THE LINCOLN CENTER THEATER PRODUCTION - FEBRUARY 26 - MARCH 1, 2020
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VO LU M E X X V I I • I S SU E 8
FEB RUA RY 26 - M A RCH 1, 2020
THE LINCOLN CENTER THEATER PRODUCTION
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2526
Nederlander Presentations, Inc.
Caiola Productions Marlene and Gary Cohen John Gore Organization Grove Entertainment
Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley Marc David Levine Peter May Al Nocciolino Iris Smith SRO Productions
Present
THE LINCOLN CENTER THEATER PRODUCTION OF
LERNER & LOEWE’S
Book and Lyrics Music
Alan Jay Lerner Frederick Loewe
Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s play and Gabriel Pascal’s motion picture “Pygmalion”
with
Shereen Ahmed Laird Mackintosh
Leslie Alexander Adam Grupper Wade McCollum
Kevin Pariseau Gayton Scott Sam Simahk
Mark Aldrich Rajeer Alford Colin Anderson Polly Baird Mark Banik
Michael Biren Shavey Brown Anne Brummel Henry Byalikov Mary Callanan
Jennifer Evans Nicole Ferguson Kaitlyn Frank Juliane Godfrey Colleen Grate
Patrick Kerr Brandon Leffler Nathalie Marrable William Michals Rommel Pierre O’Choa
JoAnna Rhinehart Sarah Quinn Taylor Fana Tesfagiorgis Michael Williams John T. Wolfe
Sets Costumes Lighting Sound
Michael Yeargan Catherine Zuber Donald Holder Marc Salzberg
Musical Arrangements Dance Arrangements
Robert Russell Bennett & Phil Lang Trude Rittmann
Tour Orchestrations Music Direction Music Coordination
Josh Clayton John Bell Talitha Fehr
David Lai
Casting Hair & Wigs Associate Set Designer
Telsey + Company Tom Watson Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams
Laura Wade, CSA
Exclusive Tour Direction Tour Marketing Production Stage Manager Company Manager
The Booking Group Amy Katz Donavan Dolan Jeff Mensch
Meredith Blair, Kara Gebhart
Tour Management General Manager Production Manager Technical Supervisor
TROIKA Entertainment Karen Berry Gregg Damanti Larry Morley
Associate Director Associate Choreographer
Sari Ketter Mark Myars
Music Supervision
Ted Sperling
Choreography
Christopher Gattelli
Directed by
Bartlett Sher
27Shereen Laird
Ahmed Mackintosh
Leslie Adam Wade Kevin Gayton Sam
Alexander Grupper McCollum Pariseau Scott Simahk
Mark Rajeer Colin Polly Mark Michael
Aldrich Alford Anderson Baird Banik Biren
Shavey Anne Henry Mary Jennifer Nicole
Brown Brummel Byalikov Callanan Evans Ferguson
Kaitlyn Juliane Colleen Patrick Brandon Nathalie
Frank Godfrey Grate Kerr Leffler Marrable
William Rommel JoAnna Sarah Fana Michael John T.
Michals Pierre Rhinehart Quinn Tesfagiorgis Williams Wolfe
O’Choa Taylor
28CAST
(in order of appearance)
Eliza Doolittle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHEREEN AHMED
Freddy Eynsford-Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAM SIMAHK
Mrs. Eynsford-Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JoANNA RHINEHART
Ms. Clara Eynsford-Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FANA TESFAGIORGIS
Colonel Pickering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KEVIN PARISEAU
Selsey Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WADE McCOLLUM
Professor Henry Higgins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LAIRD MACKINTOSH
Hoxton Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WILLIAM MICHALS
The “Loverly” Quartet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARK ALDRICH, COLIN ANDERSON,
SHAVEY BROWN, WILLIAM MICHALS
Frank, The Bartender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARK BANIK
Harry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PATRICK KERR
Jamie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WILLIAM MICHALS
Alfred P. Doolittle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ADAM GRUPPER
Flower Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COLLEEN GRATE
Mrs. Pearce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GAYTON SCOTT
Mrs. Hopkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARY CALLANAN
Higgins’ Butlers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARK ALDRICH, COLIN ANDERSON
Higgins’ Maids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARY CALLANAN, NICOLE FERGUSON,
JULIANE GODFREY, COLLEEN GRATE
Mrs. Higgins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LESLIE ALEXANDER
Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRANDON LEFFLER
Stewards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL BIREN, SHAVEY BROWN
Lord Boxington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARK ALDRICH
Lady Boxington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANNE BRUMMEL
Constables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL BIREN, SHAVEY BROWN
Professor Zoltan Karpathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WADE McCOLLUM
Hostess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANNE BRUMMEL
Footmen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARK ALDRICH, WILLIAM MICHALS
Queen of Transylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JENNIFER EVANS
Mrs. Higgins’ Servants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRANDON LEFFLER, ROMMEL PIERRE O’CHOA
Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARK ALDRICH, RAJEER ALFORD, COLIN ANDERSON,
POLLY BAIRD, MARK BANIK, MICHAEL BIREN, SHAVEY BROWN,
ANNE BRUMMEL, MARY CALLANAN, JENNIFER EVANS, NICOLE FERGUSON,
JULIANE GODFREY, COLLEEN GRATE, PATRICK KERR, BRANDON LEFFLER,
NATHALIE MARRABLE, WILLIAM MICHALS, ROMMEL PIERRE O’CHOA,
JoANNA RHINEHART, FANA TESFAGIORGIS, MICHAEL WILLIAMS
SWINGS
HENRY BYALIKOV, KAITLYN FRANK, SARAH QUINN TAYLOR, JOHN T. WOLFE
DANCE CAPTAIN/FIGHT CAPTAIN
MICHAEL WILLIAMS
ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN
HENRY BYALIKOV
UNDERSTUDIES
Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless
a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.
For Eliza Doolittle: NICOLE FERGUSON, SARAH QUINN TAYLOR; for Freddy Eynsford-Hill: SHAVEY
BROWN, MICHAEL WILLIAMS; for Colonel Pickering: PATRICK KERR, WILLIAM MICHALS; for
Professor Henry Higgins: MARK BANIK, WADE McCOLLUM; for Alfred P. Doolittle: PATRICK KERR,
WILLIAM MICHALS; for Mrs. Pearce: ANNE BRUMMEL, JULIANE GODFREY; for Mrs. Higgins:
MARY CALLANAN, JoANNA RHINEHART; for Professor Zoltan Karpathy/Selsey Man: MARK
ALDRICH, COLIN ANDERSON.
The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs,
either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.
29SCENES & MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT I
Overture......................................................................................Orchestra
Scene 1: Outside the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
“Why Can’t the English?”.............................................................Higgins
“Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?”........................Eliza & The “Loverly” Quartet
Scene 2: Tenement section—Tottenham Court Road
“With a Little Bit of Luck”................................Doolittle, Harry & Jamie
Scene 3: Higgins’ study
“I’m an Ordinary Man”.................................................................Higgins
Scene 4: Tenement section—Tottenham Court Road
“With a Little Bit of Luck” (reprise).......................Doolittle & Company
Scene 5: Higgins’ study
“Just You Wait”...................................................................................Eliza
“The Servants’ Chorus”...............Mrs. Pearce, Higgins’ Butlers & Maids
“The Rain in Spain”........................................Higgins, Eliza & Pickering
“I Could Have Danced All Night”..Eliza, Mrs. Pearce & Higgins’ Maids
Scene 6: Outside a club tent, Ascot
“Ascot Gavotte”...........................................................................Company
Scene 7: Outside Higgins’ house, Wimpole Street
“On the Street Where You Live”.....................................................Freddy
Scene 8: Higgins’ study
ACT II
Scene 1: The ballroom of the Embassy
“The Embassy Waltz”..................................................................Orchestra
Scene 2: Higgins’ study
“You Did It”..........Higgins, Pickering, Mrs. Pearce & Higgins’ Servants
“Just You Wait” (reprise)....................................................................Eliza
Scene 3: Outside Higgins’ house, Wimpole Street
“On the Street Where You Live” (reprise)......................................Freddy
“Show Me”.........................................................................Freddy & Eliza
Scene 4: Flower market of Covent Garden
“Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?” (reprise).........Eliza & The “Loverly” Quartet
“Get Me to the Church on Time”......Doolittle, Harry, Jamie & Company
Scene 5: Upstairs hall of Higgins’ house
“A Hymn to Him”...........................................................................Higgins
Scene 6: The Conservatory of Mrs. Higgins’ house
“Without You”..................................................................Eliza & Higgins
Scene 7: Outside Higgins’ house, Wimpole Street
“I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face”..........................................Higgins
Scene 8: Higgins’ study
The place is London, the time is 1912.
THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION
MY FAIR LADY ORCHESTRA
Music Director/Conductor: JOHN BELL; Associate Music Director/Keyboard: LUKE
FLOOD; Violin/Concertmaster: DMITRIY MELKUMOV; Percussion: MARK O’KAIN
Additional Arrangements: TED SPERLING;
Music Coordinators: TALITHA FEHR, DAVID LAI; Music Copying: JOSH CLAYTON
LOCAL ORCHESTRA
Flute/Piccolo/Clarinet: ED CLIFFORD; Woodwind Oboe/E. Horn: JAN EBERLE;
Woodwind Clarinet: MINGZHE WANG; Woodwind Bassoon: MICHAEL KROTH;
French Horn: DAVE DENNISTON; French Horn: KURT CIVILETTE; Trumpet: ROSS
TURNER; Trumpet: CLARK IRWIN; Trombone/Bass Trombone: DENIS JIRON;
Harpist: MARGOT BINGHAM; Violin: DAVID LAMSE; Viola: ALICIA VALOTI;
Cello: YULIYA KIM; Bass: JEAN POSEKANY; Sub Keys: DEREK POLISCHUK;
Local Musician Contractor: RICHARD SHERMAN
30PROGRAM NOTE
After tryouts in New Haven and Philadelphia, My Fair Lady, starring Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews,
opened on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre on March 15, 1956. Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick
Loewe wrote the book and the score, adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s famous play and Gabriel
Pascal’s motion picture Pygmalion. The original production, one of the most distinguished in the
history of the musical theater, was directed by Moss Hart. When My Fair Lady closed on September
29, 1962, it had played 2,717 performances, more than any other musical up to that time.
WHO’S WHO
LAIRD MACKINTOSH (Professor Henry ADAM GRUPPER (Alfred P. Doolittle). Broadway:
Higgins). Broadway: The Phantom and Monsieur My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof, Wicked, The
André in The Phantom of the Opera, John Utterson Addams Family, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Forty
in Jekyll & Hyde, Mr. Banks in Mary Poppins. Five Seconds From Broadway, La Bohème, The Wild
Off-Broadway: 1776 (James Wilson) City Centre Party, Guys and Dolls, The Secret Garden, City of
Encores. Regional: Titanic (Bruce Ismay) P.C.L.O., Angels, Into the Woods. Off-Broadway: Merrily
Private Lives (Victor Prynne) Pittsburgh Public. The We Roll Along; Down the Garden Paths; I Love
Stratford Festival: My One and Only (Billy Buck You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Film/TV: “The
Chandler), Fuente Ovejuna (Leonelo), To Kill a Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Homeland,” “Nightcap,”
Mockingbird (Boo Radley), South Pacific (Lieutenant “Master of None,” “Rise,” “The Blacklist,”
Cable), Hello, Dolly! (Cornelius Hackl), Into the “Elementary,” all “Law & Orders,” “Ugly Betty,”
Woods (Rapunzel’s Prince), Anything Goes (Lord “The Sopranos,” Two Weeks Notice, Music and
Evelyn Oakleigh), My Fair Lady (Freddy Eynsford- Lyrics. Award-winning audiobook narrator with over
Hill). Other: The Drowsy Chaperone (Robert 100 titles. For Maxine, Harry and Phoebe, with love.
Martin), White Christmas (Phil Davis), Arcadia www.adamgrupper.com
(Septimus Hodge). Mr. Mackintosh began his career
as a dancer in the National Ballet of Canada. Love & WADE McCOLLUM (Professor Zoltan Karpathy/
gratitude to Polly. @lairdmackintosh Selsey Man, u/s Professor Henry Higgins). West End:
It Happened in Key West (World Premiere). Broadway:
SHEREEN AHMED (Eliza Doolittle) made Wicked. Broadway Chicago/Tour: Priscilla Queen of
her Broadway debut as Ms. Clara Eynsford-Hill/ The Desert, Jersey Boys. Off-Broadway: Ernest in
Ensemble and Eliza understudy in Lincoln Center Ernest Shackleton Loves Me (Norton Award; Lortel
Theater’s production of My Fair Lady. Her regional Award nomination, can be seen on BroadwayHD),
credits include Legally Blonde (Vivienne), West Side Triassic Parq, Fifty Million Frenchmen, Secondary
Story (Anita), Shrek (Princess Fiona) and Jekyll & Dominance. Film/TV: “Madame Secretary,”
Hyde (Lucy). She holds a Bachelor of Science in “Prodigal Son,” “The Knick,” “At Home with Amy
Sociology & Anthropology with a concentration Sedaris,” “Nightcap,” “Submissions Only,” Delicate
in Criminal Justice from Towson University. Instruments. Recent Regional: Rob Askins’ The
Endless gratitude to the entire My Fair Lady team Carpenter (Alley Theatre; World Premiere), Michael
and Telsey + Company for this opportunity! Love Weller’s The Welcome Guest (CATF; World Premiere),
always to my friends and family for their infinite Angels in America (Prior), A Lie Of The Mind (Jake),
support. www.shereenahmedonline.com and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck), Hedwig and the
@shereen_ahmed Angry Inch (Hedwig). IG: @Wademccollum Twitter:
@Wadesong
LESLIE ALEXANDER (Mrs. Higgins).
Broadway: The Boy From Oz (w/ Hugh Jackman), KEVIN PARISEAU (Colonel Pickering).
Mamma Mia!. North American Tour: Fiddler on the Broadway/Off-Broadway: Ink (MTC); Grand
Roof (w/ Topol, Fierstein, & Bikel). Off-Broadway: Hotel (City Center Encores!); Legally Blonde
The Audience (Transport Group). Selected (OBC); Show Boat (with the NY Philharmonic);
Regional: The Music Man (Eulalie Shinn - Arizona The Explorers Club; I Love You, You’re Perfect,
Theatre Co.); The Taming of the Shrew (Widow), Now Change. Regional: Anything Goes, Beatsville,
A Christmas Carol (Mrs. Cratchit), Rattlesnake Chicago, Nerds, The Producers, Annie, 1776, The
Kate (Kate 3 - all Denver Center); Hello, Dolly! Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Nashville),
(Dolly Levi), Memphis (Gladys Calhoun - both Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, It’s a
Gateway Playhouse); Sister Act (Mother Superior Wonderful Life, 9 to 5, Lend Me a Tenor (with
- Arts Center of Coastal Carolina); Macbeth (Lady Mickey Rooney). Film/TV: “Evil” (CBS),
Macbeth - Shakespeare Festival of Dallas). Film/ “Boardwalk Empire” (HBO series finale), Tower
TV: HBO’s “The Leftovers,” “One Life To Live,” Heist, Morning Glory. Audiobooks: Over 130
“The One O’Clock.” Video Games: “Red Dead recordings including Herman Wouk’s The Winds of
Redemption II,” “Grand Theft Auto V.” leslie- War (Audie nomination), War and Remembrance,
alexander.com, @txsdiva1, #lalesliealexander. and The Caine Mutiny. www.kevinpariseau.com
31WHO’S WHO
GAYTON SCOTT (Mrs. Pearce). Broadway: Rocky Horror Picture Show (Lyric Theatre of
Gypsy (with Bernadette Peters, director Sam Oklahoma). Thanks to my parents and sister, my
Mendes); The Women (with Cynthia Nixon); Present friends, Sarah, DD, Dr. Bill and Florence Birdwell.
Laughter (with Frank Langella). Off-Broadway
includes Abigail’s Party, Bunty Berman Presents POLLY BAIRD (Ensemble). Broadway: The
(both at The New Group, directed by Scott Elliott); Phantom of the Opera (Dance Captain, Meg Giry).
Side Street (Theater Lab); Indiscretions (Phoenix National Tour: An American in Paris (u/s Lise Dassin).
Theatre, director Jonathan Silverstein); and The Regional: Marie (Esme Pruneau), An American
Tutor (Prospect Theater). First National Tour: An in Paris (Lise Dassin). @tommy_the_collie,
American in Paris (director Christopher Wheeldon). thanks for joining Laird and me on the road! Love
Regional includes Cincinnati Playhouse, Baltimore to Mom and Dad. @pollyebaird
Center Stage, Pioneer Theater, Barrington Stage
Company, Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, Williamstown MARK BANIK (Frank The Bartender, Ensemble,
Theatre Festival, Long Wharf. Film/TV: “Law & u/s Professor Henry Higgins) is absolutely delighted
Order: CI,” “As the World Turns,” “Guiding Light,” to be on the My Fair Lady National Tour! Previously,
“Great Performances” on PBS, Forbidden Love, PS I he has toured with Beautiful: The Carole King
Love You, Under the Light of the Silver Moon (short).
Musical. Other credits include Cherry Lane Theatre,
Gayton studied acting with the late William Esper. Drury Lane Oakbrook, Shakespeare Theatre DC,
Riverside Theatre, Fulton Opera House, among
SAM SIMAHK (Freddy Eynsford-Hill). Broadway: others. Film: The Vast of Night (Slamdance), Ask for
Carousel. Tours: The King and I (1st National), Jane (Amazon). Love to Mom and Letty.
Miss Saigon (Midwest Tour). Regional: West Side
Story (Tony standby), The King and I (Lun Tha), MICHAEL BIREN (Steward, Constable, Ensemble)
(both Lyric Opera Chicago); Oklahoma! (Curly; is so thrilled to be on tour with My Fair Lady. New
Theatre Under the Stars); Thoroughly Modern Millie York: Crazy for You (Lincoln Center), Revolution
(Ching Ho; Pittsburgh CLO); A Little Night Music in the Elbow (Minetta Lane). Tour: Billy Elliot
(Frid; Huntington Theatre Company); Sweeney (with Faith Prince), Cinderella (with Lea Salonga).
Todd (Anthony Hope), Into the Woods (Rapunzel’s Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Goodspeed, Fulton,
Prince), (both at Lyric Stage Company of Boston); MSMT, The MUNY, Riverside Theatre, Ogunquit
Big Fish (Will Bloom; SpeakEasy Stage). Many Playhouse. Love to DMRSCKS+B.
thanks to Bart and Sari, Telsey + Company, the team
at BRS/Gage, and my incredibly supportive family SHAVEY BROWN (The “Loverly” Quartet,
and friends. sam-simahk.com IG: @soapboxsam Steward, Constable, Ensemble, u/s Freddy
Eynsford-Hill). National/International Tours:
MARK ALDRICH (The “Loverly” Quartet, Higgins’ Dreamgirls. Off-Broadway: Smokey Joe’s Cafe,
Butler, Lord Boxington, Footman, Ensemble, u/s The Fantasticks. Regional: The Old Globe, CTG-
Professor Zoltan Karpathy/Selsey Man). Broadway: Ahmanson, American Conservatory Theatre,
My Fair Lady, Newsies, Ragtime. Tours: Newsies, Walnut Street Theatre, Ordway Theatre. Film/TV:
My Fair Lady. Other Theatre includes Carnegie Hall, “The Blacklist,” “Vinyl” (HBO). Thanks to the
Kennedy Center, Pittsburgh CLO, Fulton, Maine whole creative team, Laura at Telsey, WAM, The
State, Dallas Summer Musicals and Pioneer Theatre. Roster, my sweetie, friends, family and God. IG:
Film/TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Gotham,” @shaveybrown
“Bull,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “The
Americans,” Gods and Generals. Thanks to family ANNE BRUMMEL (Lady Boxington, Hostess,
and Jen. Markaldrich.net @marktheginger Ensemble, u/s Mrs. Pearce). Broadway: Wicked
(Elphaba standby). National Tours: Wicked
RAJEER ALFORD (Ensemble). National Tour: (Elphaba), Evita (Eva alternate). Regional includes
Love Never Dies (1st National Tour). Regional: Mamma Mia! (Walnut Street), The Mystery of Edwin
Jeanette (O’Neill), Something Wicked This Way Comes Drood (Riverside) and 9 to 5 (SMC). Thanks to My
(Delaware Theatre Company), Ragtime (Bristol Fair Lady for letting me travel the country with
Riverside Theatre), Camelot (Act II Playhouse), my family! Love and thanks to friends, family, and
Godspell (Eagle Theatre). Love and Gratitude to my agents at CGF. This is for the two loves of my life:
Tribe and to my love Elena. IG: @rajeeralford Mr W. and our son Harlen. Social: @annebrummel
COLIN ANDERSON (The “Loverly” Quartet, HENRY BYALIKOV (Swing, Assistant Dance
Higgins’ Butler, Ensemble, u/s Professor Zoltan Captain) is thrilled to join the cast of My Fair Lady.
Karpathy/Selsey Man). Broadway: Carousel (Swing, Theater: Burn the Floor (Broadway), Magic Mike
u/s Enoch Snow). New York: The Hunchback of (Lab/Workshop), The Bodyguard, Dirty Dancing,
Notre Dame (Quasimodo, Argyle Theatre), Sweeney In Your Arms. TV: “Dancing With The Stars.” Film:
Todd (Lincoln Center & Barrow Street Theatre). The Great Gatsby. Love to my family, Kelsey,
National Tour: The Book of Mormon (2nd National CESD & Telsey. Social: @henrybyalikov
Tour). Regional: Sweeney Todd (Asolo Rep), The
32WHO’S WHO
MARY CALLANAN (Mrs. Hopkins, Higgins’ Maid, PATRICK KERR (Harry, Ensemble, u/s Colonel
Ensemble, u/s Mrs. Higgins). Broadway: Bandstand Pickering and Alfred P. Doolittle). Broadway:
(Jean Ann Ryan), Mamma Mia! (Rosie; Final Com- Travesties, You Can’t Take It With You, The Ritz.
pany), Annie (Mrs. Pugh, u/s Miss Hannigan). Tours: Tour: The Lion King (Las Vegas). TV includes
The Bridges Of Madison County, Mamma Mia!, “Seinfeld,” “Friends,” “Will and Grace,” “CSI” and
The Sound Of Music, big, Damn Yankees. Regional: “ER.” Recurring roles as Noel on “Frasier” (SAG
Gypsy, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Mame, Les Award Ensemble) and Blind Guy on “Curb Your
Misérables, Falsettos, Follies, Batboy, Sweeney Todd, Enthusiasm.” IG: @patrickerr
Sunday in the Park with George, Chicago, Violet.
Thanks to CGF and LAF. Proud Member of Actors’ BRANDON LEFFLER (Charles, Mrs. Higgins’
Equity. www.marycallanan.com Servant, Ensemble). Broadway: On The Town (Tom,
u/s Gabey), Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella
JENNIFER EVANS (Queen of Transylvania, (Dance Captain), Wicked. Tour: A Chorus Line (Larry),
Ensemble). Broadway: Ragtime (u/s Evelyn), A Tale CATS, Wicked. Concert dance: Ballet Austin, Dancing
of Two Cities. Tours: Cinderella (Madame), Billy Wheels, Neos Dance Theatre, Verb Ballets. TV: “SNL,”
Elliot, Jersey Boys, Annie, My Fair Lady, The Best “Gossip Girl,” “30 Rock,” the Tony Awards, Macy’s
Little Whorehouse in Texas (with Ann-Margret), Parade. Love to CGF Talent. IG: @Brandonleff
Showboat (Magnolia). Regional: Goodspeed, Paper
Mill Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, Finger Lakes, NATHALIE MARRABLE (Ensemble). From
MUNY, Tuacahn. BFA from NYU. Thanks to Mom South Africa. Boston Ballet, English National Ballet,
and Mark! Madonna, Michael Bublé, Radio City Christmas, Tokyo
Disney. Creative direction: Star TV, Adidas, Sony, Red
NICOLE FERGUSON (Higgins’ Maid, Ensemble, Bull, Vogue. National Tours: The Drowsy Chaperone
u/s Eliza Doolittle). Roundabout: Fiasco’s (Kitty), An American in Paris (Swing). Cabaret
Merrily We Roll Along. National Tour: LCT’s The Burlesque: Des Wintergarten Varieté Berlin, Paris Crazy
King and I, Sister Act. OCU graduate. Thanks to Horse, Moulin Rouge. Love to family, Liefde, GBM.
DGRW, Telsey, and all mentors. Love to family, IG: @nmarrable nathaliemarrable.com
friends, and her partner in crime, Eric Chambliss.
IG: @nikki_fergie. Nicoleferguson.net WILLIAM MICHALS (Hoxton Man, The
“Loverly” Quartet, Jamie, Footman, Ensemble, u/s
KAITLYN FRANK (Swing). Broadway: My Fair Colonel Pickering and Alfred P. Doolittle). South
Lady. National Tour: Disney’s Newsies, Irving Pacific (Emile de Becque), Lincoln Center Theater, dir.
Berlin’s White Christmas. Film: Newsies. Off- Bart Sher, Disney’s Beauty and The Beast (The Beast,
Broadway: We Are the Tigers (Annleigh; Theatre Gaston); Bright Star. Captain Hook in acclaimed
80). NY Theatre: City Center, Signature Theatre, Leonard Bernstein Centenary production of Peter Pan,
Playwrights Horizons, Joyce Theatre. Love and dir. Christopher Alden. Title roles: Man of La Mancha,
thanks to the MFL team, Take 3 Talent, Mike and Sweeney Todd, Most Happy Fella, The Music Man,
my family! For Mimi. @kaitlyn_frank16 Phantom. Decades of work in top regional, US, and
international theatre and opera companies. Regular
J U L I A N E G O D F R E Y ( H i gg i n s ’ M a i d , solo appearances with leading symphonies. This one’s
Ensemble, u/s Mrs. Pearce). Broadway: SpongeBob for Mom. www.WilliamMichals.com.
SquarePants (Dance Captain/Swing). National Tour:
Something Rotten (u/s Bea, Ensemble). Regional ROMMEL PIERRE O’CHOA (Mrs. Higgins’
Theatre: Holiday Inn (World Premiere) and more Servant, Ensemble). Broadway/LCT: My Fair Lady,
at Goodspeed, Paper Mill Playhouse, Arena Stage, The King and I. National Tour: The King and I, Miss
Stages St. Louis, Sacramento Music Circus, Depot Saigon. Regional: Hello, Dolly! (Signature); Elf
Theatre, and John W. Engeman. UCLA grad. EP: (Walnut Street); Miss Saigon (Starlight Theater); 9
Love Note to Self. Love and gratitude to KMR, Chris, to 5 (North Shore Music Theater). European Tour:
and my fair family! @julianegodfrey West Side Story. Asia Tour: The King and I. Much
love to my family and Kyle.
COLLEEN GRATE (Flower Girl, Higgins’ Maid,
Ensemble). National Tour debut! NYC credits: JoANNA RHINEHART (Mrs. Eynsford-Hill,
Camelot (Lincoln Center), Louisiana Purchase Ensemble, u/s Mrs. Higgins). LCT debut in My
(Musicals Tonight!), Dangerous to Dance With Fair Lady. Off-Broadway: The Big Broadcast on
(Dream Up Festival). Regional credits: Kansas City East 53rd (TBG), The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
Repertory Theatre, Unicorn Theatre, KC Starlight (La MaMa), In White America (New Federal
Theatre, New Theatre Restaurant, American Theatre). Regional: Sex With Strangers (George
Heartland Theatre, Quality Hill Playhouse, Street Playhouse), Our Town (Arden Theatre), The
Chestnut Fine Arts, Okoboji Summer Theater. Bluest Eyes (Long Wharf). Film: My Sun. My Moon.,
BFA: Stephens College. IG: @colleengrate Double Negative (shorts). TV: “Damages,” “The
Following,” “Hack,” “Blindspot.” joannarhinehart.us
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SARAH QUINN TAYLOR (Swing, u/s Eliza Fair Lady, Camelot, Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon
Doolittle) is extremely humbled to share this and Gigi. Among his most famous songs with
transformative show with audiences across lyricist- partner Alan Jay Lerner are “Almost Like
America. Broadway/National Tour: My Fair Lady, Being in Love,” “I Could Have Danced All Night”
Something Rotten. Regional: Goodspeed, The and “Thank Heaven for Little Girls.” A musical
MUNY, Fulton, Pittsburgh CLO, STL Rep, Lyric prodigy, Loewe was born in Berlin in 1901 and, at
Theatre OKC, MTWichita. Endless thanks to 13, was the youngest piano soloist to play with the
Telsey + Co. and CTG. All my love to my humans. Berlin Philharmonic. His popular song “Katrina,”
IG: @sarah_q_taylor written when he was 15, sold more than a million
copies across Europe. Struggling to find work on
FANA TESFAGIORGIS (Ms. Clara Eynsford- Broadway after arriving in the U.S. in 1924, Loewe
Hill, Ensemble). Professional Dance: Alvin Ailey worked at such odd jobs as cow punching, boxing
American Dance Theater, Evidence, Black Iris and accompanying silent films on the piano. He
Project, Ebony Williams, Brian Harlan Brooks, wrote with several other lyricists until approaching
Nimbus Dance Works. Film/TV: 73rd Annual Tony Lerner at New York’s Lambs Club in 1942 about
Awards, “Pose,” In The Heights. Training: The Ailey collaborating on a show—thus beginning one of
School/Fordham University BFA, Ballet Madison, Broadway’s most extraordinary partnerships. The
Interlochen Arts Academy, Earl Mosley’s Institute recipient of multiple Tony and Academy awards,
of the Arts. Glory to God! IG: @fanaminea. Loewe died in Palm Springs in 1988.
MICHAEL WILLIAMS (Ensemble, Assistant BARTLETT SHER (Director) was nominated for
Choreographer, Dance Captain, Fight Captain, u/s a 2019 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
Freddy Eynsford-Hill). Broadway: My Fair Lady, for To Kill a Mockingbird. Lincoln Center Theater
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, On the Town, (Resident Director): My Fair Lady (Outer Critics
Wicked, the revival of West Side Story. National Circle Award; Tony, Drama Desk nominations),
Tours: Wicked, Come Fly Away. Regional: The Oslo, The King and I, Golden Boy, Joe Turner’s
Pirates of Penzance (Barrington Stage), Evita (Flat Come and Gone, Awake and Sing!, The Light in
Rock Playhouse). Much love to Mrs. W and H. the Piazza (Tony noms.); South Pacific (Tony,
DD, OCC awards; also London, Australia); Blood
JOHN T. WOLFE (Swing). Grateful to be traveling and Gifts; Women on the Verge of a Nervous
the country with this beautiful show! National Breakdown (also London). Broadway: To Kill a
Tour: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Paper Mockingbird (adapted by Aaron Sorkin; Tony, OCC
Mill Playhouse, Goodspeed Musicals, Signature noms.), Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway Theatre),
Theatre, The MUNY, North Carolina Theatre, The Bridges of Madison County (Schoenfeld
Capital Repertory Theatre, Maltz Jupiter, Pioneer Theatre). Off-Broadway: Prayer for My Enemy
Theatre, Stages St. Louis, Cape Playhouse. Big (Playwrights Horizons), Waste (Best Play Obie
Thanks to everyone at bloc. Love love love to Josh, Award), Cymbeline (Callaway Award, also Royal
Sookie, Brooklyn, and my family. @johntwolfe Shakespeare Company), Don Juan, Pericles
(TFANA, BAM). Artistic director of Seattle’s
ALAN JAY LERNER (Book and Lyrics) wrote Intiman Theatre (2000–2009). Previously company
some of America’s best loved and enduring stage director for the Guthrie Theater and associate
and movie musicals with Frederick Loewe over artistic director at Hartford Stage. Opera: Rigoletto
a period of more than 25 years: Life of the Party, (Stattsoper); Roméo et Juliette (Metropolitan Opera,
What’s Up, The Day Before Spring, Brigadoon, Salzburg, Milan, Chicago); Faust (Baden Baden);
Paint Your Wagon, My Fair Lady, Camelot and Two Boys (ENO, Metropolitan Opera); Il Barbiere
Gigi. He also wrote Love Life with Kurt Weill, On di Siviglia (Baden Baden, Metropolitan Opera),
a Clear Day You Can See Forever and Carmelina Otello, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Le Comte Ory,
with Burton Lane, Coco with Andre Previn, 1600 L’Elisir d’Amore (Metropolitan Opera); Mourning
Pennsylvania Avenue with Leonard Bernstein and Becomes Electra (Seattle Opera, New York City
Dance a Little Closer with Charles Strouse. He Opera). He currently serves on the board of the
wrote the libretto and/or lyrics for the following Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.
films: An American in Paris, Gigi, The Little Prince, Upcoming work includes the film of Oslo (written
Royal Wedding and film versions of his plays. He by JT Rogers and produced by Marc Platt); and
wrote two books: The Street Where I Live and The Lincoln Center Theater’s production of the opera
Musical Theatre: A Celebration. During his life Intimate Apparel, with music by Ricky Ian Gordon
he received multiple Tonys, Oscars, Grammys and and a libretto by Lynn Nottage, based on her play
Golden Globes and a Kennedy Center Honor. Mr. of the same name.
Lerner died in 1986.
CHRISTOPHER GATTELLI (Choreography).
FREDERICK LOEWE (Music), a classically LCT: My Fair Lady (Tony, Outer Critics Circle
trained musician, wrote the scores for some of nominations), The King and I (Tony nom.), South
America’s most memorable musicals including My Pacific (Tony, OCC noms.), Women on the Verge of
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a Nervous Breakdown. Broadway: The Cher Show and South Pacific) and thirteen Tony nominations.
(also Chicago), War Paint, Newsies (Tony, DD, Recent projects include: Tootsie, Kiss Me Kate, My
OCC awards for Best Choreography), SpongeBob Fair Lady, Oslo, Anastasia, She Loves Me, Fiddler
SquarePants (Tony nom.), Sunday in the Park With On The Roof, The King and I, The Bridges Of
George, Casa Valentina, Godspell, 13, The Ritz, Madison County, Golden Boy, Spiderman, many
Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, High Fidelity. others. Film/TV: Oceans 8 (Warner Bros. Pictures),
West End: SILENCE! The Musical!, Sunday in the “Smash” (Seasons 1 and 2; NBC/Dreamworks).
Park With George. Off-Broadway: Dogfight (Lortel Graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Head of
Award); Altar Boyz (Lortel, Callaway awards; DD Lighting Design: Rutgers University
nom.); Bat Boy: The Musical (Lortel Award); tick,
tick…BOOM! Film: Hail, Caesar!; Newsies; Isn’t MARC SALZBERG (Sound). Broadway: My
It Romantic? Fair Lady, The Great Society (co-design with
Paul James Prendergast), Oslo, Golden Boy (Tony
TED SPERLING (Music Supervisor). Director: nomination), Awake and Sing! (the latter three
The Other Josh Cohen, Red Eye of Love, Striking co-designed with Peter John Still), Fiddler on the
12 (Off B-way); She Loves Me (Caramoor); The Roof (1981 revival), Larry Gelbart’s Mastergate.
Pirates of Penzance, See What I Wanna See (Public Off-Broadway: The Hard Problem, Forever Plaid.
Theater); Show Boat (NY Phil); Lady in the Dark, He sat behind the mixing desk as Production
Of Thee I Sing, Babes in Toyland, Knickerbocker Soundman at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at
Holiday (MasterVoices). Musical Director: Fiddler New York’s Lincoln Center for 20 years, mixing
29 shows, including South Pacific, The Coast of
on the Roof, The King and I, South Pacific, The Light
in the Piazza (Tony Award), The Full Monty, Dirty Utopia, and The Light in the Piazza.
Rotten Scoundrels, Floyd Collins, A Man of No
Importance, A New Brain, My Favorite Year. Actor: ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT (Orchestrations,
Titanic, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Artistic 1894–1981) orchestrated more than 300 Broadway
Director of MasterVoices. www.tedsperling.net musical scores including Show Boat; No, No,
Nanette; Of Thee I Sing; Face the Music;
MICHAEL YEARGAN (Sets). LCT: My Fair Oklahoma!; Carmen Jones; Finian’s Rainbow; Kiss
Lady (Tony, Outer Critics Circle nominations), Me, Kate; South Pacific; The King and I; My Fair
Oslo (Tony nom.), The King and I (Tony, OCC Lady; and Camelot. His arrangements for the 1955
noms.), Golden Boy (Tony nom.), Blood and Gifts, film version of Oklahoma! earned him an Academy
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Award. He also orchestrated and arranged Richard
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Tony nom.), South Rodgers’ TV documentary score for “Victory at
Pacific (Tony, Drama Desk awards; OCC nom.), Sea.” A classically trained composer, Bennett’s
Cymbeline, Awake and Sing! (DD Award, Tony prolific output of original compositions includes
nom.), Edward Albee’s Seascape, The Light in the symphonies, sonatas, a ballet, a concerto and
Piazza (Tony, DD awards). Broadway: The Ritz, an opera.
Bad Habits, A Lesson From Aloes, The Road to
Mecca (Roundabout), Fiddler on the Roof (B’way PHILIP J. LANG (Orchestrations, 1911–1986)
revival) Credits Off-Broadway, in regional theater, was a musician, composer and music educator
London, ten productions at the Metropolitan Opera who taught at the graduate schools of music at
and work at major opera companies throughout the the University of Michigan and the University of
United States, Europe and Australia. Colorado and was the orchestrator of more than 50
Broadway musicals including My Fair Lady and
CATHERINE ZUBER (Costumes). Broadway: Camelot (with Robert Russell Bennett); Annie Get
Moulin Rouge, My Fair Lady, (Tony Award, Drama Your Gun; Applause; Hello, Dolly!; Carnival; and
Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award), Oslo, 42nd Street. Mr. Lang was an orchestrator for the
Junk, The Father, War Paint (Drama Desk Award, Metropolitan Opera and a frequent musical arranger
Outer Critics Circle Award), King & I, (Olivier for television including Hallmark Productions,
Award, Tony Award), Fiddler on the Roof, Golden David Susskind, Radio City Music Hall and “The
Boy, South Pacific (Tony Award); The Coast of Tonight Show.”
Utopia (Tony Award); The Light in the Piazza (Tony
Award); Awake and Sing! (Tony Award); The Royal TRUDE RITTMANN (Dance & Incidental Music
Family (Tony Award); Edward Albee’s Seascape; Arrangements, 1908–2005) amassed more than 50
Gigi (Drama Desk Award) Doubt; Dinner at Eight. Broadway credits as a choral and dance arranger
Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess, Il Barbieri including The Sound of Music, The King and I,
di Siviglia, Les Contes d’Hoffman, Comte Ory, South Pacific, My Fair Lady, Carousel, Finian’s
L’elisir d’Amore, Otello, Dr. Atomic, Roméo et Rainbow, Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon and Peter
Juliette. 2016 Induction: Theater Hall of Fame. Pan. A composer in her own right, she provided
music for such shows as “Omnibus” and “Seven
DONALD HOLDER (Lighting). Broadway: Over Lively Arts.”
fifty productions, two Tony awards (The Lion King
35WHO’S WHO
JOSH CLAYTON (Tour Orchestrations) recently TOM WATSON (Hair and Wigs) headed the wig/
collaborated with Jonathan Tunick on the National makeup department at the Metropolitan Opera for
Theatre of London’s revival of Follies. He provided 17 years. He has designed more than 90 Broadway
new orchestrations for the US national tour and productions including Wicked, Rock of Ages, The
London productions of Lincoln Center’s Tony King & I, Fiddler on the Roof, Oslo, Falsettos, The
award-winning revival of The King and I. Other Little Foxes, Junk, The Parisian Woman, My Fair
orchestration credits include Titanic (Signature Lady, King Kong, All My Sons and Great Society.
Theatre), Brigadoon (Goodman Theatre), The
New Yorkers and The Cradle Will Rock (New York ELIZABETH SMITH (Dialect Consultant).
City Center), On A Clear Day, Finian’s Rainbow, Broadway: My Fair Lady, The Hard Problem, Oslo,
and Donnybrook (Irish Repertory Theatre). He is Coast of Utopia, Macbeth, Cymbeline, The Rivals,
currently the assistant musical director of the NewHenry IV, The Invention of Love, Twelfth Night, Ivanov,
York City Center Encores! Series. Racing Demon, Arcadia, Noises Off, Rock n’ Roll, The
Elephant Man, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Retreat From
JOHN BELL (Music Direction). On Broadway, Moscow, Tommy, and Me and My Girl. Off-Broadway
John has conducted My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the includes Sore Throats, The Skriker and Cloud Nine.
Roof, On the Town, An American in Paris. 12+
shows with the acclaimed City Center Encores! SARI KETTER (Associate Director). Selected
Series (Associate MD): Brigadoon, Me and My Associate/Assistant Directing: Fiddler on the Roof
Girl, Lady Be Good, The New Yorkers and more. (Broadway; Broadway national tour). The King and I
At the Irish Repertory Theatre, John has been (London Palladium; Broadway national tour). My Fair
Music Supervisor/Director for Finian’s Rainbow, Lady (LCT). The Guthrie Theater (12 years); Arena
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, Meet Me Stage; Denver Center Theatre; Seattle Repertory
in St. Louis. Other New York credits: Ordinary Theater; Steppenwolf at Lincoln Center Theater; The
Days, Marry Me A Little, Radio City Christmas Acting Company; Playwrights Horizons; Hartford
Spectacular, and Candide. He holds a BFA in Stage. Selected Directing: Guthrie Theater; Idaho
Musical Theatre from Ithaca College, and a Masters Shakespeare Festival; Intiman Theater; Great Lakes
in Music from the City University of New York. Theater; Portland Stage; Shakespeare Santa Cruz;
Minnesota Orchestra; Houston Symphony; St. Louis
TALITHA FEHR (Music Coordinator) has Symphony; Pittsburgh Symphony; St. Paul Chamber
worked on over 75 national and international tours Orchestra.
and productions in the past 15 years. Highlights
include Sister Act, Mamma Mia!, School of Rock, MARK MYARS (Associate Choreographer).
Come Fly Away, Love Never Dies, and the 2010 Broadway Associate: Dear Evan Hansen, The Cher
Vancouver Olympic Ceremonies. She dedicates Show, My Fair Lady, SpongeBob SquarePants, War
her work on My Fair Lady to the memory of Paint, If/Then; West End Associate: Dear Evan
Sam Lutfiyya. Hansen, Wicked; International Supervisor: Wicked;
Other: Assassins (Associate, NYC Encores!), In
DAVID LAI (Music Coordinator). LCT: My Fair Your Arms (Associate, The Old Globe), Joseph...
Lady, The King and I, South Pacific. Broadway as Dreamcoat (Choreographer, Casa Mañana),
music coordinator: Hadestown, Come From Away, Dancin’ Broadway (Choreographer, Tour); Film:
Fiddler on the Roof, Mary Poppins, CATS, Jesus Isn’t it Romantic? (Associate). Love to Anthony!
Christ Superstar, Bonnie and Clyde. Broadway as www.markmyars.com
music director: The Phantom of the Opera. Seven-
time Grammy nominee including West Side Story DONAVAN DOLAN (Production Stage Manager).
(Grammy Award). Emmy Award winner. Producer National Tours: CATS, Love Never Dies, An
credits include Joshua Bell, Renee Fleming, Itzhak American in Paris, 42nd Street, Annie, GHOST,
Perlman, Placido Domingo, Lang Lang, Herbie Catch Me if You Can, Grease, Peter Pan 360, Jesus
Hancock and Chick Corea. Christ Superstar, RENT, Oklahoma!, A Chorus
Line, Copacabana. International Tours: 42nd
TELSEY + COMPANY (Casting). Broadway/ Street, The Sound of Music, and Thomas & Friends.
Tours: West Side Story, Tina, The Sound Inside,
Linda Vista, Beetlejuice, Oklahoma!, To Kill a KATELYNN COOPER (Stage Manager).
Mockingbird, Mean Girls, Frozen, Come From Broadway: Matilda, Dear Evan Hansen, Amazing
Away, Waitress, Hamilton, Wicked, Once on Grace. National Tours: Dear Evan Hansen. Off-
This Island, Hello, Dolly!, Anastasia. Film: The Broadway: Jersey Boys, The Play That Goes
Kitchen, Mary Poppins Returns, Ben Is Back, The Wrong, Clinton. Television: Peter Pan Live!. Off-
Greatest Showman, Into the Woods, Rachel Getting Broadway & Regional: City Center’s Encores,
Married. TV: “Tales of the City,” “Fosse/Verdon,” MTC, Playwrights Horizons, Classic Stage, Asolo
“NOS4A2,” “This Is Us,” “NCIS: New Orleans,” Repertory, Huntington Theatre, Williamstown
“One Day at a Time,” “Rent,” commercials. Theatre Festival, & Goodspeed. BFA Stage
www.telseyandco.com Management, Emerson College.
36WHO’S WHO
AARON HEETER (Assistant Stage Manager). public school students annually with curriculum-
Touring: Realish Housewives (The Second City), related projects, tickets to LCT productions, and
Fun Home, An American in Paris. Chicago: a Shakespeare Program. The theater is also the
Nickel & Dimed, Take Me Out, Cherry Orchard publisher of the Lincoln Center Theater Review,
(Steppenwolf); Wicked, The 25th Annual Putnam which explores subjects related to its productions.
County Spelling Bee, Altar Boyz. TV/ Film: “The
Oprah Winfrey Show,” “The Steve Harvey Show,” NEDERLANDER PRESENTATIONS INC
“The Other Woman,” “Money Monster,” and “The (Producer) is a production division of the
Wolf of Wall Street.” multinational theatrical entities owned by James
L. Nederlander. Prominent for three generations
JEFF MENSCH (Company Manager) has in management and operation of theatres and
literally circled the world twice and is pleased productions of distinguished entertainment, they
to figuratively be joining you in London tonight. have produced innumerable plays, musicals, operas,
Other journeys in imagination: The Bronx for A ballets and concerts. The Nederlanders also own a
Bronx Tale, Siam for The King & I, Austria for The notable chain of legitimate theatres. Currently in
Sound of Music, Dublin for Once, and 1956 for their Broadway venues are Wicked, Disney’s The
Million Dollar Quartet. Go everywhere you can! Lion King, Hamilton, Waitress, Tootsie, and Tina:
The Tina Turner Musical.
LINDSAY KIERNAN (Assistant Company
Manager). First National Tour: On Your Feet! ACTORS EQUITY ASSOCIATION founded in
Producer/Founder of Coddiwomple Productions: 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more
Moulin Rouge! The Musical, The Play That than 50,000 professional actors and stage managers.
Goes Wrong (Broadway and Tour), and Once Equity endeavors to advance the careers of its
On This Island (Tony Award Winning Revival). members by negotiating wages, working conditions
CoddiwompleProductions.com. So much love to and providing a wide range of benefits (health
Mom, Dad, my family, friends, and Tato! and pension included). Member: AFL-CIO, FIA.
#EquityWorks
KAREN BERRY (General Manager). Recent
tours: CATS, Love Never Dies, On Your Feet!, An
American in Paris. Selected Chicago GM credits:
Christopher Wheeldon’s Nutcracker, Old Jews MY FAIR LADY TOUR STAFF
Telling Jokes, Million Dollar Quartet, Don’t Dress
for Dinner, Bleacher Bums, Driving Miss Daisy, GENERAL MANAGEMENT &
Shirley Valentine, Steel Magnolias. Broadway PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
credits: Carrie, Quilters, Asinamali, Showboat. TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT
GENERAL MANAGER
T R O I K A E N T E R TA I N M E N T ( To u r
KAREN BERRY
Management) has been an innovator in touring Assistant General Manager. . Madeline M. McCluskey
musical theater productions for over two decades,
producing shows throughout North, Central and PRODUCTION MANAGER
South America, Europe and Asia. Additionally, GREGG DAMANTI
the company is experienced in casino and leisure TECHNICAL SUPERVISOR
markets. Current productions include CATS, The LARRY MORLEY
Phantom of the Opera, Escape to Margaritaville,
The Color Purple and My Fair Lady. With strong ties COMPANY MANAGER
to the Broadway community, TROIKA prides itself JEFF MENSCH
on delivering top quality productions to audiences Assistant Company Manager. . Lindsay Kiernan
worldwide. Please visit us at www.troika.com
CASTING
LINCOLN CENTER THEATER, under the TELSEY + COMPANY
direction of André Bishop, is one of New York’s Bernard Telsey CSA, Bethany Knox CSA,
Craig Burns CSA, Rachel Hoffman CSA,
favorite not-for-profit theaters. Now in its 35th year, Patrick Goodwin CSA, Rebecca Scholl CSA,
LCT has produced nearly 200 plays and musicals Lauren Harris CSA, Laura Wade CSA,
at the Vivian Beaumont, Mitzi E. Newhouse, and Ally Kiley, Lily Schneider, Meghan Ryan,
Claire Tow Theaters at Lincoln Center and other Devin Rossinsky
theaters on and off-Broadway, as well as touring
productions nationally and around the world. LCT EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION
encourages emerging artists through play readings, THE BOOKING GROUP
workshops, an annual Directors Lab, and LCT3, Meredith Blair, Kara Gebhart
which is devoted to producing the work of new Laura Kolarik, Stephanie Ditman
playwrights, directors, and designers. Open Stages, www.thebookinggroup.com
LCT’s education program, reaches thousands of
37PRODUCTION STAGE For TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT
MANAGER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DONAVAN DOLAN Chief Executive Officer. . . . . . . . . . Randall A. Buck
Stage Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katelynn Cooper Chief Operating Officer. . . . . . . . . . . Angela Rowles
Assistant Stage Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . Aaron Heeter Executive Vice President, Production. . . . Kori Prior
Associate Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sari Ketter Executive Vice President, Marketing. . . . Amy Katz
Associate Choreographer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Myars General Managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karen Berry,
Assistant Choreographer. . . . . . . . . Michael Williams Brian Schrader, Tyler Soltis
Dance Captain/Fight Captain. . . . . Michael Williams Assistant General
Assistant Dance Captain. . . . . . . . . . . . Henry Byalikov Managers. . . . . . Madeline M. McCluskey, A.J. Orth,
Associate Scenic Designer. . Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams Technical Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dave Burch
Associate Costume Designer. . . . . . . Patrick Bevilacqua Production Managers. . . . . . . . . . . Heather Chockley,
Assistant Costume Gregg Damanti
Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adrienne Clare Wasserman Production Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drew Neitzey
Associate Lighting Designer. . . . . . . . . Karen Spahn Director of Engagements. . . . . . . . . Barrett Newman
Assistant Lighting Designer. . . . . . . . . . . Paige Seber Director of Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Jacob
Associate Sound Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beth Lake Financial Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . George Lamberty
Moving Light Programmer. . . . . . . . . . . . . Colin Scott Project
Makeup Coordinator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dana D’Adamo Accountants. . Lourdes Castillo, Erika Goldthwaite
Production Carpenter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D. Wade Jolly Accounting Clerk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electra Walker
Production Electrician. . . . . . . . . . . . Ronald Schwier Office Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Lauritzen
Production Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joshua Hummel Costume Shop Administrator. . . . . Alison M. Smith
Production Warehouse Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Garrish
Properties . . . . Alison Mantilla & Shawn Riley-Rau www.troika.com
Electronic Music
Design. . Billy Jay Stein, Hiro Iida for Strange Cranium
CREDITS
Musical Supervision Scenery, painting, and automation by HUDSON SCENIC
for Lerner & Loewe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bruce Pomahac STUDIO, INC. Costumes by ANGELS COSTUMES, London;
Rehearsal Pianists . . . . . . . Evan Rees, Paul Staroba EUROCO COSTUMES; PARSONS-MEARES, LTD.; John
Production Cowels; DAS GEWAND; TIMBERLAKE STUDIOS, INC.;
AREL STUDIO; PERIOD CORSETS; ARNOLD LEVINE
Assistants. . Matt Balfour, Nick Nyquist, Evan Rossi MILLINERY; RODNEY GORDON MILLINERY; LADUCA
HEAD CARPENTER. . . . . . . . . . . MIKE KANTZ SHOES. Hosiery and undergarments by BRA*TENDERS.
Principal and Embassy Ball jewelry by LARRY VRBA.
Flyman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blair Carper Additional costume jewelry by SANDY BINION. Lighting
Automation Carpenter. . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Brown equipment from PRG LIGHTING and HDL, LLC. Sound
Deck Carpenter/Rigger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robbie Noble equipment by MASQUE SOUND. Rigging by CHRISTIE
LITES.
Head Electrician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dawn Kenseth
Assistant Electrician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeremy Bolnick SPECIAL THANKS
Assistant Electrician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Stefansen Emily Altman, Loren Plotkin, JooHyun Kim,
Head Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drew Roberts Chen-wei Liao, Chris Thompson,
Assistant Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cory Raynor Chika Shimizu, Libby Stadstad, Jungah Han
Head Props. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shawn Riley-Rau
Assistant Props. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheryl Stansfield MY FAIR LADY rehearsed at Open Jar Studios, NY, NY
Head Wardrobe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tess Weaver The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this
Assistant Wardrobe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Lavin production are members of Actors’ Equity Associa-
tion, the union of professional actors and stage
Star Dresser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ellouise Davis managers in the United States.
Head Hair & Makeup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rae Phillips
Assistant Hair & Makeup. . . . . . . . . . . . Marcus Lopez The musicians employed in this production are
members of the American Federation of Musicians.
Dialect Consultant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Smith
Physical Therapy. . NEURO TOUR Physical Therapy Backstage and Front of the House Employees are
represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical
Medical Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leda Ghannad, MD Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E)
Production Photography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan Marcus The Director-Choreographer is a member of the
Creative Services & Website. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spotco STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS
SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union.
Digital Marketing. . . . . . . . . . Think Tank Louisville,
Randy Blevins United Scenic Artists represents the designers and
scenic painters for the American Theatre.
LCT Press Liaison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda Kaus
Accounting. . . . . . . . . . . . Withum Smith + Brown, PC The Company Manager employed in this production
Employee Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PEOPLE, Inc. is represented by the Association of Theatrical Press
Agents & Managers.
Insurance. . . . . . The Arts Insurance Program, LLC.
This production is produced by a member of the
Legal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jean Ward, Esq., Broadway League in collaboration with our professional
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz union-represented employees.
Merchandising. . . Creative Goods Merchandise LLC
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