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THE LEGACY THEATRE 2 21 SEASON April 23: SPECIAL EVENT GRAND OPENING with Broadway’s TELLY LEUNG 1 130 Shore Dr. Branford, CT 06405 (203) 315-0005 rossovino.net A Proud Supporter of Legacy Theatre Broadway bEATS 2 LEGACY THEATRE 2021 SEASON AT-A-GLANCE MAINSTAGE BROADWAY SPOTLIGHT CONCERTS April 28 - May 23 Thursday, May 27 BAREFOOT IN THE PARK MARTY THOMAS June 2-27 Friday, May 28 JUST DESSERTS DEBBIE GRAVITTE Saturday, May 29 July 28- August 22 BRYCE PINKHAM & OEDIPUS REX SCARLETT STRALLEN September 4-26 Thursday, July 1 THE LAST 5 YEARS ARBENDER ROBINSON December 1-12 Friday, July 2 A CHRISTMAS CAROL ERIC SANTAGATA Thursday, July 8 SPECIAL EVENTS ANNE RUNOLFSSON & TESS ADAMS Friday, April 23 Saturday, July 10 GRAND OPENING with Broadway’s TELLY LEUNG RUBY LEWIS Saturday, July 3 Thursday, July 15 CAROLE’S KINGS COCO SMITH Friday, July 9, Saturday, July 10 & Saturday, July 17 Thursday, July 22 BLOOD TYPE: RAGU MICHAEL DEMBY-CAIN Sunday, July 11 EXPANDED VOICES: Saturday, July 24 THE GREAT 8 STEPHANIE GIBSON Sunday, July 25 EXPANDED VOICES: Friday, August 27 JAMAL VISHAL VAIDYA Sunday, August 29 Saturday, August 28 FILM: ORSON REHEARSED ELIZABETH WARD LAND FAMILY SERIES May 1-29 POLKADOTS: THE COOL KIDS MUSICAL Tickets Now on Sale! June 5-26 JOAN JOYCE! LegacyTheatreCT.org July 3 CARDBOARD EXPLOSION! 3 Grand Opening with Telly Leung TELLY LEUNG 4 Who’s Who TELLY LUENG is a New York City He has taught master classes and native, Broadway performer, recording courses at American universities like artist, producer and theater arts teacher. NYU, Nazareth College, The University His Broadway and national touring of Michigan, Carnegie Mellon and credits include Aladdin in Disney’s Point Park and has been a guest Aladdin on Broadway, In Transit, teacher at drama programs all over the Allegiance (with George Takei & Lea world, from Edinburgh to Tokyo. His Salonga), Godspell, Rent (final Broadway producing credits include the concert company), Wicked (Boq, original series Broadway Back Together, the Chicago company), Pacific Overtures, musical short film GRIND (starring Flower Drum Song. In 2010, he starred Anthony Rapp) and The Nice List, a as Angel in Rent at the Hollywood virtual holiday musical for the whole Bowl opposite Wayne Brady, directed family. Twitter / Instagram: @tellyleung. by Neil Patrick Harris. Regionally, Website: www.tellyleung.com he’s performed at Philadelphia Theater Company, Pittsburgh CLO, The St. GARY ADLER (Musical Director) Louis MUNY, Dallas Theater Center, is a conductor, pianist and composer The Shakespeare Theater Company in New York City. He served as the in D.C., North Carolina Theater, music director/arranger for the Radio and North Shore Musical Theater. City Christmas Spectacular for eight Television audiences will remember years. He also music directed Avenue Q him as Wes the Warbler on Glee, as well for its six year run on Broadway. As a as his guest star appearances on Instinct, writer, Gary received two 2005 Drama Odd Mom Out, Deadbeat and Law and Desk nominations for his music and Order: Criminal Intent. Telly is featured lyrics for the off-Broadway hit Altar as a coach for the Jimmy Awards in Boyz . For Disney Channel, he created the PBS documentary, Broadway or the musical world for Johnny and the Bust. He can be heard on many original Sprites , starring John Tartaglia. He co- Broadway cast recordings and has produced and arranged three albums released two solo albums I’ll Cover You for Broadway’s Telly Leung (including (2012) and Songs for You (2016) on The his 2020 release, “You Matter”), and has Yellow Sound Label. His EP, You Matter toured extensively with Chita Rivera. is a collection of five songs made during Gary also arranged the dance music the 2020 pandemic with composer & for the Jimmy Buffett musical,Escape arranger Gary Adler and profits will to Margaritaville. Other New York benefit Broadway Cares / Equity Fights playing/conducting credits include The AIDS. He holds a BFA from Carnegie Fantasticks , Urinetown , Hairspray , Kinky Mellon University’s School of Drama. Boots , It Shoulda Been You and Nunsense . 5 Who’s Who JAMIE BURNETT (Set & Lighting Quarry. He also designed PNM’s Designer) is a Founding member of Branford Luminata (2010) lighting The Elm Shakespeare Company. The the town hall on the Branford Green. Summer of 2019s production of Love’s He is a consultant, Lighting and Set Labour’s Lost was his 23rd Season with designer, special events planner, and the illustrious company. As resident film/video Gaffer as well as a licensed Set and Lighting Designer for the Elm electrical contractor. His company, Shakespeare Company he designed Luminous Environments, specializes lighting for every production for the in Theater and TV Studio Renovations past 23 years. He has designed sets and site-specific public art installations for almost every production till 2009. involving specialized lighting. His latest International Festival of Arts and ideas Projects include Branford High school 2018, Lighting design: Requiem for and Theater, Fairfield Community Theater, Electric Chair, 2017 Never Stand Still, Southington High School Theater and Iseman Theater. Collective Conciousness This very Theater as consultant and Theater company: Lighting Design. Lighting and rigging Systems design Skeleton Crew, Rasheeda Speaking, Jesus and installation. He is a 2005 recipient Hopped the A Train, Sunset Baby, Top of the New Haven Arts Award. Dog Underdog”Also designed the past 4 seasons. SCSU shows include lighting NICK BORISJUK (Sound Designer) design for Stop Kiss, Much Ado about joins us on hiatus from his work as Nothing, The Boyfriend and Our Country’s Production Sound Engineer/Supervisor Good. Sacred Heart University: In on the Broadway and North American The Heights, Jesus Christ Superstar. Touring Productions of Hamilton and The past few years he has lit the main Dear Evan Hansen. Some of his other hall in the New Haven Armory with recent Broadway credits include The artistic lighting for the Citywide Open Minutes, Freestyle Love Supreme, Frankie Studios events serving the unique art & Johnny in the Clair de Lune (2019 installations there. With Projects for Revival), Blackbird, Beautiful: The Carole a New Millennium, he was Designer King Musical, Pippin (2013 Revival), for the Stamford Train Station Façade Bring It On. His Sound Designs have Lighting. Producer/Lighting Designer/ been heard locally at Long Wharf Production Manager for 2014 hit Theatre, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Terra Tractus (The Earth Moves), Also Hartford Stage, Berkshire Theatre (2005) Terra Mirabila, (2001) Terra Festival, and Williamstown Theatre Lumina and Terra Continuum (1999) Festival. Nick is thrilled to be a part the grand multimedia extravaganzas all of the opening of The Legacy Theatre. performed in the Stony Creek Granite Regional: Long Wharf Theatre: A Moon 6 Who’s Who for the Misbegotten, Guys and Dolls, A RICH BURKAM (Technical Director) New War, Sixteen Wounded, Karla, Black came to Connecticut to study music and Nativity, The Waverly Gallery. Hartford music recording at UNH. And played in Stage: A Moon for the Misbegotten. bands such as 4:20, Space Cushion, and Williamstown Theatre Festival: Villa Over The Line. His studies continued America, Front Page, Herringbone, learning to be a luthier under Barry The Opposite of Sex, A Nervous Smile, Lipman and Chris Tatalias, giving him Tough Titty, Sugar Syndrome. Berkshire a taste for fine woodworking. Richard Theatre Festival: American Primitive, now owns a woodshop that makes fine Assassins, Peter Pan, Enter Laughing. furniture, in a space which is shared Connecticut Repertory Theatre: Wings: with lighting designer Jamie Burnett. The Musical, Flattery Will Get You, Together they have built sets for many Sweeney Todd, Lady Be Good, Angels in production companies, including Elm America: Perestroika, Once on this Island, Shakespeare, Yale Baroque Opera Forever Plaid, Jesus Christ Superstar, Our Project, and many small black box Country’s Good, Lovers and Executioners, theater productions. The Mystery of Edwin Drood, among others. LOUIS IGOE (Sound Engineer) is happy to be joining us for the opening of The Legacy! He has been the head sound engineer on several Broadway shows (Tootsie, Beautiful, Nice Work..) and is glad to see you, the audience, in the seats! Thanks to Cat and Sandy. Follow Legacy on social media for behind-the-scenes photos, interviews, exclusive offers and more! facebook.com/LegacyTheatreCT @legacytheatrect @legacytheatrect 7 Who’s Who KEELY BAISDEN KNUDSEN been an especially rewarding program (Artistic Director & Co-Founder) as she acts and directs with those An award winning director, Keely who ambulate with crutches and has performed, directed, and wheelchairs. Her BFA is from New choreographed internationally in plays, York University’s Tisch School of the musicals, operas, and dance companies Arts, at which she graduated first in in hundreds of theatrical productions the class, and she received her Masters and has performed in 48 of the United Degree in Drama on full scholarship States and in the UK. Realizing her from The Royal Scottish Academy of vision of a new theater company on Music and Drama in Glasgow. Keely, the Connecticut Shoreline, Keely’s her husband Brian, and five children ideals of inspiring, inclusive work that (Saviah, Liviana, Wynter, Emery, and uplifts the human spirit and connects Reeves) reside in Guilford, CT, where communities formalized in the creation she thoroughly enjoys running the of the Legacy Theatre with Co- Legacy with a tremendous staff and Founder Stephanie Stiefel Williams, a community support. performing colleague and dear friend. Keely has directed, choreographed, STEPHANIE STIEFEL and taught a myriad of performing WILLIAMS (Co-Founder & arts courses at such institutions as Chairperson of the Board) Quinnipiac University, Yale University, has spent her entire adult life as a Fairfield University, Hartt School of professional performer in musicals, Drama, Southern Connecticut State concerts, and plays throughout the University, Westminster College, and Northeast.