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BIOGRAPHIES Sam Bush On a Bowling Green, Kentucky, cattle farm in the post-war 1950s, Sam Bush grew up an only son, and with four sisters. His love of music came immediately, encouraged by his parents’ record collection and, particularly, by his father Charlie, a fiddler, who organized local jams. Charlie envisioned his son someday as a staff fiddler at the Grand Ole Opry, but a clear day’s signal from Nashville brought to Bush’s television screen a tow-headed boy named Ricky Skaggs playing mandolin with Flatt and Scruggs, and an epiphany for Bush. At 11, he purchased his first mandolin. As a teen fiddler Bush was a three-time national champion in the junior division of the National Oldtime Fiddler’s Contest. He recorded an instrumental album, Poor Richard’s Almanac, as a high school senior and in the spring of 1970 attended the Fiddlers Convention in Union Grove, N.C. There he heard the New Deal String Band, taking notice of their rock-inspired brand of progressive bluegrass. Roy Acuff offered him a spot in his band. Bush politely turned down the country titan. It was not the music he wanted to play. He admired the grace of Flatt and Scruggs, loved Bill Monroe—even saw him perform at the Ryman—but he’d discovered electrified alternatives to tradition in the Osborne Brothers and manifest destiny in The Dillards. See the photo of a fresh-faced Sam Bush in his shiny blue high school graduation gown, circa 1970. Tufts of blonde hair breaking free of the borders of his squared cap, Bush is smiling, flanked by his proud parents. The next day he was gone, bound for Los Angeles. He got as far as his nerve would take him— Las Vegas—then doubled back to Bowling Green. “I started working at the Holiday Inn as a busboy,” Bush recalls. “Ebo Walker and Lonnie Peerce came in one night asking if I wanted to come to Louisville and play five nights a week with the Bluegrass Alliance. That was a big, ol’ ‘Hell yes, let’s go.’” Bush played guitar in the group, then began playing mandolin after recruiting guitarist Tony Rice to the fold. Following a fallout with Peerce in 1971, Bush and his Alliance mates—Walker, Courtney Johnson, and Curtis Burch—formed the New Grass Revival, issuing the band’s debut, New Grass Revival. Walker left soon after, replaced temporarily by Butch Robins, with the quartet solidifying around the arrival of bassist John Cowan. “There were already people that had deviated from Bill Monroe’s style of bluegrass,” Bush explains. “If anything, we were reviving a newgrass style that had already been started. Our kind of music tended to come from the idea of long jams and rock ’n’ roll songs.”

Shunned by some traditionalists, New Grass Revival played bluegrass fests slotted in late-night sets for the “long-hairs and hippies.” Quickly becoming a favorite of rock audiences, they garnered the attention of Leon Russell, one of the era’s most popular artists. Russell hired New Grass as his supporting act on a massive tour in 1973 that put the band nightly in front of tens of thousands. At tour’s end, it was back to headlining six nights a week at an Indiana pizza joint. But, they were resilient, grinding it out on the road. And in 1975 the Revival first played Telluride, Colorado, forming a connection with the region and its fans that has prospered for 45 years. Bush was the newgrass commando, incorporating a variety of genres into the repertoire. He discovered a sibling similarity with the reggae rhythms of Marley and The Wailers, and, accordingly, developed an ear-turning original style of mandolin playing. The group issued five albums in their first seven years, and in 1979 became Russell’s backing band. By 1981, Johnson and Burch left the group, replaced by banjoist Béla Fleck and guitarist Pat Flynn. A three-record contract with Capitol Records and a conscious turn to the country market took the Revival to new commercial heights. Bush survived a life-threatening bout with cancer, and returned to the group that’d become more popular than ever. They released chart-climbing singles, made videos, earned Grammy nominations, and, at their zenith, called it quits. “We were on the verge of getting bigger,” recalls Bush. “Or maybe we’d gone as far as we could. I’d spent 18 years in a four-piece partnership. I needed a break. But, I appreciated the 18 years we had.” Bush worked the next five years with Emmylou Harris’ Nash Ramblers, then a stint with Lyle Lovett. He took home three-straight IBMA Mandolin Player of the Year awards, 1990-92, (and a fourth in 2007). In 1995 he reunited with Fleck, now a burgeoning superstar, and toured with the Flecktones, reigniting his penchant for improvisation. Then, finally, after a quarter-century of making music with New Grass Revival and collaborating with other bands, Sam Bush went solo. He’s released seven albums and a live DVD over the past two decades. In 2009, the Americana Music Association awarded Bush the Lifetime Achievement Award for Instrumentalist. Punch Brothers, Steep Canyon Rangers, and Greensky Bluegrass are just a few present-day bluegrass vanguards among so many musicians he’s influenced. His performances are annual highlights of the festival circuit, with Bush’s joyous perennial appearances at the town’s famed bluegrass fest earning him the title, “King of Telluride.” “With this band I have now I am free to try anything. Looking back at the last 50 years of playing newgrass, with the elements of jazz improvisation and rock ’n’ roll, jamming, playing with New Grass Revival, Leon, and Emmylou; it’s a culmination of all of that,” says Bush. “I can unapologetically stand onstage and feel I’m representing those songs well.”

Mike Marshall Mike Marshall made his Carnegie Hall debut at the age of 20 with jazz violin legend Stephane Grappelli as a member of the David Grisman Quartet. He would perform in that famed hall with his own classical ensemble, The Modern Mandolin Quartet, in 1985. Mike has been at the forefront of New Acoustic music for more than 40 years, having been the founding member of many groups including the Montreux Band, Psychograss, Choro Famoso, and The Anger Marshall Band. He is indeed a living compendium of musical styles and has the ability to seamlessly blend his American roots background with a deep understanding of European classical music, Brazilian choro, and other world music. Mike is a fluid Jazz improviser and a master on mandolin, guitar, mandocello, and violin. Between 1999 and 2003 Mike collaborated with Joshua Bell, Edgar Meyer, Béla Fleck, and Sam Bush on two separate projects. These groups toured the U.S. extensively and performed at the Aspen Music Festival, San Francisco Performances, and Chamber Music at Lincoln Center, N.Y. Both ensembles were nominated for Grammy Awards for their Sony Classical releases. In 2014 Mike was nominated for his third Grammy Award for his recording with the Turtle Island Quartet. Currently Mike is touring with German mandolin virtuoso Caterina Lichtenberg. The two have released two CDs on the Adventure Music label and have performed at the Carmel Bach Festival, the Savannah Music Festival, the Bach Haus Liepzig, Germany, and the RockyGrass Bluegrass Festival in Colorado, and have been soloists with the New Century Orchestra under Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, and Orchester l’arte del mondo from Cologne, Germany. Their most recent recording is a CD of Johann Sebastian Bach duets performed on mandocello and mandolin. Mike’s past duet projects have included tours and CDs with mandolinists Chris Thile, violinist Darol Anger, bassist Edgar Meyer, Brazilian mandolinist Hamilton de Holanda, and pianists Jovino Santos Neto and Andy Narell. His recordings can be found on the Windham Hill, Sony Classical, Rounder, Sugar Hill, and Compass labels, as well his own Adventure Music label. As a music educator Mike is committed to passing on his knowledge through a variety of channels. He currently directs the Mike Marshall School of Mandolin through the ArtistWorks on-line educational company where he is teaching hundreds of mandolinists from around the world. He has published six books on mandolin technique and has produced three video instruction DVDs. Since 2012 Mike has been the director of the Acoustic Music Seminar at the Savannah Music Festival where he hand selects 15 of the brightest young

acoustic music virtuosos from around the world (ages 15–22) for a week of intensive study and musical inspiration. Between 2003 and 2015 Mike directed the Mandolin Symposium at the University of California in Santa Cruz with partner David Grisman and in 2017 he will be launching the Global Mandolin Retreats project, which will be a mandolin educational experience located in various inspiring locations around the world. Mike splits his time currently between his home in San Francisco, Calif., and Wuppertal, Germany, where his wife, Caterina Lichtenberg, holds the position of mandolin professor at the Cologne Music Conservatory.

Edgar Meyer In demand as both a performer and a composer, Edgar Meyer has formed a role in the music world unlike any other. Hailed by The New Yorker as “...the most remarkable virtuoso in the relatively un-chronicled history of his instrument,” Mr. Meyer’s unparalleled technique and musicianship in combination with his gift for composition have brought him to the fore, where he is appreciated by a vast, varied audience. His uniqueness in the field was recognized by a MacArthur Award in 2002. As a solo classical bassist, Mr. Meyer can be heard on a concerto album with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra conducted by Hugh Wolff featuring Bottesini’s Gran Duo with Joshua Bell, Meyer’s own Double Concerto for Bass and Cello with Yo-Yo Ma, Bottesini’s Bass Concerto No. 2, and Meyer’s own Concerto in D for Bass. He has also recorded an album featuring three of Bach’s Unaccompanied Suites for Cello. In 2006, he released a self-titled solo recording on which he wrote and recorded all of the music, incorporating piano, guitar, mandolin, dobro, banjo, gamba, and double bass. In 2007, recognizing his wide-ranging recording achievements, Sony/BMG released a compilation of The Best of Edgar Meyer. In 2011 Mr. Meyer joined cellist Yo-Yo Ma, mandolinist Chris Thile, and fiddler Stuart Duncan for the Sony Masterworks recording, The Goat Rodeo Sessions, which was awarded the 2012 Grammy® Award for Best Folk Album. Mr. Meyer was honored with his fifth Grammy® Award in 2015 for Best Contemporary Instrumental album for his Bass & Mandolin collaboration with Chris Thile. His most recent recordings are a collection of Bach Trios with Yo-Yo Ma and Chris Thile released in 2017 and the 2020 Not Our First Rodeo, a follow-up to the Grammy® Award-winning Goat Rodeo Sessions album. As a composer, Mr. Meyer has carved out a remarkable and unique niche in the musical world. His most recent work, New Piece for Orchestra, was premiered and commissioned by the Nashville Symphony and the Aspen Music Festival and School in 2017. That same year the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and

the Bravo! Vail Music festival commissioned Mr. Meyer to write Overture for Violin and Orchestra which was premiered by Joshua Bell and performed on the Academy’s 2018 US tour. Mr. Meyer’s Concerto for Double Bass and Violin was premiered in 2012 by Joshua Bell and Mr. Meyer at the Tanglewood Music Festival with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The two artists also performed the work at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Aspen Music Festival, and with the Nashville and Toronto symphony orchestras. Mr. Meyer was composer in residence with the Alabama Symphony in 2012 where he premiered his third concerto for double bass and orchestra. Mr. Meyer has collaborated with Béla Fleck and Zakir Hussain to write a triple concerto for double bass, banjo, and tabla, which was commissioned for the opening of the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville. The triple concerto was recorded with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin and featured on the 2009 recording, The Melody of Rhythm, a collection of trio pieces all cocomposed by Mr. Meyer, Mr. Fleck, and Mr. Hussain. Mr. Meyer has performed his second double bass concerto with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and his first double bass concerto with Edo de Waart and the Minnesota Orchestra. Other compositions of Mr. Meyer’s include a violin/piano work which has been performed by Joshua Bell at New York’s Lincoln Center, a quintet for bass and string quartet premiered with the Emerson String Quartet and recorded on Deutsche Grammophon, a Double Concerto for Bass and Cello premiered with Yo-Yo Ma and The Boston Symphony Orchestra under Seiji Ozawa, and a violin concerto written for Hilary Hahn which was premiered and recorded by Ms. Hahn with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra led by Hugh Wolff. Collaborations continue to be a central part of Mr. Meyer’s work. In 2017 Mr. Meyer collaborated with fellow bassist Christian McBride showcasing their original music. Also in 2017 he toured the U.S. with Yo-Yo Ma and Chris Thile performing works from their Bach trios recording. Mr. Meyer’s previous performing and recording collaborations include duos with Chris Thile; a duo with Béla Fleck; a quartet with Joshua Bell, Sam Bush, and Mike Marshall; a trio with Béla Fleck and Mike Marshall; and a trio with Yo-Yo Ma and Mark O’Connor. The latter collaborated for the 1996 Appalachia Waltz release which soared to the top of the charts and remained there for 16 weeks. Appalachia Waltz toured extensively in the U.S., and the trio was featured on the David Letterman Show and the televised 1997 Inaugural Gala. The trio toured again in 2000 and recorded a follow-up recording, Appalachian Journey, which was honored with a Grammy® Award. In 2007 Mr. Meyer premiered a piece for double bass and piano with Emanuel Ax. Mr. Meyer also performs with pianist Amy Dorfman, his longtime collaborator for solo recitals featuring both classical repertoire and his own compositions, Mike Marshall in duo concerts, and the trio with Béla Fleck and Zakir Hussain which has toured the U.S., Europe, and Asia together. Mr. Meyer began studying bass at the age of 5 under the instruction of his father and continued further to study with Stuart Sankey. In 1994 he received the Avery Fisher Career Grant and in 2000 became the only bassist to receive the Avery Fisher Prize. Currently, he is Visiting Professor of Double Bass at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

George Meyer George Meyer plays the violin and writes music. He has performed his own compositions in a variety of settings, including Chamber Music Northwest, Bravo! Vail, the Savannah Music Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, the Telluride and RockyGrass Bluegrass Festivals, the Charles Ives Concert Series, the Rome Chamber Music Festival, and the Kyoto International Festival. He has appeared in performance with his father, Edgar Meyer, and with Mike Marshall, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Fred Sherry, and Paul Neubauer. Recent works include a trio for two violins and cello (6’), a duo for violin and viola (15’), a solo violin piece (7’) for Katie Hyun, and a duo for violin and bass (18’), co-written and performed with his father. He has been commissioned by Chamber Music Northwest, Astral Artists, and Bravo! Vail. In 2016, Quodlibet Ensemble premiered his Concerto Grosso, a 15-minute work for string orchestra with solo string quartet, in New York City. His violin teachers have included Naoko Tanaka, Laurie Smukler, Stephen Miahky, Lucy Chapman, Jennifer Frautschi, Carolyn Huebl, and Carol Smith. He holds degrees from Harvard College and The Juilliard School. He is from Nashville, Tenn.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 2022 | 7:00 P.M. Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Sponsored by

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with Latitude Link, Rick Steiner, NETworks Presentations present

The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Music by

Book by

Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice

Lyrics by

Bob Gaudio

Bob Crewe

with

Eric Chambliss Matt Faucher Devon Goffman Jon Hacker Justin Albinder Amy Coelho Kenneth Quinney Francoeur Samantha Gershman Katie Goffman Antonio King Connor Lyon Kevin Patrick Martin Sean McGee Hamilton Moore Alec Michael Ryan Bruno Vida Scenic Design

Costume Design

Klara Zieglerova

Lighting Design

Jess Goldstein

Projection Design

Steve Canyon Kennedy

Fight Director

Production Supervisor

Wig and Hair Design

Michael Clark

Charles G. LaPointe Orchestrations

Production Management

Associate Producer

John Miller

Casting

NETworks Presentations Hector Guivas

Tara Rubin Casting Merri Sugarman, CSA

Lauren Mitchell

Steve Rankin

Music Coordinator

Steve Orich

Sound Design

Howell Binkley

Richard Hester

Music Director

Noah Turner

Company Manager

Production Stage Manager

Deborah Barrigan

Executive Producer

Dana Sherman

Stacy N. Taylor

Tour Booking & Marketing

Broadway Booking Office NYC

Music Supervision, Vocal/Dance Arrangements and Incidental Music by

Ron Melrose Choreography

Sergio Trujillo Directed by

Des McAnuff World Premiere Produced by La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA Christopher Ashley, Artistic Director & Debby Buchholz, Managing Director

CAST

(in alphabetical order)

Gyp DeCarlo, Nick DeVito, Billy Dixon, Charlie Calello (and others) .......................... ALEC MICHAEL RYAN Joey, Officer Petrillo, Crewe’s PA, Accountant’s Assistant (and others) ................................ JUSTIN ALBINDER French Rap Star, Hal Miller, Barry Belson, Detective One, Davis (and others) ......................... ANTONIO KING Mary Delgado, Angel (and others)...............................................................................SAMANTHA GERSHMAN Bob Gaudio ..............................................................................................................................ERIC CHAMBLISS Tommy DeVito........................................................................................................................ DEVON GOFFMAN Frankie Valli ......................................................................................................................................JON HACKER Church Lady, Angel, Lorraine, Miss Frankie Nolan, Bob’s Party Girl (and others) ....................CONNOR LYON Stosh, Norman Waxman, Detective Two, Hank Majewski, Police Officer, Recording Studio Engineer, Joe Long (and others) ............................................. KEVIN PATRICK MARTIN Bob Crewe, Donnie, Accountant, Finney (and others) .................................................................... SEAN McGEE Nick Massi .................................................................................................................................. MATT FAUCHER Frankie’s Mother, Nick’s Date, Angel, Francine (and others) ........................................................ AMY COELHO UNDERSTUDIES

Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.

Frankie Valli: JUSTIN ALBINDER, BRUNO VIDA Tommy DeVito: KEVIN PATRICK MARTIN, HAMILTON MOORE Bob Gaudio: KENNETH QUINNEY FRANCOEUR, SEAN McGEE Nick Massi: HAMILTON MOORE, ALEC MICHAEL RYAN

SWINGS KENNETH QUINNEY FRANCOEUR, KATIE GOFFMAN, HAMILTON MOORE, BRUNO VIDA Dance Captain: KATIE GOFFMAN; Assistant Dance Captain: HAMILTON MOORE; Fight Captain: KEVIN PATRICK MARTIN JERSEY BOYS ORCHESTRA Music Director: Noah Turner; Associate Conductor: Anthony Brindisi; Keyboards: Anthony Brindisi, Katie Holmes, Noah Turner; Guitar: Max Caine; Bass: Jason Christopher Langley; Drums: Brett Beiersdorfer; Music Coordinator: John Miller

Photo: Courtesy of The Four Seasons

FOUR SEASONS

(L to R) Bob Gaudio, Frankie Valli, Nick Massi and Tommy DeVito. The Original Four Seasons.

CAST

Eric Chambliss

Matt Faucher

Devon Goffman

Jon Hacker

Justin Albinder

Amy Coelho

Kenneth Quinney Francoeur

Samantha Gershman

Katie Goffman

Antonio King

Connor Lyon

Kevin Patrick Martin

Sean McGee

Hamilton Moore

Alec Michael Ryan

Bruno Vida

MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE

“Ces Soirées-La (Oh, What a Night)” – Paris, 2000.............................................. French Rap Star, Backup Group “Silhouettes” ......................................................................................... Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi, Nick DeVito, Frankie Castelluccio “You’re the Apple of My Eye”............................................................... Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi, Nick DeVito “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” ...................................................................................Frankie Castelluccio “Earth Angel” ...........................................................................................................Tommy DeVito, Full Company “Sunday Kind of Love” ....................................................Frankie Valli, Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi, Nick’s Date “My Mother’s Eyes” .............................................................................................................................Frankie Valli “I Go Ape” ......................................................................................................................................The Four Lovers “(Who Wears) Short Shorts” ...........................................................................................................The Royal Teens “I’m in the Mood for Love/Moody’s Mood for Love” .........................................................................Frankie Valli “Cry for Me” .................................................................... Bob Gaudio, Frankie Valli, Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi “An Angel Cried”...............................................................................................................Hal Miller and The Rays “I Still Care” ..................................................................................................Miss Frankie Nolan and The Romans “Trance” ......................................................................................................................... Billy Dixon and The Topix “Sherry” ........................................................................................................................................The Four Seasons “Big Girls Don’t Cry” ...................................................................................................................The Four Seasons “Walk Like a Man” .......................................................................................................................The Four Seasons “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)” ......................................................................... Bob Gaudio, Full Company “My Boyfriend’s Back” .......................................................................................................................... The Angels “My Eyes Adored You”................................................................. Frankie Valli, Mary Delgado, The Four Seasons “Dawn (Go Away)” .......................................................................................................................The Four Seasons “Walk Like a Man” (reprise)...............................................................................................................Full Company THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION

ACT TWO “Big Man in Town” .......................................................................................................................The Four Seasons “Beggin’” ......................................................................................................................................The Four Seasons “Stay” .......................................................................................................... Bob Gaudio, Frankie Valli, Nick Massi “Let’s Hang On (To What We’ve Got)” .......................................................................... Bob Gaudio, Frankie Valli “Opus 17 (Don’t You Worry ‘Bout Me)” .................................... Bob Gaudio, Frankie Valli and The New Seasons “Bye Bye Baby”............................................................................................... Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons “C’mon Marianne”........................................................................................... Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” ............................................................................................................Frankie Valli “Working My Way Back to You” ..................................................................... Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons “Fallen Angel” ......................................................................................................................................Frankie Valli “Rag Doll” ....................................................................................................................................The Four Seasons “Who Loves You?” ..............................................................................................The Four Seasons, Full Company

THE ONES THAT GOT AWAY

“Ain’t That a Shame” (Domino/Bartholomew) • “Candy Girl” (Santos) “Don’t Think Twice” (Dylan) • “Girl Come Runnin’” (Gaudio/Crewe) “Grease” (Gibb) • “I Make a Fool of Myself” (Gaudio/Crewe) “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” (Porter) • “Marlena” (Gaudio) “New Mexican Rose” (Crewe/Calello) • “Our Day Will Come” (Hillard/Garson) “Ronnie” (Gaudio/Crewe) • “Save It For Me” (Gaudio/Crewe) “Silver Star” (Gaudio/Parker) • “Swearin’ to God” (Crewe/Randall) “Tell It to the Rain” (Petrillo/Cifelli) “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore” (Gaudio/Crewe) “To Give (The Reason I Live)” (Gaudio/Crewe) “Watch the Flowers Grow” (Brown/Bloodworth) “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” (Goffin/King) Please silence all electronic devices such as cellular phones, beepers and watches. The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST ERIC CHAMBLISS (Bob Gaudio) is honored to return to this tour and get back to theatre! Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof (Sasha, u/s Perchik). Regional: Gypsy (Tulsa), All Shook Up (Chad), The Full Monty (Ethan), The Music Man (Harold), and Altar Boyz (Matthew). He is originally from Ottawa, IL. Go Cubs, go! Special thanks to Tara Rubin Casting, Dustin and Marc, and Nomi Tichman. Love to Mom and Dad, family, friends, Kona The Wonder Dog (Korean K9 Rescue), and his partner in crime and fiancé Nicole Ferguson. For Nani and Grandma. @tallboy_chambliss MATT FAUCHER (Nick Massi) is honored to now be a member of the Jersey Boys family. A graduate of The Hartt School with a BFA in Acting and a CT Critics Circle Award winner. Broadway: Beautiful The Carole King Musical. National tour: Beautiful. Off – Broadway: The Threepenny Opera (Macheath, Drama Desk nomination), I Am Harvey Milk at Avery Fisher Hall, Chekhov Dreams (Eddie). Regional: The Muny, Goodspeed Musicals, Paper Mill Playhouse, Hartford Stage, Asolo Rep, Northern Stage, Olney Theatre Center, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Flat Rock Playhouse and The Monomoy Theatre. TV: FBI: Most Wanted - CBS. Love to Brit. Follow: @ the_fauch, mattfaucheractor.com. DEVON GOFFMAN (Tommy DeVito) is grateful to be back in Jersey Boys. Favorite role, an amazing company, and bringing back LIVE theatre strong around the country. National tours: On Your Feet! (Phil), Motown, Jersey Boys, Titanic (Barrett), Grease (Vince Fontaine) and Buddy. Vegas: Jersey Boys. TV: NBC’s Lincoln Rhyme (Amelia’s Father). Taught/directed amazing theatre kids during the pandemic. Thank you to EVERYONE on the Jersey Boys creative team. Thanks, Judy Boals. Thank you, family. Love to my Mom, and my sister, Dena. Most important “THANK YOU” to my castmate/ soulmate, Katie Goffman - you are my everything. GO BILLS! Insta: @DevonBulldog Twitter: @ DevonGoffman JON HACKER (Frankie Valli) is thrilled to be joining the JB family again, after closing the show on Broadway and moving on to the Off-Broadway production. Broadway: Jersey Boys (Joey, u/s Frankie Valli). Off-Broadway: Jersey Boys (Joey, u/s Frankie Valli). National tour: Newsies (Oscar Delancey, u/s Jack Kelly). Regional: From Here to Eternity (Ogunquit Playhouse & NYC Debut). Les Misérables (Weathervane Playhouse), Next to Normal (Human Race Theatre). BFA, Wright State University. Thanks to Dodgers, Tara Rubin Casting

and the entire creative team. Also, big thanks to Dustin, Marc and the Daniel Hoff Agency. To my wife, Taryn, this one (again) is for you. Instagram: @jonhacker_ JUSTIN ALBINDER (Joey and others) NYC Actor and Dialect Coach. Recent: Jersey Boys (Frankie, Phoenix Theatre Company), Jersey Boys NCL, The Drowsy Chaperone. Film: The Cathedral. Thank you to the Albinder clan, Aaron, Pecoo, Julie and Pro PT, Jason, Nyle, Merri, JB team, and Katie Agresta. Ithaca College BFA. www.justinalbinder.com AMY COELHO (Francine and others) is overjoyed to return to Jersey Boys! Favorite credits include Forum (Philia), The Addams Family and The Sound of Music. International: Mickey & the Wondrous Book at Hong Kong Disneyland. Thanks to Tara Rubin Casting and Bloc! Love to my husband, family, and God! For your daily dose of magic @dreamweaver90210 KENNETH QUINNEY FRANCOEUR (Swing) is elated to be back with Jersey Boys! Selected credits: Memphis the Musical (Huey u/s; nat’l tour), West Side Story (Tony; MMT), A Child’s Christmas in Wales (Man, Irish Rep Theatre), Hair (Berger, Woodstock), Gypsy (Tulsa, OPTC), She Loves Me (Kodaly, BCT). BFA Elon University. Special thanks to Merri, the JB team, Katie Murphy, Mom, Dad, Gail and Ben. @kfrancoeur SAMANTHA GERSHMAN (Mary Delgado and others) Samantha is incredibly grateful to join the Jersey Boys national tour! Select credits: A Chorus Line (Diana Morales/Helen Hayes Award winner), Jekyll & Hyde (National tour, u/s Lucy), Evita (Eva Peron alternate) and The Who’s Tommy (Kennedy Center). Endless thanks to Merri, DGRW, Mom, Blake and Jeff. For Dad. KATIE GOFFMAN (Dance Captain, Swing). Off-Broadway: Clueless (Standby Cher) National tours: Ghost (Molly), Rock of Ages (Regina). Katie created the web-series, Wisco Queens, streaming now on Broadway OnDemand! Thanks JB team, the Dodgers, and Tara Rubin Casting! Much love to Danny, Devon, her coaches/brothers, and parents! Follow @katiegoffman www.katiegoffman.com ANTONIO KING (Berry Belson and others) King’s making his national tour debut in Jersey Boys. Favorite credits: Little Shop of Horrors, Elf, Hairspray. King thanks God, his family, and FSE

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST Agency for their constant support. “Trust Your Gift.” IG/TikTok: @a.king_32 CONNOR LYON (Lorraine and others) is thrilled to join the Jersey Boys family! Other credits include: Rocky Horror (Theatre Under the Stars), Rock of Ages (Norwegian Cruise Line), Little Women (A.D. Players), Sam Houston State University ’15. Endless gratitude to the JB family. Love to Mom, Marissa and Cara! IG: @connorslyon KEVIN PATRICK MARTIN (Hank Majewski, Norm Waxman and others, Fight Captain) is thrilled to return to the stage with Jersey Boys, having done more than 600 performances since joining the company in 2017! Television: Food Network’s Bakers vs. Fakers. Training: Rhode Island College. Thanks to TRC, ATB and Mom and Dad. Love to his future husband, Alex! Follow: @kevinpatrickmartin www.KPMVO.com SEAN MCGEE (Bob Crewe and others). Regional: Reefer Madness (Jimmy, TUTS), Cry-Baby (CryBaby, Tent Theatre), Xanadu (Sonny, WaterTower Dallas), Oklahoma! (Will Parker, Pennsylvania Shakespeare, Lyric Stage), My Fair Lady (Freddy, CityRep). BFA, University of Oklahoma. Thanks Merri and ATB. Love to friends and E+M+D+D+C. For Mom and Dad. I did it. Glory to God. Instagram: @veryseanmcgee HAMILTON MOORE (Swing) is excited to be swinging for Jersey Boys and making his tour debut with this incredible production. Hamilton is a recent graduate of UC College-Conservatory of Music. Huge thanks to the JB creative team/cast, everyone at Tara Rubin, teachers past and present, family and friends. IG: Jeanclaudevanham ALEC MICHAEL RYAN (Gyp DeCarlo and others) is thrilled join the Jersey Boys family. NYC/Readings: Harmony (NYTF). Regional: Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, From Here to Eternity (Ogunquit), Catch Me If You Can. BFA, Elon University. Much love and thanks to Tara Rubin Casting, DGRW, creative team, family and friends for constant love and support. Instagram: @ alecmichaelryan BRUNO VIDA (Swing) previously toured with Jersey Boys in ’19/’20. Born and raised in Cuiabá, Brazil. Many thanks to the Dodgers, Merri and TRC, and the entire JB team for giving me the job of a lifetime. This one is for my family. Te amo Mãe and Vicky. IG: @1brunovida

STACY N. TAYLOR (Production Stage Manager) is ecstatic to be traveling the country with this show. Previous credits: Tours: Spring Awakening, South Pacific, Beauty and the Beast, Annie, Bodyguard, Waitress, and School of Rock. Other: Weston Playhouse, Blue Man Group – Orlando. Proud graduate of the SM program at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM.) LIA JENNINGS (Stage Manager) is pleased to return to the Jersey Boys family! Previous credits: TheatreSquared, Weston Playhouse, Norwegian Cruise Line, Cirque du Soleil. Carnegie Mellon University: MFA. Thanks to the Dodgers. Love to friends, family and God. JUSTIN MYHRE (Assistant Stage Manager). Broadway: The Great Society, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical. Off-Broadway: Roundabout Theatre Company, The New Group, NYTW, Page 73, Prospect Theater Company, Tectonic Theater Project. Regional: Weston Playhouse, Barrington Stage, New York Stage and Film. BA, Vassar College. Thank you Dodgers, family, and friends. NOAH TURNER (Music Director) is excited to join the Jersey Boys team! MD credits include Altar Boyz; The World Goes ’Round; You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown; Babes in Arms (Associate); Songs For A New World (Associate); Wonderland (Associate); Gypsy (Associate); Darling; Hairspray (Associate); and The World According to Snoopy (Associate). He did the arrangements and orchestrations for Dating 2020, an online musical by Isabel Stein created during the pandemic. www.noahturnermusic.com MARSHALL BRICKMAN (Book). Films (author or co-author): Sleeper, Annie Hall, Manhattan, Manhattan Murder Mystery, For the Boys, Intersection; (as writer/ director): Simon, Lovesick, The Manhattan Project, Sister Mary Explains It All. Television: The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (head writer), The Dick Cavett Show (head writer/co-producer). He has published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Playboy and other periodicals and was the 2006 recipient of the Writers Guild of America’s Ian McClellan Hunter Lifetime Achievement Award. Jersey Boys, his first venture into musical theatre (with co-author Rick Elice), won four Tony Awards including Best Musical. The Addams Family, his second theatrical venture (also with Rick), ran more than 700 performances on Broadway and had national and international tours.

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST Upcoming projects include musicals about Roy Rogers and the Woodstock Festival of 1969.

To this day, Bob Gaudio and Frankie Valli still maintain their partnership...on a handshake.

RICK ELICE (Book) co-wrote Jersey Boys (Winner 2006 Tony Award, 2007 Grammy Award and 2009 Olivier Award for Best Musical) with the great Marshall Brickman. His play, Peter and the Starcatcher, won five 2012 Tony Awards and is one of the most produced plays in North America. Also on Broadway, The Addams Family and The Cher Show. Coming soon: The Princess Bride for Disney; Water for Elephants, with the acclaimed theater collective, Pig Pen; Monopoly for Hasbro; Mad Season, with Rob Thomas and Schele Williams; Treasure, with 2021 Ed Kleban Award winner, Benjamin Scheuer. Rick’s book, Finding Roger, An Improbably Theatrical Love Story, is published by Kingswell. Heartfelt thanks to those whose theatre work makes him grateful for the day he was born: Sondheim, Stoppard, Bennett, Prince, Fosse, Robbins, Nichols, Nunn, Laurents, Stone, Taymor, Papp, Schumacher, Schneider, David, Strong, Gaudio, Valli, McAnuff, Trujillo, Timbers, Coyne, Brickman, and, eternally, Roger Rees. Rick thinks about them a lot. He never thought about Jersey much. He does now.

BOB CREWE (Lyricist). “New York was pregnant in the fifties,” says Bob Crewe, “gestating with possibilities.” Crewe and music partner Frank Slay became independent writer-producers when the category hadn’t yet been invented. In 1957 they wrote and produced Silhouettes for The Rays, which skyrocketed to #1. Suddenly, producers in demand, they launched Freddie Cannon’s Tallahassee Lassie and Billy & Lillie’s Lah Dee Da. Crewe’s 1960s unprecedented producing success with the Four Seasons birthed a new sound, striking a major chord in American pop. Sherry, Big Girls Don’t Cry, Walk Like a Man, Candy Girl, Ronnie – all smashes! When lead Frankie Valli demanded a solo turn, Crewe and Bob Gaudio wrote (and Crewe produced) Can’t Take My Eyes Off You, which eventually became the century’s fifth most-played song. Crewe ran hot with artists from Vicki Carr, Oliver and Lesley Gore to Mitch Ryder, co-writing with Charles Fox the soundtrack for Jane Fonda’s film, Barbarella. Then his own Bob Crewe Generation exploded with Music to Watch Girls By. In 1972 Bob was in L.A., where he revived Frankie Valli with My Eyes Adored You by Crewe and Kenny Nolan. They also co-wrote Patti LaBelle’s Lady Marmalade (#1, July ’75), which was a hit again on the soundtrack of Moulin Rouge (#1, June ’01)...David Ritz

BOB GAUDIO (Composer) wrote his first hit, Who Wears Short Shorts, at 15, for the Royal Teens, and then went on to become a founding member of the Four Seasons and the band’s principal songwriter. He also produced the hit You Don’t Bring Me Flowers for Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand (Grammy nomination, Record of the Year) as well as six albums for Diamond, including The Jazz Singer. Other producing credits include albums for Frank Sinatra, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson and the soundtrack for the film of Little Shop of Horrors. Several songs co-written with Bob Crewe have been cover hits for such artists as the Tremeloes (Silence Is Golden), the Walker Brothers (The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore) and Lauryn Hill (Can’t Take My Eyes Off You). With his wife, Judy Parker, Gaudio produced and co-wrote the Who Loves You album for the Four Seasons and one of Billboard’s longest-charted singles (54 weeks), Oh, What a Night. A high point in his career came in 1990 when, as a member of the original Four Seasons, Gaudio was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 1995, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, which hailed him as “a quintessential music-maker.” Gaudio is currently co-producing the Jersey Boys film with Nick Jonas as Frankie Valli, the upcoming Neil Diamond musical, A Beautiful Noise, and developing Frank Sinatra’s Watertown.

DES McANUFF (Director) is a two-time Tony Award-winning director and former artistic director of Canada’s Stratford Festival. He is also Director Emeritus of La Jolla Playhouse, where as Artistic Director he staged more than 30 productions of classics, new plays and musicals. He’s co-founder of Broadway’s Dodgers. Broadway: Ain’t Too Proud. Past Broadway: Summer, Doctor Zhivago, Jesus Christ Superstar, Guys and Dolls, Aaron Sorkin’s The Farnsworth Invention, Jersey Boys (Tony and Olivier Awards: Best Musical), Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays (Tony Award: Best Special Theatrical Event), Dracula the Musical, How to Succeed…, The Who’s Tommy (Tony and Olivier Awards: Best Director), A Walk in the Woods, Big River (Tony Awards: Best Director, Best Musical). Selected New York: Fetch Clay, Make Man (NYTW), multiple productions at The Public and BAM. Stratford highlights: Twelfth Night (with Brian Dennehy), A Word or Two, Caesar and Cleopatra, The Tempest (all with Christopher Plummer). Opera: Faust (The Met, ENO). TV: 700 Sundays (HBO). Film: Cousin Bette (with Jessica Lange, director), The Iron Giant (producer, BAFTA Award) and Quills (executive

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST producer). In 2011, he was honored with a doctorate from Ryerson University where he attended theatre school. In 2012, he was awarded Canada’s Governor General’s National Arts Center Award and the Order of Canada. SERGIO TRUJILLO (Choreographer). Ain’t Too Proud (Tony Award winner), On Your Feet (Tony Award nominee, Outer Critics Circle/Astaire Awards), Memphis (Olivier/OCC Award, Drama Desk/Astaire Award nominations), Jersey Boys (Drama Desk/OCC/Greenroom/Dora nominations), Summer (Chita Rivera Award), A Bronx Tale (Chita Rivera Award nomination), The Addams Family, Next to Normal, Hands on a Hardbody (Drama Desk nomination), Leap of Faith (Drama Desk nomination), Guys and Dolls (Astaire Award nomination), and All Shook Up. Emmy nominee for Outstanding Choreography for NBC’s Christmas in Rockefeller Center. Director/choreographer: Arrabal (ART- Elliot Norton Award), Gloria Estefan On Broadway (Minskoff Theatre), Flashdance: The Musical (National tour), Cirque De Soleil’s Paramour (Stage Entertainment). Other Theatre: Invisible Thread (Second Stage, Astaire Award nomination), Carmen: An Afro-Cuban Musical (Olney Theatre, Helen Hayes Award nomination), Freaky Friday (Signature Theatre), and The Wiz (La Jolla Playhouse). International credits: Tarzan (Disney), Peggy Sue Got Married (West End), West Side Story (Stratford Festival). RON MELROSE (Music Supervision, Vocal/ Dance Arrangements and Incidental Music). Forty-six years of arranging, music direction and supervision, including 18 Broadway shows and productions spanning the world. Helpmann Award (Australia’s Tony) for music direction on Jersey Boys, music supervisor of Jersey Boys streaming and film, associate producer of Jersey Boys cast and Christmas albums. Music supervisor and arranger, A Bronx Tale (Broadway), Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (La Jolla Playhouse). Composer: Fourtune (Off-Broadway), The Silver Swan (NEA Fellowship), The Missing Peace (Washington’s Capitol Fringe), Early One Morning (Liturgical one-woman musical, two Harvard Hasty Pudding shows, a gospel Requiem, songs for Saturday Night Live. Education: Harvard (Philosophy), Westminster (Choral conducting). Thanks to Alexandra. KLARA ZIEGLEROVA (Scenic Design). Broadway: Sister Act, The Farnsworth Invention, Jersey Boys, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. Ms. Zieglerova designed numerous

productions in the United States, Europe and Asia. Awards: The Green Room Award Australia, Theatregoers’ Choice Award London for Best Set Design; Lumen Award for the design of The New World Stages in NYC; Drammy Award for Best Set Design, Carbonell Award for Best Set Design, and designed sets for Best Touring Production of the L.A. Ovation Awards. www.klarazieglerova.com. JESS GOLDSTEIN (Costume Design): Selected NY credits include Disney’s Newsies, On the Town, Proof, The Merchant of Venice with Al Pacino, Henry IV with Kevin Kline, Julius Caesar with Denzel Washington, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Take Me Out, How I Learned to Drive, Buried Child, Tintypes, Enchanted April, The Most Happy Fella, Il Trittico for the Metropolitan Opera and a 2005 Tony Award for Lincoln Center Theatre’s The Rivals, and Lortel and Hewes Awards for The Mineola Twins. Film designs include A Walk on the Moon, The Substance of Fire, Talking With and Far East. A Yale grad, he has taught design at the Drama School since 1990. 2015 Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award. www.jess-goldstein.com HOWELL BINKLEY (Lighting Design). Broadway: Ain’t Too Proud (2019 Tony nomination), Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Come From Away (2017 Tony nomination), A Bronx Tale, Hamilton (2016 Tony winner/2018 Olivier Award winner), After Midnight (2014 Tony nomination), How to Succeed… (2011 Tony nomination), West Side Story (2009 Tony nomination), In the Heights (2008 Tony nomination), Jersey Boys (2006 Tony winner), Avenue Q, Parade, Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993 Tony nomination). Co-Founder/ Original Resident Lighting Designer for Parsons Dance. 1993 Sir Laurence Olivier and Canadian Dora Awards for Kiss of the Spider Woman. 2006 and 2016 Henry Hewes Design Awards for Jersey Boys and Hamilton. STEVE CANYON KENNEDY (Sound Design) was the production engineer on such Broadway shows as Cats, Starlight Express, Song & Dance, The Phantom of the Opera, Carrie and Aspects of Love. His Broadway sound design credits include Ain’t Too Proud, On Your Feet, Zhivago, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (Tony Award), Hands on a Hardbody (Drama Desk Award), Jesus Christ Superstar, Catch Me If You Can (Tony nomination), Guys and Dolls, Mary Poppins, The Lion King, Jersey Boys (Drama Desk Award), Rent, Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, Hairspray, The Producers, Aida, Titanic, Big, How to Succeed in Business

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST Without Really Trying, Carousel and The Who’s Tommy (Drama Desk Award). MICHAEL CLARK (Projection Design) Elephant Man, Dracula The Musical, Lennon, 700 Sundays, Jersey Boys, Ring of Fire (Broadway), Domesticated, Frankenstein the Musical, Burleigh Grimes (Off-Broadway), Heidi Chronicles, My One and Only, Big Maybelle, The Breakup Notebook, Villains Tonight, Sondheim Celebration (Regional and cruise lines) Le Denier Judgement (Cannes) Ghost The Musical (UK tour). More than 30 other productions as Associate Designer and currently forming new curriculum in projection, augmented and virtual reality at the University of Florida. CHARLES G. LAPOINTE (Hair and Wig Design) is an award-winning Wig and Hair Designer on stages throughout the United States and abroad. Theatre: Numerous Broadway, touring, regional theatre, West End and international productions including Hamilton (Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylist Guild Award), Ain’t Too Proud, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Beetlejuice, The Cher Show (Drama Desk Award), The Band’s Visit, Anastasia, SpongeBob SquarePants (Drama Desk Award), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, The Color Purple, Newsies, In the Heights. Television: The Wiz Live! (Emmy nomination), Jesus Christ Superstar Live! (Emmy nomination and Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylist Guild Award), Bluebloods, American Crime, Maddoff, Hairspray. STEVE RANKIN (Fight Director). Broadway: Jersey Boys, Ain’t Too Proud, Memphis, Summer, Carousel (Drama Desk Outstanding Fight Choreography), Henry IV, Guys and Dolls, Doctor Zhivago, The Farnsworth Invention, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Dracula, Bonnie and Clyde, Two Shakespearean Actors, Anna Christie, The Real Inspector Hound, The Who’s Tommy. OffBroadway: The Third Story, Pig Farm, The Night Hank Williams Died, Below the Belt. Stratford Shakespeare Festival: Henry V, The Who’s Tommy, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Caesar and Cleopatra. Metropolitan Opera: Faust, Rodelinda, Iphigénie en Tauride, Boris Godenov. STEVE ORICH (Orchestrations). Broadway: Jersey Boys (Tony nomination, Best Orchestrations), The Cher Show, Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Off-Broadway: Snoopy, Personals, A Good Swift Kick. Tours: Annie, Godspell, A Class Act. Regional theatre: Musical Director and/or Orchestrator at

Pasadena Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, Hollywood Bowl, La Jolla Playhouse, Theatreworks, Goodman Theatre, Goodspeed, Asolo Rep, Dorset Theatre, Northlight, Pioneer Theatre. TV: Composer, Arranger and Conductor for documentaries, sitcoms, movies and specials. Recordings: 20 albums, including the Grammywinning Jersey Boys cast album. His orchestrations have been performed by the National Symphony, the Boston Pops, at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the White House and around the world. JOHN MILLER (Music Coordinator). Broadway (More than 140 shows, including): MJ, Mrs. Doubtfire, Waitress, Tina, Ain’t Too Proud, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Oklahoma, Once On This Island, Miss Saigon, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Indecent, The Great Comet of 1812, A Bronx Tale, Hairspray, Holiday Inn, Waitress, Something Rotten, Les Misérables, Beautiful, Pippin, Once, Newsies, Rock of Ages, Elf, Porgy and Bess, Jesus Christ Superstar, Godspell, Follies, Priscilla, Sister Act, Catch Me If You Can, Xanadu, Grey Gardens, Drowsy Chaperone, Beauty and the Beast, Lennon, Sweeney Todd. Studio musician (bass): Michael Jackson, Madonna, Portishead, Eric Clapton, BB King, Sinatra, Carly Simon, Celine Dion, Smashing Pumpkins, Tommy Flanagan, Pete Seeger, NY Philharmonic. www.johnmillerbass.com TARA RUBIN CASTING (Casting). Selected Broadway: Six, Ain’t Too Proud, King Kong, The Band’s Visit, Prince of Broadway, Indecent, Bandstand, Sunset Boulevard, Miss Saigon, Dear Evan Hansen, A Bronx Tale, Cats, Falsettos, Aladdin, How To Succeed…, Jesus Christ Superstar, Disaster!, School of Rock, Les Misérables, The Heiress, The Phantom of the Opera, Billy Elliot, Shrek, Spamalot, …Spelling Bee, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, Jersey Boys. Off-Broadway: Jersey Boys; TREVOR the Musical; Here Lies Love; Love, Loss, and What I Wore. Regional: Six, North American Premiere, Yale Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Glove, Berkeley Repertory Theatre. MICHAEL BELLO (Associate Director) is a Cuban American director of musical theater. Alongside director Des McAnuff, he was recently the Associate Director to the Stage for the upcoming film of Jersey Boys and is now the Associate Director Off-Broadway and for the U.S. and UK tours. Also with Mr. McAnuff, he was the Associate Director for Summer: The Donna Summer Musical on Broadway at the La

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST Jolla Playhouse, and on its first national tour. As a director, his work on new musicals has led him to direct world premieres across the country including We Are the Tigers, cast album now available on Broadway Records. BFA, Emerson College. www.MichaelBello.com DANNY AUSTIN (Associate Choreographer). Credits include: Jersey Boys, Trafalgar Theatre London (U.S. Creative Coordinator); Jersey Boys (Associate Choreographer—Broadway, U.S. national tours, Chicago, Toronto, Las Vegas, London’s West End, Australia, South Africa, Netherlands and Norwegian Cruise Lines); Hairspray (Associate Choreographer—London’s West End, UK tour and NETworks international tour); Hairspray (Resident Director/Choreographer — Original Canadian Company); Charlottetown Festival and Young Company (Resident Director/Artistic Director); The Stratford Festival Canada (Seven Seasons Acting company—three Tyrone Guthrie Awards). BROADWAY BOOKING OFFICE NYC (Tour Booking, Engagement Management, Press and Marketing) is a leading theatrical tour booking, marketing and press company representing awardwinning musicals and plays. Currently: Jersey Boys, Les Misérables, Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Hairspray, To Kill a Mockingbird, Potted Potter, and the new Broadway-bound musicals That’s Broadway! and Little Dancer. bbonyc.com THE DODGERS (Producer) is a producing partnership hatched at BAM in 1978 by six friends. Migrated to NY Shakespeare Festival, then off- and on Broadway. More than 200 productions in North America, London, Europe and Australasia; blessed by Broadway’s Tonys (56), London’s Oliviers, Australia’s Helpmanns and the like. Broadway: Jersey Boys, Matilda, A Bronx Tale, 42nd Street, Urinetown, Groundhog Day, The Farnsworth Invention, Dracula, Jesus Christ Superstar, Into the Woods (’87 and ’02), The Music Man, Titanic, Wrong Mountain, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Footloose, Mandy Patinkin, High Society, 1776, ...Forum, The King and I, The Who’s Tommy, Ralph Fiennes’ Hamlet, Guys and Dolls, Once Upon a Mattress, How to Succeed..., Jelly’s Last Jam, The Secret Garden, Prelude to a Kiss, Gospel at Colonus, Big River, Pump Boys and Dinettes. Currently in New York: Jersey Boys; in December, Executive Producer MJ The Musical. The original producers of Jersey Boys with productions in New York, London, on North American tour, UK and

Ireland tour and Norwegian Cruise Lines. Offices in Times Square and Covent Garden, London. Their president is Michael David. JOSEPH J. GRANO, JR. (Producer) is Chairman/ CEO of JJG Family Office. Mr. Grano was Chairman of UBS Financial Services Inc. (formerly PaineWebber). While at PaineWebber, Mr. Grano chaired the Board of Governors of the National Association of Security Dealers (NASD). In 2002, Mr. Grano was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as the Chairman of the Homeland Security Advisory Council. He proudly served his country as a Captain in the U.S. Special Forces (Green Berets). Mr. Grano holds six honorary doctorate degrees. Due to his commitment to education, Mr. Grano received the Corporate Leadership Award from the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund. Other awards include the USO Gold Medal for Distinguished Service and The Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Mr. Grano is also a member of the Council for the United States and Italy, and the City University of New York’s Business Leadership Council. KEVIN J. KINSELLA (Producer). Kevin Kinsella has been investing in early-stage technology companies for more than 40 years through Avalon Ventures, a venture capital fund he founded. These companies have been responsible for bringing to market several multi-billion dollar drugs for cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, cystic fibrosis, and also the Apple iPhone touch-screen, Big Data software for discovering oil and gas, cloud computing and AI and Zynga. Mr. Kinsella is a MIT Life Sustaining Fellow and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Kinsella Estates winery produces the highest rated Cabernet in Sonoma’s Dry Creek Valley, regularly receiving high 90 point scores from The Wine Advocate and Wine Spectator. For Jersey Boys, Kevin won the Tony, Olivier, Green Room, Helpmann and Naledi Awards. Its Grammy-winning CD is now Double Platinum. Kevin received his second Tony nomination for the revival of Jesus Christ Superstar. He is also an investor in the London production of The Book of Mormon. THE PELICAN GROUP (Producer), a San Diego production company, is enthusiastic about supporting this production of Jersey Boys. The Group, assembled by Ivor and Colette Royston, consists of Todd and Debby Buchholz, Edward and Martha Dennis, Cam and Wanda Garner, Richard and Patricia Harmetz, Irwin and Joan Jacobs, Hal and Debby Jacobs, Paul Jacobs, Stacy Jacobs,

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST Jeff Jacobs, John and Angie Longenecker, Rao Makineni, Nevins and Margaret McBride, Ray Mirra, Jeffrey Platt, Edward Richard, Drew and Noni Senyei, and Steven Strauss and Lise Wilson. Past Broadway productions include Jersey Boys, Cry-Baby, The Farnsworth Invention, Jesus Christ Superstar (2012), Memphis and Doctor Zhivago. LATITUDE LINK (Producer). Four time Tony Award-winning producer of 35+ Broadway, OffBroadway, touring and international shows including Come From Away, Jersey Boys, Fun Home, Hedwig and Memphis, Latitude Link shows have been nominated for a total of 53 Tony Awards and have won 22—as well as Olivier, Dora, Green Room and Helpmann Awards. www.latitudelink.com RICK STEINER (Producer). Of the 11 Broadway musicals Rick co-produced, Jersey Boys, Hairspray, The Producers and Big River won Tony Awards for Best Musical. In 1954, at age 8, Rick made his stage debut opposite Gene Lockhart in On Borrowed Time and then promptly retired. Rick won six poker championships including the 1992 World Series of Poker Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo event. He resided in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his children, Ace and late son Duke, and sat on the ownership bench of his beloved Cincinnati Reds until his untimely death on November 3, 2016. His nephew, Joey, now runs operations for his ongoing company, Rick Steiner Productions, which specializes in producing and the merchandising side of the business. NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS (Producer) is an industry-leading producer of touring theatrical productions, committed to delivering quality entertainment to audiences worldwide for more than 25 years. Current and upcoming productions include 1776, Anastasia, The Band’s Visit, Blue Man Group, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fiddler on the Roof, Hairspray, Les Misérables, The Prom, To Kill a Mockingbird and Waitress. www.networkstours.com LAUREN MITCHELL (Associate Producer). As producer, on Broadway: Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, A Bronx Tale, Jersey Boys, Matilda, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Farnsworth Invention, Urinetown, Into the Woods (’02 revival), Wrong Mountain and High Society. As an actress, on Broadway: The Boys From Syracuse, Me and My Girl, Nine, Annie, City of Angels (L.A.), Into the Woods (original cast and PBS American Playhouse), and numerous Off-Broadway, regional, television and concert appearances.

LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE (Original Producer). The Tony Award-winning La Jolla Playhouse is internationally-renowned for creating some of the most exciting and adventurous work in American theatre through its new play and musical development initiatives and innovative Without Walls series. Led by Tony Award-winning Artistic Director Christopher Ashley and Managing Director Debby Buchholz, the Playhouse was founded in 1947 by Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire and Mel Ferrer, and reborn in 1983 under the artistic leadership of Des McAnuff. The Playhouse has mounted 105 world premieres, commissioned 60 new works and sent 33 productions to Broadway, garnering 38 Tony Awards, including the currently-running hit musical Come From Away, as well as Jersey Boys, Memphis, SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical, Escape to Margaritaville, The Who’s Tommy, Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning I Am My Own Wife. Visit lajollaplayhouse.org. STAFF FOR JERSEY BOYS General Management DODGER MANAGEMENT GROUP Tour Booking, Engagement Management, Press & Marketing BROADWAY BOOKING OFFICE NYC Steven Schnepp Kent McIngvale Jenny Bates David Freeland Stacey Burns N. Meredyth Davis Allison Engallena Phil Della Noce COMPANY MANAGER Deborah Barrigan National Press Representatives BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN Adrian Bryan-Brown Susanne Tighe Kenya Williams Production Stage Manager ....................................................STACY N. TAYLOR Stage Manager ............................................................................... Lia Jennings Assistant Stage Manager ................................................................Justin Myhre Assistant Company Manager ..............................................................Ben Otten Production Management .....................NETworks Presentations, Hector Guivas Music Technical Design .......................................................Deborah N. Hurwitz Associate Director..........................................................................Michael Bello Associate Choreographer .............................................................. Danny Austin Dialect Coach ............................................................................. Charley Layton Associate Scenic Designer .............................................................. Nancy Thun Associate Costume Designer ..........................................................Lee J. Austin Assistant Costume Designer............................................................... Julie Thiry Costume Assistant ............................................................................... Emily Fox Associate Lighting Designer ...................................................... Patricia Nichols Assistant Lighting Designer ..........................................................Nikki Belenski Assistant Sound Designer.......................................................... Walter Trarbach Associate Wig Designer ..............................................................Elizabeth Printz Story Board Artist ........................................................................... Don Hudson Tara Rubin Casting................................. Tara Rubin CSA, Merri Sugarman CSA, Laura Schutzel CSA, Kaitlin Shaw CSA, Claire Burke CSA, Peter Van Dam CSA, Felicia Rudolph CSA, Xavier Rubiano CSA, Louis DiPaolo, Kevin Metzger-Timson, Juliet Auwaerter Automated Lighting Programmer ........................................................ Brad Gray Projection Programmer ................................................................Paul Vershbow Head Carpenter ...............................................................................Scott Halstead Automation Carpenter .......................................................................... Josh Myers Assistant Carpenter ...........................................................................Cody Kane Production Electrician ....................................................................Cory Kalkowski Head Electrician .............................................................................. Bransen Black Assistant Electrician .........................................................................Joseph Fisher Production Sound ..........................................................................Matthew Walsh Production Mix Engineer ....................................................................Jillian Walker

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST Head Sound ..........................................................................................Alec Harris Assistant Sound ..........................................................................Amanda Hanna Production Props ............................................................................Emiliano Pares Head Props............................................................................Stephanie Malaspina Assistant Props ....................................................................................Kyle Gosley Interim Wardrobe Supervisor ..................................................... Matt Daugherty Head Wardrobe.................................................................................Albert Paez Assistant Wardrobe .................................................................. Tatyana Hilsman Hair/Wig Supervisor ........................................................................ James Scott COVID Safety Manager ..................................................................Melissa Richter Associate COVID Safety Manager .....................................................Lyla Bartman Production Assistants ....................... Kyle Dannahey, Audrey Lang, Shane Miller Assistant to John Miller ........................................................... Jennifer Coolbaugh Synthesizer Programming .......................................................Deborah N. Hurwitz, Randy Cohen Music Copying .............................................................Anixter Rice Music Service Rehearsal Conductor ....................................................................... Michael Kaish Dramaturg........................................................................................Allison Horsley Advertising................................................................................. Serino Coyne, Inc. Hotel Booking .......................................................................................Road Rebel Banking ........................................................Signature Bank: Barbara von Borstel Payroll ................................................................Checks and Balances Payroll Inc. Accountants .............................................................. Schall and Ashenfarb C.P.A. Insurance ............................................................................... AON/Albert G. Rubin Insurance Services, Inc./ George Walden, Claudia Kaufman Counsel ........................................................................................Nan Bases, Esq. Information Technology Management .............................................. .ITelagen, Inc. Production Photographer ...................................................................Joan Marcus Theatre Displays ................................................................................King Displays DODGERS Dodger Theatricals President .......................................................................................... Michael David Secretary/Treasurer........................................................................ Edward Strong Executive Vice President, Content ................................................. Lauren Mitchell Executive Vice President, Governance..............................................Pamela Lloyd Executive Producer .........................................................................Dana Sherman Vice President, Marketing...............................................................Jessica Ludwig Vice President, Finance .............................................................. Paula Maldonado Associate General Manager ............................................................ Kelly Ann Gray Assistant General Manager .........................................................Elizabeth Rublein Senior Manager, Production Finance .......................................... Mariann Fresiello Office & Atelier Manager ..................................................................... Shelley Little Executive Assistant ..................................................................... Hayley Watkins Special Events ......................................................................................John Haber Consultant ............................................................................Sally Campbell Morse Dodgers-at-Large Benjamin Brooks, Samuel Burgess, Sandra Carlson, Richie Kester, Alex Parker, Maureen Rooney, Linda Wright CREDITS Scenery by ShowMotion, Inc., Norwalk, CT and Proof Productions, Sewell, NJ. Video wall construction performed by Tait Towers, Inc. Sound equipment by Masque Sound. Video equipment by Sound Associates. Costumes executed by Tricorne, Inc., Saint Laurie Merchant Tailors and Maria Ficarola Knitwear Ltd. Specialty dying and printing by Gene Mignola, Inc. Dance Shoes by Worldtone Dance. Hosiery and undergarments by Bra*Tenders. Props provided and executed by The Spoon Group and BrenBri Props. Special effects provided and executed by Jauchem and Meeh, Inc. Keyboards by Yamaha. Scenic drops adapted from George Tice: Urban Landscapes/W.W. Norton. Other photographs featured are from George Tice: Selected Photographs 1953-1999/David R. Godine. (Photographs courtesy of the Peter Fetterman Gallery/Santa Monica.) IN MEMORY It is difficult to imagine producing anything without the presence of beloved Dodger family members James Elliot Love and Jean-Michel Quincey. Friends to everyone they met, James and Jean-Michel stood at the heart of all that is good about the theatrical community. They will be missed, but their spirits abide.

FOR JUDY PARKER A rolling ball of thunder BOB CREWE Forever a silhouette on the shade HOWELL BINKLEY Pharaoh of the photon And TOMMY DEVITO Eternally our springtime SONG CREDITS “Ces Soirées-La (“Oh, What a Night”)” (Bob Gaudio, Judy Parker, Yannick Zolo, Edmond David Bacri). Jobete Music Company Inc., Seasons Music Company (ASCAP). “Silhouettes” (Bob Crewe, Frank Slay, Jr.), Regent Music Corporation (BMI). “You’re the Apple of My Eye” (Otis Blackwell), EMI Unart Catalog Inc. (BMI). “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh), EMI April Music Inc., Aldi Music Company, Cotton Club Publishing (ASCAP). “Earth Angel” (Jesse Belvin, Curtis Williams, Gaynel Hodge), Embassy Music Corporation (BMI). “Sunday Kind of Love” (Barbara Belle, Anita Leanord Nye, Stan Rhodes, Louis Prima), LGL Music Inc./Larry Spier, Inc. (ASCAP). “My Mother’s Eyes” (Abel Baer, L. Wolfe Gilbert), Abel Baer Music Company, EMI Feist Catalog Inc. (ASCAP). “I Go Ape” (Bob Crewe, Frank Slay, Jr.), MPL Music Publishing Inc. (ASCAP). “(Who Wears) Short Shorts” (Bob Gaudio, Bill Crandall, Tom Austin, Bill Dalton), EMI Longitude Music, Admiration Music Inc., Third Story Music Inc., and New Seasons Music (BMI). “I’m in the Mood for Love” (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh), Famous Music Corporation (ASCAP). “Moody’s Mood for Love” (James Moody, Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh), Famous Music Corporation (ASCAP). “Cry for Me” (Bob Gaudio), EMI Longitude Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “An Angel Cried” (Bob Gaudio), EMI Longitude Music (BMI). “I Still Care” (Bob Gaudio), Hearts Delight Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Trance” (Bob Gaudio), Hearts Delight Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Sherry” (Bob Gaudio), MPL Music Publishing Inc. (ASCAP). “Big Girls Don’t Cry” (Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe), MPL Music Publishing Inc. (ASCAP). “Walk Like a Man” (Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio), Gavadima Music, MPL Communications Inc. (ASCAP). “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)” (Bob Gaudio, Judy Parker), Jobete Music Company Inc, Seasons Music Company (ASCAP). “My Boyfriend’s Back” (Robert Feldman, Gerald Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer), EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI). “My Eyes Adored You” (Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan), Jobete Music Company Inc, Kenny Nolan Publishing (ASCAP), Stone Diamond Music Corporation, Tannyboy Music (BMI). “Dawn, Go Away” (Bob Gaudio, Sandy Linzer), EMI Full Keel Music, Gavadima Music, Stebojen Music Company (ASCAP). “Big Man in Town” (Bob Gaudio), EMI Longitude Music (BMI), Gavadima Music (ASCAP). “Beggin’” (Bob Gaudio, Peggy Farina), EMI Longitude Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Stay” (Maurice Williams), Cherio Corporation (BMI). “Let’s Hang On (To What We’ve Got)” (Bob Crewe, Denny Randell, Sandy Linzer), EMI Longitude Music, Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc., Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Opus 17 (Don’t You Worry ’Bout Me)” (Denny Randell, Sandy Linzer) Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Everybody Knows My Name” (Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe), EMI Longitude Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Bye Bye Baby” (Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio), EMI Longitude Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “C’mon Marianne” (L. Russell Brown, Ray Bloodworth), EMI Longitude Music and Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” (Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe), EMI Longitude Music, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Working My Way Back to You” (Denny Randell, Sandy Linzer), Screen Gems–EMI Music Inc, Seasons Four Music (BMI). “Fallen Angel” (Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett), Chrysalis Music (ASCAP). “Rag Doll” (Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio), EMI Longitude Music (BMI), Gavadima Music (ASCAP). “Who Loves You?” (Bob Gaudio, Judy Parker), Jobete Music Company Inc, Seasons Music Company (ASCAP). The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.). The musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians. United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre. The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union. The Theatre Managers, Press Agents, and Company Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers. Dramatists Guild of America - the professional association of playwrights, composers and lyricists.

presents

TANGO FIRE

THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2022 | 7:30 P.M. Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

Sponsored by

OAK HAMMOCK AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

TANGO FIRE GERMÁN CORNEJO AND GISELA GALEASSI EZEQUIEL LOPEZ AND CAMILA ALEGRE JULIO SEFFINO AND CARLA DOMÍNGUEZ ESTEBAN SIMON AND MARILU LEOPARDI TANGO FUEGO QUARTET Matias Feigin, piano Clemente Carrascal, bandoneon Gemma Scalia, violin Facundo Benavidez, double bass

Program

Don Juan

Ponzio Opening

Milonga Que Peinas Canas

Gomez

Germán and Gisela, Ezequiel and Camila, Julio and Carla, Esteban and Marilu

El Cencerro

J. Martinez Esteban and Marilu

El Dia que me Quieras

Gardel/Le Pera Instrumental

Mala Junta

Laurenz Ezequiel and Camila

El Firulete/La Trampera

Mores/Troilo Germán, Ezequiel, Julio, Esteban

Bajo un Cielo de Estrellas

Francini/Stamponi/Contursi

Germán and Gisela, Ezequiel and Camila, Julio and Carla, Esteban and Marilu

Loca Joves Julio and Carla

9 de Julio/Felicia

Padula /Saborido

Ezequiel and Camila, Julio and Carla, Esteban and Marilu

A Los Amigos

Pontier Germán and Gisela

Gallo Ciego

Bardi Ezequiel and Camila

La Cumparsita

Matos Rodríguez

Germán and Gisela, Ezequiel and Camila, Julio and Carla, Esteban and Marilu

INTERMISSION

Derecho Viejo

Arolas Germán and Gisela

Tanguera Mores Germán and Gisela, Ezequiel and Camila

Quejas De Bandoneon

Filiberto Julio and Carla

Revirado Piazzolla Instrumental

El Escondite De Hernando

R. Adler/J. Ross Esteban and Marilu

Chin Chin

Piazzolla Instrumental

Watashi

Taro Hakase Ezequiel and Camila

Oblivion Piazzolla Germán and Gisela, Ezequiel and Camila, Julio and Carla, Esteban and Marilu

Duo De Amor

Piazzolla Germán and Gisela

Libertango Piazzolla Germán and Gisela

Violentango Piazzolla Ezequiel and Camila, Julio and Carla, Esteban and Marilu

Adiós Nonino

Piazzolla Instrumental

Verano Porteno

Piazzolla

Germán and Gisela, Ezequiel and Camila, Julio and Carla, Esteban and Marilu

Bis La Cumparsita

Matos Rodríguez

Germán and Gisela, Ezequiel and Camila, Julio and Carla, Esteban and Marilu

TANGO FIRE Tango Fire is a true global phenomenon having toured across the globe the past 17 years, attracting sold-out houses and glowing reviews. In 2019, the company presented a seventh season of performances at Sadler’s Wells Peacock Theatre in London’s Westend. The art of Argentine tango has never been so superb and dynamic. Tango Fire, born from the streets and tango houses of Buenos Aires, defines all that is Argentine tango; dancing which sizzles with sensuality, accompanied by the unforgettable music of the great tango masters including Piazzolla, Pugliese, and Gardel, performed by the astonishing Tango Fuego Quartet. As one of the world’s most popular dance forms, this exhilarating show combines the rawness and sophistication, seductive, and sultry side of tango, evoking the intoxicating passion of late night Buenos Aires. Tango Master Germán Cornejo and his partner Gisela Galeassi are joined on stage by three extraordinary couples from the greatest tango houses in Buenos Aires. Tango Fire’s choreographer, Germán Cornejo, continues the tango tradition, allowing the couples in his company to have the creative freedom to choreograph their own solos, coupled with his expertise to guide them and refine the steps. Creating a showcase of the four couples’ individual styles makes Tango Fire unique in the world of Argentine tango. All of this, together with Cornejo’s sublime choreography, takes you on an unforgettable journey through the different styles and moods of Argentine tango.

BIOGRAPHIES Germán Cornejo and Gisela Galeassi Germán and Gisela have been practicing and perfecting their tango since the early ages of 10 and 16 respectively. They have mastered the skills and styles of classical and contemporary dance, jazz, ballet, acrobatics, and tango under the guidance of Argentina’s most respected teachers. After more than 40 first place prizes at the national level, Germán and Gisela became World Tango Champions in 2005 and 2003, which undoubtedly took their professionalism and dance to the highest level and standards. Germán and Gisela’s list of performances is endless. They have appeared on the following top rated TV shows in Argentina and around the world: Susana Giménez, Bailando 2012, Showmatch, Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand, Mañanas Informales, La Noche del 10, Por el Mundo, Desayuno, Por Siempre Tango, Mp3, Música del Tercer Milenio, Afectos Especiales; Programa Do Jó (Brazil); CW11 Morning News, Fox News, and Good Day New York! (U.S.); Espejo Público and Televisión de Cataluña (Spain); Dancing with the Stars (Australia); and Sky News and Sky Live (UK). Germán and Gisela joined Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony’s popular reality TV show, Q’ Viva — The Chosen (U.S., Canada, and Latin America), where they were the winners and had the opportunity to star on JLo and Marc Anthony’s show, Q’ Viva Live, as soloist dancers under the direction of entertainment director Jamie King, who has worked with Madonna, JLo, and Britney Spears, among others. This show was a spectacular success at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas (U.S.). Germán and Gisela’s performances have received rave reviews from all corners of the globe, from the Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles, California); Joyce Theatre and New York City Center (New York, N.Y.); Mandalay Bay Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.); Colón Theatre, GEBA Arena, and Luna Park Stadium (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Sadler’s Wells Theatre and Peacock Theatre (London, UK); Liverpool Philharmonic Hall (Liverpool, UK); Oriental Arts Center (Shanghai, China); Beijing Opera House (Beijing, China); Guangzhou Opera House (Guangzhou, China); Dewan Filharmonik Petronas (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia); Sydney Opera House and State Theatre (Sydney, Australia); State Theatre

(Melbourne, Australia); Joburg Theatre (Johannesburg, South Africa); MAAG Music Hall (Zurich, Switzerland); Place Des Arts (Montreal, Canada); GREC Theatre (Barcelona, Spain); The Esplanade Theatre (Singapore, Singapore); and Tokyu Theatre Orb (Tokyo, Japan). Some of the tango houses and milongas in Buenos Aires that have taken delight in this wonderful couple’s art are: Café Tortoni, Esquina Homero Manzi, Chiquín, Faena Hotel + Universe, El Viejo Almacén, La Viruta, Porteño y Bailarín, Parakultural, and Confitería Ideal. Germán and Gisela have been part of a wide number of tango shows: Vamos al Tango, directed by Osvaldo Berlingeri; Tango Inferno, Bien de Tango, accompanied by the orchestra El Arranque; Tango Seduction, Tango Pasión, under the musical direction of the renowned Sexteto Mayor; and El Viejo Almacen On Tour. An extensive tour around Japan was successfully completed with Buenos Tangos, directed by Fabio Hager, and Tango Dance Premium which included Fernando Marzan’s Orchestra. Because of their outstanding popularity at Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony’s show in 2012, Germán and Gisela appeared in a Kohl’s advertisement. In June of 2012, they were JLo’s special guest artists and performed at her first concert at GEBA Arena in Buenos Aires. In 2014, this young couple had the pleasure of dancing and starring in Plaza Francia Ensemble’s first music video, along with French singer Catherine Ringer. In the same year, they performed as guest artists at the Sampled and Lattitude festivals in England. Germán and Gisela’s professional development and growth extend to the fields of teaching and coaching. They are currently regarded as two of the best tango show teachers in Buenos Aires. Their students have achieved top positions in the finals of the Tango World Championship each year. They were also selected as choreographers and tango coaches for one of the couples in the Argentine equivalent of Dancing with the Stars, Bailando 2012. Their objective judgment, deep knowledge of tango, and wide experience mean that Germán and Gisela are regularly selected to join juries at regional championships of tango in Chile, Spain, Italy, and Japan. They have been part of the show M!longa since its international debut in 2013, under the direction of the acclaimed contemporary choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. They are also the lead dancers for Tango Fire — Flames of Desire, where Germán is also the director of choreography. Germán’s choreographic experience includes Mission Tango Show (2007), under the musical direction of Lisandro Adrover; Tango Inferno — The Fire Within (2010/2011); Tango Fire (2011/2016); Immortal Tango (2015/2016); and Break The Tango (2016). Gisela was the choreographer for Tango Dance Premium (2007), and assistant choreographer for Immortal Tango (2015/2016) and Break The Tango (2016). German and Gisela’s greatest desire is to show their tango and passion for dance in every corner of the world. So far, they have made this possible in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Portugal, Greece, Canada, Korea, Turkey, Malaysia, Philippines, France, Israel, Luxemburg, Bulgaria, Cyprus, South Africa,

Chile, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, Albania, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, the Netherlands, Italy, Singapore, New Zealand, all of the U.S., Brazil, UK, Spain, Australia, China, and Japan. Rave reviews by The New York Times, Ottawa Citizen, The London Times, and Financial Times, among other top newspapers, have established this couple’s dancing as the gold standard.

Ezequiel Lopez and Camila Alegre Ezequiel and Camila are recognized as one of Buenos Aires best tango couples. Between touring internationally they have worked in some of the most famous tango houses in Buenos Aires including Café Tortoni, Esquina Carlos Gardel Show, Tango Porteño, Madero Tango, Café de Los Angelitos, Rojo Tango Faena Hotel, and Piazzolla Tango. Since 2008, they have toured Internationally with different tango companies; Tango Fire (UK, Japan, Australia), Tango Malambo (Greece), Chicago Tango Fest (Chicago), Tango Romance (Japan), Obsesion Tango (Mexico), Corporación Tangos (Russia), and Tanguera (Germany). They were assistant choreographers in Stravaganza Tango Musical in Buenos Aires. In 2010, they performed in the closing ceremony of the Rugby World Championship staged at Stade de France (Paris), and participated in the documentary Un Tango Más, the history of María Nieves and Juan Carlos Copes. In 2012, Ezequiel was chosen as a participant of the U.S. reality TV show, Que ViVA, created and directed by Jennifer López and Marc Anthony, and was chosen to perform in the live stage show in Las Vegas. They were crowned Tango World Champions in 2015.

Julio Seffino and Carla Domínguez Both Julio and Carla were born in Buenos Aires. Julio began his artistic career at 12 through gymnastics. At 17, his interest turned to salsa dancing, which later led him to study and master Argentine folk, malambo, and contemporary dance. Julio started dancing Argentine tango in 2006, going on to join the tango company Vértigo Tango, which specializes in mixing tango with aerial acrobatics, and trained with renowned teachers in Buenos Aires. Carla’s first introduction to performance was through musical theatre. At 18, after finishing her studies, she moved to Rosario (Santa Fe) where she continued developing her musical theatre skills with an emphasis on dance;

she mastered ballet, jazz, folk, tango, and contemporary dance. In 2013, Carla’s professional career was officially launched when she participated in a musical produced by Random Creativos in Buenos Aires. Julio and Carla studied Argentine tango with Germán Cornejo and Silvio Lavia, learned the fundamentals of Tango Salon and Stage Tango, and become dance partners. Julio and Carla have performed at Señor Tango, one of the most renowned tango houses in Buenos Aires and currently perform in Rojo Tango, at the luxurious Faenal Hotel. In 2014, they joined Buenos Aires Pasión de Tango at Borges Cultural Centre, and Con Alma de Tango at the legendary Esquina Homero Manzi in Buenos Aires. In the same year, they joined Vertigo Tango Company where they merged acrobatics and tango dance into a single awe-inspiring performance. They were part of the cast of Tango Lovers, Immortal Tango, and Lunfardo, touring through China, Russia, the U.S., Chile, England, and Lituania. Julio and Carla joined the Tango Fire company in 2017.

Esteban Simon and Marilu Leopardi Esteban Simon and Marilu Leopardi have been dancing together since 2009. Studying with the great masters of Argentine tango; Roberto Herrera, Vanina Bilous, Sabrina and Ruben Veliz, Alejandra Barboza and Omar Caceres, Raul Bravo, Tani Herrera and Veronica Vidan, Claudio Gonzales and Melina Brufman, Miguel Angel Zotto, and Gabriel Angio and Natalia Games. They have also explored contemporary dance and malambo with Ricardo Andrés Baigorria. They have performed in the most important tango houses in Buenos Aires; La Ventana Tango show, Señor Tango, Taconeando, Boca Tango, Michelangelo, Piazzolla Tango, El Viejo Almacén, Madero Tango, and most recently as part of the shows at El Café de los Angelitos and Rojo Tango at the Faena Hotel. Esteban and Marilu have danced in several international Tango shows including Tango, una Historia Argentina by Roberto Herrera in South Korea, Tango Baile with the Vale Tango Orchestra (Argentina), Tango Seducción (Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Czech Republic), Tango A Tierra (Argentina, Brazil, Russia, Ukraine, China, and U.S.), Una Noche de Tango by Tango x 2 Company (Italy, Israel, Greece, Chile, and Argentina), Tango Buenos Aires by Columbia Arts (U.S.), Fusion Tango with the Argentinean ballet stars Hernan Piquin and Cecilia Figaredo (Argentina), Tango Origin 2015 — Vol. 2 (Japan), Uma noite em Buenos under the musical direction of Carlos Buono (Brazil), and Inside Tango (Argentina). As guest artists for Julio Iglesias’ world tours, they performed in the United States, Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina, and as teachers of Tango Argentino they have given lessons and special workshops in several cities around the world from Argentina, Brazil, Chile to the U.S., Italy, and Japan. They joined Tango Fire in 2018.

TANGO FUEGO QUARTET Matias Feigin, piano Pianist, musical director, arranger, and composer, Matias Feigin started his piano studies in popular music with Gabriel Mourelos, then studied classical music with Antonio De Raco and Nilda Somma. Matias has been musical director of many different bands in Argentina including Tangabile and the Julian Hermida Quartet. He was a member of Estacion Gotan, a government cultural project, and was a judge at the Patagonia Folklore and Tango Festival. Matias performs at the most important theatres and tango houses in Buenos Aires, Cafe Tortoni, Piazzolla Tango, Taconeando, Lola Membrives Theatre, and Broadway Theatre. He also accompanies renowned artists such as Alberto Podestá, Juan Carlos Godoy, and Virgina Luque. He has toured internationally across five continents. Presently he has his own quartet playing original compositions and arrangements and has been teaching piano at the Beethoven Conservatory in Buenos Aires for the past 10 years. Matias joined Tango Fire in 2013.

Clemente Carrascal, bandoneon Clemente studied at Manuel de Falla Conservatory under the great Master and avant-garde musical artist Rodolfo Daluisio, plus some of the most renowned Argentinean teachers, such as Nestor Marconi and Julio Pane. Some his first teachers were Ernesto Franco, Victor Lavallen, Osvaldo Piro, and Mauricio Marcelli. He has been a member of the prestigious Tenth Formation of Emilio Balcarce Tango School. He is a renowned musician and has performed in several distinguished orchestras; Juan Darienzo, Bien Pulenta Quartett, Julian Hermida Quintett, Alejandro Ziegler Quartet, and Typical Orchestra Sans Souci. Numerous tango

houses in Buenos Aires have also had the pleasure of enjoying Clemente’s talent: Michelangelo, Gala Tango, La Ventana and the mythical Tortoni Café. Clemente has participated in the Patagonian Festival of Tango in Bariloche (Argentina) and the International Tango Festival of Porto Alegre (Brazil). Clemente first joined Tango Fire in 2011.

Gemma Scalia, violin Gemma Scalia born in the city of General Roca, Rio Negro, Argentina, and graduated from the Patagonia University of Arts where she studied violin under the guidance of Elvira Faseeva and Vitali Bujiashvily (from Russia). In 2008, she moved to Buenos Aires to continue her studies with Daniel Robuschi and Nicholas Giordano. Gemma studied tango with violinists Ramiro Gallo, Leonardo Ferreyran and Guillermo Rubino, and joined the Orchestra School of Tango Emilio Balcarce under the direction of Maestro Victor Lavallen. She recorded, with his orchestra, Mistonguero, which won the 2014 Gardel Award for Best Tango Instrumental Album. Gemma has performed in Cátulo Tango, and with Elvino Vardaro’s Orchestra, Camerata Almagro’s Tango Orchestra Sans Souci, Agustin Guerrero’s Orchestra, Walter “Chino” Laborde, and the Federal Tango Orchestra under the direction of Raul Garello and Osvaldo Piro. Gemma has performed on numerous recordings and with orchestras of traditional and contemporary tango at the most important theaters and festivals in Argentinean tango.

Facundo Benavidez, double bass Facundo was born in Buenos Aires in 1981. As a student at the Conservatory of Music his mentors were Manuel de Falla and Juan José Castro. He studied composition and arrangement with Roberto Pansera, and bass with masters Daniel Cucci and Pablo Chaile. He is a music teacher for the General Directorate of Schools of the Province of Buenos Aires. Facundo performs regularly in famous tango houses in Buenos Aires including La Cumparsita, Boca Tango, Esquina Tango, Candilejas, and the tiny Bar Sur. Working internationally with renowned tango artists Alberto Podestá, Roberto Pansera, Juan Carlos Godoy, Enrique Dumas, María Garay, Abel Cordoba and Alberto Bianco, Facundo has toured extensively. Career highlights include Silvio Soldan and the Stars of Tango in Chile and Bolivia under the direction of maestro Adolfo Gomez, Tango Orchestra Medellin in Colombia, and Hugo Pagano Quartet in Japan. Facundo joined Tango Fire in 2013.

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