20II • 2012 SEASON ,. a�et Ready to SpkL· Up C ON OTHER STACES C T3 PEOPLE You1 llnlid ..1v.,. CIRCLE THEATRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHu· fJdiciou.-. Holidav SEPTEMBER 22 - OCTOBER 22 The Fantasticks CHAIR Sally Hansen LIAISON, CITY OF DALLAS CULTURAL COMMISSION DALLAS CHILDREN'S THEATER c:all:rin� \1tinu� Maura Wright Conley s EPTEM s ER 23 -OCTOBER 23 Al.exanderand the BOARD MEMBERS Jae Alder, Marion l.. Hrockette, an: Rti;,uJy. Teri ible Horrible No Good Ve, y Bad Day Jr., Suzanne Burkhead, Laura V. Estrada, David NOVEMBER 18- DECEMBER 22 Madeline's Christmas C. Luther, Victoria McGrath, David M. May, Dana NOVEMBER 18 - DECEMBER 22 The Nutcracker W. Rigg, Elizabeth Rivera, Eileen Rosenblum, Ph.D. DALLAS THEATER CENTER HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS Roland & Virginia OCTOBER 21 - NOVEMBER 20 To Kill A Mockingbird Dykes, Cary W. Grubbs, John & Bonnie Strauss NOVEMBER 25 - DECEMBER 24 A Christmas Carol ADMINISTRATION DALLAS SUMMER MUSICALS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER-DIRECTOR Jae Alder COMPANY MANAG ER Terry Dobson 11 OCTOBER 4 - 23 West Side Sto1·y ASSISTANT PRODUCER Co1'y f\.orman EISEMANN CENTER FOR THE PERFORM­ DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS AFFAIRS Joan Sleight ING ARTS IN-HOUSE ACCOUNTANT Wendy Kwan OCTOBER 15 &nise: The Spanish Guitar DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS G(COMMUNICATIONS OCTOBER17 Keyboard Conversations: A Beethoven Kimberly Richard Bonanza 1T MANAGER Nick Rushing OCTOBER 23 Thaddeus Rex with Rock- Read Like A EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Rock Star A<lcleAcrey OCTOBER 27 The Midtown Men HOUSEKEEPING Kevin Spurrier OCTOBER 29 Ci.rqueMechanic's "Boom Town" l • I NOVEMBER 5 The Dawn PRODUCTION NOVEMBER 12 & 13 Blast/ PRODUCTION MANAGER Jeffrey Schmid I NOVEMBER 16- 20 Cocktails with Umy Miller-1.ittle TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Daniel Pucul League, Adultery. and Other Bad Tdecis MUSICAL DIRECTOR Terry Dobson Contact NOVEMBER 20 Pinkalicious The Musical RESIDENT ARTISTS Bruce R. 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Suite 168, Dallas, Texas 75201, 214-871-3300, www.theatre3dallas com in support of A Catered Affair(the second show ofThe.:1treThree's 2011 - 2012 Season on the Normo www.twitter.com/ Young Arena Stage) and It's Only Life (the third show ofTheatrc Three's 2011 - 2012 Theatre Too Season) theatrethree PLAYBILL EDITORS: Jae Alder el.Kimberly Richard PROOFREADER: Adele Acrey ILLUSTRATION: Dean Corbitt PHOTOGRAPHY: Jeffrey Schmidt DESIGN (j{LAYOUT: David w Rad.ibaugh C EXECUTIVE PRODUCER-DIRECTOR JAC ALDER PRESENTS ... ,\ A Catered Affair Music & LYRICS John Bucchino, soot< BY Harvey Fierstein Produced 111• p,•i'inl ilrm11grm�11r wlrli lll(H rl1�n1riclll< THEATRE ARTISTIC STAFF SCENE SYNOPSIS & THREE DIRECTOR MUSICAL NUMBERS JacAlder SETTING: MUSICAL DIRECTOR 1953, The Bronx, New York Vonda K. Bowling SET DESIGN ACTI (FROM A CON CEPT BY )AC ALDER) "Partners" TOM, SAM, JANEY, & David Walsh RALPH LIGHTING DESIGN "Ralph & Me" JANEY Sam Nance "Married" AGGIE John Bucchino Harvey Fierstein MUSIC & LYRICS BOOK COSTUME DESIGN "No Fuss" AGGIE Michael Robinson "Your Children's Happiness" MR. & MRS. HALLORAN John Bucchino's songs have been Mr. Fierstein made his professional acting CAST "Immediate Family" WINSTON performed and recorded by renowned pop debut at La Mama ETC in 1971 in Andy MYRA "Our Only Daughter" AGGIE (Art Garfunkel, Judy Collins), theatre (Liza Warhol's only play, Pork. He followedthat ''"'Madelyn Brene "One White Dress" JANEY & AGGIE Minnelli, Patti LuPone, Kristin Chenoweth, with appearances in more than 60 off-off MILKMAN/ARMY OFFICER/ "Vision" AGGIE Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald), Broadway productions including work COURTHOUSE CLERK cabaret (Barbara Cook, Michael Feinstein), with The Playhouse of the Ridiculous, Randy Frank Eppes ACT II and classical artists (Yo-Yo Ma, Deborah Negro Ensemble Company, WPA, and TOM HURLEY "Don't Ever Stop Saying 'I Love You"' Voight, Nathan Gunn), as well as The Theater Genesis. In Boston he starred in *Sonny Franks JANEY & RALPH Boston Pops, the Los Angeles Philhar­ The Haunted Host, Dirtiest Show In Town JANEY HURLEY ';I Stayed" TOM monic and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Madness Of Lady Bright. Mr. Fierstein ''''Bailey Lawrence "Married" (reprise) AGGIE in venues including Carnegie Hall, The began his playwrighting career with early ALICE/DRESS SALESWOMAN "Coney Island" WINSTON Metropolitan Opera, The Hollywood Bowl, plays like Flatbush Tosca, Cobrajewels, Jill Lightfoot "Coney Island Finale" COMPANY The Sydney Opera House, London's 02 Freaky Pussy, International Stud, Fugue In A MRS. HALLORAN/PASHA Arena and The White House. Nursery, and Widows and Children First. His Delynda Johnson Moravec PRODUCTION STAFF underground hit, Torch Song Trilogy opened DOLORES/CATERER AEA STAGE MANAGER He's written scores forthe musicals Urban off-offBroadway in 1980, transferred Kelley Murphy ,·,oarius Wanen Myths, Lavender Girl, Broadway's A Catered to Off-Broadway in 1981, and then to MR. HALLORAN/SAM TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Affair (wiriner of the Drama League Award Broadway in 1982, where it won the Best Neil Rogers Daniel Pucul for Best Musical), It's Only Life, and the Play Tony Award as well as Drama Desk, AGGIE HURLEY SCENIC ARTIST Dreamworks animated filmjoseph, King Obie and Dramatist Guild awards. Fierstein ''Sally Soldo David Walsh of Dreams, and lyrics forthe children's also won Tony, Drama Desk, and Theater WINSTON PRODUCTION ASSISTANT musical Simeon's Gift(with a book by Julie World acting awards forhis portrayal of the ''Christopher Wagley Katherine Marchant Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton). lead. Harvey repeated hi's award winning RALPH HALLORAN PRODUCTION CREW Some recordings of his work are: Grateful, performancein Los Angeles and London. ,',*Brandon Wilhelm Mica Figueroa, Katherine The Songs ofjohn Bucchino (with compan­ Fierstein won his third Tony Award forthe Marchant, Nathan Mills, & Gillian ion songbook), Solitude Lessons, On Richard libretto of the musical La Cage aux Foiles MUSICIANS Salerno-Rebic Rodgers' Piano (solo piano interpretations in 1984. His other plays include Safe Sex, PIAN 1ST of Rodgers' songs on the composer's own Spookhouse, Forget Him, A Catered Affair, Vonda K. Bowling Steinway, voted Best Instrumental CD and Legs Diamond. His television work PERCUSSION by Show Business Weekly), and the cast includes NurseJackie, How I Met Your Mike McNicholas albums of It's Only Life (with companion Mother, Family Guy, and The Simpsons. He BASS songbook) and A Catered Affair. As part was nominated for an Emmy for his work Peggy Honea of their Julie Andrews Collection, Harper on the TV classic, Cheers. Films include FLUTE, CLARINET, SAX Collins published a children's book, based Mrs. Doubt.fire, Independence Day, Death Ellen Kaner ' THE FIVE HUNDRED, INC. on John's song, called Grateful A Song to Smoochy, Bullets Over Broadway, and WIND SYNTHESIZER Special program support provided by ofGiving Thanks.which was awarded the Showtime's Common Ground (which he Michael Dill The 500 Inc Parents' Choice Gold Award. also wrote). His children's book, The Sissy Special thanks to The Cupcakery, Two Corks Duckling is published by Simon & Schuster and A Bottle, Latino Culinary Institute & For more information, please visit www. and the HBO filmversion won him the Ashton's Bakery, this show's opening night Catered Affair A is based on both the 1956 film restaurant sponsors johnbucchino.com. Humanitas Prize. Fierstein's starring role The Catered Affair written by Gore Vidal and the original 1955 teleplay by Paddy Chayefsky as Edna Turnblad in the musical Hairspray Please silence your cell phones and all electronic devices� No photography or won him his fourthTony Award as well as ·.'rindicates members working under Actors' videography is allowed without the consent of another Drama Desk Award, New York Equity Association contracts in this production the theater *.;,indicates a performer enrolled in the AEA Magazine Award and the Drama League There