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LincoLn center presents AmericAn songbook JAnuAry 22 – June 12, 2014 sponsored by prudential investment management

Saturday Evening, February 1, 2014, at 8:30 hEARTbREAk COuNTRy: MIChAEL JOhN LAChIuSA’S STORIES Of AMERICA with kate baldwin, Sherry d. boone, , bryce Ryness, Andrew Samonsky, Emily Skinner, and mary-mitchell campbell, Musical Director and Piano David gardos, Piano

PLEASE TuRN PAGES quIETLy (program continued) 2 steven Lyon, Reeds Laura bontrager, Cello marc schmied, Bass Damien bassman, Drums

Jack cummings iii, Conception and Director

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.

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please make certain your cellular phone, pager, or watch alarm is switched off. 3 Lincoln Center’s Large Print and braille programs are made possible thanks to a generous endowment established by frederick P. Rose, daniel Rose, and Elihu Rose in honor of their mother, belle b. Rose.

Additional support for Lincoln center’s American songbook is provided by the brown Foundation, inc., of Houston, the Dubose and Dorothy Heyward memorial Fund, the shubert Foundation, Jill and irwin cohen, the g & A Foundation, inc., great performers circle, chairman’s council, and Friends of Lincoln center.

endowment support is provided by bank of America.

public support is provided by the state council on the Arts.

Artist catering is provided by Zabar’s and Zabars.com.

metLife is the national sponsor of Lincoln center.

movado is an official sponsor of Lincoln center.

united Airlines is the official Airline of Lincoln center.

WAbc-tV is the official broadcast partner of Lincoln center.

William Hill estate Winery is the official Wine of Lincoln center. 4 upcoming American Songbook Events in The Allen Room :

Wednesday Evening, February 12, at 8:30 Sarah Jarosz & The Milk Carton kids (limited availability)

Thursday Evening, February 13, at 8:30 The Songs of henry krieger with Erin davie, Charity dawson, , Joshua henry, Matthew hydzik, Rebecca Luker, Emily Padgett, Alice Ripley, keala Settle, & Lillias White

Friday Evening, February 14, at 8:30 beth Orton

Saturday Evening, February 15, at 7:30 and 9:30

Wednesday Evening, February 19, at 8:30 Marty Stuart & Connie Smith

Thursday Evening, February 20, at 7:30 and 9:30 Portraits of Joni: Jessica Molaskey Sings Joni Mitchell

Friday Evening, February 21, at 8:30 Aoife O’donovan 5 Saturday Evening, February 22, at 8:30 Ann harada

Wednesday Evening, March 5, at 8:30 Taylor Mac’s 24-decade history of Popular Music: The 1920s

Thursday Evening, March 6, at 8:30 deer Tick (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. 6 Meet the Artists

Michael John LaChiusa —composer, lyricist, and librettist— established himself as a powerful presence on the American musical theater scene after winning 1993 obie Awards for his musicals and Hello, Again . mr. Lachiusa was represented on broadway during the 1999–2000 season by two more musicals, The Wild Party and , which together received 12 tony Award nominations, garnering mr. Lachiusa nominations for best score and best book (along with george c. Wolfe on The Wild Part y) for each produc tion. He received his first tony Award nomination for best book (co-written with and Jim Lewis) for Chronicle of a Death Foretold in 1996.

mr. Lachiusa received the first Award (1989), the gilman and gonzalez-Falla Award (1995), and the kleban prize for musical theatre (1999). He was the 1998–99 brena and Lee Freeman sr. composer-in- residence at the Lyric of and an artist-in- residence at new york shakespeare Festival’s public theater from 1997–98. in 2005 he received emerson college’s Leonidas A. nickole Award of Distinction for Artistic growth and Achieve - ment in musical theatre as well as the Flora roberts Award, given annually by the Dramatists guild. 7 mr. Lachiusa has been commissioned to write musicals and by , musical theatre Works, Lincoln center theater, new york shakespeare Festival, signature theatre in Virginia, and Audra mcDonald for her Seven Deadly Sins project, which premiered at Zankel Hall in 2004. He accompanied an array of female stars singing songs from the Lachiusa catalogue in The Girlie Show , which was part of American songbook in 2004. His other musicals include (with a book by ), , Los Otros (with ellen Fitzhugh), , , and .

Among multiple cast recordings, The Wild Party (Decca broadway) received a grammy nomination for best musical show Album in 2001. mr. Lachiusa won a 2008 Daytime emmy Award for outstanding Achievement in music Direction and composition for an episode of nick Jr.’s Wonder Pets. Queen of the Mist won the outer critics circle Award for outstanding new off-broadway musical in 2012, and Giant was nominated for Drama Desk Awards in 2013, as well as the Lucille Lortel Award for outstanding musical.

upcoming commissions include an edgerton commission from the oregon shakespeare Festival and a musical based on The Minstrels , which he is developing with ellen Fitzhugh and graciela Daniele. 8 kate baldwin recently completed a run on broadway as sandra bloom in Big Fish . Her other broadway credits include Finian’s Rainbow (tony, Drama Desk, and outer critics circle award nominations), , Thoroughly Modern Millie , and . in new york she also performed in ’s Giant (Drama Desk nomination) and city center’s Fiorello! . Her regional credits include The Women (old globe), Henry V (shakespeare theatre of new Jersey), and (Williamstown). on television she has appeared in Law & Order: SVU and Stephen Sondheim’s for . Her film credits include Brothers Beat the Best . she has released the solo recordings Let’s See What Happens and She Loves Him on ps classics. ms. baldwin is a graduate of .

Sherry d. boone ’s broadway credits include , Jelly’s Last Jam , and the title role in Marie Christine . off-broadway she appeared in First Lady Suite (), and her London credits include at royal Festival Hall. she has participated in national tours of The Phantom of the Opera , Les Misérables , and Carousel . Her regional theater credits include Master Class and eliza in . she appeared in the opera The Scrimshaw Violin at the 92nd street y and Green Eggs and Hamadeus at the mostly mozart Festival. ms. boone debuted with the national symphony orchestra at the kennedy center in rob kapilow’s And Furthermore, They Bite! and Two by Seuss . she has been a guest soloist with the philadelphia orchestra, nashville symphony, and the toronto and Hartford 9 symphony orchestras. she is founder and artistic director of opera at Home, a cutting-edge opera dedicated to increasing opera audiences around the globe. With opera at Home, she collaborated with composer sean Jeremy palmer to produce and direct Ellen Craft: A New American Opera , based on true events of a mixed-race woman’s harrowing escape from slavery disguised as a white man. Learn more at sherryboone.com.

on broadway, Marc kudisch has appeared in (tony and Drama Desk nominations), , Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (tony nomination), (Drama Desk nomination), Thoroughly Modern Millie (tony and Drama Desk nominations), Bells Are Ringing , The Wild Party , , The Scarlet Pimpernel , Beauty and the Beast , and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat . His off-broadway credits include The Blue Flower , See What I Wanna See (Drama Desk nomination), The Minister’s Wife , The Thing About Men , , and city center encores! pro ductions of Girl Crazy and No Strings . on the new york operatic stage, he has appeared in and The Pirates of Pen zance . His regional theater credits include The Highest Yellow , The Golden Age , , The Sycamore Trees , and . on television and film, mr. kudisch has appeared in Break-In , Sex and the City , All My Children , Loving , Late Show with David Letterman , and . 10 bryce Ryness ’s broadway credits include Woof in the tony Award–winning revival of (Drama Desk nomination), Leap of Faith , and Legally Blonde . off-broadway he appeared in Around the World in 80 Days , Hair , and See Rock City and Other Destinations (transport group). regional theater credits include Sleeping Beauty Wakes , Floyd Collins , Leap of Faith , and . He performed in the national tour of Rent . His band, ryness, has released two albums, which are available on itunes. He served as the voice of thug in the film Tangled . on television, mr. ryness has appeared on Law & Order: SVU , Just for Kicks , Late Show with David Letterman , and The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien .

Andrew Samonsky played Lt. Joseph cable in Lincoln center’s tony Award–winning production of , in which he was also seen on the Live From Lincoln Center broadcast on pbs. He received a Drama Desk nomination for the role of Frank russell in michael John Lachiusa’s Queen of the Mist (transport group). He originated roles in and ’s Little Miss Sunshine as Joshua rose at La Jolla playhouse, and in the scissor sisters’ Tales of the City as beauchamp Day at Act. He was seen on broadway in Scandalous as well as in city center’s Merrily We Roll Along . mr. samonsky appears on the cast recordings of Queen of the Mist , Merrily We Roll Along , and Disney’s On the Record . 11 Emily Skinner is best known for her tony-nominated performance as Daisy Hilton in the original broadway production of Side Show . Her other broadway credits include Jekyll & Hyde , James Joyce’s The Dead , The Full Monty , Dinner at Eight , and Billy Elliot . other new york credits include the city center encores! productions of Pardon My English and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn , as well as Fanny Hill at the york. Her recordings include Duets and Unsuspecting Hearts , both with Alice ripley, and a self-titled solo album. ms. skinner is a graduate of carnegie mellon university.

Mary Testa most recently appeared in the opera Anna Nicole , which opened the 2013 next Wave Festival at bAm. she is winner of two 2012 Drama Desk Awards, one in recognition of three decades of outstanding work and one for Queen of the Mist . on broadway she has appeared in , Xanadu (Drama Desk nomination), Chicago , (tony nomination), Marie Christine (cast album), (tony nomination), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (cast album), , Marilyn , and . she also appeared in the city center encores! production of The Ziegfeld of 1936 (cast album). Her off-broadway credits include Queen of the Mist (trans port group; Drama League and Lucille Lortel Award nominations), Love, Loss, and What I Wore , Regrets Only , See What I Wanna See (Drama Desk and Drama League nominations; cast album), First Lady Suite (transport group; Drama Desk nomination), String of Pearls (Drama Desk nomination), , From Above (), 12 Lucky Stiff , (cast album), Tartuffe , On the Town (obie Award), Scapin (classic stage com pany), and (cast album). Her film credits include Franny , Eat Pray Love , The Bounty Hunter , Stay , Tony ’n’ Tina’s Wedding , The Business of Strangers , The Out-of-Towners , and Sleepers . on television, ms. testa has appeared on Two Broke Girls , Over Under , White Collar , Nurse Jackie , Whoopi , Sex and the City , and Law & Order .

Mary-Mitchell Campbell (musical director and piano) was recently seen conducting and playing for carole king, Alicia keys, and katy perry at the Dolby theatre in Los Angeles alongside Quincy Jones. Her new york credits include Company ( for outstanding orchestrations), The Addams Family , , (Drama Desk nomination for outstanding orchestra tions) , In Transit , Sweeney Todd , , Next to Normal (second stage theatre), First Lady Suite , and Sweet Charity (Lincoln center theater ). ms. campbell’s regional credits include Little House on the Prairie (guthrie theater) and 3hree (prince music theater ). internationally, she has worked on Grace, the Musical (with in Amsterdam) and Green Violin (st. petersburg). she recorded As I Am with .

in addition to her musical career, ms. campbell is passionate about arts education and poverty reduction and is the founder of Artists striving to end poverty (Astep); learn more at asteponline.org. she has been featured on the television show Giving and was named ny1’s new yorker of the Week for her philanthropic work. she has served on the faculties of nyu, 13 boston college , and the Juilliard school . ms. camp bell holds degrees from Furman university and north carolina school of the Arts.

david Gardos (piano) is a musical director, conductor, and pianist/keyboard player from Australia. His broadway credits include Big Fish (keyboard) and Chaplin (associate conductor/keyboard). He served as associate conductor for the first national tour of In the Heights . mr. gardos holds a master’s degree in orchestral conducting from the univer sity of cincinnati college-conserva tory of music and a bachelor’s degree in music education from the sydney con servatorium of music. selected new york and regional credits include Gloryana , Naughty/Nice , The Great Pretender , Altar Boys (Westchester), Giving Up Later (cincinnati), and Tell Me on a Sunday (kookaburra theatre co., sydney).

Steven Lyon (reeds) is a –based multiple woodwind artist. He regularly performs in various musical settings in a variety of musical styles. mr. Lyon has been a member of the broadway orchestras of , The Addams Family , People in the Picture , and, most recently, second stage theatre’s Little Miss Sunshine , as well as a sub on many other shows. He has recorded with singers including plácido Domingo, rebecca Luker, and kelli o’Hara, and he has performed with singers including kristin chenoweth, the irish tenors, and Anne Hathaway. mr. Lyon attended temple 14 university and new Jersey city university for undergraduate and graduate studies.

Laura bontrager (cello) came to new york city in 1986 to attend the Juilliard school, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees. ms. bontrager has appeared with many orchestras and chamber music ensembles, in jazz and popular settings, on broadway, and frequently in solo recital. Her commitment to contemporary music has been an essential part of her musical life. most recently, she recorded David Wolfson’s sonata for cello and piano on the Albany records album Seventeen Win dows . ms. bontrager is a longtime member of the cello quartet ceLLo and the Auro suono trio. she is a certified suzuki teacher and is a faculty member at the Diller-Quaile school of music and the chapin school in .

brooklynite Marc Schmied (bass) has been part of the new york music scene for the last 20 years. After bass studies at Juilliard he began performing in the classical, jazz, and theater worlds. classical credits include the Albany symphony, Hudson Valley philharmonic, and the manhattan chamber orchestra. broadway credits include Matilda , How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying , La Cage aux Folles , Evita , On a Clear Day You Can See Forever , Cabaret , 1776 , Little Me , Oklahoma! , and . Lincoln center theater credits include Marie Christine , South Pacific , The Light in the Piazza , , The House of Bernarda Alba , and The Glorious Ones . He is often asked if he wishes he played the flute. 15 damien bassman (drums) wrote and played the drum/percussion books for the tony and pulitzer prize–winning Next to Normal , The Color Purple , The Addams Family , High Fidelity , and mario cantone’s Laugh Whore , and he wrote the drum book for the recent revival of michael John Lachiusa’s Hello Again. As principal percussionist of Absolute ensemble he has toured and recorded with fusion legend Joe Zawinul and artists such as paquito D’rivera, mike keneally, marcel khalife, carel kraayenhof, and gregor bregovich. mr. bassman has performed in over 20 countries and has been a featured soloist with the nDr radio philharmonic, tonkünstler orchestra, and the mDr and Adelaide symphony orchestras. He appeared in kristin chenoweth’s American songbook 2013 Live From Lincoln Center pbs broadcast, and his other television credits include the Late Show with David Letterman , The View , Oprah , Good Morning America , and the bbc’s Live from the Proms . mr. bassman is the percussion instructor and orchestra coach for the baltic youth philharmonic and the i, culture orchestra of poland, and he is on the faculty of marymount manhattan college. He has drummed for elton John, barry manilow, ben Folds, John cameron mitchell, and rufus Wainwright, and is the drummer for new york–based artists including brian d’Arcy James, Judy kuhn, Jarrod spector, rachel potter, Ariana Debose, Farah Alvin, kelli o’Hara, and the tom kitt band. He proudly endorses toca percussion. 16 Jack Cummings III (conception and director) is co-founder and artistic director of off-broadway’s award-winning transport group theatre company. He most recently directed the world premiere of ’s And Away We Go for the pearl theatre company. He is a five-time Drama Desk Award nominee for outstanding Director ( The Audience , The Boys in the Band , See Rock City and Other Des tinations , Hello Again , and Queen of the Mist ). other favorite transport group credits include the first new york revivals of michael John Lachiusa’s First Lady Suite (starring mary testa and ), ’s pulitzer prize–winning All the Way Home , ’s The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (starring michele pawk), the world premieres of Normal (starring ) and Marcy in the Galaxy , and a deconstruction of the 1928 play The Patsy (starring ).

other new york credits include the world premieres of A Thousand Words Come to Mind by michele Lowe and scott richards and polly pen’s Arlington , both for inner Voices/premieres. regional credits include A Streetcar Named Desire for penn sylvania’s gretna theatre, tony kushner’s adaptation of The Illusion for nevada theatre company, and Violet and The Young Man from Atlanta for Virginia repertory theatre. For pbs, he directed a musical version of A Tale of Two Cities (filmed in brighton, england) starring michael york. mr. cummings is currently developing the new musical The Blonde Streak by Dan Lipton and David rossmer for grove entertainment. upcoming projects include the transport group 17 productions of ’s Almost, Maine and John Van Druten’s I Remember Mama , as well as the 2013 Drama Desk Awards. mr. cummings received his master of fine arts degree from the university of Virginia and his bachelor’s degree from the college of William and mary. He is married to actress barbara Walsh.

in 1998, Lincoln center launched American Songbook , dedicated to the celebration of popular American song. Designed to highlight and affirm the creative mastery of America’s songwriters from their emergence at the turn of the 19th century up through the present, American songbook spans all styles and genres, from the form’s early roots in tin pan Alley and broadway to the eclecticism of today’s singer-songwriters. American songbook also showcases the outstanding interpreters of popular song, including established and emerging concert, cabaret, theater, and songwriter performers.

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