Ford Center for the Performing Arts, (1/18/1998 - 1/16/2000)

Category: Musical, Drama, Original, Broadway
Setting: In and around New York City; New Rochelle; Ellis Island; Lawrence, Mass.; Atlantic City.

Opening Night Production Credits 

Theatre Owned / Operated by Livent (U.S.) Inc.

Produced by Livent (U.S.) Inc.

Book by Terrence McNally; Music by Stephen Flaherty; Based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; Music orchestrated by William David Brohn; Musical Director: David Loud; Dance music arranged by David Krane; Vocal arrangements by Stephen Flaherty

Directed by Frank Galati; Musical Staging by Graciela Daniele; Associate Choreographer: Willie Rosario; Livent Resident Director: Anne Allan; Associate Resident Director: Tara Young and Stafford Arima

Production Design by Eugene Lee; Costume Design by Santo Loquasto; Sound Design by Jonathan Deans; Lighting Design by Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer; Projection Design by Wendall K. Harrington; Associate Costume Design: Janet Grant and Mitchell Bloom; Assistant Lighting Design: Edward Pierce; Assistant Costume Design: Hugh Hamrick and Hyun-Joo Kim; Associate Sound Design: Christopher Jordan and Peter Hylenski

General Manager: Frank P. Scardino; Company Manager: Jim Brandeberry; Livent Sr. VP, Production: Frank P. Scardino; Associate Co. Mgr: Ken Davenport

Technical Director: Peter W. Lamb; Production Manager: Peter W. Lamb; Technical Supervisor: Robert Whelan; Production Stage Manager: Randall Whitescarver; Stage Manager: Dean R. Greer; Assistant Stage Mgr: Bernita Robinson and Robbie Young

Musical Supervisor: Jeffrey Huard; Musical Coordinator: John Monaco; Conducted by David Loud; Associate Conductor: James Moore; Concert Master: Paul Woodiel; Violin: Blair Lawhead, Cecelia Hobbs Gardner, Chris Cardona, Lesa Terry and Ella Rutkovsky; Viola: Susan Follari and Richard Clark; Cello: Jenny Langham and Vivian Israel; Bass: Bob Renino; Flute/Piccolo: Brian Miller; Clarinet/E. Flat Clarinet: Owen Kotler; Oboe/English Horn: Bill Meredith; Flute/Alto Sax/Soprano Sax/ Bass Clarinet: Vincent DellaRocca; Trumpet: Jeffrey Kievit and Christian Jaudes; French Horns: Paul Riggio and Lisa Pike; Trombone: Charles Gordon; Tuba/Baritone Horn: Earl McIntyre; Synthesizer I: Steve Marzullo; Synthesizer II: James Moore; Drums: Marty Morrell; Percussion: Bruce Doctor; Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin: Greg Utzig; Music Contractor: Susan Follari

Magic Illusions by Franz Harary

Casting: Beth Russell and Arnold Mungioli; New York Press Representative: Mary Bryant and Wayne Wolfe; General Press Representative: Ian Rand; Production Costume Coordinator: Janet Grant; Dance Captain: Keith LaMelle Thomas; Fight direction by Joe Bostick; Additional fight staging by B. H. Barry; Logo Design by Scott Thornley & Company, Inc.; Livent Sr. VP, Creative Affairs: Marty Bell; Promotions: Keith Hurd

Peter Friedman	Tateh
Mark Jacoby	Father
Marin Mazzie	Mother
Audra McDonald	Sarah
Brian Stokes Mitchell	Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Jim Corti	Harry Houdini
Tommy Hollis	Booker T. Washington
Judy Kaye	Emma Goldman
Lynnette Perry	Evelyn Nesbit
Steven Sutcliffe	Mother's Younger Brother
Shaun Amyot	Ensemble
Darlene Bel Grayson	Ensemble
Kevin Bogue	Stanford White
	Ensemble
Sondra M. Bonitto	Ensemble
Rod Campbell	Admiral Peary
	Reporter
	Ensemble
Jamie Chandler-Torns	Ensemble
Larry Daggett	Henry Ford
	Policeman
	Town Hall Bureaucrat
Ralph Deaton	Ensemble
Rodrick Dixon	Ensemble
Bernard Dotson	Ensemble
Donna Dunmire	Ensemble
Adam Dyer	Ensemble
Duane Martin Foster	Matthew Henson
	Black Lawyer
	Gang Member
	Ensemble
Patty Goble	Ensemble
Colton Green	Harry K. Thaw
	Policeman
	Ensemble
Elisa Heinsohn	Ensemble
Anne Kanengeiser	Kathleen
	2nd Bureaucrat
	Welfare Official
	Ensemble
Jeffrey Kuhn	Reporter
	Fireman
	Clerk
	Ensemble
Keith LaMelle Thomas	Pas de Deux
	Ensemble
Joe Langworth	Ensemble
Joe Locarro	Conductor
	Ensemble
Conrad McLaren	Grandfather
	Foreman
Lea Michele	The Little Girl
David Mucci	Willie Conklin
Anne L. Nathan	Brigit
	Baron's Assistant
	Ensemble
Panchali Null	Ensemble
Mike O'Carroll	J. P. Morgan
	Judge
Mimi Quillin	Ensemble
Michael Redd	Little Coalhouse	Alternate
Monica L. Richards	Pas de Deux
	Ensemble
Shane Rogers	Little Coalhouse	Alternate
Orgena Rose	Ensemble
Gordon Stanley	Trolley Conductor
	Reporter
	Charles S. Whitman
	Ensemble
Alex Strange	The Little Boy
Angela Teek	Ensemble
Vanessa Townsell-Crisp	Sarah's Friend
Allyson Tucker	Ensemble
Leon Williams	Ensemble
Bruce Winant	Doctor
	Dirty Old Man
	White Lawyer
	Ensemble

Swings: Karen Andrew, John D. Baker, Mark Cassius, Dioni Michelle Collins, Mary Sharon Dziedzic, Valerie Hawkins, Kennl Hobson, Todd Thurston.

Understudies: Darlene Bel Grayson (Sarah's Friend), Sondra M. Bonitto (Sarah's Friend), Rod Campbell (Father, Foreman, Trolley Conductor), Mark Cassius (Matthew Henson), Jamie Chandler-Torns (Evelyn Nesbit), Jim Corti (Tateh), Pierce Cravens (The Little Boy), Nicole Dos Santos (The Little Girl), Duane Martin Foster (Booker T. Washington, Coalhouse Walker Jr.), Patty Goble (Mother), Colton Green (Charles S. Whitman, Harry Houdini), Valerie Hawkins (Emma Goldman, Baron's Assistant, Brigit, Welfare Official), Elisa Heinsohn (Evelyn Nesbit), Anne Kanengeiser (Mother), Jeffrey Kuhn (Harry Houdini, Mother's Younger Brother), Joe Langworth (Harry Houdini, Mother's Younger Brother), Joe Locarro (Mother's Younger Brother), Anne L. Nathan (Emma Goldman), Monica L. Richards (Sarah), Orgena Rose (Sarah), Angela Teek (Sarah), Todd Thurston (Admiral Peary, Father, Grandfather, Henry Ford, J. P. Morgan), Leon Williams (Booker T. Washington), Bruce Winant (Henry Ford, Tateh, Willie Conklin).