JOHN STAMOS

As Albert Peterson

Actor/producer John Stamos continues to find success in many different areas of the entertainment world.  He was recently seen starring in NBC’s Emmy Award-winning drama series “ER.”  Stamos played Tony Gates, a maverick, hot-tempered, and flirtatious doctor and Gulf War veteran. His addition to the ensemble cast helped create a resurgence in ratings for one of the longest-running prime-time dramas on TV. Since he joined the cast, the show reached its milestone 300th episode and completed its 15th and final season on NBC.

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Stamos has also enjoyed tremendous success on Broadway, most recently starring in the Tony Award-winning NINE.  His Broadway debut came in 1995’s How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and, in 2000, he starred as the Emcee in Cabaret, which was very well received.  Through his St. Amos banner, he recently produced and starred in “The Two Mr. Kissels,” a Lifetime original movie based on the true story of two multimillionaire brothers who married the women of their dreams and wound up dead. He is also co-producing a feature film version of the TV Classic “The Jeffersons” for Sony.  Additional producing credits include an Emmy nomination in 2000 for co-producing the ABC miniseries “Beach Boys: An American Family” and the highly rated CBS telefilm “Martin & Lewis.”  Not limiting himself to behind-the-camera work, he was recently seen in Neil Meron and Craig Zadan’s Emmy and Golden Globe nominated adaptation of “A Raisin in the Sun” for ABC.  He was also recently seen starring in the A&E original film “Wedding Wars” as a gay wedding planner who leads a nation wide strike for gay marriage rights.  His additional television film credits include “The Marriage Fool” opposite Walter Matthau and Carol Burnett.  Stamos also starred in ABC’s 2005 comedy “Jake in Progress.”  In 2001, he starred in the ABC romantic comedy “Thieves” about a pair of master thieves who become covert government agents.  USA Today said of his performance, “the real revelation here is Stamos.”  On the big screen, he made his entry into the independent film world in the black comedy Dropping Out, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2000 and in the contemporary romantic comedy Grownups.  His recent film credits include the independent films I Am Stamos and Knots.  John currently lives in Los Angeles.

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GINA GERSHON

As Rose Alvarez

has enjoyed a successful and diverse career in entertainment, earning acclaim as a film, television and stage actor, as a singer/songwriter/musician and most recently as an author.  Gershon’s prolific film career began when she made her feature debut as a dancer in the 1981 film Beatlemania.  She landed her first speaking role with a memorable turn in John Hughes’ box office hit Pretty in Pink.  In addition to her breakout roles in Paul Verhoeven’s Showgirls and the Wachowski Brothers’ Bound, Gershon has appeared in such films as Red Heat opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cocktail opposite Tom Cruise, John Sayles’s City of Hope, Robert Altman’s The Player, the John Woo blockbuster Face/Off opposite John Travolta and Nicolas Cage, and Michael Mann’s Oscar-nominated The Insider opposite Al Pacino.

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Gershon was most recently in Richard LaGravenese’s P.S. I Love You opposite Hillary Swank and will next be seen in Taylor Hackford’s Love Ranch opposite Helen Mirren.  On television, Gershon’s notable credits include the CBS mini-series, “Sinatra”, the TNT original movie “Legalese”’ opposite James Garner, Kathleen Turner and Mary Louise Parker and David E. Kelley’s action detective drama “Snoops”.  Gershon has recurring roles in ABC’s Emmy Award-winning comedy series “Ugly Betty”, Larry David’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” for HBO, and FX’s “Rescue Me”.  She recently guest starred on the Danny McBride HBO series “Eastbound & Down”, and will next be seen starring in the Lifetime mini-series “Everything She Ever Wanted”.  Gershon recently made a huge splash on Broadway, receiving rave reviews as the Italian flight attendant Gabriella in the 2008 Tony Award-winning revival of Boeing Boeing.  She will return to the stage this fall to star in the first-ever Broadway revival of Bye Bye Birdie.  Additional stage credits include a 2001 starring role as Sally Bowles in Sam Mendes’s Broadway revival of Cabaret at Roundabout Theatre Company, the stage plays Camille opposite Kathleen Turner and Jon Robin Baitz’s The Substance of Fire (both at the Long Wharf Theatre), and in Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues.  As a founding member of the New York-based theater company Naked Angels, Gershon has appeared in numerous productions with the company. Gershon also appeared in the original production of William Mastrosimone’s Nanawatai, which opened the Los Angeles Theatre Center.  Having always enjoyed singing and songwriting, Gershon’s musical career blossomed with the independent film Prey for Rock & Roll, receiving critical acclaim for her role as singer/guitarist Jacki. Her powerful turn as a rock performer in this project led Gershon to star in the IFC documentary Rocked, which followed her on the road touring with the indie rock band Girls Against Boys. Gershon’s musical career continues to thrive with her latest CD “In Search of Cleo”, a compilation of original songs with a unique sound that mixes country, rock and jazz. Additionally, Gershon has also played Jew’s harp on recordings for Herbie Hancock, the Scissor Sisters, Rufus Wainwright and Christian McBride.  In 2007, Gershon became a first time author, co-writing a novel for young adults with her brother Dann entitled Camp Creepy Time.

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BILL IRWIN

As Mr. Harry MacAfee

recently played Vladimir in Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Waiting for Godot at Studio 54.  He is an original member of Kraken and San Francisco's Pickle Family Circus.  Original works include Fool Moon, Largely New York, The Harlequin Studies, Mr. Fox: A Rumination, The Happiness Lecture, and The Regard of Flight. 

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Theatre: Broadway/West End revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (2005 Tony Award, Helen Hayes Award), The Goat or Who is Sylvia, Accidental Death of An Anarchist, 5-6-7-8 Dance!, Waiting For Godot, Scapin, The Tempest, Garden of Earthly Delights, Texts for Nothing, A Flea In Her Ear, 2003/2004 Signature Theatre season devoted to his original work, The Seagull, A Man's A Man, 3 Cuckolds.

Television: PBS Great Performances; "Bill Irwin Clown Prince," "Third Rock from the Sun," "Northern Exposure," "Sesame Street," "Elmo's World," "The Regard of Flight," Closing Ceremony 1996 Olympic Games, "The Cosby Show," "The Laramie Project," "Subway Stories," "Bette Midler: Mondo Beyondo," "Law and Order," "Life on Mars," "CSI." Film: Rachel Getting Married, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Igby Goes Down, Lady in the Water, Dark Matter, Raving, Across The Universe, Popeye, Eight Men Out, Silent Tongue, Illuminata, My Blue Heaven, A New Life, Scenes from a Mall, Stepping Out. Awards: National Endowment for the Arts Choreographer's Fellowship, Guggenheim and Fulbright and MacArthur Fellowships.

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JAYNE HOUDYSHELL

As Mrs. Mae Peterson

Broadway: Wicked; Well (2006 Tony Nomination, Theatre World Award Winner 2006).  Off-Broadway: The New Century at Lincoln Center Theater (Outer Critics Circle Nominations, Drama League Nomination), The Receptionist at Manhattan Theatre Club (2008 Lucille Lortel Nomination, Drama League Nomination),  The Pain and the Itch  (2007 Drama League Nomination); Well, Public Theatre (2004 Obie Award and Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Lucille Lortel Award Nominations); Much Ado About Nothing, NYSF;  Fighting Words, Playwrights Horizons; True Love, Zipper Theater; Attempts on Her Life, SoHo Rep. Regional Theater: The Pain and The Itch,

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Steppenwolf Theatre (2005 Jefferson Award); The Clean House, Wilma Theatre (2005 Barrymore Award), Yale Repertory Theater, McCarter Theatre, Actors Theater of Louisville, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Missouri Repertory Theater, Syracuse Stage, Geva Theatre, Asolo Theater, Studio Arena Theater, Meadow Brook Theater and many others. Film: Everbody's Fine, Garden State, Changing Lanes, Trust The Man, and Things That Hang From Trees. Television: "Unorthodox", "Conviction", "Law & Order", "Law & Order: Criminal Intent", "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and "Third Watch". Proud Member of Actors Equity Association.


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DEE HOTY

As Mrs. MacAfee

Broadway credits include: Footloose (Tony Award Nomination); The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public (Tony Award Nomination), The Will Rogers Follies (Tony Award Nomination); Mamma Mia!; City of Angels; Me and My Girl; Big River; The Five O'Clock Girl; Shakespeare's Cabaret. Los Angeles: Dr. Doolittle (opposite Tommy Tune); Mamma Mia! (Donna).

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Dee's National Tour credits include: Barnum (opposite Stacy Keach). Favorite Off-Broadway and regional roles include Kay Thompson in Stormy Weather at Pasadena Playhouse & Prince Music Theater (Barrymore Award); Follies at the Paper Mill Playhouse and creating roles in Lanford Wilson's Book of Days and Arthur Laurents' Two Lives.  Her recent television and film credits include The Understudy, "Law & Order", "Law & Order: Criminal Intent".  Dee is working on workshop productions of Dangerous Beauty and Elf: the Musical.  She is a native of Cleveland, Ohio and a graduate of Otterbein College.

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NOLAN GERARD FUNK

As Conrad Birdie

One of Hollywood's rising stars, Nolan Gerard Funk is best known to family audiences for his starring role as Nikko in the Columbia Records/Nickelodeon movie Spectacular! Nickelodeon premiered Spectacular! in February 2009 and over 14 million viewers watched the first week it aired in the United States. With the number one soundtrack and a top ten album on itunes, Funk also had his first song on the billboard charts, "Break My Heart".

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Receiving rave reviews for his performance, this showcased the former national gymnast as a unique triple threat.  Spectacular! is yet to be released internationally. Funk has made numerous guest starring appearances on TV series including "The L Word", "Smallville", "Supernatural", "Lie to Me" and a recurring role on "Aliens in America". He most recently played an elitist prep school murderer on ABC's "Castle". His movie appearances include X2 and the upcoming films Triple Dog and Bereavement opposite Alexandra Daddario (Fox's Percy Jackson). A diverse performer, he played real life rapist Michael Magidson in Lifetime's The Gwen Araujo Story by Oscar nominated director Agnieszka Holland. He also played a tormented jock in Deadgirl, which screened at the Toronto Film Festival in 2008. Funk received a Leo Award nomination in 2007 for his work on the youth television series Renegadepress.com and had his first live performance this year with David Archuleta at New York City's Hard Rock Cafe. He is a spokesperson for Nickelodeon's "The Big Green Help" and has publicly supported the charity organization Champions Against Bullying.

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MATT DOYLE

As Hugo Peabody

Broadway: Spring Awakening.  National Tour: Spring Awakening.  NY Theatre:  The Butcherhouse (SPF), Lunch (NY Musical Theatre Festival).  Film:  Once More with Feeling.  TV: "Gossip Girl" (recurring).  Recording:  "Bare: A Pop Opera".  LAMDA:  Titus Andronicus, The Relapse, Much Ado About Nothing, Women Beware of Women.

NEIL McCAFFREY

As Randolph MacAfee

Neil McCaffrey, age 11, is thrilled to be playing Randolph in this production.  His most recent role was Michael Banks in Broadway's Mary Poppins.  Neil thanks his vocal coach, Margaret Anne Gates, his agent Dina Bogner and Mickey McNany at the Paper Mill Playhouse.  A special thanks to Kara, Leigh, Mom and Dad.

ALLIE TRIMM

As Kim MacAfee

A San Diego native, she made her Broadway debut in Jason Robert Brown's 13, the Musical in the role of Patrice.  Regional: 13 (Patrice), Goodspeed; The Secret Garden, Festival of Christmas '05, '07, Lamb's Players Theater; How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Old Globe Theatre. TV:  "30 Rock". Readings: Georgia Stitt's, Water; A.D. Penedo and Marshall Pailet's On a Glorious Day. Allie will sing the National Anthem for the Los Angeles Dodgers this summer.

CATHERINE BLADES

As Deborah Sue Miller

is 17 years old from Cedar Rapids, IA and is thrilled to be making her Broadway debut in Roundabout Theatre's revival of Bye Bye Birdie. Catherine played Amaryllis in the National Tour of The Music Man. Regional: Ruthless (Tina Denmark). Other favorites: The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy), Peter Pan (Peter Pan), Fiddler on the Roof (Chava) and The Secret Garden (Mary Lennox).

DEANNA CIPOLLA

As Penelope Ann Henkel

is honored to make her Broadway Debut at the age of 14!  Previous experience includes  various soundtracks , NY Pops 25th Birthday Gala, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Sincere thanks to Roundabout Theatre, Jim Carnahan casting, family, friends, Visitation Academy, PPAS, Locker School of Dance and Camp Broadway.  Special gratitude to James Donegan, Marc Tumminelli, Mom (my dance teacher) & Dad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlCUOkkWIVM

PAULA LEGGETT CHASE

As Mrs. Johnson, Gloria Rasputin

Broadway: Curtains, The Pajama Game, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Kiss Me, Kate, Damn Yankees,  Crazy for You,  A Chorus Line. Also: Cabaret (w/Joel Grey), Queen of Hearts (Princess Di), Dames at Sea (Joan; Garland, Dean B. Goodman Awards). TV: "Law & Order," "As the World Turns," PBS' "Carmen Sandiego" (Mediva). Husband: David. Sons: Kyler and Dashiell.


RILEY COSTELLO

As Herman Henkel

Broadway: 13, the Musical. Other NY: Sick Bastard (Reading); 101 Dalmations, Bye Bye Birdie, The Boyfriend, Singin' in the Rain (Broadway by the Bay); The Secret Garden, Big, The Music Man, The Pajama Game (Hillbarn Theatre). (Broadway League Presentation). Regional: Bye Bye Birdie, The Boyfriend, Singin' in the Rain (Broadway by the Bay); The Secret Garden, Big, The Music Man, The Pajama Game (Hillbarn Theatre).

JOHN TREACY EGAN

As Mr. Johnson

Broadway: The Little Mermaid, The Producers,  Jekyll & Hyde. Off-Broadway: Batboy,  When Pigs Fly! TV: "30 Rock," "Law & Order." Film: "Last Night," "The Producers." Solo CD: Count the Stars.   johntreacyegan.com


COLLEEN FITZPATRICK

As Mrs. Miller

Roundabout: Sunday in the Park With George, 110 in the Shade, Company. Broadway & NY: Road Show, Mother Courage w Meryl Streep, Lestat, Passion & Into the Woods (both original cast), Jerome Robbins' Broadway, and Cats (original cast). Mamma Mia! (#1 Tour as Donna Sheridan). Numerous leading roles in regional theater. Concerts & Recordings: 4 @ Carnegie Hall, 3 @ Encores!, and many more. Much tv/ film/ soaps/ PBS.


TODD GEARHART

As Mr. Henkel

Broadway debut. Off-B'way: Incident at Vichy, The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Young Girl and the Monsoon, Chaos Theories, Big Doolie. Regional: Guthrie Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Film/TV: "Law & Order," "Law & Order: SVU,"  "Lipstick Jungle." Member TACT (The Actors Company Theatre). CCM Graduate and studied with Uta Hagen.

PATTY GOBLE

As Mrs. Edna Garfein

Broadway: Curtains (Jessica Cranshaw), The Woman In White, La Cage Aux Folles, Kiss Me Kate, Ragtime, and The Phantom of the Opera.   NYC performances: Jerry Springer, the Opera; Show Boat; South Pacific (PBS) and Candide (PBS) with the New York Philharmonic. 

SUZANNE GRODNER

As Mrs. Merkle, Beautician

Broadway:  The Rose Tattoo.  Off-Broadway:  Sarah/Sarah (MTC), Cakewalk & Death Defying Acts (Variety Arts).  Nat'l Tour:  Ken Hill's Phantom.  Regional: Many, including:  Emma,  World Premiere (Cincinnati Playhouse), Wintertime (ACT, Seattle), Distracted (TheatreWorks, CA).  TV:  All three "L&O's," "Ed," "As The World Turns."

ROBERT HAGER

As Swing

Broadway: Spring Awakening. Regional/Tour: Scooge The Musical, The Who's Tommy, Jesus Christ Superstar, Pippin. Readings: Captain Louie. Proud AEA member.

NINA HENNESSEY

As Swing

Broadway: Cats, Les Miserables, Dreamgirls, Snoopy, Woman of the Year, Chess AFA Concert, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, AFA Concert.  Off-Broadway: Sheba, Dali, Cummings & Goings, Close Enough for Jazz, Odyssey, Sweet Mainstreet , Radio City Music Hall.  Regional: Silk Stockings, Lady in the Dark, Cinderella, Fanny, Gift of the Magi, Tintypes, Three Musketeers, Miracles in Glastonbury National Tour: Annie. Television: "Law & Order," "One Life to Live," "Another World," "All My Children," "The Rosie O'Donnell Show," "Late Night with David Letterman," "The Today Show."  Recordings: Hair ,Cast Album (2006 Grammy Nomination); Out of Nowhere, The Two Siberians; The Web, Tropical Escape-Craig Peyton; Dancing with the Lion, Andreas Vollenweider; Nina Hennessey Live at the Metropolitan Room.

NATALIE HILL

As Mrs. Henkel

Broadway/Nat'l Tour: Grease (Cha Cha), Joseph...Dreamcoat (Narrator), Hairspray. Regional: Miss Saigon (Ellen) Pioneer Theatre Co, Romeo & Bernadette (Bernadette) Papermill/Coconut Grove; Camille Claudel & Brigadoon, Goodspeed; Footloose (Rusty); WSS (Anita); 2002 Olympic Torch Ceremony (Nat'l Anthem). Omaha Symphony Soloist. Training: Bachelor of Music, NYU.

JULIA KNITEL

As Alice Johnson

is ecstatic to be making her Broadway debut at sweet sixteen! Paper Mill Playhouse 2009 Rising Star Best Actress award recipient and National High School Musical Theater Award nominee. Thanks to mom & dad for the vocal coaching and the endless support. Love to all family and friends! www.juliaknitel.com

JESS LE PROTTO

As Freddie Merkle

Broadway: Original cast of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2007 & 2007), Boy From Oz (vacation u/s); National Tours: Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Broadway's Leading Men; Off Broadway: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (NY City Center Encore Series, Sugar Beats, People Garden; TV: Maury Povich, "Law & Order: SVU", "One Life to Live".  Thanks to Nancy Carson, everyone at For Dancers Only and Fine Arts Conection, and special thanks to my supportive family.

DAVID MCDONALD

As Mr. Miller

Broadway: Les Miserables, Side Show, Mamma Mia. Off Broadway: Forbidden Broadway, Perfect Crime. Regional: Man of La Mancha - Cervantes/Don Quixote, Zhivago -Komarofsky, Adrift in Macao - Mitch Boonton, Lucky Duck - Wolf. Radio City Music Hall - Santa. T.V. - "All My Children" - Barney Paulson. Love to Julie,Meghan and Alyssa.

JC MONTGOMERY

As Mr. Merkle

Broadway: The Color Purple, Parade, Swing, Smokey Joe's Cafe', Thou Shalt Not, The Boys from Syracuse and The Little Mermaid. National Tours of  Les Miserables and Joseph ...Dreamcoat. TV: "Law and Order," recurring role of Judge Everret Mason. Numerous roles on "Law and Order CI and SVU." Numerous national and regional commercials and daytime dramas. Love to my wife Kim and our boys Trevor and Marcus.


JILLIAN MUELLER

As Nancy Henkel

is thrilled to be part of the cast of Bye Bye Birdie. Broadway: two holiday seasons of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical. New York credits: Warsaw (NYMF) and Le Corsaire with ABT at the Metropolitan Opera House. Jillian has also performed regionally at the Count Basie Theater. Many thanks to her teachers, family and Jack for their support. Special thanks to Granger and the band.

PAUL PILCZ

As Harvey Johnson

Paul is thrilled to be making his Broadway debut in Bye Bye Birdie. Training: Montclair State University's BFA Musical Theatre Program, The Fine and Performing Arts Center (FPAC) in Freehold Regional High School District. Favorite Roles include: You're A Good Man Charlie Brown (Schroeder), West Side Story (Big Deal). Special thanks to Dina Bogner at Generation TV, TM Talent, his teachers, friends, mom, dad, Stephanie and Shari for all of their love and support!


DANIEL QUADRINO

As Mitch Miller

Daniel is thrilled to be making his Broadway debut with such an amazing cast! He would like to thank his mom, dad, and brother for all their love and support. He couldn't have done it without them! BIG thanks to Jim Carnahan Casting for such a great opportunity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUqM8RafNDY

EMMA ROWLEY

As Margie Garfein

Broadway: Gypsy w/ Patti Lupone (Baby Louise).  Off Broadway: New York City Center Encore's Gypsy.  Performed with Charles Strouse when The New York Pops presented Once Upon a Time and Tomorrow: The Best of Charles Strouse at Carnegie Hall. Regional: Secret Garden; Annie.  Reading:  A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.  Other performances:  National Anthem for the Washington Nationals; New York Pops 25th Anniversary Gala at Carnegie Hall. Emma would like to thank Mr. Strouse for his support and encouragement.  Love to Baby Jay. 


TIMOTHY SHEW

As Mayor Garfein

Broadway: Wonderful Town (Lonigan), Les Miserables (Jean Valjean), Guys and Dolls, Sunset Boulevard, King David, The Scarlet Pimpernel. Santa @ Radio City. Natl. Tours: The Light in the Piazza, Les Miserables, Bernstein's MASS at Carnegie Hall/Kennedy Center. 1st show: Bye Bye Birdie 35 years ago. "Goin Steady" with J+J!


KEVIN SHOTWELL

As Roger Garfein

is honored to be making his Broadway debut in this amazing revival of Bye Bye Birdie. He is a native of Delaware who has been involved in many productions throughout the region.  Favorite roles include West Side Story (Riff),  Children of Eden (Cain), and Big River (Huck).

ALLISON STRONG

As Helen Miller

Broadway debut! Currently pursuing a BFA in Musical Theatre at Montclair State University, NJ.  NY:  The White Rose (reading), York Theatre Co.  Regional: New Voices of 2006, 2007  (Paper Mill Playhouse). For her grandma, Mamita, who passed away just days before Allison received the wonderful news about Birdie casting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91j7Jzv0NQw

BETHANY TESARCK

As Swing

Broadway: Gypsy. Off Broadway: Under The Bridge. Many regional productions & National Dance Awards.  Praise to the Lord for giving me the ability to perform & Love to Mom, Dad, Rachel, Josh, family, & Friends. Special thanks to Jennifer & the Gang at BAA! 

JIM WALTON

As Maude

Credits include Crazy For You and Follies: In Concert (PBS), Guys and Dolls, The Music Man, And The World Goes Round, Sweeney Todd, 42nd Street, and Merrily We Roll Along. With brother, Bob, wrote Mid-Life! The Crisis Musical. Website: midlifethecrisismusical.com

BRYNN WILLIAMS

As Ursula Merkle

Broadway credits: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, In My Life, ...Grinch, 13. TV/film: "The Naked Brothers Band", "Between the Lions'', "Star Search'', ''Live in Hollywood'' . Other: Pittsburgh Steelers' 75th Anniversary Gala. Thanks to GOD, Mommy, Grandy, Barry Kolker, KRS Entertainment Group, Toby Orenstein, Amelia DeMayo.

BRANCH WOODMAN

As Ensemble

Broadway: Crazy For You. National Tour: Big, The Musical. NY: Disappearing Act, Out of This World. Regional: Dancing in the Dark (The Old Globe), She Loves Me (Paper Mill), Call Me Madam, George M! (Goodspeed).


 

MICHAEL STEWART

Book

scored on Broadway the first time out when he won a Tony for his Bye Bye BirdieCarnival (Drama Critics Circle Award) and Hello, Dolly!, which won him both Tony and Drama Critics prizes. He also wrote the books for 42nd Street (with Mark Bramble, Tony nomination), George M!, Mack and MabelThe Grand Tour; both book and lyrics for I Love My Wife; and lyrics for Barnum. Mr. Stewart died in 1987.

CHARLES STROUSE

Music

Charles Strouse's music has been an integral part of American culture for over forty years. His first Broadway musical was the smash hit Bye Bye Birdie (written with long time collaborator Lee Adams). It won him a Tony Award for best score - his first of three - and paved the way for his next show All American (book by Mel Brooks) which produced the well-known standard "Once Upon a Time" (recorded by countless vocalists, including Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Bobby Darin).

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In 1964, Golden Boy (starring Sammy Davis, Jr.) earned four Tony Award nominations, and in 1966, Mr. Strouse went on to write the Broadway favorite It's A Bird! It's A Plane! It's Superman! (based on the popular comic strip). In 1970, Applause (starring Lauren Bacall) won Mr. Strouse his second Tony Award. In 1977, Mr. Strouse adapted another comic strip for the stage. It was the hugely popular Annie- which went on to become a world wide phenomenon, and garnered Mr. Strouse yet another Tony (in addition to two Grammys). Some of Mr. Strouse's other musicals include Dance a Little Closer (lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner), Charlie & Algernon (Tony nomination), Rags (Tony nomination) and Nick & Nora (Tony nomination). Mr. Strouse's film scores include the classics Bonnie & Clyde, There was a Crooked ManThe Night They Raided Minsky's and the popular animated movie All Dogs Go to Heaven. He also wrote the theme song "Those Were the Days" for the groundbreaking television show "All in the Family". Mr. Strouse's songs have been heard on the radio throughout his career and have run the gamut from girl-band pop to hip hop. In 1958, his song "Born Too Late" was number one on the Billboard charts, and in 1999 the quadruple platinum "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" by artist Jay-Z was the winner of a Grammy for Best Rap Album of the year & the Billboard R&B Album of the Year. Mr. Strouse's writing also extends into orchestral works, chamber music, piano concertos and opera. His "Concerto America" premiered at The Boston Pops in 2004, and his opera "Nightingale" (starring Sarah Brightman) had a long and successful run in London's West End. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, Mr. Strouse studied under Aaron Copland and Nadia Boulanger. In 1977, he founded the ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop in NY. He is the recipient of the "Richard Rodgers" as well as the "Oscar Hammerstein" Awards. He is also a member of the Theater Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. His new musical, Minsky's, premiered in January 2009 at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. His book, Put an a Happy Face: A Broadway Memoir was released in June 2008 and is available in bookstores. (with Henry Fonda and Kirk Douglas),

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LEE ADAMS

Lyrics

began his professional career as a journalist, working as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, and radio writer and interviewer. But his life took a sudden turn when his "hobby" of lyric writing let to Bye Bye Birdie in 1960. This unheralded little Broadway musical was a smash hit and went on to become a classic.

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Now, forty-six years later, Birdie remains the most performed musical for schools and amateur theaters. Adams received the first of his two Tony awards for Birdie, followed on Broadway by All American (1962); Golden Boy with Sammy Davis (1964); '...It's Superman (1966); Applause with Lauren Bacall (1970), for which he won his second Tony. In 1972, with his composer-collaborator Charles Strouse, Adams wrote a much-acclaimed musical, I And Albert in London. He wrote the lyrics for TV's long-running "All in the Family" theme, "Those Were The Days," which has been heard more often than any other television theme. And with Strouse he wrote the score for the film The Night They Raided Minsky's, a cult favorite. Among his hundreds of songs, a number have become standards, including "Put On A Happy Face," "Kids," "Once Upon A Time," "Applause," "Night Song," "I Want To Be With You," and "A Lot Of Livin' To Do." Adams' other awards include an Emmy for "Let's Settle Down," from the TV version of Birdie, and the ASCAP Richard Rodgers Award for outstanding contributions to the American Musical Theater, and his induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He has taught seminars on American musical theater at Yale, Columbia, and N.Y.U., and is proud to be a Life Member of the Dramatists Guild Council. Adams is currently working on a musicalization of the 1950's classic movie, Marty, with composer Strouse and bookwriter Rupert Holmes.

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ROBERT LONGBOTTOM

Director/Choreographer

made his Broadway debut as Director/Choreographer on the original musical Side Show, which earned four Tony Award nominations including one for Best Musical. Other Broadway credits include the Mark Taper Forum production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song with a new book by playwright David Henry Hwang.

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This production earned Mr. Longbottom a Tony Award nomination for his Choreography as well as an Astaire, and Outer Critics Circle nominations. Other New York credits include the Broadway musical The Scarlet Pimpernel; The Off-Broadway hit Pageant that he conceived as well as directed and choreographed, the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular and Anything Goes in Concert at Lincoln Center starring Patti Lupone. For Disney Theatrical he created the compilation musical On the Record. At the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C, he directed a new production of the wartime classic, Mister Roberts and most recently returned to direct and choreograph a critically acclaimed production of Carnival. He recently directed a staged reading of Stage Door for the Roundabout Theatre as well as a new musical Triangle at the Eugene O'Neil Center. Upcoming Broadway projects include a 'new' Irving Berlin musical with playwright Jeffrey Hatcher entitled Let Yourself Go and a new production of Dreamgirls for producer John Breglio.

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KEN BILLINGTON

Lighting Design

has designed more than 85 Broadway shows, been honored with eight Tony Award nominations and received the 1997 Tony Award for his work on Chicago. His Tony nominations include Sunday in the Park With George (2008), The Drowsy Chaperone (2006), End of the World (1984), Foxfire (1982), Sweeney Todd (1979), Working (1978) and The Visit (1973). Other projects include New York’s Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular from 1979 to 2004, Disneyland’s nighttime extravaganza Fantasmic!, the long­running Las Vegas spectacular Jubilee! and Shamu Rocks for SeaWorld Orlando and San Diego.

GREGG BARNES

Costume Design

Broadway: Legally Blonde (2007 Tony nomination), The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Award, Olivier nomination), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Flower Drum Song (Tony nomination), Side Show. New York: Sinatra (Radio City Music Hall), The Wizard of Oz (Madison Square Garden), Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular (principal designer 1994­2005), Cinderella and The Merry Widow (New York City Opera), Pageant (the Blue Angel and London’s West End, Olivier nomination), The Kathy and Mo Show. Gregg was the first recipient of the Theatre Development Fund’s Young Master Award.

ANDREW JACKNESS

Set Design

with Bobby Longbottom, designed The Scarlet Pimpernel, Carnival! (Kennedy Center), Mr. Roberts, Hayfever (Old Globe). Other Broadway credits: The Little Foxes, Wings, Beyond Therapy, Grownups, Whodunnit, Spoils of War, Precious Sons. Film: Everybody’s Fine, Killshot, Big Night, The Imposters, Joe Gould’s Secret, Ethan Frome, Golden Gate, Prelude to a Kiss, Reckless, The Love Letter, The Associate. Opera/others: Santa Fe, Boston Opera, NYC Opera, Washington Opera, Houston Grand Opera, numerous regional theatres and ballet for Alvin Ailey. With Wendy Wasserstein he illustrated the children’s book Pamela’s First Musical. Teaches design at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

ACME SOUND PARTNERS

Sound Design

Previous Roundabout: The Marriage of Bette and Boo, Twentieth Century. Recent Broadway: Hair (Tony nomination), Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, In the Heights (Tony nomination), Legally Blonde, A Chorus Line (2006), The Drowsy Chaperone, The Light in the Piazza, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Fiddler on the Roof (2004), Never Gonna Dance, The Boy From Oz, Avenue Q, Gypsy (2003), La Bohème (Drama Desk Award), Flower Drum Song, Elaine Stritch: At Liberty, Bells Are Ringing, A Class Act. Acme is Tom Clark, Mark Menard, Nevin Steinberg and Sten Severson

HOWARD WERNER

Projections

Since 1982 Howard has created lighting and media designs for theatre, architectural installations, trade shows, special events and corporate shows throughout the world. On Broadway, Howard has been represented with The Big Love, Dream, Lestat and Say Goodnight Gracie. Howard is also currently designing the upcoming Spider­Man: Turn Off the Dark and the national tour of Dreamgirls. He is a member of the Atlantic Theater Company, and this is his first project for Roundabout. Howard is a principal in Lightswitch, a design consortium with five offices across the country. Lightswitch was founded in 1993. www.lightswitch.net

DAVID HOLCENBERG

Music Director

Broadway: The Story of My Life, Mamma Mia!, Good Vibrations, Seussical, Titanic, Show Boat. Also music directed the U.S. premiere of Ragtime (L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award, Distinguished Achievement in Music Direction) as well as Dessa Rose and The Glorious Ones at Lincoln Center Theater and the Toronto production of The Phantom of the Opera. David is conductor for Irish tenor Ciaran Sheehan (Carnegie Hall, PBS recordings). His show Bingo, written with Michael Heitzman and Ilene Reid, is playing nationally and internationally. David is currently the associate music supervisor for Mamma Mia! North and South America.

HOWARD JOINES

Music Coordinator

Music coordinator: Grease, The Times They Are A­Changin’, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Vanities, Romantic Poetry, Adrift in Macao, the upcoming First Wives Club, Pure Country. Conductor/percussionist: Billy Elliot, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Never Gonna Dance, Flower Drum Song, The Full Monty, Jesus Christ Superstar, Miss Saigon, Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular. Percussionist/ drummer: Les Misérables, Singinin the Rain, The King and I. Recordings/ performances: Jewel, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Rochester Philharmonic, Orpheus, St. Luke’s. Jingles/film/TV: Coca­Cola, Miller Beer, Across the Universe, Alamo, Peggy Sue Got Married, Snake Eyes, Twilight, The Age of Innocence, Femme Fatale. On­camera: Maid in Manhattan, “MTV Music Video Awards,” “Guiding Light.”

JONATHAN TUNICK

Orchestrations

Broadway: A Catered Affair, LoveMusik, A Chorus Line, The Color Purple, Sweeney Todd, Titanic, Passion, Into the Woods, Nine, A Little Night Music, Follies, Company. Film scores: Mike Nichols, Franco Zeffirelli, Sidney Lumet, plus Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein. TV: “Murder, She Wrote,” “Columbo.” Recordings: arranger/conductor for Bernadette Peters, Judy Collins, Itzhak Perlman, Placido Domingo, Johnny Mathis, Bette Midler, Barbra Streisand, Paul McCartney. With his Tony, Emmy, Grammy and Academy Awards, he is one of five living persons holding all four major awards and the only living orchestrator in the Theatre Hall of Fame. For Red Ginzler.

DAVID CHASE

Music Supervisor

would like to acknowledge the brilliant contributions of Birdie’s original 1960 music team: music director Elliot Lawrence, dance arranger John Morris and orchestrator Red Ginzler. Birdie is David’s 18th Broadway show as music supervisor and/or arranger, including four at the Roundabout (most recently The Pajama Game). David has also enjoyed a longtime collaboration with Mr. Longbottom, including Side Show, Flower Drum Song and Radio City Christmas Spectacular. When not at the Henry Miller’s, David can be found on the podium at Billy Elliot. Special thanks to James Raitt. Musical training: Biology degree from Harvard.

DAVID BRIAN BROWN

Hair & Wigs

Broadway: Shrek, The Country Girl, The Little Mermaid, Legally Blonde, Tarzan, Butley, The Wedding Singer, Chita, The Woman in White, The Odd Couple, Spamalot, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Fiddler on the Roof, Nine, Gypsy, Flower Drum Song, Sweet Smell of Success, The Invention of Love, Aida, The Rainmaker, The Iceman Cometh, Annie Get Your Gun, Little Me, Chicago, Side Show, 1776, Steel Pier, King David, Big, Sunset Boulevard. Film credits include “Angels in America” (Emmy nomination), To Wong Foo….

ANGELINA AVALLONE

Make-Up Design

B’way: West Side Story, Rock of Ages, 9 to 5, Guys and Dolls, Waiting for Godot, Gypsy, Pal Joey, The Color Purple, Sweeney Todd, Pajama Game, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Light in the Piazza, Grey Gardens, Lestat, The Odd Couple, All Shook Up, Lennon, Seascape, Sweet Charity, The Pillowman, Wonderful Town, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Gypsy, Little Shop of Horrors, Dance of the Vampires, Dracula the Musical and Julius Caesar.

TOM KOSIS

Associate Director

Broadway and national tours: Associate director/choreographer for Bye Bye Birdie, Flower Drum Song, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Side Show, Disney’s On the Record. Resident choreographer: Mary Poppins. Associate choreographer: The Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular. Recent television choreography: 500 dancers for “The Walt Disney World Christmas Parade.”

PAMELA REMLER

Associate Choreographer

Broadway: Choreographer: Is He Dead?; Cry­Baby, baton sequences. As associate/assistant choreographer: Spamalot national tour, London, Las Vegas; 13 the Musical; La Cage revival (preproduction); Jubilee (Carnegie Hall); Never Gonna Dance (workshop); “The View”; Drop Dead Gorgeous film. Performer: Gypsy (Bernadette Peters), The Music Man, A Christmas Carol, RCMH Rockette.

CHAD L. SCHIRO

Dance Supervisor/ Assistant Choreographer

Choreographer: Old Dogs film with John Travolta. Associate: Broadway: Urban Cowboy, “Master Harold”…, Can­Can (Encores!), Show Boat (Carnegie Hall) and Carnival! (Kennedy Center). Other: Mame (Kennedy Center), Forty Deuce (Spotlight On Award, Best Supporting Actor), several episodes of “SNL” and writing, producing and performing his Just Jump: A Sketch and Dance Odyssey (Ars Nova Encore Award). www.chadschiro.com

KATHY FABIAN/PROPSTAR

Properties Coordinator

Fabian’s many Broadway credits include Roundabout’s Pal Joey, A Man for All Seasons, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Sunday in the Park With George, Pygmalion, Old Acquaintance, 110 in the Shade and Prelude to a Kiss. Other recent credits include South Pacific, Spring Awakening, American Buffalo and Speed­the­Plow.

PETER HANSON

Production Stage Manager

For RTC: Waiting for Godot, Sunday in the Park With George, 110 in the Shade, The Apple Tree, The Threepenny Opera, A Touch of the Poet, Big River, Joe Egg, The Boys From Syracuse, The Women, Follies, Cabaret. Other Broadway: Wonderful Town, Damn Yankees (also on tour and in London). For the NY Philharmonic: Camelot, My Fair Lady. Seven shows for Encores! at City Center. Family: Lyn, Anna and Lucas

JON KRAUSE

Stage Manager

For Roundabout: Cabaret, Assassins, The Threepenny Opera, The Apple Tree, Sunday in the Park With George, Waiting for Godot. Other Broadway credits include Cats, Cyrano — The Musical, Laugh Whore, Fiddler on the Roof, the recent revival of A Chorus Line and his first, M. Butterfly, in 1989. For City Center Encores!: The Apple Tree and Music in the Air.

JIM CARNAHAN

Casting

also serves as Roundabout’s director of artistic development. Shows cast for Roundabout include Waiting for Godot, Pal Joey, Sunday in the Park…, 110 in the Shade, Pajama Game, Twelve Angry Men, The Constant Wife, A Streetcar Named Desire, Assassins, Twentieth Century, Nine, Big River, Joe Egg, Cabaret, Major Barbara, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Betrayal, Side Man, A View From the Bridge, 1776. Other Broadway: The Seagull, Spring Awakening, Boeing­Boeing, Curtains, The Pillowman, La Cage, Chitty…, Democracy, Fiddler, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Gypsy, Life (x) 3, Noises Off, Into the Woods, True West, Copenhagen. Film: A Home at the End of the World, Flicka. TV: “Glee.”

GENE FEIST

Founding Director

since founding Roundabout in 1965, has been intimately involved as producer­director for more than 150 productions. For Broadway, he directed The Play’s the Thing (1973) and produced A Taste of Honey (1981) and the Tony Award­winning revival of Joe Egg (1984). He sent The Winslow Boy and A Raisin in the Sun on national tour. Among the produced plays he has written are James Joyce’s Dublin, Jocasta and Oedipus, Wretched the Lionhearted, A Toy of the Clowns and Building Blocks. He has provided distinguished adaptations of the works of Feydeau, Ibsen, Chekhov and Strindberg. Most recently, Mr. Feist produced a festival of Israeli plays at the Public Theater. A WWII Army Air Force veteran, he holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon and New York universities. Member: Dramatists Guild, Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, the Broadway League. He is the recipient of the 1996 Lucille Lortel Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY

Todd Haimes, Artistic Director

was founded in 1965 and has grown from a small 150­seat theatre in a converted supermarket basement to become one of America’s most significant producers of theatre. This not­for­profit company, with more than 44,000 season subscribers, is committed to producing definitive productions of classic plays and musicals alongside new plays by today’s writers, ensuring that audiences and artists alike have access to high­quality, professional stagings of important works of world literature. With three distinctive homes — the American Airlines Theatre, Studio 54 and the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre/Laura Pels Theatre/Black Box Theatre — Roundabout has the unique opportunity to showcase these works in a venue perfectly suited to enhance the production. Since moving to Broadway in 1991, Roundabout productions have received 157 Tony® nominations, 140 Drama Desk nominations and 162 Outer Critics Circle nominations. Production highlights include Anna Christie (Tony®, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Revival); She Loves Me (Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk and Olivier Awards for Best Revival of a Musical); Nine (Tony®, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Revival of a Musical); Assassins (Tony® and Drama Desk Awards for Best Revival of a Musical); Intimate Apparel (Outer Critics Circle and AUDELCO Awards for Best Off­Broadway Play); Twelve Angry Men, which toured for two years (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding Revival of a Play); The Pajama Game (Tony® Award for Best Revival of a Musical); and Cabaret (Tony®, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Revival of a Musical), one of the longest­running musical revivals in Broadway history. Since 1995, when Roundabout expanded its repertoire to include premieres of new plays, the company has produced works by such talented writers as Brian Friel, Paula Vogel, Richard Greenberg, Lynn Nottage, Beth Henley, Harold Pinter and Jon Robin Baitz. The Man Who Came to Dinner, the first production at the American Airlines Theatre on 42nd Street in 2000, and the star­studded production of The Women in June 2002, have been seen on channel Thirteen/WNET and other PBS stations nationally. Beyond the work on stage, Roundabout is recognized as a national leader in audience development and offers a comprehensive program of initiatives including the Social Series, the Early Curtain Series, the Wine Series, the Gay and Lesbian Series, HIPTIX (targeting young professionals) and related humanities events and publications. Most recently, Roundabout launched ACCESS ROUNDABOUT, a program that offers more than 34,000 dramatically discounted tickets each season. In addition, through arts education programs, Roundabout reaches more than 7,000 New York City public high school students and their teachers each year. With a focus on in­depth programming, these activities range from partnerships with two New Century High Schools (a NYC Department of Education initiative) and professional development for teachers to in­school year­long residencies and student matinees at its Broadway and Off­Broadway theatres. Through national tours, live broadcasts, education and outreach programs and its work on three stages, Roundabout touches the lives of millions of theatergoers, students and artists across the country.

Lead support provided by Roundabout's Musical Theatre Production Fund partners: Perry and Marty Granoff, The Kaplen Foundation, Peter and Leni May, John and Gilda McGarry, Tom and Diane Tuft. Generous support also provided by The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation.
 
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