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THE SECREST ARTISTS SERIES PRESENTS NEIL BERG'S 100 YEARS of BROADWAY WAIT CHAPEL WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY SEPTEMBER 18, 2010 secrest artists series Producers: .................................................... Neil Berg and Adam Fried son Tour Coordinator/GM: ..............................Joe D'Urso Office Manager (CA): ................................. Jessica Heidt Office Manager (NY): ................................. Makayla Bishop Tour Production/Stage Mgr: ..................... Brett Nichols Sound Engineer :.......................................... Frank Fagnano SINGERS Carter Calvert Robert DuSold Rob Evan Rita Harvey DannyZolli BAND Neil Berg - Piano/Musical Director Roger Cohen - Drums Booker King - Bass Friedson Enterprises IO Edgecroft Road Kensington, CA 94707 (510) 206-6111 ACT 1 SHOW COMPOSER Give My Regardsto Broadway Little Johnny Jones George M. Cohan All 'That Jazz Chicago Kander & Ebb This is the Moment Jekyll & Hyde Frank Wildhorn Think of Me Phantom of the Opera Andrew Lloyd Webber Stars Les Miserables Boublil/Schonberg Sherry Jersey Boys Bob Gaudio Man of La Mancha Man of La Mancha Mitch Leigh/Joe Darion ImpossibleDream Man of La Mancha Mitch Leigh/Joe Darion I Could Have Danced All Night My Fair Lady Lerner and Loewe Don't Rain on My Parade Funny Girl Jules Styne The Stream Grumpy Old Men Neil Berg Gethsemene Jesus Christ Superstar Andrew Lloyd Webber ACT2 Somethings Coming West Side Story Bernstein/Sondheim Marta Kiss of the Spider Woman Kander/Ebb Anything You Can Do Annie Get Your Gun Irving Berlin Over the Rainbow The Wizard of Oz Alren/Harburg Rodgers & Hammerstein Medley: Nothing Like a Dame South Pacific Oklahoma Oklahoma Scenes From an Italian Restaurant Movin' Out Billy Joel Memory Cats Andrew Lloyd Webber Old Man River Show Boat Kern/Hammerstein Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera A.L. Webber/Charles Hart FINALE Seasons of Love Rent Jonathan Larsen *ProgramSubjeet' to Change BIOGRAPHIES CARTER CALVERT Carter Calvert is best known for originating her role in the Tony nom inated, "It Ain't Nothin' But The Blues" on Broadway. The New York Times wrote, "Carter Calvert effervesces: her voice echoes chimes in the night" and "her smoldering grip on Fever is positively dangerous." Previously, Ms. Calvert appeared in the World Premiere of "Forbidden Vegas" in a role she originated. New York credits include the Broadway, Original Cast Album and touring productions of "It Ain't Noth in' But the Blues:' Off-Broadway she appeared in "Forbidden Broadway" and "The Thing About Men" at the Promenade Theatre . Ms. Calvert toured Europe in "Smokey Joe's Cafe:' played Grizabella in the national tour of "Cats:• and appeared as the title role in '½.lways, Patsy Cline:• She has appeared in numerous roles in regional theaters around the country. ROBERT DUSOLD Robert's New York credits in the last year include "Mimi le Duck" opposite Earth a Kitt. Off Broadway, he played the title role in "Don Imbroglio" at the New York Music Theater Festival as well as Ned in the Drama Desk nominated "The Audience." Broadway and National Tour credits include Jason Green in "The Producers;' Javert and Valjean in "Les Miserables;' Monsieur Andre in "Phan- tom of the Opera;' Old Deuteronomy in "Cats;' Pete in Hal Prince's "Showboat;' assorted roles in "Jekyll and Hyde;' "Kiss of the Spider- woman" and "Chicago:• Robert recently played Harry Bright in the Las Vegas production of "Mamrna Mia!" RoBEVAN Rob Evan starred in the original Broadway cast of "Jekyll & Hyde:' playing the title roles for three years and over 600 performances. Rob also starred on Broadway in Disney's "Tarzan" playing the role of Kerchak at the Richard Rodgers Theater. Rob also appeared on Broadway as Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables;' and was chosen to lead the critically acclaimed National Touring Company to its history-making stop on Broadway. Most recently, he starred as the sadistic Orin Scrivello D.D.S. in "Little Shop of Horrors" with Joey Fatone from *NSYNC on Broadway. Rob also had the pleasure of singing the role of the Count von KroJock in Jim Steinman's "Dance of the Vampires" at the Minksoff Theater. Recordings include Trans-Siberian Orchestra's The Lost Christmas (Lava/ Atlantic), Jekyll & Hyde (OBC, Atlantic), The Civil War (Atlantic), The BroadwayMusicals of 1940 (BayView), The Prince and the Pauper (OOBC, JAY),Johnny Guitar (OOBC), Jekyll & Hyde: Resurrection(KOCH/Globalvision), and The Dream Engine's upcoming debut album (Ravenous). This spring will mark the release of his long awaited solo debut album on Legacy Records! RITA HARVEY Rita performed on Broadway in the role of Hodel in the latest revival of "Fiddler on the Roof;' directed by David Leveaux and starring Rosie O'Donell, Harvey Fierstein and Alfred Molina. After covering the two older daughters, she took over the role of Hodel and can see seen in the role at the Lincoln Center Archives. She made her Broadway debut performing the lead role of Christine Daee in "'The Phantom of the Opera" after two and a half years performing the role with the second national tour. Rita created the role of Lady Edith in the off-Broadway hit musical "The Prince and the Pauper:' At the Irish Repertory Theatre, she played the role of Ethel Chichester in "Peg O' My Heart:' Rita also created the role of Elizabeth in the highly-acclaimed concept CD/DVD of "Frankenstein the Musical;' available on Amazon.com. DANNY ZOLLI Although best known for his monumental number of performances starring as Jesus & Judas in more than 23 productions (including Broadway and six National/International Tours) of "Jesus Christ Superstar" worldwide, Danny Zolli has been continuing to thrill audiences with his work on the concert stage and in the recording studio. Nationaliy and internationally, Danny has starred as Che' in "Evita;' Joseph in "Joseph ... Dreamcoat;' The Arbiter in "Chess;' Tobias in "Sweeney Todd;' Candide in "Candide;• FIX Fitzterwald in "Starmites;' among many, many others. He has shared the stage and perfOJmed with such luminaries as Three Tenor's opera legend Jose Carreras, Carl Anderson, The Gypsy Kings, Ted Neeley, Dennis De Young (STYX), Linda Eder, Syreeta Wright, Betty Buckley, Yvonne Elliman, Peter Frampton, Dr. Maya Angelou, Trisha Yearwood, Roger Daltry (The Who), Phoebe Snow, Rita Moreno, Felix Cavalari (The Rascals), Larry Gatlin, Hal Holbrook, Leslie West (Mountain), Zach Starky (son of Ringo Starr). He starred as the principal male soloist in the orchestral concert extravaganza, "The British Rock Symphony;' and most recently has been tapped as the lead singer of "The World Rock Symphony Orchestra:' For more information about Danny or about his recent album releases, please visit www.DannyZolli.com. ROGER COHEN - DRUMS Roger has performed with Martin Short, Rita Moreno, Sir Cliff Richard, Kathy Lee Gifford, Bernadette Peters, Betty Buckley, Dom DeLouise, Christy Brinkley, Rupert Holmes, Lorraine Bracco & more. Roger has also worked with soap opera stars Martha Byrne and Michael Park ("As The World Turns") and Progressive rock superstars James Labrie and Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater). He performed on national television with Rob Evan ("Jekyll & Hyde") and Jim Steinman at The U.S. Open. Roger was the drummer for the off-Broadway show "The Joys of Sex." Roger demonstrated his exciting approach to soloing when he took First Place honors in New Jersey in Guitar Center's National Drum-Off Competition, earning raves from Danny Gottlieb (Pat Metheny's drummer). Roger's writing has been published in "Modern Drummer" magazine, and he was featured in their "On the Move" column. Roger can be heard on the soundtrack to Carmen Electra's recent film, "Searching for Bobby D." He is also on national radio jingles for "Lycos" and "Shock Coffee:' Roger is very excited about his new project, The Grasshopper Band, featuring the multi-talented Ella K. Shmella. 1 BOOKER KI NG - C OMPOS ER/ BAS SIST Booker King is a native of New York City. Booker grad uated from Five Towns College and studied under Bob Cunningham, Richard Davis and Homer Mensch. Booker has toured the world laying down powerfu l grooves and orchestral melodies. Among the artists he has performed a11d/or recorded with are Jane Siberry, Angelique Kidjo, Kelis, Grant Green Jr., Santana, Defunkt Big Band, Yoko Kanno, Corey Glover, Dean Brown, Mary Wilson, Stephanie Mills, Paul Shapiro, Paul Simon, Bill Sims and the American Roots Orchestra, Femi Kuti, Billy Cobham, Bobby Caldwell and Lila Downs. l ) J NEIL BERG - PIANO/COMPOSER/LYRICIST Neil is the composer/lyricist of the hit Off-Broadway musical "The Prince and the Pauper;' which ran for two years at the Lambs Theater in New York City. The New York Times raved, "(Berg's) music soars on Angel's wings:' The original cast CD is released internationally on Jay Records, sheet music published by Hal Leonard, and licensing by Samuel French Inc. Songs from this show are also featured with many other classic songs in the official Off-BroadwaySongbook, published by Hal Leonard. Neil is currently the composer for the new Broadway-bound musical "Grumpy Old Men;' based on the Warner Brothers movie classic starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, and is scheduled to open in 2010/2011. Neil is currently collaborating with Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Robert Schenkkan on a new rock musical called "The 12:•Neil's "100 Years of Broadway" Concert series has toured to more than 250 cities in the past five years and is considered one of the best and most successful touring Broadway revues. Courtsey of www.neilberg.com and Friedson Enterprises. REMAINING EVENTS of the 2010/ 20 11 SEASON KREMERATABALTICA Tuesday, November 9th, 7:30pm Wait Chapel Kremerata Baltica (a Grammy-award winning chamber orchestra founded by Gidon Kremer) is composed exclusively of talented young musicians (average age 27) from the Baltic States and is supported by the Ministries of Culture of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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