LARGE PRINT PROGRAM ThE ALLEN ROOM JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER’S fREdERICk P. ROSE hALL 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, Marc kudisch, bryce Ryness, Andrew Samonsky, Emily Skinner, and Mary Testa 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. steinway piano 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 new york 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, darius de haas, 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 Jonathan Groff 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 First Lady Suite and Hello, Again . mr. Lachiusa was represented on broadway during the 1999–2000 season by two more musicals, The Wild Party and Marie Christine , 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 graciela Daniele and Jim Lewis) for Chronicle of a Death Foretold in 1996. mr. Lachiusa received the first stephen sondheim Award (1989), the gilman and gonzalez-Falla musical theatre 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 opera of chicago 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 operas by Houston grand opera, 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 Giant (with a book by sybille pearson), Queen of the Mist , Los Otros (with ellen Fitzhugh), See What I Wanna See , Little Fish , and Bernarda Alba . 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 nine 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), The Full Monty , Thoroughly Modern Millie , and Wonderful Town . in new york she also performed in the public theater’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 She Loves Me (Williamstown). on television she has appeared in Law & Order: SVU and Stephen Sondheim’s Passion for pbs. Her film credits include Brooklyn 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 northwestern university. Sherry d. boone ’s broadway credits include Ragtime , Jelly’s Last Jam , and the title role in Marie Christine . off-broadway she appeared in First Lady Suite (transport group), and her London credits include Carmen 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 My Fair Lady . 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 company 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 9 to 5 (tony and Drama Desk nominations), The Apple Tree , Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (tony nomination), Assassins (Drama Desk nomination), Thoroughly Modern Millie (tony and Drama Desk nominations), Bells Are Ringing , The Wild Party , High Society , 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 , The Glorious Ones , and city center encores! pro ductions of Girl Crazy and No Strings . on the new york operatic stage, he has appeared in A Little Night Music and The Pirates of Pen zance . His regional theater credits include The Highest Yellow , The Golden Age , Zorba , The Sycamore Trees , and Summer and Smoke . 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 Bye Bye Birdie . 10 bryce Ryness ’s broadway credits include Woof in the tony Award–winning revival of Hair (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 Cabaret . He performed in the national tour of Rent .