2014–2015 Season Sponsors

2014–2015 SEASON SPONSORS The City of Cerritos gratefully thanks our 2014–2015 Season Sponsors for their generous support of the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts. YOUR FAVORITE ENTERTAINERS, YOUR FAVORITE THEATER If your company would like to become a Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts sponsor, please contact the CCPA Administrative Offices at 562-916-8510. THE CERRITOS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (CCPA) thanks the following current CCPA Associates donors who have contributed to the CCPA’s Endowment Fund. The Endowment Fund was established in 1994 under the visionary leadership of the Cerritos City Council to ensure that the CCPA would remain a welcoming, accessible, and affordable venue where patrons can experience the joy of entertainment and cultural enrichment. For more information about the Endowment Fund or to make a contribution, please contact the CCPA Administrative Offices at (562) 916-8510. MARQUEE Sandra and Bruce Dickinson Diana and Rick Needham Eleanor and David St. Clair Mr. and Mrs. Curtis R. Eakin A.J. Neiman Judy and Robert Fisher Wendy and Mike Nelson Sharon Kei Frank Jill and Michael Nishida ENCORE Eugenie Gargiulo Margene and Chuck Norton The Gettys Family Gayle Garrity In Memory of Michael Garrity Ann and Clarence Ohara Art Segal In Memory Of Marilynn Segal Franz Gerich Bonnie Jo Panagos Triangle Distributing Company Margarita and Robert Gomez Minna and Frank Patterson Yamaha Corporation of America Raejean C. Goodrich Carl B. Pearlston Beryl and Graham Gosling Marilyn and Jim Peters HEADLINER Timothy Gower Gwen and Gerry Pruitt Nancy and Nick Baker Alvena and Richard Graham Mr. and Mrs. Alex J. Ragone Janet Gray Norma and Gary Greene Robin Raymond Pegleg Entertainment, Inc. Roger Hale Joan and Dick Redmayne Masaye Stafford Julie and Costa Hase R.C. Reichelderfer Ronald Hinders Anastacio and Nash Rivera Donna and Carl Hinds Joan G. Robinson OPENING ACT Patricia Hines Laura and Gary Rose Mary and Robert Buell Family Trust Dr. Richard Hochberg Pam and Bruce Rose Marilynn and James Costantino Donald Hucker Katherine Rupley Virginia Czarnecki Marianne and Bob Hughlett, Ed.D. Naif Salman Susanne and John DeHardt The Hunter Family Mary and Jeff Scherbarth William Goodwin Chuck and Shirley Mabel and Dennis Schoonover Hedy Harrison-Anduha and J.S. Igarashi Mr. and Mrs. John D. Schulte Larry Anduha Grace and Tom Izuhara Kathleen Sidaris Muysean and Peter Madden Kent-Paranal Family Steven Siefert Sissy and Rich Martinez Kneeland Dr. Vina Spiehler Celia and Clarence Masuo Terry L. Koepke The Stapel Family Sylvia L. Osborne Michael Koher William R. Stringer Seal Methods, Inc. Steven Kosakura Gloria and Mike Sullivan Carol Webster and Chris Enterline Shirley Kotsonis L Scott Takahashi and Susan Markee The Kuhn Family Eunice and Jesse Thompson FAN Bette and Ken Kurihara Barbara A Truitt Cheryl Alcorn Linda and Harry Kusuda Amy Tsubokawa Joseph Aldama Kathy and Derrick Lai Angela and Sinclair Wang Carmen V. Ayroso Mr. and Mrs. Edward Le Blanc Julia Q. Weiman Barbara S. Behrens Dr. Trudy Le Clair and Mr. Ray Bradley Mary and Edgar Wellbaum Jayne and Louis Bellanca June and Harold Leach Tracy and James Winkler Mary Brough Judy and Jim Lewis Caron and Jeff Winston Kathy and Mark Brown Sue and Paul Liles Cheryl and Kerry Bryan Barbara and Jim Lockwood IN MEMORIAM Florence P. Buchanan Joyce and Barry Lovinger In Memory of Ellen King Jan Burnett Mr. and Mrs. George Mabuni In Memory of Patrick Kim Yoon Edison Cabacungan Jojo Isaac Madrid Yvonne and Dennis Cattell Dr. and Mrs. Donald McMillan Drs. Frances and Philip Chinn Ellie and Jim Monroe James Clancy Toni and Tom Morgan Betty DeGarmo Jean and Ardell Nease Giving level designations are based on the cumulative giving of the named contributor. Lists are updated in July and January. To request a change to your listing, please call (562) 916-8510 or send an e-mail to [email protected]. 2 Friday, January 9, 2015, 8:00 PM Saturday, January 10, 2015, 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 presents Sunday, January 11, 2015, 3:00 PM There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited. BIOGRAPHIES In TRIBUTE TO THE HOLLYWOOD ICONS, with a Female Film Legend” and Reel Award for “Best Actress.” The Hollywood Icons Orchestra, BILL JOHNSON portrays Griffiths portrayed the screen siren inMarilyn and Me and ap- one of the most recognized talents in the world: the late Bob peared as Monroe in Elton John’s Las Vegas concert, Red Piano. Hope, who became a part of the American cultural and social With his uncanny resemblance to Frank Sinatra, fabric via his television and radio shows and movies. Hope SEBASTIAN ANZALDO has wowed audiences coast to entertained troops all over the globe, and Johnson honors that coast. Anzaldo debuted his Ol’ Blue Eyes act on the televised legacy, appearing as Hope at the National WWII Museum’s hit show The Next Best Thing, Who Is the Greatest Celebrity Thanks for the Memories: Bob Hope & His All Star Pacific Tour. Impersonator. Anzaldo appeared in The Tribute to the Rat Pack Former award-winning journalist JIM MALMBERG im- show on the Las Vegas Strip, which paved the way for his gig personates Johnny Carson, who ruled the late-night talk-show with Sharon Owens (as Barbra Streisand) in Barbra & Frank: circuit with The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for 30 The Concert That Never Was. years. Malmberg won first place in Ed McMahon’sStar Search TOM MULLICA is a one-of-a-kind act, especially competition and collected a “Best Comedian” Reel Award, when he transforms himself into radio and television legend which recognizes the nation’s top celebrity impersonators. Red Skelton. Acclaimed as one of the world’s greatest comedy ANDY DIMINO’s likeness to Rat Pack crooner Dean magicians, Mullica is the mastermind behind RED, a tribute Martin has taken the impersonator around the globe, where show to his old friend, Red Skelton, and the only show autho- he won over audiences in Berlin, Vienna, and Cairo. The rized by the Red Skelton estate. songwriter-actor is known for his detailed attention to Martin’s THE LINDY SISTERS will portray the iconic An- music and comedy style. drews Sisters. The Scene touted: The Lindy Sisters showed Called “one of the best Elvis acts in the world” by the “particular care … to accuracy of the trademark close harmo- late entertainment guru Dick Clark, RAYMOND MICHAEL nies, attitudes, and even the bits of choreography as done in LONG has performed to great acclaim as the King of Rock ‘n’ the original song presentations. [The Lindy Sisters’] harmony Roll. The award-winning high school teacher draws “frenzied and stagecraft was consistently first-rate. … Excellent!” and capacity audiences. … He has a large range and moves In the ’60s and ’70s, husband-and-wife Pop music team from rock bottom to peak notes without straining,” notes The Sonny & Cher charged onto the entertainment landscape with Atlanta Journal. the hits Baby Don’t Go and I Got You Babe and the Top 10 tele- Deemed “a veteran of the [Marilyn] Monroe look-alike vised shows The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour and The Sonny circuit” by the Los Angeles Times, SUSAN GRIFFITHS won & Cher Show. Impersonators GARY OLINGER and HEIDI the Cloney Award for “Most Outstanding Impersonation of THOMPSON portray the celebrated musical duo. n 11 presents ROB KAPILOW’S WHAT MAKES IT GREAT? THE SONGS OF JEROME KERN Featuring AMANDA SQUITIERI, SOPRANO and TODD STRANGE, TENOR Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 7:30 PM This performance will not include an intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited. PROGRAM Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II – Bill (Show Boat, 1927) Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II – Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man (Show Boat, 1927) Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach – Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Roberta, 1933) Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II – All the Things You Are (Very Warm for May, 1939) Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields – Pick Yourself Up (Swing Time, 1936) 12 BIOGRAPHIES Academy Award winner Jerome Kern was series, which introduces youths to all things musical; and acknowledged by The New York Times as “one of America’s Citypieces, which celebrates American life – its history, foremost composers of music for the theatre and screen. … citizens, diversity, and destination – through collaborative Tunes which have become part of the native songbooks – compositions. like Ol’ Man River, Why Do I Love You?, They Didn’t Believe Kapilow claimed the top spot in the Fontainebleau Me, and Smoke Gets in Your Eyes – poured from his keyboard Casadesus Piano Competition, and Second Prize in the with a regularity that was the envy and amazement of Antal Dorati Conductor’s Competition with the Detroit his contemporaries.” Kern is best known for his scores in Symphony. A featured composer on Chicago Public the Broadway musicals Show Boat and Sweet Adeline. He Radio’s prestigious Composers in America series, Kapilow received Oscars for The Way You Look Tonight, featured in is a recipient of an Exxon “Meet-the-Composer” grant the filmSwing Time, and The Last Time I Saw Paris from and awards from the American Society of Composers, Lady Be Good. Kern was posthumously inducted into the Authors and Publishers, which includes more than 300,000 Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. U.S. musicians, songwriters, lyricists, and publishers of all In a three-part format, ROB KAPILOW explores musical genres. Kapilow has spearheaded multiple musical THE SONGS OF JEROME KERN with soprano productions, from the Tony-winning Nine on Broadway AMANDA SQUITIERI and tenor TODD STRANGE.

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