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Music by Lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II Book by HOWAR D LI NDSAY and Suggested by The Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp

with JILL-CHRISTINE WILEY MIKE McLEAN HUNTER BROWN LAUREN KIDWELL JAKE MILLS LAUREN O’BRIEN KATE TURNER ETHAN DOUGLAS CUTILLO RILEY O’KANE JENNA SEASHOLTZ EMILY STRUGATSKY QUINN TITCOMB EDWAR D TUR NER ALEXANDRA BRADLEY HENRY FIN BERRY

BRYAN AUSTERMANN TOMMY BETZ MORGAN BLANCHARD NICHOLAS CARROLL ELAINE COTTER SCOTT FUSS KELLY GLYPTIS STEPHANIE GRAY LEAH GREENE JORDYN NORKEY JAMES TAYLOR ODOM JAMES PARKS JILLIAN ROSSI CHRISTINA TOMPKINS ARIANA VALDES TERESA WHITT

Scenic Designer Costume Designer Lighting Designer Sound Designer DOUGLAS W. SCHMIDT NATASHA KATZ SHANNON SLATON Costume Coordinator Hair and Wig Designer Music Coordinator Music Director/Conductor JIMM HALLIDAY BERNIE ARDIA JOHN MEZZIO MICHAEL GILDIN Orchestrations by Casting by Dance & Vocal Arrangements by STEWART/WHITLEY CHRISTINE McKENNA, CSA

Production Stage Manager Tour Booking Tour Press & Marketing Manager MARY DENNIS THE ROAD COMPANY BROADWAY ANNE CAPE BOOKING OFFICE NYC

General Manager Executive Producer Production Manager Gentry & Associates TRINITY WHEELER NETworks Presentations JAMEY JENNINGS EMMA DOWNEY

Music Supervisor ANDY EINHORN

Choreography Recreated by JONATHA N WAR R EN

Original Choreography by DANNY MEFFORD

Directed by MATT LENZ

Original Direction by JACK O’BRIEN

Produced by Special Arrangement with Rodgers & Hammerstein: A Concord Music Company, Crouse Literary Properties Company llc and The Trust www.TheSoundofMusicOnTour.com 4 5 CAST AND MUSICIANS (in order of appearance) The Mother Abbess ...... LAUREN KIDWELL Maria Rainer, a Postulant at Nonnberg ...... JILL-CHRISTINE WILEY Sister Berthe, Mistress of Novices...... ARIANA VALDES Sister Margaretta, Mistress of Postulants ...... TERESA WHITT Sister Sophia ...... ELAINE COTTER Captain ...... MIKE McLEAN Franz, The Butler...... SCOTT FUSS Frau Schmidt, the housekeeper...... STEPHANIE GRAY Liesl LAUREN O’BRIEN Friedrich EDWAR D TUR NER Louisa JENNA SEASHOLTZ Kurt Children of Captain von Trapp ETHAN DOUGLAS CUTILLO Brigitta EMILY STRUGATSKY Marta RILEY O’KANE Gretl } { QUINN EDEN TITCOMB Rolf Gruber...... HUNTER BROWN Elsa Schraeder ...... KATE TURNER Ursula ...... JILLIAN ROSSI Max Detweiler ...... JAKE MILLS Herr Zeller ...... JAMES PARKS Baron Elberfeld ...... BRYAN AUSTERMANN Baroness Elberfeld ...... ARIANA VALDES A New Postulant ...... JILLIAN ROSSI Admiral von Schreiber ...... JAMES TAYLOR ODOM Neighbors of Captain von Trapp, , Novices, Postulants and Contestants at the Festival Concert ...... BRYAN AUSTERMANN, TOMMY BETZ, MORGAN BLANCHARD, ELAINE COTTER, SCOTT FUSS, KELLYL GLYPTIS, STEPHANIE GRAY, LEAH GREENE, JORDYN NORKEY, JAMES TAYLOR ODOM, JAMES PARKS, JILLIAN ROSSI, ARIANA VALDES, TERESA WHITT SWINGS NICHOLAS CARROLL, CHRISTINA TOMPKINS Understudies never substitute for the listed players unless a specific posting or announcement is made at the time of the performance. For Maria Rainer - ELAINE COTTER, JILLIAN ROSSI, TERESA WHITT; for The Mother Abbess - KELLY GLYPTIS, ARIANA VALDES; for Captain Georg von Trapp - NICHOLAS CAROLL, JAMES TAYLOR ODOM; for Liesl - LEAH GREENE; for Friedrich - HENRY FIN BERRY; for Louisa - EMILY STRUGATSKY; for Kurt - HENRY FIN BERRY; for Brigitta - RILEY O’KANE; for Marta - ALEXANDRA BRADLEY; for Gretl - ALEXANDRA BRADLEY; for Rolf Gruber - TOMMY BETZ, MORGAN BLANCHARD; for Max Detweiler - JAMES TAYLOR ODOM, JAMES PARKS; for Elsa Schraeder - JORDYN NORKEY, CHRISTINA TOMPKINS. Dance Captain: ELANIE COTTER ORCHESTRA Music Director/Conductor/Keyboards: MICHAEL GILDIN; Assistant Conductor/Keyboards: MILES Mar 7 - Apr 14 May 9 - Jun 23 Jul 1 - Aug 25 PLANT; Violin/Concertmaster: VICTORIA HURLBURT; Violin: SOPHIE ANDERSEN; Cello: 2019 2019 2019 EARLE PEREZ; Flute/Piccolo/Clarinet: MICHAEL ROSEN; Clarinet/Oboe: TERRY HALVORSON; Bassoon/Clarinet: ANNA ROSEN; French Horn: REBECCA FATHMAN; Trumpet/Flugelhorn: NICHOLAS BERRY; Drums/Percussion: BRIAN GANCH; Musical Coordinator: JOHN MEZZIO Get Social! Follow us for exclusive insider content

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8 9 NelsonAtkins_NewTheatre_Festivals_2018-2019_FNL2.indd 1 11/8/18 9:28 AM Proud title sponsor of the Kansas City Broadway Series MUSICAL NUMBERS AND SCENES ACT I Scene 1: The Preludium ...... The Nuns of the Nonnberg Abbey Scene 2: A Mountainside Near the Abbey ...... Maria Scene 3: The Office of the Mother Abbess, the next morning Maria ...... Sisters Berthe, Sophia, Margaretta and Mother Abbess My Favorite Things ...... Maria and Mother Abbess Scene 4: A Corridor in the Abbey : My Favorite Things ...... Maria Scene 5: The Living Room of the Trapp Villa, that afternoon Do-Re-Mi ...... Maria and the Children Scene 6: Outside the Villa, that evening Sixteen Going On Seventeen ...... Rolf and Liesl Scene 7: Maria’s Bedroom, later that evening ...... Maria and the Children Scene 8: The Terrace of the Villa, six weeks later How Can Love Survive? ...... Max, Elsa and Capt. von Trapp Reprise: The Sound of Music ...... The Children and Capt. von Trapp Scene 9: The Living Room, one week later So Long, Farewell ...... The Children Scene 10: A Corridor in the Abbey Morning Hymn ...... The Nuns Scene 11: The Office of the Mother Abbess, three days later Climb Ev’ry Mountain ...... Mother Abbess

ACT II SO YOU CAN SEE THE BEST Scene 1: The Terrace, the same day Reprise: My Favorite Things ...... The Children and Maria ...... Elsa, Max and Capt. von Trapp Something Good ...... Maria and Capt. von Trapp Scene 2: The Office of the Mother Abbess, two weeks later Gadeamus Domino ...... The Nuns Scene 3: The Cathedral at Nonnberg Abbey, immediately following Reprise: Maria ...... The Nuns Confitemini Domino ...... The Nuns Reprise: Something Good ...... Maria and Capt. von Trapp Scene 4: The Living Room, one month later Reprise: Sixteen Going On Seventeen ...... Maria and Liesl Scene 5: The Concert Hall Stage, Kaltzberg, three days later Reprise: Do-Re-Mi ...... Maria, Capt. von Trapp and the Children Edelweiss ...... Capt. von Trapp, Maria and the Children Reprise: So Long, Farewell ...... Maria, the Children and Capt. von Trapp Scene 6: The Garden of the Abbey, that night Finale Ultimo ...... The Company

913.261.2020 | sabateseye.com There will be one 20-minute intermission The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off your cell phones and pagers prior to the beginning of the performance. 11 WHO’S WHO WHO’S WHO JILL-CHRISTINE WILEY (Maria Rainer) Drowsy Chaperone (Mr. Feldzieg), Joseph… God, Stewart/Whitley, the entire SOM team, training program. Thank you to my Kick Fam- returns to the hills of Austria for a second year! Dreamcoat (Reuben/Butler), (Bede- Naomi Kolstein Bohemia, Michelle Thomp- ily, Katie Kurkemelis, Katie O’Toole, Justin A native of Lancaster, PA, she feels delighted to vere), (Nicky/Trekkie). Thank you son BMG, Kathy Johnston, Danceworks, Jac- Reamy, Badine Magaziner, Stewart/Whitley, be a part of this iconic show! National Tours: NETworks, Stewart/Whitley and the entire queline Ballarin Studios. Love to my family NETworks, Jody Prusan, Nancy Carson, and Beauty and The Beast (u/s Belle, Ensemble). SOM family for this humbling opportunity. and friends! @jennaseasholtz especially Mom, Dad and Sadie. Regional: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s For Mom, Dad, Tess and Matt. @mrjakemills EMILY STRUGATSKY (Brigitta, u/s Lou- BRYAN AUSTERMANN ( (Carrie Pipperidge), Disney’s The Little Mer- Baron Elber- LAUREN O’BRIEN (Liesl) is honored to isa). A 10-year-old from Brooklyn, NY, is hon- feld). National Tour debut! Regional: The maid (Ariel), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast be in her first national tour! Regional: ored to make her Tour debut. Stage credits: (Belle), (Luisa), Dames Bridges of Madison County (Michael). Cruise The Fantasticks Little Women at Sea, , The Murder Room. BFA People’s Garden and Junie B. Jones with Pixie Lines: Disney Cruise Line, Holland America (Beth). Love and thanks to NETworks, Stew- from SUNY Fredonia. Thanks to her NYC Dust Theater, with Kidz Theater. art/Whitley Casting, Gregg Baker Mgt., the Annie Jr. Line. Many thanks to the entire Sound of family, grandparents, TSOM team and Stew- Emily would love to thank her entire team of Music team, Baker Management, Stewart/ company of SOM, family and friends. @jilljcw art/Whitley. Especially grateful for Mom, coaches who have helped her live her dream #liveinthehappy Whitley, and his family and friends. BFA, Dad and Kevin. and for pushing her to the next level. Special NYU Tisch. Pass It On. @bryanaustermann MIKE McLEAN ( ) thanks you to her Manager Mallory Levi and Captain Georg von Trapp KATE TURNER (Elsa Schraeder) is thrilled is excited to share this experience with you! It’s to her family for their unconditional love TOMMY BETZ (Ensemble, u/s Rolf). to be a part of The Sound of Music national and support. Instagram: Emily.Strugatsky; National tour debut! Regional: (But- wonderful to tell a story that the whole fam- tour with this fantastic company. Kate was last ily can enjoy. National Tours: emilystrugatsky.com tons/Darcy), Footloose (Garvin), West Side seen in ’s production of (Diesel), (Neleus), (Benny), Saturday Night Fever (Frank Jr.). Off- Story Into . National Tours: Ragtime (Mother), QUINN TITCOMB (Gretl), age 6 from the Woods (Jack). Thanks to Stewart/Whit- Broadway: Ziegfeld’s Midnight Frolic (Jack Camelot (Nimue). Regional: A Christmas South Florida, is thrilled to be joining the Pickford), (u/s Dylan ley, NETworks, the entire SOM team, and 90210: The Musical Story (Mother), Legally Blonde (Elle Woods), cast of The Sound of Music! Credits: Wait- of course my family for their undying love Mckay). Regional: (Tommy), Life (Val), The Marvelous Wonder- ress (Lulu), Broadway National Tour. Quinn (Wally). @the.other.mclean and support. BFA, Otterbein University. Could Be a Dream ettes (Cindy Lou), All My Sons (Anne Deever), enjoys swimming, learning and playing with @tommyfbetz mikemcleanofficial.com Annie Get Your Gun (Annie Oakley). Kate is a her friends. Thanks to Connecting Talent MORGAN BLANCHARD ( HUNTER BROWN (Rolf Gruber) was born proud graduate of the Penn State BFA Musi- Company and Carson-Adler Agency for Ensemble, u/s and raised in Orlando, FL and received his cal program. Thanks to family, friends believing in her. Big hugs to her parents, fam- Rolf) is thrilled to be making his national BFA in from Elon Univer- and my mother Debbie for all of the inspira- ily, friends and teachers. tour debut with a show that holds a very spe- tion and support! @thekateturner cial place in his heart. Regional: Merry-Go- sity. National Tour: Fame: The Musical (Nick EDWARD TURNER (Friedrich) is thrilled Piazza). Select Regional credits: Round Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse, New Oklahoma! ETHAN DOUGLAS CUTILLO (Kurt). to join the cast. National Tour: A Christmas Barn Playhouse, Kitchen Theatre, (Curly), (Joe Hardy), The From Clarks Summit, PA, Ethan is thrilled Story The Musical (Ralphie). Regional: Mary (Matt), New Bedford Festival Theatre and UFOMT. Fantasticks to make his national tour debut. Regional Poppins (Michael Banks), Beat Bugs (Jay), Ithaca College BFA 2018. Thank you to fam- (Eddie), (Danny) and (Patrick). credits include: Rags (David), Mary Poppins Oliver! (Orphan). Semifinalist, Hal Leonard Hunter has also headlined on Norwegian ily and friends for all of their love and support. (Ensemble). He gives thanks to Danny Marx Children’s Musical Theatre Competition. morgan-blanchard.com Cruise Lines with The Company Men: Amer- and Colin Holmes for starting him on the Thanks to NETworks, Matt, Christine, Bercy ica’s First Mash-Up Group. @BrunterHown path to this great opportunity. Much love and Talent, Amelia, Danny, his 6th grade pals, NICHOLAS CARROLL (Swing, u/s Cap- National tour debut! LAUREN KIDWELL (The Mother Abbess) is thanks to all his family, especially to Mom, brothers, Mom and Dad. @edwardbturner tain Georg van Trapp). Dad and his sister, Carolyn, for all their help Favorite regional credits: 1776 (Thomas Jeffer- very excited to join The Sound of Music! MFA ALEXANDRA BRADLEY (u/s Marta, u/s in Musical Theatre from Boston Conservatory. and support. son), The Fantasticks (El Gallo), Big Fish (Karl Gretl) is thrilled to join the cast of The Sound the Giant), Spamalot (Lancelot), Shrek The Credits: Ragtime (Mother), My Heart in a RILEY O’KANE (Marta, u/s Brigitta) of Music. Credits/Off-Broadway: High School (Mutti), (Mary Musical (Lord Farquaad) and Disney Cruise Suitcase is thrilled to be making her national tour Musical (Kratnoff); Legally Blonde (Pilar), Line. Proud BFA Ithaca College alum. Many Magdalene), Smile (featured performer, Bos- debut. Riley is a 4th grader at Green Meadow Dance Divas World Premiere (Kendra); Show ton Gay Men’s Chorus), thanks to Michael Bradshaw Flynn, Stewart/ Franc D’Ambrosio’s Elementary School (East Greenbush, NY). and Tell U.S. Premiere (Harriett); Annie Whitley and all cast and crew! @nickarroll Broadway: Songs of the Great White Way, Recent credits: Annie (Orphan) Mac-Haydn (Molly). Special thanks to NETworks Tours, Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Lauren is Theater, RoaldDahl’s Willy Wonka (Oompa Matt Lenz, Theresa Pittius, David JV Meenan, ELAINE COTTER (Sister Sophia, u/s grateful to the Lord and her family for their Loompa/Candy Girl), (Tinker- Karen Lampiasi, Kerri Krilla and family. Maria, Dance Captain). Regional Credits: continued love and support! Love never fails. bell). Special Riley hugs to all who inspire her: Newsies (Katherine Plumber), Little Women HENRY FIN BERRY ( laurenkidwell.net Emma, Lisa, Charles, The Mac-Haydn Family, u/s Friedrich, u/s (Jo March), Beauty and the Beast (Belle), The Kurt). National tour Debut! Credits: A Very JAKE MILLS ( ) is thrilled to Andrew, Mom, Dad. Mystery of Edwin Drood (Edwin Drood), Max Detweiler Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology (Ali). Cruise ship credits: be back on the road with NETworks and to JENNA SEASHOLTZ ( ) is thrilled to , (Les), (Michael), Mamma Mia Pris- Louisa Pageant Newsies Peter Pan cilla, Queen of the Desert (Female onstage continue his journey with this beloved clas- make her national tour debut! Credits: Wal- A Christmas Story (Grover Dill), Dance Divas sic. National Tour: (directed by original swing). B.F.A in musical theatre from Indiana Annie nut Street Theatre:Annie (Annie), Wizard of Nutcracker (Timmy). Competitive dancer at University — Go Hoosiers! elainecotter.com lyricist, ). Regional: Holiday Oz (Munchkin). Regional: (Baby June), Kick Dance Studios (national title winner, Inn (Danny), (Watson/Starnes), Jekyll (Mary Hildebrand), White Christ- 2017 and 2018). Member of NYC Tap Crew SCOTT FUSS (Franz) is so excited to be per- & Hyde (Bishop), 1776 (Joseph Hewes), The mas (Susan Waverly), SOM (Gretl). Thanks to with Thommie Retter and Koin and Kids forming on his first tour in America. Recent 12 13 WHO’S WHO credits: (Ensemble, Monsignor, u/s ment Group), Baskerville (Sherlock Holmes, Joey), The Bridges of Madison County (u/s Cider Mill Playhouse), Disfarmer (Arkansas Bud), Working! 40th Anniversary Concert New Play Festival, Arkansas Rep) and Mary w/ Stephen Schwartz. Thank you so much for Poppins (George Banks, Gainesville Theatre being a patron of the arts! Alliance). Other regional favorites include: KELLY GLYPTIS ( One Man, Two Guvnors, The Importance of Ensemble, u/s The Mother , Abbess). Professional: Prizery Theater, Being Earnest Sherlock Holmes & The West grown by hand Saratoga, Cardinal Stage, Shreveport Opera, End Horror and It’s a Wonderful life. Origi- VA Opera, Atlanta Opera, Fargo-Moorhead nal one-man shows: Dashiell Hammett’s The Opera, MD Lyric Opera, OperaDelaware, Maltese Falcon and The Mystery Bookshop Baltimore Concert Opera, Brooklyn Metro Musical. MFA, University of Arkansas and BA, Brenau University. Avalon Artists Group. Chamber Orchestra. Training: Potomac Vocal made by hand Institute, Indiana University (MM), Cana- jamestaylorodom.com dian Operatic Arts Academy, Operafestival di JAMES PARKS (Herr Zeller, u/s Max Det- Roma. Thank you to Kathy (Encompass Arts), weiler). Selected NYC Credits: Night of the Betsy, Matt, Anne. kellyglyptis.com Secretary General, Missing Gemini, Discov- STEPHANIE GRAY (Frau Schmidt) is ering Magenta ( available). thrilled to be back on the road with The Sound National tour credits: Pinkalicious, Spaghetti of Music. National Tours: Disney’s Beauty and in a Hot Dog Bun. Thank you for supporting the Beast (Mrs. Potts), ArtsPower. Regional: live theater. Quack! MM: NYU Steinhardt; BM: Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins. Beauty and the Beast (Wardrobe) at Arrow 816.221.7559 | bluebirdbistro.com Rock Lyceum Theatre. Young Artist at the thejamesparks.com; @TheJamesParks 1700 Summit Street Seagle Music Colony. BM, Boston University, JILLIAN ROSSI (Ursula, Postulant, u/s 2013. Love to my family and Keefe. Maria). NYC: Radio City Christmas Spectacu- LEAH GREENE (Ensemble, u/s Liesl) is lar (Ensemble). Regional: Weaver of Raveloe, thrilled to be making her national tour debut! American Repertory Theatre; Me and My Girl, She has previously toured internationally Reagle Music Theatre. BFA Boston Conserva- with Sister Act (u/s Mary Robert) and Dis- tory. Thanks to Christine/Stewart Whitley, ney Cruise Line. Other credits include: The Henderson Hogan Agency; endless gratitude Bridges of Madison County (Carolyn), …Spell- and love to my parents, family and Bill. This is ing Bee (Olive Ostrovsky). Thanks and love to for you! @jillian__rossi Mom, Dad and Scott! leah-greene.com CHRISTINA TOMPKINS (Swing, u/s Elsa JORDYN NORKEY (Lady Zeller, u/s Elsa Schraeder) is returning to the hills after work- Schraeder) is ecstatic to make her professional ing on the U.S. of Grumpy Old Men debut! Originally from Tecumseh, MI, Jordyn (Ogunquit Playhouse). Regional Favorites: graduated from The University of Michigan (Reno), (Velma), with a BFA in Musical Theatre. She would like Sister Act (Sister ). BFA Univer- to say thank you to the creative team, NET- sity of Mississippi. Thank you family, friends, works and Stewart/Whitely for this incred- TSOM team and you for supporting the arts! ible opportunity. Much love to Mom, Dad @tina_tompkins and Payton! AR IANA VALDES (Sister Berthe, Baroness JAMES TAYLOR ODOM (Admiral von Elberfeld, u/s The Mother Abbess) is delighted Schreiber, u/s Captain Georg von Trapp, u/s to return for a second season with The Sound Max Detweiler). National Tour: A Gentle- of Music! National Tour/Singapore: My Fair man’s Guide to Love and Murder (The Lady (Mrs. Hopkins). Regional: The Sound of D’ysquith Family). NYC: One Christmas Eve Music (The Mother Abbess), (FringeNYC). Regional: Grumpy Old Men (Daniela), Sister Act (Sister Mary Patrick), Lunch: Tuesday through Friday, 11:00 a.m.–2:30 p.m. (Tim, Ogunquit Playhouse), Murder for Two Jerry Springer: The Opera (Baby Jane/Peaches), (Suspects, TheatreSquared),The Thirty- Shrek (Dragon), Guys and Dolls (General Dinner: Thursday and Friday, 5:30–9:00 p.m. café SEBASTIENNE Steps (Richard Hannay, Cortland Repertory Cartwright), Seussical (Sour Kangaroo), Dis- Brunch: Saturday and Sunday, 11:00 a.m.–2:30 p.m. at Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art Theatre), God of Carnage (Alan, Shadowland ney’s Beauty and the Beast (Madame de la Stages), (Broadway World Grande Bouche). Proud Boston Conservatory- 4420 Warwick Boulevard, Kansas City, MO 64111 | 816–561–7740 | kemperart.org/cafe Award, Henry Higgins, Prather Entertain- Voice/Opera alum. Follow @arianavaldiva 14 (Continued on page 16) 15 (Continued from page 14) WHO’S WHO WHO’S WHO and ArianaValdes.com for more! Infinite love first Broadway show, collaborating with Corey house, St. Louis MUNY, Ogunquit Play- 2002 revival of (Tony nomina- to Mom, KB, family and friends! Ford on the musical comedy Hold Your Horses. house, Cape Playhouse, North Carolina tion, Drama Desk and L.A. Ovation Awards). From 1934 on Crouse wrote only with Lind- Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theater, Zach Theatre, Other recent projects include the Broadway TERESA WHITT (Sister Margaretta, u/s say. Their hits include The Sound of Music Gulfshore Playhouse, Casa Manana, Gateway production of The Front Page, for which he was Maria) is delighted to be joining this incred- (with a score by Rodgers & Hammerstein); Playhouse, Short North Stage, Forestburgh ible company! Favorite regional credits include also nominated for a Tony Award. The Sound Anything Goes and Red, Hot, and Blue (with Playhouse and Stamford Center for the Arts. of Music and The Front Page are his 18th and My Fair Lady, , Les Misérables scores by ); (score Lenz is a member of SDC and a teaching artist and The Addams Family. BFA: Montclair 19th collaborations with director Jack O’Brien by ); the long-running play Life with the Broadway Dreams Foundation. since 1975. State. Love to my family, friends and AP. With Father (which originally starred Lind- DANNY MEFFORD ( teresawhitt.com say); the Pulitzer Prize winning State of the Original Choreogra- JANE GREENWOOD (Costume Designer). ). Broadway: (Tony RICHARD RODGERS and OSCAR Union; and The Great Sebastians, written for pher Originally from Liverpool, England, Ms. the Lunts. Their producing credits included Award, Best Musical), (Tony Greenwood was educated at the Central HAM MERSTEIN II (Music and Lyrics). Award, Best Musical), After long and highly distinguished careers The Hasty Heart, Detective Story,and Arsenic Bloody Bloody Andrew School of Arts. She has designed over 125 and Old Lace. Jackson and The Bridges of Madison County. Broadway productions since with other collaborators, Richard Rodgers TV: NBC’s . Other credits: Ballad of the Rise in 1963. Recent credits: , (composer, 1902–1979) and Oscar Hammer- JACK O’BRIEN (Original Director). Upcom- , Sad Café stein II (librettist/lyricist, 1895–1960) joined Miss You Like Hell, Venus Love’s Labour Lost, (with Glenn Close), ing: The Hard Problem at Lincoln Center. Good Person of Szechwan, Much Ado About Mother of the Maid The forces in 1943 to create the most successful Broadway: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel, Little Foxes (Tony Award), The Assembled partnership in the American musical theater. Nothing, Pump Boys and Dinettes, Melancholy Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Front Play and Dance Dance Revolution. Direct- Parties, The Sound of Music (national tour), Prior to his work with Hammerstein, Rodg- Page, It’s Only a Play, Macbeth, The Nance, ing: , and You Can’t Take It With You, Act One, Harvey ers collaborated with lyricist on Becoming Liv Ullmann Wasted The Dead Accounts, Catch Me If You Can, Impres- Maids. Danny has been nominated for Drama and Driving Miss Daisy. Awards: Irene Shar- a series of musical comedies that epitomized sionism, The Coast of Utopia (Tony Award), Desk, Astaire and Lortel Awards for choreog- aff Award, 19 Tony nominations and the 2014 the wit and sophistication of Broadway in its Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tony nomination), raphy. Education: University of Evansville and Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement. She heyday. Among their greatest successes were Henry IV (Tony Award), Hairspray (Tony Brown University. is in the Theater Hall of Fame. Professor of , On Your Toes, and Babes In Arms. Award), Imaginary Friends, The Invention of Design at Yale School of Drama since 1976. Throughout the same era, Hammerstein Love (Tony nomination, ), JONATHAN WARREN (Tour Chore- brought new life to the operetta, culminat- The Full Monty (Tony nomination), More ographer). Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen NATASHA KATZ (Lighting Design). A ing in the masterpiece (music by to Love, Getting Away With Murder, Pride’s (Associate Choreographer), Wicked (Dance six-time Tony Award winner, Natasha has Jerome Kern). Oklahoma!, the first Rodgers Crossing, , Hapgood (Lucille Captain). National Tour: A Night with Janis designed extensively for theatre, opera, dance, & Hammerstein musical, was also the first Lortel Award,), Damn Yankees, Two Shake- Joplin (Dance Supervisor). International: concerts and permanent lighting installations of a new genre, the musical play, blending spearean Actors (Tony nomination), and Wicked Mexico City (Asst. Dance Supervisor). around the world. Recent Broadway: Springs- Rodgers’s musical comedy style with Ham- Bess (Tony nomination). : Regional: A Night with Janis Joplin (A.C.T., teen on Broadway; ; Hello, Dolly! (star- merstein’s innovations in operetta. Okla- Il Trittico. Carnegie Hall: Guys and Dolls. The 5th Ave, and McCarter), La Cage Aux ring ); ; Long Day’s Journey homa! was followed by Carousel, Public Theater Central Park:Much Ado About Folles (Goodspeed). Film/Television: Outside into Night; ; An American in (film 1945, 1962; Broadway 1996),, Nothing. London: Love Never Dies, Hair- Providence. Performing Credits: Wicked, Peter Paris; ; ; Motown; South Pacific, , , spray (Olivier nomination). National Theatre: Pan, We Will Rock You, , Cats, ; ; The Coast of Utopia: Salvage; , Cinderella (television 1957, His Girl Friday. Artistic Director of the Old Radio City Christmas Spectacular. and Beauty and the Beast. 1965, 1997; Broadway 2013), Flower Drum Globe Theatre, 1981 – 2007. Six productions and . Collectively, DOUGLAS W. SCHMIDT (Scenic Designer) SHANNON SLATON (Sound Designer) Song, The Sound of Music for PBS’s American Playhouse. Books: Jack Be has designed more than 200 productions the Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals have Nimble, publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux. has designed many national tours including earned Tonys, Oscars, Grammys, Emmys, over the past 50 years. Highlights: New York The Sound of Music; Elf the Musical; Bullets Pulitzers, and Olivier Awards. MATT LENZ (Tour Director). Broadway: Drama Desk Awards for ’ musical and Ira Levin’s Over Broadway; The Illusionists; Turn of the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Hairspray, Over Here Veronica’s Century; Shrek The Musical; Hairspray; The HOWARD LINDSAY and RUSSEL Room, ’s They’re Playing Our Song, Catch Me If You Can, The Velocity of Autumn Producers; Kiss Me, Kate; Noise/Funk; The CROUSE (Book). The (Associate Director on original productions), Bernard Slade’s Romantic Comedy, Howard Full Monty; ; A Chorus Line; Tap partnership stands today as the longest col- Beauty and the Beast (Resident Director). Ashman and ’s musical laboration of any writers in theatrical history, Off-Broadway: (Drama Smile, the original production of Grease, and Dogs; Sweeney Todd; The Wizard of Oz; The Pageant: The Musical and lasting for 32 years. Howard Lindsay was Desk nomination), The Irish Curse (Soho the now legendary multi-million dollar spec- Drowsy Chaperone The Wedding Singer. He was also the Advance Sound on born in 1889 and died in 1968. He became an Playhouse), Idaho! (NYMF), The Great Daisy tacle Frankenstein, which closed on opening Wicked actor at 19 and went on to become a success- Theory, Fingers and Toes (NYMF) and Alan night. In 1983 he designed Jack O’Brien’s and the Production Sound for The Phantom of ful Broadway playwright and director. Russel Ball’s The Amazing Adventures of Tense Guy. spectacular production of at the Opera on Broadway and the U.S. National Crouse was born in 1893 and died in 1966. National Tours: A Christmas Story: The Musi- , which also toured in Tour. Shows he has mixed on Broadway After serving in the Navy, he worked on New cal, Cheers! Live On Stage, Catch Me If You America and Europe. Broadway: 2001 revival include: , Bombay Dreams, York newspapers, gaining his first renown Can and Hairspray. Lenz also directed pro- of and this year’s remounting cur- Sweet Charity, , Dirty Rotten Scoun- through a signed column in the Post. In 1932 ductions of Hairspray in South Africa, U.K., rently playing The Theatre Royal Drury Lane drels, , Spring Awak- he became head of the publicity department Toronto, Las Vegas and Germany. Regional: in London (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer ening, Fela!, Anything Goes, Annie, Legally for the and in 1933 wrote his , George Street Play- Critics’ Circle Award nominations) and the Blonde and . 16 (Continued on page 19) 17 Broadway Up/Down 2.25 x 7.75 .qxp_Layout 1 1/8/1 (Continued from page 17) Curtain Going Up. WHO’S WHO

Make your next JIMM HALLIDAY (Costume Coordinator) with conductors and John Mauc- has been a proud member of the NETworks eri. In his spare time, he enjoys reconstructing night at the theatre family since 1999, having designed or coordi- forgotten musicals from the 1920s-50s. Mom, special by enjoying nated costumes for dozens of national tours. this one’s for you. a delicious dinner at With , he won the 2010 Award for the acclaimed production of ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT (Orches- Metropolitan KC, at The Kennedy Center and has been trations). In a career spanning more than five Ragtime decades, Robert Russell Bennett (1894–1981) featuring seafood, the resident Costume Designer at New York’s arranged more than 300 Broadway musical steak and barbeque. Mac-Haydn Theatre for the past 33 years. Spe- cial thanks and gratitude to dear friend and scores. In musical comedy’s golden era of the Enjoy the conven- colleague Seth Wenig for all his insight and 1920s, he orchestrated up to 22 shows a season. guidance. Among his credits were Show Boat; Roberta; ience of one-stop Sunny; Rose-Marie; No, No, Nanette; Girl parking and receive BERNIE ARDIA (Hair and Wig Design) has Crazy; Of Thee I Sing; ; Carmen 10% off any entrée enjoyed a 37-year career, starting in television. Jones; Finian’s Rainbow; Kiss Me, Kate; My He has designed over 75 productions, includ- Fair Lady and Camelot. He orchestrated seven when you show Our Signature of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s musicals includ- Barbeque Salmon ing Bullets Over Broadway (tour), Cameron your theatre ticket. Mackintosh’s Les Misérables (U.S. and Can- ing Oklahoma!, South Pacific, The King and I ada). Ragtime at the Kennedy Center, Kiss of and The Sound of Music. His arrangements for MetropolianKC Theatre the Spider Woman with , Starlight the 1955 film version of Oklahoma! earned Express at The Las Vegas Hilton,Cinderella him an Academy Award. He also orchestrated MetropolitanKC with and Debbie Gibson, and and arranged Rodgers’s 13 television docu-

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Side Story; Finding Neverland Dirty Theatre Take the Elevator Home Dancing, The Sound of Music, Into the Woods, MICHAEL GILDIN (Music Director/ The Bodyguard, Chicago The Musical, Once, Conductor) is a New York-based music direc- Shrek, Elf, Flashdance, Anything Goes, Bullets tor thrilled to be making his national tour Over Broadway, We Will Rock You. Upcom- debut—special thanks to Andy for making ing: 200 West 12th Street Kansas City, MO 64105 Hadestown, Paradise Square, August 816.421.6800 kansascitymarriottdowntown.com this possible. Michael works regularly with Rush, Reefer Madness, Other World, The Man ’s Encores! Series and in the Ceiling, Back Home Again, Waterfall. 18 (Continued on page 20) 19 (Continued from page 19) WHO’S WHO Regional: American Repertory Theater, Alley TRINITY WHEELER (Executive Pro- Theatre, Bay Street, Goodspeed, Theatre ducer).Broadway: Les Misérables (Produc- Under the Stars, Asolo Rep, Hollywood Bowl, tion Stage Manager). National Tours: Dirty TheatreWorks, Royal Caribbean. The Casting Dancing (Executive Producer), Bullets Over Society of America. Artios Award Winning. Broadway (Executive Producer), Beauty and stewartwhitley.com the Beast (Executive Producer), The Phan- tom of the Opera (Supervisory Production THE ROAD COMPANY (Tour Booking) Stage Manager), Mary Poppins (Production was founded in 1997 by Stephen Lindsay Stage Manager), Young Frankenstein starring and Brett Sirota. In addition to The Sound of Roger Bart and starring Adam Pascal Music, current representation includes Wicked, and Anthony Rapp. Trinity currently works Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, War Paint, on the national tours of Les Misérables, Find- The Band’s Visit, SpongeBob SquarePants, A ing Neverland, Elf and Rodgers & Ham- Clockwork Orange, The Lightning Thief, The merstein’s The Sound of Music. Instagram: Illusionists, Dirty Dancing, and @trinityonbroadway multiple companies of Elf the Musical. The Road Company is made possible by Magaly NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS (Pro- Barone, Shawn Willett, Jenny Kirlin, Justine ducer), from its inception over 20 years ago, has Spingler, Joe Reed, and Josh Cape. been an industry leading producer and man- ager of touring musical theatre productions BROADWAY BOOKING OFFICE NYC and remains committed to delivering quality (Tour Press and Marketing) is a leading theat- entertainment to audiences worldwide. Hav- rical tour booking, marketing and press com- ing toured over 70 productions internationally, pany representing award-winning musicals NETworks’ current and upcoming touring and plays. Currently: Jersey Boys, Cameron productions include ’s Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Elf Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the the Musical, Finding Neverland, The Sound of Opera, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Beauti- Music, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King ful – The Carole King Musical, A Bronx Tale, and I, The Band’s Visit, A Bronx Tale, Falset- , A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and tos, and Cameron Mackin- Murder, The Sound of Music, Rodgers & Ham- tosh’s Miss Saigon. merstein’s The King and ,I Fun Home, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies, Bright STAFF FOR The Sound of Music Star and Matthew Bourne’s . Executive Producer www.bbonyc.com Trinity Wheeler General Management ANNE CAPE (Company Manager) is Gentry & Associates thrilled to be back with the NETworks fam- Gregory Vander Ploeg ily. National tours: The Sound of Music, Elf the Jamey Jennings Steve Varon Musical and Once. Other work includes assis- Pearce Landry-Wegener Nicole Gehring tant general manager for NETworks Presenta- Production Management tions. Graduate of Ohio Northern University NETworks Presentations Jason Juenker (BFA). Thanks to my incredible family, Rick, Hector Guivas Evan Rooney Chris and Connie for your constant love and Walker White Emma Downey support. I wouldn’t be where I am today with- Tour Booking out you! The Road Company Stephen Lindsay, Brett Sirota MARY DENNIS (Production Stage Man- www.theroadcompany.com ager) is excited to be working on her second Tour Press & Marketing national tour! Past credits – NETworks Pre- Broadway Booking Office NYC sentations: The Sound of Music (ASM/PSM). Steven Schnepp Pennsylvania State University: Be More Chill Kent McIngvale, Jenny Bates, Zach Stevenson, (PSM), Hair (PSM), (ASM). 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