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T he 1983 movie A Christmas Story proved to be a breakout event for child actor Peter Billingsley. Appearing in the

movie as the adorable nine-year old Ral-phie Parker, Billingsley found fame with

his character’s quest for an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action 200-shot Range Model Air Rifle.

A Chistmas Story, The Musical! began life in the mind of author, radio host, raconteur, and comic genius Jean Shepherd. Based on his

childhood in 1930’s Indiana, Shepherd spun a series of tales that he either published as short stories, read for his radio audience, or presented live on the college circuit. Among these were “Duel in the Snow, or Red Ry-der Nails the Cleveland Street Kid,” “Flick’s Tongue,” and “My Old Man And The Las-civious Special Award That Heralded The Birth Of Pop Art.”

These stories and others were woven by Shepherd, screenwriter Leigh Brown, and director Bob Clark into a screenplay for the 1983 MGM film. In its theatrical release, the film’s box office performance was only

mediocre, but after Ted Turner purchased the MGM film li-brary in 1986, and Time-Warner subsequently acquired Turner Entertainment Company, the film found a new life on cable television.

Beginning in the late 1980’s and continuing through the 90’s until today, A Christmas Story has steadily grown in popularity and now occupies the number one spot on several prominent lists of all-time favorite Christmas movies. For over a decade, TNT has broadcast a 24-hour marathon of the film each holiday season that sets ratings records. With the movie’s ever-growing audience, a play version of the story was released and produced in regional theatres around the country in 2000. Then work began in 2006 on the musical when veteran playwright Joseph Robinette with director Eric Rosen started creating a script which would eventu-ally become a workshopped musical produc-tion in Kansas City for Christmas 2009.

During those years, Billingsley continued to act, eventually moving on to produce and direct. In the early nineties, he and comedy icon Vince Vaughn starred in an after school special advising kids about the dangers of us-ing steroids (it was actually Billingsley who appeared as the kid on steroids in the film!).

A Christmas Story, The Musical!

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Former child actor Peter Billingsley sleds toward Broadway…

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The two hit it off leading to the cre-ation of their own production com-pany and several producing credits for Billingsley in-cluding Iron Man, Four Christmases, and The Break-up, with a directing credit for Couples Retreat.

After the suc-cess of A Christ-mas Story’s Kansas City production, Billingsley found himself drawn back to his child-star roots with the opportunity to join the executive production team and bring the show to Se-attle’s 5th Avenue Theatre. There it went from workshop produc-tion to full-scale musical ex-ceeding projections, impressing Broadway producers across the country and becoming the sec-ond highest single-ticket selling show in the 5th Avenue’s history.

The goal for the show, and for Billingsley is to see A Christmas Story, The Musical! tour the country and find a home on Broad-way. “The film brings a lot of joy to a lot of

people,” he told People magazine, “I always get asked ‘aren’t you over it?’ but I’m not.” In an interview with the

Hollywood Reporter he said “A Christ-mas Story has always meant a lot to me per-sonally and to audiences world-wide. I’m excited to bring this film to the stage be-cause the story and the charac-

ters lend themselves so well to the exciting ingredients that become available in the world of musicals. Just think about the idea of a Leg Lamp Kickline!”

Set in the fictional town of Hulman, In-diana, A Christmas Story, The Musical! fol-lows Ralphie and his quest to ensure that his

Red Ryder Air Rifle ends up under his fam-ily’s Christmas tree. Along the way he and his family overcome hilarious obstacles, win a “major award” and deal with a host of out-rageous holiday experiences.

With songs both funny and sentimental by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, and a faithful yet inventive book by Joseph Robinette, A Christmas Story, The Musical! paints a re-freshing holiday portrait of a simpler time in America. By capturing every child’s holiday wonder with deliciously wicked wit, a nos-talgic eye, and a heart of gold, it’s a Christ-mas present that Detroiters of all ages will be sure to cherish for generations to come—and send producer Peter Billingsley sled-ding to success.

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CAST in order of appearance

Betsy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RAMONA KELLEY

Marty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRISTOPHER VO

Sid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CODY GREEN

Kate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ASHLEY BLAIR FITZGERALD

Slim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARIELYS MOLINA

Hank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARTIN HARVEY

Chanos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MATTHEW STOCKWELL DIBBLE

Babe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LAURIE KANYOK

Marty/Chanos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RON TODOROWSKI

Alternate Sid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOHN SELYA

THE ENSEMBLE

ANTHONY BURRELL, MEREDITH MILES, CANDY OLSEN,JULIUS ANTHONY RUBIO, TANAIRI SADE VAZQUEZ,

MICHAEL WILLIAMS

“Let’s Face the Music and Dance” Feature. . . . . . . . ANTHONY BURRELL“Lean Baby” Feature. . . . . ANTHONY BURRELL, MARIELYS MOLINA, MICHAEL WILLIAMS

The cast for today’s performance is listed on the house board at the entrance to the theatre.

SWINGS MALLAURI ESQUIBEL, MARINA LAZZARETTO,

MARCEEA MORENO, AMY RUGGIERO, JUSTIN URSO,CHEHON WESPI-TSCHOPP

RESIDENT DIRECTOR JOHN SELYA

DANCE CAPTAIN LAURIE KANYOK

The Artists and Stage Managers employed in this production are represented for the purposes of collective bargaining by The AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL ARTISTS, AFL-CIO.

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“Stardust”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marty and Betsy“Luck Be a Lady”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company “Let’s Fall in Love”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marty and Betsy“Fly Me to the Moon”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hank, Kate and Ensemble Men “I’ve Got a Crush On You”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sid and Babe “Body and Soul”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sid, Babe, Chanos and Ensemble “Here’s to the Losers”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company “You Make Me Feel So Young”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marty, Betsy and Sid“Witchcraft”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sid, Babe and Ensemble Men “Yes Sir, That’s My Baby”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chanos, Slim and Ensemble “Learnin’ the Blues”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kate, Hank, Slim and Ensemble Women “That’s Life”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hank and Kate “Makin’ Whoopee”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slim, Kate, Marty, Betsy and Ensemble “I Like to Lead When I Dance”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sid and Babe“Jumpin’ at the Woodside”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Band“Saturday Night is the Loneliest Night of the Week”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company“I’m Gonna Live ‘Til I Die”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company“Pick Yourself Up”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marty and Betsy“Let’s Face the Music and Dance”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hank, Kate, Slim,

Anthony Burrell and Ensemble“Teach Me Tonight”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sid and Babe“Take Five”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sid, Babe, Marty, Betsy and Ensemble“Lean Baby”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slim, Anthony Burrell, Michael Williams“Makin’ Whoopee” (reprise). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slim, Chanos, Kate and Ensemble“One for My Baby”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hank and Kate“The Way You Look Tonight/My Funny Valentine”. . . . . . . . . . . . Marty and Betsy“My Way”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company“New York, New York”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company

Mr. Sinatra’s original arrangements by Nelson Riddle, Don Costa, Billy May, Gordon Jenkins, Quincy Jones, Johnny Mandel, Neal Hefti, Torrie Zito, Sam Nestico and Ernie Freeman.

THIS 80 MINUTE SHOW WILL NOT HAVE AN INTERMISSION

THE BAND

MUSICAL NUMBERS

Conductor/Piano: Rob Cookman Reeds: Andrew Nichols, P.J. Perry,Paul Onachuk, Mark Berger Trumpets: Mike Herriott, Walter White,

Ric Wolkins Trombones: Ken Thompkins, James Nelson, Gary HellickBass: Greg Sheldon Guitar: Alan Ayoub

Drums: Paul Ringenbach

Local Music Contractor: Alice Sauro Music Contractor/Coordinator: Talitha Fehr (TL Music International)

For musicians’ bios visit: www.inthepitontheroad.com

Music Copying: Terry Woodson, Gary Cordell, Nathan Thomas, Donovan Seidle

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WHO’S WHOMATTHEW STOCKWELL DIBBLE (Chanos) Born in Yorkshire England, Matthew trained at the Royal Ballet School. He joined the Royal Ballet in 1994 and in 1999 became a founding member of K Ballet in Japan. In 2002, he started working with Twyla Tharp Dance in the U.S. He has also worked with William Forsythe, Roland Petit, Ashley Page, Christopher Wheeldon, Cathy Maston, Matthew Bourne, Francis Patrelle and Benjamin Millepied. Matthew originated the role of Chanos on Broadway.

ASHLEY BLAIR FITZGERALD (Kate), from Ellicott City, MD, is honored to join Come Fly Away. Recently she was seen performing alongside Neil Patrick Harris in Company with The New York Philharmonic. National Touring credits: Dirty Dancing, The Classic Story on Stage (Vivian Understudy), The 101 Dalmatians Musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Fosse. International Credits: Trip of Love, Fosse. Regional and New York credits: Leap of Faith (Ahmanson), CATS (TUTS), Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Television: “Smash” (NBC), Tony Awards. To my family: You are everything to me.

CODY GREEN (Sid), from B.C., Canada, originated the role of Riff in the new B’way revival of West Side Story. Other B’way credits: Come Fly Away, New Grease, Movin’ Out. First Nat’l. Tours: Mamma Mia!, Movin’ Out (also London West End), Sinatra Dance With Me (Wynn Las Vegas). TV: Winner of Bravo’s “Step It Up & Dance,” guest star on NBC’s “Shall We Dance on Ice,” Fashion Rocks w/ Rihanna (CBS). Films: Nick Hoffman in Center Stage 2, Across the Universe. Cody can be heard as “Riff” on the Grammy Award-winning cast recording of WSS. Juilliard School. More info: gendece.com. Love to family and Tula.

MARTIN HARVEY (Hank) trained at the Royal Ballet School. He most recently appeared as Johnny Castle in the London West End production of Dirty Dancing. He appeared with London’s Royal Ballet company, dancing many principal roles including Crown Prince Rudolf, Onegin, Colas, Mercutio. In 2009, he won the UK Critics’ Circle Spotlight Award for best male dancer. He appeared as Young Pip in Great Expectations for Primetime/Disney/HTV, alongside Sir Anthony Hopkins and Jean Simmons. He is in production with the TV Pilot “Siren” playing the role of Castor.

LAURIE KANYOK (Babe) has had an eclectic career in film, TV, and stage. Her experiences range from artists like Michael Jackson, Liza Minnelli, and Ricky Martin, the Academy, Grammy and Tony Award shows to numerous feature films. Most recently Ms. Kanyok performed on NBC’s “Shall We Dance on Ice.” Broadway credits include Fosse, Saturday Night Fever, Movin’ Out and Come Fly Away. Laurie has also switched sides, producing The Gypsy Project: An Eclectic

Evening of Dance, and also Cirque Du Soleil’s La Nouba as assistant choreographer.

RAMONA KELLEY (Betsy) is from Berkeley, CA, where she trained at Berkeley Ballet Theater. In San Francisco, she performed with Terry Sendgraff/Motivity Aerial Dance. In 2006, she was a National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts (NFAA) awardee in contemporary dance. Ramona holds a B.F.A. in dance from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She has performed in New York with Sidra Bell Dance and Cherlyn Lavagnino Dance. Much love to Adrian, Jam and my amazing family.

MARIELYS MOLINA (Slim) Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. B’way: Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away (Kate Alternate/Swing), Sweet Charity (Ensemble). 1st. Nat. Tour: Swing! (Latin Feature), Peepshow at PH (Wicked Wendy). TV: VMAs, “SNL,” Jay Leno, Latin Grammys, with many artists such as Ludacris, Beyoncé, Nelly Furtado, Sean Paul and more. Movies: Music and Lyrics, Idlewild, Old Dogs. Commercials: GAP, iPod, Macy’s. World Salsa Open 2003 (1st place), ESPN World Salsa Champion 2005 (3rd place, Cabaret Division) and ESPN World Salsa Champion 2007 (2nd place, On 2).

JOHN SELYA (Resident Director, Alternate Sid) Native New Yorker. Trained at the School of American Ballet. American Ballet Theatre (dancer and choreographer) 1988-1999. Twyla Tharp Dance 1999-. Broadway: Movin’ Out (Tony Award Nomination for Best Actor in a Musical, Astaire Award, Theater World Award), The Times They Are A-Changin, Guys and Dolls, Come Fly Away. Film: Everybody Says I Love You, Stay, Across the Universe. Also teaches. Gratitude and love always: FiFi and da Budge. JBLOML.

RON TODOROWSKI (Marty/Chanos) Broadway: Come Fly Away, Wicked, Guys and Dolls (Brandy Bottle Bates), The Times They Are A-Changin’ (Lil Beau), Movin’ Out (Eddie, also London’s West End & First National - Helen Hayes Award), Footloose. Off Broadway: The Wild Party (Kegs). Member of Complexions, Cedar Lake, Parsons and Mia Michaels dance companies. Assistant Choreographer for Seven Brides...at the Lyric Theater, OK, as well as Celine Dion’s A New Day in Las Vegas. Love to Mom, Dad, Shelly, Ryan & Elliot.

CHRISTOPHER VO (Marty) Named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch in 2009,” Christopher Vo is also a Princess Grace Award Recipient and a Presidential Scholar in the Arts. He is a native of Dallas, Texas, and received his training from Arts Magnet (Dallas) and The Juilliard School (NY). Vo was a member of the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company from 2008-2011 and has recently been seen with Aszure Barton & Artists. Quickly becoming one of NYC’s most

highly sought after Zumba® instructors, Vo is committed to enriching the world through dance.

ANTHONY BURRELL (Ensemble, U/S Hank) 1998 gold medalist for the NAACP ACT-SO competition in dance. Studied at Philadoneo, Ailey School, National School of Ballet in Lima, Peru & University of the Arts. Principal dancer with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Choreographer, dance captain for Beyoncé, Destiny’s Child, Rihanna, Mary J Blige and Katy Perry. He was noted by judges as “the best dancer in New York.”

MALLAURI ESQUIBEL (Swing, U/S Betsy, U/S Kate) “House,” “Bones,” “DWTS,” “SYTYCD,” “VH1 Divas,” Fame, High School Musical 3, Princess and the Frog. Odyssey Dance Theatre, 2008 Olympics, Ar Rahman Jai Ho World Tour, Wonderland. Worked with such artists as Joss Stone, Jordin Sparks and Florence and the Machine. Love to mom, dad, Antonio, Margurite and Bloc.

MARINA LAZZARETTO (Swing, U/S Betsy, U/S Slim) is thrilled to be a part of Come Fly Away. Broadway: West Side Story (Hotsie/Dance Captain). Other credits include the European Tour/West End production of West Side Story (Minnie), The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, New York Theatre Ballet, and others. A very special thanks to her family, especially her Mom, for all their love and support!

MEREDITH MILES (Ensemble, U/S Babe) Hails from Missouri. Received training at Cedar Lake II (MO), The Alonzo King LINES Ballet BFA (CA), and Penny Templeton School of Acting (NY). Broadway: Come Fly Away (Slim u/s & ensemble). Film/TV: Black Swan (Featured Dancer), “SNL” with Kanye West. Other credits: Sinatra Dance With Me (Slim u/s & ensemble). Graced the cover of Dance Spirit Mag (Jul/Aug 2010). Much love to her always-supportive family!!

MARCEEA MORENO (Swing, U/S Kate, U/S Babe) is thrilled to be part of Come Fly Away. A San Diego native, Marceea was featured in music videos for Mandy Moore, O Town and LFD. Received title of Miss Dance World in 2000. She was the lead female in Fashionistas (’04-’08), The Dreamer in Dragone’s Le Réve (’08-’09), and Cirque du Soleil’s Zumanity as roles of Wind, Dance on TV, and Ballerina (’10-’11). Love to mi familia!

CANDY OLSEN (Ensemble, U/S Kate) Nat. Tours: Spamalot, Evita (tango), Phantom (Meg Cover), Pippin. Las Vegas: Sinatra Dance With Me, Spamalot, Celine Dion’s A New Day. Regional: NYCO, Goodspeed, Hollywood Bowl, Reprise, LA Opera, Diavolo, MOMIX and New Jersey Ballet. Love to my family! Thank you Twyla and Kim!

JULIUS ANTHONY RUBIO (Ensemble, U/S Sid) was raised and trained at New World School of the Arts and Dance Attack Studios in Miami, FL. Some credits include: Wonderland (Broadway), Life Ball Vienna with Natasha Bedingfield, Academy Awards and World Expo 2010 Shanghai. Big Love to my Friends, God and of course my Family. This One’s For You!!!

AMY RUGGIERO (Swing, U/S Betsy, U/S Slim) trained at Seiskaya Ballet Academy and received her BA from Goucher College. Danced with Ballet Austin, American Repertory Ballet and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular in NYC. Love and thanks to her parents and family for their constant support alongside the inspiring friends who keep her dancing and laughing.

JUSTIN URSO (Swing, U/S Marty, U/S Sid, U/S Hank) is thrilled to be working with Twyla Tharp and this incredibly talented group of artists in Come Fly Away. Texas Ballet Theater: 04’-10’. Regional: Carnival (Goodspeed Opera House), Tommy in The Music Man (Geva Theatre) and the Producers (Riverside Theatre). Thank you to Paul Hardt, Peggy Hickey, Ben Stevenson, Mom, Dad, friends and his amazing wife, Carrie.

TANAIRI SADE VAZQUEZ (Ensemble, U/S Slim, U/S Kate, U/S Babe) is thrilled to be a part of Come Fly Away! Broadway credits: Wonderland, West Side Story (u/s Consuela). Off-Broadway: Capeman, Brothers of the Knight, Soul Possessed, Dreams and Pepito Story. Tours: Asian/European tour of West Side Story. Television: “Dancing with the Stars” and Lucille Roberts Fitness Commercials. Mucho amor to my family and friends for all their support!

CHEHON WESPI-TSCHOPP (Swing, U/S Chanos, U/S Hank, U/S Marty) began dancing at age 13 and at 14, was accepted at The Royal Ballet School where he graduated in 2008. Chehon has received many prestigious dance and choreography awards such as the Migros Kultur Prozent Zurich, Grand Prix at the American Dance Competition and the coveted Ursula Morten Choreographic Award in 2008. Chehon joined the LA Ballet in 2009 where he danced diverse principal roles. In 2010/11, he worked extensively with SYTYCD choreographer Sonya Tayeh and Mandy Moore.

MICHAEL WILLIAMS (Ensemble) has trained with Scott Jovovich, ABT, Columbia City Ballet and Brandywine Ballet Theatre. Credits: Revival of West Side Story on Broadway. I would like to

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TWYLA THARP (Conception, Direction, Choreography) One of the most accomplished and versatile artists working today, Twyla Tharp has created groundbreaking work in ballet, modern dance and on Broadway, in addition to her successes in film, television and print. Ms. Tharp has choreographed more than 135 dances, five Hollywood movies and directed and choreographed four Broadway shows. She received one Tony Award, two Emmy Awards, 19 honorary doctorates, the Vietnam Veterans of America President’s Award, the 2004 National Medal of the Arts, the 2008 Jerome Robbins Prize, and was a 2008 Kennedy Center Honoree. Her many grants include the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship.She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In addition to choreographing for her own company Twyla Tharp Dance, she has created dances for The Joffrey Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, The Paris Opera Ballet, The Royal Ballet, New York City Ballet, Boston Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance, The Martha Graham Dance Company, Miami City Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet. Ms. Tharp’s work first appeared on Broadway in 1980 with When We Were Very Young, followed in 1981 by her collaboration with David Byrne on The Catherine Wheel at the Winter Garden. Her 1985 production of Singin’ in the Rain played at the Gershwin and was followed by an extensive national tour. In 2002, Ms. Tharp’s award-winning dance musical Movin’ Out, set to the music and lyrics of Billy Joel, premiered at the Richard Rodgers, where it ran for three years. A national tour opened in 2004 and also ran for three years. For Movin’ Out, Ms. Tharp received the 2003 Tony Award, the 2003 Astaire Award, the Drama League Award for Sustained Achievement in Musical Theatre and both the Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Choreography. For the London production, Ms. Tharp won the Best Choreography (Musical Theatre) Award of the UK’s Critics Circle National Dance Awards 2006. In 2006, Ms. Tharp worked with Bob Dylan’s music and lyrics to create The Times They Are A-Changin’, which played at the Brooks Atkinson. Come Fly Away premiered at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta in 2009 and played at the Marquis Theatre in 2010. In film, Ms. Tharp has collaborated with director Milos Forman on Hair in 1978, Ragtime in 1980 and Amadeus in 1984; with Taylor Hackford on White Nights in 1985; and with James Brooks on I’ll Do Anything in 1994. Her television credits include choreographing Sue’s Leg for the inaugural episode of PBS’ “Dance in America”; co-producing and directing “Making Television Dance,” which won the Chicago International Film Festival Award; and directing “The Catherine Wheel” for BBC Television. Ms. Tharp

co-directed the television special “Baryshnikov by Tharp,” which won two Emmy Awards as well as the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Director Achievement. In 1992, Ms. Tharp wrote her autobiography, Push Comes to Shove. In 2003, she wrote The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life and in 2009 The Collaborative Habit: Life Lessons for Working Together, both published by Simon and Schuster. Today, Ms. Tharp continues to create.

FRANK SINATRA (Vocals) is one of the world’s most recognizable, admired and influential artists of all time, with a vast catalogue of music that is a soundtrack for our lives. Long acclaimed as the world’s greatest performer of popular music, he is the artist who set the standard for all others to follow. More than a singer, he was an actor, recording artist, nightclub and concert star, radio and television personality and, on occasion, producer, director and conductor. A beloved entertainer for six decades, Sinatra earned three Oscars, three Golden Globes (including the Cecil B. DeMille Award), ten personal Grammys (and a total of 20 for his albums), an Emmy, a Peabody and the Kennedy Center Honors Award. A generous charitable contributor, he was honored with the prestigious Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In addition, Sinatra was awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor and the Congressional Gold Medal, Congress’ highest civilian award. Besides recording nearly 1,500 songs, he starred in some 60 motion pictures. Frank Sinatra has been called the most popular entertainer of the 20th century. His popularity and legions of fans around the world span all ages and demographic groups.

KIM CRAVEN (Associate Director/Choreographer) Credits: Come Fly Away (resident director); The Times They Are A-Changin’ (resident director); Movin’ Out 1st national tour (supervisor) and London production (associate director); Mamma Mia!, 1st national tour and Las Vegas company (dance captain and swing); Swing! 1st national tour (dance captain and principal dancer) and 2nd and 3rd national tours (supervisor); On the Town (dance captain and swing).

JAMES YOUMANS (Scenic Design) Broadway credits include: Come Fly Away, West Side Story; Gypsy (Patti Lupone); and Swinging on a Star. Off-Broadway: Matt and Ben; Hedwig and the Angry Inch; Jeffrey; Sight Unseen; After Play; The Petrified Prince (dir: Harold Prince), The Swan (Public Theater). National Tours he has designed

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Celebrating 50 years of Broadway at the Fisher Theatreelcome to the 50th anniversary of Broadway per-formances at the Fisher Theatre. Five decades of memorable theatrical productions have crossed this

stage and this season brings a culmination of shows that has something for everyone.

Originally built as a movie and vaudeville house, the Fisher Theatre opened on November 11, 1928 with a Ma-yan décor and 3,500 seats. As other movie palaces began to struggle and fall apart, the original Fisher closed its doors on

December 31, 1960. In 1961, under the management of the

Nederlander Family, the theatre was then renovated into a beautiful legitimate stage theatre. The new Fisher Theatre opened to the public in October 1961, with the pre-Broadway opening of the Schwartz-Dietz musical The Gay Life starring Barbara Cook and Walter Chiari.

To ensure an intimate atmosphere and optimal sight lines, the original 3,500 seats were scaled down to 2,089 with the last row of the balcony only ninety-two feet from the stage. East Indian rosewood and walnut pan-eling, imported Italian marble, specially de-signed crystal chandeliers and bronze deco-rative work blended with the soft gold house curtain to create a timeless and elegant décor that still adorns the Fisher auditorium.

In the theatre’s main lobby stands a regal eight-and-a-half-foot bronze statue titled “The Dancer,” sculpted by Edoard Chassa-ing, director of the Sculpture Department of the Art Institute of Chicago at the time of commission.

Through the years, the Fisher has wel-comed countless stars and many national premieres. Carol Channing in Hello Dolly!,

directed by Gower Champion, had its pre-Broadway pre-miere at the Fisher, as did Fiddler on the Roof with Zero Mostel, Sweet Charity with Gwen Verdon and Golden Boy starring Sammy Davis Jr.

Season after season, the Fisher Theatre has attracted out-standing national touring productions including the national tour premiere of Movin’ Out in 2006 and the late Arthur Laurents’ revival of West Side Story in 2010.

Some of the other stars who have per-formed at the Fisher Theatre through the years include Julie Harris, Alfred Drake, Eartha Kitt, Ethel Merman, Joel Grey, Mary Martin, Robert Preston, Pearl Bailey, Robert Goulet, Bernadette Peters, Lynn Redgrave, Kathleen Turner, Henry Fonda, Robert Morse, Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn, John Travolta and most recently, Constantine Ma-roulis and John O’Hurley.

Today the legendary theatre continues to operate under the Nederlander management, offering audiences the very best live theat-rical and musical productions. From Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winners to new blockbusters, the Fisher Theatre is Detroit’s home for the finest theatrical entertainment.

Our most sincere thanks goes to you, our subscribers and patrons, for joining us for the past fifty years. We look forward to creating more memories with you for the next fifty.

Page 16, left: Carol Channing, Zero Mostel, Tony Curtis with Buddy Hackett; middle: Lauren Bacall, Robert Goulet, Maurice Chevalier, Ann Miller with Mickey Rooney, The Supremes; bottom right: David T. Nederlander, center, with his sons James, left and Joey, right in 1961. Page 17, bottom: in the lobby and on the main floor, opening night, October 2, 1961; middle: Debbie Reynolds, Redd Foxx with Demond Wilson, Sammie Davis Jr.; right: the Fisher Building, Chassaing’s “The Dancer,” architect drawing of Fisher Theatre lobby.

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WHO’S WHOinclude: West Side Story, Cinderella, Mickey’s Magic show (Disney Live), Grease, Barry Manilow’s Showstoppers. Regional theaters he has worked at include: The Guthrie Theater, The Old Globe, South Coast Repertory, Seattle Repertory, The George Street Playhouse. His awards include: Two Telly Awards for The Golf Channel and CSTV, (Studio Set Design) Drama Desk Award for Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Drama Desk Award nominations for Bella, Belle of Byelorussia and The Petrified Prince; a Dramalogue Award for Raised In Captivity at South Coast Rep, The Irne Award for The Shaugraun in Boston, The Robby Award Nomination for Arcadia at South Coast Rep, Connecticut Critics Circle Award nomination for The Philadelphia Story at Hartford Stage. Upcoming: The Peony Pavillion (a new musical) in Beijing China and Ether Dome, a new play by his wife Elizabeth Egloff at The Alley Theater in Houston. Website: www.youmansdesigns.com

KATHERINE ROTH (Costume Design) New York: Zooman and The Sign, (Signature Theatre) A Night Sky, (Sam Raiff Productions) Blithe Spirit, A Nervous Smile, The Sugar Syndrome (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Argument (Vineyard Theatre), Sakharam Binder, Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran (The Play Company), Happy Days (Cherry Lane Theatre), The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek (New York Theatre Workshop), Hard Feelings, The Chemistry of Change (Women’s Project), The Model Apartment (Primary Stages), Lorca Project (INTAR Theatre), They Still Mambo in Havana (Bat Theater Company), Tatiana in Color (Pure Orange), and The Loop (Alice’s Fourth Floor). Regional: Come Fly With Me at the Alliance Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory, Solo Repertory, Cincinnati Playhouse, Intiman Theatre, The Old Globe, Mark Taper Forum, Huntington Theatre, California Shakespeare Festival, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Dallas Theater Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Yale Repertory Theatre, Center stage, South Coast Repertory, and Magic Theatre. Consulting: Studies costume research and construction for commissioned bronze figures at Monticello and NASCAR Museum, TV/Film: Exiles in New York, “All My Children,” associate designer 1998-2007; (7 Daytime Emmy Nominations for Best Costume Design, 2 statues.) Education: graduate, Yale School of Drama.

DONALD HOLDER (Lighting Design) Designed Come Fly Away at the Marriott Marquis Theatre (Broadway) and its Las Vegas incarnation (Sinatra Dance With Me) at the Wynn-Encore. Broadway projects include: Spiderman-Turn Off The Dark, Arcadia, Mother F**ker With The Hat, South Pacific (2008 Tony Award), Promises, Promises, Oleanna, The Lion King (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards, Olivier nomination- Lion King London), Ragtime, Movin’ Out, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Gem of The Ocean, A Streetcar Named Desire, Juan

Darien (all Tony nominated), The Times They Are A Changin’, Cyrano de Bergerac, Radio Golf, The Little Dog Laughed, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Boy From Oz, many others. Opera: Two Boys: English National Opera, The Magic Flute, NYC Metropolitan Opera, Moby Dick (world premiere): Dallas Opera, Grendel (world premiere): LA Opera and Lincoln Center Festival: NYC, many others. He has designed at resident theatres across the United States. Mr. Holder is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama.

PETER McBOYLE (Sound Design) Broadway credits include: Come Fly Away and Barrymore (Christopher Plummer). Peter is the Resident Sound Designer for the renowned Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada where he has designed the sound for over 45 productions. He has had the privilege of working with directors and performers such as Des McAnuff, Gary Griffin, Twyla Tharp, John Doyle, Jonathan Miller, Michael Langham, Stafford Arima, Susan H. Schulman, Gene Sacks, David Petrarca, Richard Monette, Brian Bedford, Christopher Plummer, Amanda Plummer, Brent Carver and Brian Dennehy. Favorite productions include Sinatra Dance With Me in Las Vegas, Come Fly With Me at the Alliance Theatre for which he won a Suzi Award, Orpheus Descending and Medea for Mirvish Productions in Toronto, the award winning musical Fire in Toronto, the world premiere of the new musical The Wrong Son at Canada’s National Arts Centre, the acclaimed production of the musical The House Of Martin Guerre in Toronto and the recent national tour of Legally Blonde. Peter has a Masters degree in Music Technology from McGill University and has taught theatre sound at Ryerson University in Toronto. He lives in Stratford, Ontario, Canada with his wife, Meghan, and their daughters, Ella and Beatrice.

SAM LUTFIYYA (Original Music Supervisor) 1957-2009. Percussionist: Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, CBC Orchestra, RWB Orchestra. Producer: A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline, Red Rock Diner, Patsy, Hotel Porter, Forever Swing. Music contractor, Music Services International, highlights: Concert artists: Barry Manilow, Alicia Keys, Sigur Ros, Gladys Knight. Tours: N. American: Show Boat, The Full Monty, Dr. Dolittle, Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life, Bombay Dreams, Movin’ Out, Evita, Mamma Mia!, Chicago, Cats. Las Vegas: Mamma Mia!, Spamalot, Phantom..., Jersey Boys, The Lion King. Broadway: Swan Lake, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Pirate Queen.

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Rock of Ages .......................................................Fisher Theatre • Feb. 21–26, 2012

”Impossible to resist! As guilty as pleasures get.”—New York Times

Back by popular demand—an awesomely good time about dreaming big, playing loud and partying on! In LA’s most famous rock club on the Sunset Strip, a small town girl meets a big city rocker and they fall in love to the greatest songs of the eighties. It’s an arena-rock love story told through the mind-blowing, face-melting hits of Journey, Night Ranger, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Asia, Whitesnake and many more.

Shrek, The Musical .............................. Fisher Theatre • Feb. 28–Mar. 11, 2012

“Far, far and away the funniest new musical on Broadway!”—WWOR-TV

Based on the Oscar® winning DreamWorks film that started it all, and featuring 19 all-new songs, big laughs, great dancing and breathtaking scenery… In a faraway kingdom turned upside down, things get ugly when an unseemly ogre shows up to rescue a feisty princess. Throw in a donkey who won’t shut up, a villain with a short temper, a cookie with an attitude and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you’ve got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there’s one on hand, and his name is Shrek.

Disney’s Beauty & the Beast ............... Fisher Theatre • April 10–22, 2012

The most beautiful love story ever told comes to life!

Disney’s smash hit Broadway musical is an eye-popping spectacle that has won the hearts of over 35 million people worldwide. Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature film, this classic musical love story is filled with unforgettable characters, lavish sets and costumes, and dazzling production numbers including

“Be Our Guest” and the beloved title song.

Blue Man Group ..................................................Fisher Theatre • May 1–13, 2012

“One of the most delightful performance pieces ever staged.”—New York Times “What every live performance aspires to be.”—E! Entertainment News “Packs a wallop… big, loud, funny, silly, visually arresting!”—Baltimore Sun

Wildly popular but impossible to describe, Blue Man Group is an intensely exciting and wildly outrageous show that leaves the entire audience in a blissful, euphoric state. With no spoken language, it’s perfect for people of all ages, languages and cultures.

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WHO’S WHODAVE PIERCE (Music Supervisor, Additional Orchestrations and Arrangements) Emmy Award Winner for Outstanding Music Direction 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Arranger: Michael Buble, Sarah McLachlan, Nelly Furtado, Bryan Adams, Carrie Underwood, k.d. Lang, Alanis Morisette, Neil Young. Orchestrations: Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Jesus Christ Superstar Gospel, Chicago, Dr. Dolittle, Crazy For You, Forever Swing, Annie Get Your Gun, Movin’ Out. Composer: 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Queen’s royal visit 2005, Calgary Stampede Evening Show (18 years).

TALITHA FEHRTL MUSIC INTERNATIONAL(Music Coordinator) was founded by Talitha Fehr in 2010 to carry on the musical contracting traditions of her mentor Sam Lutfiyya. Talitha has worked on National tours of Mamma Mia!, Fiddler on the Roof starring Topol and Harvey Fierstein, Jesus Christ Superstar starring Ted Neeley, Cats, Chicago, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Chita Rivera A Dancer’s Life, Movin’ Out, and 101 Dalmatians. International and Asian tours of West Side Story, Sound of Music, Swing!, Cinderella, and The King and I. Talitha has also had the privilege of working on Broadway’s The Pirate Queen, pre-production and development of Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away, and the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

ROB COOKMAN (Music Director, Piano) Most recently, Rob acted as musical director for Legally Blonde the Musical (2nd National Tour.) Other Musical Director credits include: Menopause the Musical (Chicago), Mamma Mia! (2nd National Tour, AMD), Movin’ Out (2nd National Tour), Swing! (Japan Tour) and Cirque Du Soleil’s Banana Shpeel (bandleader/arranger/composer). Love to his family and his wife, Desiree.

CHARLES PIGNONE (Creative Consultant) is a producer and writer. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Sinatra Treasures and The Copa. He has produced numerous Sinatra albums including Nothing But the Best and the television special “Sinatra: The Classic Duets.” Pignone has been associated with the Sinatra family for the past 25 years and currently resides in Los Angeles.

TOM BARTLETT (Production Stage Manager) Production Supervisor credits: Rent, Chicago, Dreamgirls. Broadway credits: The Goodbye Girl, Chicago, Grease, Cabaret, Movin’ Out, Phantom of the Opera, Dreamgirls. Tours include Dreamgirls, Swing, Lost in Yonkers, South Pacific, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Song and Dance, Rumors, Bye Bye Birdie. Las Vegas credits: We Will Rock You, Hairspray, Spamalot, Sinatra Dance With Me.

GREGORY VICTOR (Stage Manager) has stage managed shows on Broadway, Off-Broadway and on tour. He has a Masters degree in History. He is the Culture Editor for the website Parcbench.com. Gregory is a co-founder of the Regroup Theatre Company in New York City, and a proud voting member of the Country Music Association.

NEDERLANDER PRESENTATIONS, INC. (Producer) is the production division of the multi-national theatrical entities owned by James M. and James L. Nederlander. The company has been prominent for three generations in the ownership of theatres and the production of distinguished theatrical, concert and dance presentations for nearly 100 years. The Nederlanders have built a national network of theatres including nine Broadway venues in New York: the Brooks Atkinson, Gershwin, Lunt-Fontanne, Marquis, Minskoff, Nederlander Palace, Richard Rodgers and Neil Simon. Outside of New York, their venues include: The Bank of America Theatre, Ford Center/Oriental, Auditorium, Cadillac Palace and The Broadway Playhouse (Chicago); The Durham Performing Arts Center (Durham, NC), The Pantages and Greek Theatres (Los Angeles, CA); The Broadway Series at the Civic and Balboa Theatres (San Diego, CA); TCC Music Hall (Tucson, AZ); North Charleston Performing Arts Center (North Charleston, SC); The Grove (Anaheim, CA); The San Jose Center for the Performing Arts (San Jose, CA); and the Aldwych, Adelphi and Dominion Theatres (London, England). The Nederlanders are also prolific producers of theatrical productions with over 100 Broadway and touring productions to their credit. The company has been instrumental in presenting many of Broadway’s most honored and successful shows most notably Annie, Benefactors, Chicago, Copenhagen, La Cage aux Folles, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Legally Blonde, Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, Me and My Girl, Movin’ Out, Next to Normal, Noises Off, Peter Pan, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, West Side Story, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and most recently, the current Broadway hit Priscilla Queen of the Desert.

COME FLY AWAYTOUR STAFF

GENERAL MANAGERRoberta Roberts

COMPANY MANAGER DeAnn L. Boise

PRODUCTIONSTAGE MANAGER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tom BartlettHEAD CARPENTER . . . . . . . . . . . .Chris OsbornGeneral ManagementConsultant ................The Charlotte Wilcox CompanyStage Manager ....................................Gregory VictorAssociate Set Designer ........................Jerome MartinCostume Consultant .............................Scott TraugottAssociate Costume Designer ....................Amy ClarkAssistant to theCostume Designers ............ Mike Floyd, Caitlin HuntAssistant to theCostume Consultant .........................Robert J. MartinAssociate LightingDesigners ................... Jeanne Koenig, Caroline ChaoAssistant Lighting Designer .................Heather GraffMoving Light Programmer ................ Joseph AllegroProduction Electrician ........................Michael BrownSound Consultant .....................................Tom YoungAssociate SoundDesigners ................Daniel Fiandaca, David PatridgeProduction Sound ....................................Colle BustinAssistant Carpenter .....................Chris “Clem” ZajacHead of Properties ................................... Dan BoeschHead Electrician ......................Jeffrey “Swing” HoltzAssistant Electricians ............ Zak Knoll, Stephanie McFarlandHead of Sound ....................................Deniz AkyurekAssistant Sound Engineer ................Crystal EdwardsHead of Wardrobe .............. Michelle Harrison-SteitzProduction Assistant .....................Angie McCormackPhysical Therapy ........ NEURO WELLBEING, LLCPhysical Therapist ...........................Lindsey FaccioloMedical Director ...................Thomas H. Myers, MD

COSTUME SHOP STAFFCOSTUME DIRECTOR . . . . TONY RAY HICKSPROJECT ASSISTANT . . . . . . . . . ALISON SMITHWORK ROOM MANAGER . . . . . HELEN JONESLEAD STITCHER . . . . . . . . LAURA BROWNINGSTITCHERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RISA ONO,

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PRODUCTION STAFF

Chief Financial Officer.............................. Don KindlTechnical Supervisor ...............................Geoff QuartDirector of Operations .............................Jaime PrineProduction Coordinator .................... Ryan P. MurphyProduction Carpenter .............................. Sam MahanCostume Director ..............................Tony Ray HicksAssistant General Manager ..................Steve LiscianiDirector of Booking & Sales ..........Michael J. Orsino

Marketing Manager ........................... Courtney DavisMarketing Consultant ................................. Amy KatzBudgeting andForecasting Manager ......................George LambertyComptroller ........................................Ryan RudzinskiAccounting Clerk .............................Marite EspinozaStaff Accountant ...............................Lourdes CastilloOffice Manager ..................... Anissa Hartline-OrsinoAccounting .......Thomas J. Lydon & Associates, P.A.Employee Benefits ........................ The Capital GroupInsurance ..................Maury, Donnelly and Parr, Inc.Legal ............................................. S. Jean Ward, Esq.Creative Services ............................... G Creative, Inc.Production Photography ......................... Joan MarcusWarehouse Manager ..............................Scott Garrish

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CREDITSHotel Booking and Travel by ROAD REBEL ENTERTAINMENT TOURING, San Diego, CA; Scenery by SHOWMAN FABRICATORS, Long Island City, NY, Elliot Bertoni. Star Drop and Soft Goods by I. WEISS & SONS, Fairview, NJ, Jennifer Tankleff. Lighting Equipment Provided by PRG LIGHTING, Secaucus, NJ, Darren Deverna and Robin Lee. Sound Equipment Provided by PRG AUDIO, Secaucus, NJ, Darren Deverna and David Strang. Backline by JONAS PRODUCTIONS, Fountaintown, IN. Costumes by ERIC WINTERLING, SAINT LAURIE MERCHANT TAYLORS NYC, ARTUR & TAILORS, LTD, EURO CO USA, JAN PARRON, LLC and TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT COSTUME SHOP, Glen Burnie, MD, Tony Ray Hicks. Undergarments by BRA*TENDERS. Dance Shoes by LADUCA SHOES, T.O. DEY, JC THEATRICAL, and ZORAIDE. Custom Headwear by LYNNE MACKEY STUDIO and WORTH AND WORTH. Trucking by JANCO, LTD., Wayne, NJ, Rick Rosenthal.

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Scenes from Berkeley Rep & Original Broadway productions of American Idiot. Photos by Paul Kolnik & Doug Hamilton

The use of cell phones during the performance is prohibited by law

The Performing Artists and Staging Personnelin this production are represented by the AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL ARTISTS.

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.

The Musicians, Conductors, Music Preparation Personnel, and Librarians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

MUSIC CREDITS Body and Soul, Frank Eyton, John Green, Edward Heyman and Robert B. Sour. Range Road Music Inc. o/b/o itself and Quartet Music, WB Music Corp., and Druropetal Music. Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) Words and Music by Bart Howard, TRO ©1954 (renewed), Hampshire House Publishing Corp., New York, NY. International copyright secured. Made in U.S.A. All rights reserved including public performance for profit. Here’s to the Losers written by Jack Segal and Robert Wells. Copyright © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. I Like to Lead When I Dance written by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen. Copyright © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., VAN HEUSEN MUSIC CORPORATION. I’m Gonna Live ‘Til I Die words and music by Al Hoffman, Walter Kent and Manny Kurtz. Copyright ©1950 (renewed) by Al Hoffman Songs, Inc., Barton Music Corp., Walter Kent Music and Mann Curtis Music Company. I’ve Got a Crush On You (George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin), ©1930 (renewed),WB Music Corp. (ASCAP). Jumpin’ at the Woodside (Count Basie and Jon Hendricks), ©1959 (renewed) WB Music Corp. (ASCAP). Lean Baby by Roy Alfred and Billy May. Used ENCORE THEATER 12 SINATRA DANCE WITH ME by permission of Morley Music Co. (ASCAP). Learnin’ the Blues (Dolores “Vicki” Silvers), Barton Music Corp. Let’s Face the Music and Dance music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. Used by special arrangement with The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization on behalf of the Estate of Irving Berlin. Let’s Fall in Love by Ted Koehler and Harold Arlen ©1933 by Bourne Co. (ASCAP). Copyright renewed. International copyright secured. Luck Be a Lady by Frank Loesser. Copyright ©1950 (renewed) by Frank Music Corp and MPL Communications. Makin’ Whoopee by Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn. Donaldson Publishing Co., LLC, and Gilbert Keyes Music Company. All rights on behalf of Gilbert Keyes Music Company administered by WB Music Corp. My Funny Valentine music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, ©1937 (renewed), Chappell & Co., Inc. (ASCAP) and Williamson Music, Inc. (ASCAP). Used by special arrangement with The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization on behalf of the Family Trust u/w of Richard Rodgers. My Way written by Paul Anka, Claude Francois, Jacques Revaux and Gilles Thibault. Chrysalis Standards, Inc. (BMI), Architectural Music Co. (BMI), and Jingoro Co. (BMI). New York, New York (Theme) written by John Kander and Fred Ebb. Published and administered EMI Unart Catalog Inc. (BMI). One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) by Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen. Used by permission of Harwin Music Co. (ASCAP). Pick Yourself Up (Dorothy Fields and Jerome Kern). Used by permission of Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. o/b/o Aldi Music. Universal Music Publishing. Saturday Night Is the Loneliest Night in the Week (Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne), ©1944 (renewed). Cahn Music Co. (ASCAP) and Producers Music Publ. Co., Inc. (ASCAP). All rights on behalf of Cahn Music Co. administered By WB Music Corp. All rights on behalf of Producers Music Publ. Co., Inc. administered By Chappell & Co., Inc. Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) EMI Mills Music Inc, Songs of Peer, Ltd, Take Five written by Paul Desmond, published in the United

States by Desmond Music Company. Published in Canada by Derry Music Company. Teach Me Tonight (Sammy Cahn and Gene De Paul), ©1954 (renewed), Cahn Music Co. (ASCAP) and The Hub Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP). All rights on behalf of Cahn Music Co. administered by WB Music Corp. That’s Life (Dean Kay, Kelly L. Gordon), UniversalPolygram Int. Publ., Inc. ©1964, renewed 1992. The Way You Look Tonight (Dorothy Fields and Jerome Kern). Used by permission of Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. o/b/o Aldi Music. Universal Music Publishing. Witchcraft by Carolyn Leigh and Cy Coleman. Used by permission of Morley Music Co. (ASCAP). Yes Sir, That’s My Baby by Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn, ©1925 Donaldson Publishing Co., LLC, and Gilbert Keyes Music Company (ASCAP). All rights on behalf of Gilbert Keyes Music Company administered by WB Music Corp. You Make Me Feel So Young (Josef Joe Myrow and Mack Gordon), ©1946 (renewed), WB Music Corp. (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Not since The Who’s Tommy back in 1993 has there been a Broadway show with the pedigree of American Idiot,

the punk-popera staging of Green Day’s epic concept album that will play at the Detroit Opera House January 17–22, 2012.

Michael Mayer, American Idiot’s direc-tor and co-writer (with Billie Joe Armstrong and the rest of Green Day), won a 2008 Tony for Spring Awakening. Though his previous tuners have included Thoroughly Modern Millie and Triumph of Love, the director is

sufficiently au courant that Green Day’s al-bum bowled him over. Part of it was timing; American Idiot came out just months before Bush’s 2004 reelection, turning its defiant howl against the “redneck agenda” (as one lyric goes) into a prophetic yawp.

“I thought, my God,” Mayer recalls, “these punks from Oakland are talking about what it’s like to live in Bush’s America right now. And the rage and the love in equal measure throughout the album I just found incredibly complicated and dazzling—and tuneful.”But theatrical? Armstrong’s earnest, anguished lyrics loosely sketched the emotional journey of an aimless antihero (“Jesus of Suburbia”) through a dystopian cityscape (“Boulevard of Broken Dreams”), where he falls under the thrall of a charismatic drug dealer (“St. Jimmy”) and a fiery, idealistic girlfriend (“She’s a Rebel,” “Extraordinary Girl”), then

loses them both and returns to the comfort-able oblivion of the suburbs (“Homecom-ing,” “Whatshername”).

“The project’s conceit was that I would take the record and basically write story onto it and from inside it,” Mayer says. “The amount of freedom I had to dream and imag-ine was unprecedented for me.” In addition to the album’s Jesus-Jimmy-Whatshername tri-angle, Mayer layered on another trio. Johnny now has two suburban pals: Will, who stays home against his wishes; and Tunney, who enlists to fight in Iraq. Though Mayer add-ed little dialogue to Armstrong’s lyrics, he hopes that by sharing words among a dozen performers, he’s created a kind of found-text libretto for a multipronged narrative that en-twines city, suburb and battlefield.

“I had great anxiety about the liberties we were taking, dramatically as well as emo-tionally,” Mayer recalls. “I kept thinking we would cross a line that would be intolerable, but instead Billie Joe kept urging me to go further, which was encouraging—and terri-fying.” He adds that he found it gratifying, yet surreal, to talk with the songwriter about characters he had originated for a wholly dif-ferent medium.

What does this fable—set “in the recent past”—have to say to Obama’s America? “I wish the state of our union didn’t still feel as resonant as it does with the show,” says May-er with a shudder. “I think it’s really good at this moment not to forget how our coun-try got this way and to maintain a healthy amount of anger about it.”

It’s not Green Day’s style, though, to sulk; its bleakest tunes often chime brightly in ma-jor keys. That puts American Idiot in lofty company, Mayer says. “Even the most tragic opera you go to see at the Met is stirring and rousing, and the music is gorgeous to sing,” he asserts. “It inspires the performers to great heights of expression, and to the joy of performing. And I think all that’s in here.”

Story by Rob Weinert-Kendt, Time Out New York. Reprinted by permission.

Green Day’s American Idiot plays at the Detroit Opera House Jan. 17–22, 2012. Tickets go on sale Sept. 30. For more info on all shows and opportunities to purchase tickets before public sale, join our Broadway In Detroit E-lert list at BroadwayInDetroit.com. Groups of ten or more e-mail Groups@BroadwayInDetroit.com (subject line American Idiot) or call (313) 871-1132.

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SuBSCRIBER SPOTLIGHTBarbara Winters & Linda Krall

labor and they had to rush to the hospital with other family members in tow.

“We were in our seats, and suddenly Janice started having contractions.” Linda remem-bers. “The people around us started moving away, and I thought ‘Oh boy, she is going to have the baby now! The ushers came with a wheelchair and helped us on our way. As we left, one of them called out and offered us tickets to come back.”

Since then, Linda and Barbara have main-tained their subscriptions, and they’ve en-joyed lots of trips to the theatre with Janice, Jeremy and many other family members.

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Barbara Winters of Lathrup Village has had her subscription since the Fisher Theatre opened in 1961. “A girlfriend and I had tick-ets to the Schubert Theatre before it closed. When they announced they were opening the Fisher and season tickets were available, we bought them.” Some of her favorite shows are Jekyll& Hyde, Martin Guerre, and Jo-seph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream-coat with Donny Osmond.

She and her sister Linda Krall of Redford got their love for theatre from their mother, and they fondly remember taking her to see 42nd Street. “She always wanted to be a dancer so she made sure we all learned how to tap dance and sing. She would gather the grandchildren and they’d sing and dance to ‘California Here I Come!’”

In December 1974, Linda, Barbara and their sister Janice came to the Fisher to see Lynn Redgrave in the musical My Big Fat Friend—but her unborn nephew Jeremy had another plan. Halfway through the per-formance, Jeremy’s mother Janice went into

left to right: Jeremy’s mother Janice Hana, Jeremy Krall, Barbara Winters, Linda Krall

n December 4, 1956, the future rock n’ roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and

Carl Perkins gathered at Sun Records in Memphis for what would be one of the great-est jam sessions ever. Million Dollar Quartet brings that legendary night to life, featuring a score of rock hits including “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Fever,” “That’s All Right,” “Six-teen Tons,” “Great Balls of Fire,” “Walk the Line,” “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” “Who Do You Love?,” “Matchbox,” “Fol-som Prison Blues,” “Hound Dog” and more.

Earlier this year, WJR’s Lloyd Jackson interviewed Robert Britton Lyons, who has played Carl Perkins in the production since it began as a workshop in Seattle in 2006 through its successful run on Broadway. Lloyd Jackson: Does being in this show make you feel like you’re traveling back in time?Robert Britton Ly-ons: One of the big joys I get from this show is that we get to play this music that these guys were inventing in the mod-ern context, and what that does is bring a relevance to the his-tory and birth of rock n’ roll to all the music that you hear on the radio today, Top Forty included.LJ: What’s it like to portray Carl Perkins?RBL: It’s a blast, throughout the process I learned quite a bit about the man, and what I’ve come to understand is that he was one of the most generous and gracious people you’d meet, as well as an incredibly talented song-writer and musician. It’s hard to compare it to the difficulties in playing someone like an Elvis Presley, or Johnny Cash. The direction has always been to never be impersonators; we are people who inhabit these characters so you never get an impersonation of any of these guys which is quite refreshing.”LJ: When you talk about the contribution

that Carl Perkins made to music, how do you bring that across to the fans who are maybe too young to have heard of Carl Perkins?RBL: Most people have heard of “Blue Suede Shoes.” Carl Perkins actually wrote and recorded the song before Elvis did it and made a humongous hit out of it. Elvis’s ver-sion eclipses Carl’s because he was able to perform it on television. He also influenced later bands like the Beatles, who went on to cover several of Carl’s songs, and he influ-enced a wave of the British invasion.LJ: How has this show inspired you?RBL: I’ve been inspired as an actor and a musician to play in a context of a band.

This is by far the best band I’ve ever played in, and I’ve played with a lot of them. The fact that we get to play eight times a week to-gether makes for an incredibly tight unit.LJ: How will De-troiters be able to relate to this show?RBL: Detroit is a music town and this is a music show. You’re not going to see a pit orchestra playing behind the scenes with actors pretending to play the music. You’re going to get the ac-tors themselves as the musicians. It’s a

live band on stage. Elvis might break a string and they have to work in a string change into the show. It’s just a big ol’ party, and the his-tory of rock n’ roll, and how these four guys came to meet at Sun Records, and their rises to fame and subsequent departures. It’s a his-tory lesson and a rock concert—and a hell of a good time.

Million Dollar Quartet plays at the Fisher Theatre Jan. 24–Feb. 5, 2012. Tickets go on sale Nov. 27. For more info on all shows and opportunities to purchase tickets before public sale, join our Broadway In Detroit E-lert list at BroadwayInDetroit.com. Groups of twelve or more e-mail Groups@BroadwayInDetroit.com (subject line Million Dollar Quartet) or call (313) 871-1132.

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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

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