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Annual Fund Donors....................................................... 9

ALVIN HOUGH JR. (Music Director/ We Will Rock You. . .......................................................... 13 Conductor). Dreamgirls (National Tour); We Will Rock You Cast....................................................

15 Innocence—workshop (Manhattan Theatre Club); Saving Aimee by Kathie Lee Gifford We Will Rock You Musical Numbers................................ 17 (New 42nd St Studios); One Night Only We Will Rock You Who’s WhoLee in theRalph Cast........................

19 Benefit with Sheryl (Memorial Theatre); Say It Ain’t So (Kennedy Center); We Will Rock You Staff and Credits................................ 35 Night at the Oak Room (Algonquin).

The Phantomofof Harvard the Opera: AUniversity, New Chandelier .. ............. 43 Graduate 2006.

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Des Moines Performing Arts in the Spotlight:.............. 50

AUGUST ERIKSMOEN (Dance Arranger).

Turnaround Arts Initiative Broadway: The Addams Family, Memphis, 54 Taking Queen to the Quartet, U.S. Stage...................................

Million Dollar Ring of Fire, All Shook Up, Rent.

Off-B’way: Romantic Des Moines Performing Arts Board of Directors........... 58 Poetry, Walmartopia, Imperfect Chemistry.

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59 1st All Shook Up, The Full Monty.

Other arranging/orchestrating credits: A Guest Information....................................................... 60 Christmas Story (5th Avenue, Tour), James

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FROM THE PRESIDENT & CEO

Dear friends, In September 1980, the band Queen played a concert at Hilton Coliseum in Ames as part of their world tour to support the release of their album The Game. I was at that concert – not as an attendee, but as a worker on the Iowa State Center crew.

I was assigned to an on-stage position that literally gave me a front row seat to that spectacular production. The stage and lighting design for that tour was far more advanced than other rock tours of the time, and of course the performance by the band - Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon - was first-rate. After the premature death of Freddie Mercury, I was especially glad that I had the chance to see the band live.

Fast-forward to 2003, and on a trip to London I decided on a whim to take in a performance of the new musical We Will Rock You. All I knew about the show was that it featured the music of Queen, and that was enough. The performance was very fun.

I thoroughly enjoyed the whimsy of the show, and of course the music was infectious and wonderfully performed.

We Will Rock You has enjoyed a long life on the West End in London, and it has had multiple productions around the world. In fact, it has played to more than 15 million people since its inception.

We are so grateful to the more than 10,000 season ticket holders to the Willis Broadway Series. It is this support that allows us to bring world-class Broadway productions to Central Iowa. If you’re a season ticket holder for this current season, you have one more production left in the 5-show package: the new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera in September. Season tickets are on sale now for the 2014-2015 season that begins in November with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

We hope you enjoy this performance of We Will Rock You.

Jeff Chelesvig President & CEO Des Moines Performing Arts

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Dear friends, Welcome to the Des Moines Civic Center and to the Willis Broadway Series.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, please accept our sincere thanks to our loyal season ticket holders and to our donors whose generous gifts are the foundation for all we do. We truly appreciate your support.

In addition to the Willis Broadway Series, Des Moines Performing Arts presents The Dance Series, the Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Family Series, and three offerings within the Prairie Meadows Temple Theater Series – the Temple Comedy Series, Live at the Temple and Lunch Unplugged.

The staff and board take great pride in making our four venues performance homes for our entire community, including the Des Moines Symphony and the SmartTalk Connected Conversations Series. To embrace our roots, we welcome local artists, dance studios, students and more onto our stages each year.

Des Moines Performing Arts is also a national leader in theater and arts education. More than 50,000 students attend curriculum-connected performances in our facilities each year. Teachers learn to incorporate the arts into traditional classroom topics. The new Iowa High School Musical Theater Awards are elevating and showcasing the work of high schools and their students.

As a non-profit organization, Des Moines Performing Arts requires your help to make all of this happen. We ask for your support as a donor and appreciate your help in creating a world-class performing arts center.

To learn more about attending any of our performances or about making a donation, please visit DesMoinesPerformingArts.org or call (515) 246-2300.

Thank you for being here. Enjoy the show!

Thomas Brown Chair, Des Moines Performing Arts Board of Directors

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Des Moines Performing Arts thanks its

PREMIER PARTNERS for their support:

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Polk County Board of Supervisors Prairie Meadows Thomas Press and Donna Paulsen The Principal Financial Group Register Media John Ruan Foundation Trust Mike Simonson Tom Stanberry Jeffrey and Mary Stier UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Vision Iowa Joe and Rhonda Watton Wells Fargo Douglas and Deborah West James and Ann Willer Angela Williams Connie Wimer and Frank Fogarty

welcome Once again the Willis Auto Campus is honored to provide title sponsorship to Des Moines Performing Arts’ main stage season in the form of the 2013 -2014 Willis Broadway Series. We recognize the importance of this type of cultural enrichment and appreciate the vitality it brings to our community.

It is our privilege, through our partnership with Des Moines Performing Arts, to bring world class productions like We Will Rock You to Central Iowa.

ENJOY THE SHOW! — Rich Willis, President

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DES MOINES CIVIC CENTER A Des Moines Performing Arts Theater Jeff Chelesvig, President & CEO

QUEEN THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS, PHIL MCINTYRE ENTERTAINMENTS, TRIBECA THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS AND NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS

present

WE WILL ROCK YOU Music and Lyrics

QUEEN

Story and Script

BEN ELTON Featuring BRIAN JUSTIN CRUM RUBY LEWIS JACQUELINE B. ARNOLD

P.J. GRIFFITH

and RYAN KNOWLES

ERICA PECK

JARED ZIRILLI

with

TODD ADAMSON DANNY BALKWILL SAMANTHA BERMAN JESSICA CROUCH ALEX DeLEO SACCHA DENNIS SAM DiGIUSEPPE SUZANNA DUPREE DANIEL GREENBERG STEPHEN HERNANDEZ NATHAN KEEN DANIEL KERMIDAS RYAN KOS BROOKE MORRISON COREY MOSELLO JENNIFER MOTE KATIE MURPHY JENNIFER NOBLE STEPHANIE SY KASEY WALKER Original Production Designer

Lighting Designer

MARK FISHER

Video Directors

WILLIE WILLIAMS

Sound Designer

MARK FISHER & WILLIE WILLIAMS

Costume Designer

BOBBY AITKEN

Hair and Make-Up Designer

TIM GOODCHILD

JOHN ‘JACK’ CURTIN

Associate Scenic Designer

Associate Costume Designer

DAVID NEWELL

ANTHONY PEARSON

Orchestrator

Music Director/Conductor

Music Supervisor

RIC LIPSON

STEVE SIDWELL

Associate Lighting Designer

NATE PATTEN

Production Stage Manager

Casting

Tour Press and Marketing

Queen Management

Executive Producer

DUNCAN STEWART CSA / BENTON WHITLEY CSA DUNCAN STEWART AND COMPANY JIM BEACH

GARTH HELM Music Coordinator

MIKE DIXON, BRIAN MAY & ROGER TAYLOR

Production Manager

BEN NEAFUS

Associate Sound Designer

Company Manager

MELISSA CHACÓN

JAMEY JENNINGS Tour Booking

ALLIED LIVE

SETH WENIG

JOHN MILLER

THE ROAD COMPANY

General Manager

GENTRY & ASSOCIATES GUY JORDIN HEARD

Associate Director & Associate Choreographer

TRACEY FLYE

Musical Staging & Choreographer

ARLENE PHILLIPS Director

BEN ELTON ORIGINAL WEST END PRODUCTION DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER RENSHAW ALL MUSIC IN THIS PRODUCTION IS BASED ON SONGS WRITTEN VARIOUSLY BY FREDDIE MERCURY, BRIAN MAY, ROGER TAYLOR AND JOHN DEACON EXCEPT FOR “UNDER PRESSURE” WRITTEN BY QUEEN AND DAVID BOWIE

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CAST Galileo.................................................................................................................BRIAN JUSTIN CRUM Scaramouche...................................................................................................................... RUBY LEWIS Killer Queen.................................................................................................JACQUELINE B. ARNOLD Khashoggi..........................................................................................................................P. J. GRIFFITH Oz........................................................................................................................................ ERICA PECK Brit..................................................................................................................................JARED ZIRILLI Buddy......................................................................................................................... RYAN KNOWLES Teacher....................................................................................................................... SACCHA DENNIS Teen Queens........................................................................JESSICA CROUCH, SUZANNA DUPREE,

BROOKE MORRISON, STEPHANIE SY GaGa Kids, Globalsoft Executives, Ladies in Waiting, Bohemians.......................... TODD ADAMSON DANNY BALKWILL, JESSICA CROUCH, ALEX DeLEO, SACCHA DENNIS, SUZANNA DUPREE, DANIEL GREENBERG, NATHAN KEEN, DANIEL KERMIDAS, RYAN KOSS, BROOKE MORRISON, COREY MOSELLO, JENNIFER MOTE, JENNIFER NOBLE, STEPHANIE SY, KASEY WALKER

UNDERSTUDIES: For Galileo - TODD ADAMSON, DANIEL GREENBERG, COREY MOSELLO; For Scaramouche - JENNIFER NOBLE, STEPHANIE SY; For Killer Queen - JESSICA CROUCH, SACCHA DENNIS; For Khashoggi - TODD ADAMSON, DANNY BALKWILL; For Buddy - DANNY BALKWILL, DANIEL GREENBERG; For Brit - TODD ADAMSON, DANNY BALKWILL; For Oz - JESSICA CROUCH, BROOKE MORRISON

SWINGS: SAMANTHA BERMAN, SAM DiGIUSEPPE, STEPHEN HERNANDEZ, KATIE MURPHY DANCE CAPTAIN: SAMANTHA BERMAN ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN: SAM DiGIUSEPPE

BAND

Musical Director / Conductor - NATE PATTEN Assistant Conductor - BRANDON ETHRIDGE Keyboards - BRANDON ETHRIDGE and EMILY MARSHALL Guitar - TRISTAN AVAKIAN and BOB WEGNER Bass - MIKE COHEN Percussion - DAVID STEVENS Drums - DANNY YOUNG Music Coordinator - JOHN MILLER

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MUSICAL NUMBERS All music in this production is based on songs written variously by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon except Under Pressure, written by Queen and David Bowie

ACT I

Prologue Innuendo.............................................................................................................. Freddie & Company Scene 1: The Hinterland Scene 2: Virtual High School Radio Ga Ga....................................................................................................................... GaGa Kids I Want To Break Free........................................................................................ Galileo, Scaramouche Somebody to Love.....................................................................................Scaramouche, Teen Queens Scene 3: The Boardroom Killer Queen................................................................... Killer Queen and her Globalsoft Executives Now I’m Here................................................................. Killer Queen and her Globalsoft Executives Scene 4: The Hospital Under Pressure................................................................................................. Galileo, Scaramouche Scene 5: Killer Queen’s Pad A Kind of Magic..........................................Killer Queen and her Globalsoft Executives, Khashoggi Scene 6: The Wasteland I Want It All............................................................................................................Brit, Oz, Company You’re My Best Friend...................................................................................... Galileo, Scaramouche Scene 7: Descent Into the Underground Headlong............................................................................................ Oz, Brit, Galileo, Scaramouche Scene 8: Hard Rock Café No-One But You...........................................................................................................Oz, Bohemians Crazy Little thing Called Love....................................... Brit, Oz, Galileo, Scaramouche, Bohemians

ACT II

Scene 1: Laser Cages Flash................................................................................................................................... Bohemians Seven Seas of Rhye.......................................................................................... Khashoggi, Bohemians Scene 2: Wasteland Who Wants To Live Forever.............................................................................. Scaramouche, Galileo Scene 3: Morning in the Wasteland Scene 4: Killer Queen’s Boudoir Fat Bottomed Girls................................................................ Killer Queen and her Ladies in Waiting Scene 5: Out on the Road Hammer to Fall................................................................................................. Galileo, Scaramouche Scene 6: Hard Rock Café These are the Days of Our Lives............................................................................Buddy, Bohemians Headlong (Reprise).............................................................................. Scaramouche, Galileo, Buddy Scene 7: Graceland We Will Rock You.................................................................................................Galileo & Company We Are The Champions........................................................................................Galileo & Company

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BRIAN JUSTIN CRUM (Galileo) is stoked to take We Will Rock You across America! On Broadway he has been seen in the Pulitzer Prize winning Next to Normal (Gabe/Henry), Grease and Wicked. 1st National Tours: Addams Family (Lucas Bieneke), Grease (Doody) and Wicked.

Other credits: Altar Boyz (Original Chicago Cast) as Mark, Jeff Award Nomination. Jesus Christ Superstar, Snapshots a Musical Revue by Stephen Schwartz and more. Brian was a guest star on “Law and Order: SVU” on NBC in the episode Possessed. Thanks to Soffer/Namoff Management, Harden-Curtis Agency, Momma, sistas and friends for their overwhelming belief and support. Now get off your butts and ROCK WITH US! Twitter:@BrianJustinCrum

ERICA PECK (Oz). Best known for her Doraaward nominated performance as Scaramouche in the original Canadian company of We Will Rock You, Erica Peck starred as Mary Maguire in the world premier of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Boys in the Photograph in Winnipeg and Toronto. Other credits include The Wedding Singer (Stage West), Songs for a New World (Angelwalk) and Penny Pingleton in Hairspray (Charlottetown). In 2012, she made her Stratford festival debut in You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Lucy). She has performed with The Killers, Burton Cummings and Queen. Running a vintage clothing business “WildthingVintage” on the side, she has been featured on Etalk Daily, ET Canada and MTV. Thanks to Mom and Dad, the gang at Talent House, Marat, and her favorite rock and roll boys, Robin and Pluto.

RUBY LEWIS (Scaramouche) grew up listening to Queen’s Greatest Hits on repeat— what a thrill it is to sing these iconic songs every night! Western Kentucky University grad, Summa Cum Laude. National Tours: Jersey Boys, Grease, Gypsy. Regional: 9 to 5 (Doralee) with 3D Theatricals, Legally Blonde (Elle) at Gateway Playhouse. Film: Another Perfect Stranger, 1 Message and Pass the Light. TV: “Desperate Housewives”, “Medium”,” Brothers & Sisters”, “Rules of Engagement”, “Hart of Dixie” and Showtime’s “Masters of Sex”. So grateful for her supportive friends, family and community, without which none of this would be possible! Say howdy on FB or Twitter @ RubyLewLA . www.rubylewis.com JACQUELINE B. ARNOLD (Killer Queen) is extremely proud to be a part of this extraordinary cast of creatives. A few skits I’ve done include, Broadway: Priscilla Queen of the Desert (DIVA). Off Broadway: Bright Lights, Big City (Clara Tillinghast). National Tours: Hairspray, Las Vegas & 1st National Tour (Lorraine, u/s Motormouth Maybelle); Rent, 2nd National Tour, (Joanne Jefferson). Broadway workshops: Diner the Musical (stripper). TV and Film: Make it or Break it (parent), and countless others. I Love You Lola! “If you don’t know where you wanna go, then it doesn’t matter which path you take”. Just remain in the moment!! CHEERS!!!

JARED ZIRILLI (Brit) - Recently played Lt. Sam Weinberg in A Few Good Men at the Alley Theatre in Houston, TX. NY- Lysistrata Jones (OBC), Fat Camp (Off Bway), Jacob in Twilight: The Musical (New World Stages), Beto in Bare, Bullets Over Broadway (w/ Susan Stroman and Woody Allen). Tour- Wicked (Fiyero Cover). Regional: LMNOP(Goodspeed), Roger in the Equity Premiere of Rent, Matthew in the DC Premiere of Altar Boyz,The Light in the Piazza (Maine State), Radames in Aida(Drury Lane). TV: “Pan Am”, “Blue Bloods”.

Host: ‘Jared’s Broadway Boo’s’ (interviewing/ terrorizing Broadway’s Best!) Thanks H/H! For mom, Rayzie and Justin, and grampa. Love my Whitney. Dedicated to dad. www.JaredZirilli. com. Twitter @JaredZirilli

P.J. GRIFFITH (Khashoggi). Theater: American Idiot on Broadway (St. Jimmy), Giant at The Public Theater and The Dallas Theater Center (Jett Rink), The 1st National Tour of Mamma Mia!

RYAN KNOWLES (Buddy). Off-Broadway: NEWSical: The Musical, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Caligula Maximus (Caligula), Fools in Love (Nick Bottom). National Tours: How the

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST Grinch Stole Christmas! (Grandpa Who), OZ: The Musical (Wicked Witch of the West). Regional: Disney’s Aladdin (The Genie), Assassins (JW Booth), Little Shop...(Orin). On TV, Ryan was host of Nickelodeon’s daily live two-hour program Me:TV. “Long Live Rock & Roll!”

TODD ADAMSON (Ensemble, u/s Galileo, u/s Khashoggi, u/s Brit) is beyond thrilled to join the WWRY family! Selected past regional credits include Legally Blonde (Warner), Altar Boyz (Matthew), The Wedding Singer (Robbie).

Todd has performed with Lea Michele, Karen Ziemba, and Sandy Duncan in various readings and concerts in NYC. Special thanks to Mom and George (thanks for never giving up on me), Guy Stroman, Henderson/Hogan Agency and Benton Whitley at Duncan Stewart. Dreams do come true! Enjoy the show!

DANNY BALKWILL (Ensemble, u/s Khashoggi, u/s Buddy, u/s Brit). National (CAN/US): We Will Rock You (Galileo Alt., U/S Brit); Mamma Mia! (U/S Sky, Pepper, Eddie); Regional: Buddy Holly Story (Jerry

Allison/ Music Director); Legally Blonde (Music Director); Joseph...Dreamcoat (Joseph); Fiddler on the Roof (Perchik); Thoroughly Modern Millie (Jimmy Smith); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (U/S Freddie); Godspell (Judas); Songs For A New World (Man1); Honk (Drake). These Performances are dedicated to my mother, Elaine. Thank you for watching over me!

SAMANTHA BERMAN (Swing, Dance Captain) is living the dream of singing and dancing! Nat’l Tours: South Pacific, A Chorus Line. Some regional credits include: Curtains, The Boyfriend, Producers, Cats, Thoroughly Modern Millie, White Christmas, All Shook Up. UC Irvine Grad. Grateful for all the support from my most amazing family and friends. www.samanthasheaberman.com.

JESSICA CROUCH (Ensemble, u/s Killer Queen, u/s Oz) An NYU Tisch School of The Arts graduate, Jessica is well attuned to traveling the USA to rockin’ awesome music, previously performing with the national tour of All Shook Up. Regional credits include: Vibrata in Forum (Bay

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST Street), Allison in Bingo! (California Musical Theatre), and Elle Woods in Legally Blonde for theatre companies on both East and West Coasts winning a StageSceneLA Award along the way.

Jessica has also worked as a Production Singer for Carnival Cruise Lines. Love to Mom and Dad! www.jessica-crouch.com. KCCO

Severa, One Touch of Venus and Sunday in the Park with George. Other credits include Canadian premiere of Dreamgirls (Theatre Aquarius/MTC/SW); Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (YPT). Saccha thanks TH, Tracey, Benton, her family and friends for their support and to Nicholas. www.sacchadennis.com

ALEX DeLEO (Ensemble) is ecstatic to be joining the WWRY tour. Credits include: Tour/ regional: Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Ensemble/ u/s Adam/Felicia); Muny (Legally Blonde, Beauty and the Beast, Cats, Millie, and more); North Shore Music Theatre (Bye Bye Birdie, Fame, High School Musical). Walnut Hill School for the Arts and Cincinnati alum.

Thanks to my loving family, #AvalonArtists, and of course Randy.

SAM DiGIUSEPPE (Assistant Dance Captain, Swing) is thrilled to be part of this amazing company! Toronto: The Wizard of Oz (Mayor/ Ensemble). Select Regional: Hair (Claude U/S); She Loves Me (Arpad); 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Chip); Cabaret (Victor).

Training: Sheridan College PMUST (2011).

Love to the cast and creatives, TH, and my parents. @samdigiuseppe

SACCHA DENNIS (Ensemble, u/s Killer Queen) Hailing from Montreal, this Canadian is thrilled to be debuting across the US in WWRY!!!

Saccha was recently seen in Ragtime and My Fair Lady at the Shaw Festival as well as past successes such as new musical Maria

SUZANNA DUPREE (Ensemble) is ecstatic to be joining part of the Queen legacy with We Will Rock You!! Nat’l & Internat’l Tours: A Chorus Line (Sheila). New York/Regional: A Chorus Line; Cabaret; Sweet Charity; 42nd St; Chess; Cinderella. Raleigh, NC native & graduate of The Boston Conservatory. Love & thanks:

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST BROOKE MORRISON (Ensemble, u/s Oz) is thrilled beyond measure to be touring with the First US National Tour of We Will Rock You (Ensemble, Understudy Oz). Other National Tour credits: A Chorus Line (Sheila). Favorite Regional: Legally Blonde (Margot), Cats (Demeter), SUGAR (Sugar). Graduated with her BFA in Music Theater from Elon University and shortly after traveled the world working as a singer/dancer for Holland America Cruiselines.

Special thanks to MSA and undying gratitude to her friends and her amazing family for being such a rock in her life.

Benton & Duncan, NETworks, Penny & co and my wonderful family & friends for their neverending support.

DANIEL GREENBERG (Ensemble,u/sGalileo, u/s Buddy). Born and raised in Toronto, Daniel quickly found an affinity for the stage. As a proud graduate of the musical theater program at Sheridan College, Daniel went on to perform in: Legally Blonde (Emmett), All Shook Up (Dennis), Hairspray (Fender), The Wedding Singer (u/s Robbie), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Benjamin), Urinetown (Billy Boy Bill), and Grease (Zuko). Thanks to Tracey, Bruce and TH, mom, dad, Josh, and Nell. Enjoy the show!

COREY MOSELLO (Ensemble, u/s Galileo) is thrilled to be making his National Tour debut!

Theatre credits include Miss Saigon at North Shore Music Theatre, The Donkey Show at the A.R.T, Jesus Christ Superstar and Batboy the Musical. He received his BFA in Musical Theatre from The Boston Conservatory. Corey would like to thank CSA/Duncan Stewart, everyone at DGRW and his family and friends for all their love and support. For his loving mother!

STEPHEN HERNANDEZ (Swing). Thrilled to be making his Musical debut with the National Tour of We Will Rock You. Stephen has worked with Hysterica Dance Company, Chuthis and Daniel Ezralow. Endless thank you’s to Mom and Dad, Chris, Nate, Vickie, Erin, EDGE Performing Arts Center, bloc, Peter, Kitty and all friends for your support and guidance.

JENNIFER MOTE (Ensemble). Stage Credits: Mirvish Productions: Rock of Ages (Waitress #1), Stratford Shakespeare Festival: West Side Story (Velma), Cyrano de Bergerac, Canadian Opera Company: Iphigenia in Tauris, Helix Dance Project. Film/TV: Suits (NBC), Degrassi: TNG, So You Think You Can Dance Canada (Top 25), The L.A. Complex (MuchMusic), Performed with artists such as: Akon, Dragonette, Shawn Desman, Katy Perry, New Kids on the Block.

Much love and thanks to my biggest fans— my family. Dedicated to my favorite lil dudes: Parker, Hailey and Tristan. Now... Let’s ROCK! Twitter: @jenmote.

NATHAN KEEN (Ensemble). Broadway: Les Miserables (Gavroche). National Tours: West Side Story (Big Deal/Fight Captain), Ragtime (Little Boy), Les Miserables (Gavroche), Beauty and the Beast (Chip). Thanks to the creative team, Nancy Carson, Duncan Stewart & Company, friends, and family. Strength & Honor!

DANIEL KERMIDAS (Ensemble) studied Dance and Musical Theater at Marymount Manhattan College. Broadway Tours: West Side Story (Swing, u/s Arab, Baby John), Memphis the Musical (Ensemble). Regional: The Music Man (Tommy Djilas), Carousel (Ensemble). TV: So You Think You Can Dance (Season 9) Love and thanks to his family, and friends.

KATIE MURPHY (Swing) We Will Rock You, Mirvish; My Fair Lady/The Admirable Crichton, Shaw Festival; REGIONAL: Legally Blonde (Brooke); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (U/S Christine); Peter Pan (Tiger Lily); 42nd Street (Peggy); Anne of Green Gables (Diana); Charlotte’s Web (Charlotte); CATS; Joseph...; Spamalot; White Christmas; Enchanted Evening (Soloist). BFA Acting UBC. Katie’s a published poet, yoga teacher, and wrote a one-woman show for the VFF. Thrilled to be on the tour of love with her husband Danny. Mom, Dad and Stir: for boundless support.

RYAN KOSS (Ensemble) was recently part of Cats at North Shore Music Theatre and North Carolina Theatre (Mr. Mistoffelees).

Other credits: Off-Broadway in Lucky Guy the Musical (Buckaroo swing), Oklahoma!

Berkshire Theatre Festival (Slim/Dance Capt.)

Guys and Dolls Westchester Broadway Theatre.

Surf The Musical! Planet Hollywood Vegas, The Muny 2010 Season, and Music Theatre of Wichita Season 07,08,09. Proud graduate of the University of Oklahoma.

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST (WH Smiths People’s Choice Fiction Award), Past Mortem (Prix Polar International Crime Writer Award, Amitiès Mortelles), The First Casualty, Chart Throb, Blind Faith, Meltdown, Two Brothers. TV: “The Young Ones” (BAFTA-award winner), “Alfresco”, “Happy Families”, “Blackadder 2”, “Filthy Rich & Catflap”, “Saturday Live”, “Blackadder The Third” (BAFTA-award winner), “Friday Night Live”, “Blackadder Goes Forth” (BAFTA-award winner), “Ben Elton The Man From Auntie” (The Royal Television Society Writers Award), “The Thin Blue Line” (British Comedy Award and Public and Professional Jury Awards at Reims) , “The Ben Elton Show”, “Blessed”, “The Wright Way”. Ben also wrote “Mr Bean’s” Exam episode. As a stand-up comedian, Ben has been one of the UK’s most successful live acts for almost thirty years. He last toured in 20052006. In 1990 he co-hosted the Nelson Mandela Celebration at Wembley Stadium. He hosted the Brits in 1997 and 1998 and The Royal Variety Performance in 2000. He writes all his own material. Films: Maybe Baby (Writer/Director).

Other directing work include Silly Cow, The Thin Blue Line (with John Birkin) Blessed, We Will Rock You, Tonight’s The Night and The Beautiful Game, reworked as The Boys In the Photograph. In 2007 Ben Elton was awarded the Special Golden Rose D’Or at The International Television festival in Lucerne Switzerland for his life time contribution to the Television Arts.

JENNIFER NOBLE (Ensemble, u/s Scaramouche).

Broadway: Ghost (Molly u/s perf). Regional: Limelight (Lita Grey), La Jolla; [Title of Show] (Heidi), Playhouse Square; The Mystery...Drood (Drood u/s perf), Idaho Shakes; All Shook Up (Natalie) Little Theatre. Baldwin Wallace. Love & thanks to Mom, Dad, Zach, DFG,The Mine and Duncan Stewart & Co. JenniferNoble.net STEPHANIE SY (Ensemble, u/s Scaramouche) is PUMPED to be rockin’ out to Queen on her first National tour. Regional: Prairie Nurse, ‘Yorkville’ the musical, A History of Breathing (SATA Award Nomination), Velocity (World Premieres), Little Women (Jo March), Footloose (Rusty), Miss Saigon (Kim), 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling B (Marcy Park), Avenue Q (Christmas Eve), Romeo and Juliet, Penelopiad (Oracle/ Tannis). Endless gratitude and love to Tracey, the Sy family and dear dear friends. This one’s for you Winnipeg! twitter: @stephaniesy7 KASEY WALKER (Ensemble) is thrilled to be rocking on the road with WWRY! National tours: Legally Blonde (Ensemble); Regional: Legally Blonde (Brooke Wyndham)at Ogunquit Playhouse; 42nd Street, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and The Who’s Tommy at Lyric Theatre of OK; BFA from the University of Oklahoma. Love to my family and AR for their unwavering support!

BEN ELTON (Director, Story and Script) is a multi-award winning novelist, playwright, television writer, screen writer and lyricist. He is also a theatre, screen and TV Director, a Stand Up Comedian and a very occasional actor. He was born in Catford, South East London on May 3rd 1959, the youngest of four children. He read Drama at Manchester University. He is married and has three children. Musicals: The Beautiful Game (Book and Lyrics), Critics Circle Award Best Musical, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, We Will Rock You (Book), Olivier-award winner, music by Queen; Tonight’s The Night (Book), music by Rod Stewart and others; Love Never Dies co-wrote book, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Plays: The New Review with Richard Curtis, Gasping, Silly Cow, Popcorn (Olivier-award, Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger Award for Crime Fiction), Blast From the Past. Novels: Stark, Gridlock, This Other Eden, Popcorn, Blast From The Past, Inconceivable, Dead Famous, High Society

BRIAN MAY, CBE, PhD, FRAS is a founding member of Queen, a world-renowned guitarist, songwriter, and performer; also a Doctor of Astrophysics, 3-D stereoscopic photography authority, patron to a number of charities and a passionate campaigner for animal welfare. Brian penned 22 of Queen’s top 20 hit singles including “We Will Rock You”, now a feature of almost every sporting event worldwide, and recently a star live feature of the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics. We Will Rock You also gave its name to the worldwide hit Queen musical now celebrating its 11th anniversary in London, and about to embark on its first US Tour; Brian and band-mate Roger Taylor are co-musical supervisors for the production. Following four decades of worldwide success with Queen and as a solo artist, most recently Brian has been writing and performing with Kerry Ellis, originator of the role of Meat in the London

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST WWRY production. Brian’s interest in 3-D Photography sees the October publication of “Diableries - Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell”, Brian’s fourth book. As an advocate for animal welfare, Brian is a leading inspiration in the ongoing fight against the proposed UK badger cull, and the return of blood sports. Brian can be contacted via his website www.brianmay.com.

ROGER TAYLOR. Although best known for his powerhouse role in Queen, Roger Taylor is anything but a drummer confined to his kit.

With rock ‘n’ roll in his veins all through his schooldays, he has always been a highly active, vocal member of Queen. He famously wrote Queen’s No.1 hits “Radio Ga Ga”, “Days of our Lives” and “A Kind of Magic”, amongst others.

Each of the band’s 15 studio albums included compositions by him including such eternal classics as I’m In Love With My Car and Sheer Heart Attack. He was also the first to make a solo album, 1981’s Fun in Space. To date he has released four solo albums, which, aside from his work with Queen, further highlighted Taylor as an musician and writer with a strong

sense of identity, a wide musical perspective, and a defined political awareness, more often than not conveyed in characteristic irony. He is kept busy these days overseeing Queen’s worldwide hit musical We Will Rock You and as the creator and driving force behind the Queen Extravaganza, the hugely successful official Queen tribute band. The Extravaganza is undertaking its second tour of North America and then takes its unique show to the UK. For the immediate future Roger is to release new solo material with the album “Fun On Earth” as well as a retrospective box set, “The Lot”, possibly followed by a solo tour.

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST We Will Rock You and Saturday Night Fever; directing the concert The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber starring Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman; choreographing for Hollywood directors on films from Annie to Monty Python’s Meaning of Life; creating iconic videos for stars Whitney Houston, Elton John, Queen, Diana Ross, Tina Turner, The Bee Gees, Duran Duran, Aretha Franklin, Joan Jett, Kiss, Donna Summer and Robbie Williams. As a TV judge on So You Think You Can Dance, Strictly Come Dancing in the UK and Over The Rainbow in Canada Arlene has become a well loved household name. Follow on Twitter: @ arlenephillips, Facebook: TheArlenePhillips TRACEY FLYE (Associate Director & Associate Choreographer). Tracey’s complete credits span over 135 productions internationally, directing, choreographing and performing. Her directing credits include: Queen’s We Will Rock You at Toronto’s Panasonic Theatre, Associate Director for We Will Rock You South Africa ,New Zealand /Asia and Resident Director for We Will Rock You (Toronto), The Penelopiad, The 39

Steps (RMTC), The Wizard of Oz, Snow White (Ross Petty Productions), Resident Director for War Horse (Toronto). Direction/choreography: Hairspray (Rainbow Stage), staging/ choreography West Side Story (Vancouver Opera), The Drowsy Chaperone (TC/MTC), choreography for Kiss Me Kate and Evita, and reconception of King of Thieves for The Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Choreographer /Assoc.

Director for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Boys in the Photograph, Associate Choreographer for Peggy Sue Got Married (West End), West Side Story (Stratford Festival) and from the time of its North American debut, Tracey was Asst.

Choreographer for Mamma Mia! Toronto / U.S. National Tour. She continues to be committed to the development of new works.

MARK FISHER (Original Production Designer, Video Director) A world renowned designer and architect Mark Fisher’s credits include the most memorable touring rock concerts ever staged: ‘The Wall’ for Pink Floyd in 1980 and Roger Waters in 2010, all Rolling Stones shows since 1989 and U2 concerts since 1992. His

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST film The Little Prince. Currently working on: Strangers On A Train Gielgud theatre West End and “The Nutcracker” Houston Ballet.

JOHN ‘JACK’ CURTIN (Hair and MakeUp Designer). Film, Department Head/ Key: Almost Perfect, A Little Help, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Academy Award), Joshua, Spinning into Butter, Make Yourself at Home.

Television: “Kidnapped”, “Law and Order”, “30 Rock”, “America’s Got Talent”, “Gossip Girl”, “Carrie Diaries”. Theatre: Rock of Ages (NCL), Fame (Phoenix Productions), Kiss of the Spider Woman (NETworks), The Will Roger’s Follies (Troika) 42nd Street (Troika), Oliver (Troika). Broadway Supervisor: Priscilla Queen of the Desert, La Cage Aux Folles (2010), Royal Family (2009), Grease (2007), Coram Boy, The Lion King, Dream.

architecturally innovative outdoor stages have been constructed several thousand times in cities throughout the world. He designed the theatre, scenery and acrobatic effects for KÀ, the permanent show by Cirque du Soleil at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas; other theatre credits include Viva Elvis & Michael Jackson also for Cirque du Soleil. Mark was chief designer for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Executive producer for the London 2012 Olympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

WILLIE WILLIAMS (Lighting Designer, Video Director) is best known for his innovative rock show designs where his combination of hitech media and lo-tech eccentricity has received much acclaim. Williams has worked with U2 for most of their live career. His work with George Michael, R.E.M. and David Bowie has also been highly regarded. Performing arts projects have included collaborating with Complicité, Laurie Anderson, Marianne Faithfull, Kronos Quartet and Montréal dance company La La La Human Steps. Theatre credits for lighting and video design include French & Saunders, Little Britain Live, Barbarella, Pam Ann, Steve Coogan and The Fast Show.

DUNCAN STEWART AND COMPANY (Casting). Duncan Stewart and Benton Whitley are responsible for casting the N. American tour of We Will Rock You, the Broadway revival of Pippin, Chicago (B’way & National Tour), The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, the OffB’way production of Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 and upcoming The Tempest for A.R.T. Other projects include: Carnegie Hall, Menier Chocolate Factory (U.S. casting); Royal Caribbean; La Cage aux Folles (2010 B’way revival and tour); Thriller Live (West End); as well as numerous regional theatres.

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BOBBY AITKEN (Sound Designer) has been involved with theatre sound for over 30 years, designing sound for productions in the UK and around the world. Theatre work includes: Dirty Dancing, Ghost, Viva Forever!, Mamma Mia!, Five Guys Named Moe. Bobby was the Sound Designer for the opening and closing ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. For the past few years, Bobby has been working to create techniques to deliver credible sound reinforcement for large scale, in-theround opera production.

MIKE DIXON (Music Supervisor) graduated from Trinity College of Music in 1979 and over the course of his varied and multifaceted career Mike has established himself as one of the leading figures in the West End, Television and Radio as a Musical Supervisor, Musical Director, Conductor, Arranger and Composer.

TIM GOODCHILD (Costume Designer).

Three times Olivier Award Winner has designed for stage, television and film. He has designed over seventy productions for West End theatre and twenty productions for the New Shakespeare Company. In 1988 he made theatre history designing the first Anglo-Soviet production of Swan Lake for the Moscow Classical Ballet, seen in London, the USA, Japan and Moscow. He also designed the ballet A Simple Man for BBC2, which won the 1987 BAFTA Award. BBC2’s musical Look of love and costume designs for the

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Tours: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Wedding Singer, The Wizard of Oz. Nate played Danny Zuko in his middle school production of Grease. Much love always to my family and friends. For Dustin.

JOHN MILLER (Music Coordinator). Broadway (over 100 shows, including): Beautiful: The Carole King Musical; Pippin; Once; Jersey Boys; Newsies; Rock of Ages; Porgy and Bess; Jesus Christ Superstar; Godspell; La Cage Aux Folles; Priscilla Queen of the Desert; Sister Act; Follies; A Little Night Music; Leap of Faith; Baby it’s You; Elf. Musician (bass): Leonard Cohen, Eric Clapton, Frank Sinatra, Carly Simon, Michael Jackson, Peter Paul & Mary, BB King, Bette Midler, Bob Dylan, Mose Allison.

His album Stage Door Johnny – John Miller: Takes on Broadway is available on PS Classics Records. www.johnmillerbass.com JAMEY JENNINGS (Company Manager) has served as company manager on several National and International tours, including Les Miserables,

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MELISSA CHACÓN (Production Stage Manager). National tours: Billy Elliot the Musical, Rent and Contact. New York Credits include: 1001, Pinkalicious, Jimi & Mr. B, Circle of Friends, The American Girls Revue as well as Much Ado About Nothing and The School for Husbands (NY Classical Theatre) and As You Like It, The Tempest and Much Ado About Nothing (Hamptons Shakespeare Festival). She earned her MFA in Stage Management from Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts.

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SETH WENIG (Executive Producer) been with NETworks since its inception in 1995. He spearheaded the international tours of Fosse starring Ben Vereen/Ruthie Henshall as well as the U.K. regional tour of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I. Together with Cameron Mackintosh, Seth served as executive producer of a 40-week UK regional tour of the National Theatre’s My Fair Lady, which also ran in the United States.

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In May 2002 We Will Rock You opened in London’s West End; a musical collaboration, between Ben Elton, Robert De Niro, Phil McIntyre Entertainment and Queen. It has since launched the We Will Rock You UK tour which opened in Manchester in 2009 and the North American tour which opens in 2013.

TRIBECA THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS (Producer). Since its founding by Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro in 1988, Tribeca Productions has produced more than 25 feature films, garnered several Academy Award nominations and countless critics awards, and grossed more than $2 billion worldwide. Rosenthal and De Niro’s film and TV credits include executive producers for the upcoming NBC series “About a Boy”, “NYC22”, Being Flynn, and Public Enemies; and producers for Little Fockers, What Just Happened?, The Good Shepherd, Rent, House of D, Meet the Fockers, Stage Beauty,

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EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION THE ROAD COMPANY Stephen Lindsay Brett Sirota 165 West 46th Street, Suite 1101, New York, NY 10036 212.302.5200 voice 212.302.5374 fax www.theroadcompany.com CASTING BY DUNCAN STEWART AND COMPANY Duncan Stewart, C.S.A; Benton Whitley, C.S.A; Andrea Zee

Production Stage Manager.................Melissa Chac贸n Stage Manager.................................Caroline Walker Assistant Stage Manager............... Mitchell B.Hodges Associate Director/Choreographer...........Tracey Flye Senior Asst. Choreographer..... Kelly Fletcher Pedneault Asst. Choreographer......................... Marc Kimelman Associate Set Designer............................. Ric Lipson Associate Costume Designer.................David Newell Assistant Costume Designer................Brooke Cohen Associate Lighting Designer.............Anthony Pearson Moving Light Programmer................Dieter Broemson Video Programmer...............................Ben Keightley Production Electrician............................. Kevin Richie Associate Music Supervisor.........Matt Spencer-Smith Assistant to John Miller.................Jennifer Coolbaugh Production Sound.................................IRES-Partners Associate Sound Designer....................... Garth Helm West End Sound Engineer......................Simon Sayer Head Carpenter.................................. Keith A. Keene Flyman/Automation...............................Jason Fehlen Asst. Carpenter.................................Kaitlin Ciccarelli Head Electrics........................................ Eric Briggs Assistant Electrics...........................Daniel Benavides Assistant Electrics...................................Matt Hrinko Sound Engineer/A1......................... Brad Zuckerman Assistant Audio...................................Sherie Farmer Assistant Audio.....................................Alberto Yong Head Props..................................... ...Michael Triolo Head Wardrobe.............................Matthew Kelbaugh Assistant Wardrobe...............................Danielle King Head Hair & Makeup.........................Bryon McDonald Keyboard Programmer............... Hiro Iida, Jeff Leach Production Assistants..................... Nathan Heldstab,

Zachary Gray National Press Representatives........Shore Fire Media

STAFF AND CREDITS Physical Therapy......... NEURO TOUR/Carolyn Lawson Production Videographer..................HMS Media, Inc. Production Photographer................ Michael Brosilow, Kyle Froman Website................................................ Outside Line Production Photography...........................Paul Kolnik Accounting................... NETworks Presentations LLC Tour Accountant...................................Paula Jenkins HR & Payroll Services...............Human Resources inc Legal Counsel........................F Richard Pappas, Esq. Insurance............................. Maury, Donnelly & Parr Bob Middleton, Meghan Shriver Trucking.............................................Clark Transfer Hotel Booking................ Lisa Morris, Road Concierge Cast Bus Booking............................... Mary Botosan, Road Concierge Crew Bus.............................Dream Catcher Coaches Merchandising.................................The Araca Group

Tax & Financial Consulting Accounting Services, IT Services CliftonLarsonAllen LLP George Wilson, Linda Rubenstein Pat Guerieri, Tim Pizza Financial Services and banking arrangements by M&T Bank CREDITS Scenery constructed by Virginia Scenic. Automation equipment provided by PRG Scenic Technologies.

Lighting equipment from Christie Lights. Sound equipment by Sound Associates. Video equipment provided by Sound Associates. Rigging by Christie Lights. Laser Effects provided by X-Laser. Costume Shop Timberlake Studios. Scenic elements constructed by Scenic Solutions. Drums supplied by TreeHouse Drums.

TRIBECA THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS Co-Founder/Partner........................... Jane Rosenthal Co-Founder/Partner............................Robert De Niro Vice President of Production................... Berry Welsh Vice President of Communications.......Tammie Rosen Executive Assistant.................... Alexandra Winogora Assistant......................................... Laura Czerepak

Rehearsal Studios The New 42 Street Studios SPECIAL THANKS Special thanks to Charles D’Atri and

FOR NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS Chief Executive Officer....................... Kenneth Gentry Chief Operating Officer................... Scott W. Jackson President................................................... Orin Wolf Executive Vice President Production......... Seth Wenig Director of Finance...................................John Kinna Controller......................................... Jennifer Gifford Executive Producers......................... Kary M. Walker, Dani Davis Associate Producer............................ Angela Rowles Director of Booking....................Charmaine McVicker Senior General Manager........... Gregory VanderPloeg General Managers............................... Mary K. Witte, Guy Jordin Heard,Tyler Soltis Associate General Manager.......... Bobby Maglaughlin, Curt Owens Assistant General Managers.............. Penelope Lopez Senior Production Manager..................Jason Juenker Production Managers..............................Ben Neafus, Laura Dieli Associate Production Manager...............Evan Rooney Assistant Production Manager.............Ashley Harman Warehouse Manager................................. Brad Korff Director of Marketing/PR......................Heather Hess Database Manager............................... Siba Mahanty Music Coordinator................................. John Mezzio Office Manager................................ Buddy Piccolino Administrative Assistant............ Esther Schwarzbauer

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.

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ver the last 30 years, Phantom has become the most phenomenal success of all time, breaking box office records worldwide in countless sell-out productions. Since 1986, only the original version has been presented around the world (with the exception of Poland and Hungary which were non-replica productions) and its brilliant design by Maria Björnson has become synonymous with Andrew’s sensational score. Just before Maria died at a tragically early age she and I had started discussing a different set design, one that would do more to contrast the Phantom’s darker backstage world with that of the traditional opera world on stage.

was a daunting but invigorating task.

Joining Paul Brown, my choice of director was always going to be Laurence Connor Cameron Mackintosh who I first met when he became the associate director on the London production of Phantom. Since then he has directed acclaimed versions of Miss Saigon and Oliver!, and co-directed the hugely successful new production of Les Misérables.

He also recently staged the triumphant 25th Anniversary production of Phantom at the Royal Albert Hall. As choreographer, we both wanted to work with Matthew Bourne’s talented protégé, Scott Ambler, who I had first worked with on My Fair Lady a few years ago.

To light the show we are lucky enough to have one of the world’s greatest lighting designers, Paule Constable, and to create the sound, the incomparable Mick Potter. Maria still remains at the heart of the new Phantom with her glorious costumes, some of which are designs found in her archive that she created for the original and were never used.

Andrew agreed with my proposal, that it was time to give Phantom a fresh look, so in 2008 I approached theatre and opera designer Paul Brown to see if he was interested in taking over the baton from Maria to bring his own style and vision to our notion. It turned out that Maria had a special place in Paul’s life as at the beginning of his career he had been a young assistant to her at the Royal Opera House. The result of Paul’s long-developed ideas for this project is a new version of Phantom that uses a more visceral dramatic approach to create a visual feast, giving audiences the chance to see their favourite musical all over again through new eyes.

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and musical instruments, and students have attended multiple art and theater shows. Academy Award-winner Forest Whitaker visited the school to provide acting lessons, and parents have become more involved in school projects.

From the beginning of the school’s arts journey, Des Moines Performing Arts stepped in to help create unique learning experiences for its students and Created by the PCAH, the “Findley Elementary is families.

Turnaround Arts Initiative an example of what’s is designed to help low“One of my favorite possible through artsperforming schools close projects with Des based programs and the achievement gap Moines Performing strong communitythrough high-quality Arts was when the school partnerships.” arts education. In 2012, kids learned about Des Moines’ Findley the show War Horse,” – Karoline Myers Elementary School was said Sarah Dougherty, Education Manager one of eight schools in arts integration Des Moines Performing Arts the nation chosen for the specialist and visual program. arts curriculum coordinator for Des Moines Public Schools. “Two teaching Through the Turnaround Arts Initiative, artists came to our classrooms; one Findley received additional art supplies 50

IN THE SPOTLIGHT worked with students on drama and tableau to recreate themes of War Horse while the second helped students create giant articulated animals like those found in the production. Students got to bring an adult to watch the show at the Civic Center with them, meet the actors, and see Joey, the real horse!”

“Being able to embody how another person would act or feel in a certain situation really helps students with social interaction.”

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Dougherty said, “Students come for the arts education, but they stay for the math, science and reading. Attendance has gone up; behavioral referrals have gone down.”

Next year, Des Moines Public Schools plans to expand the program into Cattell Elementary, Oak Park Elementary, Madison Elementary and Harding Middle School.

Des Moines Performing Arts worked with Findley Elementary to create a customized professional development plan for the teaching staff. “Teaching artists from the Kennedy Center trained us on a drama-based classroom management strategy,” Dougherty explained. “It’s the idea of being in control of your body, voice and mind — just like an actor.”

“We are excited to partner with these schools to help more Des Moines students receive similar positive learning experiences,” said Karoline Myers, Des Moines Performing Arts Education Manager. “Findley Elementary is an example of what’s possible through arts-based programs and strong community-school partnerships.”

As a result of the Turnaround Arts Initiative, math proficiency at Findley increased by nearly 8 percent, and reading proficiency increased by

Thanks to the Turnaround Arts Initiative, Findley Elementary students learn through the arts from visits by teaching artists, as well as their teachers incorporating arts strategies into classroom lessons.

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Futuristic musical encapsulates band’s vast library released their first recording, until the death of lead singer and keyboard player Freddie Mercury in 1991, Queen was one of the most popular rock groups in the world, racking up 18 No. 1 albums and selling out stadiums around the world. In fact, Queen’s two concerts at Rock in Rio in Brazil in January 1985 saw the band play in front of 350,000 each night, setting a world record for the biggest paying audience ever. Their stage shows were flamboyant, their recording techniques elaborate, their style aggressive.

“We’re the Cecil B. DeMille of rock and roll, always wanting to do things bigger and better,” Mercury famously said.

In addition to Mercury, the band included May on lead guitar, Taylor on drums and John Deacon on bass guitar.

Their heavy-metal, hard-rock sound was inspired by all kinds of music, including pop, disco, ragtime, folk and opera.

Among their best-known

It was a chance encounter between legends from the worlds of film and music, and it resulted in an international phenomenon.

In 1996 at the Venice Film Festival, Robert De Niro approached Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor, and asked if they had ever considered creating a musical based on the hard-rock band’s work.

Six years later, with De Niro and Jane Rosenthal’s company Tribeca Theatrical Productions on board as one of the producers, We Will Rock You opened in London’s West End, where it continues to galvanize audiences. Featuring more than 24 Queen songs, this electrifying spectacle – which spent 12 years on stage in London – has since played in some 20 countries and sold over 15,000,000 tickets worldwide.

This first North American tour launched in October 2013.

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(l-r) Erica Peck and Jared Zirilli in the national tour of We Will Rock You. The cast of the national tour of We Will Rock You. Ruby Lewis & Brian Justin Crum in the national tour of We Will Rock You. All photos © Paul Kolnik.

Ryan Knowles, Brian Justin Crum & Ruby Lewis

hits are Somebody to Love; “The fact that they are fun story to weave.” the groundbreaking, sixWe Will Rock You is set the stuff of legend minute operetta, Bohemian 300 years in the future, on meant that it was a Rhapsody; Another One a planet once called Earth terrifically fun story Bites the Dust; Crazy Little that is now controlled by a Thing Called Love; I Want to to weave.” corporation. Globalization is – Writer, Ben Elton complete. Individuality is taboo.

Break Free, famous for its music video in which the Everyone watches the same band dressed in women’s clothes; and two movies, wears the same clothes and thinks numbers familiar to anyone who has ever the same thoughts. Music is generated by stepped foot in a stadium or arena, We Will the corporation’s computers, rock music is Rock You and We Are the Champions. unheard and all musical instruments are Incorporating the band’s vast and eclectic banned. But resistance, by a bunch of rebels body of work into a book musical while known as the Bohemians, is brewing. retaining the excitement, the iconoclasm, and The Bohemians, who are each named the sound of a Queen concert proved to be after pop and rock icons, want nothing more a huge challenge for best-selling author Ben than to write their own music, play their own Elton, who was invited to write the script. instruments, and rock – as in rock and roll – “I had almost given up trying to find a story the planet. The rebels are led by a character that could contain the incredible richness, called Galileo, whose name (along with that wit and variety of Queen’s greatest hits,” says of his girlfriend, Scaramouche) is inspired by Elton, a triple-threat stand-up comedian, lyrics in Bohemian Rhapsody. writer and director. “Then the idea came to The show, with a cast of 24 and 10 me: a world where young people are denied musicians, is directed by Elton and the right to make music for themselves, to do choreographed by Arlene Phillips. Music what Elvis and The Beatles did – form bands, supervision is by May and Taylor. write songs, start a revolution in their heads.

“Creating the show with Ben was very I really thought Queen could illustrate that much a three-way thing,” says Taylor. “It was beautifully. And the fact that they are the great because he was a pleasure to work stuff of legend meant that it was a terrifically with, and because he has such a fertile mind.

He never stops churning out ideas.”

“The amazing bonus is that Ben’s script subtly works as a metaphor, too,” says May. “People definitely come out of the theater feeling that in a strange way they know us, Queen, our struggle and our journey.”

Woven around Elton’s witty and engaging script, the musical also succeeds in capturing the raucous energy of a Queen concert, and lovingly and impeccably recreating the group’s music.

We Will Rock You will, indeed, rock you.

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