- Artistic Director Executive Director M. Seth Reines Leonard A. Anderson ARTS padally supporled byagmntfromthe lli SlAllIP UUWIll NATIONAL ALLIANCE Illinois Arts Council for MUSICAL THEATRE An Illinois Arts Council Established Regional Arts Institution Member: Illinois Theatre Association Book by LAWRENCE KASHA & DAVID LANDAY Lyrics by Music by New Songs by JOHNNY MERCER GENE de PAUL AL KASHA & JOEL HIRSCHHORN Rased on the MGM Film and "The Sobbin' Wonsen" by Stephen Encent Renet Originally Directed for Broadway by Lawrence Kasha Originally Produced on Broadway by Kaslan Productions. Inc. Director Charles Bell Murual hayetnentr C-hmev7rcp'U' Musical ~irectvr/Cvn~uctvr JR McAlexander Gary Shull Bryan Underwood Scenic Periqn Dvrttrwe Deriqn Liqhtinq/ Der9n Noel Rennerfeldt Greg Hiatt Ryan Mueller ?rv(u ction M~n~er protfrction StyeMaw~er Charles Bell Tom Reynolds* 7#Z GAS7 The Briger Adam................................................................ 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Seven Brides For Seven Brothers is presented through special arrangement with and all authorized performance materials are supplied by Music Theatre International, 421 West 54th Street New York. NY 10019. Tel.: (2 12) 54 14684 Fa.\: (212) 397-4684 wtvu .MTISimws.com Stars WhoAppeared During Mr. Little's Tenure: Alan Alda Sue Ane Langdon June Allyson Julius LaRosa Eve Arden John Phillip Law Jean-Pierre Aumont June Lockhart Shelley Berman Marjorie Lord Carl Betz Meredith MacRae Bill Bixby George Maharis Eddie Bracken Marion Marlowe Joe E. Brown Peter Marshall Edd Byrnes Since 195.. Donald May Michael Callan Virginia Mayo David Canary Guy S. 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LcttbJr. John Saxon John Gavin Susan Seaforth Anthony George Ann Sothern Betty Grable Alan Sues Virginia Graham Frank Sutton Betty Ann Grove Win a complimentary stay at Russ Tamblyn Margaret Hamilton IheLittleHouae Tony Tanner Noel Harrison Margaret Truman Bill Hayes ow7bPr~ie Forrest Tucker Mimi Hines Wdm!wmd... Vivian Vance Katharine Houghton Lyle Waggoner Edward Everett Horton Helen Wagner Robert Horton Lesley Warren Tab Hunter Ruth Warrick Will Hutchins Dennis Weaver Van Johnson by being one of the fwst five people Margaret Whiting Allan Jones to identify the 5 stars in these pictures. Marie Wilson Stubby Kaye JoAnne Worley Jane Kean Bruce Yarnell Dumard Kirby Alan Young Harvey Korman celebrating 45 Years of ~rofessionalc heat re 1 GREETINGS FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Decw Pdvm: 2002 wbthe45th.7mxw-vvofpv~, hetl-wdved IheLittle~veOvv2/SqucwehS~m,Il&n~-&&the15th/ wuwvvthatI hcwebevudwEWweDiVeCtw &Seth.RWh W-V~~/~AVZI&WDL)~~~~. S&&I hcwehWdto-cavvyfbvwwd/the* $rned/b Guys. Lime: Jv. h1957 wbb~~f;m~& 6.t~ed/h&owvv~~ehh&howtetow~ThutZamm ww~icked/m Leonard A. Anderson - Executive Director Leonard became Executive Director of The Little Theatre On The Square on January 1, 1988 after having served as Managing Director of The Black Hills Playhouse in Custer State Park, South Dakota from Januarj 1976 through May of 1987. Prior to that, he was the Business Manager of Theatre Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Leonard earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Arts degrees in theatre from the University of South Dakota and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Arts Administration from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He is originally from St. Joseph, MO and served as a combat infantry platoon leader in Viet-Nam in 1967. Leonard has been treasurer of the Sullivan Area Chamber of Commerce, vice-president of the Central Illinois Tourism Council and treasurer of the statewide Illinois Regional Tourism Council. Special hanks To Our Super ~n~els Certainly, our SUPREME ANGELS are Guy S. Little, Jr. for his vision, determination and fortitude in founding The Little Theatre On The Square and serving as Producer, Artistic Director and Executive Director from 1957 through 1978, and his parents Guy, Sr. and Inis and other members of his family who unselfishly participated in and nurtured the theatre for many years. ARCHANGEL status must go to Marion and the late Bob Best, Dr. Tom and Emilee Best, Margaret and the late Dr. Mack Hollowell, Pauline and the late Rev. Stewart Rowles, Mary L. "Stormy" Storm and Ron and Sharon White for their considerable contributions of time, labor, materials, use of physical space andlor direct financial support. 8 2002 FALL SEASON Four male singers, killed in a car crash in 1964 on the way to their first big concert, are miraculously revived for a plaid-fabulous time for audiences everywhere. Singing in the closest of harmony and squabbling boyishly over the smallest intonations, the Plaids are a guaranteed smash with a series of well-loved songs and right-on patter that keeps audi- ences laughing when they're not humming along to some of the great nostalgic pop hits of the '50s. , , , October 9 - 20,2002 Be by Popular Demand Book by Stuart Ross This frenetic entertainment is long on shtick and historical hilarity. It is staged as a backers' audition for an 83.5-million-dollar twelve-hour stage history of the world from creation to the present. Eighteen side-splitting numbers, performed by two actors, portraying Adam and Eve, Attila the Hun, the building of the pyramids, Julius Caesar and Columbus, among others, give potential investors a taste of the impending extravaganza. In the process, the opulent Park Avenue apartment "borrowed for the occasion is trashed as the two snatch its furnish- ings to create makeshift costumes while singing and clowning their way through inventive recreations of the past, stopping occasionally for a little supplicating show biz patter. November 13 - 24,2002 Music by Jed Feuer Book and Lyrics by Boyd Graham --- - Subjectro Availability In this sequel to the ever-popular Smoke on the Mountain, the Sanders family returns to Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, on the Christmas Eve of 194 1. Reverend Oglethorpe has invited them to the Baptist Church to sing and witness, getting the congregation into the down-home holiday spirit before the boys, including one of the Sanders' own, are shipped off to World War 11. More than two dozen Christmas carols, many of them vintage hymns, and hilarious yuletide stories from the more or less devout Sanders family keep the audience laughing, clapping and