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John Davidson (right) sees the Wizard as a con man.

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50 years into his stage-TV-concert career, John Davidson is still trying to do his best show ever.

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ach of us has a green girl somewhere inside of us, a green girl yearning for acceptance.

So declares the Wizard of Oz, or in this case, the longtime entertainer playing the Wizard in this national tour of Wicked.

“Each of us feels alienated or ostracized by some group,” says John Davidson, the singer-actor and one-time game-show host. “Each of us can think of a club or a clique we wanted to belong to but couldn’t. That’s the green girl’s challenge. She’s struggling to be accepted

for who she is on the inside. To an extent, we all have that green girl inside of us.”

That’s this Wizard’s theory anyway, and he’s sticking to it.

Davidson says he’s having the time of his life playing the role originated by Joel Grey on Broadway in 2003. It makes all the difference that Rhonda, his wife of 32 years (and his former backup singer), travels with him.

“I feel very much at the peak of my game,” says Davidson, 73. “I feel like I’m singing better than I’ve ever sung.”

Not that he has a lot of singing to do.

He’s onstage for all of 17 minutes. Wicked, he reminds us, “is essentially the girls’ story” – referring to Glinda the Good and her unlikely friendship with Elphaba, the misunderstood green one who becomes the Wicked Witch of the West.

It’s nice, Davidson says, “not to have the weight of the show on my shoulders.” He knows what that’s like. His smooth baritone and dashing looks have allowed him to play plenty of leads in shows across the country, from Curly in Oklahoma! and Harold Hill in The Music Man to Don Quixote/Cervantes 12 ENCOREATLANTA.COM

in Man of La Mancha. A personal favorite: the role of family patriarch Charlie Anderson in the Civil War musical Shenandoah. He was most recently on Broadway in 1996 as hog-loving patriarch Abel Frake in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s State Fair.

The Wizard in Wicked is “really a minor character, but it’s a great character,” he says.

He also admires the show itself, how the storyline introduces nuggets of things we know from the iconic 1939 film and makes sense of loose ends. It also has a message of equal rights, acceptance and how we treat – or mistreat – others.

Glinda expounds on the glories of being popular to Elphaba, who if fare less certain.

People magazine called Davidson “the dimpled darling of television” in 1980 when he headlined the “The John Davidson Show,” a variety show that had a two-season run. But the quick-witted Davidson first won hearts in the 1960s as a regular X and O man on “The Hollywood Squares.” In the 1970s he hosted the “$10,000 Pyramid.” In the early 1980s he co-hosted the reality show “That’s Incredible!” and, in 1986, became the host of “The New Hollywood Squares.”

“Those who know me mostly from ‘Hollywood Squares’ didn’t even know I could sing,” he says today. Yet music has always been his

Each of us has a green girl somewhere inside of us, a green girl yearning for acceptance.

chief passion. He has a nightclub act and does concert tours. He plays guitar and banjo and writes songs. He has more than a dozen solo albums to his name, running the gamut from Broadway to country and pop. He also sings in French and Spanish.

A Pittsburgh native who grew up in Brockton, Mass., and White Plains, N.Y., Davidson has a six degrees sort of connection to the epic Oz feature film. Half a century ago and fresh out of college, he played the son in a musical called Foxy, which updated Ben Jonson’s Volpone to the Yukon gold rush of 1898. Playing his father? Former cowardly lion Bert Lahr.

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WICKED BITS • Gregory Maguire, who wrote the book upon which Wicked is based, got the witch’s name Elphaba (EL-pha-ba) by combining the initials of L. Frank Baum, the author of the book that started it all, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in 1900.

• Wicked has nine productions playing around the world. The musical is in its 11th year on Broadway, has been translated into five languages and has been seen by more than 42 million people worldwide.

• The Broadway version won three 2004 Tony awards, for best actress Idina Menzel as Elphaba and for its scenic and costume designs.

• Sixteen women have played Elphaba on Broadway, including former “SNL”-er Ana Gasteyer. There have been 13 Glindas, including Megan Hilty (Broadway’s 9 to 5, TV’s “Smash.”

Glinda and Elphaba (above) forge a hard-won friendship that is tested when Elphaba (right) decides to go her own way and “defy gravity.”

Foxy ran only three months on Broadway but did launch Davidson’s multifaceted career.

TV producer Bob Banner (who helped bring Carol Burnett to TV from the musical Once Upon a Mattress) saw Foxy and saw something in Davidson. He thought I sang beautifully, Davidson recalls, and told me I could have a career like Johnny Mathis or Tony Bennett – but that would mean I would just have a singing career. Instead of being a spear, which has just one prong, he saw me as someone who could be a pitchfork, with many prongs.

“He said let’s work on your comedy, your whole act. Let’s do Broadway, let’s do sitcoms, let’s make you into the best game-show host you can be.

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John Davidson as if it were a role.”

And now, in a full circle sort of way, he’s returned to making music onstage.

“They talk about me for an hour and 15 minutes before I get to leave my dressing room – and I go out there with high energy, as if I’m going into battle,” Davidson says of playing the Wizard.

He sees the character as a con man. “I don’t think it’s any secret that the guy’s faking it, that he’s just that man behind the curtain fooling people. He’s a little like Harold Hill in The Music Man, who can’t play a note of music but has conned everyone and is just trying to save his ass.”

Davidson hopes to play the Wizard “for years and years.” One thing that keeps him motivated: “I’m still trying to do my best show ever.”

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CAST (in order of appearance) Glinda................................................................................................................ CARRIE ST. LOUIS Witch’s Father................................................................................................. WAYNE SCHRODER Witch’s Mother............................................................................................ KERRY BLANCHARD Midwife..............................................................................................................JANE BROCKMAN Elphaba....................................................................................................................... ALYSSA FOX Nessarose....................................................................................................................LIANA HUNT Boq....................................................................................................................... LEE SLOBOTKIN Madame Morrible.......................................................................................... KRISTINE ZBORNIK Doctor Dillamond........................................................................................... MICHAEL DEVRIES Fiyero....................................................................................................ASHLEY PARKER ANGEL Ozian Official.................................................................................................. WAYNE SCHRODER The Wonderful Wizard of Oz...............................................................................JOHN DAVIDSON Chistery.............................................................................................................DASHI’ MITCHELL Monkeys, Students, Denizens of the Emerald City, Palace Guards and Other Citizens of Oz..................................................... KERRY BLANCHARD, WHITNEY BRANDT, JANE BROCKMAN, BEKA BURNHAM, BRIDIE CARROLL, KENNEDY CAUGHELL, MICHAEL DROLET, KELLI ERDMANN, SAMANTHA FARROW, RYAN PATRICK FARRELL, KALI GRINDER, JOEL INGRAM, MARK SHUNKEY, TRAVIS TABER, JEREMY THOMPSON, JUSTIN WIRICK

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MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT I “No One Mourns the Wicked”..........................................................Glinda and Citizens of Oz “Dear Old Shiz”............................................................................................................Students “The Wizard and I”....................................................................................... Morrible, Elphaba “What Is This Feeling?”............................................................ Galinda, Elphaba and Students “Something Bad”............................................................................Dr. Dillamond and Elphaba “Dancing Through Life”........................Fiyero, Galinda, Boq, Nessarose, Elphaba and Students “Popular”........................................................................................................................Galinda “I’m Not That Girl”...................................................................................................... Elphaba “One Short Day”....................................... Elphaba, Glinda and Denizens of the Emerald City “A Sentimental Man”...............................................................................................The Wizard “Defying Gravity”................................................ Elphaba, Glinda, Guards and Citizens of Oz ACT II “No One Mourns the Wicked” (reprise)............................................................. Citizens of Oz “Thank Goodness”............................................................Glinda, Morrible and Citizens of Oz “The Wicked Witch of the East”...................................................Elphaba, Nessarose and Boq “Wonderful”........................................................................................ The Wizard and Elphaba “I’m Not That Girl” (reprise)...........................................................................................Glinda “As Long As You’re Mine”......................................................................... Elphaba and Fiyero “No Good Deed”........................................................................................................... Elphaba “March of the Witch Hunters”.............................................................. Boq and Citizens of Oz “For Good”..................................................................................................Glinda and Elphaba “Finale”................................................................................................................................. All TRAVELING ORCHESTRA Conductor — P. Jason Yarcho; Associate Conductor/Keyboard 2 — Flint Hawes; Keyboard 1 — Phillip Kirchman; Keyboard 3 — Dan Micciche; Guitars — Dave Boguslaw; Drums — Romano DiNillo The Wicked touring musicians welcome 11 local musicians who will play at all performances in Atlanta.

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BIOS ALYSSA FOX (Elphaba) is a Dallas, TX native who sang her first solo in church at age four. She began her Wicked journey in San Francisco as the Elphaba understudy and continued on tour as the Elphaba standby. She is proud and humbled to assume the role of Elphaba—a dream come true. Favorite shows include Who’s Your Baghdaddy?, Rocky Horror, Little Women and numerous concert performances. Many thanks to Sheldon, Craig, the Wicked creative team and every music teacher who believed in me—especially Vicky Kelly. Love to Mom, Kamiya, family and friends. Arigatou gozaimasu, Mamaw.

Twitter: @alyssafox. IG: @allyfox.

ASHLEY PARKER ANGEL (Fiyero).

Broadway: Hairspray (Link Larkin). Television: ABC’s “Making The Band” which chronicled the formation of his multi-platinum recording group O-Town, most widely recognized for the smash #1 hit “All or Nothing,” MTV’s “There and Back” which documented the release of Ashley’s Universal Records debut solo album Soundtrack to Your Life featuring his hit single “Let U Go.” Twitter: @parkerangel. Instagram: @ashley_parker_angel.

MICHAEL DeVRIES (Dr. Dillamond).

Broadway: Wicked—nine years. Other Broadway shows: Hello, Dolly!; Cats; Grand Hotel; Secret Garden; King David. Nat’l tours: Phantom of the Opera, Annie Get Your Gun, My Fair Lady.

Regional: The Cryptogram (Alley Theatre), The Dead (Pioneer Theatre), The Music Man (Sundance Theatre). TV: “Sex and the City,” “Law & Order,” “L&O: SVU,” “Royal Pains.”

Proud Equity member for more than 30 years.

CARRIE ST. LOUIS (Glinda) is so thrilled to start traveling by bubble with Wicked! Broadway: Rock of Ages (Sherrie). Original Las Vegas company of Rock of Ages (Sherrie). Regional: Justin Love (Amanda Bell—world premiere), The Fix (Deborah—West Coast premiere). Graduate of USC’s Thornton School of Music. Much love to Authentic, BBR, Telsey + Co. and the whole Wicked team. Mom & Dad, thank you for every- LIANA HUNT (Nessarose) is so excited to be joining Oz! She was most recently thing! www.carriestlouis.com. seen on Broadway as Katherine Plumber in KRISTINE ZBORNIK (Madame Morrible). Newsies. Prior to that she starred as Sophie in Broadway: A Catered Affair. National tour: 9 to Mamma Mia! on Broadway and the national 5 (Roz), Mamma Mia Las Vegas (Rosie). Into tour. Regional: Les Misérables (Eponine), Beauty the Woods (Jack’s Mother—Delacorte Theater/ and the Beast (Belle). B.F.A., NYU CAP21.

N.Y.C.), Road Show (Public Theater). Off- Thank you Talent House, Telsey + Co. and the Broadway and regional: Forbidden Broadway, team! Love you Mom, Daddio, Con and Larkin.

Schlemiel the First (Yenta Pesha), Old Jews Telling Jokes, Oklahoma! (Aunt Eller), Hank LEE SLOBOTKIN (Boq) is incredibly grateWilliams: Lost Highway (Mamma Lilly), Damn ful to be living his dream in Oz. Most recently: Yankees (Sister), 101 Dalmatians (Cruella Hello, Dolly! with Karen Ziemba (Barnaby), DeVil). Created cabaret/one-woman shows for Life Could Be A Dream (Eugene), Little Shop more than 25 years throughout the universe. of Horrors (Seymour) and the title role in Peter Pan. A proud Philadelphia native and CCM www.kristinezbornik.com.

Musical Theatre graduate. Love and thanks JOHN DAVIDSON (The Wizard). Broadway: to family, friends, BRS/Gage, Craig, Telsey + State Fair (Abel), Oklahoma! (Curly—Theater Co. and the Wicked team for making this dream Guild Award). Off-Broadway: High Infidelity come true. IG:@leeslo and The Fantasticks. National tour: Wicked (The Wizard). Regional theater: The Music Man (H. EMILY KOCH (Standby for Elphaba) Hill), Camelot (King Arthur), Carousel (Billy), is thrilled to be a part of the Wicked famMan of La Mancha (Cervantes). Television: ily! Regional: Little Women (Palo Alto hosted “That’s Incredible,” “The New Hollywood Theatreworks), ValueVille (NYMF), In the Squares,” “One Hundred Thousand Dollar Bones (APAC, world premiere). Carnegie Pyramid,” Sally Field’s husband in “The Girl with Mellon ’13, Interlochen Arts Academy alum.

Something Extra.” Film: The Walt Disney musi- Thanks to family, friends, teachers, the Wicked team, Telsey + Co. and BRS/Gage. cals The Happiest Millionaire and Family Band.

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BIOS TODD ANDERSON (Swing, u/s Chistery).

Broadway: A Chorus Line (u/s Zach, Mike, Al, Greg, Bobby), Sweet Charity, Boy From Oz. Off-Broadway: The Wild Party, Garden of Earthly Delights. Tours: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (u/s Freddy Benson), Tap Dogs.

KEITH A. BEARDEN (Swing, u/s Witch’s Father, Ozian Official, The Wizard, Dr. Dillamond). Tours: Wicked (LA/SF companies), Shrek (King Harold/Big Bad Wolf), Jesus Christ Superstar, Fame. Regional: Next to Normal (Dr. Madden), Tales of the City (Hampton/Dance Captain), The Drowsy Chaperone (Ahmanson Theatre), Jesus Christ Superstar (Judas). Love & light.

Regional: Grease, The Little Mermaid, High School Musical and Hairspray. Original Cast Recording: Thirteen Stories Down. B.F.A.: Boston Conservatory. Thanks to Telsey + Co., Peter Strain & Assoc., family and friends.

KENNEDY CAUGHELL (Ensemble, u/s Elphaba) is excited to join the Wicked family!

Int’l/nat’l tour: American Idiot (Heather). Other credits: White Christmas (Betty), Hair (Sheila).

B.F.A. Elon. Love to my family, DGRW, and Telsey + Co. KennedyCaughell.com.

ANTONETTE COHEN (Dance Captain, Swing) is thrilled to be back in Oz! National tours: Wicked. Regional: West Side Story (Fulton Opera House), Footloose (Marriott Theatre) and KERRY BLANCHARD (Ensemble) is so Hot Mikado (Westchester Broadway Theatre), happy to be a part of Wicked. Thanks to every- among others. Proud Northwestern graduate. one at Wicked, Telsey and MSA. All my love to Love and thanks to Jeremy and family. www. my wonderful family and amazing friends for antonettecohen.com. their never ending support, love and laughter.

MICHAEL DROLET (Ensemble, u/s Boq).

WHITNEY BRANDT (Ensemble, u/s Glinda) Broadway: Wicked. National Tours: Wicked— couldn’t be happier to join Munchkinland! LA Cast (Boq), Saturday Night Fever (Vinnie).

N.Y.C.: Big: the Musical (York Theatre). Regional: Peter Pan—Dorset Theatre Festival Regional: Shrek the Musical, West Side Story (Peter Pan), Of Mice and Men—Palace Theatre (Muny). The University of Michigan MT ’14. (Curley), Cyrano—Fulton Opera House. TV: “The Endless thanks to Telsey + Co., Harden-Curtis, Tonight Show.” B.F.A.: University of the Arts. family and friends.

KELLI ERDMANN (Ensemble) is excited be JANE BROCKMAN (Midwife, u/s Madame joining her first Broadway tour. Some of her Morrible) is thrilled to join the Wicked family! credits include: TV: “Glee,” “The Fosters”; film: Broadway: A Christmas Carol. Tours: The Light Behind the Candelabra; commercial: Samsung, in the Piazza, The Sound of Music. Off B’way Dodge, Reebok, ADT, Hasbro. Love to family and NY: The Kid, Kismet (Encores!), Kristina and friends!

(Carnegie Hall/Royal Albert Hall), Camelot (Lincoln Center). Film/TV: The Producers, RYAN PATRICK FARRELL (Ensemble, “L&O: SVU,” “All My Children.” Love to my u/s Chistery). A Michigan native. Began dancing at age 8. Ryan is thrilled to join Wicked on “Pair of Shews.” tour. Credits include: Wicked (Chicago), Radio BEKA BURNHAM (Ensemble, u/s Glinda, City Christmas Spectacular, Cats national tour Nessarose) is ecstatic to be entering the world of (Mistoffelees), Copacabana (Mill Mountain), Wicked after graduating in 2014 from BoCo with Princess Cruises, Chase Brock Experience (Joyce a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre. So much thanks Soho) and Boyz II Men. Love to Mom and Dad. to Telsey + Co., DGRW, friends and family.

SAMANTHA FARROW (Ensemble) is beBekaBurnham.com. yond excited to join the Wicked family. I thank BRIDIE CARROLL (Ensemble, u/s Madame God, my parents and family for their love and Morrible) is happy to rejoin the Wicked fam- support, Carl and Mo for always believing in ily. Last seen in Off-Broadway’s new musi- me and all of my friends for dreaming with me. cal Fat Camp. National tours: Grease (Jan). Thanks Telsey + Co! 26 ENCOREATLANTA.COM

BIOS KALI GRINDER (Ensemble), from Las Vegas, Nevada, attended Point Park University in Pittsburgh. She danced as a Rockette in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and is ecstatic to be joining the cast.

LAUREN HAUGHTON (Swing, u/s Nessarose). Broadway: Wicked. Off-Broadway: Fools In Love. Regional Favorites: Sammy with Leslie Bricusse (Old Globe Theatre), Turn of the Century with Tommy Tune (Goodman Theatre).

B.F.A.: Musical Theatre, Syracuse University.

Thanks to Mom, Dad, the Gillis family and The Mine. Je t’aime Michael.

JOEL INGRAM (Ensemble, u/s Fiyero, Witch’s Father, Ozian Official) is thrilled to be a part of Wicked! Tour: Legally Blonde. Regional: Legally Blonde, Sweet Charity, Sunset Blvd, Tommy, Bye, Bye Birdie. Much love and thanks to my family, friends, and Telsey + Co. RYAN JACKSON (Swing, u/s Chistery).

Tours: West Side Story, Cats, Dr. Dolittle.

NYC: Radio City, The Chase Brock Experience, City Center Encores. Regional: Paper Mill, Goodspeed, Sacramento Music Circus, TUTS, Walnut Street. B.F.A. Marymount Manhattan.

Thanks Wicked, The Mine and his A-list. www. hireryanjackson.com.

KEVIN JORDAN (Swing, u/s Chistery) is proud to be part of the Wicked family. Other credits include Altar Boyz (Mark); Cats (Skimbleshanks); You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Schroeder); A Chorus Line (Swing).

B.F.A. from BYU. Love to family and friends.

KELLY LAFARGA (Swing) feels honored to join Wicked. Film: Step Up 2: The Streets, Step Up 3D. TV: “Glee,” “Bones,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “DWTS.” Tours: Eve, Donnie Klang.

Marymount Manhattan College. Thanks Mom, Nina, and Sasha for their endless love and support. Dad, I love and miss you always.

DASHI’ MITCHELL (Chistery) was raised in Sacramento, CA and started professional dancing at the age of 8. He later trained at NCDC and Edges scholarship program. Dashi’ is excited to return to Wicked after working on the show previously in Germany.

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LAUREN SAMBATARO (Swing).

Broadway: Mamma Mia! (Swing/DC). Tours: Movin’ Out, Evita. Regional: In the Heights (Pioneer Theatre), West Side Story (Alabama Shakespeare), Radio City Christmas Spectacular (NYC). B.F.A. Fordham/Ailey. Thanks Craig and Irene! Love to my family. LOML. WAYNE SCHRODER (Witch’s Father, Ozian Official, u/s The Wizard, Doctor Dillamond).

Broadway: 9 to 5, A Christmas Carol. Tours: 9 to 5. Off-Broadway: Prince and the Pauper, z Mimi le Duck. Film: The Producers the Musical, Brando, Welcome Home. Television: “Guiding Light,” “All My Children.” Concert: Kristina at Carnegie Hall and Royal Albert Hall in London.

MARK SHUNKEY (Ensemble, u/s Boq) is thrilled to be back in Munchkinland! Broadway/ tour: Wicked and Aida. Regional: West Side Story and A Christmas Carol. Love and thanks to my family and Kelly.

TRAVIS TABER (Ensemble, u/s Fiyero).

B’way nat’l tours: Priscilla Queen of the Desert and Mamma Mia! Other favorite shows: For Lovers Only; She Loves Me; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Much love and thanks to my family, Craig and Ali. JEREMY THOMPSON (Ensemble), a New Hampshire native, resides in sunny Los Angeles.

His credits include ensemble work in Gypsy, South Pacific, the role of Tommy Djilas in The Music Man and Tokyo Disney and Disneyland, respectively.

NICKY VENDITTI (Dance Captain, Swing, u/s Chistery) is psyched about returning to Wicked having previously been part of both touring companies and the San Francisco company (Chistery). Other recent: A Chorus Line nat’l tour (Paul), Legally Blonde (Nikos) at MSMT, Radio City Christmas Spectacular (NYC).

JUSTIN WIRICK (Ensemble) has toured the world and somewhere over the rainbow in West Side Story (Euro/Asia tour), in a world class cirque production—iL CiRCo’s Viaggio! and with The Radio City Christmas Spectacular. But there’s no place like Oz. To the Wicked team, Telsey + Co. and family—love, support and thanks, Oh my!

BIOS STEPHEN SCHWARTZ (Music and Lyrics) has contributed music and/or lyrics to Godspell, Bernstein’s Mass, Pippin, The Magic Show, The Baker’s Wife, Working (which he also adapted and directed), Rags and Children of Eden. For films, he collaborated with Alan Menken on the scores for Disney’s Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Enchanted and wrote the songs for the DreamWorks animated feature The Prince of Egypt. His first opera, Séance on a Wet Afternoon, was presented by New York City Opera in April, 2011. Defying Gravity, a book about his professional career, was recently published by Applause Books. Mr. Schwartz is the artistic director of the ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshops and president of the Dramatists Guild. Awards include three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a tiny handful of tennis trophies. He was recently inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame. www.stephenschwartz.com.

WINNIE HOLZMAN (Book) received a Tony nomination and a Drama Desk Award for Wicked.

She created the memorable television drama “My So-Called Life” which starred Claire Danes.

Holzman got her start writing for the acclaimed drama “thirtysomething” and later executive produced (again with Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick) “Once and Again.” Other theatre work includes the musical Birds of Paradise (with composer David Evans) and a ten-minute play called Post-its: Notes on a Marriage which she wrote with her husband, actor Paul Dooley. Features include: ’Til There Was You. Also an actress, Ms. Holzman appeared in Jerry Maguire and as Larry’s wife’s therapist on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Most recently she teamed with her daughter, Savannah Dooley, to write and produce the new ABC Family series, “Huge.” She is a graduate of Princeton University, received an M.F.A. from the NYU Musical Theatre Program, and serves on the board of the Writers Guild Foundation.

JOE MANTELLO (Director). Directing credits include The Last Ship, I’ll Eat You Last with Bette Midler, Other Desert Cities, The Pride, Pal Joey, 9 to 5 the Musical, November, The Receptionist, The Ritz, Three Days of Rain, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross, Laugh Whore, Assassins (Tony Award), Take Me Out (Tony Award), Frankie and Johnny in the

Clair de Lune, Design for Living, The Vagina Monologues, bash, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Proposals, The Mineola Twins, Corpus Christi, Mizlansky/Zilinsky, Blue Window, God’s Heart, The Santaland Diaries, Snakebit, Three Hotels, Imagining Brad. Film: Love! Valour!

Compassion! As an actor: The Normal Heart (Tony nom.), Angels in America (Tony nom.) and The Baltimore Waltz. Recipient of Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Helen Hayes, Clarence Derwent, Obie and Joe A. Callaway awards. He is a member of Naked Angels and an associate artist at the Roundabout.

WAYNE CILENTO (Musical Staging).

Broadway: Sweet Charity (Tony nom.), Aida, The Who’s Tommy (Tony, Drama Desk, Astaire awards), How to Succeed… (Tony nom.), Dream: The Johnny Mercer Musical (director/ choreographer; Tony nom., Best Choreography), Jerry’s Girls, Baby (Tony nom.). West End: The Who’s Tommy (Olivier nom.). Other credits: OffBroadway’s A Hot Minute and Angry Housewives, national tour of Spirit, …Forum at La Jolla (San Diego Drama Critics and Drama-Logue awards).

Performer credits: A Chorus Line (Mike, original cast), The Act, Seesaw, Perfectly Frank, Irene, Big Deal, Rachel Lily Rosenblum and Dancin’ (Tony nom.). He has done musical staging for Liza Minnelli, Barry Manilow, Chita Rivera, Billy Joel, Donna Summer and Pete Townshend.

EUGENE LEE (Scenic Designer) has been resident designer at Trinity Rep since 1967. He has BFA degrees from the Art Institute of Chicago and Carnegie Mellon University, an M.F.A. from Yale Drama School and three honorary Ph.Ds. Mr. Lee has won three Tony Awards for Bernstein’s Candide, Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd and Wicked. He is the production designer for NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” Other New York theatre work includes The Pirate Queen, Alice in Wonderland, The Normal Heart, Agnes of God, Ragtime, Uncle Vanya, Ruby Sunrise and A Number. Film credits include Coppola’s Hammett, Huston’s Mr. North and Malle’s Vanya on 42nd Street. Mr. Lee is an adjunct professor at Brown University and lives with his wife Brooke in Providence, where they raised their two sons.

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BIOS SUSAN HILFERTY (Costume Designer) has designed more than 300 productions for theatres across America and internationally. Her directorial collaborators include Athol Fugard (set, costumes, co-director), Michael Mayer, James Lapine, Robert Falls, Robert Woodruff, Joe Mantello, JoAnne Akalaitis, Garland Wright, Mark Lamos, Frank Galati, Des McAnuff, Sharon Ott, David Petrarca, Richard Nelson, Christopher Ashley, Kenny Leon, Laurie Anderson, Tony Kushner, Carole Rothman, Garry Hynes and Emily Mann. Recent work: Rigoletto at the Metropolitan Opera 2012/2013, Taylor Swift “Speak Now” World Tour 2011/2012. Broadway: Wonderland, Sondheim on Sondheim, Spring Awakening (Tony nom.), Lestat (Tony nom.), Assassins, Into the Woods (Hewes Award, Tony nom.), Dirty BLONDE. She designs for opera, dance, film and TV and chairs Design at NYU/Tisch. Her numerous awards include the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Wicked.

The King and I; Moon Over Buffalo; Smokey Joe’s Cafe; Guys and Dolls; Five Guys Named Moe; She Loves Me; The Red Shoes; Anything Goes. London: Kiss Me, Kate; The Lion King; Smokey Joe’s Cafe; and Anything Goes. National and international: The Lion King, Les Misérables, Mozart, Der Gloeckner von Notre Dame. Tony is a graduate of Ithaca College’s Department of Theatre Arts. Thanks, Dick.

ELAINE J. McCARTHY (Projection Designer). Recent Broadway designs include The People in the Picture, Impressionism, Thurgood, Spamalot, Assassins, Man of La Mancha, Into the Woods, and Judgement at Nuremberg. Opera designs include Moby Dick (Dallas Opera), Dead Man Walking (Houston Opera), Mazeppa (Metropolitan Opera), War and Peace (Kirov and Met Opera), Tan Dun’s The Gate, and Peter Sellar’s The Peony Pavilion. Off-Broadway designs include Frequency Hopping (set and projection), Embedded, The Stendhal Syndrome, Suitcase, Speaking in Tongues and The Thing KENNETH POSNER (Lighting Designer) has About Men. Regional designs include Distracted more than 40 Broadway play and musical theatre (set and projection), Limonade tous les Jours, credits. He designs extensively off-Broadway and Fran’s Bed, Once in a Lifetime, Cobb, and Hair. for resident theatres throughout the United States She received an Eddy Award in 2003. as well as internationally. He is the recipient of the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics’ Circle TOM WATSON (Hair and Wig Design) is Awards. Broadway: Cinderella, Kinky Boots, head of the wig and makeup department at the Pippin, The Merchant of Venice, The Royal Metropolitan Opera. He has designed wigs for Family, The Coast of Utopia—Shipwrecked, more than 50 Broadway productions. Current Wicked, Hairspray, 9 to 5, Catch Me If You Can, and recent Broadway designs include On a Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Legally Blonde, The Clear Day…; How to Succeed…; Wonderland; Homecoming, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen House of Blue Leaves; Born Yesterday; The Ross, Charlie Brown, The Frogs, Little Women, Addams Family; Million Dollar Quartet; Rock The Goat, Uncle Vanya, The Little Foxes and of Ages; Promises, Promises; Elling; South The Rose Tattoo. Opera credits include designs Pacific; Sondheim on Sondheim; A View from for the New York City Opera and the Chicago the Bridge; and Sunday in the Park with George.

Symphony Orchestra. Kenneth was the recipient of the 2003 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence JOE DULUDE II (Makeup Designer). Makeup Designer for Wicked productions worldwide, in Lighting Design.

Show Boat, On the Town, Beautiful—The Carole TONY MEOLA (Sound Designer). Broadway: King Musical, If/Then, Jekyll & Hyde, Into the First Date (associate producer); The Mystery of Woods (Public Theatre), Follies, The Normal Edwin Drood (Drama Desk Award); Lysistrata Heart, Catch Me If You Can, Elf, Lend Me a Jones (associate producer as well as sound Tenor, Grease, The Wedding Singer. Joe also design); Pal Joey; The Ritz; Laugh Whore; teaches theatrical makeup at Muhlenberg, Hartt Man of La Mancha; Sweet Smell of Success; School and Pace University as well as various Copenhagen; Kiss Me, Kate; Footloose; The Lion master classes. He is also a fine artist and phoKing (Drama Desk Award); The Sound of Music; tographer. www.joe2design.com.

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BIOS THOM WIDMANN (Production Supervisor).

Ten productions for Lincoln Center Theater including The Light in the Piazza, The Frogs and Contact. Other credits: The Sound of Music, The King and I, Amy’s View, Skylight and the nat’l tour of An Inspector Calls. Graduate of SUNY Purchase. Adjunct faculty, Fordham University.

credits as Music Director, Arranger, and/or Orchestrator: 9 To 5, High Fidelity and Legally Blonde. Other favorite projects: Bat Boy: The Musical (off-B’way), the 2001 national tour of Godspell, Captain Louie and The Wiz (City Center Encores!). Love to Mom, Dad, Little Sis and Ileana.

JAKE BELL (Technical Supervisor) has been a stage manager and technical production manager on Broadway for more than 25 years.

Broadway, national and international credits include The Phantom of the Opera, Billy Elliot, Les Misérables, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Miss Saigon, Swan Lake, Dreamgirls, Cats, Chess.

P. JASON YARCHO (Musical Director).

Broadway: Wicked, Bullets Over Broadway.

Tours: Wicked. Off-Broadway/regional: The Muny, Playwrights Horizons, Barrington Stage Company, The Little Theatre on the Square.

Musical Supervisor for the Educational Theatre Association. Master’s degree from CCM.

STEPHEN OREMUS (Music Supervisor/ Arranger). Broadway: received 2011 Tony and Drama Desk awards for Outstanding Orchestrations for The Book of Mormon, as well as the 2012 Grammy Award as producer of the cast recording. Worldwide music supervisor/arranger of Wicked; music supervisor/ vocal arranger/orchestrator of Kinky Boots (Tony Award), The Book of Mormon, Avenue Q, All Shook Up and 9 to 5; co-producer (w/ Dolly Parton) of the Grammy-nominated 9 to 5 Broadway cast recording. Other: Music supervisor/vocal arranger/orchestrator of tick, tick…

BOOM!; music director of Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party; music director/conductor for the Rufus Wainwright Sings Judy Garland concert.

JAMES LYNN ABBOTT (Dance Arrange­ ments). Broadway: Aida, Tarzan, Bombay Dreams, Rent, Footloose, Joseph…, Cats, Sunset Boulevard and Miss Saigon. National tours include Starlight Express, Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Who’s Tommy and Jesus Christ Superstar. He has performed with Aretha Franklin, Dennis De­Young of Styx, Shirley Bassey, Bob Hope, Vanessa Williams and Elton John. Clients include Dr Pepper, Frito Lay, American Airlines and General Electric.

MICHAEL KELLER (Music Coordinator).

Music Coordination for The Book of Mormon, The Addams Family, Memphis, Billy Elliot, Wicked, Mamma Mia, The Lion King, Barbra Streisand Concerts (1994/2001/2006/2007).

WILLIAM DAVID BROHN (Orchestra­ Life is complete with wife Pamela Sousa, son tions) received the 1998 Tony Award for Best Zachary and daughter Alexis.

Orchestrations for Ragtime. Other credits include Mary Poppins, Curtains, Miss Saigon, TELSEY + COMPANY (Casting). Broadway/ The Secret Garden, Show Boat, Crazy for You, tours: Something Rotten!, An American in Paris, Carousel, Sweet Smell of Success, Oklahoma! Finding Neverland, The King and I, Hand to (B’way); Mary Poppins, Oliver!, My Fair God, Honeymoon in Vegas, The Last Ship, This Lady, South Pacific (London) and Betty Is Our Youth, If/Then, Kinky Boots, Blithe Spirit, Blue Eyes. He has provided arrangements Newsies, Pippin, Motown, Rock of Ages, Million for Marilyn Horne, James Galway, Placido Dollar Quartet. Off-Broadway: Hamilton Domingo and Joshua Bell’s recording on Sony (Public), New York Spring Spectacular (Radio Classical of Bernstein’s West Side Story Suite City), Atlantic, MCC, Second Stage, Signature.

Film: The Intern, Ithaca, Focus, A Most Violent for Violin and Orchestra.

Year, Into the Woods, The Last 5 Years, Stage ALEX LACAMOIRE (Music Arrange­ments) Fright, Song One. TV: “Flesh and Bone,” “Peter is the Music Supervisor for In the Heights, Pan Live!,” “Masters of Sex,” commercials. which won him the 2008 Tony Award for Best www.telseyandco.com.

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BIOS LISA LEGUILLOU (Associate Director) worked with Joe Mantello on Frankie and Johnny…, Take Me Out and The Vagina Monologues. She appeared in eight Broadway shows; on TV in “Sex and the City,” “NYPD Blue” and “NY Undercover;” and in the films Changing Lanes, Center Stage, Everyone Says I Love You and HBO’s “Angels in America.”

STEPHEN SPOSITO (Resident Director).

As director: Shrek (national tour). As associate director: How to Succeed in Business…; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Promises, Promises; Dogfight.

Graduate of The University of Michigan (Directing Program).

DOMINICK AMENDUM (Assoc. Music Supervisor). Broadway: Wicked, First Date.

National tour: Wicked, Oliver!, Cabaret. OffB’way: The Kid, The Blue Flower. Regional: Secondhand Lions. Producer of multiple recordings including the First Date cast album.

Thanks to Wicked family.

CORINNE McFADDEN HERRERA (Asso­ ciate Choreographer) has worked with and assisted Wayne Cilento on Sweet Charity (Broadway and national tour) and Wicked (Broadway). As a performer, Corinne was featured in the Broadway revival of Sweet Charity and the original companies of Aida and Wicked.

She has also appeared in and assistant choreographed numerous commercials and music videos. Thanks to Mom, Dad, Manny and Wayne.

EDWARD PIERCE (Associate Scenic Designer) operates a NYC-based design studio specializing in the production design of Broadway, touring and international stage productions. With his team of artists, Edward provides first-class development and management of designs. Notable collaborations include the Tony Award-winning Wicked with Eugene Lee, Billy Elliot, The Pirate Queen, Aida, Ragtime, Cabaret, and Noise/Funk. www.edwardpierce.com.

CHIC SILBER (Special Effects). Broadway: Sherlock Holmes; Edward Gorey’s Dracula; The Elephant Man; Amadeus; Nicholas Nickleby; Tintypes; Working; The Dresser; Alice in Wonderland; Grand Hotel; Piaf; Orpheus 34 ENCOREATLANTA.COM

Descending; Moon Over Buffalo; Footloose; The Civil War; Aida; Kiss Me, Kate; Annie Get Your Gun; Dance of Death; Brooklyn; La Cage aux Folles; Godspell. Circus: Monte Carlo Circus Spectacular, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, Clyde Beatty–Cole Bros.

DAVID HANSEN (Production Stage Manager). Equity member since 1979.

Broadway: 42nd Street. Toronto/Los Angeles: Ragtime. Chicago: Show Boat. Los Angeles: City of Angels. National tours: Wicked (tours 1 and 2); The Phantom of the Opera; Joseph…Dreamcoat; Miss Saigon; Les Misérables; Singin’ in the Rain; 42nd Street; Fiddler on the Roof; Hello, Dolly! A Texas native, now living in Utah, enjoys hiking, skiing, and fresh caramels.

COLLEEN DANAHER (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be a part of the Wicked team.

Broadway: Godspell, Wonderland, South Pacific, Lend Me A Tenor, Grease, Grey Gardens. Regional: Many productions over several years at the Vineyard Playhouse in beautiful Martha’s Vineyard, MA. Love to LBB. ANDREW NEAL (Assistant Stage Manager).

Broadway: Spider-Man, Cyrano De Bergerac, Wicked, Fosse, Les Misérables, Sly Fox, La Cage aux Folles. National tours: Chicago.

Off-Broadway: In Transit, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Power Plays, All In The Timing, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. GREGORY MAGUIRE (Author of Original Novel) published a dozen novels for children before writing his first adult novel, Wicked. A devotee of children’s fantasy, Maguire’s subsequent novels for adults are variations-on-a-theme: Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister considers Cinderella as a 17th-century maid from Harlem; Lost evokes the ghost of Charles Dickens’s Scrooge; and Mirror Mirror features a High Renaissance Snow White daunted by the wickedest stepmother, Lucrezia Borgia. Maguire’s novel Son of a Witch, a sequel to Wicked, is followed by A Lion Among Men and the final volume of the Wicked Years, Out of Oz. He lives in Massachusetts and Vermont with his husband, the painter Andy Newman, and their three children.

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BIOS 321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT (General Management). Nina Essman, Nancy Nagel Gibbs and Marcia Goldberg’s past and present Broadway, Off-Broadway and national tour management credits include If/Then; Peter and the Starcatcher; Bring It On; Sister Act; Traces; Next to Normal; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; The Vagina Monologues; Man of La Mancha; The Graduate; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; Fully Committed; and Bat Boy: The Musical.

Additional individual productions include The Lion King, Smokey Joe’s Café, The Santaland Diaries, Full Gallop, Smoke on the Mountain, Guys and Dolls and The Diary of Anne Frank.

JON B. PLATT (Producer). Tony Awards: Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (Pulitzer Prize), Perestroika, Clybourne Park (Pulitzer Prize), Copenhagen, God of Carnage, The Book of Mormon, Death of a Salesman.

Tony Award nominations: Wicked; Peter Pan; The Diary of Anne Frank; Hello, Dolly!; The Lonesome West; You’re Welcome America; Man of La Mancha; A View From the Bridge; The Motherf**cker With the Hat; Jerusalem; Venus in Fur; Nice Work If You Can Get It. Off-Broadway: C*ck. Tours: Wicked, The Book of Mormon. 2012 Robert Whitehead Award for Outstanding Achievement in Commercial Theatre Producing.

MARC PLATT (Producer) is currently represented on Broadway by Wicked and If/Then.

Broadway: Three Days of Rain, Pal Joey. OffBroadway: Matthew Bourne’s ballet Edward Scissorhands, Family Week. Films: Into The Woods, Winter’s Tale, 2 Guns, Drive, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Nine, Rachel Getting Married, Wanted, Legally Blonde, Legally Blonde 2, Charlie St. Cloud, Cop Out, The Other Woman, Honey, Josie and the Pussycats, The Perfect Man, The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising.

Upcoming Films: Ricki and the Flash, Song One, Lost River. Television: “Taking the Stage” (MTV); “Empire Falls” (HBO); “Once Upon a Mattress” (ABC); “The Path to 9/11” (ABC).

DAVID STONE (Producer) is currently represented by Wicked and If/Then. He has also produced Next to Normal, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Three Days of Rain, Man of La Mancha, The Vagina Monologues, Fully Committed, Lifegame, The Diary of Anne Frank, Full Gallop, The Santaland Diaries and Family Secrets. David serves on the boards of The Broadway League and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids. He also serves on the advisory boards of V-Day and Second Stage Theatre.

David has lectured on theater at NYU, Yale, Columbia and his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania.

UNIVERSAL STAGE PRODUCTIONS (Producer) is the live-theatre division of the world-famous motion picture studio, currently represented by the record-breaking phenomenon Wicked, now in its 11th hit year on Broadway, and the critically acclaimed musical adaptation of Billy Elliot, which won ten Tony Awards including Best Musical. Additional credits include Broadway’s Bring It On: The Musical, the blockbuster revival of Glengarry Glen Ross starring Al Pacino and the Tony Award-winning revival of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.

THE ARACA GROUP (Producer). Founded in 1997 by partners Matthew Rego, Michael Rego and Hank Unger, The Araca Group produces and merchandises live entertainment and theatrical events on Broadway and around the world. For more information please visit: araca.com.

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STAFF STAFF CREDITS for WICKED CASTING Telsey + Company: Bernard Telsey CSA, Will Cantler CSA, David Vaccari CSA, Bethany Knox CSA, Craig Burns CSA, Tiffany Little Canfield CSA, Rachel Hoffman CSA, Justin Huff CSA, Patrick Goodwin CSA, Abbie Brady-Dalton CSA, Cesar A. Rocha CSA, Andrew Femenella CSA, Karyn Casl CSA, Kristina Bramhall, Conrad Woolfe, Rachel Nadler, Rachel Minow, Sean Gannon, Scott Galina GENERAL MANAGEMENT 321 Theatrical Management Nina Essman, Nancy Nagel Gibbs, Marcia Goldberg TECHNICAL SUPERVISION JAKE BELL PRODUCTION SERVICES LTD. TOUR PRESS REPRESENTATIVE Phillip Aleman Justin O’Neill COMPANY MANAGER....................... RYAN LYMPUS ENGAGEMENT MANAGER.............. KEN SILVERMAN PRODUCTION ADMINISTRATOR.....BOB BRINKERHOFF PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER............DAVID HANSEN Stage Manager.............................Colleen Danaher Assistant Stage Manager.................... Andrew Neal Associate Company Manager....... Bridget A. Stegall Resident Director..........................Stephen Sposito Associate Music Supervisor......Dominick Amendum Dance Supervisor.................................Mark Myars Assistant to Mr. Schwartz................... Michael Cole Assistant Scenic Designer.................Nick Francone Oz Map Design.............................. Francis Keeping Associate Costume Designer........Amanda Whidden Associate Hair Designer....................J. Jared Janas Assistant Costume Designers....... Tricia Barsamian, Amy C. Bradshaw, Cathy Small, Mary Wilson Associate Lighting Designer................ Karen Spahn Assoc. Lighting Designer/ Automated Lights.........................Warren Flynn Assistant Lighting Designer..................... Joel Shier Assoc. Sound Designer/ Prod. Sound Engineer......................Kai Harada Assistant Sound Designer............. Catherine Mardis Projections Programmer........ Demfis Fyssicopolous Associate Projection Designer............. Shawn Boyle Assistant Projection Designer...........Keri Thibodeau Projection Animators.........................Gareth Smith, Ari Sachter-Zeltzer 38 ENCOREATLANTA.COM

Special Effects Associate..................... Aaron Waitz Flying Effects............................ ZFX Flying Illusions Production Carpenter......................... Rick Howard Head Carpenter............................. Matthew Biltgen Automation Carpenter......................... Rick Schadle Assistant Carpenters....................Shane Anderson, Zachariah Mathison, Terry Thomas Flyman............................................... Ed Lohrer III Production Electrician....................Brendan Quigley Scenic Electrics.................................... Mike Ward Head Electrician..................................Keno Garcia Assistant Electricians... Jake Martin, Damian Marotta Production Properties Supervisor....George Wagner Head Properties................................... Bob Uzabel Assistant Properties......................... Tom Jeffords, Dave Rader Head Sound Engineer........................David Romich Assistant Sound Engineers.............Douglas Graves, James Wilcox Additional Production Staff...................Henry Baker Production Wardrobe Supervisor......... Alyce Gilbert Wardrobe Supervisor......... Cynthia Romo Lancaster Assistant Wardrobe Supervisors... Shevhan Lusteck, Glen Moore Hair Supervisor................................ Molly McGrath Assistant Hair Supervisors............. Robert Gardner, Andrea Shairs Makeup Design............................. Joseph Dulude II Makeup Supervisor.......................Joyce McGilberry Masks and Prosthetics............. W.M. Creations, Inc. Matthew W. Mungle, Miyo Yamamoto Advance Carpenters........................David Johnson, Zachariah Mathison, Dave Rader Advance Electricians..... Matthew Nowak, Eric Rimes Advance Electrics/Sound................ David Trovarelli Advance Sound..............................Douglas Graves Advance Wardrobe.................... Ann M. Bruskiewitz Music Preparation..........Anixter/Rice Music Service Synthesizer Programming................Andrew Barrett Guitar Effects Programming.................. Lou Garrett Production Assistants..........................Susan Bero, Sarah Koehler, Joshua Pilote, Stuart Shefter, Wendy Stephens Advertising............... Serino Coyne/Greg Corradetti Caroline Thompson, Kevin Hirst Website................................... Situation Interactive Merchandise................................ The Araca Group Banking.......................................... Bank of America Payroll.................................. Checks and Balances Accounting..........Fried and Kowgios Partners CPAs Insurance................AON/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Legal Counsel............... Loeb & Loeb/Seth Gelblum

STAFF Physical Therapy...............................NEURO TOUR Physical Therapy Inc. Jennifer Gallegos PT, DPT Travel Agent............................................Road Rebel Air Travel........................ Tzell Travel—A Team Tours Makeup provided by MAC Cosmetics FOR MARC PLATT PRODUCTIONS Adam Siegel, Greg Lessans, Joey Levy, Jared LeBoff, Jonathan Ahdout, Ryan Christians, Dan Attanasio STONE PRODUCTIONS David Stone Patrick Catullo Aaron Glick UNIVERSAL PICTURES Vice Chairman, NBCUniversal................. Ron Meyer Chairman, NBC Entertainment......Robert Greenblatt Chairman, Universal Filmed Entertainment............... Jeff Shell Chairman, Universal Pictures............ Donna Langley President, Universal Pictures...........Jimmy Horowitz SVP, CFO Productions..................... Arturo Barquet Executive, Live Theatricals............Chris Herzberger Vice President, Legal Affairs.................... Keith Blau 321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT Bob Brinkerhoff, Amy Merlino Coey, Mattea Cogliano-Benedict, Kirk Curtis, Veronica Decker, Tracy Geltman, Marissa Gonzales,Valerie Novakoff, Rebecca Peterson, Lina Renzina, Susan Sampliner, Rachel Scheer, Kelly Shoemaker, Holly Sutton, Brian Tucker EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION Stephen Lindsay Brett Sirota The Road Company www.theroadcompany.com

Shoes by T.O. Dey, Frederick Longtin, LaDuca & J.C. Theatrical. Flatheads & monkey wings by Michael Curry Design Inc. Chistery growing wings by Robert Allsop. Prosthetics by WM Creations. Life-casts by Todd Kleitsch and Sunday Englis. Fur by Fur & Furgery.

Undergarments & hosiery by Bra*Tenders, Inc. Antique jewelry by Ilene Chazanof. Specialty jewelry & tiaras by Larry Vrba. Custom Oz accessories by LouLou Button.

Custom screening by Olympus Flag and Banner & Gene Mignola. Certain props by John Creech Designs & Den Design Studio. Graphic props by Proper Decorum, Inc. Confetti by Artistry in Motion. Puppets by Bob Flanagan.

Spellbooks by Sascha Kaminski. Bedding by Sew & So. Wigs by Watson Associates. Electronic instruments & equipment from Manny’s Music. Guitar amplifiers

by Mesa Boogie. Cymbals by Sabian. Drumheads by Aquarian. Rehearsed at New 42nd Street Studios.

The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

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

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

Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).

The Press Agents and Company Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.

This production is produced by members of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.

CREDITS Scenery built by F&D Scene Changes. Scenic motion control featuring Stage Command Systems© by Scenic Technologies, a division of PRG. Lighting equipment from PRG Lighting; Sound equipment from PRG Audio, both divisions of Production Resource Group LLC. Special effects by Sunshine Scenic Studios & Aztec Stage Lighting. Video projection system by Scharff Weisberg Inc. Projections by Vermilion Border Productions. Costumes by Barbara Matera Ltd., ParsonsMeares Ltd., Tricorne, Eric Winterling, Scafati, & Cego. Millinery by Rodney Gordon & Lynne Mackey ATLANTA’S PERFORMING ARTS PUBLICATION 39

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404.873.4300 Russ Belin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice President Arnesha Redding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticketing Manager Marc Finkbeiner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regional Sales Operations Manager Kevin Ogle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sales & Promotions Manager Rik Knopp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sales & Promotions Associate Vanessa Webber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sales & Promotions Associate David Spry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Regional Marketing Rebekah K. Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Technical Director Terry Romanoli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Corporate Partnerships For media inquiries, please contact Jennifer Walker at BRAVE Public Relations, 404.233.3993.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:

FOR INFORMATION regarding corporate partnerships and promotional opportunities with Broadway in Atlanta, please call 404.873.4300.

In celebration of 35 years presenting the best of Broadway to Atlanta audiences, Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta is rolling out the red carpet for another series of blockbuster musicals, Atlanta premieres and returning crowd pleasers for the 2015/16 series at the Fox Theatre. The lineup will feature Atlanta debuts of the 2013 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical Kinky Boots, Beautiful — The Carole King Musical, 2013 Tony Award-winner Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Elf the Musical, If/Then, and stunning new productions of audience favorites The Sound of Music and The Wizard of Oz. Jersey Boys and NETworks presents Disney’s Beauty and the Beast will return as options to the regular series subscription. By popular demand, The Book of Mormon, which played a record breaking two week run in 2014 also returns to Atlanta for a limited two week engagement. For more information about our series or to read the latest Broadway Buzz, please visit BroadwayInAtlanta.com.

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FRIENDS OF THE FOX

Members of the Fox Theatre’s Friends of the Fox program help support the Fox Theatre Institute, the theater’s community engagement arm. The Fox Theatre’s legend lives on through their generosity, supporting the theater, the city of Atlanta and communities across Georgia.

The Fox Theatre would like to thank the following Friends of the Fox who have given at the Encore ($2,500) and Legend ($10,000) levels:

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FOR YOUR INFORMATION THE THEATRE A fully restored 1929 “Movie Palace,” the Fox Theatre, with 4,665 seats, is a multiple-purpose facility, housing Broadway shows, ballet, symphonies, concerts, movies, and private corporate events.

PRIVATE ROOMS The Fox Theatre has three private rental spaces, with accommodations for 25 to 1,200 guests. Our Egyptian Ballroom and Grand Salon are beautifully decorated and can be set up to your specifications. The Landmarks Lounge is adjacent to the lobby and is perfect for a small pre-show and intermission event. To book your “Fabulous Fox” evening, please call 404.881.2100 or visit us at www.foxtheatre.org.

TICKET OFFICE The Fox Theatre Ticket Office is located in the arcade entrance to the theatre. The Ticket Office is open for walk up ticket sales Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., and Saturday,10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. The Fox Theatre Ticket Office is not open on Sundays unless there is a performance. On event days, the Ticket Office opens two hours prior to show time. Doors to the Fox open one hour prior to show time.

Tickets for all performances at the Fox may be purchased online at www.FoxTheatre.org, all Ticket Alternative outlets and all Atlanta-area Whole Foods Markets, by calling 855-285-8499, or by visiting the Fox Theatre Ticket Office in person during regular Box Office hours.

GROUP SALES The Fox Theatre Group Sales Department offers discounts to Groups for most Broadway shows. The Group Sales office is open Monday-Friday from 9am to 5pm. Call 404 881-2000 or email foxgroup@foxtheatre.org.

CONCESSIONS Concession stands are located in the Spanish Room, main lobby, and on the mezzanine lobby level.

RESTROOMS Restrooms are located off the Main Lobby (downstairs), Mezzanine Lobby levels, and the Gallery level. Accessible restroom facilities are located in the Spanish Room and Accessible/Family restrooms are located through the Office door in the main lobby.

GIFT SHOP The Fox Theatre operates a gift shop selling history books, T-shirts, sweatshirts, and an assortment of other theatre-related merchandise. The gift shop is located in the Spanish Room.

TOURS Fox Theatre Tours are conducted Mondays and Thursdays at 10 AM, 11 AM, noon and 1 PM. Saturday tours are offered at 10 AM and 11 AM. Fox Theatre Tours are guided by Fox employees well-versed in the Fox’s history, current events, awards, and upcoming shows.

Tickets for Fox Theatre Tours are available at the Fox Theatre Ticket Office or online at www.foxtheatre.org.

Special Tours can range from backstage to architectural to a school or college group. Please contact the Fox Theatre by calling 404.881.2100 to schedule your group tour.

LOST AND FOUND Lost and found items are turned in to the Event Staff’s office.

To check on lost items, please call 404-881-2119. Lost and found items will be retained for 30 days.

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EMERGENCY INFORMATION In the event of an emergency, and for your safety, please follow the directions provided by the Fox Theatre staff.

SMOKING In accordance with the Fulton County Clean Air Ordinance, the Fox Theatre is a smoke-free facility. Smoking is only permitted in designated areas.

ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY The Fox Theatre strives to make events accessible to all guests.

If you require assistance during your visit to the Fox Theatre please seek out or ask for one of our Accessible Ambassadors.

These staff members are attired in the traditional Fox Theatre uniform however also have gold braid and white gloves to make them easier to see. The Fox Theatre offers the use of wheelchairs, listening devices and booster seats at no additional charge. Our Ambassadors will assist you to special restroom accommodations.

Note: Steep Steps lead to all seats on the upper levels. For assistance needed or additional information on programs, please contact the Event Staff’s office at: 404-881-2119.

TICKETS To purchase accessible seating at the Fox Theatre please call: 404-881-2016 Monday through Friday, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM or on Saturday, 10:00 AM-3:00 PM. A Fox Theatre Ticket Office Associate will be happy to help you. Ticket buyers may also visit the ticketing site at www.foxtheatre.org.

PROGRAMS PROVIDED Opened Captioning Performance Sponsored in partnership through TDF (Theatre Development Fund).

ELEVATORS Elevators are located at the north end of each lobby. The elevators are available during all performances and make it possible to access each lobby without the use of stairs. Patrons should be aware that access to upper seating areas do involve stairs.

PARKING Parking is available within a four-block radius in all directions of the Fox Theatre. Advanced reserved parking is available for sale at the Fox Ticket Office or by calling 855-285-8499. The Fox Theatre assumes no responsibility for vehicles parked in any of the privately owned parking lots operating in the Fox Theatre district.

PERFORMANCE NOTES All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket in order to be admitted to the theatre. Not all events are suitable for children.

Infants will not be admitted to adult programs/performances. Parents will be asked to remove children who create a disturbance.

Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the management, in conjunction with the wishes of the producers.

Please turn off all pagers and cell phones prior to the beginning of each performance.

Camera and recording devices are strictly prohibited.

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

ETIQUETTE 1. Please arrive early. Latecomers may not be seated until intermission.

2. Take care of personal needs (drinks of water or restroom) before the performance begins.

3. Please silence or turn off all electronic devices, including cell phones, beepers, and watch alarms. We encourage you to share your experience at the Fox via social media, but please refrain from doing so or texting during performances; the glow from your device is distracting.

4. Most shows do not allow photography of any kind.

Flash photography inside the theatre is never allowed as it is a distraction to those around you and a danger to the performers.

5. The overture is part of the performance. Please cease talking at this point.

6. Dear Lovebirds, when you lean your heads together, you block the view of the people behind you. Please consider the people that will be seated behind you when choosing whether or not to wear a hat or what hair style you choose.

7. Please refrain from talking, humming, or singing along with the show, except when encouraged to do so by the artist or show.

8. Please wait for an appropriate moment to dig something out of your pocket or bag.

9. Go easy with the perfume and cologne, many people are highly allergic.

10. If you need assistance during the show, please go to your nearest volunteer usher. If additional assistance is needed the usher will get the appropriate person to further help you.

11. Yes, the parking lot gets busy and public transportation is tricky, but leaving while the show is in progress or before the actors have taken their final bows is discourteous. Wait until it is over and then exit with the rest of the audience.

THE FOX THEATRE 660 Peachtree Street, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30308 404.881.2100 â&#x20AC;˘ www.foxtheatre.org

STAFF

Allan C. Vella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President & C.E.O. Adina Alford Erwin . . . Vice President & General Manager Jeff Quesenberry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice President & C.F.O. Jennifer S. Farmer . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Sales/Ballrooms Jay Forrester . . . Director of Concessions & Merchandising Molly Fortune . . . . Director of Restoration and Operations Elton Houze . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Information Systems Jamie Vosmeier . . . . . . . . Director of Ticket Sales & Service Shelly Kleppsattel . . . . . . . . . Booking & Contract Associate Rick Robbins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controller Rachel Bomeli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticket Office Manager Ken Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guest Services Manager Nikki Griffin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sales Manager Carmie McDonald . . . . Community Engagement Manager Shelby Moody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticket Sales Manager Dan Goldberger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-Commerce and Social Media Manager Amy Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Manager Len Tucker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Project Manager Gary Hardaway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Carpenter Larry Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Flyman Scott Hardin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Property Master Ray T. Haynie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Electrician Cary Oldknow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Electrician Rodney Amos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head Sound Engineer

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Edward L. White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chairman Keith O Cowan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice Chairman Clara Axam, Robyn Barkin, Beauchamp Carr, Renee Dye, Sheffield Hale, John Holder, Edward Hutchison, Walt Huntley, Craig Jones, Jay Myers, Glen Romm

EMERITUS MEMBERS John Busby, Jr., Anne Cox Chambers, Pat Connell, Rodney Cook, Ada Lee Correll, Richard Courts, Jere Drummond, Richard Flinn, Julia Grumbles, Steve Koonin, Charles Lawson, Robert Minnear, Starr Moore, Joseph Myers, Edward Negri, Edgar Neiss, Joe Patten, Carl Patton, Herman Russell, Sylvia Russell, Nancy Simms, Preston Stevens, Alan Thomas, Clyde Tuggle, Carolyn Wills

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Journey There’s no way to miss the music (top) once you reach New Orleans.

Why not consider a trip by train to take in some of its famous 45-yearold Jazz & Heritage Festival, beginning April 24 this year?

W

hen Louis Armstrong recorded “Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans” some 68 years ago, he couldn’t have conceived what his beloved Crescent City would become.

Back then “Satchmo” could croon about “moss covered vines,” “moonlight on the bayou” and “magnolias in bloom” in a classic tune that’s been covered by such

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Ease on down to N’awlins via Amtrak’s eminently civilized Crescent liner

By A. Scott Walton

greats as Billie Holiday, Rosemary Clooney, Harry Connick Jr. and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.

But times have changed.

Today the most resonant music emanating from New Orleans is a hyper-erotic, anti-social genre known as “bounce,” pioneered by a 7-foot-tall gender-bending personality known as Big Freedia. He/ she has his/her own reality show on the Fuse network. And there’s still much curiousity about the

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fallout and recovery from 2005’s Hurricane Katrina.

There’s another sound you’ll hear, too, the clackety-clack of Amtrak’s Crescent line train, perhaps the best way to ease into a trip to New Orleans, a city where old-school charm rubs up against modern pragmatism. The smooth, rhythmic sway of the train does wonders with those pesky hangovers some French Quarter revelers carry home as a souvenir.

Whether you normally travel solo, in groups, with kids or senior citizens, a train ride to New Orleans feels less stressful in comparison to almost any airplane.

The original Crescent line started chugging its full-service dining rooms and sleeper cars on a 1,377-mile arc from New York

City to New Orleans — 30 hours one-way — in 1891. When Amtrak took over the rail line, one of its missions was to return the trip to its bygone glory.

Over its full length, the Crescent stops in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Charlotte, N.C., and Atlanta as it journeys to New Orleans. The Atlanta-to-New Orleans leg is a 12-hour trip. If you’re not in a hurry, it’s a refreshing and reflective way to travel.

Crowds at train stations are much smaller than at airports. The pace of boarding is less rushed and the exertion involved minimal. You actually lay eyes on the stewards loading your bags. And for a nominal fee ($5-$10), travelers who want to see New Orleans on two wheels can carry their bikes on board like luggage.

Amtrak tickets to New Orleans don’t sell for peanuts the way they do through airline discounters, but the amenities on the Crescent City far surpass a complimentary pack of nuts and a cup of coffee or Coca-Cola.

And the scenic route is just that — a meandering trip through the remnants and reformation of the Old South. Below the clouds, chugging along slightly below highway speed limits, it’s clear to see how far Dixieland has come and how far it has to go.

Accommodations vary and include Reserved Coach Class seats (wide side-by-side recliners); Viewliner Roomettes (fold-away bunk beds, sink and toilet, full service, meals included); Viewliner Bedrooms (one double bed with a convertible bunk, self-enclosed toilet and shower, separate armchair, etc.); Viewliner Bedroom Suites (four convertible single bunk beds, two separate toilets and showers, sofa, etc.); and Viewliner Accessible Bedrooms (recommended for sleepover passengers with mobility challenges).

The fares ($69-$1,000) depend

NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL This annual event, in its 45th year, might be a perfect occasion to ride the rails to the Big Easy. Here’s what you should know: THE FEST: A 10-day cultural feast in which thousands of musicians, cooks and craftspeople welcome some 400,000 visitors. Music is showcased on multiple stages, Louisiana cuisine is served in two large food areas, and crafts artisans from the region and around the world demonstrate and sell their work.

WHERE: At the Fair Grounds Race Course, about 10 minutes from the French Quarter.

WHEN: April 24-May 3.

HOURS: 11 a.m.-7 p.m. daily.

THE MUSIC: The fest celebrates the indigenous music and culture of New Orleans and Louisiana, so you’ll hear blues, R&B, gospel, Cajun, zydeco, Afro-Caribbean, folk, Latin, rock, rap, country, bluegrass, and contemporary and traditional jazz.

THE LINEUP: Includes, but not limited to Elton John, Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band, Keith Urban, Buddy Guy, Dr. John, the Blind Boys of Alabama, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Rebirth Brass Band, Buckwheat Zydeco, the Terence Blanchard E-Collective, Cassandra Wilson, Alison Krauss & Union Station, and Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett.

TICKETS: $58 plus fees in advance, $70 at the gate for three-day weekend passes. $5 (gate only) for ages 2-10 with an adult. More expensive packages are available as are travel packages, at www.nojazzfest. com, www.ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster outlets or 800.745.3000.

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Crescent liner

GET COOKING What fan of New Orleans cuisine wouldn’t want to let out with a “BAM!” or “I guar-RON-tee it” in the same vein as the city’s most famous chefs? If that’s you, consider taking a kitchen tutorial from a local master. Your options: NEW ORLEANS SCHOOL OF COOKING: Novice chefs and tourists go hands-on to learn to make gumbo, jambalaya, pralines and other local delicacies. Hands-on classes take place Sunday, Tuesday and Friday. Daily demonstrations run 10:30 a.m.-noon and 2-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday.

Details at 1.888.726.0115 or neworleansschoolofcooking.com.

CRESCENT CITY COOKS! Rotating lessons in preparing appetizers, entrees, desserts and cocktails. Daily classes start at 10 a.m. The gift shop sells utensils that range from clever (chopsticks for kids) to quirky (high-heeled-shoe wine bottle holders). Details at 504.529.1600 or crescentcitycooks.com.

NEW ORLEANS COOKING EXPERIENCE: Cajun cooking classes can be taken on a half-day, episodic or weekend-getaway basis.

Details at 504.430.5274 or thenoce.com.

on your choice of dates, departure time and seating arrangements.

So climb aboard, then relax.

Unless you have strong, private Internet connectivity, prepare to unplug for the duration. The Crescent line isn’t among the 21 Amtrak trains with free Wi-Fi and does not yet have a designated, staff-monitored Quiet Room, either.

Why not avail yourself of the scenery and the food and drink available instead?

The kitchen staff on board serves breakfast ($7.50-$11.25 for scrambled eggs, Railroad French toast, omelets); lunch ($9-$12 for salads, burgers); and dinner ($15.75-$24.75 for steak, pasta, chicken and seafood entrees) from a set menu with as much attention as possible to riders’ personal preferences and dietary restrictions.

Kids’ meals ($3.75-$7) are simple and comparable to fast-food fare.

Since Dining Car seating is limited, attendants go seat-by-seat to cordially request reservations. In the first-come, first-served Lounge Car, diners can eat in or take out, perk up with caffeine or sip a cocktail. The Café Car is a fuss-free oasis for a quick snack or drink, including alcohol.

Riders needing a shot of

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courage heading into the Big Easy or some hair-of-the-dog heading home can get wine by the glass or half-bottle ($6 and $15), beer ($5$7) and mixed drinks ($7 each).

Upon arrival, New Orleans’ levies break wide open for feasting, historical reverence, souvenir shopping and random debauchery. But beware. If you’re strolling Bourbon Street at night, heavy handfuls of stringed beads could come crashing down on you even if it isn’t Mardi Gras and you didn’t bare your breasts to request them.

To be frank, New Orleans’ fabled French Quarter has the look, feel, sound and smell of a tourist trap patrolled by police on horseback and a crush of people testing their ability to laissez les bon temps rouler.

But the city’s best-known and underappreciated attractions have something in common. They all invite you to follow your passions.

For comprehensive New Orleans visitor information, visit neworleansonline.com A. Scott Walton is a lifestyle, sports and fashion writer/editor who has been on staff at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Detroit Free Press and The Tennessean in Nashville. His favorite theater piece is Fences.

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Heaven Nature’s the saving grace of Georgia’s best public golf courses

ark Twain got it all wrong when he dismissed the game of golf as “a good walk spoiled.”

Golf actually presents ideal opportunities for soaking in spectacular scenery and spying on natural wildlife while you futilely pursue the perfect swing. With Georgia’s weather (at the descretion of course managers) you can swing year-round.

When Golf Digest editors and readers ranked the 100 best public courses in America for 2014, two Peach State landmarks (Sea Island Golf Club on St. Simons Island and the Golf Club of Cuscowilla in Eatonton) made the list at Nos. 36 and 56. In Golf Digest’s roundup of the best places to play on the planet, Augusta National ranked near the top. The members-only home of pro golf’s fabled Green Jacket finished No. 3 on the Hot 100 list.

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And let’s not forget the three public courses at Château Élan near Gainesville. You can stay and play, taking in some of the resort’s other amenities or take your swings at the par 71 Château Course, with its three lakes and two streams; the Par 72 Woodlands Course; or the 9-Hole Executive Par 3 Course. You must be a guest to play the Legends Course. Details: chateauelan.com/.

But let’s bring the game intown, or thereabouts. Metro Atlanta abounds with esteemed and accessible public courses that celebrate nature and all it offers. Here’s a select list.

CHEROKEE RUN GOLF CLUB Tucked into woody terrain in Conyers, this course designed by Arnold Palmer covers 7,016 yards of rolling hills that preserve the serenity of

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WHERE TO FIND THEM Bear’s Best (Atlanta) 5342 Aldebourgh Drive, Suwanee.

678.714.2582, clubcorp.com/Clubs/ Bear-s-Best-Atlanta Bobby Jones Golf Course 384 Woodward Way, Atlanta.

404.355.1009, bobbyjonesgc.com Cherokee Run Golf Club 1595 Centennial Olympic Parkway, Conyers.

770.785.7904, cherokeerungolfclub.com Club at Savannah Harbor 2 Resort Drive, Savannah. 912.201.2240, theclubatsavannahharbor.com The Frog (at the Georgian) 2699 Georgian Parkway, Villa Rica.

770.459.4400, golfthefrog.com Golf Club of Cuscowilla 126 Cuscowilla Drive, Eatonton.

706.484.0050, cuscowilla.com Reynolds Plantation 5741 Lake Oconee Parkway, Greensboro.

706.467.3151, reynoldsplantation.com Sea Island Golf Club 100 Cloister Drive, Sea Island.

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the site that once was home to Cherokee Indians. The narrow, Zoysia grass fairways are barely traceable amid thick pines. Natural outcroppings of granite and 96 craftily placed sand traps add to the par 72 course’s degree of difficulty.

GolfNow magazine calls Cherokee Run “one of the area’s toughest tests” due its firm, fast putting surfaces and elevation changes.

THE FROG (AT THE GEORGIAN) This Tom Fazio-designed sanctuary in Villa Rica is endorsed by the Audubon Society because of its respect for preserving natural park land. Golf Digest rates the Frog at 4½ stars (out of 5). The course has welcomed a number of high-profile celebrity, charity and Pro-Am events. Brandnew baseball Hall of Famer John Smoltz putts there, as do any number of sports personalities.

Playing from the Blue tees, you’ll be challenged by 6,239 yards of high-arching pines, staggered ponds, undulating fairways strewn with sand bunkers, and slick putting greens.

BOBBY JONES GOLF COURSE On clear days, golfers can scan the Atlanta skyline for a panoramic perspective of this

83-year-old course’s charms. Ancient oak trees loom wide and low over fairways where Civil War skirmishes once took place. The course was carved from 36 acres of city land and dedicated to the legendary grace and influence of the great Robert Tyre “Bobby” Jones Jr. Just 10 minutes northeast of downtown, Bobby Jones takes full advantage of Peachtree Battle Creek. An 18-hole round on the par 70, track entails tee shots over the semi-still creeks on the first and final holes.

BEAR’S BEST (SUWANEE) This course combines the design instincts of golf’s all-time major championship leader with the corporate/communal amenities that modern consumers demand. Golf magazine ranks Bear’s Best as Georgia’s 13th-best course. Over 6,857 yards, through fairways of varying widths, players are challenged to shoot par (72) on a combination of Jack Nicklaus’ 18 favorite holes.

Six holes are meant to mimic the look and feel of scenes where the Golden Bear, as Nicklaus is known, sealed a third of his 18 major tournament victories on both U.S. and British soil.

CLUB AT SAVANNAH HARBOR Don’t let its affiliation with Westin resorts fool you into thinking this course is easy. The 7,288-yard venue has seen serious competitions for years. This course, along the inlet shores of Georgia’s coast, presents visual challenges like shifting sea waves, soggy marshes, bunkers filled with bleached-white oyster shells and putting greens that appear flat but roll deviously into the water or thick rough if not approached carefully.

Ranked No. 6 on Golf magazine’s list of Georgia’s Best Public Courses this venue is a garden of good and evil for your skills.

REYNOLDS PLANTATION With lodging and amenities by Ritz-Carlton, the Reynolds Plantation in Oconee strives for pre-eminence as Georgia’s ultimate “stay-andplay” spot. Considered one of the state’s prime locations for luxury hunting, fishing and relaxing, Reynolds’ six courses rank No. 6 on Golf magazine’s list of Georgia’s best. Geniuses of course design and construction — Jack Nicklaus, Tom Fazio, Rees Jones, Bob Cupp and Jim Engh — combined to create 117 holes of varying length and difficulty. All six courses rim the banks of Lake Oconee and its tributaries. The sloping nature of the coastal topography presents players with the highest risks for hazardous shots.

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THE LAWRENCE — A Midtown restaurant concept where quality, innovation, style and comfort are the focus, as are delivering an unexpected and unique experience. The Lawrence strives to rethink food in a fresh way in a comfortable intown neighborhood setting. 905 Juniper St. N.E. 404.961.7177. thelawrenceatlanta.com, M LOBBY — The menu at this sophisticated American restaurant focuses on seasonal fare. In the lobby of TWELVE Atlantic Station. 361 17th St. N.E., 404.961.7370, lobbyattwelve.com, M THE MELTING POT — A premiere fondue restaurant where guests can enjoy a choice of fondue cooking styles and a variety of unique entrees, salads and indulgent desserts. Four Atlanta locations. 754 Peachtree St. N.E., 404.389.0099, meltingpot.com. M MURPHY’S — This restaurant has one of the city’s top brunch menus, but it’s known for great people-watching and contemporary comfort food. 997 Virginia Ave N.E., 404.872.0904, murphysvh.com, VH

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DINING GUIDE SOUTH CITY KITCHEN — With a stylish, Southern-contemporary menu, this DiRoNA restaurant helped make grits hip for the business crowd. Two locations: Midtown: 1144 Crescent Ave., 404.873.7358; Vinings: 1675 Cumberland Parkway, 770.435.0700, southcitykitchen.com. M, V

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Downstairs, a takeaway market sells sandwiches, spices, pastries and beverages. 240 North Highland Ave. N.E., 404.681.4434, parishatl.com. OFW

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GORDON BIERSCH — Fresh-brewed beers are a tasty accent to this brewery-restaurant’s hearty pizzas, salads and sandwiches. For a small additional fee, pre-show diners can leave cars in the lot while they’re at the Fox Theatre.

Two locations: Midtown: 848 Peachtree St. N.E., 404.870.0805; Buckhead: 3242 Peachtree Road N.E., 404.264.0253, gordonbiersch.com. M, B TAP — A gastropub offering easy-to-share pub fare and an extensive beer selection. The patio is a great place to chill after work. 1180 Peachtree St. N.E., 404.347.2220, tapat1180.com. M

ECCO — Esquire Magazine named this casual, European-influenced bistro a best new restaurant in America. It’s received raves for its wine list, wood-fired pizzas, and impressive meat and cheese menus. 40 7th St. N.E., 404.347.9555, ecco-atlanta.com. M

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DAVIO’S NORTHERN ITALIAN STEAKHOUSE — At Phipps Plaza in the heart of Buckhead. 3500 Peachtree Road N.E., 404.844.4810, davios.com/atl. B LA TAVOLA — Neighborhood hub for classic Italian comfort food has a cozy, exposed-brick interior & a back patio. 992 Virginia Avenue N.E., 404.873.5430, latavolatrattoria.com. M

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DINING GUIDE VENI VIDI VICI — Upscale Italian fare, including homemade pastas, in relaxed-but-elegant setting near Symphony Hall. 41 N.W. 14th Street, 404.875.8424, buckheadrestaurants.com. M

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Specializing in company meetings, events and family celebrations. Rated excellent by Zagat 2003-11. Just a short drive from the Fox Theatre.

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BY THE NUMBERS SHOWS ★ 49.725 million: Number of fans who’ve come through the door. ★ 18,000: Number of performances played since the doors opened on Dec. 25, 1929. ★ 443: Number of performances played by touring Broadway shows. ★ 280: Number of days each year the theater is booked. ★ 20 cents: What adults paid per ticket at the first show in 1929. ★ 12: Number of times Patti LaBelle has played the theater, more than any other artist. ★ Top-grossing show: The Book of Mormon. ★ Longest-running show: The Phantom of the Opera in 1994. Here from Oct. 1 to Nov. 5. Phantom has played the Fox nine times. ★ Fastest sellout: British singer-songwriter Sam Smith.

THE THEATER ★ $1 million: Annual cost of upkeep. ★ 30,000: Yards of carpeting. ★ 4,678: Number of seats. ★ 3,442: Number of light bulbs in the vertical marquee outside.

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★ 165: Number of original 1929 furniture pieces still in the theater (out of 168). ★ 128: Autographs on the backstage wall. ★ 96: Stars in the auditorium sky (83 twinkle, one made from a Coca-Cola bottle).

FOX THEATRE INSTITUTE ★ $350,000: Amount distributed to community theaters. ★ 2008: Year founded.

★ 18: Number of months it took to build.

★ 10: Number of preservation projects sponsored to date.

★ 15: Number of dressing rooms.

PRIVATE EVENTS

★ 3: Number of original Fox Theatres (of five) that remain – Detroit, St. Louis and Atlanta.

★ 40: Number of weddings held each year.

CONCESSIONS ★ 75,000: Coca-Colas sold annually.

ECONOMIC IMPACT ★ $30 million plus: Amount reinvested in restoration of the Fox since 1974.

★ 47,500: Pounds of popcorn served each year.

★ $25 million: Amount contributed to the economy by the Fox and its patrons (excluding ticket sales).

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★ $2.8 million: Amount paid in 2014 sales taxes.

★ 3,622: Number of pipes. ★ 42: Number of ranks (rows of pipes). ★ 7 miles plus: Length of electrical wire required. ★ 4: Number of manuals. ★ Sounds included: Ford car horn, siren, chimes, cymbals, snare drums, bass drum, tom-tom drums, a bell from 1928 locomotive, Chinese blocks and a whistle.

★ $1.4 million: Revenue contributed to the state government. ★ $1.2 million: Revenue contributed to local government. ★ 800: Number of volunteers. ★ 757: Number of jobs provided. ★ 400: Part-time employees. ★ 62: Full-time employees.

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