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Did You Know? Young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three days each week through at least one full year are: • 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement • 3 times more likely to be elected to class office within their schools • 4 times more likely to participate in a math and science fair • 3 times more likely to win an award for school attendance • 4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem SHOWCASE Contents 2 Letter from the President 2 Board of Directors and Staff 5 Love Never Dies 19 Comprehensive Campaign 20 Institutional and Government Support 21 Individual Support 23 Matching Gifts 23 Honickman Family Society Katrina Kemp (“Fleck”), Stephen Petrovich (“Gangle”) and 25 Kimmel Center Staff Richard Koons (“Squelch”), star in Love Never Dies. Photo: Joan Marcus. The use of cameras and recording equipment is prohibited during the performances. As a courtesy to the performers and fellow audience members, please turn off all beepers, watch alarms, and cellular phones. Latecomers and those who leave the concert hall during the performance will be seated at appropriate intervals. Showcase is published by the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Administrative Offices, 1500 Walnut Street, 17th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19102 KIMMELCENTER.ORG For information about advertising in Showcase, contact OnStage Publications 937-424-0529 | 866-503-1966 e-mail: [email protected] www.onstagepublications.com Proud Season Sponsor 1 Kimmel Center Cultural Campus BOARD OF DIRECTORS Teresa Bryce Bazemore, Chair Anne C. Ewers, President and CEO Robert R. Corrato, Vice-Chair Jane Hollingsworth, Vice Chair Michael D. Zisman, Treasurer Jami Wintz McKeon, Secretary David P. Holveck, Immediate Past Chair Madeline Apollo Bart Blatstein Richard D. Carpenter Reverend Luis A. Cortés, Jr. Katherine D. Crothall Robert J. Delany Sr. Dear friends, James F. Dever, Jr. Frances R. Graham Welcome to our Kimmel Center Cultural Campus, and in Michael B. Hill Philip P. Jaurigue particular, our storied ‘Grand Old Lady of Locust Street’—the Obra Kernodle breathtaking Academy of Music. As we embark together upon Brook J. Lenfest another season bringing the best of Broadway to audiences Jeffrey A. Leonard, Esquire Sara Lomax-Reese on Broad Street, we welcome the highly-anticipated sequel to P. Edward Lovelidge The Phantom of the Opera—Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Jeffrey P. McFadden Never Dies—for its first-ever Philadelphia appearance! Stanley Middleman Elizabeth Murphy Ronald Rubin With a lush score and absolutely mesmerizing staging—this Mark H. Samuels sequel is a gift to theatergoers, inviting us to journey once more Anne Faulkner Schoemaker with The Phantom and his protégé Christine Daaé into their Matthew A. Taylor Sherry Varrelman private world of passion and mystery. The setting may have Laurie Wagman changed, but the drama, haunting melodies, and unease remain. Tony G. Werner Mario Zacharjasz All this talk about The Phantom returning is a little spooky… TRUSTEE EMERITI but spooky is in season right before Halloween. Come back later Sidney Kimmel this month for more frights with The Philadelphia Orchestra’s The Hon. Bob P. Casey* The Hon. Edward G. Rendell Organ and Orchestra Halloween—an evening of evocative The Hon. Tom Ridge orchestral music and the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ—the George M. Ross* largest mechanical-action concert hall organ in the country. Lie Willard G. Rouse III* on the stage and experience the organ vibrations, plus don’t *awarded posthumously forget to dress up in your best Halloween costume! EXECUTIVE STAFF Anne C. Ewers, And to our valued guests: we want your experience on our President and CEO Cultural Campus to be the best it can be. As such, this summer, J. Edward Cambron, we embarked upon the first of a two-phase seat replacement Executive Vice President Stan Applegate, project to improve your comfort within our beloved Academy Senior Vice President of Music. Take a look around—some of you may be sitting and CFO in brand new seats! This undertaking would not be possible Ross Richards, Senior Vice President of Facilities without key Kimmel Center staff, several Philadelphia and Operations foundations, generous individual patrons, and an array of talented vendors. PRESIDENT’S LEADERSHIP COUNCIL Wynne Amick The vision of the Kimmel Center is to transform lives daily David Cohen through the arts. We want every person who walks through the Lisa Crutchfield doors of one of our 9 performance venues this season to feel at Peter Dean John A. Francis home. Make memories with us this year! Bring a friend, bring a William Hankowsky group. #ArtHappensHere, so be a part of it with us. Lisa Kabnick David Marshall Marjorie Rendell Warmly, Lyn Ross Timothy Scheve Molly Shepard Brian Tierney James Zug 2 4 TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS Music Lyrics ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER GLENN SLATER Book BEN ELTON Based on The Phantom of Manhattan by FREDERICK FORSYTH Additional Lyrics CHARLES HART Orchestration DAVID CULLEN & ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER Starring BRONSON NORRIS MURPHY MEGHAN PICERNO MICHAEL GILLIS CHRISTIAN HARMSTON KATRINA KEMP RICHARD KOONS JAKE HESTON MILLER RACHEL ANNE MOORE MARY MICHAEL PATTERSON STEPHEN PETROVICH SEAN THOMPSON and KAREN MASON Rajeer Alford, Chelsey Arce, Erin Chupinsky, Julian R. Decker, Diana DiMarzio, Tyler Donahue, Yesy Garcia, Alyssa Giannetti, 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 BROADWAY BOOKING JESSICA SENTAK DAVID LAI KAREN BERRY OFFICE NYC TALITHA FEHR Company Manager Music Director Production Stage Manager AARON QUINTANA DALE RIELING MICHAEL DANEK Associate Director Executive Producer Associate Choreographer GAVIN MITFORD RANDALL A. BUCK SIMONE SAULT Choreographed by GRAEME MURPHY AO Directed by SIMON PHILLIPS By special arrangement with The Really Useful Group Broadway Philadelphia is presented collaboratively by The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts and The Shubert Organization. 5 CAST The Phantom .................................................................................................... BRONSON NORRIS MURPHY 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 .................................................................................................................... CHRISTIAN HARMSTON JAKE HESTON MILLER Ensemble .........................................................RAJEER ALFORD, CHELSEY ARCE, JULIAN R. DECKER, DIANA DiMARZIO, TYLER DONAHUE, YESY GARCIA, NATALIA LEPORE HAGAN, LAUREN LUKACEK, ALYSSA McANANY, RACHEL ANNE MOORE, 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: MICHAEL GILLIS Alternate for Christine Daaé: RACHEL ANNE MOORE Understudy for The Phantom: JULIAN R. DECKER, 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 Giry: 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; Viola – Lerryn S. Donatelle; Cello – Nick Donatelle; Reed 1 – Jessica Lipstone; Reed 2 – Garrett Hack; Reed 3 – Ansy François; French Horn – Hector J. 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