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Studio 54 , (12/02/2004 - 1/30/2005)
First Preview:Nov 12, 2004 Total Previews:24
Opening Date:Dec 02, 2004   
Closing Date:Jan 30, 2005 Total Performances:69

Category: Musical, Comedy, Drama, Revival, Broadway
Setting: Japan, 1853-Present.


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes: Artistic Director; Ellen Richard: Managing Director; Julia C. Levy: Executive Director of External Affairs; Gene Feist: Founding Director); House Manager: LaConya Robinson
Produced by The Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes: Artistic Director; Ellen Richard: Managing Director; Julia C. Levy: Executive Director of External Affairs; Gene Feist: Founding Director); Produced in association with Gorgeous Entertainment
Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by John Weidman; Additional Material by Hugh Wheeler; Musical Director: Paul Gemignani; Music orchestrated by Jonathan Tunick
Directed by Amon Miyamoto; Assistant Director: Scott Smith; Choreographed by Amon Miyamoto; Associate Choreographer: Darren Lee
Set and Mask Design: Rumi Matsui; Costume Design by Junko Koshino; Costume Associate: Maiko Matsushima; Lighting Design by Brian MacDevitt; Associate Lighting Design: Anne McMills; Assistant Lighting Design: Rachel Eichorn; Moving Light Programmer: David Arch; Sound Design by Dan Moses Schreier; Associate Sound Design: David Bullard
Executive Producer: Sydney Beers; Roundabout General Manager: Sydney Beers; Company Manager: Nichole Larson
Roundabout Technical Supervisor: Steve Beers; Production Stage Manager: Arthur Gaffin; Stage Manager: Kenneth McGee and Justin Scribner
Conducted by Paul Gemignani; Associate Conductor: Mark Mitchell; Flute / Clarinet: Dennis Anderson; Cello: Deborah Assael-Migliore; Synthesizer #1: Paul Ford; Synthesizer #2: Mark Mitchell; Percussion #1: Paul Pizzuti; Violin / Viola: Suzanne Ornstein; Percussion #2: Thad Wheeler
Associate Artistic Dir: Scott Ellis; Casting: Jim Carnahan; Press Representative: Boneau / Bryan-Brown; Dance Captain: Darren Lee; Assistant Dance Captain: Mayumi Omagari; Fight direction by Kuzuki Takase; Assistant to the Fight Director: Yoshihisa Kuwayama; Roundabout Director of Marketing: David B. Steffen; Dramaturg to the director: Mariko Kojima; Production Assistant: Brendan Clifford and Sara S. Sahin
Cast
B.D. Wong Reciter
Evan D'Angeles Observer
Warrior
Officer
British Admiral
Joseph Anthony Foronda Thief
Soothsayer
Samurai
Storyteller
Yoko Fumoto
Broadway debut		 Tamate
Kayama's Wife
Alvin Y. F. Ing Shogun's Mother
Old Man
Fred Isozaki
Broadway debut		 Noble
Francis Jue Madam
Dutch Admiral
Darren Lee American Admiral
Sailor
Officer
Hoon Lee Sailor
Merchant
Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry
Lord of the South
Michael K. Lee Kayama
Ming Lee Councilor
Priest
Emperor Priest
Telly Leung Boy
Observer
Sailor
Shogun's Companion
Noble
Paolo Montalban Manjiro
Alan Muraoka Councilor
Grandmother
Mayumi Omagari
Broadway debut		 Kanagawa Girl
Daughter
Daniel Jay Park
Broadway debut		 Priest
Kanagawa Girl
French Admiral
Hazel Anne Raymundo
Broadway debut		 Shogun's Wife
Kanagawa Girl
Sab Shimono Lord Abe
Yuka Takara Son
Shogun's Wife's Servant
Kanagawa Girl
Scott Watanabe Fisherman
Russian Admiral
Older Swordsman
Physician
Samurai Bodyguard
Swings: Eric Bondoc (Swing), Rick Edinger (Swing) and Kim Varhola (Swing)
Understudies: Eric Bondoc (American Admiral, Boy, Councilor, Emperor Priest, French Admiral, Kanagawa Girl, Noble, Observer, Officer, Priest, Sailor, Shogun's Companion), Rick Edinger (British Admiral, Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, Councilor, Fisherman, Grandmother, Lord of the South, Merchant, Observer, Officer, Old Man, Older Swordsman, Physician, Russian Admiral, Sailor, Shogun's Mother, Warrior), Joseph Anthony Foronda (Reciter), Fred Isozaki (Fisherman, Older Swordsman, Physician, Russian Admiral, Samurai, Soothsayer, Storyteller, Thief), Darren Lee (Manjiro), Hoon Lee (British Admiral, Observer, Officer, Samurai, Soothsayer, Storyteller, Thief, Warrior), Ming Lee (Lord Abe, Old Man, Shogun's Mother), Telly Leung (Kayama), Alan Muraoka (Dutch Admiral, Madam), Daniel Jay Park (Sailor) and Kim Varhola (Daughter, Kanagawa Girl, Shogun's Wife, Shogun's Wife's Servant, Son, Tamate)
2005 Tony Award® Best Revival of a Musical
 Produced by The Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes: Artistic Director; Ellen Richard: Managing Director; Julia C. Levy: Executive Director of External Affairs; Gene Feist: Founding Director); Produced in association with Gorgeous Entertainment [nominee]
2005 Tony Award® Best Orchestrations
 Jonathan Tunick [nominee]
2005 Tony Award® Best Scenic Design of a Musical
 Set and Mask Design: Rumi Matsui [nominee]
2005 Tony Award® Best Costume Design of a Musical
 Costume Design by Junko Koshino [nominee]
music by Stephen Sondheim; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim 
Peter and the Wolf - Dame Edna Everage - Barry Humphries, Dame Edna Everage, John Lanchbery & Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

ACT 1Sung By
The Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea Reciter and Company
There Is No Other Way Observers
Four Black Dragons Fisherman, Thief, Reciter and Company
Chrysanthemum Tea Shogun, Shogun's Mother, Shogun's Wife, Soothsayer, Priests, Shogun's Companion, Physician and Shogun's Wife's Servant
I Will Make a Poem Kayama and Manjiro
Welcome To Kanagawa Madam and Girls
Someone in a Tree Old Man, Reciter, Boy and Warrior
Lion Dance Company
ACT 2Sung By
Please Hello! Lord Abe, Reciter, American Admiral, British Admiral, Dutch Admiral, Russian Admiral and French Admiral
A Bowler Hat Kayama
Pretty Lady Sailors
Next Reciter and Company