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Click To View Images Virginia Theatre, (4/13/2000 - 6/11/2000)
Category: Musical, Drama, Original, Broadway Setting: New York, NY. 1928. Theatre Owned / Operated by Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President; Paul Libin: Producing Director; Jack Viertel: Creative Director)
Produced by The Joseph Papp Public Theater / New York Shakespeare Festival (George C. Wolfe, Producer), Scott Rudin, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Roger Berlind, Elizabeth Williams and Anita Waxman; NYSF Artistic Producer: Rosemarie Tichler; NYSF Associate Producer: Wiley Hausam
Music by Michael John LaChiusa; Lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa; Book by Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe; Based on the poem by Joseph Moncure March; Musical Director: Todd Ellison; Music orchestrated by Bruce Coughlin
Directed by George C. Wolfe; Assistant Director: Robert Castro; Choreographed by Joey McKneely; Assistant Choreographer: Marisha Ploski
Scenic Design by Robin Wagner; Associate Scenic Design: Atkin Pace and David Peterson; Costume Design by Toni-Leslie James; Associate Costume Design: Veronica Worts; Assistant Costume Design: Bonnie McCoy; Lighting Design by Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer; Assistant Lighting Design: Bobby Harrell; Moving Light Programmer: Richard Tyndall; Sound Design by Tony Meola; Associate Sound Design: Kai Harada; Hair Design by Jeffrey Frank
General Manager: 101 Productions, Ltd. (Jeff Wilson, Wendy Orshan); NYSF Managing Director: Mark Litvin; NYSF General Manager: Michael Hurst; Company Manager: Charles Underhill; Assistant Co. Mgr: Karl Baudendistel; Associate Gen. Mgr: David Auster and Ron Gubin
Technical Supervisor: David Benken; Production Stage Manager: Gwendolyn M. Gilliam; Stage Manager: Rick Steiger; Assistant Stage Mgr: Lisa Dawn Cave
Musical Coordinator: Seymour "Red" Press; Conducted by Todd Ellison; Associate Conductor: Linda Twine; Piano: Linda Twine; Woodwind: William Easley, Jimmy Cozier, Steven Kenyon and Roger Rosenberg; Trumpet: Brian O'Flaherty and Kamau Adilifu; Trombone: Tim Sessions; Violin: Lesa Terry, Ashley D. Horne and Julien Barber; Bass: Benjamin Franklin Brown; Drums: Brian Grice; Percussion: Bruce Doctor; Guitar: Steve Bargonetti; Music Copying: Emily Grishman Music Preparation
NYSF Casting: Jordan Thaler and Heidi Griffiths; NYSF Senior Director, External Affairs: Margaret M. Lioi; NYSF Press Representative: Carol R. Fineman and Thomas V. Naro; Marketing: The Karpel Group; Press Representative: Barlow-Hartman Public Relations; Assistant to the Director: Joy Tomasko; Dance Captain: Adrian Bailey; Fight direction by Luis Perez; NYSF Dramaturg: Wiley Hausam
Opening Night Cast
Understudies: Adrian Bailey (Eddie Mackrel, Oscar D'Armano, Phil D'Armano), Jennifer Frankel (Kate, Mae, Miss Madelaine True), Jeff Gardner (Burrs, Gold, Goldberg), Jennifer Hall (Nadine, Sally), David Masenheimer (Burrs), René Millán (Black, Jackie), Dominique Plaisant (Kate, Queenie), Ching Valdes-Aran (Dolores), Nicole Van Giesen (Queenie).
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