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The Unauthorized Autobiography of Jack Griffin a Senior Recital Ling The Unauthorized Autobiography of Jack Griffin A Senior Recital with Ling-Yu Hsaio, piano Sunday, April 18, 2021 Patty and Fred Turner Jazz Center 7:30 p.m. Growin Up Bruce Springsteen (b. 1949) Your Song Elton John from Moulin Rouge: The Musical! (b. 1947) Put On A Happy Face Charles Strouse from Bye Bye Birdie (b. 1928) Somebody to Love Freddie Mercury (1946-1991) Bring Him Home Claude-Michel Schonberg from Les Miserables (b. 1944) Hard to Be the Bard Wayne and Karey Kirkpatrick from Something Rotten (b. 1961), (b. 1964) I've Decided to Marry You Steven Lutvak from A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (b. 1959) Into the Fire Frank Wildhorn from The Scarlet Pimpernel (b. 1958) Intermission Stroke By Stroke Ryan Scott Oliver from Jasper in Deadland (b. 1984) The Other Side Benj Pasek and Justin Paul from The Greatest Showman (b. 1985) Til I Hear You Sing Andrew Lloyd Webber from Love Never Dies (b. 1948) Shallow Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, from A Star Is Born Anthony Rossomando (b. 1986), (b. 1975), (b. 1980), (b. 1976) Dirty Rotten Number David Yasbek from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (b. 1961) Phantom of the Opera Medley Andrew Lloyd Webber The Mirror (b. 1948) The Phantom of the Opera The Music of the Night From Now On Benj Pasek and Justin Paul from The Greatest Showman (b. 1985) Special thanks to friends of Drake Arts (FDA) for their generous support of Music Department events and projects. For more than 25 years, FDA has helped to provide the best possible fine arts education for Drake students and exceptional fine arts opportunities for the region. For more information or to join, please visit: http://www.drake.edu/friends About the Artist Jack Cordray Griffin is a Senior BFA Musical Theatre Major at Drake. His favorite roles have included, Man 2 in "Songs For A New World," PT Barnum from "The Greatest Showman," Professor Bhaer from "Little Women," and Percy Blakeney from "The Scarlet Pimpernel." He would like to thank his voice teacher, Dr. Rebecca Gruber, and accompanist, Ling-Yu Hsaio, for helping him to grow as an artist and put this recital together. He also would like to thank his family and friends for supporting him in pursuing theatre as a career. .
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