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The Civil War

St. James Theatre, (4/22/1999 - 6/13/1999)
Preview:Mar 23, 1999 Total Previews:35
Opening:Apr 22, 1999   
Closing:Jun 13, 1999 Total Performances:61


Category: Musical, Original, Broadway





by opening date




Music by Frank Wildhorn; Lyrics by Jack Murphy; Book by Frank Wildhorn and Gregory Boyd; Music orchestrated by Kim Scharnberg; Musical Director: Jeff Lams; Vocal Director: Dave Clemmons

Directed by Jerry Zaks; Associate Director: B.T. McNicholl; Musical Staging by Luis Perez; Assistant Choreographer: Maria Calabrese

Scenic Design by Douglas W. Schmidt; Associate Scenic Design: Chad Owens; Assistant Scenic Design: Randall K. Richards and Craig Edelblut; Costume Design by William Ivey Long; Associate Costume Design: Wallace G. Lane, Jr.; Assistant Costume Design: Jennifer Arnold and Patrick Chevillot; Assistant to the Costume Designer: Kyle O'Connor; Lighting Design by Paul Gallo; Associate Lighting Design: Philip Rosenberg; Associate Moving Light Designer: Paul J. Sonnleitner; Assistant Lighting Design: Paul Miller, Daniel Ordower and Jeff Nellis; Assistant to the Lighting Designer: Mickey Smith; Sound Design by Karl Richardson; Associate Sound Design: Cynthia J. Hawkins; Projection Design by Wendall K. Harrington; Associate Projection Design: Chelsea Pennebaker; Projection Associate: Michael Clark; Projection Programmer: Paul Vershbow

General Manager: 101 Productions, Ltd. (Jeff Wilson, Wendy Orshan); Executive Producer: Gary Gunas and PACE Theatrical Group, Inc.; Company Manager: David Auster; Associate Co. Mgr: Elie Landau; Associate Gen. Mgr: David Auster

Production Supervisor: Bonnie Panson; Production Manager: Peter Fulbright; Stage Manager: Rick Steiger; Assistant Stage Mgr: Jason Brouillard; Technical Supervision: Tech Production Services, Inc.

Musical Supervisor: Jason Howland; Musical Coordinator: John Miller; Conducted by Jeff Lams; Associate Conductor: John Korba; Piano: Jeff Lams; Keyboard: John Korba; Guitar: Scott Kuney, Jon Herington and Gordon Titcomb; Bass: Bill Holcomb; Drums: Warren Odze; Harmonica: Michael Rubin; Trombone: Birch Johnson; Trumpet: Wayne J. du Maine; Woodwinds: Charlie Pillow; Violin: Carol Sharar; Cello: Laura Bontrager; Percussion: Roger Squitero

Casting: Dave Clemmons; Marketing: Norman Zagier; Press Representative: Norman Zagier; Battles by David Leong; Promotions by The Richards Group; Historical Consultant: Professor Eric Foner; Dance Captain: Anthony Galde; Fight Captain: Matt Bogart



Opening Night Cast

Michel Bell Clayton Toler  
Matt Bogart Private Sam Taylor  
Leo Burmester Autolycus Fell  
Gilles Chiasson Corporal William McEwen  
Lawrence Clayton Benjamin Reynolds  
Dave Clemmons Sergeant Virgil Franklin  
 Auctioneer's Assistant  
Mike Eldred Corporal John Beauregard  
David Michael Felty
Broadway debut 
Pit Singer  
Cheryl Freeman Bessie Toler  
Anthony Galde Private Darius Barksdale  
Hope Harris Violet  
 Nurse  
 Pit Singer  
Capathia Jenkins
Broadway debut 
Harriet Jackson  
Keith Byron Kirk Frederick Douglass  
Michael Lanning Captain Emmett Lochran  
Beth Leavel Mabel  
 Mrs. Bixby  
David M. Lutken Voice of President Lincoln  
 Corporal Henry Stewart  
Monique Midgette
Broadway debut 
Pit Singer  
Gene Miller
Broadway debut 
Captain Billy Pierce  
Irene Molloy Sarah McEwen  
Wayne W. Pretlow Exter Thomas  
Jim Price
Broadway debut 
Private Cyrus Stevens  
Royal Reed
Broadway debut 
Sergeant Byron Richardson  
Raun Ruffin
Broadway debut 
Pit Singer  
John Sawyer
Broadway debut 
Private Nathaniel Taylor  
Ron Sharpe Private Conrad Bock  
Bart Shatto
Broadway debut 
Private Elmore Hotchkiss  
Rod Weber
Broadway debut 
Sergeant Patrick Anderson  
Cassandra White
Broadway debut 
Liza Hughes  


Understudies: Mike Eldred (Captain Billy Pierce, Corporal William McEwen), Kristine Fraelich (Mabel, Mrs. Bixby, Violet), Kristine Fraelich Broadway debut (Sarah McEwen), Hope Harris (Mrs. Bixby, Sarah McEwen), Capathia Jenkins (Bessie Toler), David M. Lutken (Autolycus Fell, Captain Emmett Lochran), Monique Midgette (Bessie Toler, Harriet Jackson), Wayne W. Pretlow (Benjamin Reynolds, Clayton Toler, Frederick Douglass), Jim Price (Autolycus Fell, Captain Emmett Lochran), Royal Reed (Captain Billy Pierce, Private Sam Taylor), Raun Ruffin (Benjamin Reynolds, Clayton Toler, Frederick Douglass), Ron Sharpe (Corporal William McEwen, Private Sam Taylor), Cassandra White (Harriet Jackson).