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CASTING
Christy Baron (Susan) - was seen
on Broadway and on tour in Les Miserables and off Broadway
in King Gordogan.
John Barrowman (Bobby) - was
seen on Broadway in Putting It Together and Sunset
Boulevard. In London he performed in Anything Goes,
Beauty and the Beast, Sunset Boulevard. He was a series
regular on "Titans" and "Central Park West."
Matt Bogart (Paul) - has been
seen on Broadway in The Civil War, Smokey Joe's Café
and Aida, and off Broadway in Wish You Were
Here.
Keira Naughton (Sarah) - was
seen on Broadway in Dance of Death and at the Roundabout
in Three Sisters and All My Sons. Her films
include Blair Witch 2,and Cradle will Rock
Lynn Redgrave (Joanne) - star
of stage and screen, received a Golden Globe in 1998 and an
Oscar nomination for Gods and Monsters. She also starred
on Broadway and on tour in the one-woman show Shakespeare
for My Father, for which she received a Tony nomination.
Alice Ripley (Amy) - was nominated
for a Tony for Sideshow. Other Broadway productions
include The Rocky Horror Show, James Joyce's The
Dead, Sunset Boulevard, and King David.
Emily Skinner (Jenny) -
was last seen on Broadway in The Full Monty. Other
Broadway credits include her Tony nominated performance in
Sideshow, James Joyce's The Dead and Jekyll and
Hyde.
Marcy Harriell (Marta) appeared
on Broadway in Rent and in the first national tour
of Blood Brothers and the 1995 and 1996 national tours
of West Side Story.
Elizabeth Zins (Kathy) has appeared
in Guiding Light, D.C., and Controlling Your Inventory.
Her work with regional theaters includes Virginia Shakespeare
Festival, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Nebraska Shakespeare
Festival, and Syracuse Stage.
Jerry Lanning (Larry) made his
Broadway debut originating the role of Patrick in Mame
with Angela Lansbury. Mr. Lanning was last seen on Broadway
as Reverand John Witherspoon in the Roundabout Theater Production
of 1776, and in the Carnegie Hall Special Concert of
Sail Away with Elaine Stritch.
Marc Vietor (David) has performed
with the Roundabout Theatre, Theatre for a New Audience, The
New York Shakespeare Festival, The Hartshorn Theatre Company
and the Rapp Arts Center. His work with regional theatres includes
the Old Globe Theatre, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, The
Stratford Festival, the Virginia Stage Company and the Hartford
Stage.
Kim Director (April) has appeared
in such films including Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows,
and Spike Lee films Bamboozled, Summer of Sam and He
Got Game. Her theatre credits include Barbara in Avenue
X at Pittsburgh City Theatre and several Carnegie Mellon
University productions.
Walter Charles (Larry) was seen
on Broadway in Kiss Me Kate, A Christmas Carol, La Cage Aux
Folles, Call Me Madam, 110 In The Shade, Aspects of Love, Me
& My Girl, Cats, Sweeney Todd, Grease, and Anna Karenina.
He has been awarded the Bay Area Drama Critics Circle Best Actor
in a Musical.
David Pittu (Harry) received the
2001 National Broadway Award for Best Actor in a Musical for
his starring role in the National tour of Parade, directed by
Harold Prince. Performance venues include the Lincoln Center
Theater, Manhattan Theater Club, Second Stage, Naked Angels
and The Old Globe.
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CASTING
Barbara Bryne (Madame Armfeldt)
- was seen on Broadway in Hay Fever and the original
productions of Sunday in the Park with George and Into
the Woods. Her films include Amadeus and The Bostonians.
Randy Graff - received a Tony Award
and a Drama Desk Award for City of Angels in 1990. She
was in the original productions on Broadway of Les Miserables,
Moon Over Buffalo, and Falsettos.
Danny Gurwin (Henrik) - was last
seen on Broadway in The Full Monty and earlier in The
Scarlet Pimpernel. Off Broadway includes Forbidden Broadway,
and A New Brain.
Blair Brown (Desiree Armfeldt)
is a Tony Award winner for Copenhagen and an Ace Award
winner for The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd. She has
appeared on Broadway in Arcadia, James Joyce’s The Dead
and Cabaret. She has received nominations for five
Emmys, two Ace Awards and a Golden Globe.
Natascia Diaz (Petra) received the
Joseph Jefferson Award and was nominated for a Bay Area Theatre
Critics Award in 1996 for her portrayal of Anita in the national
tour of West Side Story. In New York, she has appeared
in Seussical; Bright Lights, Big City; The Capeman and
Saturday Night.
Sarah Uriarte Berry (Anne Egerman)
was seen on Broadway in Beauty and the Beast and Les
Miserables as Eponine for the tenth anniversary production.
She has also appeared in the national tours of Carousel,
Sunset Boulevard, and Les Miserables.
Kristen Bell (Frederika) has appeared
on Broadway as Susana Walcott in The Crucible and Becky
Thatcher in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Off-Broadway,
she played Mary Lane in Reefer Madness. Her film credits
include Polish Wedding and A Question of Choice.
Douglas Sills (Carl Magnus) is currently
starring in the Disney workshop of When You Wish and
made his Broadway debut in Frank Wildhorn's The Scarlet Pimpernel,
garnering Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations
for his work as well as a Theatre World Award. His television
work features roles in Murphy Brown, Sisters, Coach and
Party of Five.
Ilona Dulaski (Mrs. Nordstrom)
has recently appeared in She Loves Me, Bye, Bye Birdie,
and Man of La Mancha at Olney Theater Center for the
Arts. She has performed with the Washington Opera, the Opera
Theatre of Northern Virginia, the Annapolis Opera, Victorian
Opera Company, and Maytime Light Opera Company.
Siobhan Kolker (Mrs. Anderson) was
recently seen as Julie in Carousel at Toby's. Her operatic
roles include Chérubin in Massenet's Chérubin,
Dorabella in Cosi fan Tutte, Miss Jessel in Britten's
The Turn of the Screw, and Meg Page in Falstaff.
She is also a member of the musical comedy improvisation troupe
Now This!
Terri Allen (Malla) Terri's local
credits include Horizons Theatre, Source Theatre, Arena Stage,
Theatre Fetu and J.C. Kreeger Theatre. She has collaborated
with composer Todd Hahn on songs for the American Red Cross
and a piece titled "A Portrait of America" for the
U.S. Census Bureau.
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CASTING
Raul Esparza (Charley) - currently
in Cabaret; received a Theatre World Award for his performance
in The Rocky Horror Show, and was seen off Broadway in
Johnathan Larson's tick, tick…Boom
Michael McGrath (Joe) - stood by
for Martin Short in Little Me and The Goodbye Girl,
and was seen in Swinging on a Star and My Favorite
Year.
Miriam Shor (Mary) - was in the film
and off Broadway production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
Her films include Bedazzled. She was a regular on the
TV series "Then Came You" and "Inside Schwartz."
Emily Skinner (Gussie) - was
last seen on Broadway in The Full Monty. Other Broadway
credits include her Tony nominated performance in Sideshow,
James Joyce's The Dead and Jekyll and Hyde.
Adam Heller (Joe) was recently
seen on Broadway in A Class Act, Victor/Victoria, Falsettos,
and Les Miserables. Adam has appeared in the national
tours of Titanic, Falsettos, and Les Miserables.
Film and television credits include Isn't She Great, Oz,
and Law & Order.
Michael Hayden (Franklin) is known
for his award-winning portrayal of Billy Bigelow in the Royal
National Theatre/Lincoln Center Theatre production of Rodgers'
and Hammerstein's Carousel. Michael has received the
American Film Institute Best Actor Award for his performance
as Billy in Charming Billy. His television credits include
the ABC series Murder One, the PBS Great Performance
adaptation of Far East, Bella Mafia, Texas Tragedy, and
As the World Turns.
Anastasia Barzee (Beth) has been
seen on Broadway in Miss Saigon (Ellen) and Jekyll
and Hyde (Emma). Her television credits include guest star
appearances on Ally McBeal, Murder She Wrote, Herman's Head,
Barkley's Beat, Get a Life, Designing Women, Dream On, General
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CASTING
Judy Kuhn (Fosca) - has been nominated
for Tony Awards for She Loves Me, Chess and Les Miserables.
Other Broadway appearances include Rags, The Mystery of Edwin
Drood, Sunset Boulevard and Two Shakespearean Actors
Rebecca Luker (Clara) - received
Tony nominations for her performances in Show Boat, and
The Music Man. She also starred on Broadway in The
Sound of Music. Other Broadway performances include The
Secret Garden, The Boys from Syracuse, and Phantom of
the Opera.
Philip Goodwin (Doctor Tambourri) has
been seen on Broadway in The Diary of Anne Frank and
The School for Scandal. His off-Broadway credits include
Cymbeline, Pericles, and Hamlet and Henry VI
for which he received a Drama Desk nomination. His regional
theater credits include Hartford Stage, Great Lakes Theater
Festival, Guthrie Theatre, Intiman Theatre, and Studio Theatre.
He is a leading actor at The Shakespeare Theatre of Washington,
D.C.
Lawrence Redmond (Lt. Barri) Recently
returned from the national tour of Guys and Dolls. He
is the recipient of two Helen Hayes Awards and three nominations
as well as a Theatre Lobby Award for his work in the Washington,
D.C. area at many theaters including: Signature Theatre, Arena
Stage, Studio Theatre, Source Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre,
among others.
Michael Cerveris (Giorgio) his
starring role in the World Premiere of Tommy at the La
Jolla Playhouse in California earned him a Tony Nomination for
Best Featured Actor and won him the Theatre World Award. His
first CD recording also earned the show a Grammy for Best Original
Cast album. Film and television credits include the The Mexican
(2001), the role of British Rocker Ian Ware in Fame (1986-87)
and appearances on Quantum Leap, The Equalizer, and 21
Jump Street.
Daniel Felton (Torasso) has appeared
in Candide and A Christmas Carol at the Guthrie
Theatre, and Sunday in the Park with George at Arena
Stage. His Signature Theatre credits include the world premiere
of Kander and Ebb's Over and Over, the U.S. premiere
of The Fix, among others.
Michael L. Forrest (Rizzolli) received
a Helen Hays Award nomination for his portrayal of Sweeney in
Signature Theatre's first production of Sweeney Todd.
He has toured nationally and performed off-Broadway with Washington's
political satire troupe, The Capitol Steps.
Ty Hreben (Ludovic) has appeared
in the Washington, D.C. premieres of Signature Theatre's Putting
It Together (Young Man) and Side Show (Boss), as
well as the Source Theatre's The Most Fabulous Story Ever
Told (Adam). Other Signature Theatre credits include Preysing
in Grand Hotel and Cliff Roney in Floyd Collins.
Teresa Ann Reid (Mother) was last
seen in Cosi Fan Tutti with the Washington Opera, which
she has been with for 15 years. She has sung at a state dinner
for the Italian Prime Minister and President Clinton at the
White House.
Stephen F. Schmidt (Father) has
appeared regionally at the Woolly Mammoth Theater Company, Arena
Stage, the Round House, and Signature Theatre. Film credits
include The Replacements, G.I. Jane, The Pelican Brief,
and La Bamba.
Tracy Lynn Olivera (Mistress) has
performed locally at Signature Theatre, The Olney Theatre Center,
Rorshach and Ford's Theatre.
Bob McDonald (Sergeant Lombardi)
has performed as a concert soloist with the National Symphony
and San Francisco Symphony among others. Local credits include
principal roles in The Pirates of Penzance, Christmas at
the Old Bull and Bush, Makin' Whoopee, Forever Ivor, The Mikado
and HMS Pinafore.
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CASTING
Melissa Errico (Dot) - was seen
on Broadway in High Society, opposite Richard Chamberlin
in My Fair Lady and in Anna Karenina; Encore Series
include One Touch of Venus and Call Me Madam.
She was a series regular on "Central Park West" and
"Fighting Fitzgeralds."
Raul Esparza (George) - currently
in Cabaret; received a Theatre World Award for his performance
in The Rocky Horror Show, and was seen off Broadway in
Johnathan Larson's tick, tick…Boom
Donna Migliaccio (the Nurse)
- starred in dirty Blonde in California and toured in
Guys and Dolls. A co-founder of the Signature Theatre, she
has received six Helen Hayes nominations and one award.
Amy McWilliams (Frieda) Amy’s
local credits include: Signature Theatre, Woolly Mammoth/Theatre
J, Keegan Theatre, American Century Theater and Ford’s
Theatre. She has also appeared on multiple television programs
and radio shows.
Florence Lacey (Yvonne/Naomi) was
seen starring in the title role of Evita on Broadway
and in touring companies in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. She
received the Hollywood Drama League Award for her performance
in Evita, and won the Theatre World Award for her Broadway
debut as Irene Malloy in Hello, Dolly!
Jason Gilbert (Franz/Dennis)
has appeared in many local area theaters, including Shakespeare
Theatre, Signature Theatre, Round House Theatre, Studio Theatre,
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and with Washington Shakespeare
Company.
Tracy Lynn Olivera (Celeste I/Waitress) has performed
locally at Signature Theatre, The Olney Theatre Center, Rorshach
and Ford's Theatre.
Sherri L. Edelen (Celeste II/Elaine/Dot
u/s) has received the 2001 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding
Leading Actress for Side Show at Signature Theatre. Her
regional credits include Sunday in the Park with George
at Arena Stage, The Swan at Rep Stage, among others.
Michael L. Forrest (Boatman/Charles Redmond) received
a Helen Hays Award nomination for his portrayal of Sweeney in
Signature Theatre's first production of Sweeney Todd.
He has toured nationally and performed off-Broadway with Washington's
political satire troupe, The Capitol Steps.
Bob McDonald (Sergeant Lombardi) has performed as a concert
soloist with the National Symphony and San Francisco Symphony
among others. Local credits include principal roles in The
Pirates of Penzance, Christmas at the Old Bull and Bush, Makin'
Whoopee, Forever Ivor, The Mikado and HMS Pinafore.
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Christine Baranski (Mrs. Lovett) -
is a Tony Award winner for The Real Thing and Rumors
and a Drama Desk Award winner for Lips Together Teeth Apart.
Her film credits include The Bird Cage, Jeffrey, The Grinch,
and Reversal of Fortune. She has received three Emmy
and Golden Globe nominations for her role in "Cybil"
Brian Stokes Mitchell (Sweeney Todd)
- won the Tony Award for his performance in Kiss Me, Kate,
and received Tony nominations for King Hedley II and
Ragtime. Other Broadway performances include Kiss
of the Spider Woman, Jelly's Last Jam, and Mail.
Mary Beth Peil (Beggar Woman) earned
a Tony nomination for her performance in The King and I.
Her Off-Broadway credits include As Thousands Cheer, Sylvia,
Later Life, Missing Persons, The Naked Truth, Finding the Sun,
Birds of Paradise, and Cymbaline
Steven Goldstein (Pirelli) has
appeared on Broadway in Our Town, at Lincoln Center in
The Lights, Oh Hell, and Boy’s Life, and
the Encores! production of Sweet Adeline at City Center.
He is a founding member of Atlantic Theater Company, and his
credits there include The Water Engine, Luck Pluck and Virtue,
Shaker Heights, Nothing Sacred, Three Sisters, and many
others.
Walter Charles (Judge Turpin) has
starred on Broadway in Kiss Me Kate, A Christmas Carol, La
Cage Aux Folles, Call Me Madam, 110 In The Shade, Aspects of
Love, Me & My Girl, Cats, Sweeney Todd, Grease, and
Anna Karenina. Off-Broadway, credits include the Pulitzer
Prize-winning drama Wit and The Immigrant.
Hugh Panaro (Anthony Hope) has appeared
on Broadway as Marius in Les Miserables, as Phantom and
Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera and created the role
of Buddy in Sideshow. As a concert artist, Mr. Panaro
has performed with the London Sinfonietta, as well as with symphony
orchestras across the country.
Celia Keenan-Bolger (Johanna)
has appeared off-Broadway in Kindertransport and Summer
of '42. Her regional credits include Pittsburgh Civic Light
Opera, Palo Alto's Theatreworks, and Goodspeed-at-Chester.
Mark Price (Tobias Ragg) has appeared
on Broadway as Pepper in Mamma Mia!,
as Riff Raff in The Rocky Horror Show, in You're a
Good Man, Charlie Brown, Chicago, and Paul Simon's The
Capeman. His television credits include Law & Order.
Kevin Ligon (Pirelli) has appeared
on Broadway in the Tony-winning revival of Kiss Me, Kate,
the Roundabout Theatre's revival of 1776, and the original
company of The Secret Garden. He has appeared off-Broadway
in Forbidden Broadway and The Chosen.
Ray Friedeck (Beadle) has appeared
on Broadway as JP Morgan in Ragtime, in A Christmas
Carol at Madison Square Garden with Tony Randall and in
the world premiere of King David at Disney's New Amsterdam
Theater.
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The Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration
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Perry and Marty Granoff HRH Foundation |
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| James A. Johnson and Maxine Isaacs, William D. Rollnick and Nancy Ellison, and Carol and Ted Shen |
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| Ambassador Elizabeth F. Bagley and Mr. Smith Bagley, Mr. and Mrs. Hermen Greenberg, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation |
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