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On January 12, 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. obtained a loan of $800 from his family and founded an enterprise he called Motown. He set up his Detroit headquarters in a modest house emblazoned with an immodest sign, “Hitsville U.S.A.” The slogan was premature, but prophetic. The company had its first hit record in 1960 and, between 1961 and 1971, landed 163 singles in Billboard magazine’s top 20, including 28 songs that reached No. 1. Gordy discovered, developed and launched the careers of Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, Diana Ross and The Supremes, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells, The Jackson 5, Michael Jackson and Marvin Gaye – to name just a few – and Motown became the most successful business owned and operated by an African American in the United States. What Gordy accomplished had ramifications far beyond the world of music. Now his legacy is celebrated in Motown the Musical. “Berry Gordy is the Steve Jobs of the music field,” says Doug Morris, CEO of Sony Music Entertainment and co-producer of the show. “He’s the No. 1 creative executive in the history of the industry, an amazing American success story who changed the culture of the country.” Although Motown was home mostly to black artists, Gordy envisioned the music as “the sound of young
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— BERRY GORDY, FOUNDER OF MOTOWN In the early ’60s, when Motown was evolving and beginning to hit its stride, radio play was crucial to a song’s success. Gordy recognized that he needed an experienced, respected, well-connected point man who could infiltrate and shatter the color line of the airwaves, and in 1960 he brought on Barney Ales as vice president of distribution and sales. Ales had been a branch manager at Capitol Records in Detroit, then had his own record distributorship, and had relationships with disc jockeys and stations, black and white, all around the metropolitan area. “My feeling, long before I went to Motown, was that music was music,” says Ales. “I never considered Motown a black company. It was owned by a black guy and had black artists, but it wasn’t a black company. It was a record company. And it was easy to sell the sound because people liked the sound.” Robin Seymour, Detroit’s most popular radio personality of that era, was perhaps the only white disc jockey in the city to feature black music on his shows in the ’50s, prior to the founding of Motown. “When Berry Gordy came along, I started playing his records,” says Seymour. “Some of the sponsors hated the music, but they had kids and their kids thought it was the greatest music ever. The sponsors were getting results, so they were happy. The music really took off.” In those days, according to Seymour and Ales, radio stations on the East and West coasts would not play a new record until it had been a hit in Detroit or Chicago or Cleveland. “The record had to be pretty high on the charts before a song was played in New York, regardless of whether the singer was black or white,” says Ales. “Later in the ’60s, when Motown had made it big, that changed. Stations would play a new record by a new artist.” Seymour adds, “White disc jockeys around the country were eager to get and play this music. If I had a record I really liked, I’d call a disc jockey, say, in Boston on the big station there, and say, ‘You’ve got to hear this record.’ And he’d call the distributor to get a copy. Because the disc jockeys wanted to be connected with records and artists and songs that became hits, so they could say, ‘First introduced on our show.’” Motown gradually became part of the fabric of America. “Music really makes the world vibrate,” says Morris. “And when multi-cultures vibrate together, it’s a great thing. That’s what Berry Gordy made happen. His music changed the world.”
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DEFENDING THE CAVEMAN He’s kidding! He was goaded! But when Durango native Cody Lyman was asked how much better he is than the other seven “cavemen on call” who perform in the worldwide Defending the Caveman dynasty, he totally took the bait. “Oh, quite a bit better,” Lyman said. Take that, Neanderthals. Lyman is happy to be heading back to his native state performing the one-man show (Apr 22-Jun 28) that Rob Becker made famous. It’s a theatrical conversation between a modern-day caveman (read: your average husband) and his audience about the ways men and women relate. APPLAUSE: So there are eight caveman on call. Do you all go to a caveman camp together or something? LYMAN: We rarely all get together at once. There are legal concerns that might arise. Local liquor sales would shoot through the roof. We all have the same script, but it really is eight different shows. A: So how long have you been doing it? L: Eleven years. A: And do you get sick of it or could you do for the rest of your life? L: I still love this show. I love that it speaks to everybody. One of my favorite things about it is that you get people who aren’t typical theater patrons. You know: Guys who show up in jeans. Or were dragged there by their wives. They’re upset that they are here, but they end up loving the show. A: How do you classify this show — one-man theater, stand-up, couples’ therapy? L: It’s very conversational. It has a lot of standup elements, but it has a lot of theatrical elements, too. What is it Steve Martin said? “People want to laugh, they want free parking — and they want to get home early.” A: So how do you know if you’ve had a good night? L: One of my favorite things to do is to watch how people relate to one another while I am on stage. I love seeing lovers elbow each other in recognition. Most of all, I love seeing them leave the theater arm-in-arm.
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The adorable, sad-eyed terrier mix playing Sandy in the national tour of Annie is Sunny, a four-year-old rescue dog who was named by her trainer, Tony Award honoree William Berloni, after the lyric “The sun’ll come out tomorrow.” Like her character in the beloved musical, the canine went from a hard-knock life to sunny tomorrows. But when Berloni found her, she had just one tomorrow remaining: she was only a day away from euthanasia. Berloni came across Sunny when he was looking for a dog to play Sandy in the 2012 Broadway production. He already had two candidates and was asked to find a third. He saw an online photo of Bruno — the dog had been misidentified as male — at a Houston shelter on a Friday and called to ask if he could come to see her on Monday. He was told she was scheduled to be put down on Saturday. “The thing about my job is I connect with someone, whether it’s online or in person, and if I don’t take them, they sometimes die,” Berloni says. “A trainer who used to work with me was living in Houston and I said, ‘Go over and see the dog, and if she’s sweet pull her and we’ll get her to New York and find her a
home.’ It was less about the dog being a candidate for the show than it was about saving her life. It wasn’t until I temperament tested her — saw that she was friendly, and learned her aggression triggers and how she deals with stress — that I told the show we had one more candidate.” She got the role, making her the tour’s lone holdover from Broadway. In fact, Sunny aside, the touring version is based not on the recent revival, but the original 1977 production. Martin Charnin, the show’s lyricist and original director, is again directing the musical, which has a book by Thomas Meehan and music by Charles Strouse. The choreographer is Liza Gennaro, who has incorporated selections of her father Peter Gennaro’s original dances. The new design is by Beowulf Boritt (set), Suzy Benzinger (costumes) and Ken Billington (lighting). Berloni, who has trained animals for 19 Broadway productions, as well as television and film, owes his career to Annie. He was an aspiring 19-year-old actor when he was asked to find and train a dog to play Sandy at the Goodspeed Opera House, where the show was first produced. “I had no idea what I was doing,” he says. So he trained the
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dog purely by instinct, which became the basis of the methodology he continues to use. “It’s really more of a life philosophy than a training philosophy. It’s taking the time to understand someone else’s feelings and language, as opposed to assuming they should understand yours. You take a dog who’s happy, friendly, likes people, and deals with stress, teach them some behaviors where there’s a cookie involved at the end, and they’ll do what you want eight times a week.” Berloni works only with rescue animals and estimates that he’s saved some 400 dogs over the years. When the animals aren’t performing, they live with Berloni, his wife and daughter on their Connecticut farm. “We currently own 25 dogs,” he says. “They’re either actors in training, working actors, or retired actors. We also have a couple of horses and pigs, a llama, a donkey, a pony, two cats and a macaw. The dogs reside in special wings of our home; it’s a communal living situation. They pay the mortgage, so I figure they should have luxury accommodations.”
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Gregory Maguire was born in 1955, in Albany, New York. He was a voracious reader who particularly enjoyed fairy tales, even when he was at the age when one was supposed to outgrow them. He wrote many books for children while building a career as a teacher, but soon sought out an idea for adult readers.
FUN FACTS ABOUT ANNIE • Annie is based on the Little Orphan Annie comic strip that ran from 1924 to 2010.
• When penned as a musical, it was rejected by 23 producers before being presented at the Goodspeed Opera House in 1977.
• The original Broadway run had 2,377 performances and won 7 Tony Awards.
• Annie was revived for Broadway in 1997 and 2012. It also has played in 34 different countries.
• Annie was reimagined for the big screen three times: 1982, 1999 and 2014.
• The show launched the careers of many young actresses: Sarah Jessica Parker, Molly Ringwald, Alyssa Milano and Jamie Lynn Seigler, just to name a few.
• And many celebrities have recorded “Tomorrow” including: Barbra Streisand, Johnny Mathis, Cissy Houston, Grace
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“I became interested in the nature of evil,” said Maguire, “and whether one really could be born bad. When I realized that nobody had ever written about one of the most evil characters in our collective American subconscious, the Wicked Witch of the West, I thought I had experienced a small moment of inspiration.” Published in 1995, Wicked was very well received by critics and readers, although some Oz purists were resistant at first to Maguire’s “heretical” story. He is careful to point out that Wicked is not a prequel to The Wizard of Oz, but rather a reimagining of the same world. Wicked was adapted into a Broadway musical in 2003. Since then it has broken box office records, delighting more than 2 million patrons worldwide. Winner of three Tony Awards and a Grammy, Wicked returns to The Buell June 3-July 5.
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(in order of appearance) Narrator.......................................................................................................................................................... DIANA DEGARMO Joseph......................................................................................................................................................................... ACE YOUNG Jacob...............................................................................................................................................WILLIAM THOMAS EVANS Reuben....................................................................................................................................................................BRIAN GOLUB Reuben’s Wife.............................................................................................................................................ASHLEY PEACOCK Ishmaelites....................................................................................................................VINCENT D’ELIA, MAX KUMANGAI Potiphar..........................................................................................................................................WILLIAM THOMAS EVANS Mrs. Potiphar......................................................................................................................................................... CLAIRE CAMP Baker.....................................................................................................................................................PATRICK JOHN MORAN Butler...................................................................................................................................................................VINCENT D’ELIA Pharaoh.............................................................................................................................................................. RYAN WILLIAMS Simeon..................................................................................................................................................................PAUL CASTREE Judah.................................................................................................................................................................. MAX KUMANGAI Benjamin.....................................................................................................................................................BRANDON HUDSON ENSEMBLE AMANDA BRAUN, CLAIRE CAMP, PAUL CASTREE, RICHARD CERATO, VINCENT D’ELIA, LISA FINEGOLD, LILI FROEHLICH, BRIAN GOLUB, SASHA HOLLINGER, BRANDON HUDSON, ANDRÉ JORDAN, RODDY KENNEDY, MAX KUMANGAI, JOE MOELLER, PATRICK JOHN MORAN, ASHLEY PEACOCK, TRICIA TANGUY, MATTHEW TIBERI, RYAN WILLIAMS SWINGS THADDEUS PEARSON, DAVID ROSSETTI, LEIGH SCHEFFLER, KARLEY WILLOCKS DANCE CAPTAIN DAVID ROSSETTI ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN LEIGH SCHEFFLER UNDERSTUDIES
Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.
For Narrator- TRICIA TANGUY, KARLEY WILLOCKS For Joseph- ANDRÉ JORDAN, THADDEUS PEARSON For Jacob/Potiphar-VINCENT D’ELIA, PATRICK JOHN MORAN For Mrs. Potiphar- LISA FINEGOLD, SASHA HOLLINGER, LEIGH SCHEFFLER For Reuben- THADDEUS PEARSON, DAVID ROSSETTI For Reuben’s Wife- LEIGH SCHEFFLER, KARLEY WILLOCKS For Ishmaelites- THADDEUS PEARSON, DAVID ROSSETTI For Baker- THADDEUS PEARSON, DAVID ROSSETTI For Butler- THADDEUS PEARSON, DAVID ROSSETTI For Pharaoh- VINCENT D’ELIA, THADDEUS PEARSON For Simeon- RICHARD CERATO, DAVID ROSSETTI For Judah- RICHARD CERATO, ANDRÉ JORDAN For Benjamin- THADDEUS PEARSON, DAVID ROSSETTI
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ACT ONE 1: Overture..........................................................................................................................................................Orchestra 2: Prologue............................................................................................................................................................Narrator 3: “Jacob & Sons”/“Joseph’s Coat”............................................Narrator, Brothers, Wives, Jacob, Joseph 4: “Joseph’s Dreams”..............................................................Narrator, Joseph, Brothers, Female Ensemble 5: “Poor, Poor Joseph”...................................................................................................................Narrator, Brothers 6: “One More Angel in Heaven”...................Reuben, Reuben’s Wife, Narrator, Brothers, Wives, Jacob 7: “Potiphar”...................................................................Narrator, Ensemble, Mrs. Potiphar, Potiphar, Joseph 8: “Close Every Door”......................................................................................................................................... Joseph 9: “Go, Go, Go Joseph”...................................................................Narrator, Butler, Baker, Ensemble, Joseph
ACT TWO 10: “Pharaoh’s Story”.........................................................................................................................................Narrator 11: “Poor, Poor Pharaoh”/ “Song of the King”................................... Narrator,Butler, Pharaoh, Ensemble 12: “Pharaoh’s Dream Explained”.............................................................................................. Joseph, Ensemble 13: “Stone the Crows”.............................................................. Narrator, Pharaoh, Joseph, Female Ensemble 14: “Those Canaan Days”.................................................................................................Simeon, Jacob, Brothers 15: “The Brothers Came to Egypt”/ “Grovel, Grovel”........................................................Narrator, Brothers, Joseph, Female Ensemble 16: “Who’s the Thief?”...............................................................................Joseph, Brothers, Female Ensemble 17: “Benjamin Calypso”................................................................................Judah, Brothers, Female Ensemble 18: “Joseph All the Time”.......................................................Narrator, Joseph, Brothers, Female Ensemble 19: “Jacob in Egypt”.......................................................................................................Narrator, Jacob, Ensemble 20: “Any Dream Will Do”............................................................................Joseph, Narrator, Ensemble, Jacob
Scene 21: “Joseph Megamix”.................................................................................................................................... Company
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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST DIANA DeGARMO (Narrator) From Broadway to the Hollywood Bowl, Diana is no stranger to the stage. At 16, she stole America’s heart on “Idol” before becoming the first alum to star on Broadway. Starring in such shows as HAIR (where she met her husband Ace Young), 9 to 5, Brooklyn: The Musical, Hairspray and The Toxic Avenger, she then moved to Los Angeles to play the role of “Angelina,” a fan favorite on the number one daytime series “The Young and the Restless.” In 2008, she released an acoustic EP “Unplugged in Nashville,” and recently released a Country EP “Live To Love,” composed of songs co-written with Ace. She is so excited to star alongside him playing the very role she once looked up to years ago when she was just a child in the choir. It’s great to be back! Many thanks to Headline Talent Agency, Ellis Talent Group and our dog Rosie. ACE YOUNG (Joseph) This athletic, 6’1” runt of 5 boys moved to Los Angeles from Boulder, CO, over ten years ago to pursue a career in music. Since then, Ace has worked with musical stars ranging from Brian McKnight to Desmond Child. He is a Grammynominated songwriter with number one hits in the U.S. and Sweden. Ace has performed for the masses at festivals, concerts, parades, bars and hole-in-thewall joints around the world. After being a contestant on “Idol,” he pursued a Broadway career, starring first in Grease and then in HAIR, where he met his wife, Diana DeGarmo.They recently released a Country EP “Live To Love,” composed of songs co-written by the two of them. Other television credits include “Bones” and “Planet 360.” Truly comfortable in the spotlight, he is so excited to star as ‘Joseph’ alongside his new wife. Many thanks to Headline Talent Agency, Ellis Talent Group and our dog Rosie. PAUL CASTREE (Simeon) Broadway: 9 to 5, Young Frankenstein, High Fidelity, All Shook Up, Movin’ Out, Saturday Night Fever, Footloose, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Grease. Regional: Forever Plaid (L.A. Ovation, Dora awards), Carousel, Something’s Afoot. National Tour: Bye Bye Birdie. New York City Opera: The Most Happy Fella. TV: “Nurse Jackie,” “Caroline in the City.” WILLIAM THOMAS EVANS (Jacob/ Potiphar) plays Senator Lamar Farkus on Amazon’s first TV series “Alpha House.” Broadway: Original casts of Camelot
(1993), The Scarlet Pimpernel, and A Tale of Two Cities. National tours: Camelot, My Fair Lady, Jekyll & Hyde (pre-Broadway), and Santa in The Radio City Christmas Spectacular (8yrs). This one is for Rick. BRIAN GOLUB (Reuben) Couldn’t be happier! Film: When In Rome (supporting role w/ Kristen Bell). NY: Caligula, Floyd Collins, Fleet Week. Regional: Hairspray (Walnut Street), Les Miserables (Maine State), Spamalot (Gateway), Nerds (PTC), Full Monty (Riverside), Altar Boyz (Merry Go-Round), Spelling Bee (Actors’ Playhouse). Thanks Andy, TKO, my supportive family & friends! BrianGolub.com MAX KUMANGAI (Judah, Ensemble) is excited to be joining the Joseph family. Tour: Hair. Off-Broadway: What’s that Smell and Lysistrata Jones. Encores!: Bird…Plane…Superman!, Bells are Ringing, Anyone Can Whistle, Where’s Charley? Ahmanson: The Scottsboro Boys HBO: “Boardwalk Empire.” Many thanks to Nicolosi, Andy, and Joy Dewing, and family in WA!
VINCENT D’ELIA (Ensemble) NYC Native, has been blessed in this Business of SHOW! Info at www.Backstage.com/ VincentDElia. “The Only Real Death, is the Death We Die Everyday by Not Living.” LISA FINEGOLD (Ensemble) Favorite credits include: Rock of Ages, In the Heights (Walnut Street), and Frog Kiss (Virginia Stage Company). Proud graduate of the Boston Conservatory. Endless love to my family and friends! LILI FROEHLICH (Ensemble) Proud Texas native and recent graduate of Otterbein University, Lili is thrilled for this opportunity! Endless thanks to Andy, her friends, and family for their love and support! SASHA HOLLINGER (Ensemble) Dance BFA: George Mason University. In the Heights National Tour (2011-2012), Zapata! 2012 NYMF festival, Fly (DTC 2013); Glory to God; thank you to family, friends, and Brian for your support. BRANDON HUDSON (Ensemble) Recent credits include; West Side Story Intl’ Tour/ STL MUNY (Arab/Baby John), SONY Records and Disney to name a few. Love to God, family, and Lindenwood University! @brandonhudson90
RYAN WILLIAMS (Pharaoh) Tours: Les Miserables (Enjolras u/s), Grease (Danny/ Kenickie). New York and Regional: Rock of Ages (Stacee Jaxx), Evil Dead The Musical (Shemp), The Full Monty (Jerry), Legally Blonde (Kyle the UPS Guy). BFA Musical Theatre from Shenandoah University. All my love to Mom and Dad. ANDRÉ JORDAN (Ensemble) Tours: Thank you...Thank you very much. Shrek the Musical (Donkey), Legally Blonde (Carlos), Madagascar Live UK AMANDA BRAUN (Ensemble) Thrilled to (Swing). Regional: Joseph...Dreamcoat tour with Joseph! National Tours: Catch (Ogunquit Playhouse), Ain’t Misbehavin Me If You Can. Off-Broadway: Awesome (Phoenix Theatre), Aida (Media 80s Prom. Pace University student. Theatre). Follow him on Twitter-@ Thanks Andy, Joy, Troika! Love to Mom, CinnabonzJordan. Dad, Nancy, Scott, Todd! RODDY KENNEDY (Ensemble) PCPA CLAIRE CAMP (Ensemble) Theatre graduate! Tours: In the Heights-Graffiti credits include: Bill T. Jones Broadway Pete, Fame, Grease-Sonny Latierri Workshop Super Fly (Ensemble); 1st (Europe). Regional: 50th anniversary National Tour Flashdance the Musical West Side Story. Grace to God and (Ensemble); Cats (Cassandra) Gateway his family for their unconditional love! Playhouse. Received a BFA in Dance www.roddykennedy.com from SUNY Purchase 2011. JOE MOELLER (Ensemble) is thrilled RICHARD CERATO (Ensemble) to join Joseph...! Previous credits: Mary Broadway: Soul Doctor (2013 Original Poppins (National Tour), Mamma Mia Broadway Cast). BFA: The University of (Vegas). Thanks to family, friends, the Arts. SWEET LOVE! to Ms. Dewing, DGRW, Alice, Mr. B, and Andy for this Mr. Silveri, Mr. Balderrama, and Mr. opportunity. Dedicated to Michelle Blankenbuehler. For Elke & Cazzo. Mascari.
ASHLEY PEACOCK (Ensemble) Tours: Anything Goes 1st Nat’l (Hope u/s), White Christmas, 42nd Street, I Love a Piano (Eileen). Regional: Spamalot (MUNY), Joseph…Dreamcoat (TOTS), 42nd Street (Goodspeed, WBT, Engeman). Thank you Joy and Andy! THADDEUS PEARSON (Swing) International Tour/West End: West Side Story (Tony). Regional: Grease (Danny), Meet Me in St. Louis (John), Kiss Me Kate (Bill). BFA University of Florida. Thanks Andy, Cast and Family. @PhaddeusT DAVID ROSSETTI (Dance Captain, Swing) Broadway: Annie (Swing, “Rooster” u/s) Tours: Hairspray, Fame. Regional Favorites: Thoroughly Modern Millie (Jimmy), The Drowsy Chaperone (Robert), Cabaret (Emcee). Graduate of Valdosta State. Thanks to Andy B. “D4D” www.DavidRossetti.com LEIGH SCHEFFLER (Assistant Dance Captain, Swing) is excited for her debut national tour with Joseph. Thank you to my husband Sam and family for their undying love, support and continuous belief in me. This one’s for you! TRICIA TANGUY (Ensemble) OffBroadway: The Marvelous Wonderettes. National Tours: Sister Act, Joseph... Dreamcoat, Cats, The Producers. B.F.A., Musical Theater, Ithaca College. Many thanks to the creative team, KMR, and her devoted friends & family! www.triciatanguy.com. @TriciaTanguy MATTHEW TIBERI (Ensemble) is thrilled to be a part of Joseph! Regional: Footloose (Chuck/Fireside), 9 to 5 (Bob Enright/Merry-Go-Round), Cats (Mungojerrie/WPPAC). Thanks to Joy, Andy, MSA, and my loving family. KARLEY WILLOCKS (Swing) Tour: A Chorus Line (Maggie) - US & Japan. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, TUTS, Berkshire Theatre Festival. TV: “The Secret Lives of Stepford Wives.” Shenandoah University alum. Peace, Love and Hula Hoops.
JOHN M. GALO (Production Stage Manager) started his career with TheaterWorksUSA doing children’s theater. His first Broadway show was The Music Man starring Dick Van Dyke and directed by the legendary Michael Kidd. A 39-year member of Actors’ Equity Association, he served on their National Governing Council and as a “Tony” voter. Thank you for your support of live theater!
Wiz (City Center), Desperately Seeking Susan (West End), “Sesame Street,” and “So You Think You Can Dance.” Future projects include Hamilton (Lin-Manuel Miranda) and Only Gold with Kate Nash. Mr. Blankenbuehler has performed on Broadway in Fosse, Contact, Man of La Mancha, Saturday Night Fever, Steel Pier, Big and Guys and Dolls. He resides in New York City, with his wife Elly and two children, Luca and Sofia.
SARAH HELGESEN (Stage Manager) Broadway: Big Fish. National Tours: Memphis (1st National), Phantom of the Opera (North American Tour). OffBroadway: Lucky Guy. Love and thanks to Mom, Dad, Evan, Ryan, and T.
BEOWULF BORITT (Scenic Design) Broadway: Act One (Tony Award), The Scottsboro Boys (Tony Nomination), Chaplin, Grace, Rock of Ages, Sondheim On Sondheim, …Spelling Bee, LoveMusik, The Two And Only. Off- Broadway: More than 50 shows including The Last Five Years, Toxic Avenger, Miss Julie, Roundabout, Public, MTC, 2nd Stage, Vineyard, MCC, Primary Stages, and the New Group. Other Designs: The Seven Deadly Sins (New York City Ballet), Reel to Real (Beijing), Chaplin (Russia), Rock of Ages (London, Toronto, Australia) and the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He received a 2007 OBIE Award for sustained excellence.
COLYN W. FIENDEL (Assistant Stage Manager) Select Credits: Broadway: Big Fish, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Chaplin, The Road to Mecca. Off-Broadway: The Lyons; The Landing, Last Five Years. Love to my family, and Johnny. ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER (Music) is best known as a composer. His musicals include The Phantom of the Opera, Evita, Cats, Sunset Boulevard and Jesus Christ Superstar. His recent producer credits include A.R. Rahman’s Bombay Dreams, The Sound of Music and The Wizard of Oz. He pioneered casting for musical theatre on TV with the International Emmy award-winning “How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?” His awards include an Oscar, seven Tony’s®, three Grammys, two International Emmys, seven Olivier Awards and the Kennedy Center Honor. His latest work is based on the life of Dr. Stephen Ward. He was knighted in 1992 and created an honorary life peer in 1997. TIM RICE (Lyrics) What can one say in a biography cruelly limited to 100 words? Not a lot really. No room to wade through the old stuff. There’s just space for a plug for Tim’s new show which is based on James Jones’ great novel from Here to Eternity and opened at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre in October 2013. The music is by Stuart Brayson, the book by Bill Oakes, and the show is directed by Tamara Harvey. Tim has written the lyrics and is co-producer with Lee Menzies. For those desperate for more please go to www. timrice.co.uk or to www.fromheretoeternitythemusical.co.uk. ANDY BLANKENBUEHLER (Direction and Choreography) Broadway: In the Heights (Tony Award), Bring it On (Tony nomination), 9 To 5 (Tony nomination), The People in the Picture, The Apple Tree, and the revival of Annie. Other work includes: Fly (DTC), The
HOWELL BINKLEY (Lighting Design) Broadway works include: After Midnight, A Christmas Story, Jesus Christ Superstar, How to Succeed... with Daniel Radcliffe (2011 Tony nomination), Lombardi, Million Dollar Quartet, Memphis, West Side Story (2009 Tony nomination), Gypsy starring Patti LuPone, In the Heights (2008 Tony nomination), Avenue Q, The Full Monty, Parade, Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993 Tony nomination). Parsons Dance (cofounder), five-time Helen Hayes Award recipient, 1993 Sir Laurence Olivier Award and Canadian Dora Award for Kiss of the Spider Woman. 2006 Henry Hewes Design Award, Outer Critics Circle Award and Tony Award for Jersey Boys. Howell teaches master classes in Lighting Design in multiple undergraduate and graduate arts programs and has created a yearly scholarship and internship opportunity at his alma mater, East Carolina University, for an outstanding student in his beloved field of Lighting Design. JENNIFER CAPRIO (Costume Design) Broadway: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Selected NYC: The Bridge (MTC), Little Miss Sunshine (Second Stage Theatre), In Transit (Primary Stages-Lortel Nomination), Buddy’s Tavern (The York), Fugitive Songs (Dreamlight), and Striking 12 (Daryl Roth). International: The Collected Works of Billy the Kid (Edinburgh Festival). Regional: Florida Grand Opera, Minnesota
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Opera, Opera Colorado, Opera Boston, Papermill Playhouse, Williamstown Theater Festival, Cleveland Playhouse, Utah Shakespeare Festival, PlayMakers Repertory Company, Asolo Repertory Theater, Dallas Theater Center, George Street Playhouse, Westport Country Playhouse, Great Lakes Theater Festival; La Jolla Playhouse and Cleveland Play House, among others. Graduate of Carnegie Mellon and Ithaca College. JOHN SHIVERS (Sound Design) Broadway: Kinky Boots (2013 Tony award recipient for best sound design), Leap of Faith, Bonnie and Clyde, Hugh Jackman Back on Broadway, Sister Act, 9 to 5, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Little Mermaid, Tarzan, In My Life and Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays. Regional: Harmony, The Nutty Professor, Tales of the City, Emma, Robin and the Seven Hoods, Sammy and Ace. Associate credits include: worldwide productions of The Lion King, Mary Poppins, The Producers, Hairspray, Aida, Titanic, How to Succeed in Business…’95, Big, The Who’s Tommy, Guys and Dolls, and The Buddy Holly Story. Other credits include: Savion Glover, Dionne Warwick, Burt Bacharach, Gregory Hines and engineering at Electric Lady Studios. John has a gem of a daughter, Ruby. DAVID PATRIDGE (Sound Design) Broadway: Soul Doctor. Tours: Flashdance, Mamma Mia! Broadway Associate: Kinky Boots, Hugh Jackman, Leap of Faith, Bonnie & Clyde, Sister Act, Come Fly Away, 9 to 5, The Little Mermaid, Mamma Mia!, Tarzan, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and In my Life. Regional: Harmony, The Nutty Professor, Emma, Robin and the 7 Hoods, Sammy, Ace, Beauty and the Beast, Singin’ in the Rain, Sweeney Todd, Miss Saigon. Kevin Kline Award for Best Sound Design for Ace together with John Shivers. David is fortunate to be able to continue his long-time collaboration with John on this project. DANIEL BRODIE (Video and Projection Design) is a multimedia artist and projection designer from Brooklyn, NY. He graduated with a degree theatre from the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State. His Broadway designs include Motown the Musical, Jekyll & Hyde, and the upcoming production of Disney’s Aladdin. Other designs include Christopher Wheeldon’s ballet Cinderella, Basil Twist’s Behind the Lid, Arias with a Twist, and Rite of Spring. Daniel has also created large scale video designs and interactive installations for Kanye West and the Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival. www. brodiegraphics.com
DAVID KREPPEL (Music Supervisor) Credits include The Lion King, A Chorus Line, Motown, Sister Act, Rock of Ages, Mamma Mia! and The Little Mermaid among others. David is currently the associate music supervisor for Disney’s The Lion King and music supervisor/ arranger for The Broadway Dolls. He has written the scores for 1st & Ten and A Host of Sparrows, and orchestrated The Gospel According to Fishman, Dracula and The Parenting Project. David is happy to be working again with lifelong friend Andy Blankenbuehler and on Joseph, having toured onstage with the Donny Osmond production. He is a graduate of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. WAYNE GREEN (Music Director) has worked with Broadway giants like Bob Fosse, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Harold Prince, Mike Nichols, Casey Nicholaw and Paul Gemignani. He started as an intern at Houston’s Alley Theatre, graduated to music director at TUTS. Then came Radio City, a slew of Broadway shows, an unexpected jump to Las Vegas to conduct Starlight Express, Mamma Mia!, Spamalot and Phantom. He chants, writes amazing songs, is deeply grateful to wife Lisa and son Ben, both dancers, for holding down the fort at home, and honored to share a pit with the outstanding musicians you’ll be hearing tonight. DAVE BOVA (Hair & Makeup Design) Hair and Makeup Design: Little Miss Sunshine (Off-Broadway), Good Person of Szechwan and The Tempest (The Public), My Name is Asher Lev (OffBroadway), Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq (The Wilma), Guys and Dolls (Great Lakes Theater Festival), Rich Girl (George Street Playhouse), Central City Opera 2012 and 13, Orchid, Santa Fe Opera, the Goodman, Steppenwolf, Dallas Theater Center, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1st National Tour) and the Chautauqua Institute. Wig Construction: Wicked, Memphis, The Miracle Worker, Jersey Boys, Guys and Dolls, Xanadu, Spamalot, Jekyll & Hyde and Cirque Du Soeil. Thank you Zevie for all your support and love. ROB GREENE & J. JARED JANAS (Hair & Makeup Design) Recent Broadway designs include The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Motown the Musical (Makeup Design), Peter and the Starcatcher, All About Me, and Next to Normal. Recent off-Broadway designs include Passion, Lady Day, Bad Jews, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, and Detroit 67. Regional designs include On the Town at Barrington Stage, Twist at the Alliance Theatre, 39 Steps at George Street,
Thoroughly Modern Millie, Curtains and Peter Pan at Paper Mill Playhouse. TV/ Films include “30 Rock,” Lola Versus, “Gilded Lilys,” and the upcoming film Angelica. JOY DEWING CASTING (Casting) Broadway: Soul Doctor, Wonderland. Off Broadway: Forever Dusty, Soul Doctor, The Voca People, The Sphinx Winx, Dear Edwina. Current/recent tours: Bring It On, Ghost, Mamma Mia!, West Side Story, Catch Me If You Can. Dance companies: Rasta Thomas, Elizabeth Streb. Past tours: In the Heights, Fiddler on the Roof (starring Topol/Harvey Fierstein), Cats, 42nd Street, Legally Blonde, Jesus Christ Superstar (starring Ted Neeley), Movin’ Out, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. TALITHA FEHR, TL MUSIC INTERNATIONAL (Music Coordinator) strives daily to carry on the contracting traditions of her mentor, Sam Lutfiyya. Broadway: A Christmas Story. National tours: Sister Act, The Wizard of Oz, Ghost The Musical, West Side Story, Evita, Catch Me If You Can, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Come Fly Away, Mamma Mia!, A Christmas Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats, Chicago, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Chita Rivera A Dancer’s Life, Movin’Out, and 101 Dalmatians. International tours: West Side Story, Sound of Music, Swing!, Cinderella, The King and I. Other: The Pirate Queen, 2010 Winter Olympics Ceremonies. JOE CHRISTOPHER (General Manager) had the pleasure of presenting and producing over 65 productions and special events as the Associate General Manager and Coordinator of Theater Programming at The Kennedy Center prior to joining Troika Entertainment. His favorite Kennedy Center credits include the Tony® Award nominated Broadway revivals of Follies and Ragtime, festivals celebrating the works of August Wilson & Terrence McNally, Master Class starring Tyne Daly, Thurgood starring Laurence Fishburne, and numerous other special events. Mr. Christopher holds a B.F.A. in Theatre from Niagara University where he also met his now husband, Production Manager, Ryan Murphy. For Troika Entertainment: Sister Act (1st National and Non-Equity); Shear Madness; Evita; Joseph.... Dreamcoat; and The Wizard of Oz (Toronto & 1st National). RYAN P. MURPHY (Production Manager) is currently in his seventh season with Troika Entertainment, having worked on over 40 national and international tours with a wide range of amazing artists.
INDEPENDENT PRESENTERS NETWORK (Producer) is a consortium of 40 of the leading Broadway Presenters in cities throughout America. Recent and current Broadway/London/U.S. Tours: Kinky Boots, Matilda, Pippin, Jekyll & Hyde, La Cage aux Folles, Wonderland, 9 to 5, Ragtime, Frost/ Nixon, Legally Blonde, The Color Purple, Spamalot, Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty. RANDALL A. BUCK (Chief Executive Officer, Troika Entertainment) has produced more than 50 productions across
the globe for Troika Entertainment. Before joining Troika in 1999, Mr. Buck was Vice President and General Manager for Livent in Toronto. Mr. Buck was a stage manager for more than 20 years, surviving a year with Mary Martin and Carol Channing in Jimmy Kirkwood’s Legends!, a year in Japan with Siegfried & Roy, opening The Phantom of the Opera Music Box Company and opening Show Boat on Broadway. When not on the road Randy can be found in the Washington, D.C. area with his wife, Angela, and their daughter Sierra Ashley Buck. MICHAEL J. ORSINO (Chief Operating Officer) has enjoyed over a decade working around the world with Troika Entertainment, touring several years as a Stage Manager and Company Manager before landing in the office. A Philadelphia native and a graduate of DeSales University, Mr. Orsino is pleased to have settled down in Maryland with his wife Anissa, a fellow tour veteran and their sons Cameron and Carson.
DONALD KINDL (Chief Financial Officer) joined Troika in 1992 as the company’s comptroller and assumed his current role in 2000. In this role, he is responsible for the financial, administrative, and human resources aspects of the company. He holds both a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Connecticut. He has been involved in the production of such great Troika shows as Cats, Starlight Express, Evita, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Sound of Music, Smokey Joe’s Café, Swing, Come Fly Away as well as many others. Mr. Kindl would like to thank his lovely wife Cindy and three wonderful children for their love and support over the years.
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Current projects include the first national tours of Sister Act, Ghost: The Musical, and Evita, as well as tours of West Side Story, Bring It On, and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new production of The Wizard of Oz. Prior to joining Troika, Ryan spent time as a Production Supervisor, Stage Manager, and Executive Producer. Originally from Buffalo, NY, Ryan would also like to thank his family, friends, and husband, Joe, for all their love and support.
STAFF FOR Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat GENERAL MANAGER Joe Christopher Assistant General Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abram Best PRODUCTION MANAGER Ryan P. Murphy TECHNICAL DIRECTOR John Wilson TOUR MARKETING & PRESS Amy Katz, Courtney Davis TOUR BOOKING AGENCY The Booking Group Meredith Blair, Kara Gebhart www.thebookinggroup.com CASTING Joy Dewing Casting Joy Dewing, CSA Nikki Grillos COMPANY MANAGER Tammie Ward PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER........... JOHN M. GALO Stage Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Helgesen Assistant Stage Manager.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colyn W. Fiendel Associate Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christopher Windom Associate Choreographer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Balderrama Associate Scenic Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jared Rutherford Production Properties.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paige J. Zaloudek Assistant Costume Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maria Hooper Associate Lighting Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan O’Gara Assistant Lighting Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Collin Mulligan Moving Light Programmer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Herman Production Electrician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.P. Nardecchia Production Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Kennedy Associate Video and Projection Designer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hannah Wasileski Projection Programmer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olivia D’Angelo Projection Animator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gabriel Aronson Keyboard Programmer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stuart Andrews Wardrobe Project Assistant.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Schubert Production Assistants.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ilana Bolotsky, Stephanie Halbedel, Eric H. Mayer Music Department Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . Elise Turner Howe Assistant Music Coordinator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taralee McMillian HEAD CARPENTER......................................SEAN SACCO Assistant Carpenter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timothy Buzza Assistant Carpenter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JJ Jordan Head Electrician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preston Rounsaville Projection Electrician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abbey Dutton Assistant Electrician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jes Halm Head of Properties.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paige J. Zaloudek Head of Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alicia Martin Assistant Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Rehearsed at Chelsea Studios, Pearl Studios & Ripley-Grier Studios, NYC Technical Rehearsals & Previews held at the Stanley Theatre in Utica, NY
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B This show shoots you out of a cannon from the very beginning. — ACE YOUNG
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Boulder native Ace Young was born to be on “American Idol.” Being the youngest of five boys, he says, “made me very competitive very early in life.” That life began in 1980 at Boulder Community Hospital. The Youngs bounced around Boulder from rented house to rented house because, Young says with a laugh, “no one ever wanted us in their house for more than a year.” Why not? Five boys, he said. “It was like a tornado.” Young Ace was a bit of a rough-houser, he claims, but he also was an Eagle Scout who sang choir, played sports and took International Baccalaureate classes at Fairview High School. To pretty much anyone but Ace…he was a good kid. “To my parents’ knowledge, I was a good kid,” he says with another chuckle. “But that didn’t mean everything I did was always parentally approved. Let’s just say my brothers got me out of a lot of trouble.” Young started (parentally approved) voice lessons at age nine. His first paid performance was singing in front of the food court at Boulder’s Crossroads Mall when he was just 11. It was a family affair: His brothers carried speakers and his dad ran lights for a 30-minute show that
Ace Young as Joseph, Diana DeGarmo as Narrator and Company in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Photo by Daniel A. Swalec.
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included original songs and covers by the likes of Michael Jackson. There was even some 11-year old rapping in his set because, Young said, “Hey, Kris Kross was huge back then.” Young has been huge ever since appearing on “American Idol” back in 2006. He is now starring in the title role of the national touring production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and he is fulfilling a lifelong dream by closing that 15-month tour at his hometown Buell Theatre. “You have to understand: The first theatre show I ever saw was Phantom of the Opera at The Buell Theatre in 1992,” he said. Family outings meant a day at Boulder’s Dinner Theatre. “That was like going to church,” he added. “We got dressed up, we got a meal, and we watched an amazing show. I loved it.” Young is starring in Joseph with his wife, Diana DeGarmo, playing the Narrator. She was the runner-up on Season 3 of “American Idol,” but Young is happy that’s not where they met. “That’s because she was only 16 when she was on ‘Idol,’” he said, “and that would have been weird.” No, Young met DeGarmo as a 22-year-old woman when they both were featured in
the Broadway revival of Hair (he as Berger and she as Sheila). “That was a very challenging show, and we both jumped fully into it,” he said. “Not only did we become best friends, but we fell in love.” They are now performing together in a Joseph that Young guarantees is different from any you have seen before. “We like to say this is not your mamma’s Joseph,” he said. “Andy Blankenbuehler, our director, is a Tony Award winner for a reason. We call him our modern-day Joseph. He has really pushed this production to a brand new level.” In this staging, every brother has a unique personality. There are no throwaway songs. Every moment matters. And that titular technicolor dreamcoat? “It has its own dressing room,” said Young – and he’s not kidding. “It is worth more than all of us.” The coat was hand-sewn and hand-dyed with all 29 of its lyrical colors. It was designed after Marc Chagall’s famous stained-glass windows. “It literally jumps off the stage,” said Young. Recent technological advances have allowed the creative team to push the visual limits of the show in other ways. Instead of just hearing about the troubling dreams Joseph interprets, for example, “You actually see the dreams happening onstage,” Young said. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber approved a change to the ending of the show that allows Young and DeGarmo to sing a wholly reimagined reprise of the opening song as a duet played to an acoustic guitar. “We sing it with a Simon and Garfunkel harmony vibe,” said Young, “and it tears the roof off every night.” The couple is grateful for the growing trend of casting popular singers from competitive TV shows such as ‘American Idol’ and “The Voice” into Broadway and touring productions. And Young’s wife started it all. “Diana was the first-ever “American Idol” finalist to do a Broadway show,” he said of DeGarmo’s year with Hairspray in 2006. “If it weren’t for her paving the way, I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to make my Broadway debut in Grease in 2008.” He has advised anyone who follows in his TV footsteps to never take work that follows in TV, film or theatre for granted. “I let them know that the next thing you do after this has to matter, because so many of them don’t take it seriously and they think it is going to last forever,” he said. “But if you don’t do a good job, you are never going to be asked back.” Young can’t imagine a better place to close this chapter of his professional career than Denver. “To be able to finish in my hometown where I grew up for the first 20 years of my life is just going to be amazing,” he said. But he’s even happier for his parents. “My mom has about 170 friends coming to one performance — and I have known every single one of those 170 people my entire life,” he said. “I bet half of them changed my diapers.” Those diaper-changers will see a show, Young promises, “that shoots you out of a cannon from the very beginning.” And yet, what he loves most is the very end. “Every night, I see kids in the crowd that have the bug,” Young said. “They are feeling what I felt when I saw Phantom at The Buell Theatre as a kid. They are being inspired to be part of the arts. And when you are the one onstage giving that out, it feels like you are passing it forward.”
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THE 12 Q & A Across the Galleria in The Stage Theatre, a brand new rock musical is playing. Developed by Tony-winning playwright/ lyricist Robert Schenkkan (All The Way) and composer Neil Berg, The 12 (through April 26) imagines what happened to Jesus’ disciples immediately after his death. Neil Berg describes the project. How did The 12 come about? I wrote a musical version of The Prince and the Pauper for the Lambs Theatre [NYC], which is in a former church, so every day I was going to work in a church. Being Jewish, I was always fascinated by religion. Christianity and rock and roll were both revolutions that changed the culture, so my original concept was to write a rock song cycle. You met Robert Schenkkan. How did the project change? Robert liked my concept, but he felt a stricter focus would be more effective. So it was his idea to narrow it down to the story of the apostles in the room just after Jesus’ death. What happens when you have a revolution and the leader is suddenly cut off? What do the followers do? This became about having belief in any cause. What influences are reflected in your music for The 12? You’ll hear some of The Who, a little Led Zeppelin, a little Tom Waits. John Lennon’s in there in the song called “Why.” And of course the ending is very U2 — the hopefulness, everything Bono has stood for in his career. Do you have a sense of how this will be received? If we’re telling the story the way we want to tell it, and everyone can bring their life history to it and celebrate it and enjoy it, that would be fantastic.
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ALICE Stage Theatre | Sep 11 – Oct 11 Lookingglass Theatre Company’s LOOKINGGLASS ALICE Adapted and Directed by David Catlin from the works of Lewis Carroll Imagination soars and laughter and awe abound in Lookingglass Alice, Chicago’s gravity-defying hit inspired by Lewis Carroll’s beloved stories. Called “Spectacular” and “Pure, unadulterated magic” by the Chicago Sun-Times, Lookingglass Alice is a marvel for all ages, transporting audiences down the rabbit hole to a circusinfused playground. With breathtaking theatricality and wildly inventive acrobatics, this wonderland adventure is one you won’t want to miss. Some seats for this production may be adjusted to other great locations to allow for exciting scenic adaptations and the best view of the acrobatics.
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Essential to the holiday season in Denver, A Christmas Carol promises to “warm your heart and renew your holiday spirit” according to the Examiner. Based on Charles Dickens’ classic novel, this joyous and opulent musical adaptation traces money-hoarding skinflint Ebenezer Scrooge’s triumphant overnight journey to redemption. A Christmas Carol illuminates the meaning of the holiday season in a way that has resonated for generations.
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