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T A B L E O F C O N T E N T SBLUE MAN GROUP Creates Vaudeville for the 21st Century . . . .4

Test Your AVENUE Q IQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

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Broadway ExtrasBroadway ExtrasBLUE MAN GROUP CREATESVAUDEVILLE FOR 21ST CENTURYNo one knows how to make a more inspired

mess than BLUE MAN GROUP.Whether they’re beating on drums and

generating a kaleidoscopic spray of airbornepaint or chomping out a Cap’n Crunchsymphony, the bald-and-blue charactersapproach each messy, noisy enterprise with theexpertise and determination of children.

And the audience responds with grin-inducing joy and howls of laughter.

You might say that BLUE MAN GROUPis child’s play for adults. At first glance, a mess –but looking closer, it’s far from one. Don’tconfuse child’s play with childishness.

“We have things that we think about, andthey express themselves in these weird ways,”says Phil Stanton, co-founder of BLUE MANGROUP with Matt Goldman and Chris Wink.“We’re usually looking at things from the pointof community or relationships. We’re trying tosay something about the power of a group.”

Goldman adds, “Preserving a childlikewonder is definitely one of the things behindwhat we do. We believe that we’re all creativebeings, and creativity can look a lot ofdifferent ways. We’re trying to get to anecstatic, euphoric, emotional place.”

Think of the show as vaudeville for the21st century. The Blue Men – and a fewmusicians – offer an array of flights of fancy,ranging from primitive to sophisticated, in avariety show quite unlike any other.

Many think that being bald and blue isputting on a mask of sorts, says Goldman,but it’s the opposite: “Once you strip awaythe hair, the skin tone, the gender, the ears,and have no particular style of clothing,what’s left? It’s really the rawest, purest formof what’s essentially human.”

The Blue Man uses every facet of hisbeing to engage the audience in situations andideas and behavior and sights and sounds that

intrigue him. And he does so without everspeaking. “Talking is so limiting,” says Goldman.“We talked once, and it was horrible. But we don’tthink of the Blue Man as a mute. We think of himas someone who has chosen not to say anything.”

The show is not without words. LED screensdisplay a series of messages designed to make theaudience laugh and/or think. An authoritative voiceexplains the intricacies of modern plumbing andchoreography and technology.

People in the front rows immediately feel apart of the proceedings since they get slickers toprotect their clothes from paint splatterings andsuch. The Blue Men are also know for theenormous amount of eye contact they make withthe audience, both from the stage and byinteracting with them.

For Goldman, Stanton and Wink, thefinale unites the audience in a magical way.

“It’s all about the connection,” saysStanton. “Even though technology has made itso that we don’t have to have that liveexperience, there’s something about ourhumanity that will always need it.”

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AVENUE Q, a hilarious show full of heart,hummable tunes and puppets, returns to

Charlotte on April 5-10 at Knight Theater atLevine Center for the Arts.

Entertainment Weekly calls the musicalabout trying to make it in NYC with big dreamsand a tiny bank account “one of the funniestshows you're ever likely to see.” AVENUE Qfeatures a cast of people and puppets who tellthe story in a smart, risqué and downrightentertaining way.

The Broadway smash-hit won the 2004Tony Award® for Best Musical, Best Score andBest Book. How well do you know the show?

1. Who did not contribute in the creation of AVENUE Q?

a) Gary Colemanb) Bobby Lopezc) Jeff Marxd) Jeff Whitty

2. One character shares her name with a holiday. Which holiday?

a) Christmas Dayb) Christmas Evec) Valentined) Easter

3. Princeton is in search of his _______?a) Destinyb) Lucky pennyc) Fatherd) Purpose

4. What is the name of Rod’s “girlfriend” wholives in Canada?

a) Albertab) Saskatchewanc) Vancouverd) Montreal

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a) Messages on dry erase boardsb) Academic advisors to point the wayc) Sitting in the computer lab, 4am

before the final paper is dued) All of the above

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The engagingcast of locally basedopera singersperforms thechildren’s opera TheBilly Goats Gruff, amodern adaptation ofthe famous children’stale that tells the storyof the three BillyGoats and the bullyOsmin. Online teaching tools and excerptsfrom the opera are available for teachers andstudents alike to gain greater insight into theopera art form. Opera Express is designed forK-5 age groups, with study guide activitiesthat address North Carolina Standard Courseof Study in English Language Arts and Music.

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Based on the story and screenplay byGENEWILDERandMELBROOKSand on the originalmotion picture by special arrangement with TWENTIETHCENTURYFOX

Featuring

NOAH ABERLIN PURDIE BAUMANN ERIN WEGNER BROOKS DON DANIELSZAK EDWARDS BILLY GRIFFIN ALLISON PAIGE HENNING LEAH HOFMANNKRISTIN MARIE JOHNSON DANIELLE KELSEY MATTHEW WARNER KIERNAN

DIONNA THOMAS LITTLETON ERIC JON MAHLUM JILLIAN OWENSALEX PUETTE DAVE SCHOONOVER ERICK R. WALCK

CRAIG WALETZKO MARGUERITE WILLBANKS

Scenery Designed byROBIN WAGNER

Costumes Designed byWILLIAM IVEY LONG

Lighting Designed byPETER KACZOROWSKI

Sound Designed byJONATHAN DEANS

Wigs & Hair Designed byPAUL HUNTLEY

Make Up Designed byANGELINAAVALLONE

Casting byTARA RUBIN CASTING

Associate Directorand ChoreographerJAMES GRAY

Assistant Directorand ChoreographerJEFF WHITING

Production Stage ManagerJOHN M. ATHERLAY

Music Supervision andVocal Arrangements byPATRICK S. BRADY

Orchestrations byDOUG BESTERMAN

Music Direction byTOM WHIDDON

Music Coordination byJOHN MILLER

General ManagementGREGORY VANDER PLOEGGENTRY & ASSOCIATES

NY General ManagementFRANKEL GREEN

THEATRICAL MANAGEMENTProduction ManagerHECTOR GUIVAS

Original Music Supervision and Arrangements byGLEN KELLY

Direction & Choreography bySUSAN STROMAN

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Book byMEL BROOKS and THOMAS MEEHAN Music and Lyrics byMEL BROOKS

“Puttin’ on the Ritz” by Irving BerlinOriginal Cast Album available on

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CAST(in order of appearance)

Herald.....................................................................................................ERIC JON MAHLUMZiggy ................................................................................................................DON DANIELSInspector Kemp ...............................................................................................DAVID BENOITMedical Students...................................................NOAH ABERLIN, DAVE SCHOONOVERSenior Student...............................................................................................ERICK R. WALCKFrederick Frankenstein ..........................................................................CHRISTOPHER RYANTelegraph Boy ...................................................................................................BILLY GRIFFINElizabeth..........................................................................................................JANINE DIVITAShoeshine Man .................................................................................................DON DANIELSIgor .................................................................................................................CORY ENGLISHEquines.....................................................................ALEX PUETTE, DAVE SCHOONOVERInga ..................................................................................................................SYNTHIA LINKFrau Blucher .............................................................................................JOANNA GLUSHAKVictor.............................................................................................................ERICK R WALCKThe Monster ................................................................................PRESTON TRUMAN BOYDTransylvania Quartet............................................DAVE SCHOONOVER, ERICK R WALCK,

ERIC JON MAHLUM, ALEX PUETTEHermit ............................................................................................................DAVID BENOITSasha ..................................................................................................................ALEX PUETTEMasha..............................................................................................ERIN WEGNER BROOKSBasha ..........................................................................................MARGUERITE WILLBANKSTasha..........................................................................................................DANIELLE KELSEYBob.................................................................................................................NOAH ABERLINRitz Specialty......................................................................................................ALEX PUETTEThe Count............................................................................................DAVE SCHOONOVER

THE ENSEMBLENOAH ABERLIN, PURDIE BAUMANN, ERIN WEGNER BROOKS, DON DANIELS,

BILLY GRIFFIN, ALLISON PAIGE HENNING, DANIELLE KELSEY,MATTHEW WARNER KIERNAN, DIONNA THOMAS LITTLETON,

ERIC JON MAHLUM, JILLIAN OWENS, ALEX PUETTE, DAVE SCHOONOVER,ERIK R. WALCK, MARGUERITE WILLBANKS

UNDERSTUDIESFor Inspector Kemp/Hermit: ERIC JON MAHLUM, ERICK R. WALCK; For FrederickFrankenstein: NOAH ABERLIN, DAVE SCHOONOVER; For Elizabeth: ERIN WEGNERBROOKS, DANIELLE KELSEY; For Igor: NOAH ABERLIN, DON DANIELS; For Inga: LEAHHOFMAN, DANIELLE KELSEY; For Frau Blucher: ERIN WEGNER BROOKS,MARGUERITE WILLBANKS; For The Monster: ALEX PUETTE, ERICK R. WALCK

SWINGSZAK EDWARDS, LEAH HOFMANN,

KRISTIN MARIE JOHNSON, CRAIG WALETZKO.

DANCE CAPTAIN: KRISTIN MARIE JOHNSONASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN: BILLY GRIFFIN

ORCHESTRAConductor: TOM WHIDDON

Assistant Conductor/Keyboards: TREY COXDrums/Percussion: BRAD FLICKINGER

Keyboards: JASON WETZELSynthesizer Programming: RANDY COHEN

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MUSICAL NUMBERSACT ONE

Scene 1: A Village in Transylvania, 1934“The Happiest Town”......................................................................................Villagers

Scene 2: Medical School, New York City“The Brain” ....................................................................................Frederick, Students

Scene 3: Hudson River, Pier 57“Please Don’t Touch Me”...........................................................Elizabeth and Voyagers

Scene 4: A Railroad Station in Transylvania“Together Again” ...................................................................................Frederick, Igor

Scene 5: A Hay Wagon“Roll in The Hay” .........................................................................Inga, Frederick, Igor

Scene 6: Castle FrankensteinScene 7: The Grand Hall of Castle Frankenstein

“Join the Family Business” .................................................Victor, Frederick, AncestorsScene 8: The Laboratory

“He Vas My Boyfriend” ............................................................................Frau BlucherScene 9: The Town Hall

“The Law”......................................................................................Kemp and VillagersScene 10: The Laboratory

“Life, Life” .....................................................................................................FrederickScene 11: The Courtyard of Castle Frankenstein

“Welcome to Transylvania”...........................................................Transylvania Quartet“Transylvania Mania”....................................Igor, Frederick, Inga, Kemp and Villagers

THERE WILL BE A 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION.

ACT TWO

Scene 1: The Forest“He’s Loose” ....................................................................................Kemp and Villagers

Scene 2: The Laboratory“Listen to Your Heart” ............................................................................................Inga“Surprise” ...............................................................Elizabeth, Igor, Frau Blucher, Sasha,

Masha, Basha, Tasha and BobScene 3: A Remote Cottage in the Forest

“Please Send Me Someone” ................................................................................HermitScene 4: The Dungeon of Castle Frankenstein

“Man About Town” .........................................................................................FrederickScene 5: A Theatre in Transylvania

“Puttin’ on the Ritz”Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin...................................Frederick, The Monster, Inga,

Igor, Frau Blucher, EnsembleScene 6: A Cave in the Forest

“Deep Love” ....................................................................................................ElizabethScene 7: The LaboratoryScene 8: The Village Square

“Deep Love” (Reprise) ...............................................................................The MonsterFinale Ultimo..........................................................................................The Company

Please be advised that strobe lights are used in this production.

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WHO’S WHO in the CASTCHRISTOPHER RYAN (Frederick Frankenstein)is thrilled to be part of Young Frankenstein and tostep into the role of Dr. Frankenstein! He was in theLas Vegas company of Monty Python’s Spamalot(u/s Lancelot), and has toured with My Fair Lady,Music Man, and Camelot (starring Robert Goulet).Regional credits include Snoopy in the revivalversion of You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown(Jennie Award –Theatre in the Square), and JohnnyCantone in The 1940’s Radio Hour (Theatre in theSquare), Evita (Maltz Jupiter), Beauty & the Beast(TOTS), Annie (Casa Mañana), Chess (AllianceTheatre). Film/TV: Run Ronnie Run, In the Heat ofthe Night. Love and gratitude to Merri,Tara, James,Stro, Mel, my loving family, friends & Moriah!Proud Actors’ Equity member.PRESTON TRUMAN BOYD (The Monster)Preston is thrilled to rejoin the tour as theMonster! NY Credits: Republic (Liam). NYReadings/Workshops:On A Clear Day,Wallenberg,Hilltop House.Regional: Les Misérables (Grantaire),Singin’ in the Rain (ProductionTenor),Oklahoma!(Slim), The Muny; KC Starlight. Working (theMason) at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival,Scotland. NFAA winner with Placido Domingo,Coral Gables. TV: “Guiding Light.” Preston is a2008 grad of CCM. Thanks to God, the GageGroup, Tara and Merri. Love to Mom, Dad,Haley and the Fam! Love to Sydney. Proud AEAMember. www.prestontrumanboyd.comCORY ENGLISH (Igor) most recently appearedon Broadway as Igor in Young Frankenstein. After12 years of living in New York City andperforming in Broadway shows including Forum,Barnaby in Hello Dolly , Damn Yankees, Guys andDolls and Gypsy with Tyne Daly, Cory moved toLondon to study acting at Drama Studio Londonwhere he met his wife, British actress EvaAlexander. UK credits: Corpus Christi, Our Fatherand Comedy of Errors as both Dromios. Britishtelevision credits include work for the BBC andchannel 4. West End credits: Mary Sunshine inChicago, Benny Southstreet inGuys and Dolls andstarred as Max Bialystock in The Producers atTheatre Royal Drury Lane before touring thesame production around the UK winning theEvening Standard’s award in Manchester for BestActor in a touring company. coryenglish.comDAVID BENOIT (Inspector Kemp) is thrilled tojoin the tour of Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein.Broadway: Avenue Q (Nicky/Trekkie),Dance of theVampires, Les Miserables. National: Avenue Q, LesMiz (Thenardier), All Shook Up (Sheriff Earl),Forbidden Broadway. Off -Broadway: Forbidden

Broadway 92, Forever Plaid (Sparky), ForbiddenBroadway: Summer Shock!,The Big Bang, ForbiddenHollywood (Chicago). Regional: Adding Machine:a musical (Mr. Zero) (Helen Hayes nom.) Specialthanks to Pete and Jed. For: Mom and Dad.JANINE DIVITA (Elizabeth). Broadway: Grease(Rizzo, 2007 Revival). Regional highlights:Sophisticated Ladies, starring Maurice Hines (Terri,Arena Stage), Oliver! (Nancy, Walnut StreetTheatre), Grey Gardens (Young Little Edie Beale,Portland Center Stage). University of Michiganalum (BFA Musical Theatre). Much thanks toNicolosi, Tara Rubin casting, the YF team, mom,dad, family, friends and Sean.www.janinedivita.comJOANNA GLUSHAK (Frau Blucher) Broadway:Hairspray, Urinetown, Sweet Smell Of Success, LesMisérables, Sunday In The ParkWith George, AfterThe Night and the Music, Conversations With MyFather, Rags, Etc. NYC Opera: A Little NightMusic, The Most Happy Fella. National tours:Xanadu, Evita. Joanna has worked extensively off-Broadway and regionally. She is a graduate of theYale school of Drama.SYNTHIA LINK (Inga) is thrilled to be joiningthe cast of Young Frankenstein! Favorite Creditsinclude: NYC Radio City Rockette, A Chorus Line(Maggie), No No Nanette (Flora), ...Forum(Tintinabula), The Producers and Funny Girl.Thanks to my incredibly supportive parents foralways encouraging me to follow my dreams.NOAH ABERLIN (Ensemble). Three previousnational tours: TheWizard of Oz (Scarecrow), TheProducers and Contact. Other credits includeCandide (NYC Opera), Annie Get Your Gun(Goodspeed), Carnival (Paper Mill); DamnYankees, The Producers & Contact (North Shore),Grease (KS Starlight). He is a Brooklyn, NY nativeand a BFA graduate of Syracuse University.PURDIE BAUMANN (Ensemble) has been seenas the center Rockette in NYC for so many yearsshe cannot count. She owes her fame and fortuneto Mom and Dad’s studio, “Stairway of the Stars.”Let’s help them recover and rebuild.MaywoodFineArts.org. Mr. Cool Pop Preen, IWILL marry you one day!ERIN WEGNER BROOKS (Ensemble).National Tour: Cirque Dreams, Off-Broadway: AStoop On Orchard Street, Pinkalicious, Las Vegas:Jubilee! Terrorized the high seas performing theroles of Cruella De Ville and Lady Tremaine forDisney Cruise Line. Love to Duncan, her amazingfamily, Kimberly Vaughn, and KTA for theircontinued support. www.erinwegner.com

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WHO’S WHO in the CAST

DONDANIELS (Ensemble) is on the road again!Favorite credits include: Bright Lights, Big City(Prince Music Theatre), Of Thee I Sing, She LovesMe (Papermill Playhouse), Gentlemen PreferBlondes (Westchester), Big River (National Tour).Thanks to Tara Rubin Casting. Love to my girls:Sara, Marley and Piper. You are my world!ZAK EDWARDS (Swing) is thrilled to join thisspectacular cast! New York: Melanie (yes, Melanie)in Yank! the Musical Off Broadway and No, No,Nanette (with Rosie O'Donnell and Beth Leavel) atCity Center Encores. Plus, a bunch of regionalcredits.Thanks to his family, the YF family, and Jon.BILLY GRIFFIN (Ensemble/Assistant DanceCaptain) BFA NYU’s CAP 21. National Tours ofIrving Berlin’s White Christmas and A Few GoodMen Dancin’. Episodes of The Electric Company onPBS. Check out animated Billy in the recentlyreleased “Dance On Broadway” for Nintendo Wii.Love and thanks to MSA,Tara Rubin Casting, YFCreative Team, family and friends. For Mom andDad.ALLISON PAIGE HENNING (Ensemble) isdelighted to be cast in her first national tour! She’sa recent graduate of American Academy ofDramatic Arts and has studied ballet, tap and jazz.Allison thanks The Krasny Office and sends loveto her family, Ms. Lynette and her best friend andsister Laura.LEAH HOFMANN (Swing) loves Lululemon,LaDuca Shoes and Levain Bakery cookies. Sincewatching Contact perform on the 2000 TonyAwards, she has dreamt of working with SusanStroman. Thank you to everyone along thisjourney, including: Merri Sugarman, DustinFlores, TomBurkeVoice.com, Darin Adams, JenWaldman, and God for making her 5’10!”KRISTIN MARIE JOHNSON (Swing/DanceCaptain) Broadway: Young Frankenstein (originalcast). National tour: 42nd St..Radio City Rockette(3 yrs NYC). B.A. in theatre (Florida StateUniversity). Love and thanks to my family andfriends for their support. Thank you Stro forturning my dreams into reality.DANIELLE KELSEY (Ensemble). National tourdebut! Regional: The Producers (Ulla), A ChorusLine (Cassie). NYC/Other: Radio City Rockette,Rod Stewart World Tour. TV/Film: Zombie Prom(w/ RuPaul), American Dreams, MTV MovieAwards. Sometimes you just have to look fear inthe eye and say, “I feel you fear, but I’m going todo it anyway.”MATTHEWWARNER KIERNAN (Ensemble).

NYU grad. Credits include: B’way; Hot Feet.Tours: All Shook Up, 42nd Street, Cats. Regionally:NMST, Gateway Playhouse, HuntingtonTheatre,Atlanta’s TOTS. Thank you to Tara RubinCasting, wonderfully supportive friends andfamily, and Patricia Kiernan, the most amazingmom a guy could ask for! Love you!DIONNA THOMAS LITTLETON (Ensemble)is ecstatic to join Young Frankenstein in her firstnational tour! Other credits:Grease (KC Starlight),The Wiz (Yale University), Yaledancers. Training:The Ailey School, Yale University, HTDC.Thanks to Tara Rubin, and Stro for making mydream come true. Love to God, Kevin, and myDad. For my Mom.ERIC JON MAHLUM (Ensemble) is thrilled tobe part of such a fantastic show! Broadway:Wicked. Off Broadway: Plane Crazy, The Yard.National Tours: Joseph... Dreamcoat, The Wizardof Oz. Regional: Papermill Playhouse, PittsburghCivic Light Opera, Tennessee Repertory, KansasCity Starlight, Atlanta Theatre of the Stars, DallasSummer Musicals. Much love to Mom and Gary!JILLIAN OWENS (Ensemble). Tours: The WillRogers Follies; Regional: Carnival! (KennedyCenter); NYC: Dahlia (The Actors Studio, TheGerald W. Lynch Theater), CTFD Galachoreographed by Mercedes Ellington (CityCenter), Company (Skirball Center); Film: TheQuiet Room (13bit); BFA from NYU’s CAP 21.ALEX PUETTE (Ensemble) is elated to be a partof the Young Frankenstein family! National Tours:Legally Blonde (1st National). Regional: 42ndStreet, The Producers, The Muny; A Chorus Line(Greg), West Virginia Public; Fiddler… , KansasCity Starlight. Proud grad of the University ofMichigan. Love and thanks to family and friends,Tara Rubin, and Stewart Talent!DAVE SCHOONOVER (Ensemble) is delightedto be a part of Young Frankenstein. Tour: Cats(Rum Tum Tugger). NYC: That Other Woman’sChild. Regional: Pirates!,West Side Story, A ChorusLine, Hello, Dolly!. BFA Wisconsin - Stevens Point.Huge thanks to Family,The Mine, as well as Merriand everyone at Tara Rubin.ERICK R. WALCK (Ensemble) leaves Las Vegasto join the touring company of YoungFrankenstein. Last seen in Hello Dolly! with LeslieUggams andThe Producerswith David Hasselhoff.Erick is celebrating his 38th year in theentertainment industry and would like toacknowledge the Waldo Foundation for theirsupport throughout the years.CRAIG WALETZKO (Swing) Most recent:

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Nick in Better Left Unsaid, the first NY play tobe streamed live to the web. B’way/Nat’l Tours:Guys & Dolls, Young Frankenstein, Spamalot,Cats, Steel Pier and Gypsy (as Tulsa w/TyneDaly.) On-Camera: The Producers, Onion News,various commercials/soaps. Carnegie-Mellongrad. Love to his wife Joey and their daughters.craigwaletzko.comMARGUERITE WILLBANKS (Ensemble).Broadway: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.NationalTours: The Secret Garden, Disney’s Beauty and theBeast. Marguerite has also worked in manyRegional Theatres across the U.S., performed inconcerts with various Symphony Orchestras andcan be heard on several film sound tracksincluding The Producers.MEL BROOKS (Book, Composer & Lyricist,Producer) Director, producer, writer and actor, MelBrooks is the creator of the 2001 smash hitBroadway musical The Producers—winner of arecord-breaking 12 Tony Awards. Three of thoseTony Awards (Best Score, Best Book of a Musical,Best Musical) went to Mel Brooks himself, as wellas two Grammy Awards (Best Musical ShowAlbum and Best Long-Form Music Video). Mr.Brooks began his distinguished career duringtelevision’s Golden Age as a writer for Sid Caesaron “Your Show of Shows” in 1951. In 1955 and in1957, Brooks received Emmy Award nominations(with others) for Best Comedy Writing for“Caesar’s Hour,” and in 1956 he was nominated(with others) for Best Writing for a Variety orSituation Comedy. In 1952, Brooks wrotesketches for Leonard Sillman’s Broadway smash-hit revue, New Faces of 1952, and in 1957,together with Joe Darion, he wrote the book forthe Broadway musical Shinbone Alley, whichstarred Eartha Kitt. In 1962, he wrote the bookfor the Broadway musical All American, starringRay Bolger. In the ‘60s, Brooks teamed up withCarl Reiner to write and perform The 2000 YearOld Man albums, which became immediatebestsellers. In 1960 and 1961, Brooks and Reinerreceived Grammy Award nominations for BestSpoken-Word Comedy for 2000 Years and forBest Comedy Performance for 2000 and OneYears, respectively. In 1997, Brooks and Reinerteamed up again for The 2000 Year Old Man inthe Year 2000. Both a book and CD were released,the CD winning a Grammy Award in 1998 forthe Best Spoken-Word Album, Comedy. Brookswrote and narrated The Critic, a short satire onavant-garde art films, which received the AcademyAward for Best Animated Short Subject in 1964.In 1965, he teamed up with Buck Henry and

created “Get Smart,” the long-running televisionshow starring Don Adams as Agent 86. Brooks,along with others, received an Emmy Award forOutstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy-Variety in 1967 for “The Sid Caesar, ImogeneCoca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special.” In1968, he wrote and directed his first feature film,The Producers, starring Zero Mostel and GeneWilder, which earned him an Academy Award forBest Original Screenplay Written Directly for theScreen. He then went on to create a remarkablestring of hit comedies: 1970, wrote, directed andacted in The Twelve Chairs; 1974, co-wrote,directed and acted in Blazing Saddles and wasnominated, along with John Morris, for Best TitleSong, “Blazing Saddles”; 1974, co-wrote anddirected Young Frankenstein; 1976, co-wrote,directed and starred in Silent Movie; 1977, co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in HighAnxiety; 1981, wrote, directed, produced andstarred in History of the World, Part I; 1983,produced and starred in To Be or Not to Be; 1987,co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in the hitsci-fi spoof, Spaceballs; 1991, co-wrote, directed,produced and starred in Life Stinks; 1993, co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in RobinHood: Men in Tights; 1995, co-wrote, directed,produced and starred inDracula: Dead and LovingIt; 2005, co-wrote and produced The Producers,the film version of his Tony Award-winning 2001Broadway musical and was nominated for aGrammy for Best Song Written for a MotionPicture, “There’s Nothing Like a Show onBroadway.” For three successive seasons, Brookswon the Emmy Award for his role as Uncle Philon the hit comedy show, “Mad About You.” Hisvisionary film company, Brooksfilms Limited,founded in 1980, has produced some of America’smost distinguished films, among them DavidLynch’s The Elephant Man, David Cronenberg’sThe Fly, Frances, Richard Benjamin’s My FavoriteYear and 84 Charing Cross Road, starring AnthonyHopkins and Anne Bancroft.THOMAS MEEHAN (Book) won the 2003Tony Award for co-writing the book forHairsprayafter having won the 2001 Tony Award for co-writing the book ofThe Producers. Earlier, in 1977,he received his first Tony Award for writing thebook of Annie, which was his first Broadway show,and he has since written the books for the musicalsI Remember Mama, Ain’t Broadway Grand, AnnieWarbucks, Bombay Dreams and Cry-Baby. Inaddition, he is a long-time contributor of humorpieces, including “Yma Dream,” to The NewYorker; an Emmy Award-winning writer of

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television comedy; and a collaborator on a numberof screenplays, including Mel Brooks’ Spaceballs,To Be or Not to Be and the film version of TheProducers. He is also the co-author of the librettoof 1984, an opera composed by Lorin Maazel andbased on George Orwell’s classic novel of the samename, which had its world premiere in the springof 2003 at London’s Royal Opera House and wasperformed last year at La Scala in Milan. Mr.Meehan is a member of the Council of theDramatists Guild. Finally, his latest musical, “Elf,”for which he co-wrote the book with Bob Martin,will be opening on Broadway this fall.SUSAN STROMAN (Director/Choreographer). Ms.Stroman directed and choreographedThe Producers,winner of a record-making 12 Tony Awardsincluding Best Direction and Best Choreography.She co-created, directed and choreographed thegroundbreakingmusicalContact for Lincoln CenterTheater, winning the 2000 Tony Award for BestChoreography, as well as Drama Desk, OuterCritics Circle and Lucille Lortel Awards and a 2003Emmy Award for “Live at Lincoln Center.” OtherBroadway credits include The Frogs, Oklahoma!(Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, OlivierAwards), Thou Shalt Not, The Music Man (OuterCritics Circle Award), Steel Pier, Big, Show Boat(Tony, Outer Critics Circle Awards), Picnic andCrazy for You (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer CriticsCircle, Olivier Awards). Off-Broadway creditsinclude The Scottsboro Boys (Lucille Lortel Award),And the World Goes ’Round (Outer Critics CircleAward), Flora the Red Menace, and Happiness. Forten years she choreographed Madison SquareGarden’s annual spectacular event A ChristmasCarol (Outer Critics Circle Award), directed byMike Ockrent. For New York City Opera: A LittleNight Music, 110 in the Shade, and Don Giovanni.Ms. Stroman created Double Feature, a full-lengthballet for New York City Ballet featuring the musicof Irving Berlin and Walter Donaldson. She hascreated the ballets Blossom Got Kissed for New YorkCity Ballet’s 50th Anniversary season, But Not ForMe for the Martha Graham Company, and TakeFive…More or Less for PacificNorthwest Ballet. Herchoreography received an Emmy nomination forthe HBO presentation Liza – Stepping Out at RadioCity Music Hall, starring Liza Minnelli. Other TVcredits include co-conceiver/choreographer forPBS’s Sondheim – a Celebration at Carnegie Halland An Evening with the Boston Pops – a Tribute toLeonard Bernstein. She received the AmericanChoreography Award for her work in ColumbiaPictures feature film Center Stage. Ms. Stromandirected and choreographed The Producers: The

Movie Musical, nominated for 4 Golden Globes.She is the recipient of the George Abbott Award forOutstanding Achievement in the Theatre and thewinner of a record four Astaire Awards. In January2011 Ms. Stroman will premiere a new balletcommissioned by New York City Ballet.ROBIN WAGNER (Set Designer) Broadwaydesigns include the new production of A ChorusLine; The Producers (Tony Award); The Boy FromOz; Kiss Me, Kate; Saturday Night Fever; Side Show;Angels in America; Victor/Victoria; Jelly’s Last Jam;City Of Angels (Tony Award);Crazy forYou; JeromeRobbins’ Broadway; Chess; 42nd Street; Dreamgirls;On the Twentieth Century (Tony Award); A ChorusLine; Jesus Christ Superstar; Lenny; Promises,Promises; The Great White Hope; and Hair. Otherwork includes operas: the Metropolitan, SwedishRoyal, Vienna State, Royal Opera Covent Garden.Honors also include Drama Desk, Outer CriticsCircle and other awards. He is a trustee of thePublicTheater and amember of theTheatreHall ofFame.WILLIAM IVEY LONG (Costume Designer).Young Frankenstein marked Mr. Long’s ninthBroadway collaboration with Susan Stroman.Previous collaborations include The Frogs, ThouShalt Not, The Producers (Tony, Drama Desk,Outer Critics Circle Awards), The Music Man,Contact (Hewes Award), Steel Pier, Big, Picnic,Crazy for You (Tony, Outer Critics Circle Awards),also A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden,Double Feature at New York City Ballet as well asThe Producers: The Movie Musical (2005). OtherBroadway includes Nine to Five, Pal Joey, GreyGardens (Tony Award), Hairspray (Tony, DramaDesk, Outer Critics Circle Awards), Chicago,Sweet Charity, La Cage aux Folles, The Boy FromOz, Swing, Guys and Dolls (Drama Desk Award),Lend Me a Tenor (Drama Desk, Outer CriticsCircle Awards), Nine (Tony, Drama Desk,Maharam Awards). Mr. Long also designedcostumes for the Rolling Stones Steel WheelsTourand for Siegfried and Roy at the Mirage Hotel. Heis a 5 timeTony Award winning designer and wasinducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in 2005.PETER KACZOROWSKI (Lighting) Broadway:40 plays and musicals including the revival ofDriving Miss Daisy, A View From the Bridge, TimeStands Still; Waiting for Godot; Curtains; GreyGardens; The Producers; Contact; Kiss Me, Kate;Steel Pier.Recent Off-Broadway: Venus in Fur,TheBrothers/Sisters plays, Twelfth Night, Ruined, SaturnReturns, Wig Out! Resident companies: NYShakespeare Festival (both downtown and at theDelacorte), MTC, Roundabout, Lincoln Center

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Theatre, Playwright’s Horizons, City CenterEncores! Regional: The Goodman, Guthrie,Geffen, Seattle Rep, La Jolla, Berkeley, CTG, LongWharf, Centerstage, Hartford. Opera: The Met,NYCO, San Francisco, Houston, Santa Fe, Seattle.Abroad: Royal Opera, Scottish Opera, Opera/North, Edinburgh Festival, Maggio FestivalFlorence, L’Arena di Verona, La Fenice,OperBonn, Teatro Sao Carlos Lisbon. Awards:Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Dramalogueand Hewes Design awards.JONATHAN DEANS (Sound Designer). RecentBroadway credits include La Cage aux Folles,Young Frankenstein, Pirate Queen, Lestat, Taboo,Follies, Seussical, Music Man, Fosse, Parade. Hiswork with Cirque du Soleil includes Viva Elvis,OVO, Love, Ka, Zumanity, O, Mystere, La Nouba,Corteo. He was nominated for a Tony award in2010 and has been presented with a USITT awardfor “Distinguished Career in Sound Design.”Some of his work while living in England includedTime, Mutiny, Marilyn, On your Toes, Jumpers andThe Real Thing.PAULHUNTLEY (Hair andWig Design) Londonborn Paul Huntley is a specialTony Award Winneras well as a Drama Desk recipient. Paul has workedon hundreds of Broadway projects since arriving inthis country in 1972. His projects have includedCats; Amadeus; Kiss Me, Kate; The Producers andHairspray. He has also worked with some of themost talented leading ladies of the AmericanCinema. They include Bette Davis, Vivien Leigh,Mae West, Glenn Close, Angela Lansbury andJessica Lange. Movies are Christopher Plummer in“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” andWillem Dafoe in “Cirque Du Freak.”ANGELINA AVALLONE (Make-up Design).Most recent projects include: The Addams Family,A Little Night Music, Memphis, A Behanding inSpokane, The Royal Family and Collected Stories.Broadway credits include West Side Story, Rock ofAges, 9 TO 5, Happiness, 33Variations,Waiting ForGodot, Guys and Dolls, Gypsy, Accent on Youth, TheLittleMermaid, Company,The Coast of Utopia, Howthe Grinch Stole Christmas, SweeneyTodd,TheTimesThey Are A-Changin’, Curtains, The Pirate Queen,Company, The Color Purple, The Pajama Game,Grey Gardens, Awake and Sing!, Fame Becomes Me,Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Sweet Charity, The Lightin the Piazza, The Pillowman, Wonderful Town,Seascape,ThoroughlyModernMillie, Lestat, Dance ofthe Vampires, Dracula the Musical, Little Shop ofHorrors andOur Leading Lady for MTC.TARA RUBIN CASTING (Casting). B’way/tours: Promises, Promises, A Little Night Music,

Guys and Dolls, Billy Elliot, Shrek, The CountryGirl, Rock N’Roll (US casting), The FarnsworthInvention, …Young Frankenstein, Little Mermaid,Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, Pirate Queen, LesMisérables, History Boys (US Casting), Spamalot,Jersey Boys, …Spelling Bee, Producers, MammaMia!, The Phantom of the Opera, Good Vibrations,Bombay Dreams, Oklahoma!, Happiness, FlowerDrum Song, Imaginary Friends, Metamorphoses,Frogs, Contact, Thou Shalt Not, Man of NoImportance. Yale Rep.B’way/tours: Promises,Promises, A Little Night Music, Guys and Dolls, BillyElliot, Shrek, The Country Girl, Rock N’Roll (UScasting), The Farnsworth Invention, …YoungFrankenstein, Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins, MyFair Lady, Pirate Queen, Les Misérables, HistoryBoys (US Casting), Spamalot, Jersey Boys,…Spelling Bee, Producers, Mamma Mia!, ThePhantom of the Opera, Good Vibrations, BombayDreams, Oklahoma!, Happiness, Flower Drum Song,Imaginary Friends, Metamorphoses, Frogs, Contact,Thou Shalt Not, Man of No Importance. Yale Rep.JAMES GRAY (Associate Director/Choreographer)has a long association with Susan Stroman andMel Brooks, serving as Dance Captain for bothYoung Frankenstein and the Original LondonProduction of The Producers. As a performer inYoung Frankenstein, he understudied andperformed the role of Igor on Broadway as well asthe National tour. His history with The Producerswas three fold — Original London Company(understudied and performing the role of CarmenGhia with Nathan Lane), on Broadway, andappeared as a little old lady in the Movie Musicalversion. Other productions include 42nd Street,Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Jubilee (LasVegas), and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas(Pantages LA). Originally from Bristol, Englandhis West End credits includeMe and My Girl, theoriginal companies ofMack andMabel and Beautyand The Beast. James thanks Susan and Mel forthis amazing opportunity. This one is for Dad,Marg, Bill, Joe and Vera.JEFF WHITING (Ass’t. Director/Choreographer).Broadway: The Scottsboro Boys, Young Frankenstein,Hair, Wicked (5th Anniv.). Off-B’way: Happiness(Lincoln Center); The Scottsboro Boys (Vineyard).London: Jersey Boys. National Tours: Hairspray,The Producers. Opera: Kiss Me, Kate(Glimmerglass). Member of The Walt DisneyCompany’s creative staff (writer, director,choreographer). Artistic Director of Open JarProductions, dedicated to the development anddirection of new plays, musicals andThe Open JarInstitute, dedicated to quality actor training.

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www.openjarproductions.comSTEVEN ZWEIGBAUM (Broadway AssociateDirector) Production Stage Manager for theoriginal companies of Shenandoah; 42nd Street;Steaming; Singin’ in the Rain; Me andMy Girl; Cityof Angels; Crazy for You; A Christmas Carol atMadison Square Garden; The Life; High Society;The Producers; Young Frankenstein and the revivalsof Room Service, Whoopee!; The Iceman Cometh,Kiss Me, Kate, The Music Man; and Blithe Spirit.CHRIS PETERSON (Broadway AssociateChoreographer) Broadway: Young Frankenstein,Contact, Steel Pier, On Your Toes, Crazy for You.Also, four international companies of Crazy forYou; national tours of Contact, Crazy ForYou, Anything Goes, 42nd Street, Sugar Babies withAnn Miller and Mickey Rooney; Jubilee atCarnegie Hall; for Ten seasons Chris mountedMadison Square Garden’s production of AChristmas Carol. Television: “CelebratingGershwin with Mikhail Baryshnikov,” “TheKennedy Center Honors,” “In Performance at theWhite House,” “The Today Show,” “DavidLetterman Show,” “An Evening WithThe BostonPops.” Film: The Producers and recentlychoreographed Evening starring Meryl Streep.JAMEY JENNINGS (Company Manager) hasserved as company manager on several Nationaland International tours, including Cinderellastarring Lea Salonga, Hairspray, Oklahoma!, Fosse,Seussical the Musical, Contact, and most recentlyTheWizard of Oz.JOHN M. ATHERLAY (Production StageManager). Broadway: Xanadu, Beauty and theBeast, A Small Family Business, The Seagull.NationalTours:The 101Dalmatians, Fiddler on theRoof with Topol, Little Shop of Horrors, TheProducers, Stardustwith Betty Buckley, Almost LikeBeing in Love with Diahann Carroll. Regional:Peter Pan, Seven Guitars, Dreamgirls with JenniferHoliday and Sweet Charity with DonnaMcKechnie.SARAH A. TSCHIRPKE (Stage Manager)Broadway: The Little Mermaid, Tarzan, Jersey Boys,Phantom of the Opera. National Tour: 101Dalmatians, Little House on the Prairie, Jersey Boys,Little Shop of Horrors, Porgy & Bess, Momix,Adventures of Huck Finn, Living History and more.Selected Off-Broadway/NY: Irish RepertoryTheatre, Best Little Whorehouse… Dr. Sex.Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Denver CenterAttractions, Denver Center Theatre Company,North Shore Music Theatre, National TheatreConservatory, Northern Stage, Colonial Theatre.Member, Actors Equity Association. Ms.

Tschirpke’s work has also spanned producing,directing, technical direction, productionmanagement, design, and dramaturgy.

PATRICIA L. GRABB (Ass’t. Stage Manager)Tours: Swing! (Japan), 101Dalmatians, Jesus ChristSuperstar, Cats, Evita, Miss Saigon, A ChristmasCarol. Regional: Peter Pan (Papermill Playhouse);Fences, Broadway Bound,TheTaffetas (PennsylvaniaCentre Stage); Fame! (Jersey Shore Entertainment);Hamlet (Brooklyn Gallery Players); 2 seasons, over10 musicals with Surflight Theatre; Workshops:Tribeca PAC, NYC. Proud graduate Penn StateUniversity, BFA Stage Management and AEAmember. Love to her family.GLEN KELLY (Music Arrangements andSupervision) Music supervisor and arranger forBroadway’s The Producers. Other Broadwaycredits: Spamalot, The Drowsy Chaperone, Beautyand the Beast, The Frogs, High Society, Steel Pier,Dance a Little Closer and A Christmas Carol. ForNew York City Ballet, he arranged the music andco-wrote the libretto (with Susan Stroman) forDouble Feature. Other ballet credits include ThouSwell (for NYCB) and But Not for Me for theMartha Graham Company.PATRICK S. BRADY (Music Supervision andVocal Arrangements) was the musical director andvocal arranger for the Broadway production andfilm version of The Producers. He also served asmusical supervisor for two national tours andinternational companies in London, Toronto andMelbourne. Other Broadway shows include TheWill Rogers Follies, Nick & Nora, Crazy for You,King David, Big, Triumph of Love, Fosse. Off-Broadway credits: Pete ‘n’ Keely, Closer Than Everand St. Louis Woman. He has arranged andconducted albums for Sally Mayes (The Comden& Green Songbook, The Story Hour), Judy Kaye(Diva by Diva) and Rebecca Luker (AnythingGoes). He most recently served as the musicaldirector and conductor for Young Frankenstein onBroadway.DOUG BESTERMAN (Orchestrations) Three-time Tony Award winner. Broadway: Tarzan,Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002 Tony/DramaDesk Awards), The Producers (2001 Tony/DramaDesk), Fosse (1999 Tony), The Music Man,Seussical, Big, Damn Yankees, Gentlemen PreferBlondes, Dracula. Also King David, A ChristmasCarol and the Radio City Music Hall ChristmasSpectacular. West End: Sister Act, Guys and Dolls.Regional:Calvin Berger, I Sent a Letter to My Love,Paramour. Ballets: Take Five (More Or Less), ButNot for Me and Double Feature. Film/television:

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Nine, The Producers, Chicago, Mulan, Anastasia,Pocahontas, Superstar, Lincoln, Cinderella, Annie,Geppetto, South Pacific and Scrubs. Arranged forChristine Andreas, Toni Braxton, BeyoncéKnowles, Barry Manilow, Mandy Patinkin, BarbraStreisand and the Boston Pops. As a composer,Doug’s music has been heard in the films ThePunisher, Out of Step and Exit Speed; theTV shows“Summerland” and “One Life to Live;” and themusical “Hats.”JOHN MILLER (Music Coordinator) RecentBroadway: La Cage Aux Folles; A Little NightMusic; Ragtime; Rock of Ages; Burn the Floor; YoungFrankenstein; Xanadu; Les Misérables; GreyGardens; The Drowsy Chaperone; Beauty and theBeast; Hairspray; Coram Boy; Threepenny Opera;SweeneyTodd;The Producers; Movin’ Out; Caroline,or Change; Little Shop of Horrors; Hot Feet;Thoroughly ModernMillie; 42nd Street; Urinetown;Nine; La Bohème; Oklahoma!; Jekyll & Hyde; TheRocky Horror Show; Seussical; The Music Man;Fosse; The Civil War. Studio musician (bass):Michael Jackson, Madonna, Portishead, EricClapton, BB King, Frank Sinatra, Carly Simon,Celine Dion, Smashing Pumpkins, TommyFlanagan, Pete Seeger, NY Philharmonic. Hisalbum Stage Door Johnny – John Miller: takes onBroadway is available on PS Classics Records.www.JohnMillerBass.comMOLLY HAYDON (National Marketing andPress Director) began her career in entertainmentmarketing in Canada promoting concerts andtouring theatre. For more than a decade now, shehas specialized in marketing Broadway and arenatours across North America and in London. Firstnational tours include: The Producers;Wicked; KissMe, Kate; Copenhagen; Dame Edna’s The RoyalTour; The Sound of Music and Annie. For the lastthree years Molly has overseen the hugelysuccessful arena tour of Walking With Dinosaurs.Molly has had the distinct privilege of workingwith the industry’s finest and funniest. SpecialThanks to Tom Viertel and Laura Green.ONTHE ROAD (Tour Direction) is a full-servicetheatrical booking agency providing booking andcontract services for touring shows throughoutNorth America. Founded in 1997, On The Roadis proud to have served as tour director for suchTony Award winning shows as The Producers – thenew Mel Brooks musical, Hairspray, Movin’ Out,SweeneyTodd, and Spring Awakening as well asTheRat Pack – Live at the Sands, Little Shop of Horrors,Golda’s Balcony, Burn The Floor, and YoungFrankenstein. Simma Levine, an industry veteran,joined On The Road in 2002 and has been

President since September 2004.SETH C.WENIG (Executive Producer) has beenwith NETworks since its inception in 1995. Hespearheaded the International tours of Fossestarring Ben Vereen/Ruthie Henshall as well as theUK regional tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein’sThe King and I. Together with CameronMackintosh, Seth served as executive producer of aforty week UK/US tour of the National Theatre’sMy Fair Lady. He is currently serving as ExecutiveProducer on Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific, YoungFrankenstein andThe New 25th AnniversaryTourof Les Misérables. He is most proud of his greatestproductions, Marlo and Camden.THE FRANKEL • BARUCH • VIERTEL •ROUTHGROUP (Producer) have produced andmanaged productions for over 25 years. Currently:A Little Night Music, Burn the Floor Tour,Hairspray (on tour in the UK) and Stomp.Previously: The Norman Conquests, Gypsy, YoungFrankenstein, The Producers, Hairspray, SweeneyTodd, Company, Little Shop of Horrors, The Weir,The Sound of Music, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Angels inAmerica, Oleanna, Love Letters, Driving Miss Daisy,Frankie and Johnny ..., Penn &Teller,many others.Upcoming: Leap of Faith with music by AlanMenken on Broadway in Spring 2011 andFlashdance in London in Fall 2010. Awarded 36Tonys, 47 Drama Desk Awards, 38 Outer CriticsAwards, four Grammys, eight Olivier Awards andtwo Pulitzer Prizes. They have the rare distinctionof having won Tony Awards in all four “Best”categories – play, musical, play revival and musicalrevival.NETworks PRESENTATIONS, LLC (Producer)Founded in 1995 by Kenneth Gentry, Seth Wenigand Scott Jackson, NETworks has produced andmanaged over 70 national and internationaltouring productions. Previous productions includeOliver!; LittleWomen starring Maureen McGovern;Jekyll & Hyde; Kiss of the Spiderwoman; Cinderellastarring Eartha Kitt and Deborah Gibson; Fossestarring Ben Vereen and Ruthie Henshall; TheLight in the Piazza; My Fair Lady co-producedwith Cameron Mackintosh; Rodgers andHammerstein’s Oklahoma!; Matthew Bourne’sSwan Lake; Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber ofFleet Street; Annie and Hairspray among manyothers. Joining returning hits The Wizard of Oz,Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Young Frankenstein,and the Lincoln Center’s production of Rodgersand Hammerstein’s South Pacific this season areJoyful Noise’s production of Handel’s MessiahRocks, Spring Awakening, A Chorus Line, Blue Man


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Group National Tour and Les Misérables.JAMES D. STERN (Producer) An Award-winning theatrical producer, filmmaker and CEOof Endgame Entertainment, he has produced over50 Broadway shows and films, including theTony-Award-winning musicals, The Producers andHairspray; theTony-nominated Legally Blonde; andthe international hit, Stomp. In film, he hasdirected and produced the critically acclaimeddocumentary Every Little Step. As producer, hisfilms include “Proof,” “Hotel Rwanda,” “I’m NotThere” and “An Education.”DOUGLAS L. MEYER (Producer) fulfilled adream by winning a Tony as co-producer of TheProducers and Hairspray! Other broadway credits:Swing!, Little Shop of Horrors, The Wedding Singer,Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Legally Blonde. Hisgreatest creation: his Abby-Normal son, David “theBrain” Meyer. Doug is a Certified Financial Plannerand Managing Director of Investments with WellsFargo Advisors in Deerfield, Illinois. Doug has deeplove for his wife Stacey, desserts and the Cubs.JONB. PLATT (Producer).Tony Awards:Angels inAmerica; Millennium Approaches (Pulitzer Prize forDrama); Perestroika; Copenhagen; God of Carnage.Tony nominations:DamnYankees; Peter Pan; Hello,Dolly!;TheDiary of Anne Frank; LonesomeWest;Man

of La Mancha; Wicked; You’re Welcome America.National: The Sound of Music; Sunset Boulevard;Hair; Jesus Christ Superstar; Fiddler on the Roof; TheBest Little Whorehouse in Texas; A Chorus Line; TheGraduate; BlueManGroup “Tubes.”Current:Wicked:New York, San Francisco, London, Tokyo, Sydney,Stuttgart. Driving Miss Daisy starring James EarlJames andVanessa Redgrave.FRANKEL GREEN THEATRICALMANAGEMENT (General Management) iscurrently general managingALittle NightMusic andRock of Ages in New York; Stomp in New York andon tour; and Burn the Floor on tour. RichardFrankel and Laura Green have managed more than90 productions over the past 20 years in New Yorkand on tour in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Previousproductions: Smokey Joe’s Café, The Sound of Music,The Weir, Swing!, The Producers, Hairspray, LittleShop of Horrors, SweeneyTodd, Company, Gypsy,TheNorman Conquests and Finian’s Rainbow.ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA),founded in 1913, represents more than 48,000actors and stage managers in the United States.Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster theart of live theatre as an essential component of oursociety. Equity negotiates wages and workingconditions, providing a wide range of benefits,

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Tara Rubin, CSA, Merri Sugarman, CSAEricWoodall, CSA, Laura Schutzel, CSA,

Paige Blansfield, Dale Brown, Kaitlin ShawProduction Stage Manager..........................John M. AtherlayStage Manager ..........................................Sarah A.TschirpkeAss’t. Stage Manager ....................................Patricia L. GrabbAss't. Director ....................................................Scott BishopAss't. Director/Choreographer ............................JeffWhiting

Assoc. Director/Choreographer ............................James GrayBroadway Assoc. Director ........................Steven ZweigbaumBroadway Assoc. Choreographer ....................Chris PetersonTour Ass’t. Choreographer/Dance Captain ....................................Kristin Marie JohnsonAssoc. Set Designer ........................................David PetersonAss't. Set Designer..................................................Atkin PaceAssoc. Costume Design....................................ScottTraugottAss't. Costume Designer ..............................Robert J. MartinAss’t. Costume Designer....................................Cathy ParrottAss't. toWilliam Ivey Long............................Donald SandersAssoc. Lighting Designer ......................................John ViestaAss't. Lighting Designer ................................KeriThibodeauMoving Light Programmer..............................JoshWeitzmanAssoc. Sound Designer/Programmer ..................Brian HsiehAss’t.Wig Designer ................................Giovanna CalabrettaManagement Assistant............................................Ed BrooksFrankenstein Puppet....................Michael Curry DesignProsthetic Design ..........................................John DodsHead Carpenter ................................Michael ReiningerAss’t. Carpenter ..............................Frank. J. Ferraro, Jr.Flyman ................................................Chris MattinglyProduction Electrician ....................Brian GF McGarityHead Electrician ................................................Billy PatonAss’t. Electrician..............................................Nicole LaegerAss’t. Electrician ..........................................Joshua MoberlyHead Audio..........................................................Matt NallAss’t. Audio......................................................Ben MaddenHead Props ..............................................Austin RodriguezHeadWardrobe ................................Molly Yoder-WilliamsAss't.Wardrobe ................................................Kristina MayHead Make-up ..................................................Paul Bigot

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HeadWigs............................................................Judi JewellProductionWigs/Make-up ................................Jeff KnaggsDialect Coach ......................Deborah Hecht, Jessica DrakeProduction Assistants............................................Allie Roy,

Zdenka Kalina, Bruno NarchiAss’t. to Mr. Brooks ..................................Shelby Van VlietAss’t. to Mr. Routh ..........................................Katie AdamsAss’t. to Mr. Viertel ................................Tania SenewiratneAss’t. to Mr. Baruch ..........................................Sonja SoperAdvertising ........................................................Spotco, Inc.

Drew Hodges, Jim Edwards,Tom McCann,Tom Greenwald, Aaliytha Davis;

Creative GroupWebsite............................................Mammoth AdvertisingProduction Photography ..................................Paul KolnikMerchandising ....................................................DewyntersMusic Preparation ..............................Anixter-Rice ServicesAccounting ......................Fried and Kowgios Partners, LLP

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For Frankel Green Theatrical ManagementFinance Director ....................................Michael NaumannAss't. to Mr. Frankel ........................................Heidi LibbyAss't. to Ms. Green..................................Joshua A. SaletnikAss't. Finance Director ......................................Sue BarteltFinance Associate ..........................................Heather AllenIT Manager................................................Roddy PimentelDirector of Business Affairs..........................Michael SinderBusiness Affairs Ass't. ................................Dario DallalastaBooking ..................................On the Road Booking, LLC

Simma LevineOffice Manager ..............................................EmilyWrightReceptionists ..................Christina Cataldo, Allison Raines

For NETworks PresentationsChief Executive Officer ....................................Ken GentryChief Operating Officer ............................ScottW. JacksonExecutive Producers ....................................Seth C.Wenig,

Kary M.WalkerAssoc. Producer ............................................Angela RowlesAss’t. Producer ..............................................Mary K.WitteSenior General Manager ..................Gregory Vander PloegAssoc. General Managers ............Jim Lanahan, Kim ReiterProduction Manager ......................................Jason JuenkerAss’t. Production Manager ............................Hector GuivasProduction Coordinator............................Kaitlin CiccarelliMarketing/PR ................................................Heather HessPlaybill Creation & Maintenance ................Tuckey RequaMusic Coordinator ..........................................John MezzioController ..................................................Paula L. JenkinsAssistant Controller ....................................Jennifer GiffordAccounts Payable ..............................................Laura CareyAccountant ..........................................................Lisa BlankOffice Manager..........................................Buddy PiccolinoOffice Assistant..................................................Nancy Kerr

CreditsScenery provided by Hudson Scenic Studio. Additionalscenery provided by Showroom, Inc and F&D SceneChanges. Painted drops provided by Scenic Art Studios.Lighting equipment provided by PRG Lighting. Soundequipment provided by PRG Audio. Stage propertiesprovided by Cigar Box Studios, Rabbit’s Choice andCostume Armour. Additional props built by ShowmanFabricators. Frankenstein puppet provided by Michael CurryDesign. Hand props byMoon Boots - JennieMarino.Costumes by Carelli Costumes, Inc.; David Quinn; EuroCoCostumes, Inc.; Jennifer Love Costumes, Inc.; John DavidRidge, Inc.; Scafati Tailoring, Inc.; Tricorne, Inc. Shoes byT.O. Dey, J.C. Theatrical and LaDuca.Millinery by CarelliCostumes, Inc.; Rodney Gordon; Inc.

Rehearsed at the New 42nd Street StudiosSpecial Thanks to

Providence Performing Arts Center;Norbert Mongeon

and Orange County Performing Arts CenterFinancial Services and banking arrangements by

M&T BankVisit the Young Frankenstein website atYoungFrankensteinTheMusical.com


The Actors and Stage Managers employed inthis production are members of Actors’ EquityAssociation, the union of professional actorsand stage managers in theUnited States.

All stage work performed by employeesrepresented by IATSE.

UNITED SCENICARTISTS represents thedesigners and scenic painters for the AmericanTheatre.

The Musicians employed in this productionare members of the American Federation ofMusicians of the United States and Canada.

The Director and Choreographer are membersof the Stage Directors and ChoreographersSociety, an independent national labor union.

The Press Agents, Company and HouseManagers employed in this production arerepresented by the Association of TheatricalPress Agents & Managers.

The use of any recording device, either audio orvideo, and the taking of photographs, eitherwith or without flash, is strictly prohibited.

Please turn off your cell phones and pagersprior to the beginning of the performance.

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Find out how much you like green eggsand ham on Saturday, March 26 in the BelkTheater. A pre-concert festival begins at 10a.m. and puts the musical experience into kids’hands, with crafts, activities, and instrumentexploration in The Symphony Guild ofCharlotte’s “Musical Petting Zoo.”

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The New York Timescalled Twyla Tharp “anAmerican artist of the firstorder” and wrote that she has“famously broken down thebarriers between ballet andmodern dance, fusing theminto a genre specifically herown.”

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Born in Kalamata, Greece, Yannibegan to play the piano at age six. Herefused formal lessons because he felt thata certain freedom with the keys might becrushed under the weight of structuredlearning.

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