2013–2014 SEASON SPONSORS The City of Cerritos gratefully thanks our 2013–2014 Season Sponsors for their generous support of the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts. YOUR FAVORITE ENTERTAINERS, YOUR FAVORITE THEATER 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 current CCPA Associates donors 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 where 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 Mr. and Mrs. Curtis R. Eakin Marilyn and Jim Peters The Capital Group Companies Richard Ertzman and Mary Mitchell Barbara Pinette Charitable Foundation Pat and Joe Esquivel Gwen and Gerry Pruitt The Gettys Family Judy and Robert Fisher Robin Raymond Eleanor and David St. Clair Sharon Frank Joan and Dick Redmayne Triangle Distributing Company Gayle Garrity In Memory of Michael Garrity R.C. Reichelderfer Yamaha Margarita Gomez Rosalie Relleve Raejean C. Goodrich Joan G. Robinson HEADLINER William Goodwin Laura and Gary Rose Janet Gray Beryl and Graham Gosling Pam and Bruce Rose Dr. HP Kan and Mrs. Della Kan Timothy Gower Naif Salman Art Segal in Memory of Marilynn Segal Alvena and Richard Graham Christiane and Dennis Salts Masaye Stafford Norma and Gary Greene Sheri Sands Roger Hale Mario A. Sapitula OPENING ACT Julie and Costa Hase Janed and Richard Sax Hedy Harrison-Anduha and Donna and Carl Hinds Mary and Jeff Scherbarth Larry Anduha Patricia Hines Mabel and Dennis Schoonover Nancy and Nick Baker Dr. Richard Hochberg Mr. and Mrs. John D. Schulte Mary and Robert Buell Family Trust Marianne and Bob Hughlett, Ed.D. Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Sciotto Virginia Czarnecki James Isbell Jonas Scott Jill and Rick Larson Terry L. Koepke Kathleen Sidaris Celia and Clarence Masuo Shirley Kotsonis Steven Siefert Pegleg Entertainment Bette and Ken Kurihara Susie and Neil Siegel Seal Methods, Inc. 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To request a change to your listing, please call (562) 916-8510 or send an e-mail to [email protected]. 2 presents HELEN REDDY HOLIDAY SHOW Sunday, December 1, 2013, 3:00 PM This performance will not include an intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited. BIOGRAPHY USA Today called Helen Reddy “invincible.” The American Music Award, delivers seasonal tunes and the hits first Australian to win a Grammy for “Best Female Artist,” that made her a global household name. Reddy garnered the international spotlight with the Reddy was the first Australian to host her own No. One chart-busting songs Delta Dawn and Angie Baby; I weekly televised variety show on an American network. Don’t Know How to Love Him; and You and Me Against the Her theater work has included roles on Broadway and in World. Her self-penned signature song I Am Woman became London’s West End. As a solo concert artist, she performed an anthem for the feminist movement and women’s rights at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York and the and made Reddy an international icon. Royal Albert Hall and the Palladium in London. Reddy was The Times Union raved, “Reddy’s hits were always also the first Western female performer invited to perform in melodic, often quirky and always, in their own way, classy.” China. In the HELEN REDDY HOLIDAY SHOW, the Reddy penned the best-selling memoir The Woman I songstress, who garnered a “Favorite Pop/Rock Female” Am. n 3 presents ROB KAPILOW’S WHAT MAKES IT GREAT? OVER THE RAINBOW: THE SONGS OF HAROLD ARLEN ROB KAPILOW, CONDUCTOR/COMMENTATOR D’ANA LOMBARD, SOPRANO and GRIFFITH FRANK Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 7:30 PM This performance will not include an intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited. 4 BIOGRAPHIES ROB KAPILOW has long been compared to first book of its kind to be especially designed for the iPad legendary composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein and with embedded musical examples. exalted as “Classical music’s greatest evangelist” by the Also an award-winning composer, Kapilow recently Boston Herald. In OVER THE RAINBOW: THE SONGS premiered a large-scale work commissioned by the Marin OF HAROLD ARLEN, Kapilow unlocks the secrets of Symphony to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Golden master songwriter Arlen, whose vast songbook consists of Gate Bridge. more than 400 tunes such as Get Happy, Last Night When The evening features soprano D’ANA LOMBARD, We Were Young, Stormy Weather, That Old Black Magic, and who made her Los Angeles Opera debut as Kate Pinkerton Over the Rainbow, which was voted the No. One song of in Madama Butterfly. Her past performances include The the 20th century by the Recording Industry Association of Tempest, Amahl and the Night Visitors, and Suor Angelica. America and the National Endowment for the Arts. Lombard is a recipient of the Metropolitan Opera National For more than 20 years, Kapilow has brought the joy Council Rohatyn Great Promise Award, the Licia Albanese- and wonder of Classical music – and unraveled some of Puccini Foundation Encouragement Award, and the Gerda its mysteries – to audiences of all ages and backgrounds. Lissner Foundation Encouragement Award. Characterized by his unique ability to create an “aha” Singer-songwriter GRIFFITH FRANK’s versatile moment for his audiences and collaborators, whatever their voice has been heard all over the world, including at level of musical sophistication or naiveté, Kapilow’s work Indonesia’s Java Jazz Festival; London’s Regal Room; the brings music into people’s lives: opening new ears to musical Cast Party in New York; and Hollywood’s Magic Castle. experiences and helping people to listen actively rather Frank was featured on the Golden Globe-nominated than just hear. soundtrack of the Rob Marshall filmNine . A graduate of Kapilow’s range of activities is astonishingly broad, the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Frank is currently including his What Makes It Great? presentations (now for working on the English adaptation of The Count of Monte more than 15 seasons in New York and Boston), his family Cristo Musical. n compositions and Family Musik events, his Citypieces, and residencies with institutions as diverse as the National Gallery of Canada and Stanford University. The reach of his interactive events and activities is wide, both geographically and culturally: from Native American tribal communities in Montana and inner-city high school students in Louisiana to audiences in Kyoto and Kuala Lumpur, and from tots barely out of diapers to musicologists in Ivy League SIMPLIFY YOUR SHOPPING WITH programs, his audiences are diverse and unexpected, but GIFT CERTIFICATES FROM THE invariably rapt and keen to come back for more. CERRITOS CENTER FOR THE Kapilow’s popularity and appeal are reflected in PERFORMING ARTS notable invitations and achievements: he appeared on NBC’s Today Show in conversation with then-host Katie Sure to please everyone on your list, gift Couric and he presented a special What Makes It Great? certificates are available in any denomination, event for broadcast on PBS’s Live From Lincoln Center. He with no expiration date. Available now at the has written two highly popular books published by Wiley/ Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts Ticket Lincoln Center: All You Have to Do Is Listen, which won Office. Call (562) 916-8500 or visit the PSP Prose Award for “Best Book in Music and the www.cerritoscenter.com. Performing Arts”; and the 2011 What Makes It Great, the 5 presents MICHAEL LONDRA’S CELTIC YULETIDE Friday, December 6, 2013, 8:00 PM There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.