The Songs of Henry Krieger

02-13 Krieger_GP 2/4/14 9:47 AM Page 1 Sponsored by Prudential Investment Management Thursday Evening, February 13, 2014, at 8:30 The Songs of Henry Krieger with Erin Davie, Charity Dawson, Darius de Haas, Joshua Henry, Matthew Hydzik, Rebecca Luker, Emily Padgett, Alice Ripley, Keala Settle, and Lillias White Andy Einhorn , Musical Director and Piano Dan Willis , Reeds Kenny Lavender , Trumpet Keith O’Quinn , Trombone Michael Aarons , Guitar Mark Vanderpoel , Bass Rich Rosenzweig , Drums This evening’s program is approximately 75 minutes long and will be performed without intermission. Major support for Lincoln Center’s American Songbook is provided by Fisher Brothers, In Memory of Richard L. Fisher; and Amy & Joseph Perella. Wine generously donated by William Hill Estate Winery, Official Wine of Lincoln Center. This performance is made possible in part by the Josie Robertson Fund for Lincoln Center. Steinway Piano Please make certain your cellular phone, The Allen Room pager, or watch alarm is switched off. Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall 02-13 Krieger_GP 2/4/14 9:47 AM Page 2 Lincoln Center Additional support for Lincoln Center’s American Upcoming American Songbook Events Songbook is provided by The Brown Foundation, Inc., in The Allen Room : of Houston, The DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund, The Shubert Foundation, Jill and Friday Evening, February 14, at 8:30 Irwin Cohen, The G & A Foundation, Inc., Great Beth Orton Performers Circle, Chairman’s Council, and Friends of Lincoln Center. Saturday Evening, February 15, at 7:30 and 9:30 Jonathan Groff Endowment support is provided by Bank of America. Wednesday Evening, February 19, at 8:30 Public support is provided by the New York State Marty Stuart & Connie Smith Council on the Arts. Thursday Evening, February 20, at 7:30 and 9:30 Artist catering is provided by Zabar’s and Portraits of Joni: Jessica Molaskey Sings Zabars.com. Joni Mitchell MetLife is the National Sponsor of Lincoln Center. Friday Evening, February 21, at 8:30 Aoife O’Donovan Movado is an Official Sponsor of Lincoln Center. Saturday Evening, February 22, at 8:30 United Airlines is the Official Airline of Lincoln Ann Harada Center. Wednesday Evening, March 5, at 8:30 WABC-TV is the Official Broadcast Partner of Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Lincoln Center. Music: The 1920s William Hill Estate Winery is the Official Wine of Thursday Evening, March 6, at 8:30 Lincoln Center. Deer Tick (limited availability) Friday Evening, March 7, at 7:30 and 9:30 Jim Caruso’s Cast Party Goes to the Movies with Billy Stritch , featuring Marilyn Maye , Jane Monheit , Christina Bianco , & Jeffry Denman Saturday Evening, March 8, at 8:30 Norm Lewis (limited availability) The Allen Room is located in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall. For tickets, call (212) 721-6500 or visit AmericanSongbook.org. Call the Lincoln Center Info Request Line at (212) 875-5766 or visit AmericanSongbook.org for complete program information. Join the conversation: #LCSongbook We would like to remind you that the sound of coughing and rustling paper might distract the performers and your fellow audience members. In consideration of the performing artists and members of the audience, those who must leave before the end of the performance are asked to do so between pieces. The taking of photographs and the use of recording equipment are not allowed in the building. 02-13 Krieger_GP 2/4/14 9:47 AM Page 3 Lincoln Center Meet the Artists In December 1983 Mr. Krieger’s musical The Tap Dance Kid opened at the Broad - hurst Theatre on Broadway, winning two Tony Awards. His next Broadway musical, R E G Side Show , with book and lyrics by Bill E I R K Russell, opened at the Richard Rodgers L E I N Theatre in November 1997. Side Show A D Henry Krieger received four Tony nominations, including A native son of New York, Henry Krieger’s Best Score. A reimagining of Side Show , musical education began while listening to directed by Condon, premiered at La Jolla the strains of Chopin and Liszt flowing Playhouse last November and will play the from his parents’ phonograph. As time Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater in went by, his tastes moved into a more June 2014. modern idiom through exposure to the music of great R&B artists such as Fats Waller, Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson, and the O Drifters. As a young adult he accompanied L L E I his parents to Broadway musicals, where R A C C the show-stopping production numbers A V E V made an indelible impression on him. His E T grade school in Scarborough, equipped S Erin Davie with a theater similar to the original Helen Erin Davie’s Broadway roles include Rosa Hayes Theatre, reinforced his interest in Bud in The Mystery of Edwin Drood , the dramatic arts, and he later continued Countess Charlotte Malcolm in A Little his creative and liberal arts education at Night Music , Young Little Edie in Grey American University in Washington, D.C. Gardens (Theatre World Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut), and Niki While still in his 20s, Mr. Krieger began Harris in Curtains . Off-Broadway she has composing for Off-Off-Broadway, which appeared in The Glorious Ones (Lincoln led to his meeting playwright/lyricist Tom Center Theater) and Applause (Encores!). Eyen. Together with director/choreogra pher She has toured with Swing! , The Music of Michael Bennett, they created the long- Andrew Lloyd Webber , and Guys and running Broadway hit musical Dreamgirls , Dolls . Ms. Davie’s regional theater credits which opened to rave reviews at the Imper - include Side Show at La Jolla Playhouse, A ial Theatre on December 20, 1981. Dream - Time to Kill at Arena Stage, Sunday in the girls won six Tony Awards and Mr. Krieger Park with George at St. Louis Rep, was nominated for his now legendary Carousel at Goodspeed, 90 Years of MUNY score, for which he won a Grammy Award Magic , Camelot , The Apple Tree , Jekyll & for Best Original Cast Album. Dreamgirls Hyde , and The Student Prince . She can be generated new success with new audi - heard on the cast albums for Grey ences as a Dreamworks film directed by Bill Gardens , A Little Night Music revival, and Condon. The film was nominated for eight The Glorious Ones . Her television credits Academy Awards, including three nomina - include Orange Is the New Black , Law & tions for Mr. Krieger for “Love You I Do,” Order , and The Good Wife . “Listen,” and “Patience.” He received a Grammy Award for “Love You I Do.” 02-13 Krieger_GP 2/4/14 9:47 AM Page 4 Lincoln Center GOSPEL at the Alliance Theatre, and Cain in Stephen Schwartz’s Children of Eden . He made his Carnegie Hall debut with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, and he has per - formed in two concert tributes featuring the music of Billy Strayhorn and Stevie Wonder Charity Dawson for Lincoln Center’s Ameri can Songbook Charity Dawson has returned to New York series. Mr. de Haas has performed, after playing the role of Effie White in the recorded, and/or toured with Elvis Costello, national and international tours of Dream - Debbie Harry, Marvin Hamlisch, Roberta girls . She was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but Flack, and Vanessa Williams. His television later relocated to Detroit, Michigan, where credits include My Favorite Broad way: The she began performing with her family in Love Songs , The View , Good Morning church. She attended the Detroit School of America , Today , and A&E’s Private the Arts, where her love for storytelling was Sessions . He appears on soundtracks for sparked. That love brought her to New York the films Anastasia , Martin & Orloff , and in 2003 to further her studies in musical the - Chicago , and his solo releases include Day ater at the American Musical and Dramatic Dream: Variations on Strayhorn and Quiet Academy, and she began performing pro - Please with pianist Steven Blier. Learn fessionally immediately after graduating. more at dariusdehaas.com. Ms. Dawson can currently be seen at St. Luke’s Theatre playing disco diva Lavora Verona in the new Off-Broadway musical Disaster! Among her other credits are The Color Purple (Church Lady/Darlene), The Wiz (Evillene), the title role in Aida , Smokey Joe’s Cafe , and George Faison’s If This Hat Could Talk (Billie Holiday). Joshua Henry Joshua Henry is a dynamic performer who fills the stage with his presence and capti - vating voice. A graduate of the University of Miami, he made his acting debut in the O L L E I Paper Mill Playhouse production of God - R A C C spell in 2006. His star quickly rose as he A V E joined the cast of In the Heights on V E T S Darius de Haas Broadway and won a Drama Desk Award as Darius de Haas was part of the original part of the Outstanding Ensemble Perform - Broadway productions of Kiss of the Spider ance. In 2010 Mr. Henry was nominated for Woman, Carousel (revival), Rent, The Gersh - a Tony Award for his portrayal of Haywood wins’ Fascinating Rhythm, Marie Christine, Patterson in The Scottsboro Boys . He has and the 20th-anniversary concerts of also performed on Broadway in American Dreamgirls and Hair . Notable Off-Broadway, Idiot and in the Tony Award–winning revival regional, touring, and premiere credits of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess . Last include his Obie Award–winning perfor - July, Mr. Henry gave a critically lauded per - mance in Running Man , Once on This Island formance in Violet at New York City Center.

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