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2012–2013 Season Sponsors

2012–2013 Season Sponsors

2012–2013 SEASON SPONSORS

The City of Cerritos gratefully thanks our 2012–2013 Season Sponsors for their generous support of the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts.

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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 CCPA Associates 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 in which 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.

ENCORE Terry Bales Patricia and Mitchell Childs Bryan A. Stirrat & Associates Sallie Barnett Drs. Frances and Philip Chinn The Capital Group Companies Alan Barry Nancy and Lance Chontos Charitable Foundation Cynthia Bates Patricia Christie Jose Iturbi Foundation Dennis Becker Richard “Dick” Christy National Endowment for the Arts Barbara S. Behrens Rozanne and James Churchill Eleanor and David St. Clair Aldenise Belcer Neal Clyde Yvette Belcher Mark Cochrane HEADLINER Peggy Bell Michael Cohn Chamber Music Society of Detroit Morris Bernstein Claire Coleman The Gettys Family Norman Blanco Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Consani II Los Cerritos Center James Blevins Patricia Cookus Preserved TreeScapes International, Michael Bley Christina and Robert Copella Dennis E. Gabrick Kathleen Blomo Nancy Corralejo Marilynn and Art Segal Karen Bloom Virginia Correa Triangle Distributing Company Marilyn Bogenschutz Ron Cowan United Parcel Service Linda and Sergio Bonetti Patricia Cozzini Yamaha Patricia Bongeorno Pamela and John Crawley Gloria and Lester , Jr. Eugenia Creason OPENING ACT Ilana and Allen Brackett Tab Crooks Dr. Judy Akin Palmer and Sharyn Brackett Virginia Czarnecki Dr. Jacques Palmer Paula Briggs Angel De Sevilla American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Richard Briggs Charmaine and Nick De Simone Nancy and Nick Baker Scott N. Brinkerhoff Robert Dean Boeing Darrell Brooke Lee DeBord Mary and Robert Buell Family Trust Mary Brough Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Deckard Marilynn and James Costantino Joyce and Russ Brown Betty DeGarmo Francesca and Douglas Deaver Kathy and Mark Brown Susanne and John DeHardt Janet Gray Dr. and Mrs. Tony R. Brown Erin Delliquadri Dr. HP Kan and Mrs. Della Kan Cheryl and Kerry Bryan Esther Delurgio Dr. and Mrs. Philip I. Kress Florence P. Buchanan Rosemarie and Joseph Di Giulio Land Rover Jaguar Cerritos G. Buhler Sandra and Bruce Dickinson Celia and Clarence Masuo Jan Burnett Rosemarie diLorenzo New England Foundation for the Arts Ina Burton Aleisha Dinisi Bev and George Ray Charitable Fund Linda and Larry Burton Mr. Dennis Diviak Kirsten and Craig M. Springer, Ph.D. Susan and Tom Buttera Amy and George Dominguez Masaye Stafford Edison Cabacungan Mrs. Abiatha Bynum Doss Wave Broadband Robert Campbell Linda Dowell Michael Canup Robert Dressendorfer FAN Richard E. Carlburg Gloria Dumais Rebecca and Michael Aguilar David Carver Gay and Don Durward Maureen Ahler Michelle Casey Stanley Dzieminski Cheryl Alcorn Phillip Castillo Mr. and Mrs. Curtis R. Eakin Joseph Aldama Eileen Castle Dee Eaton Virginia and Roland Aldridge Yvonne and Dennis Cattell Susie Edber and Allen Grogan Sharlene and Ronald Allice Rodolfo Chacon Gary Edward Beth Anderson Joann and George Chambers Jill and Steve Edwards Susan and Clifford Asai Rodolfo Chavez Kasey Egelus Carmen V. Ayroso Liming Chen Carla Ellis Larry Baggs Wanda Chen Robert Ellis Marilyn Baker Margie and Ned Cherry Eric Eltinge

2 Teri Esposito Howard Herdman David Latter Pat and Joe Esquivel Saul Hernandez Earnestine Lavergne Kim Evans Charles Hess Mr. and Mrs. Edward Le Blanc Richard Falb Molly Hickman Dr. Trudy Le Clair and Renee Fallaha Donna and Carl Hinds Mr. Ray Bradley Dr. Stuart L. Farber Charles E. Hirsch June and Harold Leach Heather M. Ferber Ping Ho Paolo Ledesma Steven Fischer Dr. Richard Hochberg Vicki and Keith Lee The Fish Company Hollywood Park Casino Peter J. Leets Judy and Robert Fisher Kay and Wyn Holmes Helen Leonard Elizabeth and Terry Fiskin Cindy Horita Dr. and Mrs. Carl Leong Sue and Mike Fitzsimons Jon Howerton Jack Lewis Louise Fleming and Tak Fujisaki Christina and Michael Hughes Marcia Lewis and John McGuirk Jesus Fojo Melvin Hughes Vanessa Lewis Follower of Christ Marianne and Bob Hughlett, Ed.D. Sue and Paul Liles Anne Forman Mrs. Susan Hunsinger Jeffrey J. Lim Dr. Susan Fox and Frank Frimodig Jay Hurtado Barbara and Jim Lockwood Sharon Frank Robert M. Iritani Judith and Dr. Henry Louria Teresa Freeborn and Douglas Regelout Dr. and Mrs. Alan Israel Nancy and Stephen Lutz Roberta and Wayne Fujitani Mark Itzkowitz Adrian Lyells Elaine Fulton Grace and Tom Izuhara Mr. and Mrs. George Mabuni Samuel Gabriel Sharon Jacoby Muysean and Peter Madden JoAnn and Art Gallucci David Jaynes Laura and Sergio Madrigal Therese Galvan Joan Jefferson Johnny Magsby Arthur Gapasin Dr. Warren D. Johnston Mary Majors Gayle and Michael Garrity Cathy and Rich Jones Mr. and Mrs. Fernando Manalang Jan Gaschen Cathy and James Juliani Stephen Mao Michael Gautreau Mary Ann and Steve Kahanic Eleanor Marlow Franz Gerich Luanne Kamiya Dr. and Mrs. Max B. Martinez Karen and Larry Gibson Gloria and Sherman Kappe Sissy and Rich Martinez Mr. Richard Gilmore Mr. and Mrs. George Katanjian Mary and Donald Martini Roxanne and Alan Goldin Isaac Kawamoto Janice Kay Matthews The Goldsmith Family Marylou and Allan Kennedy Pansy and Robert Mattox Margarita Gomez Roland Kerby Cecilia and Ronald Maus Gonzales Lambert Family Dr. Aaron Kern Cindy and Doug Maxwell Raejean C. Goodrich Fay and Lawrence Kerneen Janet McCarty William Goodwin The Kerr Family The McCune Family Shirelle Gordon-Thompson Joseph Kienle Aliene Mcgrew Beryl and Graham Gosling Carol Kindler Farley McKinney Timothy Gower James King Dr. and Mrs. Donald McMillan Marguerite and Werner Graf Jacky and Jack Kleyh Terry and Dave McMurtrey A. Graham and M. Marion Shirley and Kenneth Klipper Lilas McPherson Alvena and Richard Graham Karen Knecht David Medellin Pete Greco and Robert Brock Lee M. Kochems and Vincent J. Patti Maureen and Mike Mekjian Susan and Dr. Robert Green Terry L. Koepke Ursula and Lawrence Melvin Norma and Gary Greene Jerry Kohl Barbara and Edwin Mendenhall Kenneth Greenleaf Dawn Marie Kotsonis Diana Merryman Guerra Family Shirley Kotsonis Todd Meyer Rosemary Escalera Gutierrez Ann Kough Luzviminda Miguel Robert C. Haefele Bette and Ken Kurihara Hassan Milani Roger Hale Linda and Harry Kusuda Gary Miller Michael Hanna Sue and Mati Kuuskmae Kathleen Miller Jo and Paul Hanson Patrice and Kevin Kyle Dr. Marjorie Mitchell Mark Harding Cathy LaBare Ellie and Jim Monroe Lois and Thomas Harris Carl Laconico Anthony R. Montero Valarie and Mike Harris Kathy and Derrick Lai Patricia Moore Hedy Harrison-Anduha and Nelson Lane Becky Morales Larry Anduha Jill and Rick Larson Toni and Tom Morgan Julie and Costa Hase Emelita Latreille David Moromisato

3 Kris Moskowitz Rick and Audrey Rodriguez Joann Tommy James Murakami Laura and Gary Rose Sharon Touchstone Cortland Myers Lynne Rose Lillian K. Triggs Chidori Nakamura Patricia Rose TSPC Stan Nakamura Jean Rothaermel Jean Tuohino Naz The Cat Vivian and Tom Rothwell Maria Tupaz Jean and Ardell Nease S. and S. Rundell Alex Urbach Alan Negosian Tom Sakiyama June and Sonny Van Dusen A.J. Neiman Steve Salas and Steven P. Timmons Dorothy and Robert Van Nice Wendy and Mike Nelson Christine and Dennis Salts Mr. and Mrs. L. Van Pelt Nelson-Dunn, Inc. Monica Sanchez Tim VanEck Ronald Nichols Sheri Sands Maria Von Sadovszky Jill and Michael Nishida Mario A. Sapitula Diane and Fred Vunak Toby Nishida Janed and Richard Sax Charles Wadman Linda Nomura Roberta and Gary Schaeffer Laura Walker Diane Norris Mary and Robert Scherbarth Donna and Robert Walters Margene and Chuck Norton Mildred Scholnick Angela and Sinclair Wang Mr. Luther Nussbaum Mabel and Dennis Schoonover Linda Webb Cathryn O’Brien-Smith Jerome Schultz Karen and Robert Webb Edward Ogle Cindy Scotto Carol Webster and Chris Enterline Ann and Clarence Ohara Seal Methods, Inc. Darlene Weidner Karen Ohta Mary Serles Marijke and Tim Weightman Sylvia L. Osborne Elena Seto Julia Q. Weiman Kathy and John Owsinski Doc Severinsen Anita and David Weinstein P.P. Mfg. Co. Inc., Ronald Burr William Shakespeare Lynne and Ken Wellty George Palomino Olivette Shannon Sandee and Mike Welsh Bonnie Jo Panagos Kristi Shaw Helen Williams D Parsons Drs. Mary and Steven Sherman Laura H. and John D. Williams Mary Ellen Pascucci Ron Shestokes Lee Williamson Minna and Frank Patterson The Douglas Lane Shulby, Sr. Family Merrillyn Wilson Angela and Devy Paul Kathleen Sidaris Caron and Jeff Winston Marilyn and James Peters Steven Siefert Pornwit Wipanurat John Peterson Neil Siegel David Wolpe Pettersen Family Maureen and A.J. Siegrist Charles Wong Francisco Philibert Dorothy Simmons Robert Worley Frances Pianelli Eric O. Simpson Candy and Jim Yee Judith Pickup Benjamin Singer Eunee and Frank Yee Jackie and Joe Ploen Loren Slafer Jeanette Yee Merrill Plou Sylvia Sligar Basha Yonis Forrest Poorman Carol and Rob Smallwood Ruthann Yuhas Elizabeth and Greg Prevost Nancy Sur Smith Barbara Yunker Gwen and Gerry Pruitt Toula Smith Xavier Zavatsky Crista Qi and Vincent Chung Ray Songco John W. Zlatic Susan Ragone Kevin Speaks Dr. Marjorie and Frank Ramirez Kerry Spears IN MEMORIAM Karen Randall Dan Stange In Memory of Voneta Aday Robin Raymond Kris and Robert Steedman and Edward Bowlen Ellyn and Alan Reback Gale Stein In Loving Memory of Joan and Dick Redmayne Donna Stevens Carol M. Behan Elizabeth Redmon Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Strawther In Memory of Kathy Reid Richard Strayer Mrs. Edna Kuwahara Rosalie Relleve William R. Stringer In Loving Memory of Ethel Lee Nikki and Dennis Repp A.J. Taen In Memory of Mr. Leon F. Lee Mrs. Anastacio Rivera Scoty Takahashi and Susan Markee Joan G. Robinson Nora and Winford Teasley Sharon V. Robinson Eunice and Jesse Thompson Rockwell Collins Ken Thompson Harriet and William Rodiger Karen Tilson

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].

4 presents

Engelbert Humperdinck

Saturday, August 18, 2012, 8:00 PM Sunday, August 19, 2012, 3:00 PM

This performance will not include an intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHY ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK, “The King of after the 19th-century Austrian composer. With a three-and- Romance,” has wooed generations of fans worldwide with a-half-octave vocal range, the singer worked his way into love songs such as the No. One The Last Waltz, Am I That hearts and charts with an endless string of hits that included Easy to Forget, A Man Without Love, and I’ll Walk Alone. His Help Me Make It Through the Night, The Way It Used to Be, Top 10 hit, After the Lovin’, was nominated for a Grammy and There Goes My Everything. and achieved Gold status. In all, Humperdinck, whom Humperdinck’s Pop-ballad version of Release Me Billboard called “a sensitive lyric interpreter with excellent (And Let Me Love Again) rocketed to the top of the British vocal technique,” has recorded 63 Gold albums and 24 charts, selling more than a million copies and eventually Platinum records throughout the course of his career. landing on the Top 10 in the . Other hits Romance has long been at the core of Humperdinck’s for Humperdinck, who won a 1988 Golden Globe for repertoire and lasting success. Born Arnold George Dorsey, “Entertainer of the Year,” include This Moment in Time and the crooner changed his name to Engelbert Humperdinck, Til You and Your Lover Are Lovers Again. n

5 presents & Brad Sherwood

Friday, August 24, 2012, 8:00 PM

This performance will not include an intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHIES After years of successful solo tours, COLIN MOCHRIE from.” Mochrie credits Charlie Chaplin, the Marx Brothers, and BRAD SHERWOOD joined forces in 2002 to expand Jack Benny, Monty Python, John Cleese, Woody Allen, and on the appeal of the critically acclaimed Whose Line Is It Bob Hope as major influences in his comedy career. Anyway? comedy series, creating wacky characters, funny Like Mochrie, Sherwood was also a regular on The scenarios, and songs on the spot. This novel concept and Show. The comedian, who began performing at innovative format has turned the duo into one of the hottest age 8, graduated with an acting degree from Wright State improv-comedy teams around. Mochrie and Sherwood’s University in Dayton, Ohio. He discovered the art of improv success is a strong testament to the experience and unique comedy during his college years and was immediately drawn comic chemistry that the two friends share. to the genre’s originality and the avenues it provides for Mochrie is an alumnus of Canada’s prestigious Second collaborating with the audience. City comedy theater troupe, for which he co-wrote, directed, Sherwood has appeared on L.A. Law, the revival of To and headlined in numerous productions. The award-winning Tell the Truth, and The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. He has stand-up comedian – who has appeared in the popular hosted My VH1 Music Awards and the televised game shows Emmy-nominated television sitcom The Big Moment and The Dating Game. and Jackie Chan’s box-office hit comedy The Tuxedo – also Due to the popularity of Whose Line Is It Anyway? and hosts Canada’s version of Fox’s popular game show Are You the positive response to their two-man comedy tour, both Smarter Than a 5th Grader? men now juggle rigorous performance schedules on ABC, Mochrie is like “a walking Far Side cartoon,” says his Comedy Central, and the Lifetime Channel. n stage buddy Sherwood. “You never know where he’s coming

6 presents bOWZER’S uLTIMATE dOO-wOP pARTY vOLUME iii Featuring sONNY TURNER, FORMER LEAD SINGER OF ; THE FLEETWOODS; DANNY & THE JUNIORS FEATURING JOE TERRY; LENNY WELCH; and bOWZER & THE sTINGRAYS with special guest jOHNNY CONTARDO FORMERLY OF

Friday, August 31, 2012, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHIES BOWZER’S ULTIMATE DOO-WOP PARTY Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2003. VOLUME III features Vocal Group Hall of Fame inductee LENNY WELCH has sold more than 1 million SONNY TURNER, former lead singer of The Platters, who copies of Since I Fell for You. Welch’s other hits include You is most celebrated for the hits I Love You 1000 Times and With Don’t Know Me, Ebb Tide, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, and This Ring. Billboard praised Turner for his “smooth, expressive Two Different Worlds. vocal treatment” on the tender oldie I’ll Never Smile Again. BOWZER & THE STINGRAYS is joined by special Fellow Vocal Group Hall of Fame band THE guest and Grammy nominee JOHNNY CONTARDO. Jon FLEETWOODS ruled music charts with the singles Come “Bowzer” Bauman, the former comedic vocalist of the Doo- Softly to Me and Mr. Blue. Wop band Sha Na Na, was a piano prodigy who attended DANNY & THE JUNIORS FEATURING JOE the Juilliard School at age 12. At ’s prestigious TERRY is known for the timeless hit Is Columbia College, Bauman and his classmates created Sha Here to Stay and the dance classics Twistin’ USA and Pony Na Na. With Bauman as the “Bowzer” character, Sha Na Na Express. ’s swept five continents and became a No. One syndicated show aired in 32 countries. soared to No. One on the U.S. Pop, Country, and R&B Formerly the lead singer of Sha Na Na, Contardo achieved charts and earned a solid spot on Billboard’s “Hot 100” Platinum status for the soundtrack, which featured list. The ensemble won a Philadelphia Music Alliance the wildly popular Those Magic Changes, and a Gold album Achievement Award in 1992 and was inducted into the for the Golden Age of Rock n Roll. n

7 presents

the frontmen of country Featuring tim , larry stewart, and marty roe

Friday, September 7, 2012, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHIES THE FRONTMEN OF COUNTRY features three- I’ll Still Be Loving You. Other hits for the one-time Academy time Grammy nominee , who was the of “Vocal Group of the Year” include Say lead vocalist for the award-winning group Little . The What’s in Your Heart, Fast Movin’ Train, and Dancy’s . band won six awards from the Academy of Country Music, Rounding out the evening’s lineup is MARTY ROE, including “Top Vocal Group.” It sold more than 11 million the lead crooner for . The band, which has albums featuring a string of Top 10 hits such as Some Guys won six “Vocal Group of the Year” awards from the Country Have All the Love, , , Music Association and Academy of Country Music, was Life Goes On, and . inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1998. With the No. Also performing is LARRY STEWART, once the lead One hits I Believe, Mama Don’t Forget to Pray for Me, One singer of the four-time Grammy-nominated band Restless More Day, and the poignant God Only Cries, Diamond Rio Heart. The group shattered music charts with the No. One has sold more than 10 million records worldwide. songs That Rock Won’t Roll, Why Does It Have to Be (Wrong or Rushlow, Stewart, and Roe collectively have sold 30 Right), The Bluest Eyes in Texas, and the Grammy-nominated million records and garnered 30 No. One hits. n

8 presents

Steve Lippia: Simply sinatra

Friday, September 28, 2012, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHy STEVE LIPPIA interprets the best of the Big enchanted generations of fans across the United States, Band era and American Classic Pop by bringing back the headlining shows in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and New enduring appeal of Ol’ Blue Eyes’ repertoire in SIMPLY York, and winning over critics far and wide. The Wall Street SINATRA. The concert showcases Sinatra’s biggest hits, Journal hailed his “considerable vocal skills.” To the Long which include That’s Life; Come Fly With Me; Night and Day; Beach Press-Telegram, Lippia is “a dazzling performer. … He All The Way; My Kind of Town; and New York, New York. can swing and belt!” Whether delivering a saloon tune at The walk down memory lane “made for a foot-stompin’, New York’s legendary Jazz club Birdland or performing in finger-snapping kind of evening that leaves you dancing major symphony halls, Lippia brings to life the music and in your dreams,” raved Utah’s Deseret News. The New York lyrics of the era’s great acts, including Cole Porter, Harold Daily News said, “Sinatra will never die for his fans, as long Arlen, Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen, and Rodgers and as Steve Lippia is there to bring him back to life.” Hart. The crooner’s CDs include Steve Lippia; Steve Lippia Long praised as “the singer’s singer,” Lippia has Live; and Steve Lippia in Concert. n

9 presents

SOCIETY OF SEVEN Featuring JASMINE TRIAS and

Saturday, September 29, 2012, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHIES Named one of the best acts in Las Vegas, SOCIETY self-titled debut Pop/R&B album. The single Excuses OF SEVEN delivers performances full of “big voices, a little dominated radio airwaves, boosting the record to Platinum shtick and a lot of heart,” hails The Las Vegas Review-Journal. distinction in the . The songstress scored a “Pop The one-of-a-kind variety troupe is known for its trademark Album of the Year” honor as well as the “Best New Artist of performances, which merge popular hits and Broadway show the Year” crown from the Music Awards. tunes in a flashy Las Vegas setting, accentuated by dancing, Award-winning Filipino Pop-Jazz singer JOEY comedy, and celebrity impersonations. The celebrated group, ALBERT’s entertainment career took off when she won voted the “Best Show in Waikiki” by magazine, the Dream Girl Filipina contest in 1982. Since then, was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Albert was named “Best Female Vocal Performer” at the Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts in 2007. Cecil Awards and Philippine in 1990. Her hit singer JASMINE TRIAS is a vocalist singles include Tell Me, I Remember the Boy, Points of View, from Hawaii who landed on the Billboard charts with her Kumukutikutitap, and Ikaw Lamang Ang Mamahalin. n

10 presents

MITZI GAYNOR RAZZLE DAZZLE! MY LIFE BEHIND THE SEQUINS

Sunday, September 30, 2012, 3:00 PM

This performance will not include an intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHy Emmy winner MITZI GAYNOR lights up the stage in Gaynor’s acclaimed annual televised musical variety the multimedia production RAZZLE DAZZLE! MY LIFE specials – including Mitzi … and 100 Guys and Mitzi … Zings BEHIND THE SEQUINS, an intimate evening of laughs, Into Spring – won six Emmy Awards and received 17 Emmy love, and music from her show-stopping life and career. nominations. The specials were celebrated in the musical The legendary entertainer made her motion picture documentary Mitzi Gaynor Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years. debut alongside her idol Betty Grable in the film My Blue A stage performer since her theatrical debut at age 13 Heaven. Gaynor dazzled audiences in some of the most with the Los Angeles and Civic Light Operas, revered musicals of Hollywood’s “Golden Age,” including Gaynor has performed at the nation’s top theatrical and There’s No Business Like Show Business, Les Girls, and concert venues. She continues to tour extensively, sharing Anything Goes. For her role as Ensign Nellie Forbush in the her fabled brand of showmanship with audiences worldwide. blockbuster film adaptation of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Gaynor is currently writing her autobiography. For more South Pacific, Gaynor received a Golden Globe nomination information, visit missmitzigaynor.com and Facebook.com/ for “Best Actress.” officialmitizigaynor. n

11 presents ROB KAPILOW’S WHAT MAKES IT GREAT? songs of irving berlin

Rob kapilow, PIANIST AND commentator

Featuring SALLY WILFERT, SOPRANO MICHAEL WINTHER, TENOR

Wednesday, October 3, 2012, 7:30 PM

This performance will not include an intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

12 BIOGRAPHies For nearly 20 years, ROB KAPILOW has brought the Casadesus Piano Competition and was the second-place joy and wonders of Classical music – and unraveled some winner of the Antal Dorati Conductor’s Competition of its mysteries – to audiences of all ages and backgrounds. with the Detroit Symphony. Featured on Public Characterized by his unique ability to create an “aha” Radio’s prestigious Composers in America series, Kapilow is moment for his audiences and collaborators, whatever a recipient of an Exxon “Meet-the-Composer” grant and their level of musical sophistication or naiveté, Kapilow’s numerous ASCAP awards. work brings music into people’s lives – opening new ears to Kapilow has conducted many of North America’s musical experiences and helping people to listen actively finest orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra; the rather than just hear. The Boston Globe said, “It’s a cheering National Symphony; the St. Louis, Atlanta, , and thought that this kind of missionary enterprise did not pass Detroit symphonies; and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. from this earth with Leonard Bernstein. Rob Kapilow is He is an exclusive Schirmer composer and his compositions awfully good at what he does. We need him.” have been performed by almost every major American The reach of his interactive events and activities orchestra as well as ensembles in Europe, , and is wide, both geographically and culturally – from native . American tribal communities in Montana and inner-city SALLY WILFERT has appeared on Broadway high school students in Louisiana to wine tasters in the in Assassins, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and Walt Napa Valley. From tots barely out of diapers to musicologists Disney’s King David. She performed in the first national hailed from Ivy League programs, his audiences are diverse tour of the Tony award-winning The 25th Annual Putnam and unexpected, but invariably rapt and keen to come back County Spelling Bee. Her Off-Broadway credits include See for more. Rock City; The Lady in Penthouse B; Make Me A Song: The Kapilow’s range of activities is astonishingly broad, Music of William Finn; The Mistress Cycle; and The Prince including his What Makes It Great? presentations (now & The Pauper. At she has appeared in Cole in their 16th season in New York and Boston), his family Porter’s Jubilee, South Pacific in Concert (featuring Reba compositions and Family Musik events, and his Citypieces. McEntire), and Sondheim: A Musical Tribute. As a soloist His popularity and appeal are reflected in notable performing with the Ballet at Lincoln Center, invitations and achievements; he appeared on NBC’s Today Wilfert was featured singing Somewhere for the company’s Show in conversation with then-host Katie Couric, and performances of West Side Story Suite. She has performed presented a special What Makes It Great? event for broadcast at the La Jolla Playhouse, Playhouse, Baltimore on PBS’s Live From Lincoln Center in 2008. He has written Center Stage, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, New Haven’s two highly popular books published by Wiley/Lincoln Schubert Theatre, Barrington Stage, Northshore Music Center: All You Have to Do Is Listen (2008), which won a Theatre, Hartford Theatreworks, The Fulton Opera House, PROSE Award for “Best Book in Music and Performing Connecticut Grand Opera, and the Ensemble Theatre of Arts,” and What Makes It Great? (2011), the first book of its Cincinnati (Little Miss Sunshine, Marry Me A Little, Les kind to be specially designed for the iPad with embedded Miserables, The Last Five Years, Amadeus, Into the Woods, and musical examples. The Threepenny Opera). Wilfert has appeared with Kapilow A documentary film – Summer Sun, Winter Moon, in What Makes it Great? in major venues throughout the named after Kapilow’s choral and symphonic work of the country, celebrating the songs of George Gershwin, Cole same title – aired nationwide on PBS. He also wrote a Porter, and Leonard Bernstein. Her other concert credits piece for the Marin Symphony commemorating the 75th include William Finn’s Songs of Innocence and Experience; anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge. Broadway in South Africa; Jeff Blumenkrantz Songbook; Kapilow’s career has been marked by numerous major Elegies: A Song Cycle; and New York City Christmas. Wilfert’s awards and grants. He won first place in the Fontainebleau recording credits include Sweet Little Devil; Kitty’s Kisses;

13 New York City Christmas; Make Me A Song; Assassins; King Christmas; Happy Holiday; There’s No Business Like Show David; The Prince & the Pauper; A Christmas Survival Guide; Business; and Alexander’s Ragtime Band, which sparked an South Pacific in Concert; and Sondheim: A Musical Tribute. international dance craze. n Wilfert’s television credits include The Americans, Loving, and Law & Order Criminal Intent. Acclaimed by The New York Times as “a theater singer of unusual refinement” and “impeccable taste” with “a voice that traverses genres,” MICHAEL WINTHER Your Favorite Entertainers, Your Favorite Theater is returning to Cerritos for his fifth What Makes it Great? program. He has appeared with Kapilow for Lincoln OCTOBER Center’s Great Performers series and in other major venues celebrating the songs of Bernstein, Gershwin, Porter, and Stephen Sondheim. Winther received Drama Desk and Smokey Joe’s Cafe Drama League nominations for his critically acclaimed solo FRI-SAT, OCT 12-13 performance in Songs From an Unmade Bed at New York Theater Workshop with lyrics by Mark Campbell and music by 18 composers. The recording is available from Sh-K- Boom Records/Ghostlight Records and on iTunes. Shaolin Warriors Winther’s concert credits include William Finn’s Songs WED-THU, OCT 17-18 of Innocence and Experience; The Songs of Fred Hersch; Hear & Now: Contemporary Lyricists and Composers with Michael Winther; The Songs of Lennon & McCartney; and Fire & Rain: The Songs of James Taylor. Winther has performed in John Gabriel concerts at New York’s Symphony Space, Carnegie Hall Magic Redefined with the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall, 54 SAT, OCT 20 Below, Joe’s Pub, Birdland, The Metropolitan Room, and Ars Nova. Winther’s theater credits include Broadway’s 33 Variations, Mamma Mia!, 1776, Artist Descending a Staircase, Tribute to and Damn Yankees. He recently appeared in Merrily We Featuring Mary Wilson Roll Along at City Center Encores! His regional credits of The Supremes, include 33 Variations, Plaid Tidings, Band Geeks!, Little Miss The Original Vandellas, Sunshine, Grey Gardens, Most Wanted, Falsettos, The Boys and The Contours From Syracuse, and The People’s Temple. Winther’s film and With Joe Billingslea television credits include The Avengers, Meet Dave, Jumper, FRI, OCT 26 The Break-Up, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Leverage, and Law & Order. Winther collaborated with Jazz pianist-composer Fred Ahn Trio Hersch for the 2011 premiere of My Coma Dreams. Winther Sisters Maria and Angella Ahn perform with pianist is a graduate of The Hotchkiss School and Williams College. Azusa Hokugo Widely considered one of the greatest SAT, OCT 27 in American history, Grammy and Tony winner IRVING BERLIN composed scores for dozens of Broadway shows Call (562) 916-8500 and Hollywood movies. Inducted into the ’s Hall or visit us at www.cerritoscenter.com of Fame, Berlin’s timeless tunes include Easter Parade; White

14 presents DOC SEVERINSEN & THE SAN MIGUEL FIVE

Friday, October 5, 2012, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHIES DOC SEVERINSEN & THE SAN MIGUEL FIVE and has appeared with symphony orchestras throughout the includes guitar virtuoso GIL GUTIÉRREZ, Grammy- United States and at the International Trumpet Festival with winning violinist CHARLIE BISHARAT, Cuban Arturo Sandoval in Mexico City. percussionist JIMMY BRANLY, and bass player KEVIN Bisharat’s violin artistry has graced the albums of THOMAS. Rock phenomenons Alanis Morissette, The Rolling Stones, Legendary Tonight Show bandleader Severinsen has Jane’s Addiction, and Aerosmith. The Grammy-winning recorded more than 30 albums – from Big Band to Jazz-fusion violinist’s music has been featured in soundtracks for the to Classical – including the renowned Once More With Feeling movies Swordfish, Texas Rangers, Steal Big Steal Little, and and the Grammy-winning Severinsen and the Tonight Show Austin Powers Gold Member. His diverse style has led him Band – Volume I. His other recordings include Unforgettably into the Jazz, World Music, and Classical genres, allowing for Doc with the Cincinnati Pops and Doc Severinsen and His Big collaborations with greats Strunz & Farah, Don Grusin, Oscar Band/Swingin’ the Blues. Severinsen’s illustrious career includes Castro-Neves, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. tours with the Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman bands. Cuban native Branly began his studies at the Conservatory In 2006 in San Miguel, Mexico, Severinsen came across of Music in Havana. By age 15, he was playing with the Afro- a group of men performing a unique blend of Latin Jazz, Cuban Jazz septet Afrocuba. The percussionist explored Rock contemporary Pop, and Classical music. It was the beginning and Cuban music with the group Cuarto Espacio. Branly of a friendship and musical partnership that has taken The has worked with Salsa and Timba figure Issac Delgado and San Miguel Five all over the globe. Grammy-winning Cuban Jazz pianist-composer Gonzalo A native of Oaxaca, guitarist Gutiérrez has attracted a Rubalcaba. following throughout North and South America and Europe Comfortable in a wide variety of musical settings, bassist with his albums, film scores, and concert appearances. He Thomas has collaborated with Mickey Rooney, Don Rickles, has composed music for the movies El Cochero, Una Causa , Andrea Bocelli, Stefan Karlsson, and Don Noble, and El Alcazar de Chapultepec and has performed at the Menza. The bassist, who has established himself among the Kennedy Center and the Mexican Cultural Institute of the creative forces of the renaissance of Jazz in Brooklyn, has been Mexican Embassy in Washington, D.C. He played his original featured in recordings by Chris Parrello, Nancy Danino, and compositions with the New York Choral Society in Oaxaca Rachel Eckroth. n

15 presents A NIGHT OF DOO-WOP Featuring THE LEGENDARY TEENAGERS, LEWIS LYMON, TERRY JOHNSON’S FLAMINGOS, JIMMY GALLAGHER & THE PASSIONS, JIMMY CLANTON, THE OLYMPICS, and THE ROYALS

Saturday, October 6, 2012, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited. BIOGRAPHIES Vocal Group Hall of Fame honoree THE LEGENDARY the Doo-Wop world with the million-selling single Just to TEENAGERS wowed fans universally with the million-selling Be With You, Gloria, I Only Want You, This Is My Love, and single Why Do Fools Fall in Love. The song still “stands as one Made for Lovers. The group has appeared at major venues, of the key records by which the Doo-Wop style is defined including Radio City Music Hall, , and remembered,” hailed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The Nassau Coliseum, and the Paramount Theatre. which inducted the band in 1993. The group’s chart-topping Variety magazine hailed JIMMY CLANTON, saying, hits include I Want You to Be My Girl, Who Can Explain?, “This ageless entertainer sings as if he were a universe The ABCs of Love, and Goody Goody. of music.” The man who belted out hits such as Another LEWIS LYMON, who once performed with The Sleepless Night, Venus in Blue Jeans, and the Top 10 Go Jimmy Legendary Teenagers, made his mark on the music world Go was declared “truly a star in any era” by The Hollywood with The Teenchords and the hits I’m So Happy and Your Reporter. Clanton was inducted into the Louisiana Music Last Chance. The band’s other hits include the up-tempo Hall of Fame in 2007. Honey, Honey; the popular ballad Please Tell the Angels; I’m Doo-Wop band THE OLYMPICS contributed to the Not Too Young to Fall in Love; and Falling in Love. Hully Gully line-dance craze that Americans fell in love With a string of hits – including I Only Have Eyes with in the late ’50s and early ’60s. Some of the ensemble’s for You, Lovers Never Say Goodbye, Love Walked In, and memorable Billboard-charting hits include Western Movies, Mio Amore – TERRY JOHNSON’S FLAMINGOS was Shimmy Like Kate, and The Bounce. “the best of their era,” raved Rolling Stone magazine. The Formed in 2005, THE ROYALS of re- group, whose tunes are featured in the Oscar-winning film creates the East Coast street corner sound from the late Something’s Gotta Give and the television shows Buffy the ’50s and early ’60s. The ensemble consists of baritone-tenor Vampire Slayer and Jeopardy, was inducted into the Grammy Kevin Jones; bassist Jim Carkagis; alto-soprano Carolyn Award Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Gannett; and baritone and lead vocalists Peter King, David JIMMY GALLAGHER & THE PASSIONS rocked Silva, and Jonny Benavidez. n

16 presents

SPIRITUALS TO FUNK

Featuring

DR. JOHN & THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA

Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 8:00 PM

This performance will not include an intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHIES In SPIRITUALS TO FUNK, Rock and Roll Hall of Time and Such a Night. Fame inductee DR. JOHN and five-time Grammy winner Since 1939, The Blind Boys of Alabama have sung THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA build on a legacy a fervent blend of traditional and contemporary Gospel that started with Dr. John’s appearance on The Blind Boys’ music. A master at bringing out the most spiritual aspects of Grammy-winning album Down in . mainstream music, the group has won legions of loyal fans Grammy winner Dr. John’s colorful musical career is filled and widespread acclaim with a repertoire of soul-searching with collaborations with some of the industry’s greatest talents, songs and four-part harmony sound. The band, inducted including Sonny and Cher, Van Morrison, Aretha Franklin, into the Christian Music Hall of Fame, has won Grammys Eric Clapton, and The Rolling Stones. Dr. John’s musical love for the albums Spirit of the Century, Higher Ground, Go Tell It letter to New Orleans, N’awlinz Dis Dat or D’udda, garnered on the Mountain, and There Will Be a Light. the prestigious Académie Charles Cros 57ème Palmarès Award With its critically acclaimed album, Down in New in France. It was the first time since the 1970s that a North Orleans, the long-running ensemble proves it is still shaping American entertainer received the honor. music history. Recorded with a stellar cast of local singers In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Dr. John in the Big Easy, the album is a celebration of the city’s released City That Care Forgot, which won a Grammy for Gospel-influenced soul. Rolling Stone magazine called the “Best Contemporary Blues Album.” Other albums include compilation “a superweapon of Roots-music uplift.” The the acclaimed Sun, Moon and Herbs; Sippiana Hericane; and Washington Post praised it as “inspired and relevant. ... [It] In the Right Place, which features the hits Right Place Wrong borders on the miraculous.” n

17 18 19 THE TICKET OFFICE is open 10 AM to 6 PM Monday Out of courtesy to the performers and fellow patrons, through Friday and 12 Noon to 4 PM on Saturday. Hours are CELLULAR PHONES, PAGERS, AND ALARM extended until one-half hour past curtain on performance days. WATCHES should be disconnected before the start of the performance. TICKETS can be charged to Visa, MasterCard, Discover or American Express by phoning (800) 300-4345 or (562) 916- DOCTORS AND PARENTS should leave their seating 8500, or online at www.cerritoscenter.com. Mail orders are locations with exchanges or sitters and have them call processed as they are received. Tickets cannot be reserved (562) 916-8508 in case of an emergency. without payment. THE COAT ROOM is located behind the Grand Staircase. LOST TICKET AND TICKET EXCHANGE policies vary; however, there are no refunds. Call (800) 300-4345 for CAMERAS AND RECORDING EQUIPMENT ARE NOT information. PERMITTED in the Auditorium and must be checked at the Coat Room. GROUPS of 20 or more may purchase tickets at a 10% discount. Call (800) 300-4345. LOST ARTICLES can be claimed by calling (562) 916-8510.

CHILDREN’S PRICES apply to children twelve (12) years of ELEVATORS are located near the Grand Staircase and access age and under. Regardless of age, everyone must have a ticket, sit each level of the Lobby. in a seat, and be able to sit quietly throughout the performance. We do not recommend children under the age of six (6) attend PAY PHONES are located on the Orchestra level behind the unless an event is specifically described as suited to that age. Grand Staircase and near the restrooms on the Gold Circle level. FREE PUBLIC TOURS are conducted by appointment only. Special tours can be arranged by calling (562) 916-8530. PHONIC EAR LIGHTWEIGHT WIRELESS HEADSETS for the hearing impaired are available in the Coat Room at no PARKING is always free in the spacious lots adjacent to the cost. To obtain a headset, a driver’s license or major credit card Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts. is required and is returned upon receipt of the equipment at the close of the performance. FULL-SERVICE BARS are located in the Grand Lobby on the Orchestra level and at the Gold Circle level. Refreshments WHEELCHAIR locations are available in various areas of the are not allowed in the Auditorium. Auditorium. Please contact the Ticket Office at (800) 300-4345.

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