites: Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Lovin’ The Bogin, Heatwave: The Jack Cole Project. Television: “Fosse/Verdon.” Film: Hail Caesar! ALEC COHEN (Ensemble). National tour debut. Regional: Music Theater Wichita, Bucks County Playhouse, Maine State Music Theater, Fulton Theater, Westchester Broadway Theater, Music Theater West. B.F.A. University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. JULIAN DeGUZMAN (Ensemble, u/s Barnaby Tucker). Broadway: Newsies; Miss Saigon; Hello, Dolly!. National tour: Newsies. Regional: I Only Have Eyes for You, West Side Story, The King and I. B.F.A. Dance and B.A. Sociology University of California, Irvine. KAREN ELLIOTT (Mrs. Rose, Ensemble, u/s Dolly Gallagher Levi, Ernestina). Broadway: Les Misérables (original cast and revival). National tours: Les Misérables, Sister Act. Regional: Kiss Me, Kate; Sweeney Todd; Evita; The Nerd. Playwright, author, educator, coach, proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. CHRISTOPHER FAISON (Court Clerk, Ensemble, u/s Cornelius Hackl). Broadway: My Fair Lady. Television: “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade,” “72nd Annual Tony Awards.” National tour: The Book of Mormon. Regional credits include Songs for a New World, Jesus Christ Superstar, Smokey Joe’s Cafe. JENNY HICKMAN (Ensemble, u/s Irene Molloy, Ernestina). National tour debut. Regional: The Witches of Eastwick (Ogunquit Playhouse), Mary Poppins (West Virginia Public Theater). Television: “Law & Order: SVU.” Co-founder/Co-artistic Director of New Wave Theater Collective, a New York City-based theater company focused on developing new work. Proud graduate of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
LAURA IRION (Swing). Broadway: Sunday in the Park with George, Cinderella (original cast, Charlotte replacement). National tours: West Side Story, Cinderella. Regional: The Muny, North Shore Music Theatre, New York Stage and Film. B.F.A. University of Michigan. MADISON JOHNSON (Ensemble, u/s Minnie Fay). Regional: Mary Poppins (Paper Mill Playhouse); A Chorus Line, Grease, Meet Me in St. Louis, 42nd Street, Beauty and the Beast, The Addams Family, Shrek (The Muny). B.F.A. Musical Theater Elon University. JULIE KAVANAGH (Ensemble). National tour: La Cage aux Folles. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, The Old Globe, Sacramento Music Circus, The Muny, Theatre Under The Stars, Stages St. Louis. Hairspray, In Concert!. Artistic Director of Broadway Method Academy. B.F.A. University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music. NATHAN KEEN (Assistant Dance Captain, Swing). Broadway: Hello, Dolly!; Les Misérables. National tours: Finding Neverland, Chicago, We Will Rock You, West Side Story, Ragtime, Les Misérables, Beauty and the Beast. International/regional: West Side Story (Centennial International Tour); Kiss Me, Kate (Roundabout Theatre Company benefit concert); Spring Spectacular (Radio City Music Hall). BEN LANHAM (Ensemble). National tours: An American in Paris, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, West Side Story. Regional: The Muny, North Carolina Theatre, Music Theatre Wichita, Lyric Theatre Oklahoma, Wick Theatre. B.F.A. Oklahoma City University. MARTY LAUTER (Ensemble, u/s Ambrose Kemper). National tour debut. Broadway: Kinky Boots. Regional: Guys and Dolls (The Guthrie); Evita, Fiddler on the Roof, Mamma Mia!, Newsies (Maine State Music Theater); Newsies (The Fulton). B.F.A. Musical Theater The Boston Conservatory. IAN LIBERTO (Dance Captain, Swing, u/s Cornelius Hackl). Broadway: Hello, Dolly!; How to Succeed…; Promises, Promises; Billy Elliot; Chaplin. National tours: The Book of Mormon, Evita, A Chorus Line (Bobby). Regional: The Hollywood Bowl, Paper Mill Playhouse, Theatre Under the Stars, Sacramento Music Circus, Marriott Lincolnshire, Ravinia. B.F.A. Millikin University.
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WHO’S WHO in the CAST HILLARY PORTER (Swing, u/s Ermengarde, Minnie Fay). Broadway/New York: A Bronx Tale, Thoroughly Modern Millie. National tours: Cats (Rumpleteazer), Elf. Regional: Once (Girl, Pioneer Theatre), A Chorus Line (Diana Morales, Cape Playhouse), Jersey Boys (Lorraine, Ogunquit Playhouse), Jerome Robbins’ Broadway (Rosalia, The Muny). STEFFANY PRATT (Ensemble, u/s Ermengarde). Credits: A Chorus Line (Tricia), Mamma Mia! (Ali), Cabaret (Lulu), Anything Goes (Purity), Spamalot (Ensemble), Joseph… (Mrs. Potiphar) and West Side Story (Anybodys). B.F.A. Musical Theater Montclair State University. KYLE SAMUEL (Ensemble). National tour debut. Regional: Jerome Robbins’ Broadway (The Muny), Newsies (The Fulton and Maine State Music Theatre), A Chorus Line (Mike, directed by Baayork Lee). B.F.A. Musical Theater Pace University. LIZ SCHMITZ (Ensemble). Most recently seen on the revival tour of Cats as Demeter. First National Tours: An American in Paris, Matilda. Regional: The Fulton Theatre, Maine State Music Theatre, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera. B.F.A. Penn State University. Member of Crew15. SCOTT SHEDENHELM (Stanley, Ensemble, u/s Barnaby Tucker). Regional: Newsies (Paper Mill Playhouse), West Side Story (Riverside Theatre/ Westchester Broadway Theatre/John W. Engeman Theater), A Chorus Line (Riverside Theatre), The Little Mermaid (North Shore Music Theatre). TIMOTHY SHEW (Judge, u/s Horace Vandergelder). Eleven Broadway shows, including Les Misérables (Jean Valjean), Guys and Dolls, Bye Bye Birdie, The Visit. National tours: The Light in the Piazza, Les Misérables. Films: Tangled, Chicago, Shaggy Dog. Television: “Madam Secretary,” “Law & Order.” Proud AEA member for 40 years. CASSIE AUSTIN TAYLOR (Ensemble, u/s Irene Molloy). National tour debut. Regional: Nice Work if You Can Get It (Eileen Evergreen), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Miss Dorothy), Newsies (Music Theatre Wichita), Singin’ in the Rain (The Muny). B.F.A. Musical Theater Brigham Young University. CAYEL TREGEAGLE (Ensemble). National tour debut. Regional: Sacramento Music Circus, The Muny, Music Theatre Wichita, Walt Disney World. B.F.A. Musical Theater Brigham Young University.
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DAVIS WAYNE (Ensemble). National tour debut. Regional: Jerome Robbins’ Broadway (Riff, The Muny), Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz (world premiere), Pittsburgh CLO, Pioneer Theatre Company, North Shore Music Theatre, Theatre By The Sea. B.F.A. Musical Theater Pace University. BRANDON L. WHITMORE (Ensemble, u/s Barnaby Tucker). National tour debut. Regional: The Muny, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, North Carolina Theatre, Fireside Dinner Theatre. B.F.A. Dance Performance The University of the Arts. MICHAEL STEWART (Book) was still relatively early in his theatrical career when he had his first smash hit in 1960 with Bye Bye Birdie, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Book. His subsequent Broadway shows include Carnival! (Drama Critics Circle Award); Hello, Dolly! (Tony Award, Drama Critics Circle Award); George M! (with Francine and John Pascal); Mack & Mabel (Tony nomination); The Grand Tour; 42nd Street (with Mark Bramble; Tony Award); and Harrigan and Hart (Tony nomination). He is also the lyricist of Barnum (music by Cy Coleman, Tony nomination) and I Love My Wife (Tony nomination). Mr. Stewart died in 1987. JERRY HERMAN (Music & Lyrics) remains one of the most iconic and beloved composers in the American theater. His legendary scores have spawned such standards as “I Am What I Am,” “The Best of Times,” “Mame,” “If He Walked into My Life,” “We Need a Little Christmas” and “Hello, Dolly!” His first Broadway musical, Milk and Honey (1961), ran for 543 performances. He made history in 1964 with Hello, Dolly! (10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, a Broadway record held for 37 years), which was followed by yet another smash, Mame, in 1966. With Dolly! and Mame still running, Herman had the rare distinction of having three Broadway shows playing simultaneously when Dear World opened in 1969. In 1974, Mack & Mabel opened (and remains one of his best-loved scores) and was followed by 1979’s The Grand Tour. Herman’s most recent Broadway show, La Cage aux Folles, became another phenomenon, winning the Tony Award in 1984 for Best Musical. It was successfully revived in 2004 and 2010, winning the Tony for Best Revival each time. Two of Herman’s most cherished songs from Hello, Dolly! are the emotional highlights of the DisneyPixar classic Wall-E, cementing Herman’s place in American popular culture. His countless awards and honors include multiple Tony Awards, Grammy Awards, Olivier Awards, Drama Desk Awards, the Johnny Mercer Award, the Richard Rodgers Award, the Oscar Hammerstein Award, the Frederick Loewe Award, membership in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Theater Hall of Fame and most recently, The Kennedy Center Honor.
WHO’S WHO in the CAST GOWER CHAMPION (Original Director and Choreographer) is a name synonymous with some of the greatest musicals in Broadway history. In addition to Hello, Dolly!, which cemented his reputation as a legendary theater artist and garnered him Tony Awards for both Direction and Choreography, he directed and choreographed Bye Bye Birdie (Tony Awards for Direction and Choreography), Carnival! (Tony nomination for Direction), I Do! I Do! (Tony nomination for Direction), The Happy Time (Tony for both Direction and Choreography), Sugar (Tony nominations for Direction and Choreography), Mack & Mabel (Tony nominations for Direction and Choreography), and 42nd Street (Tony for Choreography, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography, Tony nomination for Direction). His first Broadway credit as choreographer, Lend an Ear, won him his first Tony Award for Choreography in 1949. He studied dance from an early age and, at the age of 15, toured nightclubs with his friend Jeanne Tyler and later with Marge Belcher, who eventually became his wife. During the late 1930s and early 1940s, Champion worked on Broadway as a solo dancer and choreographer. After serving in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II, the team of Gower and Marge Champion became one of the most popular attractions on television variety shows, appearing on “Jack Benny,” “Garry Moore,” “Dinah Shore,” “The Ed Sullivan Show,” and in their own series, “The Marge and Gower Champion Show,” in 1957. The pair also appeared in several film musicals with Bing Crosby (Mr. Music, 1950), Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel (Show Boat, 1951; Lovely to Look At, 1952), Debbie Reynolds (Give a Girl a Break, 1953), Betty Grable (Three for the Show, 1955), Esther Williams (Jupiter’s Darling, 1955) and occasionally earned their own top billing (Everything I Have Is Yours, 1952). Gower Champion died in 1980 on the day that 42nd Street, his last great hit, opened on Broadway. He was awarded the last of his eight Tony Awards posthumously. JERRY ZAKS (Director) was nominated for the 2017 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for this production. Credits include Meteor Shower, A Bronx Tale: The Musical, Shows for Days, Sister Act, The Addams Family, Guys and Dolls, Six Degrees of Separation, Lend Me a Tenor, The House of Blue Leaves, The Front Page, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Anything Goes, La Cage aux Folles, Little Shop of Horrors, The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Foreigner, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Sister Mary Ignatius…, Beyond Therapy, Baby with the Bath Water, and The Marriage of Bette and Boo. He has received four Tony Awards and eight nominations, and has also received four Drama Desk Awards, two Outer Critics Circle Awards, and an Obie Award. He directed the film Marvin’s Room. Zaks is a founding
member of the Ensemble Studio Theatre. He received the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society’s George Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre and an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Dartmouth College, his alma mater. He is a 2013 inductee into the Theater Hall of Fame. WARREN CARLYLE (Choreographer). Broadway: directed and choreographed After Midnight (Tony Award for Choreography), Chaplin, Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway, Finian’s Rainbow, and A Tale of Two Cities. He choreographed She Loves Me, On the Twentieth Century, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, A Christmas Story, and Follies. He directed and choreographed the 2015 Radio City New York Spring Spectacular starring the Rockettes. Additional New York/international credits: directed and choreographed On Your Toes (City Center Encores!); choreographed “Carousel” (New York Philharmonic, Emmy Award nomination); Girl Crazy, On the Town, Finian’s Rainbow, Juno, Stairway to Paradise (City Center Encores!), and 101 Dalmatians (Madison Square Garden/national tour). Directed and choreographed the sold-out Australian arena tour, Hugh Jackman: Broadway to Oz. Television: staging of the 68th and 69th annual Tony Awards (CBS), “So You Think You Can Dance” (Fox). STEPHEN EDLUND (Associate Director). Broadway: Hello, Dolly!; Meteor Shower; A Bronx Tale; Sister Act. National tours: A Bronx Tale, Sister Act. Regional/NYC: Shows for Days (Lincoln Center Theatre), Randy Newman’s Harps and Angels (Center Theatre Group) and Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Center Theatre Group). SARA EDWARDS (Associate Choreographer). Broadway: She Loves Me, Follies, Chaplin, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Additional credits include: No, No Nanette; Of Thee I Sing; On Your Toes; Me and My Girl (New York City Center Encores!). Associate Choreographer for Hello, Dolly! on Broadway with Bette Midler, Bernadette Peters, and Donna Murphy. Other associate credits include After Midnight, Follies, The Sting with Harry Connick Jr., Radio City Rockettes Spring Spectacular, and NYC Ballet Something to Dance About: Jerome Robbins Broadway to Ballet. SANTO LOQUASTO (Scenic and Costume Design) received the 2017 Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical for Hello, Dolly!. Broadway: Cafe Crown (Tony Award for set design), The Cherry Orchard (Tony for costume design), Grand Hotel (Tony for costume design). Total of 22 Tony nominations, among them The Iceman Cometh, Shuffle Along, Bullets Over Broadway, and Fences. Loquasto has collaborated with Woody Allen on 30 films. Film credits include Radio Days (Academy Award nomina9
WHO’S WHO in the CAST tion for production design), Bullets Over Broadway (Academy Award nomination for production design) and Zelig (Academy Award nomination for costume design). He received the Michael Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration in 2002, was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2004, received the Pennsylvania Governor’s Award for the Arts in 2006, the Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2007, and the Breukelein Institute Gaudium Award in 2013. NATASHA KATZ (Lighting Design) is a New York-based lighting designer and was nominated for the 2017 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical for this production. She is a six-time Tony Award winner who has designed extensively for theater, opera, dance, concerts, and permanent lighting installations around the world. Her recent Broadway credits include Frozen, Meteor Shower, Springsteen on Broadway, Long Day’s Journey into Night, Cats, School of Rock, An American in Paris, Aladdin, Skylight, The Glass Menagerie, Once, Follies, The Coast of Utopia: Salvage, and Aida. SCOTT LEHRER (Sound Design). Recent credits: Carousel, The Front Page, The Gabriels, Shuffle Along, Fiddler on the Roof, Dames at Sea, The King and I, Living on Love, Honeymoon in Vegas, A Delicate Balance, Love Letters, A Raisin in the Sun, Betrayal, Lucky Guy, Chaplin (Drama Desk Award), Death of a Salesman (Tony Award nomination), over 50 City Center Encores! revivals and South Pacific (first Tony for Sound Design). Record production includes An American in Paris (Grammy Award nomination), Loudon Wainwright’s High Wide and Handsome (Grammy), and Meredith Monk’s mercy. LARRY HOCHMAN (Orchestrations) won the 2017 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Orchestrations for Hello, Dolly!. Sixteen Broadway shows, including The Book of Mormon (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award), She Loves Me (Drama Desk), and Spamalot. Seven Tony nominations. Television: composer of “Wonder Pets!” (five Emmy Awards). Twentyfive regional and Off-Broadway shows. Seventeen films including The Informant! Arrangements: Paul McCartney, Eric Idle, Barbra Streisand, Audra McDonald, Boston Pops, NY Philharmonic. BEN WHITELEY (Music Director). Broadway: The Addams Family, Cats. National tours: A Christmas Story, Spamalot, The Full Monty, Falsettos, Grand Hotel. City Center Encores!: 1776 (Music Director), plus Paint Your Wagon, New Moon, Merrily We Roll Along, and 29 other productions/recordings (Associate Music Director/Chorus Preparation). Noel Coward’s Sail Away (with Elaine Stritch, Carnegie Hall). 17 productions, including Singin’ in the Rain (The Muny). Other: Carousel (NY Philharmonic/PBS), 10
Paper Mill Playhouse, 5th Avenue Theatre, St. Louis Symphony (guest conductor). Recordings: Allegro, “Boardwalk Empire” (Grammy Award). ANDY EINHORN (Music Supervision). Broadway: Carousel; Hello, Dolly!; Holiday Inn; Bullets Over Broadway; Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella; Sondheim on Sondheim; Brief Encounter; Evita. National tours: The Sound of Music, The Light in the Piazza, Sweeney Todd, The Lion King. Regional: Goodspeed Opera House, Paper Mill Playhouse, Théâtre du Châtelet, Houston Grand Opera. Symphonic work: New York Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony. Audra McDonald’s music director. Television: “Six by Sondheim” (Peabody Award), “Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy” (Peabody). B.A. Rice University. DON PIPPIN (Vocal Arrangements) is among the most revered and honored arrangers and conductors in Broadway history. His countless credits include such classics as Irma La Douce, Oliver! (Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director), 110 in the Shade, Mame, Dear World, Applause, Seesaw, Mack & Mabel, A Chorus Line, The Grand Tour, Cabaret, and La Cage aux Folles. Also, Ankles Aweigh, Foxy, Ben Franklin in Paris, A Broadway Musical, and Woman of the Year. Pippin was the longtime musical director for New York’s famed Radio City Musical Hall and has also been special guest conductor for many major symphony orchestras throughout the world. DAVID CHASE (Dance Arrangements). Thirtyfive Broadway shows as dance arranger, music director, and/or music supervisor. Also West End, Radio City Music Hall, Boston Pops, Lyric Opera of Chicago. Two Emmy Award nominations. Grammy Award nomination. SEYMOUR RED PRESS (Music Coordinator) received a Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre in 2007. Credits include more than 100 shows, from the original Gypsy through An American in Paris. Film credits include Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mike Nichols’ The Birdcage, and Paramount’s In & Out. An ASCAP composer whose compositions have sold over 100,000 records, his playing career has segued from Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman to Leonard Bernstein. This season on Broadway: Chicago. CAMPBELL YOUNG ASSOCIATES (Hair, Wigs & Makeup Design). Broadway: Groundhog Day, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Front Page, The Crucible, Misery, Sylvia, A Delicate Balance, The Last Ship, It’s Only a Play, Betrayal, Les Misérables, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, American Psycho, The Cripple of
WHO’S WHO in the CAST Inishmaan, Matilda, Ghost, Mary Stuart, Billy Elliot. Television: “The Americans,” “House of Cards.” TELSEY + COMPANY (Casting). Broadway: Network, The Cher Show, The Prom, American Son, Torch Song, Pretty Woman, My Fair Lady, Mean Girls, Frozen, Once on This Island, Anastasia, Come from Away, Waitress, Hamilton, Kinky Boots, Wicked. Film: Mary Poppins Returns, The Greatest Showman, Into the Woods. Television: “Murphy Brown,” “This Is Us,” “House of Cards,” “Divorce,” “One Day at a Time.” WILLIAM JOSEPH BARNES (Production Supervisor) has been the Production Stage Manager of over 25 Broadway shows, most recently Hello, Dolly! and Three Tall Women. Previous Broadway productions include the Best Play Tony Awardwinning productions of Love, Valour, Compassion; Master Class; Art; Take Me Out; and The Humans and the Best Revival Tony Award-winning productions of Assassins; Glengarry Glen Ross; Boeing, Boeing; Skylight; and Hello, Dolly!. BRIAN J. L’ECUYER (Production Stage Manager). National tours: The Humans; Into the Woods (Fiasco Theatre); La Cage aux Folles with George Hamilton and Christopher Sieber; South Pacific (Lincoln Center); The Drowsy Chaperone, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Big River (Deaf West Theatre). Brian began his touring career with John Astin’s one man show, Edgar Allan Poe—Once Upon a Midnight across the U.S., Ireland and Australia. Brian recently completed a long run in Las Vegas with Jersey Boys. AEA member for over 20 years. BRIAN BOGIN (Stage Manager). Broadway/ tours: Frankie and Johnny…; The Waverly Gallery; Straight White Men; On Your Feet!; …Great Comet; Allegiance; The Book of Mormon; Constellations; War Horse; The People in the Picture; Elf; Wicked; Phantom…; Chicago; Spamalot; Urinetown; Good Vibrations; Soul Doctor; The Grinch…; My Fair Lady; Hello, Dolly!; Rent. Off-Broadway/regional: Privacy, The Ruins of Civilization, Heisenberg, The Toxic Avenger, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Citi Performing Arts Center), Ragtime, Robin and the 7 Hoods. AMY RAMSDELL (Stage Manager). National tours: Hamilton, Les Misérables, Elf, Dreamgirls, Once. Past credits include Hamilton (Chicago), Marvin’s Room, God Looked Away (with Al Pacino), Billy Elliot, First Date, Bad Jews, Barcelona, Choir Boy, The Country House, Slowgirl. Additional credits include Geffen Playhouse, Center Theatre Group, The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, and Pasadena Playhouse.
ALLIED TOURING (Tour Marketing & Press) is a full-service engagement management agency representing Broadway tours and other live events across North America. Current: Bandstand; The Book of Mormon; Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (San Francisco); The Hip Hop Nutcracker; Mean Girls, Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live; The Play That Goes Wrong; Rent; Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Upcoming: Ain’t Too Proud, The Cher Show, Hadestown, Pretty Woman, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tootsie. AURORA PRODUCTIONS (Production Manager). Anastasia (tour); Beetlejuice; Betrayal; The Book of Mormon (Broadway and tour); Frozen (Broadway and tour); Hello, Dolly! (tour); Mean Girls (Broadway and tour); Rock of Ages; Tootsie; To Kill a Mockingbird. Aurora has been providing technical supervision and production management to the entertainment industry since 1989. NEUROSPORT (Physical Therapy). Leaders in entertainment and performing arts medicine. “We are honored to be part of the amazing company of Hello, Dolly!.” Broadway: The Lion King; Hello, Dolly!; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child; Waitress. Tours: Movin’ Out, Billy Elliot, Hamilton. Concerts: P!NK, Bette Midler, Katy Perry. ROY FURMAN (Producer). Current productions: Mean Girls, Pretty Woman, King Kong, Dear Evan Hansen (Tony Award), The Book of Mormon (Tony), The Band’s Visit (Tony). Other Tony winning productions include The Color Purple, The Humans, A View from the Bridge, Spamalot, War Horse, The Curious Incident…, A Raisin in the Sun, and The History Boys. Vice Chairman Jefferies LLC, Vice Chairman Lincoln Center. JAMES L. NEDERLANDER (Producer) is the president of the Nederlander Organization and son of the late James M. Nederlander (Chairman). Credits include The Present, War Paint, On Your Feet!, The Humans, The Elephant Man, An American in Paris, Kinky Boots, I’ll Eat You Last…, Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, West Side Story, Next to Normal, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Movin’ Out, Million Dollar Quartet, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, among many others. UNIVERSAL THEATRICAL GROUP (Producer), the live theater division of Universal Pictures, is currently represented on Broadway by Wicked and Mean Girls. Additional Broadway credits include Billy Elliot, Bring It On, Shrek, and Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn.
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WHO’S WHO in the CAST ROGER BERLIND (Producer). Recent productions include Dear Evan Hansen; The Book of Mormon; One Man, Two Guvnors; Twelfth Night; Richard III; This Is Our Youth; The Curious Incident…; Fish in the Dark; An American in Paris; and A View from the Bridge.
SCOTT M. DELMAN (Producer) is a theater enthusiast and leading investor in entertainment content. He has co-produced or produced more than 50 Broadway and West End dramas and musicals, earning nine Tony Awards and three Olivier Awards along the way.
WILLIAM BERLIND (Producer). Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, The Crucible, A View from the Bridge, Skylight, Fish in the Dark, This Is Our Youth, The Realistic Joneses, All the Way, Lucky Guy, Grace. Off-Broadway: The Flick, Cock.
STEPHANIE P. McCLELLAND (Producer). Founder, Green Curtain Productions. Ms. McClelland is a multi-award-winning producer with 13 Tony Awards, 12 Drama Desk Awards, 10 Drama League Awards, 10 Outer Critics Circle Awards, and one Olivier Award. Credits include more than 80 theatrical productions worldwide. Recent credits include 1984, The Book of Mormon, The Front Page, Present Laughter, and Groundhog Day.
JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION (Producer). This family of companies includes Broadway Across America and Broadway.com, under the supervision of John Gore (Chairman and CEO). Productions include Beautiful, Cats, Dear Evan Hansen, Fiddler on the Roof, The Glass Menagerie, Groundhog Day, Indecent, On Your Feet!, and The Present. LEN BLAVATNIK (Producer) is the founder and chairman of Access Industries, a privately held U.S. industrial group with global strategic investments in various industries. An active philanthropist, Blavatnik provides significant support to the arts and leading educational, cultural and medical institutions throughout the world and has co-produced numerous Broadway and film productions. PETER MAY (Producer) is President and Founding Partner of Trian Partners. Broadway: The Humans (Tony Award), A View from the Bridge (Tony), The Elephant Man, Cinderella, Waitress, The Crucible, Passing Strange. THE ARACA GROUP (Producer). Founded in 1997 by partners Matthew Rego, Michael Rego and Hank Unger, the Araca Group produces and merchandises live entertainment and theatrical events on Broadway and around the world. INDEPENDENT PRESENTERS NETWORK (Producer) includes 40 of America’s leading Broadway presenters whose subscription base totals 475,000. Broadway/London/national tours: War Paint, Cats, Dear Evan Hansen, Groundhog Day, On Your Feet!, Waitress, The Color Purple, Shuffle Along…, An American in Paris, Kinky Boots, Matilda, The Red Shoes. JAY ALIX & UNA JACKMAN (Producer). Broadway: The Front Page, The Humans (Tony Award), Blackbird, Bright Star, A View from the Bridge (Tony), The Crucible, Fish in the Dark, Skylight (Tony), A Gentleman’s Guide… (Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle Awards). Documentaries: “Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance,” “Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise” for PBS. 12
AL NOCCIOLINO (Producer) is President of NAC Entertainment, a theatrical company specializing in the presentation of touring Broadway shows in the Northeast. For more than 30 years, he has been investing, producing and co-producing Broadway tours and Broadway shows, including, most recently, The Band’s Visit, The Front Page, Cats, On Your Feet!, and Kinky Boots. WENDY FEDERMAN & HENI KOENIGSBERG (Producer). Tony-winning productions include Angels in America; Dear Evan Hansen; The Band’s Visit; Hello, Dolly!; A View from The Bridge; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime; Skylight; A Raisin in the Sun; All the Way; A Gentleman’s Guide…; Pippin; The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess; Hair. Thirty additional Tony Award nominations. PATTY BAKER & GOOD PRODUCTIONS (Producer) is a Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Tony winner. Co-producer of Three Tall Women, The Iceman Cometh, Carousel, Memphis, Beautiful, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Fiddler on the Roof, among others. BENJAMIN LOWY (Producer) produces and develops theater for Broadway and stages worldwide. Last season: Angels in America (Tony Award), Carousel, Mean Girls, Three Tall Women, The Iceman Cometh, all five Tony-nominated. Selected previous: Sunday in the Park with George (revival); A Doll’s House, Part 2. Benjamin also produces theater for The Lowy Salpeter Company. ERIC CORNELL & JACK SENNOTT (Producer) are partners in the Tony Award-winning Cornice Productions. They are currently represented on Broadway with Oklahoma! and To Kill A Mockingbird. Other recent productions and investments: What the Constitution Means to Me, Anastasia, Lifespan of a Fact, Waitress (UK). Upcoming: Anne of Green Gables.
WHO’S WHO in the CAST DAVID MERRICK (Original Producer) claimed to be born on November 4, 1954, the night his first Broadway musical Fanny opened. His second production, in 1955, was Thornton Wilder’s comedy The Matchmaker. He immediately determined it would make a brilliant musical—which, in 1964, turned out to be Hello, Dolly!. At a time when few producers managed more than one production a year, he stunned Broadway in 1957 with three hits in one month (including John Osborne’s ground breaking Look Back in Anger). The following November, he opened three shows in a single week. At the height of his activity, he had eight productions running simultaneously on Broadway. His musicals included Jamaica with Lena Horne; Destry Rides Again with Andy Griffith and Dolores Gray; Gypsy with Ethel Merman; Take Me Along with Jackie Gleason; Irma La Douce; Do Re Mi with Phil Silvers and Nancy Walker; Carnival! with Anna Maria Alberghetti and Jerry Orbach; I Can Get It for You Wholesale with Elliott Gould and Barbra Streisand; Stop the World—I Want to Get Off and The Roar of the Greasepaint—The Smell of the Crowd with Anthony Newley; Oliver!; 110 in the Shade; I Do! I Do! with Mary Martin and Robert Preston; The Happy Time with Robert Goulet; Promises, Promises with Orbach; Sugar with Robert Morse and Tony Roberts; Mack & Mabel with Preston and Bernadette Peters; and the legendary 42nd Street with Orbach and Tammy Grimes. Notable plays included The Entertainer with Laurence Olivier; The World of Suzie Wong; A Taste of Honey with Angela Lansbury; Becket with Olivier and Anthony Quinn; Sunday in New York with Robert Redford; Luther with Albert Finney; Arturo Ui with Christopher Plummer; One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest with Kirk Douglas; Inadmissible Evidence with Nicol Williamson; Cactus Flower with Lauren Bacall and Barry Nelson; Peter Weiss’ Marat/Sade; Brian Friel’s Philadelphia, Here I Come!; Woody Allen’s Don’t Drink the Water and Play It Again, Sam; Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and Travesties; Forty Carats with Julie Harris; Child’s Play; and Peter Brook’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, to name a few. An 11-time Tony Award winner, Merrick (1911–2000) produced more than 80 plays and musicals. JOEY PARNES (Executive Producer). Broadway: King Lear; Hillary and Clinton; Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus; To Kill a Mockingbird; The Waverly Gallery; The Iceman Cometh; Three Tall Women; Carousel; Meteor Shower; 1984; A Doll’s House, Part 2; Hello, Dolly! (Tony Award); The Front Page; The Humans (Tony); Bright Star; Shuffle Along…; A View from the Bridge (Tony); Skylight (Tony); A Raisin in the Sun (Tony); A Gentleman’s Guide… (Tony); Betrayal; Vanya and Sonia… (Tony); Hair (Tony); among others.
SUE WAGNER (Executive Producer). Broadway: King Lear; Hillary and Clinton; Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus; To Kill a Mockingbird; The Waverly Gallery; The Iceman Cometh; Three Tall Women; Carousel; Meteor Shower; 1984; A Doll’s House, Part 2; Hello, Dolly! (Tony Award); The Glass Menagerie; The Front Page; The Humans (Tony); Bright Star; Shuffle Along…; A View from the Bridge (Tony); Skylight (Tony); Fish in the Dark; A Raisin in the Sun (Tony); A Gentleman’s Guide… (Tony); Betrayal; Vanya and Sonia… (Tony); End of the Rainbow; Hair. JOHN JOHNSON (Executive Producer). Broadway: King Lear; Hillary and Clinton; Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus; To Kill a Mockingbird; The Waverly Gallery; The Iceman Cometh; Three Tall Women; Carousel; Meteor Shower; 1984; A Doll’s House, Part 2; Hello, Dolly! (Tony Award); The Glass Menagerie; The Front Page; The Humans (Tony); Bright Star; Shuffle Along…; A View from the Bridge (Tony); Skylight (Tony); A Raisin in the Sun (Tony); A Gentleman’s Guide… (Tony); Vanya and Sonia… (Tony). Graduate: Fordham University at Lincoln Center. STAFF FOR HELLO, DOLLY! SCOTT RUDIN PRODUCTIONS Henry Cropsey Matt DeCristofaro Lucas Kantler Loni Rodgers Nina Watson Patrick Wengler GENERAL MANAGEMENT WAGNER JOHNSON PRODUCTIONS Sue Wagner John Johnson Jillian Robbins Heather Allen Zachary Baer Grace Barron Nora Rigney Mike McLinden Katie Titley Megan Curren Kendall Booher Celina Lam Jessica Fried Dylan Glen Stephanie Smith ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Jillian Robbins Adam Rodner COMPANY MANAGER Mike McLinden PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT AURORA PRODUCTIONS, INC. Ben Heller Chris Minnick Liza Luxenberg Ryan Murphy Steven Dalton Dave Elmer Luke Ricca Martijn Appelo Tor Rametta Jack Rhea Micah Ammons Abby Doermann Hannah Osborne Cori Gardner Gene O’Donovan
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TOUR MARKETING AND PRESS ALLIED TOURING Marya K. Peters Andrew Damer Janie Dickerson Jennifer Gallagher Anne Dailey Meyer Scott Praefke Jacqueline Smith Anne Waisanen Hayden Anderson Jessica Cary NATIONAL PRESS REPRESENTATIVE DKC/O&M Rick Miramontez Marie Bshara TOUR BOOKING AND ENGAGEMENT MANAGEMENT THE BOOKING GROUP Meredith Blair, President Kara Gebhart, Vice President Operations ADVERTISING BLT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Dawn Baillie Grace Brescia Drew Cummins Kaz Dugandzic Jason Elvrom Dylan Feiner Jen Gerard Kevin Gustafson Sergio Gutierrez Kristie Kam Laura Mackey Whitney Murdy Kylee Serlin Billy Stanek Steve Toyama Pen Williamson SPOTCO Scott Johnson CASTING TELSEY + COMPANY Bernard Telsey, CSA Craig Burns, CSA Lauren Harris LEGAL COUNSEL GRUBMAN SHIRE MEISELAS & SACKS, P.C. Allen J. Grubman, Lawrence Shire, Jonathan A. Lonner, Adam J. Rosen ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Stephen Edlund ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER Sara Edwards ARCHIVAL CONSULTANT Steven Suskin Production Supervisor .........William Joseph Barnes Production Stage Manager ........... Brian J. L’Ecuyer Stage Managers ........... Brian Bogin, Amy Ramsdell Associate Company Manager ............... Katie Titley Assistant Choreographer ....................... Katie Huff Associate Scenic Designers ...........Evan Adamson, Jisun Kim Associate Costume Designer ....Matthew Pachtman 14
Assistant Costume Designers ................Justin Hall, Caroline Spitzer Associate Lighting Designer .............. Aaron Spivey Assistant Lighting Designer ..............Travis McHale Associate Sound Designer .................. Will Pickens Production Carpenter ......................... Keith Reese Head Carpenter.............................. Jamie L. Kurtz Assistant Carpenters ...................Robert DiCandia, Andy Shaw, Henry Talarowski Production Electrician ............................ Dan Coey Head Electrician ..............................Adam Lansing Assistant Electricians ............................. Jes Halm, Jeff Chandler Moving Light Programmer ..................... Alex Fogel Production Sound Engineer ..........Jason Choquette Sound Engineer ...........................Timothy Schmidt Assistant Sound Engineer ..............Mason Wisecup Production Properties .........................Pete Sarafin Head Properties .................................. Rayn Jacks Assistant Properties ............ Mark “Sparky” Mallory Assistant Production Properties ..........Colin LaBrie, Lizzie Tredinnick Wardrobe Supervisor ........................Nadine Hettel Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor....... Chanda Barnes Ms. Carmello’s Dresser.....................Emily Baldwin Stitcher ....................................... Aughra T. Moon Hair Supervisor .............................Lisa Chan-Wylie Assistant Hair Supervisor ..................Felicia Wilson Production Assistants .......................Chandler Jez, Michelle Tewksbury Creative Services ..............Allied Global Marketing/ Debbie Allamong, Eric Stormoen Accountant ............................. Marks Paneth LLP/ Mark A. D’Ambrosi, Patricia M. Pedersen, Michael Saccento Banking .................................. City National Bank/ Stephanie Dalton, Michele Gibbons Insurance................................ Reiff & Associates/ Dennis Reiff, Regina Newsom Payroll Services ... Checks and Balances Payroll, Inc. Physical Therapy ...................................Kyle Miller Medical Director ................Dr. Robert Meislin, M.D. Production Photographer ............ Julieta Cervantes Housing and Ground Travel Coordination .........................Road Rebel Entertainment Touring Air Travel Coordination ............ Tzell Travel Group/ A-Team Tours Andi Henig & Alan Braunstein CREDITS Scenery and scenic effects built, painted and automated by ShowMotion Inc. Lighting equipment from PRG. Sound equipment from Masque Sound. Props fabricated by Behind the Mule Studio, Jerard Studio, Tom Carroll Scenery. Costumes by Costume Armour, Inc., Euro Co Costumes, Inc., Giliberto Designs, Inc., Lynne Baccus, Malabar Ltd., Seamless Costumes Ltd., Timberlake Costumes, Inc., Tricorne, Inc.
Hosiery and undergarments provided by Bra*Tenders. Millinery by Albertus Swanepoel, Bee Festival Hats & Bonnets, Kaz Maxine, Rodney Gordon. Custom Footwear by Capezio, LaDuca Shoes, Worldtone Dance. Custom Parasols by Barrington Brolly. Custom Gloves by Wing & Weft Gloves. Rehearsed at New 42nd Street Studios. HelloDollyonBroadway.com/Tour The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union. Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.). United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre. The Press Agents and Company Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers. The musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians. This production is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.
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Orpheum Theatre Group Staff Brett Batterson..................................................................................................................President & CEO Paulette Luker...................................................................................Executive Vice President & CFO Dacquiri Baptiste......................................................................................................Vice President & COO Ron Jewell....................................................................Vice President of Halloran Centre Operations Jennifer McGrath...................................Vice President of Education & Community Engagement Christina Torres..............................................................................................Vice President of Marketing Tracy Trotter..............................................................................................Vice President of Development Teresa Ward..................................................................Vice President of Ticketing & Patron Services Box Office Marilyn Sims..............................................................................Director of Ticketing & Patron Services Glenda Young..................................................................................................................Box Office Manager Sam Chacon.................................................................................................Assistant Box Office Manager Development Charlene Honeycutt...........................................................................................Director of Development Shelby Davis................................................................................................................Development Manager Brittany Church..........................................................................................................Development Manager Jennifer Hiltonsmith........................................................................Development & Database Manager Education & Community Engagement Lindsay Krosnes..........................................................................................................Director of Education Jenita Nakamura..............................................................................Manager of Education Engagement Shasta Blue....................................................................................Manager of Education Administration Taylor St. John...................................................................................Education & Engagement Specialist Marketing Nathan Ashby.......................................................................................................................Creative Director Adriane Hall....................................................................................................Director of Digital Marketing Fabiola Granada.........................................................Director of Marketing for Special Productions Kristin Bennett....................................................................................................Communications Manager Hannaan Ester.............................................................................................................Group Sales Manager Zack Orsborn.....................................................................................................Digital Marketing Manager Cheryl Holtkamp.....................................................................................................Marketing Coordinator Finance & Administration Joy Brown.........................................................................................................Director of Rentals & Events Falton Mason.............................................................................................................Director of Accounting Angie Harrison Murphy...........................Accounting & Finance Analyst & Operations Manager Susan Smith.....................................................................................Executive Assistant to the President Halloran Centre Grant Hatton............................................................................................Halloran Centre Event Manager Sara Adams................................................................................................Halloran Centre Sales Manager Operations Richard Reinach...............................................................................Director of Facilities & Engineering Eric Slaughter..............................................................Director of House Operations & Concessions James (Revo) Reeves..................................................................................Orpheum Technical Director Sherry Breland........................................................................................................Housekeeping Manager Cindi Maglothin........................................................................................................Volunteer Coordinator Dillon Marrow......................................................................................................................Facilities Manager Eleanor Williams......................................................................Concierge & Front Desk Administrator Sinnie Thompson................................................................................................Front Desk Administrator Clarence Davis..........................................................................................................................................Runner
THEATRE ETIQUETTE As a courtesy to the performers and patrons, latecomers will be seated at an appropriate break in the performance. No text messaging, photography, or recording. Do not talk or whisper during the performance. Be conscientious about the noise you may be making while enjoying concessions or searching through your bag. Please unwrap candy or other concessions before the show or during intermission, and refrain from rattling ice in cups. You may be distracting or disturbing the patrons around you and the actors on stage. The Orpheum staff and our dedicated team of volunteer ushers work hard to accommodate modern crowds in our historic theatre. Please be patient as we work to serve you as best as possible. Certain productions may not be suitable for all ages. We recommend taking the time to determine which shows are appropriate for your children. Visit our website at Orpheum-Memphis.com or call our Box Office at (901) 5253000 if you have any questions. In order to ensure the safety of our guests, purses, briefcases, and bags may be inspected upon arrival. Firearms, knives, and weapons of any kind are prohibited inside the theatre. Other items not allowed inside the theatre include illegal drugs, laser pointers, fireworks, outside food and beverages, SLRs, DSLRs, video cameras, professional cameras, including external flash camera units or interchangeable/detachable lenses, and pets other than service animals. Larger items that have the potential to block walkways or disturb other patrons will need to be stored at coat check. For your convenience, we recommend refraining from bringing large bags to the theatre. Help us keep our venues secure — if you see anything suspicious, please tell an usher or other Orpheum Theatre Group representative.
Thank you to our Suite Sponsors for their support of the Orpheum Theatre Group Shannon and Beryl Brown
Moore Management
The Terral Family
Dean Film & Video, LLC
The Mustang Fund
Ticketmaster
Kirby and Glenn Floyd
nexAir
Waddell & Associates
Nick and Tymikia Glenn
Kirk and Susie Peters
The Walker Family
The Hankins Family
Monifa Polite-Schill
Bonnie Walker and Scott Jones
The Halsey Family
The Poteet Family
The Whitaker Family
Horseshoe Tunica
Ring Container Technologies
Shad and Paige Williams
Wendy and Matthew McCrory
Craig and Emily Shaw
Woodyard Realty
MMF Consulting
Dr. Paula Spence-Evans
Thank you to these groups for joining us for Hello, Dolly! Family Christian School Frances McGuffey Group Ginger Raff Family and Friends Planters Bank St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Wright Christian Academy
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