Hollywood Revisited
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PRESS RELEASE Contact: Cathy Johnson or Susan Claassen Box Office: (520) 882-9721 Administration: (520) 884-0672 1400 N. First Ave, Tucson, AZ. 85719 [email protected] www.invisibletheatre.com FOR RELEASE ON OR AFTER NOVEMBER 19, 2012 THE INVISIBLE THEATRE Presents For One Performance Only! PERFORMERS SPARKLE IN HOLLYWOOD MOVIE CREATIONS! Director and Choreographer Joshua Finkel Pianist, Narrator and Producer Greg Schreiner Made possible in part through the generous support of The Margaret E. Mooney Foundation, Kristi Keller and Bernie Bauer WHERE: The Berger Performing Arts Center 1200 W. Speedway Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85745 On the campus of the AZ School for the Deaf and Blind WHEN: Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 3:00 pm TICKETS: Ticket Price: $42 To charge tickets by phone, call our box office at (520) 882-9721 To purchase tickets on-line, go to OvationTix at www.invisibletheatre.com Discounts are available for groups of ten or more RUSH TICKETS: One half-hour prior to curtain for any scheduled performance, tickets are available for half price, subject to availability CAST: Greg Schreiner, Joshua Finkel, Jill Burke, Elisa Surmont, Karen Morrow RUNNING TIME: 2 hours with an intermission AGE INFO: This show is appropriate for all ages HOLLYWOOD REVISITED November 19, 2012, Tucson, AZ; From the 1930's to the 1960's, Hollywood directors were told to "put the light where the money is" and this often meant spectacular costumes. Studios hired the biggest designers and fashion icons to bring to life the glitz and the glamour that moviegoers expected. Edith Head, Adrian, Walter Plunkett, Irene and Helen Rose were just a few that became household names because of their designs. In many cases, their creations were just as important as the plot of the movie itself. Greg Schreiner is one of the most well-known collectors of movie costumes. He has appeared on numerous television shows and is Curator of Special Collections at the Hollywood Museum in Hollywood, CA. His wonderful film costume collection houses over 300 masterpieces. Greg shares his collection in the show HOLLYWOOD REVISITED. Filled with music, memories and fun, the revue allows the audience to genuinely feel as if they were revisiting the days that made Hollywood a dream factory. The wardrobes of Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Julie Andrews, Gene Kelly, Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn, Mae West, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Judy Garland are just a few from the vast collection that will dazzle the audience. HOLLYWOOD REVISITED is much more than a visual treat. Acclaimed vocalists sing and dance to movie-related music while wearing the costumes. Schreiner, a concert pianist, provides all the musical accompaniment and anecdotes about the designer, the movie and scene for each costume. The show has won critical praise from movie buffs, film historians and city-wide newspapers. No one should miss this live spectacular that is HOLLYWOOD REVISITED! Ginger Rogers Judy Garland Steve Martin Diahann Carroll 2 www.hollywoodrevisited.com Diahann Carroll WHO’S WHO IN THE SHOW? Greg Schreiner is the pianist, narrator and producer of HOLLYWOOD REVISITED. He has appeared on numerous television programs including AMC's Hollywood Fashion Machine, A&E's The Incurable Collector, Entertainment Tonight, Hard Copy and The Montel Williams Show. All have featured various movie costumes from his vast personal collection. Some of these costumes are on display at the new Hollywood Museum in Hollywood, California. Mr. Schreiner serves on the piano faculty at Cerritos College and Santa Monica College, has several recordings in release and was composer/performer for the educational television series Masters of the Silent Screen. Greg is an active participant in the music community of Southern California as the accompanist for the Mansfield Chamber Singers of Beverly Hills. He is also the president of Marilyn Remembered, a club devoted to preserving the memory of Marilyn Monroe. Greg Schreiner is truly a renaissance man! Joshua Finkel is not only a lead performer but is also the director and choreographer of HOLLYWOOD REVISITED. He has directed everything from cabaret to industrial film and has been fortunate enough to perform and direct all over the world. Selected directing credits include the L.A. Premiere of the musical THE SPITFIRE GRILL which received a best musical nomination from the Ovation Awards as well as the L.A. Times' Critic's Pick of the Week, the world premiere production of A RING IN BROOKLYN at Noho Arts Center which won several “Scenie Awards” including Best Choreography for Joshua, the world premiere of TSARINA at the Grove Theater, FALSETTOLAND at San Francisco's Phoenix Theater, SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD (Bay Area Premiere, The Plush Room‐San Francisco), INTO THE WOODS at the Civic Arts Plaza in Thousand Oaks and THE JOURNEY OF LOVE in Guildford England. In addition, Mr. Finkel coaches acting and public speaking privately in Los Angeles - his Creative Combustion Acting Studio accepts students of all ages and levels. Joshua heads up the Musical Theater Emphasis at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, teaches the Spotlight Academy for the Music Center Spotlight Awards, and has created the intensive three tiered musical theater training program for adults and teens: the ANMT Performers' Workshop in North Hollywood. Joshua has his MFA in Classical Theater from the University of Delaware. Among his many roles, he starred on Broadway and in London as "Molina" in KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN opposite Chita Rivera and Vanessa Williams, which he then took to India twice. Josh performed the role "Thenardier" in LES MISERABLES in LA and on tour. Joshua can be heard on the Original Cast Recordings of KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN and BARK! as Ben. On Film and Television Joshua has starred opposite Bruce Willis, Marcia Cross, Robert Morse, Kathleen Quinlan, Kalista Flockhart, and Jill Clayburgh to name a few. But his favorite film role was creating the physical life for Prince Eric in Disney's The Little Mermaid. More info at www.joshuafinkel.com. Jill Burke is a La Mirada native and former Miss Anaheim. Her first professional work began when she was performing for the Walt Disney Company, portraying such characters as Princess Jasmine, Ariel, and Pocahontas. While traveling the globe, she was the principal vocalist for Norwegian Cruise Lines, and notably opened their production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's MUSIC OF THE NIGHT. Now she occasionally sails the high seas on Crystal Cruises with the company of HOLLYWOOD REVISITED. Her latest achievement was wrapping up post-production as Executive Producer and co-star on the short film "Huckleberry Dreams," also starring the Emmy & Tony Award winning actor Robert Morse. She can still be heard screaming the "Priceline Negotiator!" jingle, running nationwide. She recently worked closely with Stephen Schwartz in a workshop of his new musical SNAPSHOTS. Other theater credits include: LOVELACE: A ROCK OPERA which won several L.A. WEEKLY awards including Best Ensemble, A NEW BRAIN (Musical Theater Guild), THE THIRD FROM THE LEFT at the NYC and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals, SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD which she was nominated for a L.A. Ovation Award, and JACQUES BREL: A LIFE IN SONG, which she won a Ticket Holder Award for Best Cabaret Performance. Jill has had the privilege of singing with and for such stars as Tony Award winning Jason Robert Brown, Richard Carpenter, and her "uncle" Johnny Mathis. She performs in a variety of projects: she is a proud company member of The Musical Theatre Guild in Los Angeles, is a member of the acappella band VYBRATION, is the featured vocalist for the master percussionist C.G. RYCHE, and frequently belts out our National Anthem for the Anaheim Angels, Ducks and L.A. Lakers. www.jillmarieburke.com. 3 Elisa Surmont is an accomplished actress and singer, having appeared in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and ports between. She received critical raves off-Broadway in A GOOD SWIFT KICK at the Variety Arts and Both Barrels at Goodspeed Opera House and Luna Park. She has appeared in dozens of plays, numerous television shows and independent films, and has appeared in many regional and national commercials. Elisa has worked with such luminaries as Liza Minelli, Cybill Shepherd, and Lauren Bacall, and has even sung the National Anthem for the Chicago Bulls! Elisa is a faculty member at Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA), where she teaches Theater History. Elisa enjoys life with her husband and son, both actors! Karen Morrow, an award winning actress, has starred on Broadway in such productions as A JOYFUL NOISE, I'M SOLOMON; MUSIC, MUSIC, THE SELLING OF THE PRESIDENT, THE GRASS HARP and the Tony Award winning MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD. Her Off-Broadway credits include her starring roles in SING MUSE, and THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE. A favorite actress of New York theater audiences, Miss Morrow appeared for five seasons with the New York City Center during its golden years of musical revivals and most recently starred in the National Tour of Jerome Kern's SHOWBOAT. Television audiences remember her from her starring role on The Jim Nabors Hour and her starring roles in may television shows including Friends, Tabitha, Goodnight Beantown, Sabrina, The Tonight Show, The Today Show, Too Close for Comfort, Alice, Loveboat, Murder She Wrote, Trapper John M.D. and countless others that are too numerous to mention. Her musical performing skills are continually called upon by television producers as she has appeared in Song By Song, Great Performances for PBS and Singin'. And of course she has appeared and performed on the Tony Awards. Karen Morrow has sung (and still does) with the Los Angeles Philharmonic as well as The Honolulu, Pacific, Minnesota, Milwaukee and Metropolitan Symphony Orchestras and can be heard on numerous albums, including the latest cast recording of WHITE CHRISTMAS, the stage musical.