CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT PENN STATE ONSTAGE Today’s performance is sponsored by

Lynn Sidehamer Brown and Kimberly Watkins

Community Advisory Council The Community Advisory Council is dedicated to strengthening the relationship between the Center for the Performing Arts and the community. Council members participate in a range of activities in support of this objective.

Nancy VanLandingham, chair Mary Ellen Litzinger Lam Hood, vice chair Bonnie Marshall Pieter Ouwehand William Asbury Melinda Stearns Patricia Best Susan Steinberg Lynn Sidehamer Brown Lillian Upcraft Philip Burlingame Pat Williams Alfred Jones Jr. Nina Woskob Deb Latta Eileen Leibowitz student representative Ellie Lewis Jesse Scott Christine Lichtig CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT PENN STATE

presents

Brian Stokes Mitchell Simply Broadway

7:30 p.m., Friday, October 17, 2014 Eisenhower Auditorium

The program will be announced from the stage.

The performance is presented without an intermission.

sponsors Lynn Sidehamer Brown and Kimberly Watkins

The Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. RICHARD TERMINE

BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL

Dubbed “the last leading man” by The New York Times, Tony Award- winner Brian Stokes Mitchell has enjoyed a career that spans Broadway, television, film, and concert appearances with the country’s finest con- ductors and orchestras. He received a Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and an Outer Critics Circle Award for his star turn in Kiss Me, Kate. He also gave Tony Award-nominated performances in Man of La Mancha, August Wilson’s King Hedley II, and Ragtime. Other notable Broadway shows include Kiss of the Spider Woman, Jelly’s Last Jam, and most recently Lincoln Center Theater’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.

An extremely versatile and in-demand singer, Stokes has performed at venues spanning jazz, opera, pop, country, and musical theatre worlds. He has worked with John Williams, Marvin Hamlisch, Keith Lockhart, Michael Tilson Thomas, Paul Gemignani, the Smithsonian Jazz Mas- terworks Orchestra, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and The Muppets. Stokes has made multiple appearances at Carnegie Hall, including his debut performance with the San Francisco Symphony, his televised per- formance in South Pacific opposite Reba McEntire, and a sold-out solo concert. He has been invited to the White House and has performed for President Obama and President Clinton.

His extensive screen credits began with his seven-year stint on Trapper John, M.D. and continued with memorable appearances on Great Perfor- mances, Frasier, Glee, and the film Jumping the Broom. As a voice-over artist, he has played dozens of characters on animated programs. Stokes’ narration of Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait and his narration of First Freedom—a documentary about the creation and evolution of religious freedom in America—both aired on PBS.

Stokes has appeared on more than twenty albums, including his epony- mous first solo CD. His latest album, Simply Broadway, features the bari- tone accompanied by solo pianist Tedd Firth. Inspired by a 1975 record- ing by Tony Bennett and Bill Evans, Simply Broadway was produced in a similar “old-school” style without overdubs or audio separation. Stokes and Firth were in the same room at the same time as they recorded the tracks. The song selection includes works from Camelot, Porgy and Bess, Company, Sunday in the Park With George, Les Misérables, and other classics. Stokes produced the album and co-arranged the tracks with Firth.

In addition to his concert circuit, Stokes also performs charitable con- certs based on Simply Broadway with proceeds split by The Actors Fund and the non-profit theatre where the performance takes place. Stokes’ goal is to share the concept of giving service to others as well as to pro- mote the importance of the arts in everyday life. The New York Times review of his concert at Alice Tully Hall in New York City proclaimed: “Mr. Mitchell commands a singularly thunderous baritone whose size matches the egos of vainglorious stage characters like Don Quixote from Man of La Mancha and Lancelot from Camelot. Unfurled in layers to uncover a feral growl at its bottom end, the voice accomplishes what no amount of heroic preening and posing could achieve. You trem- ble before its visceral impact. More important, you believe in these guys. Few other Broadway baritones have such vocal resources.”

As a writer, Stokes has contributed to the book Hirschfeld’s Harlem, penned the preface to At This Theatre, and co-authored the children’s book Lights on Broadway.

For fun, he has been known to fly planes and jump out of them—although not at the same time. He can also ride a bicycle on a high wire.

Stokes has enjoyed working with numerous charitable organizations, including the March of Dimes and USO, and is chairman of the board for The Actors Fund. He resides in New York City with his wife, son, and rescued mutt, Diggidy. For more information, go to www.brianstokes.com. Tom Wopat, Faith Prince, Marilyn Maye, Hilary Kole, Linda Lavin, James Naughton, Lucie Arnaz, Jane Olivor, Karen Akers, Darius de Haas, Mary Cleere Haran, Margaret Whiting, Carol Sloane, Bob Stewart, Marlene VerPlanck, Nancy Marano, K. T. Sullivan, Claiborne Cary, and many others. Among the jazz musicians he has performed or recorded with are John Pizzarelli, Houston Person, Frank Wess, Mark Whitfield, Red Holloway, Benny Golson, and Joe Morello. New York City appearances include Carnegie Hall, Blue Note, Birdland, The Iridium, Algonquin Hotel, Café Carlyle, Feinstein’s at the Loews Regency, Rainbow Room, The Town Hall, Russian Tea Room, and Gracie Mansion. Numerous national appearances include a perfor- mance at the White House. As an arranger and orchestrator, Firth’s work has been performed by Peter Nero and the Philly Pops; the TEDD FIRTH Detroit, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, and Stamford symphony orches- Tedd Firth is a New York City based tras; Ocean City Pops; and the accompanist, jazz pianist, arranger, Spokane Jazz Orchestra. Television and orchestrator. As an accom- appearances include The Today panist he has worked with Brian Show, All My Children, and The Stokes Mitchell, Lee Ann Womack, Caroline Rhea Show.

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vision Enriching lives through inspiring experiences

mission The Center for the Performing Arts provides a context, through artistic connections, to the human experience. By bringing artists and audiences together we spark discovery of passion, inspira- tion, and inner truths. We are a motivator for creative thinking and examination of our relationship with the world. CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT PENN STATE COLLECTION FOR MILITARY TROOPS The Dear Hero Program, a Penn State undergraduate student organization, has bins in the Eisenhower Auditorium lobby through October 29 to collect items for military personnel serving overseas. Drop off donations weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or on the nights of performances.

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Center for the Performing Arts Staff

George Trudeau, director Medora Ebersole, education programs manager Lea Asbell-Swanger, assistant director Lisa Faust, audience services manager Annie Doncsecz, finance director Deanna Heichel, assistant finance director Tracy Noll, sales and development services director Tom Hesketh, events manager Laura Sullivan, marketing and communications Wanda Hockenberry, assistant to the director director Christine Igoe, ticket manager Amy Dupain Vashaw, audience and program Tony Intorre, information technology specialist development director Urszula Kulakowski, art director Shannon Arney, assistant ticket manager Heather Mannion, advertising associate Erik Baxter, multimedia specialist Sherren McKenzie, group sales coordinator Shannon Bishop, downtown ticket center manager John Mark Rafacz, editorial manager Christie Black, editorial and public relations associate Dave Shaffer, assistant director for special programs Len Codispot, sales and development accounting Chad Swires, production supervisor coordinator Mark Tinik, production supervisor Gary Collins, production supervisor

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