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Cast Biographies

Moya Angela | Dreamgirls

Moya Angela

Effie White

joins our cast from The Lion King’s Gazelle and Cheetah tours (Disney). Her roles included Rafiki and Shenzi. She is a native of Indianapolis, IN, where she won two Encore Awards in her roles as Sara in Ragtime and Adapearle in The Wiz. Moya made her NYC debut with Dreamgirls and thanks her parents/loving family for support.

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Syesha Mercado | Dreamgirls

Syesha Mercado

Deena Jones

rose to fame as the second runner-up on American Idol’s seventh season. The rising starlet has begun recording her first album, collaborating with prominent writers and producers, including Grammy-winner Diane Warren, Scott Cutler and Anne Preven. She recently released the single “Gonna Get It” with jazz legend Boney James. Syesha majored in theatre at Florida International University and has appeared in several national commercials.

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Chaz Lamar Shepherd| Dreamgirls

Chaz Lamar Shepherd

Curtis Taylor, Jr.

Philadelphia’s Chaz Shepherd has co-starred in many TV shows (7th Heaven, The Parkers, The Game...) and as Harpo in Broadway’s The Color Purple. After being on the Billboard charts three times in 2010, Chaz’s soul/R&B album will be released during the Dreamgirls tour. Chaz’s gospel work was Grammy nominated in 2010. His album Love & Truth is available in the lobby.

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Chester Gregory | Dreamgirls

Chester Gregory

James “Thunder” Early

an award-winning actor/performer/singer/songwriter, is ecstatic about being “Jimmy” in Dreamgirls and returning to the World Famous Apollo Theater where he made his NY debut as “Jackie Wilson” in The Jackie Wilson Story (Jeff, AUDELCO, BTAA and Black Excellence Awards). Broadway: Hairspray (Seaweed), Cry-Baby (Dupree) and Tarzan (Terk). Other: Hairspray (movie) and performing for Michael Jackson. Training: Columbia Chicago (BFA). His music is available at www.ChesterGregory.com.

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Adrienne Warren | Dreamgirls

Adrienne Warren

Lorrell Robinson

is a recent graduate of Marymount Manhattan College. New York Theatre: The Wiz (Dorothy understudy for Encores! Summer Stars). Regional: Little Shop of Horrors, Cats, Big River, and the 25th anniversary of Dreamgirls starring Jennifer Holliday. Training: Ann Reinking’s Broadway Theatre Project. Trans Siberian Orchestra 2008-2010 Winter Tour (featured vocalist). Special thanks to God, family, and Peter Strain and Associates for constant support.

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Trevon Davis | Dreamgirls

Trevon Davis

C.C. White

a native of Flint, Michigan and a graduate of Clark Atlanta University, was a finalist on BET’s Sunday Best and appeared in MTV’s Making the Band 4. He is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America, Inc. and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. He thanks his family and friends for their continuous support and God for His many blessings.

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Margaret Hoffman | Dreamgirls

Margaret Hoffman

Michelle Morris; u/s Deena

recently graduated from Sam Houston State University, obtaining a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre. While attending school, Margaret has performed in several theatrical and entertainment events at the premiere theatres of Houston, TX, such as The Ensemble Theatre and Theatre Under The Stars. Special thanks go out to friends, family and Jay Binder Casting.

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Milton Craig Nealy | Dreamgirls

Milton Craig Nealy

Marty

is happy to be a part of this new production of Dreamgirls, having been in the original Broadway and 1987 revival productions. He created the roles of Agwe in Once on this Island and Four-Eyed Moe in Five Guys Named Moe on Broadway. Other Broadway: Miss Saigon; Caroline, or Change; Aint Misbehavin. Tours include Full Monty, Jesus Christ Superstar..

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Felicia Boswell | Dreamgirls

Felicia Boswell

Ensemble, Stepp Sister; u/s Deena, Lorrell

Nat’l Tour: Aida. Regional: Caroline, or Change (Guthrie Theater); Aida (VMT), Beehive (Maltz Jupiter), Boys from Syracuse (Baltimore Centerstage), Little Shop (Atlanta Lyric); Starlight Jazz (Japan). Won Car SCLC Talent Search! Thanks parents John Boswell, the late Mattie Boswell and WFW, III.

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Tallia Brinson | Dreamgirls

Tallia Brinson

Ensemble, Stepp Sister; u/s Michelle

is thankful to be a part of this fabulous show! Tallia grew up in Atlanta, GA, by way of Springfield, MA. Training: University of the Arts (BFA). Credits: Xanadu (1st National), Rent National Tour (Mimi), Caroline, or Change and High School Musical (North Shore/MUNY). “Love No Limit.”

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Patrice Covington | Dreamgirls

Patrice Covington

Pit Singer; u/s Effie

Recent credits, Tour: Aint Misbehavin w/Ruben Studdard (Armelia), Beehive. Regional: Hello Dolly (Ernestina/Mrs. Rose/Dolly u/s), All Shook Up (Sylvia). Proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Endless thanks to God, family, friends, “E,” & Thomas at DDO Artists Agency! “Don’t be a star…be a galaxy!” www.PatriceCovington.com

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Ronald Duncan | Dreamgirls

Ronald Duncan

Ensemble

Training: New World School of the Arts, Theatre School at DePaul University, Miami Ballet, Ballet Chicago, Hubbard Street, and Steps. Recent Credits: Mamma Mia!, The King and I, Joseph…, Purlie, Parade (Joseph Jefferson nomination). A Miami native, Ronald thanks God for his many mentors and friends. Proud member of AEA.

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Talitha Farrow | Dreamgirls

Talitha Farrow

Ensemble, Joann; u/s Effie

is a recent graduate from AMDA NY. Nat’l Tours: Hairspray. She would like to thank God, Aunt Ruby, her beautiful family and friends for their love and endless support; special thanks to Dulcina Eisen Associates for always believing. Ecclesiastes 9: 1-10.

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Brittney Griffin | Dreamgirls

Brittney Griffin

Swing, Dance Captain

received her BFA in Dance from the University at Buffalo. Tours: 42nd Street (Anytime Annie) and Hairspray. Regional: Smokey Joes Cafe. Thanks to Mom, Dad, family and Jaesyn for their love & support. Ted Levy, thanks for believing in me!

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James Harkness | Dreamgirls

James Harkness

Ensemble, Tiny Joe Dixon, Mr. Morgan; u/s Curtis, Marty

is blessed to be part of the legacy of Dreamgirls for the third time, previously in the 25th Anniversary Production as Wayne, starring Jennifer Holliday. Broadway: Guys and Dolls, The Color Purple, Aida. www.myspace.com/jkh37. Love to Mom and Chuck.

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Robert Hartwell | Dreamgirls

Robert Hartwell

Ensemble, Tru-Tone

is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan and is beyond blessed to be here! Regional: MUNY, Sacramento Music Circus, Music Theatre of Wichita. Training: Hungarian National Ballet, NC School of the Arts. Love to my family, Stewart Talent  and Binder Casting!

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Eric Jackson | Dreamgirls

Eric Jackson

Ensemble

Broadway: Young Frankenstein, Thoroughly Modern Millie. National Tour: Chicago and Ragtime. Other favs: Miss Saigon and Les Misérables (Pioneer Theater), Finian’s Rainbow (Irish Repertory Theatre and Westport Playhouse), Show Boat (Carnegie Hall), Kiss Me, Kate (Weston and Westchester), Aida (Westchester). www.Eric-Jackson.net

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Chauncey Jenkins | Dreamgirls

Chauncey Jenkins

Ensemble, Tru-Tone, Wayne; u/s C.C.

is honored to be a part of this cast. Broadway: The Color Purple (Bobby/Ensemble). Tour: Mamma Mia! (Eddie), The Color Purple (Ensemble). Regional: Grease, South Pacific, West Side Story. BFA Wright State University. Thank you Mom, Sam and Turk for all your love.

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Jared Joseph | Dreamgirls

Jared Joseph

Ensemble, M.C., Jerry; u/s J.T. Early, Marty

a Houston native and proud NYU(Cap21) alum, is honored to be a part of this incredible cast! Most recent credits: The Scottsboro Boys (Reading - Susan Stroman) and Black Terror (NYU). Thank you: God for continued favor, Mom/Dad, Justin, family and friends!

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Nikki Kimbrough | Dreamgirls

Nikki Kimbrough

Ensemble, Stepp Sister; u/s Lorrell

has appeared on Star Search and opened for Anthony Hamilton. Get Fit w/Nik, Inc. CEO (featured in Bally Total Fitness commercials); hosted fitness segments on The Early Show, Makeover Manor, BET, CNN and NBC. Richmond, VA native. Training: University of Virginia (B.A.), Syracuse University (M.A.). www.getfitwnik.com.

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Brittany Lewis | Dreamgirls

Brittany Lewis

Ensemble, Charlene; u/s Michelle

After graduating from AMDA, Brittany toured the U.S. in The Solid Gold Dance Party. Recent shows: 42nd Street (NSMT), Christmas Spectacular (Gateway), The Producers (ACCC) and Broadway Tonite. Love always to Mama, Daddy, Preston and Gungi. This is for you!

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Doug Lyons | Dreamgirls

Douglas Lyons

Ensemble, Tru-Tone; u/s J.T. Early

National Tours: Rent. Selected Regional: Yale Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Goodspeed Musicals, Hartford Stage Company. Thanks to Independent, Mark Brandon at Binder, and my devoted parents & friends. Hartt School B.F.A. graduate. Galatians 6:9.

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Kimberly Marable | Dreamgirls

Kimberly Marable

Ensemble, Stepp Sister; Assistant Dance Captain

is thrilled to be in the Dreamgirls family! Tours: Hairspray, The Wedding Singer (1st National). A Brooklyn native and Dartmouth graduate, Kimberly thanks God for this opportunity, and friends and family for their unwavering love and support. www.kimberlymarable.com. Salaams.

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Jarran Muse | Dreamgirls

Jarran Muse

Ensemble, Tru-Tone, Frank; u/s Curtis, C.C.

With this limited amount of space, I just want to take this opportunity to thank God for all of His amazingness, because without his gifts, none of this would be possible. For a complete bio, please log into www.JarranMuse.com. AEA Member!

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Amaker Smith | Dreamgirls

Amaker Smith

Swing

Dance Instruction: Alfred Gallman and Lisa Attles, Clarissa Newby Phillips at The Cicely Tyson School of Performing and Fine Arts, The Juilliard School, Dance Theater of Harlem, Alvin Ailey. Smith worked for The Muny in the summer of 2010 and continues his career with this national tour of Dreamgirls.

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Marc Spaulding | Dreamgirls

Marc Spaulding

Ensemble, Little Albert

began his dance training at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C. His performance credits include the Broadway revival of Equus, feature film Hairspray, the NBC Today Show, West Side Story European Tour and Philadanco.

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Bret Shuford

Dave

B’way: The Little Mermaid, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Beauty and the Beast. National Tour: The Sound of Music. Regional: Ford’s Theatre, Maine State Music Theatre, North Carolina Theatre, Casa Manana, Walnut Street Theatre, Prince Music Theater, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Music Theatre of Wichita. TV: Guiding Light, All My Children. Proud member of Actors’ Equity. www.BretShuford.com

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Emily Ferranti

Sweetheart

a recent graduate from The Boston Conservatory, is thrilled to be a part of Dreamgirls! Thank you to the creative team and to the wonderful Nicolosi & Co! Emily wishes all the best to the cast on tour. NYC Debut.

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Stephanie Gibson

Sweetheart

Broadway: Spamalot (Lady of the Lake u/s). National Tours: A Chorus Line (Judy Turner), Happy Days (Lori Beth). Regional: Happy Days (Paper Mill Playhouse-Original Cast Recording). Television: All My Children, Guiding Light, As The World Turns. Training: Cincinnati Conservatory, BFA. Love to Family, Nicolosi and Co. and my fiancé Will.

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Robert Longbottom

Director/Choreographer

made his Broadway debut as director/choreographer on Side Show, which earned four Tony Award® nominations including Best Musical. Other theatrical highlights include the Broadway revival of Bye Bye Birdie for the Roundabout Theatre Company at the new Henry Miller Theatre; the Broadway revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Flower Drum Song (Tony, Astaire and Outer Critics Circle nomination); The Scarlet Pimpernel; the off-Broadway hit Pageant; Disney’s On The Record and The Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular. At the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., he directed the wartime classic Mister Roberts and directed and choreographed the musical Carnival. Robert also directed Hay Fever for the Old Globe Theatre.

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Tom Eyen

Book and Lyrics by

wrote the book and lyrics for the Broadway musical Dreamgirls, for which he won both the 1982 Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Book of a Musical. Eyen was a pioneer of the off-off Broadway theatre movement in the ‘60s and a prolific experimental playwright. His first commercial success came in 1970 with his satirical comedy The Dirtiest Show in Town. Other plays include Why Hannahs Skirt Wont Stay Down, Sarah B. Divine! and Women Behind Bars. He died May 29, 1991.

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Henri Krieger

Composer

began composing for Off-Off Broadway in his twenties, a venue that led to his meeting with playwright-lyricist Tom Eyen. Together with director-choreographer Michael Bennett, they created the long-running hit musical Dreamgirls, which opened at the Imperial Theatre on December 20, 1981. Dreamgirls won six Tony Awards, and Mr. Krieger was nominated for his now legendary score for which he won the Grammy Award for Best Original Cast lbum. Dreamgirls generated new success with new audiences as a Dreamworks film directed by Bill Condon. His most recent Broadway musical, Side Show, directed and choreographed by Robert Longbottom (book and lyrics by Bill Russell), opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in November 1997. Side Show received four Tony nominations, including Best Score. Mr. Krieger is delighted to be reunited with Mr. Longbottom on his wonderful new production of Dreamgirls!

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Willie Reale

Additional Material

With his friend Henry Krieger, Willie wrote the song “Patience” for the film Dreamgirls (Oscar nomination). He wrote A Year with Frog and Toad and received a Tony nomination for the book and for the score (with his brother, composer Robert Reale). He is the founder of The 52nd Street Project, which he directed for 18 years. Mr. Reale has written a good deal of television drama and recently served as head writer/producer for the reinvention of The Electric Company currently on PBS. His latest musical, written with his brother and playwright Richard Dresser, will premiere at A.R.T. in Boston in May 2010.

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Michael Bennett

Conception, Original Director/Choreographer

choreographed Promises, Promises; Coco; Company; Follies (which he co-directed with Hal Prince); and Seasaw (which he also wrote and directed). In 1973 he made his debut as a dramatic director with Twigs, which starred Sada Thompson. A Chorus Line, which he conceived, choreographed and directed, won nine Tony Awards. In 1976 he and the other authors of A Chorus Line were awarded a Pulitzer Prize for drama. In 1979 he produced, directed and choreographed Ballroom, which was nominated for eight Tony Awards and won Mr. Bennett his sixth Tony. He won his seventh Tony Award for 1981’s Dreamgirls and directed its 1985 Broadway revival. The film adaptation of Dreamgirls was released in December 2006.

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Shane Sparks

Co-Choreographer

is one of the most talented and sought after choreographers working in the entertainment industry today. Shane puts his heart into every dance step and that has translated into some of the most memorable dance performances of the last decade earning Shane an Emmy nomination and a spot on two of the most popular dance shows on television. Currently, Shane continues to star as a choreographer on the fifth season of the hit FOX TV show So You Think You Can Dance and has been seen judging the top crews each week on the last three seasons of the MTV smash hit Americas Best Dance Crew. Shane is excited to be a part of the Dreamgirls production.

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Courtney Young

Associate Director/Choreographer

is thrilled to be a part of Dreamgirls after working on the Korean production. Broadway: Young Frankenstein (dance captain), The Producers, The Full Monty and Little Me. Other: Showboat (Carnegie Hall, associate choreographer), Carnival (Kennedy Center, associate choreographer), Fosse, Cats, The Radio City Rockettes and Joseph.... Film/TV: The Producers, Curb Your Enthusiasm.

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Galen Hooks

Associate Co-Choreographer

Credits: Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson VMA Tribute, Rihanna, Neyo, Jonas Brothers, Nike print, 17 Again, Glee, So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing with the Stars. Penn State graduate. Thank you Mom, Dad, Tay, Grant, Anthony, Rais, Brooklyn, Shane and Bobby.

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Robin Wagner

Scenic Design by

Broadway designs include Dreamgirls (South Korea); A Chorus Line (Revival); Young Frankenstein; The Producers; The Boy From Oz; Kiss Me, Kate; Saturday Night Fever; Side Show; Angels in America; Victor/Victoria; Jellys Last Jam; Crazy for You; Jerome Robbins Broadway; Chess; 42nd Street; Dreamgirls; On the Twentieth Century; A Chorus Line; Jesus Christ Superstar; Lenny; Promises, Promises; The Great White Hope; and Hair. Operas: Metropolitan, Swedish Royal, Vienna State, Royal Opera Covent Garden. Honors: Tonys, Drama Desks, Outer Critics Circles, and others. He is a trustee of the Public Theater and a member of the Theater Hall of Fame.

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William Ivey Long

Costume Design by

New York credits include 9 to 5, Pal Joey, Young Frankenstein, Grey Gardens, The Boy from Oz, Hairspray, The Producers, The Music Man, Contact, Swing, Cabaret, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Chicago, Smokey Joes Café, Guys and Dolls, Crazy for You, Nine, Madison Square Garden’s A Christmas Carol, Assassins, Robert Wilson’s Hamletmachine; Mick Jagger for the Rolling Stones’ Steel Wheels tour; Siegfried and Roy at the Mirage Hotel; The Pointer Sisters at Caesar’s Palace; Mr. Long has been nominated for 11 Tony Awards, winning five times. He was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in January 2006. Hats off to Theoni V. Aldredge, the legendary designer of the original Dreamgirls

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Ken Billington

Lighting Design by

has designed 89 Broadway shows including the current Chicago, Bye Bye Birdie and Finian’s Rainbow and the current touring productions of Annie, Chicago (Worldwide), The Drowsy Chaperone, Topal in Fiddler on the Roof, High School Musical 2 (Worldwide), White Christmas and Riverdance for which he was the lighting supervisor. Ken’s Tony nominations include Sunday in the Park with George, The Drowsy Chaperone, End of the World, Foxfire, Sweeney Todd, Working, and The Visit. He received the 1997 Tony Award for his work on Chicago. Other projects include New York’s Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular from 1979 to 2005, Disneyland’s nighttime extravaganza Fantasmic!, the Las Vegas spectacular Jubilee!, and Shamu Rocks! for Sea World Orlando and San Diego.

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Acme Sound Partners

Sound Design by

Broadway: Hair (Tony nomination), In The Heights (Tony nomination), Legally Blonde, High Fidelity, Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Drowsy Chaperone, Hot Feet, The Light in the Piazza, Monty Pythons Spamalot, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dracula the Musical, Twentieth Century, Fiddler on the Roof, Never Gonna Dance, The Boy From Oz, Avenue Q, Gypsy, La Bohème (Drama Desk Award), Flower Drum Song, Elaine Stritch: At Liberty, Bells Are Ringing, A Class Act, Jane Eyre, The Full Monty. The partners are Tom Clark, Mark Menard, Nevin Steinberg and Sten Severson.

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Howard Werner for Lightswitch

Media Design by

Since 1982, Howard has created lighting and media designs for theatre, architectural installations, trade shows, special events and corporate shows throughout the world. On Broadway, Howard has been represented with Dream, Lestat, The Pirate Queen and Say Goodnight Gracie and the current productions of Bye, Bye Birdie as well as Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Howard is a Principal in Lightswitch, a design consortium with five offices across the country. Lightswitch was Founded in 1993. www.Lightswitch.net.

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Paul Huntley

Hair Design by

London-born Paul Huntley is a special Tony Award® winner as well as a Drama Desk recipient. Paul had worked on hundreds of Broadway projects since arriving in this country in 1972. His projects have included Cats, Amadeus, Kiss Me Kate, The Producers and Hairspray. Current Broadway Shows: Blithe Spirit and 9 to 5. Film: Christopher Plummer in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and Willem Dafoe in Cirque du Freak.

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Sam Davis

Music Direction by

Broadway: Curtains, The Apple Tree, Follies, Cabaret. Other Credits: Romantic Poetry (Manhattan Theater Club), Trumpet of the Swan (Kennedy Center), Sinatra (Radio City). As orchestrator: Philadelphia Pops, San Francisco Symphony, Kristin Chenoweth, Chita Rivera, the Kennedy Center Honors. Composer of title song for Rebecca Luker’s new album Greenwich Time. Winner of Jonathan Larson Award. 1998 graduate of University of Michigan School of Music.

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Harold Wheeler

Orchestrations by

holds the distinction of being the first African-American to conduct the annual Academy Awards and a Broadway musical, Promises, Promises. Other Broadway credits include The Wiz (original production), A Chorus Line, Lena Horne—The Lady And Her Music, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Dreamgirls and Never Gonna Dance. He received Tony® nominations for Little Me, Swing!, The Life, The Full Monty, Hairspray, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and won a Drama Desk Award for his work on Hairspray. He composed the score for the film Love! Valor! Compassion! and acted as co-Musical Director for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Currently, he is the Musical Director for the ABC series  Dancing With The Stars. He is married to actress/singer Hattie Winston.

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David Chase

Vocal Arrangements by

has been the music supervisor and/or arranger for 18 Broadway musicals, most recently Billy Elliot and the Roundabout’s Bye Bye Birdie. He is very happy to be working once again with fellow Side Show veteransMssrs. Longbottom, Krieger and Wheeler. Musical training: Harvard Biology degree. Thank you, James Raitt.

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Michael Keller

Music Coordination by

Music coordination for Billy Elliot, Shrek, West Side Story, 9 to 5 , Next To Normal, In The Heights, The Little Mermaid, Wicked, Avenue Q, Mamma Mia!, The Lion King, Barbra Streisand Tours (1994/2001/2006/2007). Life is complete with wife, Pamela Sousa, son, Zachary, and daughter, Alexis.

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Ray Gin

Production Stage Management by

just finished the national tour of A Chorus Line. He previously helmed Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular at the Venetian, the record-breaking runs of Phantom in Los Angeles with Michael Crawford and in San Francisco. Other credits include The Ten Commandments w/ Val Kilmer, The Lion Kin`g, Mamma Mia!, Martin Guerre, Chicago, Les Misérables, Cats, A Little Night Music, and many others. He is most proud of his volunteer work for AIDS charities and is a long-standing member of Actor’s Equity Association.

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Amber Dickerson

Stage Management by

just finished working on Looped with Valerie Harper in Florida and at Arena Stage in D.C., where she has worked on almost 40 productions over the past decade. She is a proud Equity member and thanks God and her family for their continuous love and support!

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Bob Bones

Assistant Stage Management by

Stage Manager, National Tour Angels in America, PSM, Regional tours Dreamgirls (with Frenchie Davis), Hot Mikado, The Miracle Worker. PSM for AMTSJ San Jose, Sacramento Music Circus, Theatre Under the Stars, Houston, 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle. Director of Production AMTSJ. Originally from Pittsburgh, PA. Love to Maria, Madeline and Taylor..

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David Benken

Technical Supervision by

has supervised the technical requirements of numerous Broadway and touring productions around the world. His Broadway credits include The Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins, The Lion King, The Seafarer, Coram Boy, The History Boys, The Woman in White, Democracy, The Boy From Oz, Jumpers, Peter Pan. National Tours include The Lion King, Mary Poppins, The Producers, Beauty and the Beast (US & UK), Kiss Me Kate, Peter Pan, Les Misérables, Evita (US and SA), 42nd Street. In Las Vegas: The Lion King, Phantom Las Vegas, The Producers, We Will Rock You. David’s life and business partner is Rose Palombo.

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Type A Marketing

Marketing by

) is an independent, full-service marketing company specializing in Broadway and National Tours. Current Broadway clients include Phantom; Memphis; The Miracle Worker; A View from the Bridge; Promises, Promises and The Addams Family. National Tours: Phantom, A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls, Little House On The Prairie and The 101 Dalmatians Musicalwww.typeamktg.com

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Jay Binder/Mark Brandon

Casting by

Jack Bowdan C.S.A, Sara Schatz C.S.A. and Nikole Vallins. Broadway shows include A Chorus Line, Gypsy, 39 Steps, White Christmas, Is He Dead?, Inherit The Wind, Journeys End, Butley, Movin Out,  42nd Street, Iceman Cometh, Sound of Music, Beauty and the Beast, The King and I, Jerome Robbins Broadway. Mr. Brandon has cast the Broadway production and all North American companies of The Lion King for over a decade; and most recently, the Las Vegas production.

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Alan Wasser & Allan Williams

General Managers

oversee and supervise Tony Awards Productions, The Phantom of the Opera and The Miracle Worker on Broadway, Phantom on tour and in Las Vegas, and A Chorus Line, Walking With Dinosaurs, and Dreamgirls on tour in North America. Upcoming productions include Million Dollar Quartet, Promises, Promises, The Nutty Professor and Spider-Man.

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AWA Touring Services

Tour Booking and Engagement Management

is a full service live entertainment agency, distributing musicals, plays, and variety attractions domestically and internationally. Current projects include The Phantom of the Opera, Apassionata, A Chorus Line, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy, Cirque Dreams Holidaze, Cirque Dreams IlluminationDreamgirls, Garfield Live, The Merchant of Venice, The Music of James Bond, Nickelodeon Presents Storytime Live!, Vanities, and Xanadu. www.awatouring.com

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Actors' Equity Association

AEA

founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence..

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Chunsoo Shin

Co-Producer

founded OD Musical Company, one of the leading producing companies in South Korea. Mr. Shin’s productions of Dreamgirls, Man of La Mancha, Jekyll & Hyde and All Shook Up received the Musical Award, Korean Tony Award equivalent, for Best Musical. His credits include Crazy for You, The King and I, Grease and My Fair Lady. He was an associate producer of the Broadway production, The Story of My Life.  www.odmusical.com

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Jake Productions

Co-Producer

Leading South African producers Hazel & Sam Feldman, with Tony Feldman, have produced and presented a variety of award-winning musicals in South Africa and across Asia. The most recent include Fame, Chicago The Musical, Rent, We Will Rock You, Beauty and the Beast, High School Musical, Menopause The Musical and they are currently in production with Mamma Mia! Through their SA company Showtime Management, they have also produced and promoted a range of international superstars including The Rolling Stones, The 3 Tenors, Black Eyed Peas, John Legend, George Benson, Pavarotti, Elton John, etc.

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Broadway Across America

Co-Producer

is owned and operated by British theatre producer John Gore (CEO) and entertainment industry veteran Thomas B. McGrath (Chairman). Broadway Across America presents first-class touring Broadway musicals and plays, family productions and other live events throughout a network of 40 North American cities. Broadway Across America is also dedicated to the development and production of new and diverse live theatre for productions on Broadway, across America and throughout the world. Broadway Across America most recently produced the Broadway productions of Hair, West Side Story, Memphis and the West End production of Breakfast at Tiffanys. Upcoming Broadway productions include Irving Berlin’s White Christmas; Promises, Promises; Million Dollar Quartet and Minskys. Touring productions include Dreamgirls and Nickelodeon’s Storytime Adventures featuring Dora the Explorer. For more information or to purchase tickets through an authorized agent go to BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com.

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John Breglio

Produced by

has been involved in the creation and production of hundreds of plays, musicals and films over the last 40 years. Most recently, Mr. Breglio produced the 2006 Broadway revival of the Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning musical, A Chorus Line, which is currently touring North America with new productions planned for the Far East, London and Europe. His documentary film, Every Little Step, was released earlier this year in theatres throughout the world. Future productions of Dreamgirls are planned for South Africa, the U.K. and the Far East in 2011 and 2012.

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Photo Credit

(From L to R) Adrienne Warren, Syesha Mercado and Moya Angela. Photos by Joan Marcus.