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First Preview: Mar 23, 1999
Total Previews: 35
Opening Date: Apr 22, 1999
Closing Date: Jun 13, 1999
Total Performances: 61
Production Staff Theatre Owned / Operated by Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President; Paul Libin: Producing Director; Jack Viertel: Creative Director) Produced by Pierre Cossette , PACE Theatrical Group, Inc. , SFX Entertainment, Inc. , Bomurwil Productions , Kathleen Raitt and Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President; Paul Libin: Producing Director; Jack Viertel: Creative Director) ; Associate Producer: I. W. Marks , Michael Skipper and Chris Edgecomb 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. and Elliot Bertoni 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 Originally comissioned by The Alley Theatre (Gregory Boyd, Artistic Director; Paul Tetreault, Managing Director)
Swings: David Michael Felty (Swing ), Monique Midgette (Swing ), Chris Roberts (Swing ) and Raun Ruffin (Swing ) Understudies: Mike Eldred (Captain Billy Pierce, Corporal William McEwen ), Kristine Fraelich (Mabel, Mrs. Bixby, Sarah McEwen, Violet ), 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 ) and Cassandra White (Harriet Jackson )
1999 Tony Award® Best Musical Produced by Pierre Cossette , PACE Theatrical Group, Inc. , SFX Entertainment, Inc. , Bomurwil Productions , Kathleen Raitt and Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President; Paul Libin: Producing Director; Jack Viertel: Creative Director) [nominee] 1999 Tony Award® Best Original Musical Score Music by Frank Wildhorn ; Lyrics by Jack Murphy [nominee] 1999 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Musical Produced by Pierre Cossette , PACE Theatrical Group, Inc. , SFX Entertainment, Inc. , Bomurwil Productions , Kathleen Raitt and Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President; Paul Libin: Producing Director; Jack Viertel: Creative Director) [nominee] 1999 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Michel Bell [nominee]1999 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Cheryl Freeman [nominee]1999 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Music Music by Frank Wildhorn [nominee] 1999 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Lighting Design Paul Gallo [nominee]
ACT 1 Sung By A House Divided The Citizens Freedom's Child Frederick Douglass and Abolitionists By The Sword / Sons of Dixie The Armies Tell My Father Private Sam Taylor The Peculiar Institution The Enslaved If Prayin' Were Horses Clayton Toler and Bessie Toler Greenback Autolycus Fell, Mabel and Violet Missing You (My Bill) Sarah McEwen Judgment Day Captain Billy Pierce, Captain Emmett Lochran, Private Sam Taylor and The Armies Father, How Long? Clayton Toler Someday Harriet Jackson, Bessie Toler and Others I'll Never Pass This Way Again Corporal Henry Stewart How Many Devils? The Armies ACT 2 Sung By Virginia Captain Billy Pierce Candle in the Window Harriet Jackson Oh! Be Joyful! Autolycus Fell, Sergeant Byron Richardson, Private Conrad Bock and Private Elmore Hotchkiss The Hospital Mrs. Bixby, Nurse, Union Soldiers and Clayton Toler If Prayin' Were Horses (Reprise) Clayton Toler and Bessie Toler River Jordan Benjamin Reynolds and Others Sarah Corporal William McEwen The Honor of Your Name Sarah McEwen Greenback (Reprise) Autolycus Fell and Violet Northbound Train Captain Emmett Lochran Last Waltz for Dixie Captain Billy Pierce and Confederate Soldiers The Glory Captain Emmett Lochran, Frederick Douglass, Benjamin Reynolds and Full Company
