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For: Nederlander Detroit (Fisher Theatre & others) Agency: SMZ advertisingDesign: Frank Bach, Bach & Associates; Phone 313-822-4303, frank@frankbach.com

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Fisher Theatre • October 21–November 16Tickets on sale now: Fisher Box Office, ticketmaster.com & 800-982-2787

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It began as one man’s story… became everyone’s music… and is now Broad-way’s musical. Motown the Musical is the true American dream story of Motown founder Berry Gordy’s journey from feath-erweight boxer to the heavyweight music mogul who launched the careers of Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson and many more. Motown shattered barriers, shaped our lives and made us all move to the same beat.

In 1959 Berry Gordy secured a loan for $800 from his family savings fund and started his own record company in Detroit,

DETROIT… TO WORLD… TO BROADWAY… & BACK!Michigan. Within a few years, the label was selling more singles and released more hits than any other record company—and be-came the most successful African-American owned and operated business in the U.S. Now, the Motown story is live on stage at the Fisher Theatre in the record-breaking smash hit Motown the Musical!

Tickets are on sale now to Motown the Musical at the Fisher Theatre Oct. 21–Nov. 16; see the ad page 5.

Top left: Jarran Muse as Marvin Gaye. Top right: Krisha Marcano (Florence Ballard), Allison Semmes (Diana Ross) & Trisha Jeffrey (Mary Wilson). Bottom: The Temptations. Motown The Musical First National Tour. Photos © 2014 Joan Marcus.

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Book ByTHOMAS MEEHAN

Music ByCHARLES STROUSE

Lyrics ByMARTIN CHARNIN

Original Production Directed by MARTIN CHARNINPresented on Broadway by MIKE NICHOLS

Produced by:IRWIN MEYER

ALVIN NEDERLANDER ASSOCIATES INC.STEPHEN R. FRIEDMAN

THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTERfor the PERFORMING ARTS

LEWIS ALLENICARUS PRODUCTIONS

BASED ON “LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE” BY PERMISSION OF TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY, LLC. 2014Starring

ISSIE SWICKLE, LYNN ANDREWS AND GILGAMESH TAGGETTwith

ASHLEY EDLER GARRETT DEAGON LUCY WERNER ALLAN BAKER

ANGELINA CARBALLO ADIA DANT LILLYBEA IRELANDSYDNEY SHUCK LILLY MAE STEWART ISABEL WALLACH

AMY BURGMAIER CAMERON MITCHELL BELL JOHN CORMIER BRIAN COWINGTODD FENSTERMAKER CHLOE HORNER EVAN MAYER JAKE MILLS MEGHAN SEAMAN

HANNAH SLABAUGH LILY EMILIA SMITH CHLOE TISO

Scenic DesignBEOWULF BORITT

Costume DesignSUZY BENZINGER

Lighting DesignKEN BILLINGTON

Sound DesignPETER HYLENSKI

Hair, Wigs & MakeupLUC VERCHUEREN

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Animals ByWILLIAM BERLONI

Casting ByJOY DEWING CASTING

JOY DEWING, CSA & HOLLY BUCZEK, CSA

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Music CoordinatorTALITHA FEHR

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Choreographed ByLIZA GENNARO

Directed ByMARTIN CHARNIN

“ANNIE” is presented through special arrangement with MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL, New York, NY.

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CAST in order of appearanceAnnie .............................................................................................................................. ISSIE SWICKLEMolly ...................................................................................................................LILLY MAE STEWARTPepper ....................................................................................................................................ADIA DANTDuffy ......................................................................................................................... ISABEL WALLACHJuly ................................................................................................................... ANGELINA CARBALLOTessie ..................................................................................................................... LILLYBEA IRELANDKate ...............................................................................................................................SYDNEY SHUCKMiss Hannigan .............................................................................................................LYNN ANDREWSBundles ..........................................................................................................................BRIAN COWINGApple Seller ................................................................................................................... JOHN CORMIERDog Catcher ............................................................................................CAMERON MITCHELL BELLAsst. Dog Catcher ..........................................................................................................BRIAN COWINGStray Dog ........................................................................................................................................MACYSandy .............................................................................................................................................SUNNYLt. Ward ................................................................................................................................JAKE MILLSEddie .......................................................................................................CAMERON MITCHELL BELLSophie the Kettle ...................................................................................................... AMY BURGMAIERGrace Farrell ..................................................................................................................ASHLEY EDLERDrake .............................................................................................................. TODD FENSTERMAKERMrs. Greer ..............................................................................................................LILY EMILIA SMITHMrs. Pugh ................................................................................................................. AMY BURGMAIERCecile .......................................................................................................................MEGHAN SEAMANAnnette ................................................................................................................HANNAH SLABAUGHOliver Warbucks ...............................................................................................GILGAMESH TAGGETTStar to Be .............................................................................................................HANNAH SLABAUGHRooster Hannigan ................................................................................................... GARRETT DEAGONLily ..................................................................................................................................LUCY WERNERBert Healy ...............................................................................................CAMERON MITCHELL BELLFred McCracken ............................................................................................................BRIAN COWINGJimmy Johnson ............................................................................................... TODD FENSTERMAKERSound Effects Man ........................................................................................................ JOHN CORMIERBonnie Boylan .......................................................................................................LILY EMILIA SMITHConnie Boylan .........................................................................................................MEGHAN SEAMANRonnie Boylan .....................................................................................................HANNAH SLABAUGHIckes ............................................................................................................................... JOHN CORMIERMrs. Perkins .............................................................................................................. AMY BURGMAIERHull .......................................................................................................................................JAKE MILLSMorganthau .............................................................................................CAMERON MITCHELL BELLF.D.R ............................................................................................................................... ALLAN BAKERHowe ..............................................................................................................................BRIAN COWINGJudge Brandeis ......................................................................................................................JAKE MILLSDon Budge ..................................................................................................................... JOHN CORMIER

ENSEMBLE:AMY BURGMAIER, CAMERON MITCHELL BELL, JOHN CORMIER, BRIAN COWING, TODD FENSTERMAKER, JAKE MILLS, MEGHAN SEAMAN, HANNAH SLABAUGH,

LILY EMILIA SMITHDANCE CAPTAIN: EVAN MAYER

ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN: CHLOE HORNERSWINGS: CHLOE HORNER, EVAN MAYER, CHLOE TISO

UNDERSTUDIES:Understudies never substitute for listed players

unless a specific notice is posted at the time of the performance.For Annie: ADIA DANT, SYDNEY SHUCK;

For Oliver Warbucks: ALLAN BAKER, TODD FENSTERMAKER; For Miss Hannigan: AMY BURGMAIER, LUCY WERNER;

For Grace Farrell: LILY EMILIA SMITH, CHLOE TISO; For Star to Be: MEGHAN SEAMAN, CHLOE TISO;

For Rooster Hannigan: JOHN CORMIER, EVAN MAYER; For F.D.R: BRIAN COWING, TODD FENSTERMAKER;

For Bert: EVAN MAYER, JAKE MILLS; For Lily: MEGHAN SEAMAN, HANNAH SLABAUGH; For Molly: ANGELINA CARBALLO;

For Sandy: MACYSETTING: New York City, December 1933

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ACT IOVERTURE

“Maybe” ........................................................................................................................................Annie“It’s the Hard Knock Life” ............................................................................................Annie, Orphans“It’s the Hard Knock Life” (Reprise)........................................................................................Orphans“Tomorrow” ..................................................................................................................................Annie“We’d Like to Thank You” .........................................................................................Annie, Ensemble“Little Girls” .................................................................................................................. Miss Hannigan“Little Girls” (Reprise) .................................................................................................. Miss Hannigan“I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here” ...................................................... Annie, Grace Farrell, Ensemble“N.Y.C.” ......................................................... Oliver Warbucks, Grace Farrell, Annie, Lily, Ensemble“Easy Street” ...........................................................................................Miss Hannigan, Rooster, Lily“You Won’t Be an Orphan for Long” ....................Oliver Warbucks, Grace Farrell, Annie, Ensemble“Maybe” (Reprise) ........................................................................................................................Annie

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“Maybe” (Reprise) ........................................................................................................................Annie“You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile” ...................................Bert Healy, The Boylan Sisters“You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile” (Reprise) .......................................................Orphans“Easy Street” (Reprise) ...........................................................................Miss Hannigan, Rooster, Lily“Tomorrow” (Reprise) ......................................................... Annie, Oliver Warbucks, F.D.R., Cabinet“Something Was Missing” ...........................................................................................Oliver Warbucks“Annie”. ........................................................................................................... Grace Farrell, Ensemble“I Don’t Need Anything But You” .........................Annie, Oliver Warbucks, Grace Farrell, Ensemble“Maybe”(Reprise) .........................................................................................................................Annie“A New Deal for Christmas” .................Annie, Oliver Warbucks, Grace Farrell, Orphans, Ensemble

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION

ANNIE ORCHESTRA

Music Director/Keyboard: Keith LevensonAssociate Music Director/Keyboard: Kelly Ann LambertKeyboards: John YunBass/Tuba: Arnold S. GottliebDrums: Tom BradfordFlute/Piccolo/Clarinet/Soprano & Alto Sax: Paul McCaffreyClarinet/Flute/Alto & Baritone Sax: Shannon FordOboe/English horn/Flute/Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Tenor Sax: Paul OnachukTrumpets: Walter White, Robert HawkinsTrombone: John RutherfordViolin: Melody WoottonCello: Dan ThomasKeyboard Sub: Robert Conway

Band Tech: Arnold S. GottliebMusic Coordinator: Talitha Fehr (TL Music International)Music Coordinator, Detroit: Alice Sauro

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

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WHO’S WHOISSIE SWICKLE (Annie) from Davie, FL. National tour debut as Annie! Huge thanks to Broadway Kids Studio, Michelle Ameerally, Broadway Artists Alliance, Jennifer Johns, Jonathan Brenner, Nancy Carson, Joy Dew-ing, Verna and family. Mom, Dad, Max this is for you!LYNN ANDREWS (Miss Hannigan) Fa-vorite credits: Chicago (Mama Morton), Romeo & Juliet (Nurse), 30th Anniver-sary tour of Annie (Miss Hannigan). Lynn would like to thank her family and friends for their love and support despite, you know, all those funny things that happen. lynn-andrews.squarespace.com. GILGAMESH TAGGETT (Oliver War-bucks) is thrilled to reprise Daddy after two seasons in Cleveland. Other favorite roles: Father (Children of Eden), Franz Liebkind (The Producers), Billy Flynn (Chicago) and Jud Fry (Oklahoma). Thanks to Martin, my road family and love to Allison.ASHLEY EDLER (Grace Farrell) Thrilled to be a part of this amazing production! Off-Broadway/Theatre: Amanda (It’s Just Sex), Sharon (Girl’s Night the Musical), Nanette (No No Nanette) and Connie (1940’s Ra-dio Hour). Thanks family and friends for your continuous support and belief in me. brnashle.wix.com/ashleyedler. GARRETT DEAGON (Rooster Hannigan) is a Southern California native who’s cock-adoodle-doin’ it. Favorite roles: Burrs (The Wild Party), Perchick (Fiddler on the Roof), Macheath (The Threepenny Opera) and Jesus (Reefer Madness). BFA: University of Cali-fornia, Irvine. Thanks and love to my family-MDCMD. garrettdeagon.com. LUCY WERNER (Lily, U/S Miss Hanni-gan) is thrilled to travel on her first tour! Fa-vorite credits include Logaine (Spelling Bee), Queenie (Wild Party), Carmen (Fame), and Hershey Park. Huge thanks to her beautiful family and family at Elon University!ALLAN BAKER (FDR, U/S Oliver War-bucks) appeared as FDR in the 30th An-niversary national tour. When not perform-ing, Allan is a comedy writer, correspondent, photojournalist, BBQ aficionado—all ex-ploits just happen to be on display in his book Slightly Askew, available at amazon.com.AMY BURGMAIER (Mrs. Pugh, Ensemble, U/S Miss Hannigan) Favorite credits: Catch Me If You Can 1st National Tour (Carol

Strong), Legally Blonde (Paulette), Reefer Madness (Mary Lane), Chicago (Roxie), Hairspray and Forbidden Broadway. ISU: Advertising (BA) and Journalism (MS). Grat-itude to Joy Dewing Casting, coaches and family! amyburgmaier.com. CAMERON MITCHELL BELL (Bert, En-semble) is thrilled to be fully dressed with a smile. Off-Broadway: Time to Kill. National Tour: Clifford the Big Red Dog LIVE, Disney Cruise Line. Regional: Chicago, Disney’s Aladdin, Candide, Oklahoma, Thoroughly Modern Millie, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown. cameronmitchellbell.com. ANGELINA CARBALLO (July, U/S Molly) is a fun-loving nine year old who is thrilled to be in this amazing production. Thanks to Ac-tor’s Playhouse, BAA, Nancy Carson, Troika Entertainment, Joy Dewing, STA, PPDC, En-core, family and friends for fueling her pas-sion in musical theater.JOHN CORMIER (Ickes, Ensemble, U/S Rooster Hannigan) Favorite credits: Jesus Christ Superstar twice (Jesus, Judas); Songs for a New World (Man 1); Al Carmine’s Bo-nus Army (Flint); Proof (Hal); Of Mice and Men (George); Twelfth Night (Aguecheek); Macbeth (Banquo); and Hamlet (Ham-let). 2013 MFA New School for Drama. johncormier.net. BRIAN COWING (Bundles, Ensemble, U/S FDR) First National Tour. Originally from Madison, WI and a proud graduate of Oklahoma City University. Regional credits include: Spamalot, The Producers, 25th...Spelling Bee and Drowsy Chaperone. He would like to thank his friends and family for all their love and support.ADIA DANT (Pepper, U/S Annie) is excited to make her Broadway Tour debut at age 9. Regional: Eastside Story, Peter Pan, Annie. Special thanks to God, my Family, Nancy Carson, Walker Clark, Bob Marks, Karen Dryer, Lynne Mlott, Julie Bandy, Lynn Her-rick, Joy Dewing.TODD FENSTERMAKER (Drake, En-semble, U/S Warbucks, FDR) National/In-ternational Tours: West Side Story, Man of La Mancha, Damn Yankees, The Sound of Music, and The King and I. Regional: Annie (Warbucks), Showboat (Steve), 1776 (Rut-ledge), Sweeney Todd (Sweeney). Love and thanks to my family!CHLOE HORNER (Assistant Dance Cap-tain, Swing) is thrilled to be making her tour debut! Graduate of Orange County School of

the Arts. Pursuing a BFA in Musical Theatre at Emerson College. Love and thanks to fam-ily and friends for their unconditional support.LILLYBEA IRELAND (Tessie) from Evansville, Indiana; enjoys singing, golf, and snuggling her dog Sweetie. Love and thanks to friends, family, parents & siblings (Andrew, Maddie, & Nick) who said dream BIG and follow it! Send smiles and follow her journey Twitter@lillybeaIreland. :) EVAN MAYER (Dance Capatin, Swing, U/S Rooster Hannigan, Bert) National Tour debut! Regional: Music Theatre of Wichita—Fiddler on the Roof (Motel), Les Miserables (Joly), Legally Blonde (Kiki); Westchester Broadway Theatre—Mary Poppins, Ragtime. B.F.A. Indiana University. Love to family and friends across the country! evanmayer.netJAKE MILLS (Lt. Ward, Ensemble, U/S Bert) National tour debut! Favorite perfor-mances include: Avenue Q, Spamalot, The Last 5 Years and Urinetown. He thanks his wife and family for their constant prayer and support. Jer. 29:11. jakemills.me. MEGHAN SEAMAN (Ensemble, U/S Lily, Star to Be) National Tour debut! Fa-vorite credits: Chicago (Roxie), Thoroughly

Modern Millie (Millie) and 25th Annual.. Spelling Bee (Olive). BFA University of the Arts. Thanks Joy Dewing Casting, Troi-ka and entire Creative Team. Dreams do come true. Love to Family and Braxton. meghanseaman.com. HANNAH SLABAUGH (Star to Be, En-semble, U/S Lily) is thrilled to be a part of the Annie national tour! Regional credits: Next to Normal (Natalie), Les Miserables (Eponine), Greta (Annie) and The Truman Show (Tina). BFA Musical Theatre, Indiana University. Mom, Dad, Ben, Luke—I love you! hannahslabaugh.com. SYDNEY SHUCK (Kate, U/S Annie) 11 years old, from New York. Stage: School House Rock, Jr.; The Little Mermaid, Jr. (Ariel) Film: Live a Little (Haley). I want to thank GOD, my famcharily, Nancy Carson, Peggy Stamps and Joy Dewing.LILY EMILIA SMITH (Ensemble, U/S Grace Farrell) is thrilled to be performing in her first National Tour! Regional: Jelly-lorum in Cats (PCLO), Ensemble in White Christmas (Syracuse Stage), and young art-ist with the 2013 Glimmerglass Festival. A Pittsburgh, PA native and a proud Syracuse University drama graduate.

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Above: the Broadway musical Wicked. Inset: Kara Lindsay. Photos by Joan Marcus.

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WHO’S WHOLILLY MAE STEWART (Molly) Lilly Mae’s making her National Tour Debut! Showboat (Asolo Repertory), Whistle Down the Wind (Theatre Zone), Fid-dler on the Roof (Free Fall), Entertain-ment Revue, Les Miserables, Annie. Kisses to Kathryn Mitchell, Cynthia Ash-ford, Trapper Felides, family & friends! backstage.com/kathryndutton-mitchell. CHLOE TISO (Swing, U/S Grace Far-rell, Star to Be) Regional: On the Town at Barrington Stage, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers with Prather Entertainment, White Christmas at Northern Stage, and Drowsy Chaperone (Janet) at New London Barn. Sending love/thanks to my family, HD, 9Muse and Joy Dewing Casting!ISABEL WALLACH (Duffy) is delighted to make her professional debut in Annie at 10! Special thanks to the Annie creative team, Joy Dewing Casting, Kristen, Amelia, Sue, Erin, and my Kidz Theater family. Much love to my amazing family and friends—es-pecially Emma!SUNNY (Sandy) is a 4-year-old terrier mix, discovered by guardian and trainer William Berloni at BARC Municipal Animal Shelter in Houston. Berloni found Sunny’s soulful eyes reminiscent of the Sandy from the origi-nal Broadway production. Sunny starred on Broadway in Annie, loves toys that squeak and all children, especially red-headed little girls.MACY (U/S Sandy) was adopted from Rocky Spot Rescue of Oklahoma City, OK in Dec 2009 by guardian and trainer William Berloni at the age of 18 months. Her journey is truly inspiring. Her first production of An-nie was in the summer of 2010 and since she has starred in over two dozen productions nationwide.DONAVAN DOLAN (Production Stage Manager) National Tours: GHOST, Catch Me if You Can, Grease, Peter Pan 360, Jesus Christ Superstar, RENT, Mame, Barbie Live, Oklahoma!, A Chorus Line, Copacabana. Asia Tours: 42nd Street, The Sound of Music, and Thomas & Friends. SARA JANE BALDWIN (Company Man-ager) is thrilled to return to Annie after tour-ing with the 30th Anniversary production. Other company management credits include: Hot Feet (Broadway) and Show Boat (nation-al tour). Proud graduate of Georgetown Law (JD) and Macalester College (BA, Music).

MARTIN CHARNIN (Director, Lyrics) is celebrating his 57th year in the entertain-ment industry, which began in 1957 when he created the role of Big Deal (one of Jerome Robbins’ authentic juvenile delinquents) in the original company of West Side Story. He played the role for exactly 1,000 performanc-es. Since then, he has been involved in over 140 theatrical, television, film, and night club productions as a director, producer, composer, or lyricist. He is one of the dozen people who have won Emmys, Tonys, and Grammys, and the Peabody Award for Broadcasting. Annie, which came to Broadway in 1977, originally ran for 2,377 performances, and has been revived there three times. He has directed Annie 19 times (after directing the original production in New York), in London, Mon-treal, Amsterdam, and Melbourne as well as Annie’s 14 national U.S. companies. He has collaborated with Charles Strouse, Vernon Duke, Marvin Hamlisch, Mary Rodgers, and twice with Richard Rodgers on I Remember Mama and Two by Two. He has written for, or directed, Fred Astaire, Ethel Merman, Jack Lemmon, Ann-Margaret, Jack Benny, Anne Bancroft, Betty Hutton, Sutton Foster, Sarah Jessica Parker, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bebe Neuwirth, Barbra Streisand, Johnny Mathis, Larry Kert, Chita Rivera, Jane Lynch, Tony Bennett, Jason Alexander, and Jay-Z, among countless others, and for his wife, Shelly Burch (who originated a leading role in the original company of Nine), and who opened her new one-woman-show at the famed Broadway Bistro, 54 Below, this past October. He currently has three new musicals (Love Is Love, Robin Hood, Something Funny’s Go-ing On) that are “circling over Kennedy” get-ting ready for production in 2014 and 2015, in New York, including a revival of Annie War-bucks, which opened Off-Broadway in New York in 1993 and will move to Broadway in 2015. This year, “Tomorrow” from Annie be-came one of the 100 most performed musical numbers in the last century.THOMAS MEEHAN (Book) is a three-time Tony Award-winning book writer for the Broadway musicals Annie, The Produc-ers and Hairspray. In addition, he has writ-ten the books of a dozen or so other Broad-way musicals, including Richard Rodgers’ I Remember Mama, Cry-Baby, Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein, Elf, Chaplin and most recently Rocky (with Sylvester Stallone). A long-time contributor of humor pieces to The New Yorker magazine and an Emmy Award-winning TV comedy writer, he has also writ-

This could be con-sidered the time that Oz took hold of Detroit. The recent movie Oz the Great and Powerful was filmed in the area, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new Wizard Of Oz played at the Detroit Opera House in June, and the Broadway blockbuster Wicked returns to the city for a big four-week holiday engagement De-cember 10–January 4.

Despite its familiarities to its Ozian con-temporaries, from the very beginning, Wick-ed set out to defy the way audiences saw the world of Oz, taking them on a new journey with new perspective.

“For me, if you take a familiar story… and you come at it from another point of view, the tension between the audience’s preconception and the approach you’re tak-ing adds an extra level of response,” states composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz. “The idea of taking what is one of the iconic vil-lains of American culture, the Wicked Witch of the West, and looking at the story from her point of view, that seemed to me a brilliant concept.”

Wicked writer Winnie Holzman agrees, “It’s the whole idea that things are not as they seem. What you think you know you don’t really know. I was so intrigued by what the book was about—taking this extreme figure of iconic wickedness and making her the heroine. I just love that she behaves in a hu-

man wicked way, and not in a wicked witch way.”Comparing Dorothy from

The Wizard of Oz with Elpha-ba in Wicked, author of Wicked:

The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Gregory Maguire, reflects “When Elphaba sings the bridge in ‘I’m Not that Girl,’ she is offering the more seasoned rebuttal to Dorothy’s lovely fanciful desires. ‘I’m Not that Girl’ isn’t cynical, but it is mature: ‘Ev’ry so often we long to steal/ To the land of what-might-have-been/ But that doesn’t soften the ache we feel/ When real-ity sets back in.’ This is the sadder-but-wiser girl’s sung response to Dorothy’s request to go abroad and find the grass over there—well, to find it greener.”

Perhaps that’s why Detroiters have fallen in love with Elphaba and the story of Wicked. The city continues to grow, to mature, and to defy how the world sees it, continually add-ing depth to its long and inspiring story.

Tickets are on sale now to Wicked at the Detroit Opera House Dec. 10–Jan. 4 at Fisher & Detroit Opera House box offices, ticketmaster.com/wicked & 800-982-2787. Info: BroadwayInDetroit.com, 313-872-1000. Groups (20+): Groups@BroadwayInDetroit.com (subject: Wicked) or 313-871-1132. Open Captioned performance December 14, 7:30PM.

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WHO’S WHOten a number of screenplays, most notably for To Be or Not to Be and Spaceballs. He is a member of the Council of the Drama-tists Guild.CHARLES STROUSE (Music) A graduate of New York’s P.S. 87, Townsend Harris H.S., and the Eastman School of Music, Charles has studied composition with Aaron Copland, Arthur Berger, and David Diamond in the US and Nadia Boulanger in Paris. Charles has composed copious chamber music, two pia-no concertos, a string quartet and two operas. After which, being broke like most compos-ers, he was a rehearsal pianist and dance ar-ranger for many shows, played in bar rooms, ballet classes, at weddings and strip joints (a particular boon for one who was to write the music for the film The Night They Raided Minsky’s). One morning in 1960 he awoke to find he had written (with Lee Adams and Mike Stewart) Bye Bye Birdie (Tony Award), which is still among the most performed mu-sicals in America, followed by Golden Boy with Sammy Davis, Jr. (Tony Nomination). Then came, Applause (Tony Award), It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman, Rags (Tony Nomination) and Annie (Tony Award). In be-tween, there have been scores for movies in-cluding Bonnie and Clyde and All Dogs Go to Heaven. Throughout his career, Charles has received the Richard Rodgers, Oscar Ham-merstein, Frederick Lowe and the Leonard Bernstein Awards for musical achievement. He is married to director/choreographer Bar-bara Siman and is the father of Benjamin (attorney, author, composer), Nicholas (psy-chotherapist), Victoria (screen writer) and William (also a screen writer). LIZA GENNARO (Choreographer) choreo-graphed the critically acclaimed Broadway revival of The Most Happy Fella directed by Gerald Gutierrez, and the Broadway revival of Once Upon a Mattress starring Sarah Jessica Parker. She has choreographed Off-Broadway and in regional theaters across America including: Roundabout Theatre, Ac-tor’s Theatre of Louisville, The Old Globe, Hartford Stage, Guthrie Theater, The Good-speed Opera House, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Paper Mill Playhouse and The St. Louis “Muny” Opera. She collaborated with Stephen Flaherty and Frank Galati on their chamber musical Loving, Repeating: A Musi-cal of Gertrude Stein for the About Face The-ater in Chicago.In 2014, she choreographed Elf: The Musical at Pioneer Theatre, the

20th Anniversary Concert of Titanic: The Musical at Avery Fisher Hall, and she cre-ated a dance-pantomime of A Charlie Brown Christmas for the New York Pops Christmas Concert at Carnegie Hall. She is a member of the Tony Award Nominating Committee and on the Executive Board of the Stage Director and Choreographers Society. Liza has taught at Barnard College, Princeton University, Yale University and is currently on faculty at Indiana University. Her essay, “Evolution of Dance in the Golden Era of the Ameri-can ‘Book Musical’ ” appears in The Oxford Handbook of the American Musical.

BEOWULF BORITT (Scenic Design) Broadway: Act One (Tony Award), The Scottsboro Boys (Tony Nomination), ...Spell-ing Bee, Rock of Ages, Sondheim on Sond-heim, LoveMusik, Bronx Bombers, Chaplin, Grace, and The Two and Only. Off-Broad-way: more than 50 shows including The Last Five Years, Toxic Avenger, Miss Julie, Little Miss Sunshine, Roundabout, Public, MTC, Second Stage, Vineyard, MCC, Primary Stages, and The New Group. Other Designs: The Seven Deadly Sins (New York City bal-let), Reel to Real (Beijing), Chaplin (Russia), Rock of Ages (London, Toronto, Australia), and The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He received a 2007 Obie Award for sustained excellence. SUZY BENZINGER (Costume Designer) Broadway and Nat’l Tours include Twyla Tharp and Billy Joel’s Movin’ Out, Saturday Night Fever, Ain’t Broadway Grand, Some Like it Hot and Miss Saigon. Her film design work includes Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine with Cate Blanchett, for which she won the Costume Designer’s Guild Award for Best Contemporary Film Design of 2013, What-ever Works, Deconstructing Harry, Celeb-rity; and Don’t Drink the Water as well as the films Club Paradise and Walking the Dog. Dance includes The Joffrey Ballet and A.B.T. She designed two currently running Water Spectacular’s for Franco Dragone: The House of Dancing Water in Macau and Le Réve at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas. Her commercial work includes designs for Elton John, Whitney Houston, Gloria Estefan and Paula Abdul. She is the proud recipient of the Irene Sharaff Young Master Award.KEN BILLINGTON (Lighting Designer) has 98 Broadway shows to his credit includ-ing such theatre milestones as Sweeney Todd and the current production of Chicago. Many touring productions over the years including Chicago (worldwide), Riverdance (lighting

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WHO’S WHO In the Heights, Fiddler on the Roof (starring Topol/Harvey Fierstein), Cats, 42nd Street, Legally Blonde, Jesus Christ Superstar (star-ring Ted Neeley) and Movin’ Out. TOWNSEND TEAGUE (General Man-ager) received a B.A. in Arts Management from Indiana University’s Individualized Major Program and is a member of the As-sociation of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers. As General Manager he oversees Annie and Dancing Pros Live, and previ-ously Ghost (1st nat’l), Bring it On (nat’l & Japan), West Side Story, and Priscilla QOTD (1st nat’l). Townsend was Company Manager for tours of Catch Me If You Can (1st nat’l), Cats, Les Misérables (25th anniversary), Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein (1st nat’l), and The Producers (1st nat’l & Las Vegas). Broadway credits include The Norman Con-quests, Gypsy, Radio Golf, and The Produc-ers. @townsendteague. RYAN P. MUPRHY (Production Manager) is currently in his seventh season with Troika Entertainment, having worked on over 40 national and international tours with a wide range of amazing artists. Current projects include the first national tours of Sister Act, Ghost: The Musical, and Evita, as well as

tours of West Side Story, Bring It On, and An-drew Lloyd Webber’s new production of The Wizard of Oz. Prior to joining Troika, Ryan spent time as a Production Supervisor, Stage Manager, and Executive Producer. Originally from Buffalo, NY, Ryan would also like to thank his family, friends, and husband, Joe, for all their love and support.MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL (mtimusicalworlds.com) is one of the world’s leading dramatic licensing agencies, protect-ing the rights and legacy of composers, lyri-cists and book writers and supplying scripts and musical materials and other theatrical resources to theatres around the world. With over 250 titles in its catalogue, MTI has been the driving force in perpetuating great mu-sicals such as Guys And Dolls, West Side Story, and Fiddler On The Roof, as well as many fine family musicals such as Disney’s Beauty & the Beast, Seussical, Shrek and Annie. Additionally, MTI is the home of The Broadway Junior CollectionTM, 70-minute adaptations of Broadway musicals designed for middle school children to perform (An-nie, Jr, The Music Man, Jr, Disney’s Aladdin, Jr and many others) and the Kids Collection, 30-minute musicals for performance by el-

supervisor) Fiddler on the Roof (from 1976 till 2012), White Christmas, 9 to 5, High School Musical, and The Drowsy Chaper-one to name a few. Other projects include Hugh Jackman in Concert, for SeaWorld Orlando, San Diego and San Antonio “The Shamu Shows” and from 1979 to 2006 the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacu-lar. Ken’s many awards include the Tony, NY Drama Desk, Outer Critics Awards, and the Ace Award for Television Lighting and the Lumen for his architectural work.PETER HYLENSKI (Sound Designer) Grammy, Tony and Olivier award nominat-ed. Selected Designs include: Rocky, Bullets Over Broadway, After Midnight, Motown, Shrek the Musical (New York, US Tour, Lon-don), Rock of Ages (New York, London, To-ronto, Australia, Las Vegas, US Tour), The Scottsboro Boys, On a Clear Day, Lend Me a Tenor, Elf, Wonderland, Cry Baby, The Times They Are A-Changin’, The Wedding Singer, Sweet Charity, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Little Women, Brooklyn. Other credits: Le Réve at Wynn Las Vegas, Ragtime (London), Rocky Das Musical (Hamburg), King Kong (Melbourne), How to Train Your Dragon (International Arena Tour), Walk-ing with Dinosaurs (International Arena Tour), Mame.CAMPBELL YOUNG ASSOCIATES (Hair, Wigs & Makeup Design) Broadway: The Last Ship, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Les Miserables, Betrayal, Matilda, Ghost, One Man Two Guvnors, Private Lives, Spider-man, La Bête, Mary Stuart and Billy Elliot. London: Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, The Bodyguard, Matilda, Ghost, Sweet Bird of Youth, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Peter and Alice, Passion Play, Old Times, A Cho-rus of Disapproval, The Kings Speech, Hay Fever, Private Lives, Priscilla, Oliver!, Billy Elliot and An Inspector Calls. Opera: Anna Nicole (BAM), Elektra (Aix-en-Provence), L’enfant et les sortilèges (Bolshoi), Einstein on the Beach (international tour) and Prima Donna (Manchester International Festival) TV: “The Americans,” “House of Cards,” “Downton Abbey” and “Smash.”WILLIAM BERLONI (Animal Trainer) 2011 Tony® Honoree for Excellence in The-atre. Recipient of 2014 Outer Critics Circle Special Achievement Award. Broadway: Annie (original Sandy, 20th, 30th and 35th Anniversary revivals), Bullets Over Broad-way, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill,

A Christmas Story, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Legally Blonde, Camelot, Franken-stein, The First, Alice in Wonderland, Oli-ver!, Anything Goes, Nick and Nora, La Bete, The Wiz, The Wizard of Oz, Dinner at Eight, Double Feature (NYCB), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Woman in White, Awake, Sing, and The Lieutenant of Inishmore. Animal di-rector for Because of Winn Dixie at the Dela-ware Theater Company March 2015. Hun-dreds of Off-Broadway, regional productions, tours, movies and television shows. Trained the new Sandy for the upcoming “Annie” film starring Jamie Foxx and Quvenzhané Wallis. Author of “Broadway Tails.” Mr. Ber-loni owes his career to ANNIE creators Mar-tin Charnin, Charles Strouse and Thomas Meehan and is thrilled to be back with them. theatricalanimals.com. KEITH LEVENSON (Music Supervisor, Music Director, Additional Orchestrations) Broadway: Annie, She Loves Me, Dreamgirls, Peter Pan, The Flowering Peach, Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public. National Tours: Annie, Annie Warbucks, Jesus Christ Super-star, Chess, Big River, Dreamgirls, Godspell, Best Little Whorehouse In Texas. Music Director and arranger for The Who, Roger Daltrey, KISS, Meatloaf, Alice Cooper, Pe-ter Frampton, Nigel Kennedy, YES and oth-ers. Libretto and lyrics for Starcrossed with Jeanine Tesori and Alexa Junge. Composer of Winchell with Martin Charnin.TALITHA FEHR, TL MUSIC INTER-NATIONAL (Music Coordinator) strives daily to carry on the contracting traditions of her mentor, Sam Lutfiyya. Broadway: A Christmas Story. National tours: Sister Act, The Wizard of Oz, Ghost The Musical, West Side Story, Evita, Catch Me If You Can, Pris-cilla Queen of the Desert, Come Fly Away, Mamma Mia!, A Christmas Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats, Chi-cago, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Chita Rivera A Dancer’s Life, Movin’ Out, and 101 Dal-matians. International tours: West Side Story, Sound of Music, Swing!, Cinderella, The King and I. Other: The Pirate Queen, 2010 winter Olympics Ceremonies.JOY DEWING CASTING (Casting Direc-tor) Broadway: Soul Doctor, Wonderland. Off-Broadway: 50 Shades!, Til Divorce Do Us Part, Forever Dusty, The Voca People, Dear Edwina. Current/recent tours: Joseph and the Amazing… (starring Diana DeGar-mo and Ace Young), Mamma Mia, West Side Story and Bring It On. Dance companies: Rasta Thomas, Elizabeth Streb. Past tours:

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ANNIE TOUR STAFFEXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Randall A. BuckGENERAL MANAGER

Townsend TeagueAssistant General Manager.........Brian Schrader

TOUR MARKETING & PRESSAmy Katz, Courtney Davis

PRODUCTION MANAGERRyan P. Murphy

TECHNICAL DIRECTORRandy Moreland

COMPANY MANAGERSara Jane Baldwin

EXCLUSIVE TOUR BOOKING THE ROAD COMPANY

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CASTINGJOY DEWING CASTING

Joy Dewing, CSA, Holly Buczek, CSAPRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER .................... DONAVAN DOLANAsst. Company Manager/Asst. Stage Manager .....Veronica GravelineAssistant to the Director ................................................. Shelly BurchAssistant to the Choreographer ................................Carrie VanDorenAnimal Handler ..........................................................Dustin J. HarderAssociate Scenic Designer ........................................Jared RutherfordProduction Properties ....................................................Clista JarrettAssistant Production Properties ........................... Andrew ButkovichAssociate Costume Designer ............................. Martha BromelmeierHair, Wigs and Makeup Designer ............................... Luc Verchueren

for Campbell Young AssociatesAssistant Hair and Wig Designer ................................. Annalisa ProtoAssociate Lighting Designer ..............................................Mike RiggsAssistant Lighting Designer .......................................... John DemousMoving Light Programmer ................................................David ArchProduction Electrician ............................................... Stephen AtwellAssociate Sound Designer ........................................Simon MatthewsProduction Sound ............................................................Colle BustinProduction Sound Assistant ........................................... Chris PowellSynth Programmer ..................................................... Keith LevensonRehearsal Piano ...............................................................Adam JonesDance Captain ...................................................................Evan MayerAssistant Dance Captain................................................. Chloe HornerProduction Associates .......................... Rebecca Shield, Eric P. Vitale

HEAD CARPENTER ............................................................... JAMIE KURTZAssistant Carpenter ..................................................Matthew CowlesAssistant Carpenter ....................................................Stephen EhrlichHead of Properties ..........................................................Clista JarrettAssistant Properties ....................................................... Abby PowersHead Electrician ........................................................... Adam LansingAssistant Electrician ....................................... Mark “Sparky” MalloryAssistant Electrician ........................................................ Brandi FucciHead of Sound ...............................................................Marc RongereAssistant Sound Engineer .....................................Heather AugustineHead of Wardrobe ..........................................................Brigid BrownAssistant Wardrobe .....................................................Meredith ScottHead of Hair and Makeup ............................................. Patty LaRocco

Physical Therapy .....................................NEURO TOUR, Physical Therapy, Inc.Medical Director................................................... Thomas Myers, MDTutoring ...................................................... ON LOCATION EDUCATIONTutor ...............................................................................Jessica Balun

Accounting .....................................................................Zwick & Banyai, PLLCEmployee Benefits ................................................. The Capital GroupInsurance ............................................ Maury, Donnelly and Parr, Inc.Legal .......................................................................S. Jean Ward, Esq.B-roll .................................................................................HMS MediaCreative Services ...................................... Cosmic Designs, Rich SteinProduction Photography ................................................ Joan MarcusMerchandise Provider ................................................. Creative GoodsMerchandise Manager .......................................................Tracy Moss

For TROIKA EntertainmentChief Executive Officer ............................................... Randall A. BuckChief Operating Officer ............................................Michael J. OrsinoChief Financial Officer .................................................... Donald KindlAssociate Producer ........................................................... Jaime PrineGeneral Managers ....................... Townsend Teague, Joe Christopher

Assistant General Managers..Brian Schrader, Abram BestProduction Manager .................................................. Ryan P. MurphyMarketing Manager ....................................................Courtney DavisMarketing Consultant ..........................................................Amy KatzBooking Associate.......................................................Doria MontfortBudgeting & Forecasting Manager.........................George LambertyController ....................................................................Ryan RudzinskiStaff Accountant ........................................................Colin DjieugoueStaff Accountant ....................................................... Lourdes CastilloAccounting Clerk ....................................................... Marite EspinozaWarehouse Manager ...................................................... Scott Garrish

For TROIKA CostumesCostume Director ....................................................Michelle HarrisonAssistant Costume Director.............................................Alison SmithWork Room Manager .......................................................Helen JonesLead Stitcher ............................................................. Laura BrowningCraft Manager ....................................................................... Risa OnoCrafts .............................................Mary Elise Collier, Naomi Davidoff,

Izzy Lawlor, Eliza VlasovaProject Assistant ....................................................... Katherine KrausStitchers ....................... Kristin Czako, Daniel Duda,Suzanne Herbert,

Sharon Landrum,Marla Parker, Mary Miles, Karen MurphyCREDITS

Production travel by ROAD REBEL ENTERTAINMENT TOURING, San Diego, CA. Scenery fabricated and painted by GLOBAL SCENIC SERIVES, INC., Bridgeport, CT. Custom painted drops by SCENIC ART STUDIOS, Newburgh, NY. Soft goods by I. WEISS, Fairview, NJ. Lighting equipment from PRG LIGHTING, Secaucus, NJ. Motors provided by CHRISTIE LITES, Orlando, FL. Sound by MASQUE SOUND, East Rutherford, NJ. Costumes by TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT COSTUME SHOP, Glen Burnie, MD. Tailoring by GILBERTO DESIGNS, New York, NY. Undergarments by BRA*TENDERS. Custom Hats by ARNOLD LEVINE. Backline by JONAS PRODUCTIONS, Fountaintown, IN. Trucking by JANCO, LTD., Wayne, NJ.

Rehearsed at RIPLEY-GRIER STUDIOS, New York, NY. Technical Rehearsals and Previews held at the

STANLEY THEATRE in Utica, NYWigs made by:

CAMPBELL YOUNG ASSOCIATES

The musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians.

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees represents technicians, artisans, and craftspersons in the entertainment industry, including live theatre, film, and television production.

The Director-Choreographer is a member of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union.

United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre.

ementary school children (Disney’s Cinder-ella and The Jungle Book among others.) GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE, Michael P. Price, Executive Director, is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and advancement of musical theater and the creation of new works, located in East Had-dam, CT. Annie premiered there in the sum-mer of 1976.RANDALL A. BUCK (Producer, Chief Ex-ecutive Officer) has produced more than 50 productions across the globe for Troika En-tertainment. Before joining Troika in 1999, Mr. Buck was Vice President and General Manager for Livent in Toronto. Mr. Buck was a stage manager for more than 20 years, sur-viving a year with Mary Martin and Carol Channing in Jimmy Kirkwood’s Legends!, a year in Japan with Siegfried & Roy, opening The Phantom of the Opera Music Box Com-pany and opening Show Boat on Broadway. When not on the road Randy can be found in the Washington, D.C. area with his wife, An-gela, and their daughter Sierra Ashley Buck. DONALD KINDL (Chief Financial Officer) joined Troika in 1992 as the company’s comp-troller and assumed his current role in 2000. In this role, he is responsible for the financial

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administrative, and human resources aspects of the company. He holds both a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and a Master’s of Business Administration from the Univer-sity of Connecticut. He has been involved in the production of such great Troika shows as Cats, Starlight Express, Evita, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Sound of Music, Smokey Joe’s Café, Swing, Come Fly Away and as well as many others. Mr. Kindl would like to thank his lovely wife Cindy and three wonderful children for their love and support over the years.MICHAEL J. ORSINO (Chief Operating Officer) has enjoyed over a decade working around the world with Troika Entertainment, touring several years as a Stage Manager and Company Manager before landing in the of-fice. A Philadelphia native and a graduate of DeSales University, Mr. Orsino is pleased to have settled down in Maryland with his wife Anissa, a fellow tour veteran and their sons Cameron and Carson.TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT (Producer) has been the innovator in touring musical theater productions for over two decades, producing shows throughout North, Central, and South America, Europe and Asia. Ad-ditionally, the company is experienced in

casino and leisure markets having produced for the Wynn, Caesars, Grand Casino, Hilton, Eldorado and Harrah’s. Current and upcom-ing productions include Dancing Pros: Live, Evita, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Sister Act. With strong ties to the Broadway community, Troika prides itself on delivering top quality productions to audiences worldwide. Please visit us at troika.com.

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The Whitney • thewhitney.com • page 6 Midtown, 4421 Woodward Ave., Detroit MI 48201. (313) 832-5700. Type of cuisine: American, Price: $$$, Amenities: GPRV. Detroit’s most romantic restaurant. Experience our Prix Fixe Theatre Menu before your next show or join us anytime for dinner or an elegant dessert seven nights a week. Call for reservations during intermission or after tonight’s performance!

The Zenith • thezenithatthefisher.com • page 29 Midtown, 3011 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit MI 48202. (313) 972-1135. Type of cuisine: American bistro, Price: $$, Amenities: G, F (with theatre ticket). Located in the Fisher Building, The Zenith serves hand-made burritos, quesadillas and tacos made to order, with amazing sides, drinks and more!

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BROADWAY IN DETROIT The Program for the Fisher Theatre

Volume 53, Number 2 Sept. 26–Oct. 4, 2014

Fisher Theatre • Fisher Building 3011 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit, MI 48202

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Under the Management of Nederlander Detroit, LLC

Executive Director ............................................ Alan N. LichtensteinAssistant to Mr. Lichtenstein.......................................... Nancy KingDirector, Corporate Sales/Marketing .............................Scott MyersSenior Director, Marketing .......................................... Alyssa CohenAdvertising Director .................................... Debbie Michelson, SMZPress Agent................... Brendy Barr, Brendy Barr CommunicationsProgram Design................................ Frank Bach, Bach & Associates

THE FISHER THEATREBusiness Office Staff

Accounting ................................................................ Barbara Jones

House StaffTheatre Manager ....................................................James ManduzziHouse Manager ...........................................................Reuben PerezBox Office Treasurer...................................................... Marc RolandGroup Sales Manager .......................................................Amy YokinSubscription Manager .................................................Gwen HardenLost and Found .......................................................... Robin Teachey

Production StaffHead Stage Technician ........................................... Robert HaywardHead Lighting Technician ................................................. Sam AluiaHead Propman ................................................................ Joe AchatzHead Sound Technician ............................................. J. B. RalbovskyHead Scenery Technician................................................Ronald IveyWardrobe Supervisor ....................................... Kristyn Pinky MahleMusical Director ..............................................................Alice Sauro

The photographing or sound recording of any performance or the possession of any device for such photographing or sound recording inside the theater without the written permission of the management is prohibited by law. Violations may be punishable by ejection and may render the offender liable for money damages.

The musicians employed in this production are mem-bers of the Detroit Federation of Musicians, Local 5.

Backstage employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E).

Articles found in the theater will be held for 30 days only. Lost article inquiries should be made by phone to (313) 872-l000 between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.Fisher Theatre Offices ............................................... (313) 872-1000Broadway In Detroit Season Ticket Office & Subscription Information ..........................................(313) 872-1180 Group Sales Information ........................................... (313) 871-1132If you expect emergency phone calls please leave your seat location with the ticket taker.For emergencies only during performances ............. (313) 872-1111New handicap (wheelchair) facilities now located in the main floor lobby near elevators.

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AGE LIMIT As a courtesy to our patrons, it is the policy of Broadway In Detroit not to admit children under the age of 5. This policy may be altered from time to time based on Shows and Show content. You will be made aware of particular age restrictions during your purchase. Some shows make further age appropriate recommen-dations and Broadway In Detroit will provide those on its website; however, judgment of the content for each show should be made on an individual basis prior to purchase. When available, Broadway In Detroit provides links to show websites for further information. All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket.

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