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WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST
Mike Baldassari (Lighting
Designer) Broadway: Cabaret, Tony, Drama Desk Nominations,
received the Entertainment Design Award, As Long As We Both
Shall Laugh. City Center's Encores!; Tenderloin directed
by Walter Bobbie. Off-Broadway: Bare, Jewtopia, Savion
Glover Downtown. National tours: Fame, Spider-Man!
Grease, Saturday Night Fever, Yeston's Phantom, Savion
Glover—Footnotes, King & I, Dial "M", Tommy
Tune Moonlighting. Emmy Award nomination: Garth Brooks
Live From Central Park. Lighting Director: Neil Young's
Harvest Moon Tour, shows or tours: Jerry Cantrell (Alice in
Chains), Mos Def, John Mellencamp, Jonathan Butler. Television:
MTV's Spankin' New Music, VH-1's Eight-Track Flashback,
concerts for the mini-series Shake, Rattle & Roll. Lighting
Consultant: Vice President Al Gore for the Presidential Debates.
Robert Billig (Music Director)
was original music director of the Broadway productions of Les
Misérables, Miss Saigon, Man of La Mancha (revival), Never
Gonna Dance, and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
Other Broadway conducting credits include the revival of Chicago, ...Whorehouse
Goes Public, Song and Dance, Singin' in the Rain, My
One and Only and The Magic Show. He was music director
and vocal arranger of the off-Broadway production of Little
Shop of Horrors and created the vocal arrangements for the
film version. He was also music director for the Disney television
movie, Geppetto. Robert's other conducting experiences
range from intimate nightclubs to international symphony orchestras
and everything in between.
 Stephen
Bogardus (Performer) appeared as Rene Gallimard in M.
Butterfly at Arena Stage this fall. He is an original member
of the Broadway production of Falsettos. He created
the role of Whizzer in the 1981 off-Broadway production of William
Finn's March of the Falsettos at Playwrights Horizons.
Nine years later he reprised the role in Falsettoland at
the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Between these engagements he portrayed
Marvin in a revival of Finn's In Trousers at the Promenade
Theatre. Stephen made his Broadway debut in the 1980 revival
of West Side Story followed by Safe Sex (Harvey
Fierstein's understudy), Les Misérables, The
Grapes of Wrath and Love! Valour! Compassion!
 Peter
Bogyo (Producer) produced both the Anyone Can Whistle and Jubilee benefit
concerts at Carnegie Hall for GMHC. On Broadway, he was General
Manager for Sly Fox, Fortune's Fool and Voices
in the Dark, and Off Broadway, for Adult Entertainment,
Jerry Herman's Showtune, Mr. Goldwyn, Madame
Melville and The Unexpected Man. On Broadway, Peter
was an Associate Producer of Starmites. He is a member
of the League of American Theaters and Producers and ATPAM, is
a Tony voter, and is a graduate of Yale College and the Commercial
Theater Institute.
 Liz
Callaway's (Performer) Broadway credits include Merrily
We Roll Along, Baby (Tony Nomination), Miss
Saigon, Cats, The Look of Love. Off-Broadway: The
Spitfire Grill (Drama Desk Nomination), Brownstone, No
Way to Treat a Lady. London: Sibling Revelry (Donmar
Warehouse). Concerts: Relative Harmony (Feinstein's), Hair (Actor's
Fund), Fiorello! (Encores!), Follies in Concert (Lincoln
Center), A Stephen Sondheim Evening, One Touch of
Venus (Ovations!). Television: Ready to Go-CBS
Boston (Emmy Award), In Performance at the White House, Inside
the Actor's Studio: Stephen Sondheim. FILM: Anastasia, The
Swan Princess, Lion King 2: Simba's Pride. Solo
recordings: The Beat Goes On, The Story Goes On:
On and Off-Broadway, Anywhere I Wander: The Music of
Frank Loesser.
Carl Casella (Sound Designer)
has over 20 years of experience as an audio/video designer and
engineer. A member of Sound Associates, he is also developing advanced
digital monitoring technologies for use in Broadway and legit theaters.
Recent Broadway/Off-Broadway: Sly Fox, Little Shop
of Horrors (Broadway and National Tour), They Wrote That,
and The Joys of Sex, ASD Raisin in the Sun, Sexaholix
Past: Squonk, Mr. Goldwyn, Adult Entertainment, Urban
Cowboy. Consulted on The Ten Commandments, Hairspray (National
Tour), Movin' Out (National Tour), Big River, Six
Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, Last Confederate Widow and The
Roots at Webster Hall.
 Wayne
Cilento (Director) won the 1993 Tony Award for Best
Choreography, the Drama Desk Award and Fred Astaire Award for Tommy,
and received Tony nominations for the hit revival of How
to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and for Dream: The
Johnny Mercer Musical, which he also directed. Mr. Cilento
is the choreographer of Wicked, Sweet Charity (2005),
and Aida. He is also the director and choreographer
for the award-winning PBS special Spirit. On the concert
stage, in music videos, and for TV appearances, Mr. Cilento has
staged such diverse artists as Alicia Keys, Liza Minelli, Barry
Manilow, Chita Rivera, Billy Joel, Donna Summer, and Pete Townshend.
Wayne resides with his wife Cathy and their three sons.
 Deborah
Cox (Performer) is an internationally recognized recording
artist. In 1995 Deborah Cox went gold with the hit singles "Sentimental," "Who
Do U Love" and "The Sound of My Tears." In 1998, she found continued
success and her first platinum album with One Wish (Arista Records).
Deborah scored two Billboard #1 hits with "We Can't Be Friends" and
her double platinum single "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here." At
the end of 2002, Deborah's third album, The Morning After was
released on Clive Davis' newly formed J Records. In July 2003,
Remixed, a collection of Deborah's hit singles, was released
as well. In September 2004 Deborah closed with a successful run
as the lead in Disney's Aida.
 Melissa
Errico (Performer) is currently starring as Mina in Dracula,
The Musical. Broadway: Amour (2003 Tony Award nomination,
Outer Critics nomination, Drama League Honor), My Fair Lady (Drama
Desk, Outer Critics and Helen Hayes nominations), High Society (Drama
Desk and Outer Critics nominations, Drama League Honor), Anna
Karenina, Les Misérables (national tour).
Kennedy Center Sondheim: Dot in Sunday in the Park with
George (Helen Hayes nomination). Off-Broadway: Aunt Dan and
Lemon. Encores!: One Touch of Venus (Lucille Lortel
Award), The Importance of Being Earnest (Drama Desk
Nomination), Major Barbara (Drama League Honor), Finian's
Rainbow (2004 Drama League Honor); Threepenny Opera (Williamstown).
Yale Grad. Debut album: Blue Like That (EMI).
Peter Fulbright/Tech Production
Services (Production Manager): Recent Broadway productions
and national tours include Hairspray, Bombay Dreams, 42nd
Street, UrineTown, Into the Woods, Vampires, Anna...Tropics, Enchanted
April, Frog & Toad, Life X3, Ma Rainey's, Elephant
Man, TopDog, and Blast! Peter has supervised
over 70 Broadway productions and national tours. Favorites include
The Scarlet Pimpernel, Triumph, Once Upon
a Mattress, ...Forum, Smokey Joe's, Moon
Over Buffalo, Crazy for You, Guys and Dolls, Joseph..., Secret
Garden, Starlight Express, Drood, Singing
in the Rain, and Foxfire. Peter is very proud of
his children, Catherine and Connor.
 Randy
Graff is currently appearing on Broadway as Golde in Fiddler
on the Roof (Drama League & Outer Critics Circle nominations). Other
Broadway: A Class Act (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), Moon
Over Buffalo, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, City
of Angels (Tony and Drama Desk awards), Falsettos, Les
Misérables (Helen Hayes nomination), High Society. Off-Broadway: The
Long Christmas Ride Home (Vineyard Theatre-Drama League
nomination), Hotel Suite (Roundabout), Do Re Mi (Encores!), A....My
Name Is Alice (Village Gate), Coming Attractions (Playwrights
Horizons). Regional: Edgardo Mine (Hartford Stage), A
Little Night Music (Kennedy Center). TV and Film: Keys
to Tulsa, Moon Over Broadway, Ed, Mad
About You, Law and Order, The Tonight Show.
 Debbie
Gravitte (Performer) received the Tony Award for her
performance in Jerome Robbins' Broadway, along with
the New York Showstopper Award and a Drama Desk nomination. She
made her Broadway debut in They're Playing Our Song,
and went on to appear in Blues in the Night, Perfectly
Frank (Drama Desk Nomination), Zorba, Ain't
Broadway Grand?, Chicago and Les Misérables.
Debbie appeared in London in Jerry Herman's Mack and Mabel and
in the Encores! productions of The Boys from Syracuse, Tenderloin,
and Carnival. Debbie has performed her nightclub act
and sung with numerous orchestras worldwide and is currently
at work on her third CD, Big Band Broadway. She is the
proud and tired mother of three beautiful children.
 Ellen
Greene (performer) is a highly regarded and critically
acclaimed actress, singer and performer in motion pictures, stage
and TV. She first came to success as Chrissy in David Rabe's In
the Boom Boom Room. She originated the role of Audrey in Little
Shop of Horrors which she recreated for the movie version.
She starred in Threepenny Opera opposite Raul Julia
and was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Pirate
Jenny. Her film credits include Next Stop Greenwich
Village, Talk Radio, The Professional and One
Fine Day. She just released an album called In His Eyes based
on her show Torch (available on www.ellengreene.com)
and is currently touring the country with her musical director/husband
Christian Klikovits.
 George
Hearn (Performer) is currently appearing on Broadway
as the Wizard of Oz in Wicked. Other Broadway: Putting
It Together (Tony nomination); The Diary of Anne Frank; Sunset
Boulevard (Tony Award); La Cage aux Folles (Tony
Award, Olivier nomination); Sweeney Todd (Emmy Award
for TV version); I Remember Mama; Ah, Wilderness!; A
Doll's Life (Tony nomination); An Almost Perfect Person; The
Changing Room; Meet Me in St. Louis and Watch
on the Rhine (Tony nomination). He appeared in Follies
in Concert at Avery Fisher Hall and also starred there with
Patti LuPone in a concert version of Sweeney Todd. Films
include See You in the Morning, The Vanishing, Sneakers, The
Devil's Own and Barney's Great Adventure.
Michael Keller (Music Coordinator)
is currently Conductor/Drummer for Marvin Hamlisch. Music Coordinator
for Bombay Dreams, Fiddler on the Roof, Wicked, The
Boy From Oz, Avenue Q, Mamma Mia, Aida, The
Lion King, Barbra Streisand Concerts (1994 and 2001), The
Goodbye Girl. Life is complete with wife Pamela Sousa and
children Zach and Alexis.
Gregg Kirsopp (Production
Stage Manager) Broadway: Les Misérables, Grease.
National Tours: Les Misérables, Me & My Girl, Cats.
Regional: Mame with Loretta Swit — North Carolina
Theater, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera- 24 musicals. International:
1992 Olympic Closing Ceremonies in Barcelona. Member of the AEA & IATSE
unions. Resides in NYC with his wife, Marybeth and their son, Gregory.
 Carol
Lawrence (Performer), a Tony and Grammy award nominated
actress, created the role of "Maria" in the original Broadway
production of West Side Story. She also starred on Broadway
in Saratoga, Subways Are For Sleeping, Nightlife, I
Do, I Do, and Kiss of the Spiderwoman; national
tours of Funny Girl, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, The
Sound of Music, and Sugar Babies; recent LA productions
of Mame, Amy's View, Follies and Do
I Hear A Waltz? Lawrence played "Angela Eckart" on General
Hospital, and guest-starred on over 40 television shows
from Touched By An Angel to Sex And The City.
Carol's one-woman show travels from symphony halls to nightclubs
and casinos around the world. Her proudest achievements are her
sons Michael and Christopher Goulet. ( www.carollawrenceonline.com)
Priscilla Lopez (Performer)
has just finished The Oldest Profession at the Signature
Theatre. Last season she was in the Pulitzer winner Anna in
the Tropics. She has won a Tony for Hollywood/Ukraine and
an Obie and Tony nomination for A Chorus Line. Off-Broadway: Class
Mother's 68, The Passion of Frida Kahlo, Antigone
in New York, Other People's Money, Extremities, Key
Exchange, Buck, Your Own Thing. Broadway: Sister's
Ronsenswieg; Nine; Lysistrata; Pippin; Company; Her
First Roman; Henry, Sweet Henry; Breakfast at
Tiffany's. Film: Maid in Manhattan, Center Stage, Revenge
of the Nerds II, Cheaper to Keep Her, Tony and
Tina's Wedding.
 Andrea
McArdle (performer) is best known as the original Annie (both
on Broadway and in London), a performance which earned her a
Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical, in addition
to a Theatre World and Outer Critics Circle Award. She recently
starred as "Mama Rose" in Gypsy for the Bay Area Houston
Ballet & Theatre. She just returned from Japan where she reprised
the role of "Sally Bowles" in Cabaret. The first time
she played "Sally" in Japan was as a limited engagement following
her starring in the U.S. National Tour. Before Cabaret she
was playing another type of girl altogether, becoming Broadway's
longest running "Belle" in Disney's Beauty and the Beast.
She was featured as "The Star to Be" in the new Emmy Award-winning
TV movie version of Annie, on ABC TV. She has also starred
on Broadway in Les Misérables, Starlight Express,
and State Fair.
 Brian
Stokes Mitchell (Performer) is
a Tony Award winning actor who has been dubbed "the last leading
man" by the New York Times. His Broadway credits include Kiss
Me, Kate (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards); Man
of La Mancha (Tony nomination, Helen Hayes Award); Ragtime (Tony
nomination); King Hedley II (Tony nomination); Kiss
of the Spider Woman; Jelly's Last Jam; Oh, Kay!;
and Mail (Theatre World Award). His concert appearances
include the Disney Hall Inaugural, Carnegie Hall, the Boston
Pops, The Hollywood Bowl, the White House and most recently at
Tanglewood in the jazz version of My Fair Lady with
John Williams. He has numerous TV and film credits and is currently
working on his first solo CD.
 Robert
Morse is one of only a few actors in the history of
the Tony Awards to have received both of its top honors — Best
Actor in a Play and Best Actor in a Musical. His musical award
came in 1962 with his performance as "J. Pierrepont Finch" in How
to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and his dramatic
nod came in 1990 with his portrayal of "Truman Capote" in Tru.
The PBS presentation of Tru earned him an Emmy Award
as Outstanding Lead Actor. His success in How to Succeed... on
Broadway brought him to Hollywood and led to many starring film
roles as well as countless television appearances. Mr. Morse
has received five Tony nominations. His appearance is dedicated
to the fond memory of Larry Kert, Scott Jarvis and Danny.
Pamela Myers (Performer)
was in the original Broadway cast of Sondheim's Company which
not only earned her a Tony nomination, but she so impressed Mr.
Sondheim that he wrote "Another Hundred People" specifically for
her! Other shows include Into the Woods (revival) and The
Selling of the President. Regional: Nite Club Confidential; Gypsy; Sweeney
Todd; Annie Get Your Gun; I Do, I Do; Brecht:
Sacred and Profane; Sunday in the Park With George.
Television appearances include Sha Na Na (series regular), Major
Dad, Happy Days and In Performance at the White
House. Pam has been a Guest Artist with The Boston and Cincinnati
Pops and has recorded her first CD, The Chance to Sing.
 Jerry
Orbach (Performer) may be most familiar to audiences
around the country for his Emmy Nominated performance as the
acerbic Detective Lennie Brisco on television's Law & Order,
or for having created the role of El Gallo in the long-running
Off-Broadway hit The Fantasticks. His Broadway credits
include Carnival, Annie Get Your Gun, The
Natural Look, Promises, Promises (1969 Tony Award),
6 Rms Riv Vu, Chicago (1976 Tony Nomination), and 42nd Street.
Jerry has thrilled film audiences as well with his work in Prince
of the City, F/X, Dirty Dancing, The
Flamingo Kid, Last Exit to Brooklyn, and Crimes
and Misdemeanors.
Martin Pakledinaz (Costume
Consultant) Broadway and off-Broadway work includes Wonderful
Town; Thoroughly Modern Millie (Tony Award); Kiss
Me, Kate (Tony and Drama Desk awards); A Year with Frog
and Toad; The Boys from Syracuse; Golden Child; The
Diary of Anne Frank; The Life; Kimberly Akimbo; Juvenilia;
and Twelve Dreams. Opera: the upcoming Rodelinda with
Renée Fleming for the Metropolitan Opera, the 2001 Ring Cycle
for Seattle Opera, and L'amour de Loin, by Kaija Saariaho,
in Salzburg, Paris, Sante Fe, and Helsinki. Mr. Pakledinaz recently
completed work in Chicago on Arthur Miller's new play, Finishing
the Picture.
Christine Pedi (Performer)
just made her maiden voyage headlining in the Royal Court Theatre
on the Queen Mary 2. Well known in New York for her association
with Forbidden Broadway, she's earned a Drama Desk nomination
and an LA Ovation award. She made her Broadway debut in the revival
of Little Me. Her work in cabaret has earned her a MAC
award (Judy & Liza Live) and several nominations for her
one woman shows (Wonderful Songs – An Evening of Comden
and Green, Forbidden Divas). Christine can be heard
daily hosting Sirius Satellite Radio: Broadway's Best (Sirius.com).
Sopranos fans may recognize her as the dearly departed "Mrs. Bobby
Baccala" (He loved her so much he couldn't defrost her ziti).
 Alice
Playten (Performer) Caroline, or Change (Broadway
and Public). Made her Broadway debut as "Baby Louise" in Gypsy with
Ethel Merman, followed by roles in original Broadway companies
of Oliver!; Hello Dolly; George M!; Henry,
Sweet Henry (Theater World, Drama Critic's Award, Tony nomination); Rumors; Spoils
of War (Drama Desk nomination) and Seussical. Off-Broadway
credits include her two Obie Award winning performances as: "Mick
Jagger" in Lemmings and "Mamie Eisenhower" in First
Lady Suite. Film/TV roles include Ridley Scott's Legend, Law & Order,
plus a recurring role on Frasier. She made her professional
debut at the Met singing "Marie's child" in Alban Berg's Wozzeck.
Alice loves Joshua, and is a Fox Fellow.
 Chita
Rivera (Performer) has won two Tony Awards (Kiss
of the Spider Woman; The Rink) and received six
additional Tony nominations. She recently starred in the Broadway
revival of Nine. Chita received the coveted Kennedy
Center Honor in December 2002, and is the first Hispanic to receive
this award. Chita's first appearance was in the chorus of Call
Me Madam. Her performance as "Anita" in the Broadway premiere
of West Side Story (1957) brought her stardom. She has
also starred in Bye Bye Birdie, Chicago, Jerry's
Girls and (original Broadway casts) Guys and Dolls, Can-Can, Seventh
Heaven and Mr. Wonderful. On tour: Born Yesterday; The
Rose Tattoo; Call Me Madam; Threepenny Opera; Sweet
Charity; Kiss Me, Kate; Zorba; Can-Can.
Her most treasured production is her daughter, singer/dancer/choreographer
Lisa Mordente.
 Colm
Wilkinson (Performer) created the role of Jean Valjean
in the original London and Broadway productions of Les Misérables,
earning a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Actor as well
as Tony and Drama Desk nominations, and winning the Helen Hayes
Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, and a Theatre World Award. Colm
starred as "The Phantom" in the Toronto production of The
Phantom of the Opera at the Pantages Theatre, from its premiere
in September 1989 until May 1994. For his portrayal Colm received
the 1989–1990 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance
by a Male in a Review or Musical. Wilkinson's talents are showcased
on his new album, Some of My Best Friends Are Songs.
Visit www.colmwilkinson.com.
William Baldwin Young (Writer)
is a playwright and performer. He assisted director Herbert Ross
on the GMHC concerts at Carnegie Hall of Anyone Can Whistle and Jubilee and
wrote and directed Mr. Ross's memorial at the Majestic Theatre.
He has written introductory material for everyone from Paul Newman
and Mia Farrow to Peter Schickele and Martha Clarke. His plays
include three written on commission for Plays for Living and the
musical My Cozy Little Corner in the Ritz using little-known
Cole Porter songs.
Cast subject to change
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