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Eric Schneider (center, as Robbo Ortona) and the cast perform "My Kind of Town (Chicago Is)" in the World Premiere of Robin and the 7 Hoods - A New Musical directed by Casey Nicholaw with book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy Van Heusen, at The Old Globe July 14 - Aug. 29, 2010. Photo by Craig Schwartz. |
Jeffrey Schecter (center, as Willie Scarlatti) and the cast perform "Walkin' Happy" in the World Premiere of Robin and the 7 Hoods - A New Musical directed by Casey Nicholaw with book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy Van Heusen, at The Old Globe July 14 - Aug. 29, 2010. Photo by Craig Schwartz. |
Eric Schneider (center, as Robbo Ortona) and the cast perform "My Kind of Town (Chicago Is)" in the World Premiere of Robin and the 7 Hoods - A New Musical directed by Casey Nicholaw with book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy Van Heusen, at The Old Globe July 14 - Aug. 29, 2010. Photo by Craig Schwartz. |
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Will Chase (as Little John Dante) and Eric Schneider (as Robbo Ortona) sing "You Can't Love 'Em All" in the World Premiere of Robin and the 7 Hoods - A New Musical directed by Casey Nicholaw with book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy Van Heusen, at The Old Globe July 14 - Aug. 29, 2010. Photo by Craig Schwartz. |
Amy Spanger (as Alana O'Dell) and Will Chase (as Little John Dante) sing "Come Fly with Me" in the World Premiere of Robin and the 7 Hoods - A New Musical directed by Casey Nicholaw with book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy Van Heusen, at The Old Globe July 14 - Aug. 29, 2010. Photo by Craig Schwartz. |
Eric Schneider (as Robbo Ortona) and Kelly Sullivan (as Marian Archer) sing "I Like to Lead When I Dance" (with Tally Sessions) in the World Premiere of Robin and the 7 Hoods - A New Musical directed by Casey Nicholaw with book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy Van Heusen, at The Old Globe July 14 - Aug. 29, 2010. Photo by Craig Schwartz. |
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Will Chase (center, as Little John Dante) and the cast perform "Come Blow Your Horn" in the World Premiere of Robin and the 7 Hoods - A New Musical directed by Casey Nicholaw with book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy Van Heusen, at The Old Globe July 14 - Aug. 29, 2010. Photo by Craig Schwartz. |
Will Chase (as Little John Dante), Amy Spanger (as Alana O'Dell) and the cast perform "Come Fly with Me" in the World Premiere of Robin and the 7 Hoods - A New Musical directed by Casey Nicholaw with book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy Van Heusen, at The Old Globe July 14 - Aug. 29, 2010. Photo by Craig Schwartz. |
Will Chase (as Little John Dante), Amy Spanger (as Alana O'Dell) and the cast perform "Come Fly with Me" in the World Premiere of Robin and the 7 Hoods - A New Musical directed by Casey Nicholaw with book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy Van Heusen, at The Old Globe July 14 - Aug. 29, 2010. Photo by Craig Schwartz. |
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Eric Schneider (as Robbo Ortona) sings "(Love Is) The Tender Trap" in the World Premiere of Robin and the 7 Hoods - A New Musical directed by Casey Nicholaw with book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy Van Heusen, at The Old Globe July 14 - Aug. 29, 2010. Photo by Craig Schwartz. |
Kelly Sullivan (as Marian Archer) sings "More Than Likely" in the World Premiere of Robin and the 7 Hoods - A New Musical directed by Casey Nicholaw with book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy Van Heusen, at The Old Globe July 14 - Aug. 29, 2010. Photo by Craig Schwartz. |
Amy Spanger (as Alana O'Dell) sings "Same Old Song and Dance" (with Andrew Cao, Aleks Pevec and Brian Shepard) in the World Premiere of Robin and the 7 Hoods - A New Musical directed by Casey Nicholaw with book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy Van Heusen, at The Old Globe July 14 - Aug. 29, 2010. Photo by Craig Schwartz. |
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Adam Heller (as Lieutenant Nottingham) and Eric Schneider (as Robbo Ortana) have "High Hopes" in the World Premiere of Robin and the 7 Hoods - A New Musical directed by Casey Nicholaw with book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy Van Heusen, at The Old Globe July 14 - Aug. 29, 2010. Photo by Craig Schwartz. |
Kelly Sullivan (as Marian Archer) sings "Come on Strong" to Rick Holmes (as P.J. Sullivan) in the World Premiere of Robin and the 7 Hoods - A New Musical directed by Casey Nicholaw with book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy Van Heusen, at The Old Globe July 14 - Aug. 29, 2010. Photo by Craig Schwartz. |
Aleks Pevec, Clyde Alves, Brian Shepard, Timothy J. Alex, Will Chase, Jeffrey Schecter and Anthony Wayne perform "Come Blow Your Horn" in the World Premiere of Robin and the 7 Hoods - A New Musical directed by Casey Nicholaw with book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy Van Heusen, at The Old Globe July 14 - Aug. 29, 2010. Photo by Craig Schwartz. |
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(l. to r.) Kelly Sullivan plays Marian Archer, Eric Schneider plays Robbo Ortona, Will Chase plays Little John Dante and Amy Spanger plays Alana O'Dell in the World Premiere of Robin and the 7 Hoods - A New Musical, a Broadway-bound musical comedy with book by Tony Award winner Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Academy Award winner Sammy Cahn and music by Academy Award winner Jimmy Van Heusen, directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw at The Old Globe, July 14 - August 29. Photo by Carol Rosegg. |
Eric Schneider stars as Robbo Ortona in the World Premiere of Robin and the 7 Hoods - A New Musical, a Broadway-bound musical comedy with book by Tony Award winner Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Academy Award winner Sammy Cahn and music by Academy Award winner Jimmy Van Heusen, directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw at The Old Globe, July 14 - August 29. Photo by Carol Rosegg. |
(l. to r.) Eric Schneider stars as Robbo Ortona and Will Chase as Little John Dante in the World Premiere of Robin and the 7 Hoods - A New Musical, a Broadway-bound musical comedy with book by Tony Award winner Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Academy Award winner Sammy Cahn and music by Academy Award winner Jimmy Van Heusen, directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw at The Old Globe, July 14 - August 29. Photo by Carol Rosegg. |
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(l. to r.) Eric Schneider plays Robbo Ortona, Kelly Sullivan plays Marian Archer, Amy Spanger plays Alana O'Delland Will Chase plays Little John Dante in the World Premiere of Robin and the 7 Hoods - A New Musical, a Broadway-bound musical comedy with book by Tony Award winner Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Academy Award winner Sammy Cahn and music by Academy Award winner Jimmy Van Heusen, directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw at The Old Globe, July 14 - August 29. Photo by Carol Rosegg. |
Will Chase stars as Little John Dante in the World Premiere of Robin and the 7 Hoods - A New Musical, a Broadway-bound musical comedy with book by Tony Award winner Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Academy Award winner Sammy Cahn and music by Academy Award winner Jimmy Van Heusen, directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw at The Old Globe, July 14 - August 29. Photo by Carol Rosegg. |
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Playwright and composer Rupert Holmes. Photo courtesy of The Old Globe. |
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Director and Choreographer Casey Nicholaw. Photo courtesy of The Old Globe. |
CAST AND CREATIVETEAM
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Rupert Holmes (Book) has won Tony awards as an author, lyricist and composer. His most recent Broadway musical Curtains earned him the 2007 Drama Desk award for Best Book of a Musical, as well as Tony nominations for both Best Book and Best Additional Lyrics. Prior to that, he received a Tony nomination for Best Play (and won the Touring Broadway Best Play award) for Say Goodnight, Gracie. His comedy-thriller Accomplice won him the second of his two Edgar awards from The Mystery Writers of America. His Broadway musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood won the Tony award for Best Musical, for which Holmes also singly won Tonys for Best Book, Best Lyrics and Best Music. He received the identical honors from the New York Drama Desk and a fourth award for Best Orchestrations. He is also an award-winning mystery writer whose first novel was made into a motion picture starring Colin Firth and Kevin Bacon, and whose short stories have appeared in such prestigious anthologies as Best American Mystery Stories. He also created and wrote AMC’s critically-acclaimed television “dramedy” "Remember WENN." His current non-musical theatre projects include the first stage adaptation of a John Grisham novel, A Time to Kill, which will premiere in 2011 at Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage and his new stage version of Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution, written with the approval of Dame Agatha's estate. He has recently finished stage musicals of: My Man Godfrey with Urinetown’s Mark Hollmann; book and lyrics for the Jerry Lewis comedy classic The Nutty Professor, with Marvin Hamlisch as composer; and Secondhand Lions with the songwriting team of Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner. He is delighted to return to San Diego and The Old Globe with a work that pays tribute to his friend and songwriting mentor, Sammy Cahn. |
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Sammy Cahn (Lyrics) The songs of lyricist Sammy Cahn have been recorded by virtually every major singer of the 20th Century and are firmly ingrained in the American Songbook. He was nominated for a record 26 Academy Awards for lyric writing, and won four times, also a record. With Saul Chaplin, Cahn began writing numbers for vaudeville acts at the renowned Cotton Club and had his first success in 1935-36 with “Rhythm is Our Business” and “Until the Real Thing Comes Along,” written for the Jimmy Lunceford Band, and 1937’s “Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen,” a huge hit recorded by The Andrews Sisters. In 1942, Cahn joined with Jule Styne in Hollywood and together they wrote songs for 19 films, including Frank Sinatra’s early films Anchors Aweigh and It Happened In Brooklyn. They won an Academy Award for “Three Coins in the Fountain” and also wrote the Broadway musical High Button Shoes. Sinatra introduced Cahn to composer Jimmy Van Heusen in 1955, and together they wrote the title song for the 1955 Sinatra film The Tender Trap and a TV musical version of Our Town that included the Emmy Award-winning “Love and Marriage.” Their long association with Frank Sinatra led to Sinatra's recording 89 of Cahn's songs, including “Come Fly with Me,” “Only the Lonely,” “All the Way” (Academy Award), “High Hopes” (Academy Award), “Call Me Irresponsible” (Academy Award), “The Second Time Around” and “My Kind of Town.” Cahn and Van Heusen also collaborated on the Broadway shows Skyscraper and Walking Happy. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. In 1974, Cahn performed a one-man show on Broadway called Words and Music and toured with the show numerous times in the years that followed. Sammy Cahn died on January 15, 1993. |
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Jimmy Van Heusen (Music) was one of the most accomplished songwriters in the history of American popular music. He received 14 Academy Award nominations over the course of his 40-year career, and won four times. Van Heusen began writing songs while still in high school. In 1933, he took a job as a staff pianist with Remick Music Publishing in New York City and was soon put under contract as a songwriter. Collaborating with lyricist Eddie De Lange, he produced nearly 20 hit songs. By 1939, Van Heusen had started working with another lyricist, Johnny Burke. Together, the two began their own publishing firm and collaborated on the Broadway shows Nellie Bly and Carnival in Flanders, as well as over 30 films. Under contract with Paramount Studios, Van Heusen and Burke moved to Hollywood in 1940 and together they wrote many hit songs for Bing Crosby, including the Academy Awarding-winning “Swinging on a Star.” In 1956, Burke semi-retired from songwriting and Van Heusen started another successful partnership with lyricist Sammy Cahn. Their catalog includes “Come Fly with Me,” “Only the Lonely,” “All the Way” (Academy Award), “High Hopes” (Academy Award), “Call Me Irresponsible” (Academy Award), “The Second Time Around” and “My Kind of Town.” Cahn and Van Heusen also collaborated on the Broadway shows, Skyscraper and Walking Happy. Frank Sinatra recorded 85 of Van Heusen’s songs, more than any other composer. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971. Jimmy Van Heusen died on February 7, 1990. |
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Casey Nicholaw (Director and Choreographer) directed and choreographed The Drowsy Chaperone, for which he received Tony, Olivier, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations. He also choreographed Monty Python’s Spamalot for which he received Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle nominations. Most recently, Nicholaw directed the world premiere of the new musical Minsky’s at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. Nicholaw directed and choreographed the highly-acclaimed productions of Anyone Can Whistle and Follies for City Center Encores! His choreography and musical staging work includes Bye Bye Birdie for City Center Encores!, Candide for the NY Philharmonic (also on “PBS Great Performances”), South Pacific at Carnegie Hall starring Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell (also on “PBS Great Performances”), Can-Can (City Center Encores!) and Sinatra: His Voice, His World, His Way (Radio City Music Hall). Mr. Nicholaw's next project is Elf: The Musical coming to Broadway this fall. |
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John McDaniel (Music Supervisor, Vocal and Incidental Music Arrangements) has worked on television shows such as “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” (two Emmy Awards), Friar’s Roasts ’99-’02, Tony Awards ’97-’00 as arranger, “A Rosie Christmas” and “A Family is a Family” (HBO). His Broadway credits include Brooklyn, Annie Get Your Gun, Taboo, Chicago, Grease and Patti LuPone on Broadway. Recordings as Producer include Annie Get Your Gun (Grammy Award), The Maury Yeston Songbook, Brooklyn, Taboo, The Journey Home (Malcolm Gets), John McDaniel at the Piano (Broadway, Christmas, Compositions and Live at Joe’s Pub). His recent credits include Catch Me If You Can (Seattle), Happy Days—A New Musical (National Tour), Bonnie & Clyde (La Jolla Playhouse), Pirates! (Goodspeed Musicals, Paper Mill Playhouse and Huntington Theatre Company), music director/arranger for Tyne Daly's nightclub act in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, and Guest Conductor at San Francisco Symphony and St. Louis Symphony. His upcoming projects include Daughter of the Regiment (Opera Theatre of St. Louis). |
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Robert Brill (Scenic Design) has designed Oleanna, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, Sun Bearing Down, La Fiaca and The Granny for The Old Globe. His Broadway credits include Guys and Dolls (Tony Award nomination), The Story of My Life, Assassins (Tony Award nomination), Cabaret, A Streetcar Named Desire, Laugh Whore, The Good Body, Anna in the Tropics, Design for Living, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Buried Child and The Rehearsal. Other credits include Moby Dick (Dallas Opera), Sinatra: His Voice, His World, His Way (Radio City Music Hall), On the Record (Disney), Wozzeck (San Diego Opera), An American in Paris (Boston Ballet), A Clockwork Orange (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), Anna Deavere Smith’s Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (Mark Taper Forum and McCarter Theatre Center), Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Lincoln Center Theater, The Minnesota Opera, Guthrie Theater, Goodman Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, American Conservatory Theater and numerous productions for La Jolla Playhouse including Creditors, The Wiz, The Laramie Project, The Good Person of Setzuan, The Hairy Ape, Marisol and Fortinbras. He is a founding member of Sledgehammer Theater and recipient of the Michael Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration. |
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Gregg Barnes (Costume Design) has designed Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Lucky Duck, What the World Needs Now, Hay Fever and Suds at The Old Globe. His Broadway credits include Legally Blonde (2007 Tony nomination), The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Award, Olivier nomination), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Flower Drum Song (Tony nomination), Side Show and Bye, Bye, Birdie. Other New York credits include Sinatra: His Voice, His World, His Way (Radio City Music Hall), The Wizard of Oz (Madison Square Garden), Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Pageant (The Blue Angel and London’s West End, Olivier Nomination), The Kathy and Mo Show, Eliot Feld’s Behold the Man, Anyone Can Whistle, No, No, Nanette, DuBarry Was a Lady, Follies and Sweet Adeline (City Center Encores!). His National Tours include Legally Blonde, The Drowsy Chaperone, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Flower Drum Song, Disney’s On the Record and Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Mr. Barnes’ regional credits include Minsky’s (Ahmanson Theater, L.A. Drama Critics Award), Mame (The Kennedy Center), Allegro (Signature Theatre, Helen Hayes Award), Flower Drum Song (Mark Taper Forum, L.A. Outer Critics Award, Garland Award) and productions at Arena Stage, Glimmerglass Opera, June Opera Festival of New Jersey and Paper Mill Playhouse. He is the recipient of the Theatre Development Fund’s Irene Sharaff Young Master Award and a faculty member at NYU Tisch School of the Arts from 1982-2002. |
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Kenneth Posner (Lighting Design) designed Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Imaginary Friends, Cowgirls, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, The Doctor is Out, Macbeth, Labor Day and Overtime at The Old Globe. His Broadway credits include more than 35 plays and musicals including The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards), Wicked, Hairspray, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Tony nominations), The Royal Family, Lend Me A Tenor, Legally Blonde, 9 to 5: The Musical, the 2008 revival of Grease, The Homecoming, The Pirate Queen, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross, Little Women, The Frogs, Imaginary Friends, Swing!, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, The Goat, Uncle Vanya, Side Man, The Lion in Winter, Little Me, A View from the Bridge, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, The Little Foxes and The Rose Tattoo. Mr. Posner is the recipient of the 2003 Obie for Sustained Excellence in Lighting Design. |
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John H. Shivers (Sound Design) Broadway sound design credits include 9 to 5: The Musical, for which he received a 2009 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Sound Design and a 2008/2009 Ovation Award nomination for Best Sound Design, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Little Mermaid, Tarzan, In My Life, Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays and Julia Sweeney’s God Said ‘Ha.’ He is also credited as the Associate Sound Designer for the Broadway and worldwide productions of The Lion King, Mary Poppins, The Producers, Hairspray, Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida, Titanic, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Big: The Musical, The Who’s Tommy, Guys and Dolls and Buddy — The Buddy Holly Story. Mr. Shivers is thrilled to return to The Old Globe where he had previously sound designed productions of Sammy and Ace. |
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David Patridge (Sound Design) recently designed Sammy and Ace at The Old Globe. His regional credits include Singin’ in the Rain and Beauty and the Beast (Ordway Center for the Performing Arts), Ace (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Sweeney Todd and Miss Saigon (5th Avenue Theatre), Angels in America (Canadian Stage) and Needfire, as well as numerous concerts and special events (Mirvish Productions). His Broadway credits as Associate Sound Designer include 9 to 5: The Musical, The Little Mermaid, Mamma Mia! (also in Germany, the Netherlands and Mexico City), Tarzan (also in Germany and the Netherlands), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and In My Life, and as a Mixer for Tarzan, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Buddy — The Buddy Holly Story. Mr. Patridge’s other credits include We Will Rock You (Las Vegas and Toronto), The Pajama Game (Toronto and London West End), Béatrice et Bénédict (Toronto and Canadian Opera Company) and Mama Mia!, Rent, Beauty and the Beast, Crazy for You, Jolson, Jane Eyre, Man of La Mancha and Oliver! (Toronto). His tour credits include Mamma Mia!, Guys and Dolls, Buddy — The Buddy Holly Story and Rent. Mr. Patridge is the winner of 2007 Kevin Kline award for outstanding sound design for Ace. |
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Bill Elliott (Orchestrator) is an arranger, composer, conductor and bandleader who specializes in swing and vintage styles of music. He recently arranged and produced Michael Feinstein’s Grammy-nominated album The Sinatra Project and Australian singer David Campbell’s album On Broadway. His original songs and arrangements have appeared in many television shows and films including “Northern Exposure,” Independence Day, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, “Gilmore Girls,” Cinderella Man and Wedding Crashers. Since 1993, he has led the 19-member Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra which has performed widely and recorded four CDs. As music director for John Lithgow and Michael Feinstein, Mr. Elliott has conducted the Chicago, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Detroit, San Diego, Birmingham and Vancouver Symphonies. Mr. Elliott was the arranger and music director for The Old Globe’s 1988 production of White Linen by Steven Metcalfe. Mr. Elliott lives in Holliston, MA with his wife and teenage daughter and teaches orchestration and arranging at Berklee College of Music. |
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Mark Hummel (Music Director) most recently wrote dance music for Sister Act, the Alan Menken musical currently playing the London Palladium and 101 Dalmatians: The Musical. A graduate of USC, Mr. Hummel moved to NYC with the Broadway musical Platinum starring Alexis Smith. He is the Music Director for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular starring the Rockettes and composed three new songs for their 75th Celebration in 2007. Composing dance music and/or conducting 13 other musicals on Broadway, including the Jerry Zaks 1992 Tony Award-winning revival of Guys and Dolls, The Boy from Oz starring Hugh Jackman and Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life, Mr. Hummel has received three Emmy Award nominations for his dance music on television, and has played the White House twice with Karen Akers. Arranging for three Tony Award and two Academy Award telecasts, Mr. Hummel enjoys creating music with Tommy Tune, Bernadette Peters, Liza Minnelli, Shirley MacLaine, Ann Reinking, Sam Harris, Julie Wilson, Barbara Cook, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Rufus Wainwright. |
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David Chase (Dance Music Arranger) returns to The Old Globe for the first time since 1993’s Damn Yankees, which became his Broadway debut as music director. He has been music director and/or arranger for 18 more Broadway shows since then, including the current Promises, Promises (Dance Arranger) and Billy Elliot (Music Director). He also arranges for the Boston Pops (most recently, “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” and “The Twelve Days of Christmas”). He is married to Damn Yankees alum Paula Leggett Chase and proud father of Kyler and Dashiell. Music training: Harvard degree in Biology. Mr. Chase’s return to The Old Globe is dedicated to the brilliant James Raitt, original Musical Director of Damn Yankees. |
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Josh Marquette (Hair and Wig Design) Broadway and Off Broadway credits include To Be or Not to Be, The Drowsy Chaperone, Pig Farm, The Great American Trailer Park Musical and Altar Boyz. His regional credits include Peep Show, Minsky’s, Trip of Love, The Drowsy Chaperone and Vanities. Mr. Marquette’s National Tours include The Drowsy Chaperone and Barbie Live in Fairytopia. He was the Associate Hair Designer for Mamma Mia! (North America), The Wedding Singer (Broadway) and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (National Tour). His other New York credits include Show Boat (Carnegie Hall), No, No, Nanette and Follies (City Center Encores!) and numerous productions for the Juilliard School). |
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Jennifer Werner (Associate Director) Ms. Werner’s work as an Associate Director includes Follies (City Center Encores!), Winnie the Pooh (International Tour), Run for Your Wife (John W. Engeman Theater) and La Cage aux Folles and Fiddler on the Roof (Ogunquit Playhouse). She has also choreographed ABC’s Upfronts starring the cast of "Ugly Betty", NFL National commercials, As Long as We Both Shall Laugh (Roundabout Theatre), My Fair Lady (Ogunquit Playhouse, IRNE nomination), Phantom (North Carolina Theatre) and numerous regional productions of Cabaret. Ms. Werner has also choreographed many productions for writer Joe Iconis including The Black Suits (The Public Theatre/SPF) and Off Broadway’s Bloodsong of Love (ArsNova), The Plant that Ate Dirty Socks (Lucille Lortel Theatre/TheatreworksUSA), ReWrite (Urban Stages) and Things to Ruin (Second Stage Theater). |
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John Macinnis (Associate Choreographer) is thrilled to return to The Old Globe where he was seen as a performer in the 1996 production of Time and Again. Some of his choreographic credits include directing and choreographing the Olympic Medals Ceremonies at the 2010 Olympics Winter Games in Whistler, Canada and the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mr. MacInnis has choreographed Beauty and the Beast in more than five European countries, including a new production opening this October in Rome. From 1999-2001 he directed and choreographed The Radio City Christmas Spectacular including the first international production in Mexico City. He has also choreographed at Shaw Festival Theatre, Goodspeed Musicals, The 5th Avenue Theatre, Theatre under the Stars, Music Theatre of Wichita, Sacramento Music Circus and North Shore Music Theater. He would like to thank Casey Nicholaw for making him a part this wonderful experience. |
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Tara Rubin Casting (Casting) The Old Globe: Sammy and The First Wives Club—A New Musical. Broadway/Tours: A Little Night Music, Promises, Promises, Guys and Dolls, Billy Elliot, Shrek, The Country Girl, Rock ‘n’ Roll (U.S. casting), The Farnsworth Invention, Young Frankenstein, The Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, Pirate Queen, Les Misérables, The History Boys (US Casting), Monty Python’s Spamalot, Jersey Boys, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, The Phantom of the Opera, Good Vibrations, Bombay Dreams, Oklahoma!, Happiness, Flower Drum Song, Imaginary Friends, Metamorphoses, Frogs, Contact, Thou Shalt Not and A Man of No Importance. |
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Peter Wolf (Stage Manager) is happy to be working with this terrific company at The Old Globe. He most recently worked at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on the Donmar Warehouse project of Creditors. His Broadway credits include Mary Poppins, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, The Drowsy Chaperone, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Light in the Piazza, Good Vibrations, Prymate, Taboo, Cabaret, Thou Shalt Not, Miss Saigon, Grease, Show Boat, My Fair Lady, The Will Roger Follies, Aspects of Love and Cats. His National Tours include Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Ragtime, Miss Saigon, My Fair Lady, Bye Bye Birdie and Cats. Mr. Wolf’s Off Broadway credits include The Toxic Avenger and Penn & Teller: Rot in Hell. His regional credits include An American in Paris (Alley Theatre) and the Billy Porter and Stephen Sondheim Project Being Alive (Westport Country Playhouse). |
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Brian Bogin (Asssitant Stage Manager) Broadway credits include The Phantom of the Opera, Good Vibrations, Wicked, Rent and All About Me (starring Dame Edna and Michael Feinstein). His National Tours include Chicago, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Urinetown, The Phantom of the Opera, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Wicked (Chicago Company) and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Boston Company). His Off Broadway credits include The Toxic Avenger Musical, as well as productions for the WPA Theatre, Classic Stage Company and Primary Stages. Thanks to Peter, Casey and Jess. Olives to Jelly!. |
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Jess Slocum (Assistant Stage Manager) Credits at The Old Globe include Alive and Well, Sammy, Cornelia, Since Africa, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (’07-’09) and The Glass Menagerie. Her Broadway credits include In the Heights. Her regional credits include Post Office (Center Theatre Group), The Third Story, Memphis and Most Wanted (La Jolla Playhouse) and Tranquility Woods (Steppenwolf Theatre Company). She received her BA in Theatre and Sociology from Vanderbilt University. This fall, she will be stage managing Yellow Face at Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company. |
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Timothy J. Alex (Georgie, Ensemble) is returning to The Old Globe after last being here in 2004 with the original company of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. His Broadway credits include Pal Joey (Seaver Swift, Roundabout Theatre Company at Studio 54), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Conductor and Freddie Benson u/s, Imperial Theatre), Never Gonna Dance (Dice Raymond, Broadhurst Theater), Man of La Mancha (Tenorio, Martin Beck Theater), Sweet Smell of Success (Martin Beck Theater), Thou Shalt Not (Plymouth Theatre), Chicago (Shubert Theatre), Titanic (Frederick Fleet). His New York credits include Pippin (Leading Player u/s, Paper Mill Playhouse), Pirates! (Pirate King u/s) and Kiss Me Kate (Bill Calhoun, Paper Mill Playhouse). His Toronto credits include Ragtime (Harry K. Thaw), Fosse and Cats (Tugger and Tumblebrutus), Sunset Boulevard (Choreographer) and Crazy for You (Jimmy). His television credits include “Dancing with the Stars” with Lisa Rinna, “All My Children” (Erica Kane’s Personal Trainer) and Grand Theft Auto IV video game (lead character Bernie Crane). |
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Clyde Alves (Tommy, Waiter, Ensemble) is excited about spending this summer at The Old Globe. His Broadway credits include Wicked, Hairspray, Oklahoma! and The Music Man (Tommy Djilas, 2000 Astaire Award winner). His Off Broadway credits include Anyone Can Whistle and Follies (City Center Encores!), Altar Boyz (Juan) and Boobs! The Musical (Principal). Mr. Alves’ film and television credits include Disney’s Movie of the Week The Music Man (Tommy Djilas). His International and National Tours include A Chorus Line (Mike), Hairspray, Fame — The Musical, Beauty and the Beast and West Side Story (Action) (Stratford Shakespeare Festival). Thanks to all of my family, friends and especially my loving wife! |
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Graham Bowen (Swing, Dance Captain) has performed on Broadway in Gypsy (2003 Revival), 42nd Street (2001 Revival), Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake and Big: the Musical. He has performed in the first National Tours of Monty Python’s Spamalot and 42nd Street. His other theatre credits include the world premiere of Whistle Down the Wind, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas and Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Radio City Music Hall). His film and television credits include Pitch, “One Life To Live,” “All My Children,” “Guiding Light,” “Saturday Night Live,” “Late Show with David Letterman,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” and the Tony Awards as well as numerous commercials and voiceovers. |
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Andrew Cao (Stockboy, Hood, Waiter, Ensemble) was recently seen as Bernardo in West Side Story (Stratford Shakespeare Festival), Tommy Keeler in Annie Get Your Gun (Goodspeed Musicals and Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera), Romeo in Romeo and Juliet and Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey) and Paul in Kiss Me Kate (Orlando Shakespeare Theater). |
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Will Chase (Little John) currently appears on Broadway as Tony in Billy Elliot. He has starred on Broadway in The Story of My Life, High Fidelity, Lennon, Aida, The Full Monty, Miss Saigon and as Roger in the final cast of Rent. His Off Broadway credits include The Burnt Part Boys (Vineyard Theater) and Don’t Quit Your Night Job (Ha! Comedy Club). Mr. Chase’s regional credits include Valentin in Kiss of the Spiderwoman (Helen Hayes Nomination, Signature Theatre), Curly in Oklahoma! (Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma), Sid in The Pajama Game (The Muny of St. Louis), Assassins, Electra and Mame (Jeff Award nomination). His film credits include Four Single Fathers, Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway, Everyday People (HBO Films) and Shaft. On television, Mr. Chase currently plays Pat Mahoney on FX’s “Rescue Me.” He has made guest appearances on “Law and Order,” “Law and Order: Criminal Intent,” “Cupid,” “Canterbury’s Law,” “Conviction,” “Queen’s Supreme,” “Third Watch,” “Fling,” “As the World Turns,” “Guiding Light” and “All My Children.” He can be heard on the Original Broadway Cast recordings of The Story of My Life and High Fidelity and on This Ordinary Thursday: The Songs of Georgia Stitt. Mr. Chase is a classically trained percussionist and conductor, having studied at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Mr. Chase resides in New York with his wife Stephanie Gibson and his daughters Daisy and Gracie. |
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Cara Cooper (Jetsetter, Ensemble) has been seen on Broadway in Legally Blonde, The Wedding Singer, All Shook Up and Urban Cowboy. She has toured the country in Monty Python’s Spamalot, 42nd Street and The Who’s Tommy. Her other credits include Can-Can (City Center Encores!), A Chorus Line, City of Angels and Cumberland Blues. She has appeared on the Tony Awards, “The Today Show,” “Good Morning America,” the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and “Guiding Light,” as well as numerous commercials. Ms. Cooper is a NYU Tisch School of the Arts graduate and also attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. |
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Paige Faure (Ensemble) (Jetsetter, Ensemble) has been seen in the National Tours of A Chorus Line (Vicki, Sheila u/s, Maggie, Judy, Diana), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Truly Scrumptious, Asst. DC, u/s), Little Women (Jo) and Aida (Amneris u/s, Staging Capt.). Her regional credits include On the Town (Claire de Loone u/s, Paper Mill Playhouse), Miss You (Woman 1 & 2, Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center) and Wild Party (Queenie u/s, Theresa Lang Theater). She is a Broadway Theatre Project Alum. As always, thanks and love to Matthew. Eph. 3:14-21. |
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Lisa Gajda (Jetsetter, Ensemble) has recently appeared on Broadway in Finian’s Rainbow (Susan u/s), Guys and Dolls, Pal Joey (Gladys u/s), Cry Baby (Mona and Pepper u/s), The Times They Are A Changin’, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Movin’ Out, Taboo, Urban Cowboy, Sweet Smell of Success (Rita u/s), Kiss Me Kate, Fosse, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Tommy. Her New York credits include City Center Encores! in Anyone Can Whistle, Finian’s Rainbow, Applause and Can-Can. Her television credits include “Fashion Rocks” (w/ Duran Duran), MTV Video Music Awards (with Paula Abdul), “Viva Variety” (Swimsuit Squad) and the 63rd and 64th Annual Academy Awards. |
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Stephanie Gibson (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making her Old Globe debut. She has performed on Broadway in Monty Python’s Spamalot as the understudy for the Lady of the Lake. She has been seen in the National Tours of A Chorus Line playing Judy Turner, Happy Days: A New Musical as Lori Beth ( where she can be heard on the original cast recording) and Dreamgirls. She recently performed at City Center Encores! in Anyone Can Whistle and has been seen on television in “All My Children,” “As the World Turns,” “Guiding Light” and in the film What Goes Round. Her favorite regional credits include performances at The Muny of St. Louis, Paper Mill Playhouse, Galveston Island Outdoor Musicals and Kansas City Starlight Theatre. Ms. Gibson is a graduate of the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Musical Theatre. She resides in New York with her husband, Will Chase. |
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Adam Heller (Lieutenant Nottingham) has been seen at The Old Globe in Dancing in the Dark and Falsettos. His Broadway credits include Caroline, or Change, A Class Act, Victor/Victoria and Les Miserables. His Off Broadway credits include Make Me a Song: The Music of William Finn (New World Stages), Endgame (Irish Repertory Theatre), Normal (Transport Group), The Immigrant (New World Stages) and Merrily We Roll Along (York Theatre Company). Mr. Heller’s tours include Titanic and Falsettos. His regional credits include My Name is Asher Lev (Arden Theater Company, Delaware Theater Company, Round House Theatre), Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Goodspeed Musicals), End Days (Vineyard Playhouse), Party Come Here (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Caroline, or Change (Arden Theatre Company), Merrily We Roll Along (Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration), Art (TheaterWorks, Hartford), Dinner With Friends (Coconut Grove Playhouse), No Way to Treat a Lady (Barrington Stage Company), Ragtime (Sacramento Music Circus), March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland (Hartford Stage) and American Vaudeville (Alley Theatre). Mr. Heller’s film and television credits include Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen’s, Isn’t She Great, “The Sopranos,” “Law & Order,” “Oz” and “Queens Supreme.” He is a graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts. |
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Rick Holmes (P.J. Sullivan) has been seen on Broadway in Monty Python’s Spamalot, The Pillowman, Cabaret, Major Barbara, The Deep Blue Sea, Timon of Athens, The Government Inspector, Saint Joan and Off Broadway in Distracted (Roundabout Theatre Company), Dog Opera and Stop Kiss (The Public Theater), Clean (Atlantic Theatre Company) and Hapgood (Lincoln Center Theater). His National Tour credits include Spamalot, Cabaret and Angels in America. His regional credits include The Blue Room (Signature Theatre), K2 (Arena Stage), Cymbelline (Hartford Stage), Arcadia (Milwaukee Repertory Theater) and The Glass Menagerie (Huntington Theatre Company). His film and television credits include The Girl in the Park, Melinda and Melinda, The Stepford Wives, “All My Children,” “Law and Order: SVU,” “Law and Order,” “The Petrified Forest” and “The City.” |
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Carissa Lopez (Swing) was most recently seen in the first National Tour of Monty Python’s Spamalot. Ms. Lopez has appeared several times as a Radio City Rockette in and outside of New York City, and has been featured in such shows as the international touring cast of Fosse and the Equity National Tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Some of her favorite roles include June in Chicago, Young Emily in Stephen Sondheim’s Follies, Consuelo in West Side Story and being a Ziegfeld Follies girl in The Will Rogers Follies. |
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Vasthy Mompoint (Jetsetter, Ensemble) is excited to be working at The Old Globe. Her Broadway credits include Good Vibrations bikini girl/swing, (u/s), Hot Feet (Ensemble) and Mary Poppins (Fannie/Ensemble). Her National Tour credits include Ragtime (Pas de Deux dancer). Some favorite roles include Aida (Aida), Hair (Dionne), Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Brenda), Footloose (Wendy-Jo), The World Goes ‘Round (Woman 1), Sophisticated Ladies (Solitude soloist), 42nd Street ( Gladys) and Sweet Charity (Helene). One of her favorite jobs to date is dancing with Michael Jackson. Ms. Mompoint is currently the voice of Layla on Fox Kids’ “The Winx Club.” Love to all friends and teachers and to my family in Haiti. www. Yelehaiti.com |
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Beth Johnson Nicely (Doreen, Jetsetter, Ensemble) is thrilled to be in Robin and the 7 Hoods! She has been seen on Broadway in Monty Python’s Spamalot, Young Frankenstein and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Rhoda). Her National Tour credits include 42nd Street (Lorraine, Peggy Sawyer u/s). Other credits include Minsky’s (Ahmanson Theatre) and Radio City Rockette. Her television credits include “Saturday Night Live” and “Live with Regis and Kelly.” Much love and thanks to Casey, family, friends, and the love of my life, Adam. www.justdessertsnyc.com |
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Aleks Pevec (Mikey, Waiter, Ensemble) has been seen in Wicked (original LA company), Pippin (Mark Taper Forum) and played Tommy in The Who’s Tommy (Ricardo Montalban Theater). Stoked to be a part of this show. Pura vida! |
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Sam Prince (Show Biz Manager, Sonny, Ensemble) is honored to continue on with Robin and the 7 Hoods after completing the reading this past spring. Selected credits include City Center Encores!, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma and The Children’s Theatre of Minneapolis. His favorite roles include Curly (Oklahoma!), Joey (Most Happy Fella) and Pharaoh (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat). Mr. Prince is a 2009 graduate of Oklahoma City University and a Minneapolis native. Thanks to Casey, John, BRS and Tara Rubin Casting for helping to make my dreams a reality. Love to my ever-supportive family who follows me everywhere, especially Mom and Dad. www.samprince.com |
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Jeffrey Schecter (Willie Scarlatti) was last seen on the West Coast in the U.S. Premiere of Minsky’s at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, also directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw. He was last seen on Broadway as Mike Costa in the Broadway revival of A Chorus Line and can also be seen in the documentary film, Every Little Step, winning that role. Other Broadway credits include The Pajama Game, Wonderful Town, Beauty and the Beast, Guys and Dolls, Mambo Kings (pre-Broadway) and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (City Center Encores!). As a filmmaker, Mr. Schecter’s first feature film, Farm Girl in New York (co-star/co-writer), appeared in several film festivals across the country. Most recently, he wrote, directed, produced and starred in the short film Flirting with Commitment, which was accepted into the Doorpost Film Project. He is grateful to be here and for the support from his family.
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Eric Schneider (Robbo) performed the role of Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys on Broadway as well as Danny Zuko in the National Tour of Grease. His Off Broadway credits include Altar Boyz and The Full Monty and the original cast of Happy Days—A New Musical as Chachi. Mr. Schneider’s recent television roles are Sixtus D’Alessio in HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” for executive producer Martin Scorsese and Officer Eddie Nelson in this year’s season finale of “Law & Order: SVU” with Sharon Stone. His first film role was in Loverboy directed by Kevin Bacon and most recently filmed Goat, to be released later this year. La mia famiglia è il mio cuore. For pops. |
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Tally Sessions (Doorman, Larry, Ensemble) has been seen in the National Tours of South Pacific (Lincoln Center Theater), Legally Blonde and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. His Off Broadway credits include Anyone Can Whistle (City Center Encores!), Yank!, The Joy of Sex and Godspell. Mr. Sessions’ other New York credits include Main-Travelled Roads, The Children, Tim and Scrooge and The Happy Prince. His regional credits include Signature Theatre, Goodspeed Musicals, Westport Country Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Florida Stage, Actors’ Playhouse and SpeakEasy Stage Company. Mr. Sessions is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a proud AEA member. |
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Brian Shepard (Shoeshine Guy, Joey, Terrified Man, Waiter, Ensemble) most recently played Chip in the Paper Mill Playhouse production of On the Town and then served as a Narrator in the City Center Encores! production of Anyone Can Whistle. His Broadway credits include Guys and Dolls (Joey Biltmore), Young Frankenstein (Quartet Bass/Telegram Boy/Igor u/s), Monty Python’s Spamalot (Nun/Killer Rabbit Puppeteer/Prince Herbert u/s), Annie Get Your Gun (Dance Captain/Tommy u/s) and Peter Pan. |
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Amy Spanger (Alana O'Dell) On Broadway, she originated the roles of Sherrie in Rock of Ages, Holly in The Wedding Singer (Drama Desk nomination), Bianca/Lois in Kiss Me Kate and appeared as Roxie Hart in Chicago, Hope Cladwell in Urinetown and Betty Schaeffer in Sunset Boulevard. Off Broadway, she originated the role of Susan in Jonathan Larson’s tick, tick...BOOM!. Her tours include Maureen in the first National Tour of Rent and Roxie in Chicago. Her television credits include “Royal Pains,” “Michael And Michael Have Issues,” Law & Order: SVU,” “Six Feet Under,” “Ed,” “Becker” and “EGG, the arts show” on PBS. Her film credits include Sally in Reefer Madness (Showtime) and Synecdoche, New York. Her recordings include Kiss Me Kate, tick, tick...BOOM!, The Wedding Singer, Reefer Madness and Rock of Ages. www.amyspanger.com |
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Kelly Sullivan (Marian Archer) is thrilled to be a part of Robin and the 7 Hoods and making her Old Globe debut! She was most recently seen as Claire de Loone in On the Town (Paper Mill Playhouse). Her Broadway credits include Young Frankenstein, Contact and Bells Are Ringing. Her television and film credits include “Law and Order: Criminal Intent,” “One Life to Live,” “As the World Turns,” The Producers, Winter of Frozen Dreams, Meet Pete, Greta and upcoming My Father’s Will and Ice Grill U.S.A. Her Off Broadway and regional credits include Burleigh Grimes (New World Stages), Enter Laughing (York Theatre Company), City Center Encores!, Steel Magnolias and Full Monty (Paper Mill Playhouse), world premiere of Carter’s Way (The Kansas City Repertory Theater), Chicago (Pioneer Theatre Company), Importance of Being Earnest and Private Lives (Great Lakes Theater Festival) and Mystery of Edwin Drood (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis). www.kelly-sullivan.com |
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Anthony Wayne (Ensemble) is beyond thrilled to be making his Old Globe debut after completing a run of Sophisticated Ladies starring Maurice Hines at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. His favorite Broadway touring credits include the first National Revival of A Chorus Line, the first National Tour of The Color Purple and Fame—The Musical (Tyrone Jackson). He recently made his Off Broadway debut in the City Center Encores! production of Anyone Can Whistle. His regional theatre history consists of Once on This Island (Papa Ge), Parade (Jim Conley), Aida (Maine Stage Music Theater), Beauty and the Beast (Alabama Shakespeare Festival) and Swing! (Theatre Under The Stars). He is a Norfolk, Virginia native who graduated from Shenandoah Conservatory with a BFA in Music Theatre. He has also trained at The Alvin Ailey School and Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago. He performs his one-man cabaret, Anthony Wayne: Crossing The Line, in venues across the country. www.awayne.com |
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