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First Preview: Mar 29, 2004
Total Previews: 30
Opening Date: Apr 29, 2004
Closing Date: Jan 01, 2005
Total Performances: 284
Production Staff Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Philip J. Smith: President; Robert E. Wankel: Executive Vice President) Produced by Waxman / Williams Entertainment and TGA Entertainment, Ltd. ; Produced in association with Denise Rich , Ralph Williams , Scott Prisand , Danny Seraphine , Harold Thau , Max Cooper , AD Prods and Independent Presenters Network ; Associate Producer: Sudhir Vaishnav , Alexander Fraser , Ken Denison and The Entertainment Partnership Originally produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber ; Original London prod. opened at Apollo Victoria Theatre on June 19, 2002 and was produced by The Really Useful Theatre Company Ltd. Music by A.R. Rahman ; Lyrics by Don Black ; Book by Meera Syal and Thomas Meehan ; Based on an idea by Shekhar Kapur and Andrew Lloyd Webber ; Musical Director: James Abbott ; Original Additional Music Arrangements: Christopher Nightingale ; Dance arrangements by James Abbott ; Music orchestrated by Paul Bogaev ; Vocal and Incidental Music Arrangements by Paul Bogaev ; Punjabi lyric on "Wedding Qawali" by Sukwinder Singh ; Hindi lyric on "Chaiyya Chaiyya" by Gulzar ; Additional Music and Lyrics on "Shakalaka Baby" by Marius de Vries ; Additional lyrics by David Yazbek Directed by Steven Pimlott ; Choreographed by Anthony Van Laast and Farah Khan ; Associate Director: Thomas Caruso and Lucy Skilbeck ; Associate Choreographer: Lisa Stevens and Nichola Treherne ; Assistant to Farah Khan: Geeta Kapur Scenic Design by Mark Thompson ; Costume Design by Mark Thompson ; Lighting Design by Hugh Vanstone ; Sound Design by Mick Potter ; Make-Up Design by Bruce Dean and MAC Cosmetics ; Makeup Supervisor: Angelina Avallone ; Associate Scenic Design: Nancy Thun ; Associate Costume Design: Irene Bohan and Nancy Palmatier ; Associate Lighting Design: Philip Rosenberg ; Associate Sound Design: John Gibson ; Assistant Scenic Design: Rachel Nemec and Luke Cantarella ; Assistant to the Costume Designer: Jennifer Halpern and Trent Armstrong ; Assistant Lighting Design: John Viesta III ; Moving Light Programmer: Andrew Voller ; Assistant Sound Design: Jeremy Lee General Manager: The Charlotte Wilcox Company ; Company Manager: Susan Bell ; Executive Producer: WaxWill Theatrical Division ; Associate Co. Mgr: Ellen Szorady Production Manager: Peter Fulbright ; Production Stage Manager: Bonnie L. Becker ; First Assistant Stage Manager: J. Philip Bassett ; Second Assistant Stage Manager: Charles Underhill ; Technical Supervisor: Tech Production Services, Inc. , Colleen Houlehen , John Kontogiannis and Jacob Cook Musical Supervisor: Paul Bogaev ; Musical Coordinator: Michael Keller ; Conducted by James Abbott ; Associate Conductor: Dan Riddle ; Synthesizer Programmer: Phij Adams and Andrew Barrett ; Keyboard: Dan Riddle , Adam Ben-David and Ann Gerschefski ; Onstage Percussion: David Sharma and Deep Singh ; Drums: Raymond Grappone ; Oboe/English Horn: Charles Pillow ; Cello: Roger Shell and Ted Mook ; Viola: Liuh-Wen Ting and Arthur Dibble ; Concert Master: Sylvia D'Avanzo ; Bass: Randy Landau ; Flute: Anders Bostrom ; Violin: Ming Yeh , Pauline Kim , Nina Evtuhov and Sean Carney Dance Captain: Lisa Stevens ; Fight Captain: Rommy Sandhu ; Fight direction by J. Steven White ; Press Representative: Barlow-Hartman Public Relations ; Casting: Tara Rubin Casting, C.S.A. ; Marketing: Margery Singer Company ; Sponsorship: Rhino Enterprises ; Advertising: SPOTCo, Inc. ; Photographer: Joan Marcus ; Photo Illustration: Dan Couto ; Diction Coach: Ariane Brandt ; Production Assistant: Chad Lewis and Kelly Stillwell
Swings: Rommy Sandhu (Swing ), Lisa Stevens (Swing ), J.R. Whittington (Swing ) and Nicole Winhoffer (Swing ) Understudies: Jolly Abraham (Rani ), Mueen Jahan Ahmad (Madan ), Aaron J. Albano (Akaash ), Anjali Bhimani (Rani, Shanti ), Shane Bland (Sweetie ), Gabriel Burrafato (Vikram ), Sheetal Gandhi (Priya ), Krystal Kiran Garib (Priya ), Tanvir Gopal (Munna ), Suresh John (Madan ), Ian Jutsun (Madan ), Michelle Nigalan (Priya ), Zahf Paroo (Akaash, Vikram ), Danny Pathan (Akaash ), Sarah Ripard (Rani, Shanti ), Darryl Semira (Sweetie ) and Neil Jay Shastri (Munna )
ACT 1 Sung By Salaa'm Bombay Akaash, Sweetie and Ensemble Bollywood Akaash and Ensemble Love's Never Easy Sweetie, Priya and Ensemble Lovely, Lovely, Ladies Rani and Ensemble Bhangra Akaash, Rani and Ensemble Shakalaka Baby Rani, Akaash and Ensemble I Could Live Here Akaash Is This Love? Priya Famous Madan, Rani, Akaash and Guests Love's Never Easy (Reprise) Priya and Sweetie ACT 2 Sung By Chaiyya Chaiyya Akaash, Rani and Ensemble How Many Stars? Akaash and Priya Salaa'm Bombay (Reprise) Rani and Ensemble Hero Sweetie and Priya Ganesh Procession The Company The Journey Home Akaash Wedding Qawali The Company
