Applause Magazine, Dec. 17-28, 2014

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Theatres throughout the Arts Complex are teeming with excitement. Families with eager children are bustling through the Galleria to celebrate old holiday traditions including our 22nd staging of A Christmas Carol. Others are discovering new traditions with that scruffy green character whose heart doubles in size in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

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Located at 2771 E. 1st Ave. in Cherry Creek North, kids’ activities, photo opportunities and Grinch sightings offer an unexpected treat to your holiday plans.

Our Theatre Company is busily preparing for our 10th Colorado New Play Summit (Feb 14-21)— an exhilarating chance to marry the words of a script with your own mental picture. Now with the Summit doubled in length to meet growing demand, audiences anxiously await that moment on a bare stage with only the actors, a music stand and a script. Guided by simple stage directions, the audience conjures up the set, scores the music, sets the lights and strikes the mood. It’s invigorating. It’s challenging. It fully engages our imagination.

The big payoff comes next season when we return to see if our vision is realized in a full staging. It’s an exciting glimpse into the development of a new play that you don’t want to miss.

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On December 19, 1843, Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol. Now, 171 years and 22 Theatre Company productions later, audiences continue to fill the theatre making it our most popular and most produced show. But what drove Dickens to write this “ghostly little book” and why has it become essential to the holiday season? He wanted to utterly transform the lives of those who read it. You see, England was in a state of economic depression.

There was little regard for the plight of one’s fellow man. Social injustice was epidemic. Children labored under appalling conditions, and, for the most part, mass society lived in abject poverty.

Instead of merely writing a pamphlet that was to be entitled “An Appeal to the People of England on Behalf of the Poor Man’s Child,” Dickens launched upon a work about which he stated: “You will certainly feel that a sledgehammer has come down with 20 times the force—20 times the force—I could exert by following my first idea.”

Dickens believed that societal ills could be cured by a profound revolution within the human spirit. So, Ebenezer Scrooge came to be. Aptly named (an old vulgarization of “squeeze”), Scrooge was a shrewd businessman whose heart shriveled up so tightly that all impulses of joy, empathy and mercy dried to a gray paste.

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He embodied the indifference of upper classes who were defined by wealth and believed that their responsibilities toward others stopped with their taxes.

“The dark side of life is very important,” said Laird Williamson, adaptor and director of the Theatre Company’s first productions of A Christmas Carol (1990-2004). “We must, like Scrooge, acknowledge it in order to get to touch all aspects of human nature.” The redemption of the seemingly irredeemable Scrooge signaled the possibility of redemption of the human spirit.

We cannot gauge to what degree the book assuaged the ills of early Victorian society. We do know, however, that 6,000 copies were sold by Christmas Eve and eight competing stage versions were produced within a few months of its publication. It remains the best-selling Christmas book of all time, next to the Bible, and easily the most popular Christmas play.

“There’s something really special about this current adaptation,” said director Bruce Sevy. “It manages not to be just sentimental—there are dark elements in the play: poverty, loneliness, death, greed, disappointment—yet the story holds out the promise that it’s never too late to make a new start.”

But the lasting power of A Christmas Carol may well be the characterization of the holiday itself. At a time when traditional festivities were on the

decline, Dickens resurrected and reshaped the holiday with sparkling merriment, warm openheartedness, piping hospitality, dazzling generosity and even a white Christmas. The first Christmas card appeared just after the book’s publication. The cozy holiday glow was painted by his words. And even the existence of Christmas fiction, previously so saccharine sweet that it was declining in popularity, was rejuvenated by marrying it to its opposite—the tale of terror. By rekindling an almost extinguished flame, Dickens’ name forevermore was made synonymous with Christmas.

Based on the original 1990 Applause article by Laird Williamson with contributions by Dr. Elliot Engel, Chad Henry, Marilynne Scott Mason, Jay Novick, Dan Sullivan and Suzanne Yoe.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL NOV 28 – DEC 28 STAGE THEATRE ASL & Audio-described Performance: Dec 20, 1:30pm Tickets: 303.893.4100 | denvercenter.org 800.641.1222 | TTY: 303.893.9582 Groups (10+): 303.446.4829

FUN FACTS

In its 35-year history, the Theatre Company has presented two different adaptations of A Christmas Carol—the first by Laird Williamson and Dennis Powers (1990-2004) and the second

by Richard Hellesen (2005-present). In those years, we’ve had:

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JUDI WOLF’S COSTUME COLUMN The Theatre Company’s holiday tradition, A Christmas Carol, returns to the stage for its 22nd time in the Company’s 35-year-history. Designed by resident costume designer Kevin Copenhaver, the large ensemble production is filled with lavish period pieces denoting an unmatched Victorian elegance.

The style of the era can be seen in both the men’s and the women’s costumes.

Dresses of the time were adorned with increased sleeve detail and included layers of starched petticoats creating full, heavy skirts. These would later lead to the development of the crinoline.

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Ever dashing, the men’s fashion, particularly that of upper class gentlemen, followed the trend of earlier decades with full shoulders and chest, and tightly cinched waist. Shirts of linen or cotton were accented with wide cravats or neckties that offered several different looks.

Color, fabric and style all played a part in distinguishing the upper classes from the lower ones, which is particularly evident at the festive Fezziwig party, full of ornate details, lush fabrics and rich colors. Just watching this vivid and colorful merriment on stage will put you in the right mood and fill you with holiday cheer.

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REDISCOVER THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS

Every Year on the telly Children gather around…

To watch the Grinch STEAL Christmas From his very own town.

The furry green creature with little beady eyes, Hates Christmas, but no one really knows WHY. They say that his heart is two sizes too small, And that’s saying a lot, ’cause he’s really quite tall.

As you watch this musical, it’s likely you’ll find, That the Grinch who hates Christmas is really quite KIND. So GATHER Horton, Sam-I-Am and that Cat in the Hat, Bring The Lorax, Sally and those two Things to bat, Tell the fifer-feffer-feffs, the Guff, and the Snuvs, That ’ol Grinch is in the Buell with a heart full of LOVE.

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Theodor Seuss Geisel—“Ted” to his friends—began his career as a cartoonist in the 1920s after one of his fellow Oxford students noticed him spending more time doodling in class than taking notes. Not long thereafter, his work began appearing in magazines under the name “Dr. Theophrastus Seuss,” which he soon shortened to “Dr. Seuss.”

His first children’s book, And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street, was published in 1937, but it wasn’t until 1957 that two of his most-loved stories were published.

First up was The Cat in the Hat, which stemmed from reports of declining literacy among children.

When William Spaulding of Houghton Mifflin publishers challenged him to “write me a story that first-graders can’t put down,” Geisel was very nearly stumped. Known for his nonsense words, he was tasked with using only 225 words from the grade school vocabulary list. “I read the list three times and almost went out of my head,” he was quoted as saying in The Annotated Cat by Philip Nel. “I’ll read it once more and if I can find two words that rhyme, that’ll be the title.” Thus The Cat in the Hat was born, selling more than one million copies in three years and serving as a prototype for Random House’s Beginner Books division, of which Geisel was named President.

Geisel often said that the inspirations for his stories were mysteries to him, with the exception

of The Cat In The Hat and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. “I was brushing my teeth on the morning of the 26th of last December when I noted a very Grinch-ish countenance in the mirror,” commented Geisel in a 1957 Redbook interview. “It was Seuss! Something had gone wrong with Christmas, I realized, or more likely with me. So I wrote the story about my sour friend, the Grinch, to see if I could rediscover something about Christmas that obviously I’d lost.”

What resulted was a rejuvenation of Christmas for generations to come. The book was an immediate hit. It was adapted into an animated special in 1966 and a feature film starring Jim Carrey in 2000.

But in between, the Minneapolis Children’s Theatre Company brought the story to life on stage, complete with “You’re a Mean One Mr. Grinch” and “Welcome Christmas” from the original television special.

Following its debut in 1994, the musical eventually made its way to Broadway where it ran in the Hilton Theatre (2006) and the St. James (2007).

Though Geisel found popularity in many other children’s books including Horton Hears a Who, The Lorax, Fox in Socks, The Foot Book and who can forget Green Eggs and Ham, each year when Christmas comes around, generations gather together to read, watch and now attend Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical.

Upon his death in 1991, Geisel had written 44 children’s books with more than 200 million copies in print, received the Pulitzer Prize in 1984, three Academy Awards and eight honorary doctorates. Works based on his stories have received three Oscars, three Emmys, three Grammys and a Peabody Award. And he even coined his own entry into Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary: “Grinch: noun an unpleasant person who spoils other people’s fun or enjoyment.”

We couldn’t think of a term less likely to describe Theodore Geisel, our beloved Dr. Seuss. Instead, we’ll defer to Bennett Cerf, Geisel’s publisher, who said that of all the distinguished authors he had worked with, only one was a genius: Dr. Seuss.

DR. SEUSS’ HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL DEC 17 – 28 BUELL THEATRE ASL, Open Captioning & Audio-description Performance: Dec 27, 2pm Tickets: 303.893.4100 denvercenter.org 800.641.1222 TTY: 303.893.9582 Groups (10+): 303.446.4829

Santino Fontana and Laura Osnes from the Rodgers + Hammerstein’s CINDERELLA Original Broadway Company

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“Something had gone wrong with Christmas, I realized, or more likely with me. So I wrote the story about my sour friend, the Grinch, to see if I could rediscover something about Christmas that obviously I’d lost.”

COMING UP FROM BROADWAY:

CINDERELLA One of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s most beloved scores was originally written for television: Cinderella (playing The Buell Feb 3–15). First aired in 1957 starring Julie Andrews, it features such songs as “Ten Minutes Ago” and “In My Own Little Corner.”

Ted Chapin, President of Rodgers + Hammerstein, asked Robyn Goodman (Avenue Q, In the Heights) to produce a new version of Cinderella. She agreed but with a caveat: Only if Cinderella “can save the Prince as much as he saves her.

She’s gotta be a more active character.”

Goodman hired playwright Douglas Carter Beane (The Little Dog Laughed, Xanadu) to adapt.

While critics have commented that Beane’s humorous script is revisionist, he was inspired by Charles Perrault’s 1697 fairy tale. It was a thinly veiled satire of French politics, says Beane: “The court was overwhelmed with ridicule and sarcasm, and Cinderella was kind and brought kindness to the court.” But Beane knew, “It had to have a little snark to it.”

Since Rodgers and Hammerstein had only written songs for a 90-minute TV musical, Beane scoured their catalogue for material to fill out the score for the stage version. He found several little-known gems: “Me, Who am I?” a cut song from Me and Juliet, and “There’s Music in You” from the film Main Street to Broadway.

Goodman thinks this melding of traditional songwriting and a playful new script resonates with contemporary families: “I want those mothers out there to know that it is the classic Cinderella; the glass slipper is there and he has to find her, and the Fairy Godmother and the Wicked Stepmother are there. It just has a slight modern spin on it, so girls feel that princesses can save the world; they are proactive, they’re compassionate and that the basic theme of the show is kindness.”

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2014 National Tour Big League Productions, Inc. Presents

Dr. Seuss’

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

The Musical

Based on the book How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss Book and Lyrics by

Music by

Timothy Mason

Mel Marvin

Additional music and lyrics by Albert Hague and Dr. Seuss Starring

Stefan Karl

Bob Lauder

Andreas Wyder

and

Isabella Burke Vincent DiPeri Riley Glick Raleigh Shuck David Thornton Katy Vaughn Melissa Weisbach Aviva Winick with

Nicole Acevedo Hannah Roberts Brown Tara Carbone Kyle Eberlein Hillary Ekwall Chavon Hampton Justun Hart Jayson Kerr Eric B. Mota Jonathan Nadolny Jackie Nguyen Aaron Ronelle Chelsea Vann Jennifer Wilcove Set Designer

John Lee Beatty

Lighting Design

Pat Collins

Casting by

Costume Designer

Original Sound Designer

Alison Franck, CSA

ACME Sound Partners

Incidental Music/Vocal Arrangement

Joshua Rosenblum

Original Tour Producers

Sound Designer Associate Lighting Designer

Robert Morgan Ed Chapman

Orchestrator

Michael Starobin

Charlie Morrison

Associate Director

Music Supervisor

Antoinette Dipietropolo

Steven Cuevas

Dance Music Arranger

Technical Supervisor

General Management

David Krane

Running Subway Big League Productions, Inc. This Time of Year Co. Mark Johnson Original Choreography by

John DeLuca

Don S. Gilmore

Executive Producer

Daniel Sher

Associate Producer

Audrey Geisel

Co-Choreography

Bob Richard

Directed by

Matt August Original Production Conceived and Directed by

Jack O’Brien

Based on the production produced by The Old Globe, San Diego California Louis G. Spisto, Executive Director Originally commissioned by and produced at The Children’s Theatre Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota Produced by permission of Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P.

Exclusive Tour Direction: AWA Partners

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

and Season Sponsors

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Cast

(in order of appearance) Old Max.......................................................................................................................................................... Bob Lauder Cindy-Lou Who (Alternating)............................................................................... Raleigh Shuck/Aviva Winick Papa Who.................................................................................................................................................Vincent DiPeri Mama Who........................................................................................................................................ Melissa Weisbach Grandpa Who....................................................................................................................................... David Thornton Grandma Who............................................................................................................................................Katy Vaughn Annie Who (Alternating)............................................................................................. Isabella Burke/Riley Glick Citizens of Whoville............................................Nicole Acevedo, Hannah Roberts Brown, Tara Carbone, ....................................................Kyle Eberlein, Justun Hart, Jayson Kerr, Chelsea Vann, Jennifer Wilcove Who Kids....................................................................................Hillary Ekwall, Chavon Hampton, Eric B. Mota, ............................................................................................... Jonathan Nadolny, Jackie Nguyen, Aaron Ronelle Young Max............................................................................................................................................. Andreas Wyder The Grinch.......................................................................................................................................................Stefan Karl Swings ERIC B. MOTA, JACKIE NGUYEN Understudies Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance.

For The Grinch: JUSTUN HART, DAVID THORNTON; For Old Max: JUSTUN HART, JAYSON KERR; For Cindy-Lou Who: ISABELLA BURKE, RILEY GLICK; For Mama Who: CHELSEA VANN; For Papa Who: KYLE EBERLEIN ; For Grandpa Who: KYLE EBERLEIN, JAYSON KERR; For Grandma Who: JENNIFER WILCOVE; For Young Max: ERIC B. MOTA

MUSICAL NUMBERS Who Likes Christmas?...............................................................................................................Citizens of Whoville This Time of Year...............................................................................................................Old Max and Young Max I Hate Christmas Eve.........................................................The Grinch, Young Max, Papa Who, Mama Who, ..................... Grandma Who, Grandpa Who, Cindy-Lou Who, Danny Who, Annie Who and Boo Who What Cha Ma Who.................................................................................................................The Grinch, Who Kids Welcome, Christmas..................................................................................................................Citizens of Whoville I Hate Christmas Eve (Reprise)...............................................................................................................The Grinch It’s the Thought That Counts...................................................Grandma Who, Grandpa Who, Mama Who, ......................................................................................................Papa Who, Citizens of Whoville and Who Kids One of a Kind.................................................................................................................................................The Grinch Now’s the Time........................................................Papa Who, Mama Who, Grandma Who, Grandpa Who You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch..................................................................... Old Max, Young Max, The Grinch Santa for a Day............................................................................................................Cindy-Lou Who, The Grinch You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch* (Reprise)................................................................................................Old Max Who Likes Christmas? (Reprise)...........................................................................................Citizens of Whoville One of a Kind (Reprise)................................................................... Young Max, The Grinch, Cindy-Lou Who This Time of Year (Reprise)............................................................................................................................Old Max Welcome, Christmas* (Reprise)............................................................................................Citizens of Whoville Santa for a Day (Reprise)..................................... The Grinch, Cindy-Lou Who and Citizens of Whoville Who Likes Christmas? (Reprise).................. The Grinch, Young Max, Old Max and Whos Everywhere * Music by Albert Hague and lyrics by Dr. Seuss. Published by EMI Robbins Catalog, Inc. “Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical” will be performed without an intermission

STEVEN CUEVAS (Musical Director/Conductor)

Peter Leigh-Nilsen (Associate Conductor/Keyboard 1), Andrei Strizek (Keyboard 2), Melissa Yanchak (Keyboard 1 Alternate/Replacement), Noelle Fabian (Reed 1), Rick Kissinger (Reed 2), Chad Ostermiller (Reed 3), Dave Richards (Trumpet 1), Kurt Marcum (Trumpet 2), Mike Mulligan (Trombone), John Convertino (Bass), Tristan Marzeski (Drums/Percussion) All videotaping, audio recording and photography is strictly prohibited.

who’s who in the cast STEFAN KARL (The Grinch) is best known for his role as the villain Robbie Rotten in the TV series Lazy Town.

Currently shown on PBS Sprout, CBS and in more than 130 countries, Lazy Town won the prestigious BAFTA award for the episode “Robbie’s Greatest Misses” in 2007. Stefan’s theatre work in the past includes: The National Theatre of Iceland: Spamalot (Herbert), Cyrano de Bergerac (Cyrano), Singin’ in the Rain (Cosmo Brown), Stones in His Pockets (Jake Quinn), Lazy Town (Robbie Rotten), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck), Noises Off (Lloyd), The Reykjavik City Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors (The Dentist) and many others. Films include: Regina, Stella for office, Polite People and Johannes from 2010 and more. This is Stefan’s seventh year with the Grinch company and he has done more then 400 shows in about 34 cities in North America.

BOB LAUDER (Old Max) Happy to be returning for his 5th year in Whoville, Bob Lauder survived the 1st National Tour of Titanic, A New Musical, Kismet (Hajj) and The Student Prince (Dr. Engel). Paint Your Wagon (Ben Rumson) and Evita (Juan Peron) both earned him Dramalogue Awards.

He’s worked with Phyllis Diller, Roger Daltrey, John Lithgow, Kristen Chenoweth and many others. An accomplished operatic baritone, he’s sung in La Bohéme (Marcello), Verdi’s Falstaff (Falstaff), Carmen (Escamillo), Die Fledermaus (Dr. Falke) and many more. Before joining Grinch, he was charming audiences as Santa Claus in the Las Vegas Christmas Spectacular, Believe in the Magic and has performed for the last 13 years in the most successful corporate act in the world, The Three Waiters.

ANDREAS WYDER (Young Max) is jumping for joy to be returning to this beautiful Grinch family after touring the country with them last year! Favorite selected credits include: NATIONAL TOUR: Titanic the Musical (Bellboy), OFF-BROADWAY/NYC: Vestments of the Gods (produced by TonyAward Winner Lin-Manuel Miranda), Mexican Hayride (Junior) at Theatre Row, Berenstain Bears LIVE! (Brother Bear), Regional: Next to Normal (Gabe). Enormous thanks to the gorgeous Alison Franck, God, DD, and this phenomenal cast/creative team!

Spread love! www.andreaswyder.com ISABELLA BURKE (Annie Who) is thrilled to make her professional debut with The Grinch family. Thanks to Big League Productions for this opportunity. Love to Lisa Calli, Philip Pelkington, Jr., Alison, Badiene, Tristian, Libby, Janine, Nana and Papa, Grandma Betty, my coaches and teachers, and my family and friends.

Shout out to Big H, I, and A for all of their support.

VINCENT DIPERI (Papa Who) is excited to be returning to The Grinch family. Vincent is based in NYC. Credits: Spamalot (Sir Bedevere- Park Playhouse), Les Miserables (Joly/ Thenardier u.s- Little Theater on the Square), The Producers (Roger Debris- Park Playhouse), and LMAOff Broadway (Performer- Midtown Theater). Thanks to Big League for this opportunity. Love to my family and Carl!

RILEY GLICK (Annie Who) is thrilled to return to Whoville for her third holiday season, from Scottsdale, AZ! Regional: Les Misérables (Little Cosette), Ruthless (Tina Denmark), Gypsy

(Baby June). Other favorite roles: Shrek (Young Fiona), Annie (Annie).

Thank you again Matt August, Alison Franck, Bob Richard, Dan Sher, Grinch team and Big League. Special thanks to Nancy Carson, Bob Marks, Jennifer Johns, Kelli James, Michael Barnard!

Much love to Mom & Dad! RALEIGH SHUCK (Cindy-Lou Who) age 8 is a Kentucky girl who now lives in New York City. STAGE: Broadway Does County (Laurie Beechman Theatre), Sticks & Stones (NY Theatre Barn) TV: The Money (HBO pilot).

FILM: Mild and Lovely. Thanks to God, my family, Nancy Carson, Peggy Stamps, Alison Franck, Cliff Samuels, & Ellyn Marsh!

DAVID THORNTON (Grandpa Who) Recent works include: The 39 Steps (Clown 1 and 2 at Cape Fear Regional Theatre and Sierra Repertory Theatre, respectively) a sketch comedy pilot for HBO as well as voice work for the video games Two Worlds II, Ride to Hell: Retribution, and Invizimals: The Lost Kingdom. He wishes to dedicate his performances in memory of his mother.

KATY VAUGHN (Grandma Who) Returning to Whoville for a third holiday season! Off–Broadway: Dear Edwina. National Tour: A Year w/ Frog & Toad (Mouse). Disney Cruise Line: Disney’s Believe (Mary Poppins, Mrs. Potts). As a voice over actor, Katy’s recorded numerous children’s books, including “Dot.” by Randi Zuckerberg, as well as national ads for HTC One, Veet, & Nike. BFA Musical Theatre–Shenandoah Conservatory.

Love to Mom, Dad, & Jacob. www.katyvaughn.com

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

The Grinch Orchestra

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

MELISSA WEISBACH (Mama Who) National tour debut! Over the moon to be joining the Whos, Melissa is very much more than enthused! Credits include: A Funny Thing...(Philia), The Mikado (Pitti-Sing), West Side Story (Maria), The Secret Garden (Lily), Respect The Musical (Eden). Thanks to the creative team, fellow Whos, her family and Michael, her love.

Melissaweisbach.com AVIVA WINICK (Cindy-Lou Who) National Tour Debut! Regional favorite roles: Young Tracy Turnblad, Dorothy, Rapunzel, Alice, TinkerBell, Gertrude McFuzz. Aviva loves reading, cooking, and writing reviews of Broadway shows! Big thanks to Nancy, Kim, Amelia, DMO, and all my teachers/ mentors for your support! Love to Mom, Dad, family and my biggest fan, Jacob! @AvivaWinick NICOLE ACEVEDO (Ensemble) is excited to join the Grinch family!

She was last seen in the Off-Bway Pinkalicious the Musical (Pinkalicious) Nat’l Tour: Junie B. Jones and the Stinky Smelly Bus (Junie B), Little People Live! (Sofie). LB H A N N A H R O B E R TS B R O W N (Ensemble) is ecstatic to rejoin her Grinch family. Credits include Drowsy Chaperone, Pinkalicious (St. Michael’s Playhouse); To Kill A Mockingbird (Lost Nation); and Cloud 9, Beaux Stratagem (University of Vermont). Thanks to Mom and Dad! TARA CARBONE (Ensemble) is thrilled to be returning to Grinch! Tara was recently seen in Damn Yankees at MGR Playhouse and in The Music Man at the John W. Engeman. Tara also acted on camera in ABC’s Upfront at Lincoln Center and in the Novartis Industrial.

BFA in Musical Theatre from Syracuse University. taracarbone.com KYLE EBERLEIN (Ensemble) is thrilled to be performing in Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical. Previous theatres include: Utah Shakespeare Festival, Prospect Theatre and Attic Theatre Company.

BFA in Musical Theatre from Otterbein University. Thanks to his family, friends and Tricia for being so supporting!

HILLARY EKWALL (Ensemble) is delighted to be ringing in the holidays with “The Whos.” Off Broadway: Angelina Ballerina Holiday (Angelina).

National Tours: Curious George Live!

Ramona Quimby. Regional: Grease (Patty Simcox) at NSMT, Spelling Bee

(Logainne), Godspell (Gilmer). Thanks to the Grinch team for this opportunity and to my friends and family for their continued love and support. www.hillaryekwall.com CHAVON HAMPTON (Ensemble) was born and raised in New Haven, Connecticut. She was featured in an Off-Broadway Show titled My World, and can also be seen in the new Lucille Roberts commercial.

JUSTUN HART (Ensemble) earned his BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

Regional credit: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Adam). Thanks to God, my incredible family, and supportive girlfriend.

JAYSON KERR (Ensemble) is thrilled to join this amazing cast of Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical.

National tours: Jesus Christ Superstar (with Ted Neeley), Evita. Regional: Finian’s Rainbow, The Producers, Once On This Island, Dreamgirls, Man of La Mancha and Titanic.

ERIC B. MOTA (Asst. Dance Captain, Swing, Ensemble) is thrilled to return to WHOville for his 4th holiday season with Grinch! Credits include: North American tour of The Wizard of Oz, Forum (Alley Theatre), A Chorus Line, Hair, Disney’s Tarzan, and Broadway Connection. Training: Sam Houston State University (BFA), North East School of the Arts, and BTP (under the direction of Ann Reinking).

JONATHAN NADOLNY (Ensemble) is thrilled to be back with Grinch.

Favorite Credits: Inky in Super Sidekick, the Musical (2012 NY Fringe Encore winner), Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, and The Emcee in Cabaret.

Always Keep Dreaming!

JACKIE NGUYEN (Asst. Choreographer, Dance Captain, Swing, Ensemble, ASM, ACM) returns to Whoville for her FIFTH Christmas in a row! BFA from Cal State Fullerton! Favorite Credits: ‘Kim’ in 2013 International Tour of Miss Saigon and LA productions, female swing on 2014 International Tour of My Fair Lady. Special thanks to Antoinette, Bob Richard, Matt, Who family, Crewville, Avalon Aritsts, my beautiful Mom. Merry Christmas to my super hero, Nate! www.jackie-nguyen.com AARON RONELLE (Ensemble) an AMDA graduate is ecstatic to be spending yet another Christmas with his Whoville family! Aaron is

diligently working on his recording career and can soon be seen singing the National Anthem for the NBA. #SpreadSomeCheer CHELSEA VANN (Ensemble) feels blessed to return to Whoville for a third year! Regional: My Fair Lady (Eliza), Legally Blonde (Vivienne), Les Misérables (Eponine, Fantine), Burn This (Anna). Proud alum of Wagner College, BA Theatre Performance.

For my incredible parents! chelseavann.com JENNIFER WILCOVE (Ensemble) teaches at APU in L.A. and has performed at Geffen Playhouse, Starlight Bowl, Moonlight Amphitheater, Disneyland, and the Crystal Cathedral.

She has toured nationally with Gershwin singers and enjoyed voiceover work. www.jenniferwilcove.weebly.com.

DR. SEUSS (Writer) Dr. Seuss was born Theodor Geisel in Springfield, Massachusetts on March 2, 1904.

After attending Dartmouth College and Oxford University, he began a career in advertising. Dr. Seuss’s first children’s book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, hit the market in 1937, changing the world of children’s literature forever. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1984, two Emmy awards and three Academy awards, Seuss was the author and illustrator of 44 books, many of which have been made into audiocassettes, animated television specials and videos. His books include The Cat in the Hat, which infused 236 simple words with rhythm, rhyme and humor, and Green Eggs and Ham which used only 50 words.

Even after his death in 1991, Dr. Seuss continues to be the world’s best-selling author of children’s books.

JACK O’BRIEN (Original Director) Broadway: Houdini (Upcoming); Macbeth; The Nance; Dead Accounts; Catch Me If You Can; Impressionism; The Coast of Utopia (Tony Award®); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tony nominations); Henry IV (Tony Award®); Hairspray (Tony Award® and Drama Desk Award); Imaginary Friends; The Invention of Love (Tony nomination; Drama Desk Award); The Full Monty (Tony nomination); More to Love; Getting Away With Murder; Pride’s Crossing; The Little Foxes; Hapgood (Lucille Lortel Award); Damn Yankees (Tony nomination); Two Shakespearean Actors (Tony nomination); Porgy and Bess (Tony Award®, Most Innovative Revival); St. Louis Woman; The Most

TIMOTHY MASON (Book & Lyrics) Broadway: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical (2006 & 2007). Off-Broadway: Levitation, Only You, Babylon Gardens (with Timothy Hutton and Mary- Louise Parker) and The Fiery Furnace (w/ Julie Harris), all produced by Circle Rep. Regional: ACT’s Young Conservatory San Francisco, The Young Americans Cycle (Ascension Day, The Less Than Human Club, Time on Fire, Mullen’s Alley and My Life in the Silents), the Old Globe San Diego, Actors Theatre of Louisville, South Coast Rep, Seattle Rep, Victory Gardens, the Jungle Theatre (Minneapolis), the Guthrie Theater Lab and the Royal National Theatre, London. Numerous plays and musicals with Minneapolis Children’s Theatre Co., including several collaborations with Mel Marvin, and the first Dr. Seuss musical, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, with composer Hiram Titus in 1980. Tim’s first novel, The Last Synapsid, a fantasy-adventure for kids, is published by Random House (www.randomhouse.com/kids).

MEL MARVIN (Composer) Bway; Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

The Musical, Cymbeline, A History of the American Film, Tintypes (Tony Award® nom.), Yentl, Fascinating Rhythm.

Innumerable scores for productions of plays, from Shakespeare (Lincoln Center Theater, Guthrie, A.R.T., Arena Stage, Hartford Stage, McCarter, etc.) to Kushner (Angels in America at the Mark Taper Forum), Musicals for young audiences: Little Miss Hollywood, Madeline’s Rescue, Strega Nona Meets Her Match, Mr. Popper’s Penguins, A

Cricket in Times Square, Gold. Opera: Guest From the Future, premiered at Bard Summerscape in 2004, and Buwalsky, Opera Spanga, Holland, Yale, the Skirball Center, NYC (2004). Also this season: Elmer Gantry at Signature Theatre, directed by Eric Schaeffer.

Head faculty composer, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU. ALBERT HAGUE (Original Composer of “You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch” and “Welcome Christmas”) His music for the original How the Grinch Stole Christmas, especially the songs “You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch” and “Welcome Christmas” are instantly recognized worldwide by young and old alike. His Broadway career includes the standard “Young and Foolish” from the hit show Plain and Fancy as well as Redhead, for which he won the Tony in 1959. His film and TV career started when he was in his late 50s with the role of Professor Shorofsky in the movie Fame and the “Fame” TV series, and continued with many small roles in movies such as Space Jam and The Story of Us. Born in 1920 in Berlin, he escaped the Nazis via music scholarships in Rome and Cincinnati and settled in NY. The music from The Grinch is his most enduring achievement.

MATT AUGUST (Director) Broadway: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical (also all National Tours, Madison Square Garden and Pantages); Broadway as Associate Director: Henry IV, Invention of Love, Imaginary Friends, Full Monty. Selected Regional Directing: Geffen PlayhouseGospel According to Jefferson, Dickens and Tolstoy: Discord; Old Globe- Two Gentlemen of Verona, Time Flies (by David Ives), Pig Farm (Co-World Premier by Greg Kotis), Food Chain.

Pioneer Theatre- In the Heights; Much Ado About Nothing; Ford’s TheatreLiberty Smith, A Christmas Carol (5 seasons); TheatreWorks- Baby Taj; The Acting Company (NYC): Two Gentlemen of Verona, Merry Wives of Windsor and Staff Repertory Director; NoHo Arts Center- Gospel…Discord, Fourth Messenger (upcoming); Long Wharf: Sixteen Wounded (starring Martin Landau); LA Theatre WorksThe Real Dr. Strangelove, Speech and Debate, Intelligence Slave (upcoming); Hanger Theatre: Complete History of America Abridged, All in the Timing, Tempest, Free to Be…; Next StagesJump Rope; HERE- Judith. He’s received fellowships and residencies from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival,

Old Globe Theatre, Drama League, Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center, the Julliard School, San Francisco’s Zen Center, received the Panavision New Filmmaker’s Grant and mentored upcoming directors through the SDC Observership Program and Drama League Fellowship. His productions have been recognized by the Helen Hayes, Bay Area Critics and Australia’s Helpmann Awards and appeared on Year End Top-Ten lists in the LA Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Oakland Tribune, SJ Mercury News and NPR/ KQED. His award winning short family film How to Get to Candybar has played at festivals around the world.

MFA from California Institute of the Arts.

JOHN DeLUCA (Original Choreography) Old Globe: Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical. Film: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Nine, Memoirs of a Geisha, Chicago, The Terminal. TV: Tony Bennett: An American Classic, 75th Annual Academy Awards, Kennedy Center Honors. Broadway/ NY theatre: Minnelli on Minnelli, Broadway Sings Elton John, Deborah Voight on Broadway, Sweet Adeline (Encores!), Two Gentlemen of Verona (the Public). National tour: The Boy Friend, Chita & All That Jazz, Music of the Night, Brigadoon. American Stage Co.: Oedipus Private Eye, Lucky Guy, The Gig. American Musical Theatre Award, Choreography Media Honors, American Choreography Award, two Emmy Awards. Currently producing the film version of Into the Woods, in theaters this December.

BOB RICHARD (Choreographer) Broadway; How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical! (Off Broadway); The Road to Qatar! and the Co-Director and Choreographer of Inventing Mary Martin, the Review of a Lifetime! (National Tours); The 50th Anniversary National Tour of HELLO, DOLLY! Starring Sally Struthers; Cabaret and in 2015 Bob’s work will be seen in the National Tour of GUYS AND DOLLS! Bob spent the summer working on the premiere of an original new Musical which just opened in Shanghai China! SHANGHAI BUND (TV and Film); Choreographer of LazyTown Season 3; by Turner Network Television. The Tonight Show; The Today Show; and Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Bob has been the Resident Choreographer for Sacramento Music Circus and over the past 16 years has staged over 36

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Happy Fella. For the Metropolitan Opera, Il Trittico. London: Love Never Dies, March 2010; Hairspray (Olivier Award); His Girl Friday (National Theatre). Artistic Director of the Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, from 19812007. Six movies for PBS’s “American Playhouse.” Actor (film): Sex and the City. Awards: Artserve Michigan 2008 International Achievement Award; 2008 Theatre Hall of Fame Inductee; 2005 John Houseman Award; 2007 and 2001 Joan Cullman Award for Extraordinary Creativity, 2004 Thomas Degaetani Award (USITT), 2002 “Mr. Abbott” Award (SDCF); 2001 Joe A. Callaway Award (SDCF).

Member, College of Fellows of the American Theatre; Honorary Doctorate, University of San Diego; Honorary Doctorate, University of Michigan.

Author: Jack Be Nimble (Farrar, Straus & Giroux).

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JOHN LEE BEATTY (Scenic Designer) Recent productions include Much Ado About Nothing and King Lear for the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park summer series. Broadway: The Nance, After Midnight, Other Desert Cities, Venus in Fur, Chicago, Good People, Proof, Doubt, The Color Purple, The Sisters Rosensweig, A Delicate Balance, The Heiress, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Talley’s Folly, Burn This, Fifth of July, Rabbit Hole, Penn & Teller and more.

Education: Brown, Yale School of Drama. Awards: Tony, Obie, Outer Critics, Drama Desk, Theater Hall of Fame.

PAT COLLINS (Lighting Designer) Broadway: Doubt (Tony nomination), Proof, A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Heidi Chronicles, I’m Not Rappaport (Tony® Award), Execution of Justice (Drama Desk Award), Sherlock’s Last Case, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Baby, Steaming, Orphans, Good People.

Lincoln Center: Dying City, An American Daughter, A Delicate Balance, The Sisters Rosensweig, Threepenny Opera (Tony nomination).

ROBERT MORGAN (Costume Designer) Broadway: The Full Monty, Imaginary Friends, I’m Not Rappaport and Sherlock’s Last Case. OffBroadway: Saturn Returns and Pride’s Crossing, Lincoln Center; The Loves of Anatol, Circle in the Square. 101 Dalmatians. Forty years of designing for regional theatres across the U.S; founding Associate Artist, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego.

ED CHAPMAN (Sound Designer) happily returns to the Grinch design team. Bringing over 25 years of experience on Broadway, International theatre and concert production. Design credits include; The Joker’s Game (World Premiere, China), National Tour of A Christmas

Story, Walnut Street’s In The Heights Theatre of the Stars Annie, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical National tours, American Pops Orchestra (in Tokyo). Mr. Chapman sends much love and thanks to his Parents John and Gayle, and family, Kate, Mary Ann, Johnny and Eddie.

A N T O I N E TT E D I P I E T R O P O L O (Associate Director) is excited to be back working on the National Tour of How The Grinch Stole Christmas!

The Musical. Previously she has been the restaging choreographer and the character Bugsy/Dance Captain.

Director/Choreographer Nunsense at Flatrock Playhouse and Engeman Theater; Director/Choreographer Chicago, Jesus Christ Superstar and Annie at Fort Salem Theatre; Choreographer Annie at the Muny in St. Louis; Director/Choreographer Ragtime at Lyric stage nominated in 14 categories for the Theatre League Awards; Ragtime at North Carolina Theatre she won best Choreographer at the Triangle Theatre Awards; Choreographer for Candide starring George Hearn & Rita Moreno; Choreographer The Music Man, Evita, South Pacific, Hairspray and I Love You You’re Perfect Now Change at the Engeman Theater; Co-Creator/ Choreographer Powerhouse Joyce SoHo; Choreographer Off Broadway show With Glee; Choreographer for the ongoing bus tour THE RIDE in New York City; Choreographer Big Apple Circus; Director/Choreographer for Annie numerous places. www.antoinettedipietropolo.com @antoinettedip STEVEN CUEVAS (Music Supervisor) International Tour: My Fair Lady. As a musician: Off-Broadway: Closer Than Ever, Songs for a New World, Iron Curtain; North American Tour: Spring Awakening; Recording: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical. Thanks to every Who down in Whoville, the tall and the small! Love to my family and AS. @StevenMCuevas MICHAEL STAROBIN (Orchestrator) If/Then, Annie, Dogfight, Queen of the Mist, People in the Picture, Sondheim on Sondheim, Next to Normal, Glorious Ones, Grinch, Adrift in Macao, Bernarda Alba, Spelling Bee, Assassins, Tom Sawyer, A New Brain, A Christmas Carol, Hello Again, Guys & Dolls, My Favorite Year, Falsettos, In Trousers, Sunday in the Park with George, Once on This Island, Closer Than Ever, Legs Diamond, Romance Romance, Carrie,

Birds of Paradise, Rags, Three Guys Naked, Von Richtofen.

DAVID KRANE (Dance Music Arrangements) created the dance music & additional score for the Oscar-winning Chicago, the film of Nine, musical score adaptation for the new Disney Into The Woods, starring Meryl Streep, produced & arranged Michelle Williams’ vocals for My Week with Marilyn and composed Aspire with Stephen Cole, the 1st American musical produced in the Middle East.

Their musical comedy about that incredible experience, The Road to Qatar! was produced in Dallas, NYC & the Edinburgh Festival. The show is licensed by josef-weinberger.com, and the CD, produced by jayrecords.com, is available on iTunes. Arrangements currently on Broadway: Cabaret, upcoming: On The 20th Century. davidkrane.com.

DON S. GILMORE (Technical Supervisor) has provided production management and technical supervision for over 300 Broadway, regional theatre and commercial projects in the U.S. and abroad. Broadway: Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, Guys & Dolls, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Dracula the Musical, Sinatra, The Pirate Queen. Tours: Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Tallest Tree in the Forest, Hair, Judy Garland Live!; Other Projects: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC, Fantasy of a Kingdom (Phuket, Thailand) and Times Square New Year’s Eve. Don lives in NYC with his wife, actress Rebecca Holt, and their three children: Luke, Max and Ruby.

ALISON FRANCK (Casting Director) has been working in casting for almost 20 years. Current projects are national tours of A Christmas Story, The Musical!, Guys and Dolls, and Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

The Musical (for the 5th year in a row).

Her recent projects include: National Tours of Hello, Dolly! starring Sally Struthers, Man of La Mancha, tons of commercials and the voice overs.

Past tours of Hair, Dreamgirls, My Fair Lady, Ain’t Misbehavin’ starring Ruben Studdard and Frenchie Davis, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Gloryana at The Public (reading and workshop), the TV series Peter Rabbit and A Moment in Time, the new John Denver songbook musical, off-Broadway plays, It’s Just Sex. & The Donkey Show (directed

by Diane Paulus). Alison also worked

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productions. Other notable Theatres include; The 5th Ave Theatre, in Seattle; The Old Globe Theatre; Madison Square Garden in NYC, North Shore Music Theatre; Theatre Under the Stars, in Houston; Ordway Center for the Performing Arts and The Pioneer Theatre, in Salt Lake City. Bob and his wife Diane are the Co-Founding Artistic Directors of The American Musical Theatre Dance Company!

Dancing, teaching master classes worldwide, and choreographing encompassing over 30 plus years in show business. My Love to Diane and Robert Henry!

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in television casting of “Soul Man”, starring Dan Aykroyd, “LateLine”, starring Al Franken, “Talk to Me” starring Kyra Sedgewick, and pilots of “Freaks and Geeks”, and “Madigan Men.” Also was the Casting director for several films including Broke Even starring Kevin Corrigan. Alison was the Resident Casting Director for Paper Mill Playhouse for 10 years, where she cast over 50 productions, including the Broadway transfer of I’m Not Rappaport, starring Judd Hirsch and Ben Vereen, directed by Daniel Sullivan.

Regional: Pirates! (Goodspeed/Paper Mill), Hairspray, and Les Misérables (North Shore) and 2007’s mini-tour of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (TUTS/Paper Mill Playhouse/North Shore/TOTS). Upcoming website: www.franckcasting.com RUNNING SUBWAY (Producer) is a NYC based entertainment company founded by James Sanna with Joshua Rosenblum. The board includes Ken Munoz, Bill Davis, Allen Paik and Steve Tuttleman. Grinch: Broadway & all Tours. Other prods include Sinatra at the London Palladium, Peter Pan at Madison Square Garden (Cathy Rigby), Judy Garland In Concert. Projects include the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC, Bodies - the Exhibition, as well as the venue Discovery Times Square (www.discoverytsx.com) currently featuring the blockbuster exhibits, Body Worlds: Pulse, and Marvel’s Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. Past exhibits incl. Titanic, DaVinci, King Tut, Terra Cotta Warriors, Harry Potter the Exhibition, Spy and three exhibitions that are currently touring…

The Dead Sea Scrolls, Art of the Brick and Pompeii. Upcoming includes a new circus/musical, Dr. Seuss’ Circus McGurkus.

THIS TIME OF YEAR COMPANY LP (Original Tour Producer) a partnership formed in 2007 to produce the national tour of Grinch. Comprised of Running Subway, Shorenstein Hays Nederlander Theaters (SHN), EMI Music Publishing, Michael Speyer & Bernie Abrams, Dancap Productions, Janet Pailet, Spark Productions, and Eva Price/ Maximum Entertainment.

AUDREY STONE GEISEL (Associate Producer) Audrey Stone Geisel (Mrs. Seuss) is the President and CEO of Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P., which was formed in 1993 to maintain the quality and integrity of Dr. Seuss copyrights and trademarks. Dr. Seuss Enterprises has overseen the production of all

licensed posthumous adaptations of Dr. Seuss’ work. Mrs. Geisel is also President of the Dr. Seuss Fund and Dr. Seuss Foundation, which donate funds to a variety of causes and institutions that promote literacy. In addition, the Dr. Seuss Fund and Dr. Seuss Foundation are major contributors to many educational, cultural and medical institutions in Southern California. Mrs. Geisel serves on the advisory board of many of these institutions.

THE OLD GLOBE (Original Producer) The Tony Award®-winning Old Globe is one of the country’s leading professional regional theatres and has stood as San Diego’s flagship arts institution for over 75 years. Under the direction of Artistic Director Barry Edelstein and Managing Director Michael G. Murphy, The Old Globe produces a year-round season of fourteen or more musicals, contemporary, new and classic plays and an internationally acclaimed annual Shakespeare Festival. In its three stateof-the-art theatres and education center, more than 250,000 people annually attend Globe productions and participate in the theatre’s education and community programs. Numerous plays and musicals that have been developed at The Globe have gone on to enjoy highly successful runs in New York and across the country.

AWA PARTNERS (Exclusive Tour Direction) represents the joint forces of AWA Touring Services, Off Broadway Booking/OBB and AVID Touring Group.

The new roster includes, I Love Lucy Live on Stage, A Christmas Story—the Musical, Mandy Patinkin in Concert, An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, Celebrity Autobiography, among many others. Past projects include Green Day’s American Idiot, The Phantom of the Opera, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, DreamWorks’ Madagascar Live and Monty Python’s Spamalot. www.AWA-Partners.com CHILDREN’S THEATRE COMPANY (Original Producer) Founded in 1965, the Children’s Theatre Company (Minneapolis) is one of the country’s largest regional theatres and regarded as America’s flagship theatre for young people and families, setting standards of excellence in the quality of its productions, commitment to new work, rigorous theatre arts training programs and innovative education and community partnerships. CTC premiered the first stage version of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole

Christmas! The Musical in 1994. CTC is led by Artistic Director Peter C. Brosius and Managing Director Tim Jennings.

In 2003, CTC was honored with the Tony® Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre.

BIG LEAGUE PRODUCTIONS/DANIEL SHER (Executive Producer) Led by Daniel Sher as owner and Executive Producer, Big League is celebrating its 27th season of producing, general managing and booking Broadway musicals and special attractions for touring throughout North America and worldwide. Some of 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 Mackintosh on a new production of Miss Saigon which toured for 4 years. Other noteworthy productions were the Japanese and North American touring production of the Tony Award® winning Broadway revival of 42nd Street as well as Meredith Willson’s The Music Man as newly conceived by Susan Stroman.

Others have included Footloose (Las Vegas, Atlantic City, North American tour), tours of Titanic, 1776, Peter Pan, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum starring Rip Taylor and Blast!. Big League’s production of The Who’s Tommy was seen throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Japan. Big League produced the Tony Award®- winning musical Ain’t Misbehavin’ starring “American Idol” winner Ruben Studdard and the first national tour of the technically dynamic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Recent seasons included Hello, Dolly! starring Sally Struthers, Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady, an original hip-hop dance show Groovaloo (Off-Broadway), Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical (annual National Tour and 2014 at Madison Square Garden), Dreamgirls (US and Japan), Hair (US and Japan), and Bring it On (US and Japan). In this current season, Big League will premiere its new production of A Christmas Story, The Musical. The booking department at Big League, helmed by Vice President John Starr, is among the most respected in the industry.

See Jane Sing! (with Jane lynch) Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Jane Lynch comes to the Ellie Caulkins Opera House for her Denver solo concert debut. Fresh from her iconic portrayal of Sue Sylvester on “Glee� and her Broadway debut as Miss Hannigan in Annie, Jane will bring her comic skills and musical prowess to the theatre stage.

Audiences should prepare for a side-splitting evening of musical comedy, with more than a dash of wit as Jane explores her love of the beauty and absurdity of the American standard and show tune.

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THE FOUR SEASONS

TEN SEASONS LATER

BY DIANE SNYDER

“We all know what it’s like to want acceptance, to want respect and to try to find a sense of home with people that are not just the family we’re born into, but the family that we choose.”

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Forget about show-stopping finales.

In Jersey Boys, the smash-hit musical about the rise and fall of the Four Seasons, the pinnacle of excitement comes about 45 minutes into the first act. That’s when back-to-back presentations of three of the group’s biggest hits—“Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry” and “Walk Like a Man”—are greeted with enough thunderous applause to start a downpour.

“At that moment the audience has forgotten they’re watching four actors, and they root for these four guys as though they really are the Four Seasons in their youth,” says Rick Elice, one of the show’s Tony-nominated book writers.

“The response is so sincere and enthusiastic and over the top that it’s impossible to believe anything else.”

It’s also somewhat surprising. After all, the Four Seasons may have been one of the most successful groups of the 1960s, but history hasn’t institutionalized them the way it has the Beatles.

Elice thinks that’s one reason why even now, fans are still hungry for their music and the incredible story of four ItalianAmerican kids from the wrong side of the New Jersey tracks who could just as

easily have ended up in prison as on the pop charts.

“In many ways the band was a reflection of the people who were buying their records,” notes Elice. “They didn’t have long hair or accents. There was no glamour quotient to them at all. These weren’t the people who went down to Washington and marched against the war; these were the guys who shipped out and went to Vietnam. And the respect that the band is getting all these years later somehow feels like respect for them too.”

Elice and his Oscar-winning co-author, screenwriter Marshall Brickman, probably were more familiar with Vivaldi’s Four Seasons than pop music when they began work on Jersey Boys—a first musical for them both. Des McAnuff, on the other hand (director of Jesus Christ Superstar and The Who’s Tommy), was a huge fan and helped to shape the show from its early stages.

Jersey Boys was born when Elice, for many years the creative director of Broadway advertising agency Serino Coyne, was contacted by a former client who had the option on the Four Seasons catalogue. He’d written a couple

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group of Tommy, Nick and Frankie together when they were a cover band. Then Bob, this new, young talent came on the scene, and Frankie turned away from Tommy and turned toward Bob because Frankie and Bob were simpatico.”

Valli and Gaudio saw in each other what the group needed to succeed. Gaudio, already a songwriting protégé when he joined the group, wrote or co-wrote many of the group’s signature songs. DeVito, meanwhile, piled up a huge debt.

But by then the Seasons were more than just a group. They’d become a family, and that put their loyalty to the test.

“Tommy gave Frankie and Bob an opportunity to do what families always do,” Elice says. “No matter what kind of betrayals occur, you always stand up for another person in the family because the ties that bind are so strong.”

And for Elice, that’s the essence of the show—family.

“That was a very powerful hook,” he says. “We all know what it’s like to want acceptance, to want respect and to try to find a sense of home with people that are not just the family we’re born into, but the family that we choose.”

Diane Snyder is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in Time Out New York, The Wall Street Journal and American Theatre.

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DANCING PROS: LIVE So you think you know dance? Test your dancing IQ with our trivia questions before heading into The Buell Theatre January 23-24 for a live dance-off. Audience members cast the winning votes as some of the nation’s top dancers from “Dancing with the Stars” and “So You Think You Can Dance” dazzle audiences to live music by performers from “American Idol” or “The Voice.”

1) Who was the first ever professional dancer winner of “Dancing with the Stars”? a. Derek Hough b. Alec Mazo c. Karina Smirnoff 2) On “Dancing with the Stars,” in what place did Edyta Sliwinska finish with Jason Taylor? a. 1st b. 2nd c. 3rd 3) Which had more seasons on television in the U.S.? a. “American Idol” b. “Dancing with the Stars” c. “So You Think You Can Dance” 4) Which show did Chelsie Hightower perform in first? a. “So You Think You Can Dance” b. “Dancing with the Stars” c. “America’s Got Talent” 5) Which of the three dances has the fastest tempo? a. Waltz b. Rumba c. Jive 6) In partner dancing, who is responsible for the lead? a. The man b. The woman c. Both 7) When learning how to dance, the most important attribute is _____________. a. Smile b. Leg strength c. Attitude 8) What dancer from “Dancing with the Stars” went on to star in the Broadway-turned-movie Rock of Ages? a. Ashly DelGrosso b. Julianne Hough c. Kym Johnson

ANSWERS: 1) Alec Mazo, 2) 2nd, 3) “Dancing with the Stars”, 4) “So You Think You Can Dance”, 5) Jive, 6) The man, 7) Attitude, 8) Julianne Hough

of plays and always wanted to work with Brickman, who was a poker buddy. But as they interviewed the three surviving Seasons, they faced a predicament over how to tell the group’s “true” story when they couldn’t even figure out what it was.

Elice and Brickman met with Bob Gaudio and Frankie Valli, the two Seasons who, way back when, formed a business partnership with a handshake that still stands. “They started to describe what it was like to be blue-collar kids, first-generation Americans, Roman Catholic, high school dropouts who were flirting with careers in crime in an environment where people had two pictures on the living room wall: the Pope and Frank Sinatra,” Elice recounts. “It was the archetypal American rags-to-riches story. You start with nothing, achieve success and then try to navigate your life through the waters of success.”

But when they contacted Tommy DeVito, the initial driving force behind the group until gambling debts put him on the outs with the mob, “he said, ‘Don’t listen to them, I’ll tell you what really happened,’” Elice recalls. That’s when they decided to structure the show by letting each character tell his own account. As Tommy says at the beginning of the show, “You ask four guys, you get four different versions.”

Each “Season” narrates a portion of the story, including bass player Nick Massi, who died in 2000 and left the group at the height of its popularity. Brickman and Elice drew their portrait of him from the memories of the other survivors.

That gave them the chance to focus on the Tommy-Frankie-Bob dynamic that first propels the Four Seasons to the top of the charts.

“This was really a love triangle— without any sexual component,” Elice observes. “There was Tommy, who discovered Frankie when he was a teenager and held the trio

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RANDY WEEKS 1955 – 2014

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The turnout for a memorial celebration honoring Denver Center for the Performing Arts President Randy Weeks made his legacy plain: Weeks made Denver one of the strongest Broadway touring markets in the nation.

In his 25 years as the Executive Director of the DCPA’s Broadway division, Weeks presented more than 400 shows that served 11.6 million patrons. In his tenure, Denver hosted the launches of 10 national touring productions, including The Lion King, The Book of Mormon and, most recently, Pippin. His efforts led The Buell Theatre to be the highest-grossing theatre of its size in the nation.

Representatives from those shows and many more were among the 1,500 who attended a classy afternoon of poignant remembrances and show-stopping musical numbers in celebration of Weeks, who died October 9 in London. He was 59.

Attendees included family and friends, more than 100 fraternity brothers, DCPA employees past and present, and members of the local and national theatre communities. They represented theatre owners, producers, presenters, booking agents, press agents and members of both The Broadway League and the Independent Presenters Network.

The Pippin tour has dedicated its entire tour to Weeks. Honoring him, national press rep Anita Dloniak said, was one way for the Pippin family to cope with their grief over his sudden death.

“He was so clearly willing to take risks here, and over time, he developed an audience that was willing to take risks with him,” added The Book of Mormon General Manager David Turner.

“That combination is very rare.”

Dean Singleton, chairman of The Denver Post and a member of the DCPA’s Board of Trustees, said, “We have lost one of the greatest minds in theatre. Not only did Randy bring Broadway to Denver, but he made Denver the first stop for some of the greatest productions leaving New York.”

In 2012, Weeks inaugurated the Bobby G Awards, which honor achievements in Colorado high school theatre. Monday’s program culminated with Grandview High School’s Abby Noble, recently named the Bobby G’s Outstanding Actress, singing “One” from A Chorus Line alongside nearly 30 students from Denver School of the Arts, where Weeks served on the Friends Foundation.

“Randy led with his heart, and he put his heart into everything,” said John Ekeberg, Weeks’ protegé and successor.

Read John Moore’s complete report on the celebration, including photos and video, at our new DCPA News Center: www.denvercenter.org/news-center Memorial gifts can be made to the Randy Weeks Memorial Fund for The Bobby G Awards at denvercenter.org/weeks-memorial.

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Larimer Square has come a long way in 50 years. In 1955, a once-charming block had fallen into disrepair. Demolition crews were just weeks away from scrubbing buildings that had stood since before the turn of the century. Today, due to intense preservation efforts, Larimer Square is recognized as Denver’s most beautiful and historic block, a premier shopping and dining district that is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2015.

Larimer Associates CEO, Jeff Hermanson, has taken great care to make it that way, spending the past 20 years attracting locally-owned, independent boutiques, clubs and restaurants to the block while preserving its beauty and charm. Larimer Square provides visitors a unique experience that complements the cultural offerings of its neighbor, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA).

“Larimer Square has found the perfect partner in the DCPA,” said Hermanson. “The unique combination of theater, music, nightlife, dining and shopping that our two special places provide is unrivaled.”

Larimer Square and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts share a strong commitment to the arts. The Square has distinguished itself from other districts by creating a place for independently minded shops and restaurants, giving entrepreneurs the artistic freedom and support they need to make their business dreams a reality. At the same time, Larimer Square offers an experience that complements the artistic and creative sensibilities of the DCPA and hosts multiple events each year to promote the arts including the popular Denver Chalk Art Festival and Art of Winter.

“It’s about creating a meaningful relationship on multiple levels with our different merchants and with all the different programs and areas of the Denver Center” said Hermanson. “We similarly support the many artists on Larimer Square. Our chefs, bartenders and merchants are some of the most creative in the city.”

In addition to the DCPA, Larimer Square is a proud supporter of the Downtown Denver Partnership, the Larimer Arts Association, LoDo District, We Don’t Waste, Volunteers of America, the Denver Art Museum, and more.

“Denver is in the middle of an entrepreneurial and cultural transformation,” continued Hermanson. “It’s been amazing to witness and an honor to be a part of this exciting change with the Larimer Associates and our partners at the Denver Center.”

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Supporting both education and the arts is an ongoing commitment for Fidelity. Last year almost 40,000 students and 676 teachers in 35 communities across the country were supported by the efforts of Fidelity volunteers.

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The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) has been proudly sponsored by Fidelity Investments since 2005. During the 2014/15 season Fidelity is a presenting sponsor of the DCPA’s popular VIP Evenings.

Fidelity’s goal is to make financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want. With assets under administration of $5.0 trillion, including managed assets of $2.0 trillion as of August 30, 2014, Fidelity focuses on meeting the unique needs of a diverse set of customers: helping 23 million people invest their own life savings; 20,000 businesses manage their employee benefit programs, as well as providing 10,000 advisors and brokers with technology solutions to invest their own clients’ money.

Privately held for nearly 70 years, Fidelity employs 41,000 associates who are focused on the long-term success of their customers.

Over the past year Fidelity has grown to more than 400 employees in Colorado. This includes those at the customer contact center, which opened in Greenwood Village last year as well as employees who focus on sector investing as part of Fidelity’s asset management operations. In addition, the firm’s five area investor centers are open to clients to come in and work oneon-one with Fidelity to address all of their financial needs.

Fidelity has a long history of supporting the communities where it operates and where its employees work and live. In partnership with well-established national and local nonprofit organizations, Fidelity creates volunteer activities for employees to share their time as well as insights and expertise with the community. The focus of the DCPA sponsorship is on strengthening arts education and appreciation.

Supporting both education and the arts is an ongoing commitment for Fidelity. Last year almost 40,000 students and 676 teachers in 35 communities across the country were supported by the efforts of Fidelity volunteers. Here in Denver, Fidelity has established ongoing partnerships with two local schools in conjunction with the Denver Public Schools’ School Partners Program.

Fidelity will work with Merrill Middle School and Fairview Elementary School to enhance learning spaces, support their existing curriculum and supplement their efforts to offer financial education to their students.

Fidelity looks forward to continuing these efforts here in Denver and nationwide.

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The Denver Center for the Performing Arts is one of our most rewarding relationships.”

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With more than 100 attorneys in the Denver and Boulder area, Faegre Baker Daniels has been at the center of business in the Rocky Mountain region for more than 25 years.

Service to the community stands as one of the firm’s core values and the desire to create intimate, meaningful relationships is a key driver in the client-centric and communityminded philosophy of FaegreBD. Underscoring the commitment to strengthen institutions that are critical to the health and vitality of the community, the firm is serving as a 2014 VIP Evening sponsor for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA). As part of this program, FaegreBD’s funding goes directly to create and support educational initiatives, as well as empower people to experience theatre who otherwise may not have the opportunity.

FaegreBD partner and leader of the Denver office, Heather Perkins said, “We want to help the DCPA educate our community about theatre in hopes of enabling them to experience it differently—with more depth and appreciation.”

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The firm’s DCPA sponsorship represents a deep commitment to the Colorado community through promotion of the vitality and growth of the arts. Perkins commented, “Denver Center for the Performing Arts perpetuates one of our oldest and most communal art forms and Faegre Baker Daniels is happy to play a part in enhancing DCPA’s role in our community.”

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