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AUTHOR OF THE LEGEND& MIRACLES OF ST. MARTIN DE PORRES.CONTAGIOUS LAUGH.TUSKEGEE AIRMAN.
MADE IN
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Don’t you love
a good murder?83 years, 23 countries, and more than 60 awards say yes.
murders. That’s why I wrote this play about them.”
With a series of fascinating stories about powerful, beautiful murderesses given to her from the pages of real life, she did what any good writer does, she penned them into an edge-of-your-seat story, the story of Chicago.
Almost fifty years after its premiere, Fred Ebb, John Kander, and Bob Fosse took Watkins fascinating play and turned it into Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville. The show opened on Broadway in June of 1975 and ran for more than 900 days garnering mixed reviews. The musical was nominated for more than ten Tony® Awards (including Jerry Orbach for Best Actor), two Drama Desk awards, and three Olivier awards. While the original production of A Chorus Line captured most of the 1975/76 Tonys, the musical won the 1975 Drama Desk award for Outstanding Lighting Design. After a short
In 1927, a reporter for the New York Tele-graph asked reporter turned playwright Maurine Watkins to talk about how she came up with the story for the original
play Chicago. She responded, “I’ll tell you. But don’t you love a good murder?”
Watkins nabbed her first job as a reporter with the Chicago Tribune immediately after college earning more than double a starting ‘cub’s’ wage. Capturing the eye of her edi-tors, she was quickly assigned a beat cover-ing Chicago’s murders. Her popular, colorful reports won her assignments and more ink.
When asked about it, she told the New York Telegraph, “I got to the point where I prayed for murders. Not that you have to pray very long in vain in Chicago. But I prayed for good murders, and then I prayed that I would be sent out on murders. When I realized I was getting a murder-story complex, I quit. But I doubt if I’ll ever outgrow my love for
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Brenda Braxton & Company in “All That Jazz” Photo: © Paul Kolnik
London production, the musical closed and lay silent for nearly twenty years.
In 1996 New York City Centre’s Encores! program, which takes rarely heard works of America’s most important composers and lyricists and gives them a chance to be per-formed, selected Chicago for its three-show season. After an enthusiastic reception, pro-ducers Barry and Fran Weissler had the re-vival up and on stage at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on November 14, 1996. The show soon moved to the Shubert Theatre where it played until 2003 when it became a New York institution at the Ambassador Theatre on Broadway.
Since its revival, it’s hard to believe that such a dramatic and award winning piece of American musical history was once con-sidered “rarely heard.” After eleven record-breaking years on Broadway, the current revival has been performed in twenty-three countries, translated into ten languages and been graced by an incredible number of top stars.
With over 16,000 performances for more than 18 million people, Chicago has grossed more than $850 million. That’s a far cry from cub reporter Maurine Watkins’ $50 a week salary to pen the exploits of murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery and treachery. A salacious story in 1926, sul-
try musical in 1975 and show stopping block-buster today, the tales of Roxie Hart, Velma Kelly and Billy Flynn seem like they could be taken from today’s tabloid newsstand. It appears that the answer to Watkin’s “Don’t you love a good murder?” is a most resound-ing, Yes, yes we do. n
ChiCago at the Fisher theatre for one week only May 17–22. Tickets are on sale now at the Fisher Theatre box office, at Ticketmaster.com or charge by phone at (800) 982-2787. Groups of twelve or more email [email protected] (subject line Chicago) or call (313) 871-1132.
Chicago performances changed from March 8–13 to May 17–22. Tickets issued for the originally scheduled dates are good for the corresponding rescheduled performance. For example, a ticket for the 8PM show on Tuesday, March 8 is now good for the 8PM show on Tuesday, May 17. Ticketholders wishing to exchange their tickets for alternate performance, or to obtain a refund, may do so prior to 5PM Friday, April 1, 2011 by returning to their original point of purchase. Refunds and exchanges will not be available on originally scheduled tickets after that date.
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HARLEY MEDCALF JOE WATSONRICHARD LEVI RICHARD FRANKEL TOM VIERTEL STEVEN BARUCH MARC ROUTH
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KEVIN CLIFTON SANTO COSTA IGOR DOGOTER SASHA FARBER ANYA GARNIS NATALIA GORSHKOVA KAREN HAUER FAYE HUDDLESTON ASH LEIGH HUNTER
ROBBIE KMETONI PASHA KOVALEV JANETTE MANRARA GISELLE PEACOCK DAMIEN SAMUEL ALJAž SKORJANEC EMMA SLATER SARAH SORIANO GARY WRIGHT
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PETER SAUL and VONZELL SOLOMON
SCENIC DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN COSTUME DESIGN SOUND DESIGN RAY KLAUSEN RICK BELZER JANET HINE* PETER J. FITZGERALD *based on the original design by John Van Gastel
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Dance numbersAct I
Inspirations “Ballroom Beat” ....................................................................... Cha Cha “Let’s Face the Music and Dance” ................................Viennese Waltz “History Repeating” ...........................Viennese Waltz, Foxtrot, Swing,
Lindy, Jive, Samba, Rumba, Cha Cha, Samba “Magalena” .................................................................................. Samba “Slip into Something More Comfortable” ...................................Rumba “Weather Storm/The Ballroom Boys” .........................................Rumba “Fishies” ...........................................................................Jive, Cha Cha “Nights in White Satin” .................................................Viennese Waltz “Pastorale” .....................................................................................Waltz
things that Swing “Sway” .......................................................................... Cha Cha, Swing “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” ...........Quickstep “I Just Want to Make Love to You” .............................................Swing “The Dirty Boogie” .................................................. Jive, Lindy, Swing “I’m a Ding Dong Daddy” ......................Quickstep, Lindy, Jive, Swing
Act IIthe Latin Quarter “Cariño” .................................................................................... Cha Cha “Harlem Nocturne” ......................................................................Rumba “Sing Sing Sing (with a Swing)” .......................................Salsa, Samba “Tanguera” ....................................................................................Tango “Matador” .............................................................................Paso Doble “España Cañí” .......................................................................Paso Doble
cODA–the Last Part “Burn for You” ............................................................................Rumba “Club le Narcisse” .................................................................... Cha Cha “After All” .......................................Waltz, Tango, Paso Doble, Rumba “Proud Mary” ...................................................................................Jive “Turn the Beat Around” ........................................................... Cha Cha
Percussion: Joseph Malone, Henry Soriano
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ballroom Danceburn the floor features “international style,” which has been danced competitively since 1920.
Ballroom dancing is comprised of ten dances.
The Five Standard Dances: The waltz is a ballroom dance with a strong accent on the first
beat and a pattern of step-step-close. The foxtrot employs a syncopated rhythm and the use of
“trotting steps.” Established as a French peasant dance in 1559, The Viennese waltz became
popular in the 1800s in Vienna. The Tango originated in Argentina and was brought to Paris in
1910. In order to move around the ballroom floor, the international tango was born in the 1930s
and combined ballroom dances with staccato action. Emerging from ragtime and from dances
like The Charleston, Quickstep follows a 4/4 rhythm, similar to foxtrot.
The Five Latin Dances: The Cuban Cha Cha was popularized in the 1950s and is an off-
shoot of the triple mambo. The Samba originated in Brazil and features intricate cross percussive
music. paso doble developed in France and is of Spanish origin. Its high style was based on the
use of both marching steps and the bull fight. The rumba, also Cuban, is the most sensuous of
the Latin American dances. It is a dance of lust. The Jive is based on jazz or improv; it originated
in the U.S. from African-Americans in the early 1940s. Soldiers brought the lindy hop/jitterbug
to Europe during WWII.
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KevIn cLIftOn
SAntO cOStA
IgOr DOgOter
SAShA fArber
AnYAgArnIS
nAtALIA gOrShKOvA
KAren hAuer
fAYehuDDLeStOn
ASh LeIgh hunter
rObbIe KMetOnI
PAShAKOvALev
JAnette MAnrArA
gISeLLePeAcOcK
DAMIen SAMueL
ALJAž SKOrJAnec
eMMA SLAter
SArAh SOrIAnO
gArY WrIght
Peter SAuL
vOnZeLLSOLOMOn
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Who’s Who in the castKevIn cLIftOn (dancer). Original Broadway cast member. Kevin stud-ied dance from an early age at the Clifton Dance Academy in England, run by his par-ents (Former International Latin American Champions). He has competed for 21 years winning British Championships (Juvenile/Junior/Youth) and various international cham-pionships, retiring from competition to pur-sue a career on stage & TV with burn The floor in 2008. Kevin is proud to be bringing Ballroom to Broadway.
SAntO cOStA (dancer). Original West End cast member. Santo has been dancing for 13 years. He was an Australian Junior Latin Champion, an Australian Youth Latin Champion and Amateur Latin Champion. He joined the burn the floor family in 2009.
IgOr DOgOter (dancer) was born in Moldova, lives in Las Vegas, and has been dancing since age 9. For the last 13 years danced with his partner Natalia Gorshkova. They became World and European Champions in Formation Standard. Igor repre-sented his country in numerous competitions and received title of International Master of Sport and the Best Sportsman of the Republic of Moldova. Lately he has been performing around the world & is thrilled to join burn The floor.
SAShA fArber (dancer). Original Broad way and West End cast member. Born in Russia, Sasha started dancing at 13 in his new homeland, Australia. By 17, Sasha had won the Australian Youth Latin Champion-ships twice and represented Australia at the World Latin Championships. He was fea-tured in the closing ceremony at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and “Dancing with the Stars.”
AnYA gArnIS (dancer). Original Broad-way and West End cast member. On the TV show “SYTYCD,” Anya was handed a first-class ticket on the “Hot Tamale Train,” and her career has been sizzling ever since. Guest dancer on “Dancing with the Stars,” “Superstars of Dance” and the Academy Awards. Born in Latvia, she has been a
ballroom superstar for the last ten years. “SYTYCD” season 7 as an All-Star profes-sional this summer.
nAtALIA gOrShKOvA (dancer) was born in Moldova, lives in Las Vegas and has been dancing since childhood, specializing in Ballroom since age 10. A National finalist in Standard and Latin, represented her country in World and European Championships. For the last 13 years dancing with her partner Igor Dogoter. They became World and European Champions in Formation Standard. Natalia received the title of International Master of Sport as well as the Best Sportsman of the Republic of Moldova. Is thrilled to join burn The floor.
KAren hAuer (dancer). Original Broad way and West End cast member. Born in Venezuela, Karen began to dance shortly after arriving in NYC at 8 years old. She attended LaGuardia HS of the Performing Arts. 2008 World Mambo Champion. “SYTYCD” (U.S.) top 12. Love to my fam-ily, friends and Robert Watman.
fAYe huDDLeStOn (dancer). Danced since the tender age of three. Competed Nationally in the UK until 2005, then turned to Theatre. Credits include Simply ballroom UK and Las Vegas. Cheek to Cheek, Coliseum West End. Latin fever, Sadlers Wells, Peacock Theatre, West End. Cuban Groove, Austria 2009. She has danced on “GMTV” and represented QDOS on the nationwide broadcast of the MBA Telethon hosted by Jerry Lewis live from Las Vegas. Faye has also given her time to several char-ity events such as SCOPE and CARE.
ASh LeIgh hunter (dancer). Original West End cast member. Ash Leigh began taking classes when she was 5 years old. She was an Australian Junior Dance Champion, Australia 10 Dance Champion and represented Australia at the World Amateur 10 Dance Championships. In 2009 AshLeigh was a final-ist on the Australian TV show “So You Think You Can Dance.” She first joined burn the floor in 2002.
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rObbIe KMetOnI (dancer). Original West End cast member. Robbie won sea-son 3 of “So You Think You Can Dance” (Australia) at only 19. Specializing in Contemporary, Robbie is a versatile dancer having studied a wide variety of different styles, including Ballet, Jazz and Hip Hop with Brent Street, Sydney Dance Company and Alvin Ailey. He has made numerous tele-vision appearances and performed at dance festivals across Australia and in the U.S. Robbie is thrilled to be making his profes-sional touring debut with Jason Gilkison and burn the floor on the West End and U.S. tour.
PAShA KOvALev (dancer). Original Broad way and West End cast member. Born in Siberia, Russia, Pasha started dancing at age 8. Following a successful career in ball-room competition, he has appeared on many TV shows including “So You Think You Can Dance,” “Dancing with the Stars” and “Superstars of Dance.” “SYTYCD” season 7 as an All-Star professional this summer.
JAnette MAnrArA (dancer). Original West End cast member. Janette began musical theatre at age 12 and formal dance training at 19, studying Ballroom, Ballet, Pointe, Jazz and Hip Hop & Salsa. Janette was a finalist from season 5 “So You Think You Can Dance” and toured with finalists. Appeared on the “82nd Annual Academy Awards” and danced with Jennifer Lopez on the “SYTYCD” finale. She is a principal dancer on Fox’s “Glee” and Glee Live Tour.
gISeLLe PeAcOcK (dancer) started dancing at age 10, capturing U.S. and British Youth Championship titles. Giselle has studied, ballet, jazz, hip-hop, contempo-rary and modern dance. She’s appeared on “SYTYCD,” “Dancing with the Stars” and “Superstars of Dance.”
DAMIen SAMueL (dancer). Damien started dancing at age 5 studying Jazz, Tap and Ballet until he found natural ability in the Art of Ballroom Dance. Currently a Ballroom and Hip-Hop Teacher, former Junior Australian Dance Champion and a
Youth Ambassador. Damien made top 14 in season 2 of Australia’s “So You Think You Can Dance.” Damien makes his Theatre debut with burn the floor.
ALJAž SKOrJAnec (dancer). From Slovenia, Aljaž started dancing at age five. Nineteen-time Slovenian champion in ball-room, Latin and 10 dance. He has success-fully represented Slovenia in world Latin and Ballroom Dance championships. He has appeared in the Slovenian “Dancing With the Stars.” Aljaž would like to thank everyone who has supported him through the years, especially his family.
eMMA SLAter (dancer). Original Broadway and West End cast member. Emma began ballroom dancing at age 8. 2006 British U21 Latin American Champion. Theatre: Latin fever (West End), dirty dancing (Aldwych Theatre), Simply ballroom (U.K., U.A.E., South Africa tour). TV/film: Mamma Mia!, round here. Mamma Mia! soundtrack.
SArAh SOrIAnO (dancer). Original Broadway and West End cast member. Sarah started dancing at the age of 6. After studying ballet, tap and jazz for ten years, Sarah ven-tured into ballroom dancing, competing both nationally and internationally. From 1999 to 2001, Sarah’s dancing career was put on hold while she successfully fought her fight against breast cancer. After regaining control of her life, Sarah joined the cast of burn the floor in 2002.
gArY WrIght (dancer). Original Broadway and West End cast member. Born in Liverpool, Gary started dancing at age 10, representing England in Junior Ballroom, Latin and 10 Dance World Championships. British National under 21 champion. He has appeared in Simply ballroom (Theatre Royal, West End), Cheek to Cheek, Latin fever and the burn the floor China tour 2009.
Peter SAuL (Vocalist). Original West End cast member. Peter studied Performing Arts at King Alfred’s College and musical theatre at Guildford School of Acting, U.K. His stage and screen credits include Berger in hair (Frankfurt), 12 Tenors (China tour), Legles and first cover Jean Valjean in Les
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Misérable (London), Benny and first cover Roger in rent (Frankfurt), whistle down the wind (U.K. tour) and in film—Closer (Mike Nichols).
vOnZeLL SOLOMOn (Vocalist), bet-ter known as “Baby V,” is an international singer, songwriter, producer, recording artist, model and actress. She was the second runner-up in the 4th season of the FOX Television series “American Idol.” Following her amaz-ing performances on “Idol,” she launched her own record label, Melodic Records. Vonzell is presently putting the finishing touches on her highly anticipated sophomore CD release. She is thrilled to be making her US Tour debut with this fabulous show, burn the floor! www.vonzellbabyvsolomon.com twitter.com/vonzellsolomon
JOSePh MALOne (percussionist). Original West End cast member. Joe has a Masters in Percussion performance and is an adjunct pro-fessor in Jazz Studies at UNLV and composer/arranger in residence at the Hawthorne Gold Music School, CA. Film scores: The Steam room. Performance credits: Peabo Bryson; Bobby Caldwell; David Cassidy; Carl Fontana; Chaka Kahn; Melissa Manchester; Don Menza; Joe Williams; The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra; The producers; Menopause The Musical; Signed, Sealed delivered; The rat pack is back; burn the floor world tour 2007–2010.
henrY SOrIAnO (percussionist). Original Broadway cast member. Henry was born in the Philippines & living in Las Vegas since 1992. Henry’s professional career started at the age of nineteen performing and recording with musi-cal idols; Ron Carter, Phil Woods, Harvey Mason, Kenny Burrell, Shirley Horn and Monty Alexander, in Johnny Pate’s 80th Birthday Celebration CD. Henry was called upon to tour with Burn the Floor in 2007, touring the world for 3 years including Broadway.
J A S O n g I L K I S O n ( d i r e c t o r /Choreographer) and dance partner Peta Roby are Australia’s most successful dance couple, winning the World, British and International Ballroom Dance championships. Recent cho-
reography includes Aspects of dance, West End; happy days (Australian tour 2004); “SYTYCD” U.S./Australia as guest chore-ographer; Sydney Olympic Games, Closing Ceremony 2000. Broadway: dame edna: back with a Vengeance and Dame Edna tours 2002–2007. Dedicated to my late grand-father, Sam Gilkison MBE. Thanks to my mother, Kay Gilkison, for teaming me with Peta.
rAY KLAuSen (Scenic designer) has designed more than 350 productions for the-atre and television. Broadway: Cat on a hot Tin roof, Liza’s at the palace, on Golden pond, brooklyn the Musical, big river, Comedy Tonight, waiting in thewings and bea Arthur on broadway. Regional theatre: Mark Taper Forum (five shows), St. Louis Rep (three), Kennedy Center (six), Prince Music Theater (two), etc.Website: rayklau-sen.com.
rIcK beLZer (Lighting designer). At age 13, to quote his mother, “I took him to the local theatre and haven’t seen him since!” Millions of miles and five continents later, he’s still at it. Rick is thrilled to be involved with burn The floor and it’s high-paced dance energy. He is currently involved in a new musical called Twist opening this fall at the Alliance Theatre directed by Debbie Allen and working world-wide on six different museum exhibitions. In South America, the U.S. and Singapore. Rick would like to dedicate his work on this show to the memories of two early mentors: R. Tyler Gatchell Jr. and Tharon Musser.
JAnet hIne (Costume designer). Australia: Christine Anu, Tina Arena, Vanessa Amorossi, Savage Garden, Chris Issak, Harry Connick Jr., Kylie Minogue. Theatre: 42nd Street, Grease, Little Shop of horrors, hot Shoe Shuffle, Chicago, oliver!, we will rock You, the original pro-duction of dirty dancing, Spamalot, high School Musical, Sweet Charity, Man from Snowy river, SYTYCd, The full Monty and Saturday Night fever (Green Room Award).
Peter J. fItZgerALD (Sound designer) is president of Sound Associates, Inc. 2008/9: blithe Spirit, Speed-the-plow, Will Ferrell’s You’re welcome America,
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Story of My Life, NY Philharmonic’s Camelot. Noted designs: Billy Joel’s Movin’ out, Swing, La Cage aux folles, Victor/Victoria, Gypsy, falsettos, Paul Simon’s The Capeman, 42nd Street, Minnelli on Minnelli with Liza. Peter and wife Maritza are the proud parents of Lori and Mallori.
bruce fOSSeY bOLtOn (production Stage Manager). From an accidental fall into studying theatre after a doomed attempt at engineering, Bruce has worked for the State Theatre Companies of Queensland, N.S.W., Victoria and South Australia before moving from straight to musical theatre. Since then he has spent a decade touring with Australasian productions of Cats; Me and My Girl; Crazy for You; hello, dolly!; The pirates of penzance; we will rock You; and a lifetime of Mamma Mia!
frAnKeL green theAtrIcAL MAnAgeMent (General Management) is currently general managing A Little Night Music and rock of Ages in New York; Stomp in New York and on tour; and Young frankenstein on tour. Richard Frankel and Laura Green have managed more than 90 productions over the past 20 years in New York and on tour in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Previous productions: Smokey Joe’s Café, The Sound of Music, The weir, Swing!, The producers, hairspray, Little Shop of horrors, Sweeney Todd, Company, Young frankenstein, Gypsy, The Norman Conquests and finian’s rainbow.
P e t e r f u L b r I g h t / t e c h PrODuctIOn ServIceS (production Manager). Peter, along with associates Mary Duffe and Colleen Houlehen, operates a New York City based Technical Supervision and Production Management office. Peter’s more than 70 recent and past Broadway, inter-national and tour favorites include: Jersey boys, rock of Ages, hairspray, 13, Curtains, bombay dreams, 42nd Street, Urinetown, into the woods, Vampires, blast! Aspects of Love, rocky horror, The Sound of Music, …forum, Smokey Joe’s Café, Crazy for You, Guys and dolls, Joseph…, Secret Garden,
Starlight express, Singin’ in the rain and foxfire.
chArLIe huLL (Music Consultant). A well-known musician in Australia, his cred-its as musical director and/or arranger include the Australian premieres of priscilla Queen of the desert, dusty the Musical, Saturday Night fever, hair, footloose, Leader of the pack, Shout, oh what a Night, fame, Jesus Christ Superstar, rasputin, big Sister and Great expectations.
rAJ KAPOOr (Creative Consultant) recently directed Carrie Underwood’s Play On Tour, American Idols Live Tour 2010 and Jonas Brothers Live In Concert Tour. Raj has also directed two of the Dancing With The Stars tours. He has worked with Usher, Eminem, Rihanna, Britney Spears, Josh Groban, Mary J Blige and Maroon 5.
hArLeY MeDcALf (producer). In a career spanning 39 years, Harley has worked with artists as diverse as Marlene Dietrich, Frank Sinatra, Elton John, Billy Joel, Michael Crawford, Billy Connolly, Michael Flatley, Meat Loaf, Queen, Lionel Richie, Kenny G and Sarah Brightman. For Barry Humphries (Dame Edna): Look at Mewhen i Am Talking to You, remember You’re out, back to My roots, A Night with dame edna, dame edna: back with a Vengeance on Broadway and dame edna: My first Last Tour. Harley founded burn the floor in 1999 and has passionately pro-duced the show in more than 30 countries.
JOe WAtSOn (producer) has been a General Manager with Frankel Green Theatrical Management in New York for the last 15 years. Currently he manages Stomp (off-B’way and national tour). Past Broadway productions include: burn the floor (Producer), forever Tango, Swing! and The rocky horror Show.
rIchArD LevI (producer). Credits: ’70s a dancer with Bejart and London Dance Theatre; ’80s a choreographer for Hubbard Street, Ballet Jazz, national tours, RL Dance Co.; ’90s designing/manufacturing enter-tainment merchandise for Cirque, Disney, Broadway and his Halloween company.
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Richard invested in …Spelling bee and also managed investors in Avenue Q, Old Vic, dirty dancing and drowsy Chaperone. Producer: 9 to 5 and burn The floor.
the frAnKeL/vIerteL/bAruch/ rOuth grOuP (producer) have produced and managed productions for more than 25 years. Currently: A Little Night Music, Young frankenstein tour, hairspray (on tour in the U.K.) and Stomp. Previously: The Norman Conquests, Gypsy, Young frankenstein, The producers, hairspray, Sweeney Todd, Company, Little Shop of horrors, The weir, The Sound of Music, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Angels in America, oleanna, Love Letters, driving Miss daisy, frankie and Johnny…, Penn & Teller, many others. Upcoming: Leap of faith with music by Alan Menken on Broadway in Spring 2011 and flashdance in London in Fall 2010. Awarded 36 Tonys, 47 Drama Desk Awards, 38 Outer Critics Awards, four Grammys, eight Olivier Awards and two Pulitzer Prizes. They have the rare distinction of having won Tony Awards in all four “Best” categories—play, musical, play revival and musical revival.
rAISe the rOOf One (producer). Elaine Krauss, Jean Doumanian, Harriet Newman Leve and Jennifer Manocherian have joined forces to create Raise the Roof One. Individual or joint credits include La Cage aux folles, A Little Night Music, The Mountaintop, Superior donuts, August: osage County, The 39 Steps, The Norman Conquests, Stomp, Mary Stuart, Ma rainey’s black bottom. International productions of Chicago; The Crucible; Spring Awakening; Caroline, or Change; The diary of Anne frank; Thoroughly Modern Millie; and The Lieutenant of inishmore.
tOPPALL/StevenS/MILLS (producer). Lawrence S. Toppall: president of Mazel Musicals Inc., produced and presented more than 100 theatrical and concert produc-tions. Broadway producing credits include The Gathering, Say Goodnight Gracie and Looped. Lauren Stevens: Broadway: All My Sons, Tony nominated ragtime and radio Golf. Off-Broadway: My Sweetheart’s the
Man in the Moon. Board member, MCC Theater. Marianne Mills: Broadway: frozen, 33 Variations, All My Sons. Board member of MCC and Labyrinth Theater companies.
benIgnO/KLeIn (producer). Proud to have made their Broadway debut as producers of burn and prouder still to be producers of burn’s U.S. tour. Sharon Klein, a professional dancer and formerly with the Shubert Organization, has produced and cast special events for corpo-rations, hospitals and charities worldwide. Tom and Angie Benigno have managed investors for dirty dancing/Toronto and its U.S. tour. May all our shows be dedicated to our amaz-ing dancers (we miss you all in NYC and Long Island). Love to Diana, Laura and John, and all our Moms.
cALDWeLL/ALLen (producer) won best musical for their production of Citizen ruth at NY Fringe and developing one Love from Harold Arlen’s library with Franco Dragone and 5th Ave. Theater. David Caldwell cred-its with RFP more than 17 years include The rocky horror Show, Stomp, Tap dogs, Jeffrey. For Broadway, Chris Allen is devel-oping paint Your wagon and Same Time Next Year; and is producer for Zevo 3/Nicktoons and SMandS/Comedy Central.
cArrPAILet/DAnZAnSKY (producer). Janet Pailet, Sharon Carr and Danzansky Partners are proud to be part of burn the floor. Broadway credits include dr. Seuss’ how the Grinch Stole Christmas!, American buffalo, Steel Magnolias, passing Strange, barefoot in the park. Off-Broadway: i Love You because, Masked, The Great American Trailer park Musical, Glimpses of the Moon, Groundswell. Upcoming: idAho!, The Scottsboro boys, on a Glorious day.
the PrODuctIOn StuDIO (producer) includes Allan S. Gordon, Elan V. McAllister and Adam S. Gordon. Allan and Elan’s col-laborations include hairspray, Spamalot, Metamorphoses, The Crucible, Coram boy and Cry-baby. Mr. Gordon also pro-duced rent and death of a Salesman. Ms. McAllister produced rent, Spamalot and Michael Moore Live! in London’s West End. Adam S. Gordon will be bringing The pee wee herman Show to Broadway this fall.
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buD MArtIn (producer). Bud is thrilled to return to his roots in the theatre after a “brief” 25 year hiatus in corporate finance. He is a co-founder of DFB Productions, recently formed to manage investments in Broadway, West End and other theatrical production. Since his return to the theatre two years ago, Bud has been Producing Artistic Director at Act II Playhouse near Philadelphia, Pa. His Broadway producing credits include The Story of My Life, 9 to 5, burn the floor, Time Stands Still and La bete. West End: Legally blonde, La bete.
SchAffert/SchnucK (producer). Greg Schaffert: Assoc. Producer: All Shook Up, bat boy the Musical. Producer: No wake, Ace, Striking 12, Three Musketeers, Next Thing You Know, Great wall, Magnetic North, how to Save the world and find True Love, The Girl in the frame, painted Alice, Luck. Terry Schnuck: Producer: race; Superior donuts; hair; blithe Spirit; The home coming; Spring Awakening; Martin Short: fame becomes Me; The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial; ’night, Mother; enchanted April; Ministry of progress.
DAn frIShWASSer (Assoc ia te producer). Broadway: The Miracle worker, Come fly Away, Memphis (Tony Award), All About Me, A Little Night Music, burn the floor, The Norman Conquests (Tony Award). Upcoming: ballroom, La bete. Off-Broadway: 39 Steps, inventing Avi. National: burn the floor, The 39 Steps, Little house on the prairie. UK: London: hair, All My Sons, Sweet Charity, La bete. Tour: hairspray. Movie: on Coal river
PetA rObY (Associate producer) and Jason Gilkison danced together for 35 years, becoming undefeated World, British and International Latin dance champions. Young Australian of the Year, 1990; bTf principal dancer 1999–2004. Peta became company manager and executive producer of burn the floor in 2005.
nIc nOtLeY (Associate producer) first fell in love with ballroom when he saw Jason Gilkison and Peta Roby dance together in
1985. He also fell in love with Peta; they married four years later. In 2004 Nic founded the Australian Ballroom Company.
brAD bAuner (Associate producer) served as Associate Producer for the Marines Memorial Theater and Post Street Theater in San Francisco for six years. He served as Associate General Manager of Stomp for six and a half years. Thanks to Joe, Harley, Jason, Nic, Peta and most of all FH.
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Richard Frankel Laura Green Joe Watson Leslie Ledbetter
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Company Management Assistant ........... Liz HalakanProduction Carpenter ............................ Mike MartinElectricians .....................Scott Butler, Scott RogersMoving Light Programmer................... Chris HermanProduction Sound Engineer ..................Derek WilsonProduction Properties ......................Gardner FrisciaScenic Design Modification ...................Josh ZangenSound Assistant .................................... Bob HanlonAssistant to Mr. Routh ..........................Katie AdamsAssistant to Mr. Baruch ......................... Sonja SoperAssistant to Mr. Viertel ................ Tania SenewiratneStudio Assistant to Rick Belzer .... Elvira NedavnyayaPersonal Assistant to Mr. Belzer ..............Jenn Henry
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Tour Graphics .............KD Graphics Inc, Karen MunroTour Media .............................................HMS MediaProduction Photography .......................Joan MarcusInsurance ........................... DeWitt Stern Group, Inc.Legal Counsel.......................... Patricia Crown, Esq.,
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Finance Director ...................Michael NaumannAssistant to Mr. Frankel .......................... Heidi LibbyAssistant to Ms. Green................. Joshua A. SaletnikAssistant to Joe Watson ........................ Liz HalakanAssistant Finance Director ......................Sue BarteltFinance Associate ...................Katharine VandergriffInformation Technology Manager .Roddy PimentelDirector of Business Affairs ...... Michael SinderBusiness Affairs Assistant................Dario DallalastaOffice Manager .....................................Emily WrightReceptionists .......Rebekah Hughston, Allison Raines
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CREDITS AND ACkNOWlEDGEMENTSScenery built and painted by Blue Line Studios. Sound equipment from Sound Associates. Lighting equip-ment from Hudson Sound and Light, LLC. Fiberoptic lighting by TPR Enterprises, Ltd. Makeup provided by MAC Cosmetics. Cymbals by UFIP America.
SPECIAl THANkSWith love and thanks to: Jessica Lingotti, Jason Fripp, Leigh Evans, Jason Seifert, Martine Munro, Peter Simpson, Peter Skillman, Janelle Mason, Glen Caruba, Ben Bruno, Sergio Kolomiers, Giorgio and Louise Rojas, Felix Rappaport, Mike Grose, Sue Maloney, Wallace Flores, our lifetime friends at Kansai Television, Tama Home, all past members of BURN THE FLOOR who have made this journey possible, plus Sabrina, Jaccinta and Maria Medcalf.
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An independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, Donna is about to let go of Sophie, the spir-ited daughter she’s raised alone. For Sophie’s wedding, Donna has invited her two lifelong best girlfriends—from her one-time backing band, Donna and the Dynamos. But Sophie has secretly invited three guests of her own.
On a quest to find the identity of her father to walk her down the aisle, she brings back three men from Donna’s past to the Mediter-ranean paradise they visited twenty years earlier.
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Bringing the timeless lyrics and melodies of iconic super group ABBA to new and returning audienc-es, Spring 2011 is the season for Mamma Mia!
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By Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg, creators of Les Misérables
Our journey started in Paris in 1978, exactly five years after our first musical La révolution française, when Alain came back from London with the idea to write a musical based upon Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables. The two of us had a memorable meeting and, af-ter a long five minutes hesitation, we were ready to get to work.
Written over two intensive years, Les Mi-sérables became a successful concept album already orchestrated by John Cameron be-fore hitting the stage in 1980 for a sell-out run under the direction of the French direc-tor Robert Hossein at the Palais des Sports in Paris.
Cameron Mackintosh can describe better than us how, on a dull and rainy afternoon in 1982 whilst listening to the French record, he was struck by the score of a “contradiction in terms:” that is to say a “French musical.”
The 1985 version at the Barbican was the result of a year-long collaboration with the elite of the British theatre: Trevor Nunn, John Caird, Herbert Kretzmer, John Napier, David Hersey, Andreane Neofitou and James Fenton. Since then the show has given ev-
erybody involved every imaginable satisfac-tion and ever unimaginable award, including 2009’s biggest surprise when Susan Boyle, an unknown Scottish lady with a life story which could have been a chapter of Les Mi-sérables, appeared on “Britain’s Got Talent,” turning Fantine’s song “I Dreamed a Dream” into an overnight worldwide YouTube hit.
The twenty-fifth anniversary produc-tion has new blood, with orchestrations by Chris Jahnke, Stephen Metcalfe and Stephen Brooker, and exciting cast—most of whom were just born when we were writing the show, direction by James Powell and Lau-rence Connor, and set design by Matt Kinley. Having watched rehearsals, we are over-whelmed by the unveiling before our eyes of the young, enthusiastic team’s new vision
of the work, a really exciting version of the redemption of Jean Valjean.
Based on the drawings of Victor Hugo, the look of this new production, more than ever, cap-tures the meaning of the foreword to the novel: “As long as one man on earth will still be suffer-ing from hunger or misery …a book like this may not be useless.” n
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Les Misérables 25th anniversary Produc-tion at the Fisher theatre March 22–april 3. Tickets are on sale now at the Fisher Theatre box office, charge by phone (800) 982-2787 or at Ticketmaster.com. Groups of twelve or more email [email protected] (sub-ject line Les Miz) or call (313) 871-1132.
Based on Victor Hugo’s classic novel, Les Misérables is an epic story about the survival of the human spirit. Cameron
Mackintosh’s new twenty-fifth anniversary production continues to showcase the origi-nal music by Claude-Michel Schönberg and lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer from the French text by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel. In addition to “I Dreamed a Dream,” it in-cludes a host of memorable songs including “On My Own,” “Stars,” “Bring Him Home,” “Do You Hear the People Sing?,” “One Day More,” “Empty Chairs at Empty Tables,” and “Master Of The House.”
The all new production of Les Misérables features new staging and reimagined scen-ery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo. “Over the years I have seen many successful but visually different productions, so it has been exciting to draw inspiration from the brilliant drawings and paintings of Victor Hugo himself,” said Mackintosh. “After all these years, I’m delighted the audience for this show is bigger and younger than ever before.”
In celebration of its twenty-fifth anniver-sary, Les Misérables made theatrical history with three different productions in London at the same time: the original version, still play-ing to packed houses at the Queen’s Theatre, the new production at the Barbican, where the show premiered, and a celebratory con-
cert at The O2 Arena that was presented in over 500 cinemas throughout the U.S.
Seen by nearly 60 million people world-wide in forty-two countries and in twenty-one languages, Les Misérables is undisput-edly one of the world’s most popular musicals ever written. Cameron Mackintosh is cur-rently developing a film of Les Misérables with Working Title and Universal. n
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BroAdwAy in dEtroit the Program for the Fisher theatre
Volume 49, Number 5 February 22–March 6, 2011
Fisher Theatre • Fisher Building 3011 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit, MI 48202
Broadwayindetroit.com
under the management of nederlander detroit, LLC
Executive Director ............................................ Alan N. LichtensteinAssistant to Mr. Lichtenstein.......................................... Nancy KingDirector, Corporate Sales/Marketing .............................Scott MyersSenior Director, Marketing .......................................... Alyssa CohenAdvertising Director ................................... Debbie Michelson, SMZAssociate Advertising Director .............................Nicole Miller, SMZPress Agent................... Brendy Barr, Brendy Barr CommunicationsProgram Design................................ Frank Bach, Bach & Associates
thE FiShEr thEAtrEBusiness office Staff
Accounting ................................................................ Barbara Jones
house StaffTheatre Manager ....................................................James ManduzziHouse Manager ...........................................................Reuben PerezBox Office Treasurer...................................................... Marc RolandGroup Sales Manager .......................................................Amy YokinSubscription Manager .................................................Gwen HardenLost and Found .......................................................... Robin Teachey
Production StaffHead Stage Technician ........................................... Robert HaywardHead Lighting Technician ................................................. Sam AluiaHead Propman ................................................................ Joe AchatzHead Sound Technician ............................................. J. B. RalbovskyHead Scenery Technician................................................Ronald IveyWardrobe Supervisor ....................................... Kristyn Pinky MahleMusical Director ..............................................................Alice Sauro
The photographing or sound recording of any performance or the possession of any device for such photographing or sound recording inside the theater without the written permission of the management is prohibited by law. Violations may be punishable by ejection and may render the offender liable for money damages.
The musicians employed in this production are members of the Detroit Federation of Musicians, Local 5.
Backstage employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E).
Articles found in the theater will be held for 30 days only. Lost article inquiries should be made by phone to (313) 872-l000 between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.Fisher Theatre Offices ............................................... (313) 872-1000Broadway In Detroit Season Ticket Office & Subscription Information ..........................................(313) 872-1180 Group Sales Information ........................................... (313) 871-1132If you expect emergency phone calls please leave your seat location with the ticket taker.For emergencies only during performances ............. (313) 872-1111New handicap (wheelchair) facilities now located in the main floor lobby near elevators.
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