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Opening Date
Oct 24, 2002
Closing Date
Dec 11, 2005
1st Preview
Sep 30, 2002
1st Preview
Sep 30, 2002
Previews
28
Performances
1,303
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Richard Rodgers Theatre
(Oct 24, 2002 - Dec 11, 2005)
Setting
Long Island in the 60's; Vietnam; others.
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Nederlander Organization (James M. Nederlander: Chairman; James L. Nederlander: President)
Produced by James L. Nederlander, Hal Luftig, Scott E. Nederlander, Terry Allen Kramer, Clear Channel Entertainment and Emanuel Azenberg
Music by Billy Joel; Lyrics by Billy Joel; Additional musical arrangements and orchestrations: Stuart Malina; Music orchestrated by Billy Joel
Conceived by Twyla Tharp; Directed by Twyla Tharp; Choreographed by Twyla Tharp; Assistant Director: Scott Wise; Assistant Choreographer: Scott Wise
Scenic Design by Santo Loquasto; Costume Design by Suzy Benzinger; Lighting Design by Donald Holder; Sound Design by Brian Ruggles and Peter J. Fitzgerald; Hair Design by Paul Huntley; Associate Scenic Design: David Swayze; Associate Costume Design: Rory Powers; Associate Lighting Design: Jeanne Koenig; Associate Lighting Designer / Automated Lighting: Aland Henderson; Associate Hair Design: Amy Solomon; Assistant Scenic Design: Emily Beck; Assistant Costume Design: Mitchell Bloom; Assistant Lighting Design: Michelle Habeck, Hilary Manners, Karen Spahn, Thomas Hague and Keith Parham; Assistant Sound Design: Janet Smith; Make-Up Design by MAC Cosmetics and Patrick Eichler
General Manager: Abbie M. Strassler; Company Manager: Sean Free; Assistant Co. Mgr: Shelley Ott
Production Stage Manager: Tom Bartlett; Technical Supervisor: Brian Lynch and Theatretech, Inc.; Stage Manager: Kim Vernace; Assistant Stage Mgr: Gregory Victor
Musical Continuity & Supervision: Stuart Malina; Synthesizer Programmer: David Rosenthal; Musical Coordinator: John Miller; Music Consultant: Tommy Byrnes; Piano: Michael Cavanaugh; Leader/Guitar: Tommy Byrnes; Keyboard / Alternate Piano: Wade Preston; Guitar: Dennis Delgaudio; Bass: Greg Smith; Drums: Chuck Bürgi; Lead Sax/Percussion: John Scarpulla; Sax: Scott Kreitzer; Trumpet: Barry Danielian; Trombone/Whistler/Vocals: Kevin Osborne; Assistant Musical Supervisor: David Rosenthal; Classical pieces performed by Stuart Malina; Classical pieces recorded and produced by David Rosenthal; Music Copying: John Leonard
Press Representative: Barlow-Hartman Public Relations; Press Associate: Bill Coyle and Joe Perrotta; Dance Press Representation: Ellen Jacobs Associates; Casting: Binder Casting and Sarah Prosser; Advertising: Serino Coyne, Inc.; Production Associate: Jesse Huot and Ginger Montel; Marketing: TMG - The Marketing Group; Dance Captain: Meg Paul and Rod McCune; Research/Historian: Gregory Victor; Drill Instruction: Stephan Wolfert; Photographer: Joan Marcus
Benjamin G. Bowman
James
Michael Cavanaugh
Lead Vocals
Elizabeth Parkinson
Brenda
Keith Roberts
Tony
John Selya
Eddie
Ashley Tuttle
Judy
Alternate
Scott Wise
Sergeant O'Leary
 
Drill Sergeant
Mark Arvin
Ensemble
Karine Bageot
Ensemble
Alexander Brady
Ensemble
Holly Cruikshank
Ensemble
 
Brenda
Alternate
Ron DeJesus
Ensemble
Melissa Downey
Ensemble
Pascale Faye
Ensemble
Scott Fowler
Ensemble
David Gomez
Ensemble
 
Tony
Alternate
William Marrie
Eddie
Alternate
Rod McCune
Ensemble
Jill Nicklaus
Ensemble
Rika Okamoto
Ensemble
Wade Preston
Lead Vocals
Alternate
Dana Stackpole
Judy
Alternate
Swings: Andrew Allagree , Aliane Baquerot , Laurie Kanyok , William Marrie , Meg Paul , Lawrence Rabson , Dana Stackpole and John J. Todd
Understudies: Andrew Allagree (Eddie), Karine Bageot (Brenda), Alexander Brady (James), Holly Cruikshank (Brenda), Ron DeJesus (Tony), Scott Fowler (James), David Gomez (Tony), William Marrie (Eddie), Meg Paul (Judy), Lawrence Rabson (Eddie), Dana Stackpole (Judy) and John J. Todd (Sergeant O'Leary)

Richard Rodgers Theatre (Oct 24, 2002 - Dec 11, 2005)

Assistant Co. Mgr: Jason P Ferguson (May 2004 - May 2005)
Piano: Henry Haid; Trumpet: Carl Fischer; Lead Guitar: Dennis Delgaudio
Dance Supervisor: Stacy Caddell; Marketing: Keith Hurd; Dance Captain: Ian Carney; Press Assistant: Leslie Baden

Cast

Todd Eric Allen
Ensemble
Karine Bageot
Brenda
Alternate
Michael Balderrama
Ensemble
Ted Banfalvi
Eddie
Alternate
Kristine Bendul
Ensemble
Timothy W. Bish
Ensemble
Chris Body
James
Alternate
Christopher Body
Ensemble
Stuart Capps
Tony
Alternate
Ian Carney
Tony
 
Tony
Alternate
Carolyn Doherty
Brenda
Alternate
R.J. Durell
Ensemble
Kurt Froman
James
circa. 2004 - ?
 
James
circa. 2004 - ?
Alternate
Philip Gardner
Ensemble
Darren Gibson
Ensemble
Jun 30, 2003 - ?
Cody Green
Ensemble
Henry Haid
Ensemble
Charlie Hodges
Eddie
Alternate
Darren Holden
Lead Vocals
Nancy Lemenager
Brenda
May 09, 2004 - ?
Brian Letendre
Ensemble
Matt Loehr
Ensemble
Marc Mann
Ensemble
Tiger Martina
Ensemble
Mabel Modrono
Judy
Alternate
 
Judy
Oriada
Brenda
Alternate
Eric Otto
Ensemble
 
James
Alternate
Meg Paul
Judy
Alternate
Justin Peck
Ensemble
Karine Plantadit
Ensemble
 
Brenda
Alternate
Desmond Richardson
Tony
Aug 23, 2004 - ?
Davis Robertson
Ensemble
Shawn Stevens
Ensemble
Rasta Thomas
Eddie
Alternate
Ron Todorowski
Eddie
Alternate
Swings: Ted Banfalvi , Timothy W. Bish , Christopher Body , Stuart Capps , Ian Carney , Carolyn Doherty , Kurt Froman , Lisa Gajda , Philip Gardner , Charlie Hodges , Charlie Neshyba-Hodges , Travis Kelley , Lorin Latarro , Marty Lawson , Brian Letendre , Mabel Modrono , Eric Otto , Justin Peck , Ron Todorowski and Jessica Walker
Standby: Ted Banfalvi (Eddie) and Paul Castree (Lead Vocals)
Understudies: Michael Balderrama (Tony, Sergeant O'Leary, Drill Sergeant), Ted Banfalvi (Sergeant O'Leary, Drill Sergeant), Chris Body (James), Christopher Body (Eddie, Tony), Stuart Capps (Tony, James, Drill Sergeant, Sergeant O'Leary), Ian Carney (Tony, Sergeant O'Leary, Drill Sergeant), Carolyn Doherty (Brenda), Melissa Downey (Judy), Kurt Froman (James), Philip Gardner (Sergeant O'Leary, Drill Sergeant), David Gomez (Eddie), Cody Green (Eddie, Tony, James), Henry Haid (Lead Vocals), Charlie Hodges (James, Eddie), Charlie Neshyba-Hodges (James, Eddie), Darren Holden (Lead Vocals), Lorin Latarro (Brenda), Marty Lawson (Eddie), Brian Letendre (James), Mabel Modrono (Judy), Oriada (Brenda, Judy), Eric Otto (James), Meg Paul (Brenda, Brenda), Karine Plantadit (Brenda), Wade Preston (Lead Vocals), Lawrence Rabson (Tony) and Ron Todorowski (Eddie)
music by Billy Joel; lyrics by Billy Joel
Act 1
Sung By
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
The Company
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
Brenda, Eddie, Tony, James, Judy, Sergeant O'Leary and Ensemble
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
Tony, Eddie, James and Sergeant O'Leary
Reverie (Villa D'Este)/Just the Way You Are
James, Judy and Ensemble
For the Longest Time/Uptown Girl
Brenda, Eddie, Tony and Ensemble
This Night
Tony, Brenda and Ensemble
Summer, Highland Falls
Eddie, Brenda, Tony and Ensemble
Waltz #1 (Nunley's Carousel)
Tony, Eddie, James, Drill Sergeant and Ensemble
We Didn't Start the Fire
Judy, Brenda, James, Tony, Eddie and Ensemble
She's Got a Way
Tony, Brenda and Ensemble
The Stranger
Judy and Ensemble
Elegy (The Great Peconic)
Judy, Brenda, Tony, Eddie, Drill Sergeant and Ensemble
Act 2
Sung By
Invention in C Minor
Eddie and Ensemble
Angry Young Man
Eddie and Ensemble
Big Shot
Tony, Brenda and Ensemble
Big Man on Mulberry Street
Tony, Brenda and Ensemble
Captain Jack
Eddie and Ensemble
Innocent Man
Eddie and Ensemble
Pressure
Judy, Eddie and Ensemble
Goodnight Saigon
Eddie, Judy, James, Tony and Ensemble
Air (Dublinesque)
Brenda
Shameless
Brenda and Tony
James
Judy and Eddie
RiverofDreams/KeepingtheFaith/OnlytheGoodDieYoung
Eddie and Ensemble
I've Loved These Days
Tony, Brenda, Eddie and Ensemble
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant (Reprise)
Full Company

Tony Award®

 

Best Musical

2003 Nominee
Produced by James L. Nederlander , Hal Luftig , Scott E. Nederlander , Terry Allen Kramer , Clear Channel Entertainment and Emanuel Azenberg
 

Best Actor in a Musical

2003 Nominee
John Selya
 

Best Actress in a Musical

2003 Nominee
Elizabeth Parkinson
 

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

2003 Nominee
Keith Roberts
Michael Cavanaugh
 

Best Featured Actress in a Musical

2003 Nominee
Ashley Tuttle
 

Best Lighting Design

2003 Nominee
Lighting Design by Donald Holder

Best Choreography

2003 Winner
Choreographed by Twyla Tharp
 

Best Direction of a Musical

2003 Nominee
Directed by Twyla Tharp

Best Orchestrations

2003 Winner
Music orchestrated by Stuart Malina and Billy Joel

Drama Desk Award

 

Outstanding New Musical

2003 Nominee
Produced by James L. Nederlander , Hal Luftig , Scott E. Nederlander , Terry Allen Kramer , Clear Channel Entertainment and Emanuel Azenberg
 

Outstanding Actor in a Musical

2003 Nominee
John Selya
 

Outstanding Actress in a Musical

2003 Nominee
Elizabeth Parkinson

Oustanding Choreography

2003 Winner
Choreographed by Twyla Tharp
 

Outstanding Director of a Musical

2003 Nominee
Directed by Twyla Tharp
 

Outstanding Lighting Design

2003 Nominee
Lighting Design by Donald Holder

Theatre World

Award

2003 Recipient
John Selya
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