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Music Lyrics GLENN SLATER Book BEN ELTON Based on The Phantom of Manhattan by FREDERICK FORSYTH Additional Lyrics Orchestration DAVID CULLEN & ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER Starring GARDAR THOR CORTES MEGHAN PICERNO KATRINA KEMP RICHARD KOONS CASEY LYONS JAKE HESTON MILLER RACHEL ANNE MOORE BRONSON NORRIS MURPHY MARY MICHAEL PATTERSON STEPHEN PETROVICH SEAN THOMPSON and KAREN MASON Chelsey Arce, Erin Chupinsky, Diana DiMarzio, Tyler Donahue, Yesy Garcia, Alyssa Giannetti, Michael Gillis, Tamar Greene, Natalia Lepore Hagan, Lauren Lukacek, Alyssa McAnany, Dave Schoonover, Adam Soniak, John Swapshire IV, Kelly Swint, Lucas Thompson, Correy West, Arthur Wise

Set & Costume Design Sound Design Lighting Design Wig & Hair Design GABRIELA TYLESOVA MICK POTTER NICK SCHLIEPER BACKSTAGE ARTISTRY Design Supervisor Technical Director Music Supervisor Casting by EDWARD PIERCE RANDY MORELAND KRISTEN BLODGETTE TARA RUBIN CASTING LINDSAY LEVINE, CSA Tour Booking, Press & Marketing Production Manager Music Coordinator General Manager BOOKING ANNA E. BATE DAVID LAI KAREN BERRY OFFICE NYC TALITHA FEHR Company Manager Music Director Production Stage Manager AARON QUINTANA DALE RIELING DANIEL S. ROSOKOFF

Associate Director Executive Producer Associate Choreographer GAVIN MITFORD RANDALL . BUCK SIMONE SAULT

Choreographed by GRAEME MURPHY AO Directed by SIMON PHILLIPS By special arrangement with The

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04-03 Love Never Dies.indd 1 3/15/18 4:33 PM CAST (In Order of Appearance) The Phantom...... GARDAR THOR CORTES Fleck...... KATRINA KEMP Gangle...... STEPHEN PETROVICH Squelch...... RICHARD KOONS Meg Giry...... MARY MICHAEL PATTERSON Madame Giry...... KAREN MASON Christine Daaé...... MEGHAN PICERNO Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny...... SEAN THOMPSON Gustave...... CASEY LYONS JAKE HESTON MILLER

Ensemble...... CHELSEY ARCE, DIANA DiMARZIO, TYLER DONAHUE, YESY GARCIA, TAMAR GREENE, NATALIA LEPORE HAGAN, LAUREN LUKACEK, ALYSSA McANANY, RACHEL ANNE MOORE, BRONSON NORRIS MURPHY, DAVE SCHOONOVER, JOHN SWAPSHIRE IV, KELLY SWINT, LUCAS THOMPSON, ARTHUR WISE

ALTERNATES and UNDERSTUDIES Alternates and Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific notice is posted at the time of performance Alternate for The Phantom: BRONSON NORRIS MURPHY Alternate for Christine Daaé: RACHEL ANNE MOORE Understudy for The Phantom: MICHAEL GILLIS, DAVE SCHOONOVER; for Christine Daaé: ALYSSA GIANNETTI; for Madame Giry: DIANA DiMARZIO, LAUREN LUKACEK; for Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny: MICHAEL GILLIS, DAVE SCHOONOVER; for Meg: ALYSSA McANANY, KELLY SWINT; for Fleck: YESY GARCIA, KELLY SWINT; for Squelch: LUCAS THOMPSON, ARTHUR WISE; for Gangle: TYLER DONAHUE, DAVE SCHOONOVER SWINGS ERIN CHUPINSKY, ALYSSA GIANNETTI, ADAM SONIAK, CORREY WEST Dance Captain: ERIN CHUPINSKY Assistant Dance Captain: CHELSEY ARCE MUSICIANS Music Director/Conductor – Dale Rieling Assistant Conductor/Keys 3 – Eric Kang; Keys 1 – Dominic Raffa; Keys 2 – David Robison; Concertmaster – Dmitriy Melkumov; French Horn – Hector J. Rodriguez; Trumpet – Gary Cordell; Bass Trombone/Tuba – Ric Becker; Percussion – Aaron Nix; Keyboard Programmer – Stuart Andrews LOCAL MUSICIANS Violins – Grace Oh, Jen Choi Fischer, Lesa Terry, Ina Veli; Violas – Karen Elaine, Jody Rubin; Cello – Ira Glansbeek; Reed 1 – Sara Andon; Reed 2 – Richard Mitchell; Reed 3 – Jeff Driskill; Bassoon – Judy Farmer; Contra Bass – Mike Valerio; French Horn – Steve Becknell; Local Contractor – Eric Heinly

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04-03 Love Never Dies.indd 2 3/15/18 4:33 PM WHO’S WHO provide a unique home for new musicals in success in television and film as an , writer and development. He is passionate about the importance director. He wrote and directed the filmMaybe Baby of music in education and the Andrew Lloyd which starred Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson. Webber Foundation has become one of Britain’s He supplied the book for and also directed We Will leading charities supporting the arts and in 2016 the Rock You, the colossal hit musical based on the songs foundation funded a major new national initiative of Queen, which has played to millions of people which endowed the American Theatre Wing with worldwide. With Andrew Lloyd Webber he wrote a $1.3 million, three-year grant to support theatre book and lyrics for The Beautiful Game which won education opportunities for underserved young the London Critics’ Circle Award for Best Musical people and public schools across the US. His and which they have recently re-worked as The Boys awards, both as composer and producer, include in the Photograph, a production of which Ben has seven Tonys, seven Oliviers, a Golden Globe, directed himself in Canada. an Oscar, the Praemium Imperiale, the Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence in , GLENN SLATER (Lyrics) is a three-time Tony a BASCA Fellowship, the Kennedy Center Honor nominee for the international hit musicals The Little and a Grammy for Best Contemporary Classical Mermaid, Sister Act, and , and a Composition for , his setting of the Latin co-creator of Disney’s worldwide smash Tangled Requiem mass which contains one of his best (Grammy Winner, Oscar and Golden Globe known compositions, Pie Jesu. He was knighted noms). With frequent collaborator Alan Menken, by Her Majesty The Queen in 1992 and created an he wrote the songs for the current Broadway hit honorary member of the House of Lords in 1997. A Bronx Tale, as well as the animated comedy BEN ELTON (Book) Prolific author of numerous Sausage Party, Disney’s Home On The Range, and Number 1 hit novels (including Stark, Gridlock, Broadway’s Leap of Faith; for TV, the team penned Popcorn and Dead Famous) and award-winning the ABC cult series Galavant (Emmy nominee) television comedy series (including The Young and the Disney Channel’s Tangled: The Series. Ones, The Thin Blue Line and Blackadder), Ben Most recently, Glenn wrote the book for Beatsville Elton is also one of the UK’s most successful and (with composer/lyricist/wife Wendy Wilf), which influential stand-up comics. He has also achieved debuted at Sarasota’s Asolo Rep.

04-03 Love Never Dies.indd 9 3/15/18 4:33 PM WHO’S WHO FREDERICK FORSYTH (Author, The Phantom SIMON PHILLIPS (Director) began his career of Manhattan) Having been the youngest pilot in in New Zealand before emigrating to in the Royal Air Force at the age of 19, Frederick 1984. He was appointed Artistic Director of the State Forsyth went on to a career in journalism Theatre Company of South Australia from 1990- which saw him working for The Eastern Daily 94 and Artistic Director of the Melbourne Theatre Press and, during the 1960s, for Reuters and Company from 2000-11. His directing credits range the BBC in , East and West Germany and from contemporary and Shakespearean classics to Czechoslovakia. As a freelancer he reported from musicals to opera. He has also directed the premieres the Nigeria-Biafran conflict. He is best known as of many new works by leading Australian writers. the author of highly successful thrillers including Apart from Love Never Dies, Simon’s musical credits The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Dogs include Priscilla, Queen of the Dessert, Oliver!, of War and The Fourth Protocol, all of which , , Cabaret, High Society, Company, The Twenty-Fifth Annual Putnam were subsequently filmed. County Spelling Bee, Urinetown the Musical, The CHARLES HART (Additional Lyrics) was born in Drowsy Chaperone and A Funny Thing Happened London and educated in Maidenhead and Cambridge. on the Way to the Forum. He has received eight He has written words for musicals, (The Phantom of Australian Green Room Awards and five Helpmann the Opera and ), opera (The Vampyr, Awards, the most recent being Best New Australian BBC 2) and miscellaneous songs, as well as both Work, for Ladies in Black a new musical he created words and music for television (Watching, Split Ends, with Tim Finn and his wife, Carolyn Burns. Granda TV) and radio (Love Songs, BBC Radio 2). GA BR IELA TY LESOVA (Scenic and Costume Other work includes radio presenting, vocal coaching, Designer) is an award-winning, internationally accompanying, musical direction and musical acclaimed designer. Gabriela was born in former arrangement and translation. From 1990-1993 he Czechoslovakia and studied art in both Europe and served as a council member for the British Academy Australia, graduating in Design at NIDA in 2000. of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. He is the Gabriela has won multiple awards including: seven recipient of two Ivor Novello Awards and has been Helpmann Awards, five Green Room Awards, twice nominated for a Tony Award. four Australian Production Design Guild Awards

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04-03 Love Never Dies.indd 10 3/15/18 4:33 PM WHO’S WHO and three Sydney Theatre Awards. Some of career Firebird, The Torvill and Dean World Tour highlights include designing Love Never Dies, Cosi Company and more. He also choreographed Death Fan Tutte, Sweeney Todd, Cyrano de Bergerac, The in Venice (Canadian Opera Company); Samson et Pillowman, Urinetown and the Broadway musical Dalila (The Metropolitan Opera, New York) and the adaptation of First Wives Club (USA). Gabriela has movie Mao’s Last Dancer. currently completed design for A Flea in her Ear for Sydney Theatre Company, illustrated The NICK SCHLIEPER (Lighting Designer) designs Sleeping Beautify book and is designing sets and for all of the major Australian theatre and opera costumes for the new musical Muriel’s Wedding. companies, and works regularly in Europe and www.gabrielatylesova.com the USA. One of Australia’s most highly awarded designers, he has received six Melbourne Green GRAEME MURPHY AO (Choreographer) Room Awards, five Sydney Critics Awards, and was born in Melbourne and studied at The 5 national Helpmann Awards. International work Australian Ballet School. He has danced with The includes productions in London (West End, The Australian Ballet, Sadler’s Wells Ballet (London) Barbican and the Royal Shakespeare Company) and Ballets Félix Blaska (France). During his Tokyo, Toronto, the Kennedy Center Washington 31-year tenure as the artistic director of Sydney and on Broadway, The Lincoln Center and BAM Dance Company, he created more than 50 works, in NY. In Europe, he has designed for the State including 30 full-length productions. He was Theatre companies of Berlin, Munich, Hamburg named Cultural Leader of the Year (2004) by and Norway, as well as the Hamburg State Opera the Australian Business Arts Foundation; listed and the Salzburg Festival. Nick is a regular guest among Australia’s 50 Most Glamorous Exports with Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre at a special celebration hosted by the Australian Company and Opera Australia. Government and Austrade (2005) and received the Award for Contribution to Cultural Exchange MICK POTTER (Sound Designer) has designed by the Ministry of Culture, the People’s Republic of the sound for over 100 musicals worldwide China (2008). Select directing and choreographic including Broadway and West End productions of credits include Metamorphosis, Turandot, Salome, School Of Rock ( nominee), The Trojans, Aida (Opera Australia), Swan Lake, Les Misérables (Tony Award nominee, Helpmann

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04-03 Love Never Dies.indd 11 3/15/18 4:33 PM WHO’S WHO Award, Broadway World Audience Award Canada), New York Drama Desk Award for his orchestrations The Phantom of the Opera (Parnelii Award), of The Phantom of the Opera and was nominated Miss Saigon (Broadway World Audience Award, again the following year for Aspects of Love. London), Love Never Dies (Green Room Award, KRISTEN BLODGETTE (Music Supervisor) Helpmann Award nominee), The Woman in recently served as Musical Director and Conductor White (Olivier Award), (Drama Desk Award nominee),, , Saturday Night of the Broadway revival of Sunset Boulevard Fever, Sunset Boulevard (Starring ), with Glenn Close. Kristen has been the Associate From Here To Eternity, Betty Blue Eyes, The Wizard Musical Supervisor for The Phantom of the Of Oz, Sister Act, Joseph, The Musical, The Opera on Broadway since 1988 and supervised 17 Sound Of Music, Half A Sixpence,Carousel. subsequent companies of Phantom worldwide. She is the Musical Supervisor of the Broadway revival DAVID CULLEN (Orchestrations) has worked of Cats and was the Associate Musical Supervisor mainly as an orchestrator of musicals, most notably for Cats (original Broadway, tours, Copenhagen). those of Andrew Lloyd Webber – Cats, Starlight Kristen supervised the production of Love Never Express, Song & Dance, The Phantom of the Opera, Dies in Hamburg. Additional Broadway: Evita, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard, , , LoveMusik, The Woman in White, Whistle Down the Wind, The Beautiful Game and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Woman in White. Other select musicals which , original Sunset Boulevard and he has orchestrated include Abbacadabra, Jeeves, rehearsal pianist for Carrie with Betty Buckley. Children of Eden and three London revivals – Can-Can, The Baker’s Wife and Carmen Jones. GAVIN MITFORD (Associate Director) Gavin He both arranged and produced the albums Music is a London based theatre director. He has a long of the Night for Cantabile and Lloyd Webber Plays standing association with the Really Useful Group, Lloyd Webber for Julian Lloyd Webber. Film and as an original member of the creative team on TV: Jesus Christ Superstar (Really Useful Films). Andrew Lloyd Webber’s productions of The Sound David has orchestrated much film and television of Music, The Wizard of Oz and Love Never Dies. and provided the orchestrations for the Disney Originally from Australia, his directing skills productions of Cinderella and Geppetto. He won the developed as Associate Director to Jeremy Sams

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