Official Program for Broadway in Detroit at the Fisher Theatre B:6” T:5”
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OFFICIAL PROGRAM FOR BROADWAY IN DETROIT AT THE FISHER THEATRE B:6” T:5” MADE IN HAS 6 GRANDCHILDREN. ADMITS SEWING CIRCLE B:8” IS MORE ABOUT TALKING T:7” THAN SEWING. LOVES PEOPLE AND LIVING AT AMERICAN HOUSE. 100 % DOTTY NAGY XL EXTROVERT We have character. Thousands of them, actually. Like Dotty, our residents won’t just steal the show... they’ll steal your heart. Visit americanhouse.com/testimonials to watch videos and learn more about our incredible cast of characters. For information on our communities visit OFFICIAL ROLEX JEWELER americanhouse.com or call (800) 351-5224. ROLEX OYSTER PERPETUAL AND DATEJUST ARE TRADEMARKS. Residences • Dining • Activities • Education • Wellness • Transportation • Support Services* TDD (800) 649-3777 *Support Services provided by third party not affiliated with American House. ACS_ProgramTitlePg_2011.qxd 10/24/11 8:03 PM Page 1 GERALD GOEHRING ROY MILLER MICHAEL F. MITRI PAT ADDISS PETER BILLINGSLEY MARIANO TOLENTINO LOUISE H. BEARD MICHAEL FILERMAN SCOTT HART TIMOTHY LACZYNSKI Green Day’s AmericAn iDiot ........Detroit Opera House • Jan. 17–22, 2012 BARTNER/JENKINS ENTERTAINMENT ANGELA MILONAS BRADFORD W. SMITH ON SALE NOW This Broadway hit boldly takes the American musical where it’s PRESENT never gone before with a story of three lifelong friends forced to choose between their dreams and the safety of suburbia. Based on Green Day’s Grammy® Award- winning multiplatinum album, it features “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” “21 Guns,” “Wake Me Up When September Ends,” “Holiday” and the blockbuster title track. the groundbreaking BROADWAY musical Book by Music & Lyrics by JOSEPH ROBINETTE BENJ PASEK and JUSTIN PAUL JOHNNY ELVIS JERRY LEE CARL CASH PRESLEY LEWIS PERKINS million Dollar QuArtet .............Fisher Theatre • Jan 24–Feb 5, 2012 Based upon the motion picture “A Christmas Story” ON SALE NOW This smash-hit Broadway musical celebrates the legendary © 1983 Turner Entertainment Co., distributed by Warner Bros., written by recording session that brought together the icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, JEAN SHEPHERD, LEIGH BROWN and BOB CLARK Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins. It features the hits “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Fever,” and upon “In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash” written by “That’s All Right,” “Sixteen Tons,” “Great Balls of Fire,” “I Walk the Line,” “Who Do You JEAN SHEPHERD Love?,” “Matchbox,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Hound Dog” and more. Starring rock of AGes................................................Fisher Theatre • Feb. 21–26, 2012 JOHN BOLTON GENE WEYGANDT CLARKE HALLUM RACHEL BAY JONES with ON SALE NOW Back by popular demand—it’s an awesomely good time about JOHN FRANCIS BABBO JONATHAN BURKE ANDREW CRISTI SALLY ELTING NICK GASWIRTH NICHOLAS DANIEL GONZALEZ dreaming big, playing loud and partying on! In LA’s most famous rock club on the CASEY GORAB DREA GORDON LESLIE HENSTOCK CARL KIMBROUGH MATTHEW LEWIS SEAN McKNIGHT MARA NEWBERY Sunset Strip, a small town girl meets a big city rocker and they fall in love to the LYN PHILISTINE CHARLIE PLUMMER ALEX PUETTE JOHNNY RABE KAYLA REA J.D. RODRIGUEZ EMILY RUDOLPH greatest hits of the eighties, including songs by Journey, Night Ranger, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Asia, Whitesnake and many more. JAKE BENNETT SIEGFRIED MARGUERITE WILLBANKS GEORGE ANDREW WOLFF KIRSTEN WYATT and ADAM PELTY as Santa KAREN MASON as Miss Shields shrek, the musicAl .......................Fisher Theatre • Feb. 28–Mar. 11, 2012 ON SALE NOW Based on the Oscar® winning DreamWorks film, Shrek The Musical Set Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design features nineteen all-new songs, great dancing and big laughs. In a faraway WALT SPANGLER ELIZABETH HOPE CLANCY HOWELL BINKLEY KEN TRAVIS kingdom, an unseemly ogre shows up to rescue a feisty princess. Throw in a donkey Associate Choreographer Hair and Wig Design Casting who won’t shut up, a villain with a short temper, a cookie with an attitude and other JAMES GRAY TOM WATSON STEPHANIE KLAPPER, CSA fairy tale misfits, and you’ve got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero… Shrek. Vocal Arrangements Music Coordinator Production Stage Manager Technical Supervisor JUSTIN PAUL TALITHA FEHR TRIPP PHILLIPS FRED GALLO Disney’s BeAuty AnD the BeAst .....Fisher Theatre • April 10–22, 2012 National Associate Producers ON SALE NOV. 27 Disney’s smash hit Broadway musical is an eye-popping spectacle General Management Press Representative Marketing that has won the hearts of over thirty-five million people worldwide. Based on ALCHEMY PRODUCTION GROUP KEITH SHERMAN CURIO DANCAP PRODUCTIONS, INC. the Academy Award-winning animated feature film, this classic musical love story CARL PASBJERG & FRANK SCARDINO & ASSOCIATES PRODUCTIONS JEFFREY JACKSON is filled with unforgettable characters, lavish sets and costumes, and dazzling RIC ZIVIC production numbers including “Be Our Guest” and the beloved title song. Orchestrations Music Direction and Supervision Dance Music Arrangements LARRY BLANK IAN EISENDRATH GLEN KELLY Blue mAn Group ..........................................Fisher Theatre • May 1–13, 2012 Choreographed by Wildly popular but impossible to describe, Blue Man Group is an intensely exciting and wildly outrageous show that leaves the entire audience in a blissful, euphoric WARREN CARLYLE state. With no spoken language, it’s perfect for people of all ages, languages and Directed by cultures. Escape the ordinary and surround yourself in an explosion of comedy, JOHN RANDO music, and technology. World Premiere produced by Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Eric Rosen, Artistic Director, Tickets on sale at the Fisher Theatre box office, ticketmaster.com and 800-982-2787. Jerry Genochio, Producing Director; Cynthia Rider, Managing Director For offers before public sale and more, join our Broadway In Detroit E-lert list at BroadwayInDetroit.com. Subsequently produced by The 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle, Washington, David Armstrong, Executive Producer and Artistic Director, Groups of twelve or more: e-mail [email protected] or call (313) 871-1132. Bernadine C. Griffin, Managing Director and Bill Berry, Producing Director [ SPONSOR LOGOS ] 5 CAST OF CHARACTERS (In Order of Appearance) Jean Shepherd .......................................................................................................... GENE WEYGANDT Foley Artist ................................................................................................................. NICK GASWIRTH Ralphie ..................................................................................................................... CLARKE HALLUM Mother ...................................................................................................................RACHEL BAY JONES Randy ........................................................................................................................ MATTHEW LEWIS The Old Man .................................................................................................................... JOHN BOLTON ACCOLADES Schwartz ..................................................................................................JAKE BENNETT SIEGFRIED Flick .................................................................................................NICHOLAS DANIEL GONZALEZ Esther Jane .....................................................................................................................DREA GORDON Mary Beth ...................................................................................................................... CASEY GORAB Scut Farkus .......................................................................................................... CHARLIE PLUMMER COME STANDARD. Grover Dill ....................................................................................................... JOHN FRANCIS BABBO Other Children ............................................... SALLY ELTING, JOHNNY RABE, EMILY RUDOLPH Miss Shields ...................................................................................................................KAREN MASON Like almost everything else on the LINCOLN MKZ. It was just Fantasy Villain ................................................................................................................ ALEX PUETTE named “Most Dependable Entry Premium Car Two Years in a Delivery Men .............................................................................JONATHAN BURKE, ALEX PUETTE Row,” according to J.D. Power and Associates.1 Policeman ..................................................................................................GEORGE ANDREW WOLFF Fireman ................................................................................................................... JONATHAN BURKE Doctor ................................................................................................................................ADAM PELTY Nurse ...........................................................................................................................KIRSTEN WYATT Flick’s Mother ..........................................................................................MARGUERITE WILLBANKS Tree Salesman ............................................................................................GEORGE ANDREW WOLFF Santa Claus ........................................................................................................................ADAM PELTY Chief Elves ................................................................................ANDREW