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Master Class Faculty
VIRTUAL MASTER CLASS FACULTY Sunday, January 24th VOICE | THEATER | BUSINESS SKILLS NANCY ANDERSON “Advice From a Pro” *please come with a song prepared and a recorded track. Students may have the opportunity to coach their song. Nancy Anderson is a 20-year veteran singer, actor and dancer of Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional stages. Last year Anderson understudied Glenn Close in the Broadway revival of “Sunset Boulevard” followed by a Helen Hayes nominated performance as Gladys in “The Pajama Game” at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. She made her Broadway debut as Mona in “A Class Act,” played the roles of Helen and Eileen in the Broadway revival of “Wonderful Town” and starred as Lois/Bianca in the national tour and West End premiere of Michael Blakemore’s and Kathleen Marshall’s Broadway revival of “Kiss Me Kate,” for which she received Helen Hayes and Olivier Award nominations. Great Performances audiences are familiar with her London debut as Lois/Bianca, which was filmed for PBS in 2002 as well as her featured performance in the Carnegie Hall concert of “South Pacific” starring Reba McIntyre and Brian Stokes Mitchell. Other television appearances include Madame Secretary (The Middle Way, “Alice”) and PBS’s Broadway: The American Musical as the voice of Billie Burke. Anderson is a three-time Drama Desk Award Nominee; in 2000 for best supporting actress as eight female roles in Jolson & Co., in 2006 for best leading actress in Fanny Hill and in 2017 for Best Solo Performance in the one-woman musical “The Pen.” She has thrice been nominated for the Helen Hayes Award: in addition to last year’s “The Pajama Game,” she was also nominated for her role in “Side by Side by” Sondheim at Signature Theatre in 2011. -
The World Goes 'Round.” – the World Goes ’Round
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Tuesday, April 14, 2009 CONTACT: Patrick Finlon, PR Director 315-443-2636 or [email protected] Syracuse University Department of Drama Presents The World Goes ’Round A Dazzling Musical Revue from Kander & Ebb Conceived by David Thompson, Jacques Deval and Susan Stroman Lyrics by Fred Ebb Music by John Kander Directed, Musically Directed and Musical Staging by Nathan Hurwitz Choreographed by Kimberly Hale ARTHUR STORCH THEATRE at SYRACUSE STAGE Opens: April 24, 2009 Closes: May 9, 2009 “Sometimes you're happy and sometimes you're sad – but the world goes 'round.” – The World Goes ’Round (SYRACUSE, NY) Life – with its glories, indignities, hopes and quiet dreams – is the subject of this stunning revue of the beloved songs of John Kander and Fred Ebb. Featuring unforgettable gems from throughout their incredible career in theatre, film and television, the work spotlights songs from Cabaret, Chicago, New York, New York, Funny Lady, Kiss Of The Spiderwoman and more. Filled with humor, romance, drama, nonstop melody and brassy, insightful lyrics, The World Goes ’Round is a thrilling celebration of life and the fighting spirit that keeps us all going. Presented April 24 through May 9 by the Department of Drama in The College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University, tickets to The World Goes ’Round are available at 315-443-3275 or by visiting www.vpa.syr.edu/drama. The World Goes ’Round offers a particular challenge to student actors in the Department of Drama. “In a revue, everything is stripped away and the actors have nothing to hide behind, no exposition or spectacle. -
About Summer Stock Austin Special Thanks
Summer Stock Austin Staff SUMMER STOCKAUSTIN CO-FOUNDERS Michael McKelvey & Ginger Morris PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Michael McKelvey ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR Ginger Morris COMPANYMANAGER Shannon Bishop* LIGHTING DESIGNER/MASTER ELECTRICIAN Natalie George SCENIC/PUPPET DESIGNER Connor Hopkins SCENE SHOP MANAGERJoe Carpenter SOUND DESIGNER Bill Mester & Philip Owen REHEARSAL ACCOMPANISTTom Mitchell & Lyn Koenning COSTUME DESIGNERS Michelle Heath & Griffon Ramsey COSTUME SHOP MANAGERS T'Cie Mancuso, Michelle Heath PROPS MASTERS Michelle Brandt* , Kiara Smith, Hannah Flatau, Kelsey Balch, Ana Smith, Callie Carpenter HAIR/ MAKE-UP DESIGNER David Valdes & Brian Egelhoff* BUILD CREW SSA Company Members GRAPHIC/WEBDESIGN John Howrey MARKETING & ADMINISTRATIVEASSOCIATE S Melissa Rosenberg* & Laurie Urban* BOX OFFICE MANAGERSShannon Bishop* , Kel Sanders* BOX OFFICESTAFF Shannon Bishop* , Kel Sanders*, Chris Smith, Kendra Slack, Angelica Manez* & Briget Lynch SCENIC/TECHNICALMENTORS Chris Carpenter, George Marsolek* DIRECTORSMichael McKelvey, David Valdes and Natalie George *DENOTESSTUDENT MENTORS MMNT Staff ARTISTIC DIRECTOR David Long AREA COORDINATOREv Lunning, Jr. MANAGING DIRECTOR Michelle Polgar ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR Robin Grace Thompson SUMMER STOCKAUSTIN ADVISORYBOARD Ginger & Pate Brendle Lisa & Dave Sikora Vaughn & Jeri Brock Cindy & Greg Abel I • headshots • portraits ~ fine art www.:abe-Uphotography.,com FOUNDED BY FIREMENSM William Cannon 4301W. WILLIAM CANNON Firehouse Sub s %iJ1tasI I MON-SUN10:30AM TO9:00PM Photographic Craftsman Headshots-Portraits-Events 9J Mopac The Shops at 512-444-5424 Arbor Trails [email protected] 512.899.3473 I Co stco I P ' "- ··,·.,,:- ·:t''·- ·}:"·,- ·,.:.,,.,_ .....,,_ ,,,;.:- ··,····- · I I I Movin • Easy I DANCEWEAR • I• I• wines and fresh U&lia.n cllshes . .Comejoinus tor dinner and happy hour (4·7 p.m) and a str·ess free alternative to downtown . -
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SUMPTUOUS TONY AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL MUSIC & LYRICS BY BOOK BY DIRECTED BY STEPHEN HUGH PETER SONDHEIM WHEELER DUBOIS A LITTLE ORCHESTRATIONS BY JONATHAN TUNICK SUGGESTED BY A FILM BY INGMAR BERGMAN ORIGINALLY PRODUCED & DIRECTED ON BROADWAY BY NIGHT MUSIC HAROLD PRINCE CURRICULUM GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS Standards 3 Guidelines for Attending the Theatre 4 Artists 5 Themes for Writing & Discussion 6 Mastery Assessment 8 For Further Exploration 10 Suggested Activities 14 © Huntington Theatre Company Boston, MA 02115 September 2015 No portion of this curriculum guide may be reproduced without written permission from the Huntington Theatre Company’s Department of Education & Community Programs Inquiries should be directed to: Donna Glick | Director of Education [email protected] This curriculum guide was prepared for the Huntington Theatre Company by: Marisa Jones | Education Assistant with contributions by: Donna Glick | Director of Education Alexandra Truppi I Manager of Curriculum & Instruction COMMON CORE STANDARDS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS: Student Matinee performances and pre-show workshops provide unique opportunities for experiential learning and support various combinations of the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts. They may also support standards in other subject areas such as Social Studies and History, depending on the individual play’s subject matter. Activities are also included in this Curriculum Guide and in our pre-show workshops that support several of the Massachusetts state standards in theatre. Other arts areas may also be addressed depending on the individual play’s subject matter. Reading Literature: Key Ideas and Details 1 Reading Literature: Craft and Structure 5 • Grades 9-10: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to • Grades 9-10: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), inferences drawn from the text. -
Explore Our Virtual Program
in yurBackyard 2021 MICHAEL WEBER JEANNIE LUKOW Artistic Director Executive Director presents Starring NIK KMIECIK, MICHELLE LAUTO, LORENZO RUSH JR & BETHANY THOMAS Director MICHAEL WEBER Music Director JUSTIN AKIRA KONO Producing Associate CHRISTOPHER PAZDERNIK Director of Production ALEX RHYAN Audio Engineer MATTHEW R. CHASE **Audio Engineer JEFFERY LEVIN Production Assistant JOHN KOHN III *Bass MARCEL REIMÃO BONFIM *Drums ALEX WILLIAMS Program Design REMINGTON CLEVE *August 7 performance only **July 18 & September 11 only Porchlight Music Theatre acknowledges the generosity of Allstate, the Bayless Family Foundation, DCASE Chicago, the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, James P. and Brenda S. Grusecki Family Foundation, Illinois Arts Council Agency, The MacArthur Fund for Culture, Equity, and the Arts at Prince, the Dr. Scholl Foundation, and all our donors who make our work possible. PORCHLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE 1 MUSICAL SYNOPSIS Songs performed this evening will be selected from the following: “Aquarius” Hair “Brand New Day (Everybody Rejoice)” The Wiz “Can’t Help Falling in Love” All Shook Up “Defying Gravity” Wicked “Friendship” Du Barry Was a Lady “Get Happy/Happy Days” Summer Stock/Chasing Rainbows “I’ll Cover You” Rent “The Impossible Dream” Man of La Mancha “It Won’t Be Long Now" In the Heights “Never Met a Man I Didn’t Like” The Will Rogers Follies “Old Friends” Merrily We Roll Along “One Brick at a Time” Barnum “Over the Rainbow/Look to the Rainbow” The Wizard of Oz/Finian’s Rainbow “Put on Your Sunday Clothes” Hello, Dolly! “River Deep, Mountain High” Tina: The Tina Turner Musical “Shine Like the Sun” 9 to 5 “Together, Wherever We Go” Gypsy “Waitin’ for the Light to Shine” Big River “We Go Together/Hand Jive” Grease “Who I’d Be” Shrek “Ya Got Trouble” The Music Man COVID Considerations Porchlight Music Theatre followed all local, state and federal health and safety guidelines when when rehearsing Broadway in your Backyard. -
Discography and Filmography
DISCOGRAPHY AND FILMOGRAPHY Selected Original, Revival, Film, and Studio Casts Anything Goes Composer and original cast (1934, 1935, and 1947): Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes” in New York and London with the composer and members of the original 1934 cast. Ethel Merman, Jack Whiting, The Foursome, Jeanne Aubert, Sidney Howard, Porter (vocals and piano). Smithsonian American Musical The- ater Series DPM1–0284 R 007. Contents: “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “You’re the Top,” “Blow, Gabriel, Blow” (Merman), “All Through the Night” (Whiting), “Blow, Gabriel, Blow” (Aubert), “You’re the Top” (Whiting and Aubert), “Sailor’s Chanty,” “Gypsy in Me” (The Foursome), “You’re the Top,” “ Anything Goes,” “Be Like the Bluebird” (Porter), and “Be Like the Bluebird” (Howard). Porter’s rendition of “You’re the Top” (October 26, 1934) was reissued on the compact disc Showstoppers: Historic Victor Record- ings BMG 9590–2-R.* Revival cast (1962): Hal Linden, Eileen Rodgers, Kenneth Mars, Ted Simons (conductor)†. Epic Footlight Series FLS 15100 (S); reissued on Time-Life * By the late 1980s all shows were issued in compact disc (the numbers given in this Discogra- phy) or tape formats. Many older long-playing cast recordings have also been reissued on CDs in recent years. † Throughout, no attempt is made to honor the distinctions between conductor, musical direc- tor, or musical supervisor. The term “conductor” is used exclusively. W11 Discography and Filmography P 15602 (S), set STL AM02 with Kiss Me, Kate and Can-Can (set title, Cole Porter). Missing: “Where Are the Men?” Revival cast (1987): Patti LuPone, Howard McGillin, Bill McCutcheon, Edward Strauss (conductor). -
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LEGENDARY ACCLAIMED MUSICAL MUSIC & LYRICS BY BOOK BY STEPHEN GEORGE SONDHEIM FURTH DIRECTED BY MERRILY WE MARIA FRIEDMAN ROLL ALONG CURRICULUM GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS Standards 3 Guidelines for Attending the Theatre 4 Artists 5 Themes for Writing & Discussion 7 Mastery Assessment 10 For Further Exploration 12 Suggested Activities 17 © Huntington Theatre Company Boston, MA 02115 September 2017 No portion of this curriculum guide may be reproduced without written permission from the Huntington Theatre Company’s Department of Education & Community Programs Inquiries should be directed to: Alexandra Smith / Interim Co-Director of Education [email protected] This curriculum guide was prepared for the Huntington Theatre Company by: Marisa Jones / Education Associate Alexandra Smith / Interim Co-Director of Education COMMON CORE STANDARDS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS: Student Matinee performances and pre-show workshops provide unique opportunities for experiential learning and support various combinations of the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts. They may also support standards in other subject areas such as Social Studies and History, depending on the individual play’s subject matter. Activities are also included in this Curriculum Guide and in our pre-show workshops that support several of the Massachusetts state standards in Theatre. Other arts areas may also be addressed depending on the individual play’s subject matter. Reading Literature: Key Ideas and Details 1 • Grades 11-12: Analyze the impact of the author’s choices • Grade 7: Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support regarding how to develop related elements of a story or drama analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the drawn from the text. -
Forty Years of Musical Theatre Excellence
Jim Walton (1977) remembers the emphasis on creativity. “Worth encouraged me to write, to direct and choreograph, to FORTY YEARS OF take whatever different challenges arose.” Following graduation, Walton originated the role of Franklin Shepard in Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along (1981). His career continues MUSICAL THEATRE with the upcoming Broadway revival of Bye, Bye Birdie. Tony Award winner Faith Prince (1979) says she was naïve about what was required EXCELLENCE for a career in musical theater. “I was sort of raw, like dough, waiting to be kneaded. a retrospective by Rick Pender CCM gave me everything. When you left, you knew what you were shooting for.” With tons By the 1960s, the University of “Our first show was Sweet Charity in of Tony recognition — a win for best actress Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music Wilson Auditorium in 1969,” Rouse remembers, in the 1992 revival of Guys and Dolls and had a nearly century-old reputation for recalling the decrepit 1930s facility. “No nominations for Bells Are Ringing (2001) and traditional musical arts, including instrumental one was sure we were worthy of Corbett A Catered Affair (2008) in which her daughter performance, voice, orchestra and chorus. Auditorium.” By 1970, that attitude changed, was played by another CCM grad, Leslie Theater was the province of the College of exemplified by West Side Story with future Kritzer (1999) — Prince clearly absorbed what Arts & Sciences. CCM voice faculty member opera stars Barbara Daniels and Kathy Battle, was necessary. Helen Laird believed other forms of singing in addition to conductor Erich Kunzel, who She was challenged to find her depth should be included in a conservatory. -
The Goodbye Girl COMPOSER Marvin Hamlisch, LYRICIST David Zippel
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Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by George Furth Originally Produced and Directed on Broadway by Harold Prince Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
04-07 Sondheim:Layout 1 3/31/11 12:40 PM Page 23 Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by George Furth Originally Produced and Directed on Broadway by Harold Prince Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick Thursday, April 7, 2011, 7:30 p.m. Spring Gala 15,171st Concert Friday, April 8, 2011, 8:00 p.m. 15,172nd Concert Global Sponsor Saturday, April 9, 2011, 2:00 p.m. 15,173rd Concert Alan Gilbert, Music Director, holds The Yoko Nagae Saturday, April 9, 2011, 8:00 p.m. Ceschina Chair . 15,174th Concert Guest artist appearances are made possible through the Starring Craig Bierko, Stephen Colbert, Hedwig van Ameringen Guest Jon Cryer, Katie Finneran, Artists Endowment Fund . Neil Patrick Harris, Christina Hendricks, Aaron Lazar, Patti LuPone, Jill Paice, Classical 105.9 FM WQXR is the Radio Station of the New York Martha Plimpton, Anika Noni Rose, Philharmonic. Jennifer Laura Thompson, Jim Walton, and Chryssie Whitehead . Programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Depart - ment of Cultural Affairs , New York Paul Gemignani , Conductor State Council on the Arts , and the Lonny Price , Director National Endowment for the Arts . Josh Rhodes, Choreographer Instruments made possible, in part, by Lonny Price and Matt Cowart , Co-Producers The Richard S. and Karen LeFrak Endowment Fund . This concert will last approximately two and Steinway is the Official Piano of the New York one-half hours, which includes one intermission . Philharmonic and Avery Fisher Hall. Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center Home of the New York Philharmonic -
New Faces Sing Broadway
NEW FACES SING BROADWAY 2021 MICHAEL WEBER JEANNIE LUKOW Artistic Director Executive Director presents Hosted by ALEXIS J ROSTON Starring MICAH BEAUVAIS, ADIA BELL, CHLOE BELONGILOT, WESLY ANTHONY CLERGÉ, HALEY GUSTAFSON, DREW MITCHELL, MIA NEVAREZ, LAURA QUIÑONES, CHRISTOPHER RATLIFF & NATHE ROWBOTHAM Director BRIANNA BORGER Music Director LINDA MADONIA Producing Associate & Company Manager CHRISTOPHER PAZDERNIK Director of Production ALEX RHYAN Production Assistant CATHERINE ALLEN Video Editor OREL CHOLLETTE Director of Photography AUSTIN CROWLY Camera Operator ALEX GROESCH Bass MARCEL REIMÃO BONFIM Drums JUSTIN AKIRA KONO Program Design REMINGTON CLEVE In partnership with and performed at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie, IL Saturday, June 12, 2021 at 8 PM Porchlight Music Theatre acknowledges the generosity of Allstate, the Bayless Family Foundation, DCASE Chicago, the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, James P. and Brenda S. Grusecki Family Foundation, Illinois Arts Council Agency, The MacArthur Fund for Culture, Equity, and the Arts at Prince, the Dr. Scholl Foundation, and all our donors who make our work possible. 2020/2021 Season Sponsors ELAINE COHEN & ARLEN D. RUBIN PORCHLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE 1 MUSICAL SYNOPSIS NEW FACES SING BROADWAY 1961 - Act One - “Better” Micah Beauvais, Adia Bell, Chloe Belongilot, (The Madwoman of Central Park West) Laura Quiñones & Christopher Ratliff “Buenos Aires” (Evita) Mia Nevarez “Marianne” (The Grand Tour) Christopher Ratliff “When You're in My Arms” Adia Bell & Drew Mitchell