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The Man Behind the Curtain Gregory Maguire’s novel Wicked soars onstage.

Growing up ‘Good’

Katie Rose Clarke talks about Wicked.

The Fox Theatre Institute

Restoring Georgia, one theater at a time.

Fox Dining Guide

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ore than a decade ago, Gregory Maguire published Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, a novel that reconfigured pop culture’s perception of one of the most widely despised characters of American literature and cinema. By retelling The Wizard of Oz from the point of view of Elphaba — a smart, passionate girl who grows up to become the infamous and widely feared witch — Maguire allows readers to take a more complex look at the nature of truth, the value of beauty and the cost of moral behavior.

“I wanted to examine the nature of evil,” Maguire says. “I wanted to investigate it so I could understand it.”

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The man behind the curtain Gregory Maguire’s novel Wicked soars onstage

By Kristi Casey Sanders The idea took root in Maguire’s imagination after two events he witnessed in London, at the start of the first Gulf War. One morning, Maguire picked up a normally conservative paper running a headline comparing Sadaam Hussein to Hitler.

“I had a very strong emotional reaction to that,” Maguire says. “Based on that word, Hitler, I was prepared to read the story in a certain way. And I watched how scared everyone became when you called someone evil. How that makes that person worthy of all sorts of attacks.”

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Oz — to write a deep, rich, complex and compelling history.” The thought that someone else might have the same idea eventually spurred Maguire to sit down and write Wicked in spite of himself.

The history of Elphaba, her friendship with the “good” witch, her love affairs, the politics of Oz, and why she wanted those ruby slippers so badly are all told in Wicked, which became a best-seller.

Universal Studios bought the movie rights a week after its publication.

“The story was appealing from the beginning,” Maguire says. “I would tell friends that I was writing a book that would tell The Wizard of Oz from the witch’s point of view and they were very interested.

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The second incident involved two schoolboys who abducted a two-yearold from a shopping mall and murdered him. “There was a lot of discussion from the pulpit and in the papers, a lot of chatter about how these boys could have done that, what might have caused behavior like that, and if they could be called evil.”

Maguire, who had previously only written books for children, began looking for the vehicle he could use to explore the questions being raised. When he thought of the Wicked Witch of the West, he knew he had found his story.

“Aside from Hitler, [she] is the scariest person to my generation,” Maguire says.

“And the more I thought about it, the more I thought how perfect she was because everyone knows her, but no one knows anything about her. I mean, we know she’s a lean, green, flying machine, but we don’t know her history.”

Maguire had the germ of an intriguing idea. He had the perfect vehicle. But he doubted his ability to do it justice.

“Most children’s books are, in a sense, like sitcoms. But writing about a life, it’s like a Dickens novel. I wasn’t sure I could do it. I wanted to be Tolkien to

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into a movie because it would make a better play,’” Maguire remembers. “And I really think he persuaded them they didn’t want to make a movie of it. Mark Platt at Universal steered it towards the stage, and Universal became one of the primary underwriters of the musical.”

Maguire did not take part in the adaptation process. He left that to Schwartz and veteran TV writer Winnie Holzman (“My So-Called Life,” “thirtysomething”). “It made more sense to me to let the professionals do their jobs without my input. … I thought it was the only way to proceed without being too nervous.”

Opening night of Wicked on Broadway, Maguire was nervous anyway. “I was sitting in the middle of row five, and I thought, ‘This is going to be dreadful.

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“It’s an American story too,” he continues. “We in the States particularly pay lip service and genuinely believe in the rights of the individual, however disenfranchised they may be in society.

Who is less integrated in a society that prizes integration than a green-skinned witch? And that’s what she thirsts after.

What she wants more than anything else is to be a member of the community.

Her massive difference is really only skin deep, but nonetheless, she is pilloried for it. And that’s American, too, because we, unfortunately, have a serious and regrettable history of racism that is not completed yet.”

The book may have remained on the shelf had veteran Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Working) not chosen to read Wicked on holiday. “He told me about 100 pages in he realized that it was going to be his comeback vehicle,” Maguire says.

The fact that Universal held the rights did not deter Schwartz. “He said, ‘I’ll wait until Universal realizes they can’t do it. They don’t want to put $100 million

If you think you know The Wizard of Oz, try hearing it from the “wicked” witch’s point of view. Wicked tells the history of Oz and how two best friends from boarding school grew up to become Glinda the Good Witch and the Wicked Witch of the West.

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‘good’ growing up

A conversation with Wicked’s Katie Rose Clarke

By Kristi Casey Sanders

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Knowing what you know now, what advice would you have for the young woman you were three years ago, or any young woman about to embark on a career in the theater?

You’ve got to stay grounded no matter what. You have to find those anchors, whether it’s your family or your close group of friends. Remember what’s truly important, because at the end of the day, that’s all you have. It’s difficult; it’s a difficult lifestyle, but it’s very exciting. You’re on the road all the time, so to have your family to call at any time of day or night — it has been a lifesaver.

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atie Rose Clarke doesn’t need any help identifying with her Wicked character Glinda, the “good” witch. “She’s becoming a woman and discovering what’s important in life; I relate on that level,” Clarke says. A recent graduate of Sam Houston State University, the Texas native has only been in New York, acting professionally, for three years. Yet, she’s already appeared on Broadway and in a “Live from Lincoln Center” broadcast as Clara in The Light in the Piazza. Working professionally and spending most of her time in touring shows has helped her focus on what really matters, she says.

How would you describe Wicked to someone who knows nothing about it?

It’s a different take on the familiar characters from the Wizard of Oz story, the story of them before [the movie], so it should be different and unexpected.

It’s not necessarily what you see in the movie. I play Glinda from the time she’s a young schoolgirl first moving to college to a young woman, and show how she becomes the Glinda the Good you see in the movie.

I would say it’s the story of the witches of Oz before Dorothy comes in. In a deeper way, it looks at the relationship between the two women and investigates how we define good and evil, and how that’s perceived.

What do you love about playing Glinda?

She has to grow up. You really get to play with the idea of someone who [goes] from not understanding what matters and life to having the most important people in her life taken away from her.

That makes her grow up and understand what’s truly important. She’s so strong because of her experience, and she is a public figure who has to negotiate her feelings in the public eye. It’s an exciting journey to portray.

What’s the role’s biggest challenge?

The endurance required vocally, physically and emotionally [from the two witches]. But, it’s a challenge in a great way. In one number, you’re singing

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soprano from coloratura to a high C, and the next you’re belting in mid-range. I just try to rest when I can, use my voice less. (Clarke laughs) I used to talk on the phone a lot more than I do now. You’ve got to keep yourself healthy.

What are your favorite Wicked moments?

Pretty much every moment I share the stage with Carmen [Cusak, who plays Elphaba, the “wicked” witch].

In particular, there’s a moment in Act I when she comes to this school dance and I’ve given her this ridiculous hat to wear. It’s the moment where we become friends, and it’s magical.

What makes it magical?

In the show, it’s two women who wouldn’t normally become friends (if one would judge a book by the cover).

But they get to know each other and become the best of friends. Carmen is very dear and amazingly talented and, from day one, I could tell we were going to be friends. We just gelled. I love Carmen like a sister, and I think that’s the uniqueness of this show. It really highlights an important relationship between two women, a strong and dynamic relationship.

What’s your favorite moment to watch from the wings?

The best moment for me to rest and watch is [Elphaba’s] “No Good Deed.” It’s her perfect 11 o’clock moment at the end of Act II, and it is powerful and exciting.

I watch it from offstage right, before I go into the next scene. It really fuels me to finish the show and get into the next scene.

It’s exciting, like a rock number.

What do your audiences seem to enjoy most?

They always tell Carmen and I that they love “Popular,” how we play off each other and “For Good” at the end. The moments the witches get together on stage are the most powerful and exciting in general, but it’s an affecting, deep number, how we wrap up the whole show.

What’s the response you get from the stage door fans after the show?

It varies. They’ve just experienced a big, magical piece of live theater. They’re always lovely and want an autograph from the cast. That’s fun for us, too, no matter how tired we are. It’s energizing to go out after the show and see people really jazzed about it.

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The Fox Theatre Institute: Restoring Georgia, one theater at a time By Kristi Casey Sanders

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For its pilot year, the Fox Institute selected 15 theaters and created a customized program for each. Some need assistance remodeling their lobby

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David Stone present

Music and Lyrics

Book

Stephen Schwartz

Winnie Holzman

Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire Starring

Katie Rose Clarke

Carmen Cusack

Tom Flynn Cliffton Hall Deedee Magno Hall Brad Weinstock Terra Lynn Arrington Antonette Balestreri Melissa Bohon Meggie Cansler Merideth Kaye Clark Maia Evwaraye-Griffin Kyle Hill Lori Holmes David Hull Spencer Jones Ryan Patrick Kelly Renée Lawless-Orsini Philip Dean Lightstone Andrew Madsen Lauren Masiello Kyle McDaniel Robert Pendilla Kristine Reese Ryan Rose Christopher Russo Adam Sanford Paul Slade Smith Robert Spaniolo Jessica Walker Betsy Werbel Blake Whyte and

Myra Lucretia Taylor Lenny Wolpe

Settings

Costumes

Eugene Lee

Susan Hilferty

Projections

Wigs & Hair

Elaine J. McCarthy

Tom Watson

Music Arrangements

Associate Set Designer

Edward Pierce

Casting

Telsey + Company

Boko Suzuki

Special Effects

Chic Silber

Production Stage Manager

Peter Van Dyke

Production Supervisor

Thom Widmann

Music Director

Alex Lacamoire & Stephen Oremus

Lighting

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Dance Arrangements

James Lynn Abbott

Associate Choreographer

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Press/Marketing

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Music Coordinator

Michael Keller Associate Director

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cast (in order of appearance) Glinda.................................................................................... Katie Rose Clarke Witch’s Father.......................................................................... PAUL SLADE SMITH Witch’s Mother.......................................................................... Lauren Masiello Midwife............................................................................ Renée Lawless-Orsini Elphaba......................................................................................Carmen Cusack Nessarose........................................................................... DEEDEE MAGNO HALL Boq........................................................................................... BRAD WEINSTOCK Madame Morrible.............................................................. Myra Lucretia Taylor Doctor Dillamond................................................................................. TOM FLYNN Fiyero.............................................................................................CLIFFTON HALL Ozian Official............................................................................ PAUL SLADE SMITH The Wonderful Wizard of Oz...............................................................Lenny Wolpe Chistery................................................................................................. Kyle Hill Monkeys, Students, Denizens of the Emerald City, Palace Guards and Other Citizens of Oz......Antonette Balestreri, Melissa Bohon, Meggie Cansler, Merideth Kaye Clark, Maia Evwaraye-Griffin, KYLE HILL, DAVID HULL, Renée Lawless-Orsini, ANDREW MADSEN, Lauren Masiello, Kyle McDaniel, RYAN ROSE, ADAM SANFORD, PAUL SLADE SMITH, ROBERT SPANIOLO, Jessica Walker, Betsy Werbel, Blake Whyte STANDBy FOR ELPHABA Donna Vivino UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance.

Understudy for Elphaba — Merideth Kaye Clark for Glinda — Melissa Bohon, Meggie Cansler for Fiyero — Kyle McDaniel, Blake Whyte for The Wizard and Dr. Dillamond — Christopher Russo, Paul Slade Smith for Madame Morrible — Renée Lawless-Orsini, Betsy Werbel for Boq — David Hull, Adam Sanford for Nessarose — Lori Holmes, Kristine Reese for Chistery — Spencer Jones, Ryan Patrick Kelly, Philip Dean Lightstone for Witch’s Father and Ozian Official — Philip Dean Lightstone, Christopher Russo SWINGS Terra Lynn Arrington, Spencer Jones, Ryan Patrick Kelly, Robert Pendilla, Kristine Reese, Christopher Russo Dance Captains/Swings Lori Holmes, Philip Dean Lightstone There will be one 15-minute Intermission.

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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: Boko Suzuki Associate Conductor/Keyboard 2: P. Jason Yarcho Keyboard 1: Michael Sobie Keyboard 3: Sean Greiner Guitars: Louis Garrett Drums: Darcy Macrae local ORCHESTRA Flute/Piccolo: Jeanne Skelton; Oboe/English Horn: Mandy Wickham; Clarinets/Sop. Sax: Tony Carere; French Horn: Kathleen Wood; Trumpet/Flugel: Lee King; Trombones: Tom Gibson; Percussion: Scott Douglas; Basses: Marc Miller; Keyboard 4: Robert Strickland; Sub Keyboard: Andrew Fazackerley; Contractor/Mgr: Leonard Altieri Orchestrations adapted by Christopher Jahnke The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.

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profiles KATIE ROSE CLARKE (Glinda) is extremely grateful to be joining the Wicked family.

Under the direction of Bartlett Sher, she portrayed the role of Clara Johnson in the Broadway production, live PBS broadcast, and national tour of The Light in the Piazza, as well as the recent debut of Craig Lucas’ new play, Prayer for My Enemy at the Long Wharf Theatre. Regional credits: TUTS Houston Anything Goes (chorus).

B.F.A. from Sam Houston State University.

Love and thanks, family!

Carmen Cusack (Elphaba) Carmen’s West End credits include: Fantine — Les Misérables (also touring the U.S. and Far East), Rose — The Secret Garden (RSC), Kim — Personals and Chesty Prospects in Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens. Inter­ national: Christine — Phantom of the Opera, Rizzo — Grease, Svetlana — Chess and Eva Cassidy in Over the Rainbow. Carmen joins us from the Chicago production of Wicked. Originally from Texas, Carmen is overjoyed to be back performing to American audiences again.

MYRA LUCRETIA TAYLOR (Madame Morrible) Broadway: Nine (Tony Award Best Revival 2003), Macbeth, Electra, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Mule Bone and A Streetcar Named Desire. Off-Broadway: Crazy Mary, Fabulation (Playwright’s Horizons). Regional: Native Son (Intiman), Safe in Hell (Yale Rep.), The Old Settler (McCarter/Long Wharf, world premiere) and the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Myra was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and performed with the company in London and Stratford-upon-Avon. TV: “Law & Order” (all three shows), and “Oz” (HBO). Film: The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (upcoming), The Understudy, Changing Lanes, Unfaithful, Music of the Heart, and Lobster Farm. HBO: Life Support, A Dog Year and Angel. Myra is a Fox Fellow.

LENNY WOLPE (The Wizard) Broadway: The Drowsy Chaperone, The Sound of 28 Encore Atlanta

Music, Copperfield, Into the Light, Onward Victoria. Off-Broadway: Mayor, Brownstone, Company, The Wonder Years. Created the role of The Wizard in the original LA workshops of Wicked. National tours: Little Shop of Horrors, …Forum, South Pacific. Regional: Baker’s Wife (Baker), Gypsy (Herbie opposite Betty Buckley), Tale of the Allergist’s Wife (Papermill Playhouse), A Class Act, Radio Gals (Pasadena Playhouse), Fiddler (Tevye in six productions), Fiorello, She Loves Me (Reprise! L.A.) TV: Series regular: “Baby Talk,” “You’re The One.” Guest star on over 80 shows from “L.A. Law,” “ER,” “Six Feet Under,” “And The Band Played On” to “Golden Girls,” “Ally McBeal” and “The Chappelle Show.”

Tom Flynn (Doctor Dillamond) Broad­way: original companies of The Who’s Tommy, Juan Darien and How to Succeed… revival.

Equity tours: Les Misérables, Evita, Chess and Terrence McNally’s The Lisbon Traviata.

Regional theater: leading roles at the The Mark Taper Forum, Huntington Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Actor’s Theater of Louisville, Center Stage, O’Neill Center, Studio Arena, SCR, et al. Proud member of Actors’ Equity for 22 years. For Travis!

Cliffton Hall (Fiyero) Broadway/ National Equity Tours: Miss Saigon and Les Misérables, where he played the roles of Chris and Marius. Toured internationally with Miss Saigon playing opposite wife Deedee Magno. Other theater credits: Master Class (Tony), Grease (Danny), Oklahoma! (Will), Bark! (Ben), Flower Drum Song (Ta). Film/TV: Someday. He thanks the creative staff for this opportunity and especially The One Up Above. He dedicates this show to Deedee and Kaeden.

DEEDEE MAGNO HALL (Nessarose) Theater: Kim in Miss Saigon (Broadway, Equity second national tour), Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (Goodspeed), Jasmine in Aladdin, Making Tracks, TV/Film: New “Mickey Mouse Club,” “As The World Turns,”

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profiles “Third Watch,” Dellaventura, Rear Window, Sister Act 2 and Face. Recordings: 4 albums with Hollywood Records’ pop group, The Party. It’s a dream come true to be joining this Wicked company! All my love to my boys, Cliffton and Kaeden.

BRAD WEINSTOCK (Boq) comes directly from one year in Chicago’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Chip). Chicago: Shenandoah (Marriott Theatre), Misia (Ravinia). Brad is a 2006 Northwestern graduate; favorite shows: Waa-Mu & Tina Landau’s Was (L. Frank Baum). Brad’s first role was the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz, age 10 at summer camp…he is thrilled to come full circle. Love to Mom and Dad. Donna Vivino (Standby for Elphaba) Proud Equity member. Broadway: Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Hairspray, Saturday Night Fever, Les Misérables. TV/ film: “Sopranos,” “My Sassy Girl,” “Everyday People,” “Married To It.” Thanks to all at Leading A­­rtists and Telsey + Co. for giving her “the chance to fly!” www. donnavivino.com.

Terra Lynn Arrington (Swing) is originally from New Jersey and is thrilled to be a part of the first national tour of Wicked. Broadway credit: Aida. Other credits: Broadway Soul Jam (Europe); Spirit (national tour). Terra thanks God for this opportunity and mom, dad, and family and friends for their love and support.

ANTONETTE BALESTRERI (Ensemble) is so grateful to be joining the cast of Wicked. Favorite regional credits include West Side Story (Fulton Opera House), Hot Mikado (Westchester Broadway Theatre) and Footloose (Marriott Theatre). Proud Northwestern graduate. Thank you KSA, Telsey + Co, my Monterey and N.Y. families, and my love, Jeremy. www.antonettebalestreri.com MELISSA BOHON (Ensemble, u/s Glinda) U/S and performed the role of Chava in 30 Encore Atlanta

the Broadway revival of Fiddler On the Roof, toured with the Tokyo Philharmonic and more. Thanks and love to God, her family and her husband Corey.

MEGGIE CANSLER (Ensemble, u/s Glinda) Broadway: The Apple Tree, Wicked. Workshops/readings: Cry Baby, Heaven on Earth with Hugh Jackman. Regional: MUNY, MTW, Starlight, Dames At Sea (Ruby), American Heartland. Thanks to Craig, Diane, Dad, Mom and her family. LTM. MERIDETH KAYE CLARK (Ensemble, u/s Elphaba) “Laugh, breathe, love.” Old Globe, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Prince, Irish Rep, American Heartland, KC Starlight, Totem Pole. Degree in Neuroscience, Emory University; M.F.A. Musical Theatre, San Diego State. Thank you to my teachers. www.girlrobot.tv.

MAIA EVWARAYE-GRIFFIN (Ensemble) is elated to join the national tour of Wicked. Favorite credits include the national tour of Sweet Charity and Radio City Christmas Spectacular (N.Y.C.). Thanks to Corinne, Wayne, her wonderful family and her love, Simon.

KYLE HILL (Chistery) feels extremely blessed and grateful to be joining the cast of Wicked. Television: “So You Think You Can Dance” Paula Abdul Special, “Paris

by Night,” Honda, Roundtable Pizza and Kia. Stage: Grendel at Lincoln Center, Betsey Johnson, Balagon and The Nutcracker.

Thanks to my family for letting a little farm boy live his dream!

Lori Holmes (u/s Nessarose, Dance Captain/Swing) Broadway: Taboo (Nicola u/s); Footloose (Rusty u/s); International tour: Fosse (Asst. Dance Capt.); Workshops: Georgia (Annabelle); Chicago (Mona); Trinity Repertory; West Side Story (Velma, Consuela, Dance Capt.); Annie (Annette); Off-Broadway: Hair (Angela); Bikram yoga teacher. Choreography Hole in the Wall Gang Camp’s annual gala. NYU B.F.A.

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profiles DAVID HULL (Ensemble, u/s Boq) A recent graduate of the University of Michigan, David is extremely grateful for this opportunity. Recent credits: High Button Shoes (Goodspeed), …Tommy (Cousin Kevin), White Noise (world premier), A Chorus Line (Mark) and Gypsy starring Patti LuPone. Thanks and love to family, friends and God. SPENCER JONES (Swing, u/s Chistery) is beyond excited to be a part of this amazing show. National/Euro tours: Grease, A Chorus Line (Mark), Footloose, The Music Man, Radio City Christmas Spectacular.

Regional: Papermill Playhouse. Love to Mom, Dad, Ryan and Hun’s.

RYAN PATRICK KELLY (Swing, u/s Chistery) attended NYU. Credits: Pippin (dance capt.), Radio City, Nights on Broadway III, Pirate Queen (pre-prod), Cats, Sweet Charity, The Music Man, Tokyo Disneyland.

TV/film/commercial: Sleepy’s beds, Sylvania light bulbs, Spanish Lottery, Across the Universe. Thanks Mom, Pat, Lee, CTG and Heather. This is a blessing.

RENÉE LAWLESS-ORSINI (Midwife, u/s Madame Morrible) Broadway/nat’l tour: Beauty and the Beast. Regional: Menopause: the Musical, Always…Patsy Cline, Nine, Tintypes. Film/TV: Ghost Story, “Heaven’s to Betsy.” Gospel CD – A Live Sampler, TV Host/ Spokesperson. Thank you Jesus and parents.

PHILIP DEAN LIGHTSTONE (Dance Captain, Swing, u/s Witch’s Father, Ozian Official, Chistery) is stoked to join the cast of Wicked. Film/TV: Bad Santa, Thank Heaven, “J.A.G.” National tour: Fame. Regional: Happy Days (dir. Garry Marshall), Bare: a pop opera (LA/world premiere).

Thanks MSA, the Marshalls, my parents, family and friends.

ANDREW MADSEN (Ensemble) is thrilled to be touring with Wicked. He holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre and Modern 32 Encore Atlanta

Dance. Much love to his amazing family, friends and mentors for their continuous support and loyalty. Many thanks to the creative team and to God for the endless blessings and human experiences.

LAUREN MASIELLO (Witch’s Mother, Ensemble) National Tour/Madison Square Garden: Peter Pan starring Cathy Rigby (Tiger Lily). International: Grease (Jan/ Patty u/s); A Chorus Line (Diana u/s).

Regional: South Pacific starring Reba McEntire/Brian Stokes Mitchell; Cats (Sillabub/Rumpleteaser). NYU B.F.A. Thanks Mom and Dad. KYLE McDANIEL (Ensemble, u/s Fiyero) is back in Oz after a yearlong hiatus in LA. He blames the writer’s strike for not becoming a movie star. Good thing he prefers the stage anyhow. If you’d like to learn more about him (credits, clips, anecdotes, etc.) visit www.kylemcdaniel.com.

ROBERT PENDILLA (Swing) Broadway: Wicked (Swing). National Tours: Mamma Mia! (Pepper). Off-B’Way/NYC: Victor Woo (Henry). Regional: Flower Drum Song (Original LA Cast), My Fair Lady (Hollywood Bowl), Mame (Hollywood Bowl), Dorian (Buell Center). International: Aida (Original German Cast). Thanks Mom, Dad, Bro, Carson, Friends and the ‘MINE’!

KRISTINE REESE (Swing, u/s Midwife, u/ s Nessarose) Broadway: Les Misérables.

National tours: Mamma Mia! (Sophie u/s). Regional: Grease (Frenchy); MUNY, Annie (Star to Be); TOTS, Hello, Dolly; KC Starlight. Performed internationally as soloist with over a dozen symphony orchestras. CCM Grad. Thanks Telsey, DGRW, mom/dad. For B. RYAN ROSE (Ensemble) is pleased to be making his national touring debut with such an amazing production. He would like to thank everyone who as been there for him from the beginning supporting him along the way. “This one’s for you!”

profiles Christopher Russo (Ensemble, u/s The Wizard, Dr. Dillamond, Witch’s Father, Ozian Official) Broadway: The Grapes of Wrath (Al Joad — Steppenwolf); Meet Me in St. Louis (John u/s); Equity national tours: Miss Saigon (Chris u/s); The Who’s Tommy (Ernie); TV: “Law & Order: Criminal Intent;” “Baywatch Hawaii;” “North and South.” Film: The Manchurian Candidate; lead role in Limbo, an indie feature, www.Limbomovie.com.

ADAM SANFORD (Ensemble, u/s Boq) is proud to be a part of Wicked. Regional credits include Cinderella, Crazy For You (MUNY), Good News, Footloose (Music Theatre of Wichita). Graduate of The Boston Conservatory. Thank you to my family and to Katie for always believing in me.

PAUL SLADE SMITH (Witch’s Father, Ozian Official, u/s The Wizard, Dr. Dillamond) was born in West Hartford, Conn.; amassed 50 acting credits in Chicago; toured with Phantom; and wrote the hit comedy Unnecessary Farce, which had its world premiere at the BoarsHead Theater in Lansing, Mich. Check out www. unnecessaryfarce.com Two n’s, one c, two s’s. He madly misses Erin.

ROBERT SPANIOLO (Ensemble) Regional: A Chorus Line, South Pacific, The Music Man, Pippin, Jesus Christ Superstar, Crash Club world premiere. TV: “Nip/Tuck.” Commercials: Honda; Director/Writer: Products For Life (films.lapride.org). Thanks to my ever-loving parents.

JESSICA WALKER (Ensemble) is thrilled to be joining the national tour of Wicked!

Broadway: Movin’ Out. Las Vegas: Phantom of the Opera. 2004 B.F.A. from Fordham University/The Ailey School. Much love to family and friends. Proud member of Actors’ Equity.

BETSY WERBEL (Ensemble, u/s Madame Morrible). Originally from Cleveland, Betsy is thrilled to be joining the cast of Wicked.

Broadway/National tours: Les Misé­­­rables.

Betsy recently made her Carnegie Hall debut in Jerry Springer, the Opera. CCM graduate. “Thanks to­­ my family and friends for believing. For my brother, Brian.”

BLAKE WHYTE (Ensemble, u/s Fiyero) N.Y.C. theater/workshops: The Fearless, Summer Play Festival; Only Children, Lincoln Center Director’s Lab; Perfect Harmony, Fringe; Let’s Face It, 45th Street Theatre; The Mormon Project, Vineyard Theatre. So much Love and thanks to Emily and my incredible family and friends!

STEPHEN SCHWARTZ (Music and Lyrics) has contributed music and/or lyrics to Godspell, 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 the current Disney musical Enchanted; and wrote the songs for the DreamWorks animated feature The Prince of Egypt. He has released two CDs of new songs entitled Reluctant Pilgrim and Uncharted Territory available at www. stephenschwartz.com. Mr. Schwartz is also the artistic director of the ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshops and a member of the Dramatists Guild Council.

Awards include three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards, and a tiny handful of tennis trophies.

WINNIE HOLZMAN (Book) received a Tony nomination and a Drama Desk award for her work on Wicked. For television: created “My So-Called Life” (Emmy nomination). Also wrote for “thirtysomething” (WGA Award nomination) and executive produced (again with Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick) “Once and Again” starring Sela Ward. For theater: Birds of Paradise (with composer David Evans).

For features: ’Til There Was You. Ms. Holzman can be seen in Jerry Maguire (if you Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 33

profiles look really close). She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, actor Paul Dooley.

Thanks, Arthur. This is for Savannah.

JOE MANTELLO (Director) Directing credits include 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, A Man of No Importance, Design for Living, The Vagina Monologues, Bash, Another American: Asking and Telling, 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: Angels in America (Tony nom.) and The Baltimore Waltz. Recipient of the 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; Aida; The Who’s Tommy (Tony, Drama Desk, Astaire awards); How to Succeed… (Tony nom.); Dream: The Johnny Mercer Musical (director and choreographer—Tony nom., Best Choreography); Jerry’s Girls; Baby (Tony nom.). West End: The Who’s Tommy (Olivier nom.). Other credits: Off-Broadway’s A Hot Minute and Angry Housewives; the national tour of Spirit (director and choreographer); …Forum at La Jolla (San Diego Drama Critics and Drama-Logue awards).

Mr. Cilento’s credits as a performer include A Chorus Line (Mike, original cast), The Act, Seesaw, Perfectly Frank, Irene, Big Deal, Rachel Lily Rosenblum and his Tonynominated performance in Bob Fosse’s Dancin’. His career as a choreographer was launched by his work in over 100 national commercials. Mr. Cilento has done musical staging for Liza Minnelli, Barry

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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 B.F.A. 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.

SUSAN HILFERTY (Costume Designer) has designed over 200 productions for theatres across America and internationally. Her directorial collaborators include Athol Fugard (set, costumes, co-director), James Lapine, Robert Falls, Robert Woodruff, Joe Mantello, JoAnne Akalaitis, the late Garland Wright, Mark Lamos, Frank Galati, Des McAnuff, Sharon Ott, David Petrarca, Richard Nelson, Chris Ashley, Marion McClinton, Laurie Anderson, Tony Kushner, Carole Rothman, Mark LinnBaker, Garry Hynes, and Emily Mann.

Recent work: Assassins, Into the Woods (Hewes Award, Tony nomination) Lapine’s Fran’s Bed, Jitney, Dirty Blonde, Alvin Ailey Love Stories and Rodney’s Wife. Other credits: Elton John’s Lestat, Manon LA Opera, and the late August Wilson’s new play Radio Golf. She designs opera, film, TV and dance and chairs the Department of Design for Stage/Film at NYU Tisch.

Her numerous awards include 2004 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Wicked.

profiles KENNETH POSNER (Lighting Designer) Broadway: The Coast of Utopia (Shipwreck), (Tony Award), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Little Women; The Frogs; Hairspray (Tony nom.); Imaginary Friends; The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle noms.); Swing!; You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; The Goat; Uncle Vanya; Side Man (Lortel Award); The Lion in Winter; Little Me; A View from the Bridge (Drama Desk nom.); The Last Night of Ballyhoo; The Little Foxes and The Rose Tattoo. Off-Broadway: The Wild Party (Lortel Award, Drama Desk and Outer Circle Critics noms.), The Play About the Baby, tick, tick…BOOM!, The Waverly Gallery, Pride’s Crossing (Lortel Award), As Bees in Honey Drown, Cowgirls and The Food Chain. Opera includes: New York City Opera and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. OBIE award for sustained excellence in lighting design.

TONY MEOLA (Sound Designer) Broad­way includes: Laugh Whore; Man of La Mancha; Sweet Smell of Success; Copenhagen; Kiss Me, Kate; Footloose; The Lion King (Drama Desk Award); The Sound of Music; Juan Darien; A Christmas Carol (MSG); Steel Pier; Forum; The King and I; Moon Over Buffalo; Smokey Joe’s Café; Guys and Dolls; Five Guys Named Moe; She Loves Me; The Red Shoes and Anything Goes. London includes: Kiss Me, Kate; The Lion King; Smokey Joe’s Café and Anything Goes. National and international include: The Lion King; Les Misérables; Mozart; Der Gloeckner von Notre Dame. Off-Broadway includes Here Lies Jenny and The Normal Heart.

Tony is a graduate of Ithaca College’s Department of Theatre Arts. Thanks, Dick.

ELAINE J. McCARTHY (Projection Designer) Recent designs include Broadway: Spamalot, Urban Cowboy, Good Vibrations, After the Fall, Assassins, Man of La Mancha, Into the Woods, Judgement at Nuremberg, The Green Bird. Off-Broadway: Embedded, The Stendhal Syndrome, 36 Encore Atlanta

Suitcase, The Thing About Men, Speaking In Tongues, The It Girl, Goodbye My Friduchita. Regional: Limonade tous les Jours, Fran’s Bed, Once in a Lifetime, Hair, Blue Man Group: Tubes (Chicago). National tours: Forgiveness, Spirit. Opera: Dead Man Walking (NYC Opera), War and Peace (Kirov and Metropolitan Opera), Tan Dun’s The Gate, Peter Sellar’s The Peony Pavilion. Dance: Remote (White Oak), Philip Glass and Susan Marshall’s Les Enfants Terribles. Awards: 2003 Eddy Award.

TOM WATSON (Wig and Hair Designer) is head of the wig department at the Metropolitan Opera. He designs hair and wigs for many theatres including Santa Fe Opera, Opera Theatre St. Louis, New York Theatre Workshop and the Goodman in Chicago. He has also designed wigs for the Broadway productions of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; The Violet Hour; Anna in the Tropics; Dirty Blonde; Jane Eyre; Into the Woods and Amour.

JOE DULUDE II (Makeup Designer) Inspired by monster makeup as a kid, he is the designer for Wicked productions.

Broadway: Assassins, Into the Woods (key makeup Vanessa Williams). Off Bway: Birdie, Broadway Bares (design and bodypainting). Film and Television: E!, Style, Lifetime, PBS, Access Hollywood, MTV. Print and Runway: Vanity Fair, Marie Claire, Vibe, Rolling Stone, Diesel, Enyce, and more. Other: Artist Relations and consultant for MAC Cosmetics.

STEPHEN OREMUS (Music Supervisor/ Music Arrangements) is music supervisor/ arranger of the Broadway and worldwide productions of Wicked and Avenue Q, which he also orchestrated. He was music supervisor, vocal arranger/co-orchestrator of All Shook Up and Vocal Arranger of High Fidelity, both on Broadway. Off-Broadway: Music Super­visor, Vocal Arranger/Orchestrator of tick, tick…BOOM! and Music Director of Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party.

Other credits: Music Director for Rent

profiles national tour, Music Director for Rufus Wainwright Sings Judy Garland and Music Director/Conductor of Jerry Springer—The Opera, both at Carnegie Hall. Next project: Music Director/Arranger for Dolly Parton’s score of the musical, 9 to 5. He is a graduate of Berklee College of Music.

WILLIAM DAVID BROHN (Orchestra­tions) received the 1998 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for Ragtime. Other credits include Miss Saigon; The Secret Garden; Show Boat; Crazy for You; Carousel; Sweet Smell of Success; Oklahoma! (B’way); Mary Poppins; Oliver!; The Witches of Eastwick; My Fair Lady and South Pacific (London).

He has provided arrangements for Marilyn Horne, James Galway, Placido Domingo and Joshua Bell’s recording of Bernstein’s West Side Story Suite for Violin and Orchestra.

ALEX LACAMOIRE (Music Arrange­ments) served as orchestrator and musical supervisor for High Fidelity and music director and arranger/orchestrator for In the Heights, for which he won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations and Bat Boy: The Musical (Off-B’way) and the 2001 tour of Godspell (DRG Records). After working with Stephen Schwartz on regional productions of Working (Long Wharf) and Pippin (Paper Mill), he is proud to be collaborating with him on Broadway. As always, love to Mom, Dad and Little Sis. BOKO SUZUKI (Musical Director) music directed Rent on Broadway and the first national tours of Mamma Mia! and Swing!

(L.A. Drama Critic’s Circle Award nomination). Other credits include Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, The Who’s Tommy and Sunset Boulevard.

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 per-

formed with Aretha Franklin, Dennis De­ Young 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) is conductor and drummer for Marvin Hamlisch. Music Coordinator for Spamalot; All Shook Up; Avenue Q; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Fiddler on the Roof; La Cage Aux Folles; The Boy From Oz; Mamma Mia!; The Lion King; Barbra Streisand concerts (1994 and 2001).

Life is complete with wife Pamela Sousa and children Zach and Alexis.

TELSEY + COMPANY (Casting) Broadway/Tours: Speed-the-Plow, Equus, [title of show], South Pacific, In the Heights, Legally Blonde, Hairspray, Rent, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, The Color Purple, The Drowsy Chaperone, Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On (Vegas); Off- Broadway: Rock of Ages, Blue Man Group, Boys’ Life (2nd Stage), Atlantic, MCC, Signature; Regional: 9 to 5 (Ahmanson), Hair (Arizona Theatre Co.), La Jolla, Shakespeare Theatre, Westport; Film: I Love You Phillip Morris, Rachel Getting Married, Sex and the City, Dan in Real Life, Then She Found Me, Across the Universe, Ira and Abby, Rent, Pieces of April, Camp, The Grey Zone, Finding Forrester, The Bone Collector; TV: “Ugly Betty” (pilot), “Whoopi,” HBO’s “Undefeated,” commercials.

JAKE BELL (Technical Supervisor) has been a stage manager and technical production manager on Broadway for more than 20 years. Broadway, national and international credits include The Phantom of the Opera; Les Misérables; Miss Saigon; Swan Lake; Putting It Together; Oklahoma!; Dreamgirls; Cats; Chess; Shirley Valentine and Five Guys Named Moe. Jake has consulted on theatre renovations all over the U.S. and served as a guest speaker for university theatre arts classes.

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profiles 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.”

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

EDWARD PIERCE (Associate Scenic Designer). Provides entertainment design and production services for Broadway, national tours and International theatrical productions. Select collaboration include: Wicked, Aida, Ragtime, Cabaret, Noise/Funk, The Tempest, GRACE — The Musical, The Pirate Queen. 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 Descending; Moon Over Buffalo; Footloose; The Civil War; Aida; Kiss Me, Kate; Annie Get Your Gun; Dance of Death; Brooklyn; La Cage aux Folles; Lennon.

Circus: Monte Carlo Circus Spectacular, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros.

PETER VAN DYKE (Production Stage Manager) was born in Chicago and raised on a farm in Wisconsin. He has worked at several regional theaters, including the Old 38 Encore Atlanta

Globe in San Diego, where he lives. He has also been the PSM of The Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables on tour.

AMY TEPEL (Stage Manager) has stage managed, wardrobe supervised and/or done props on the Actors’ Equity Association and IATSE national tours of Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Joseph…

Dreamcoat, The King and I, Swing! and Movin’ Out. ROLANDO A. LINARES (Assistant Stage Manager) comes from the Chicago company of Wicked. He has worked as a stage manager at The Goodman Theatre in Chicago (A Christmas Carol, Electricidad, Proof, The Story and the world premier of Bounce). Chicago Shakespeare Theater (Pacific Overtures, Romeo & Juliet). Born and raised in Panama, he is a graduate of The Theatre School at DePaul University.

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 seventeenth-century maid from Haarlem; Lost evokes the ghost of Charles Dickens’ 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, will be followed this fall by Volume III of the Wicked Years, a new novel called A Lion Among Men. He lives in Massachusetts and Vermont with his husband, the painter Andy Newman, and their three children.

321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT (General Management) Nina Essman, Nancy Nagel Gibbs and Marcia Goldberg’s Broadway, Off-Broadway and national tour management credits include: The 25th

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profiles Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Man of La Mancha; The Graduate; Striking 12; The Vagina Monologues; Bat Boy; Fully Committed; The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life...; Lifegame; The Lion King; De La Guarda; Hank Williams: Lost Highway; Rent; Guys and Dolls; How to Succeed...; 42nd Street (original production); I Love You, You’re Perfect...; Visiting Mr. Green; Full Gallop; Smoke on the Mountain; Santaland Diaries; Smokey Joe’s Café; and Family Secrets.

Marc Platt (Producer) Theater: Wicked (Broadway, Chicago, North American tour, London, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Stuttgart, Melbourne); Three Days of Rain (Broadway); and Matthew Bourne’s ballet Edward Scissorhands. Films: Wanted, Legally Blonde, Legally Blonde 2, Honey, Josie and the Pussycats, The Perfect Man, The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising. Television: HBO’s “Empire Falls,” “Once Upon A Mattress” (ABC), “The Path To 9/11” (ABC). Mr. Platt has served as president for three movie studios (Orion, TriStar and Universal), where he developed and guided the production of such films as Silence of the Lambs, Sleepless In Seattle, Philadelphia, As Good As It Gets, My Best Friend’s Wedding and Jerry Maguire.

UNIVERSAL PICTURES (Producer) is a world leader in the production, marketing and distribution of motion pictures, including such franchise series as The Mummy, American Pie, The Fast and the Furious, Meet the Parents, The Bourne Identity and the Oscar® winners Gladiator, Erin Brockovich, A Beautiful Mind, Ray and King Kong.

Universal’s upcoming films include Wanted, produced by Marc Platt, directed by Timur Bekmambetov and starring Morgan Freeman, James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie; The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, starring Brendan Fraser and Jet Li; director Guillermo Del Toro’s Hellboy II: The Golden Army; Mamma Mia!, the film version of 40 Encore Atlanta

the global smash musical starring Meryl Streep; and Changeling, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Angelina Jolie.

THE ARACA GROUP (Producer) Matthew Rego, Michael Rego and Hank Unger are principals of The Araca Group LLC, a theatrical and film production company formed in 1997. Currently they are represented on Broadway by Wicked. Recent Broadway includes: ’night, Mother; Eve Ensler’s The Good Body, Urinetown The Musical, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune and Match. Off-Broadway: Debbie Does Dallas, The Vagina Monologues, The Laramie Project and David Auburn’s Skyscraper; and the film 30 Days. Upcoming projects include the musical film versions of Urinetown and Debbie Does Dallas.

JON B. PLATT (Producer) Tony Awards: Copenhagen, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (Pulitzer Prize for Drama); Perestroika. Tony Award nominations: Damn Yankees; Peter Pan; Hello, Dolly!; The Diary of Anne Frank; Lonesome West; Man of La Mancha; Wicked. National: The Sound of Music; Sunset Boulevard; Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar; Fiddler on the Roof; Best Little Whorehouse in Texas; A Chorus Line; The Graduate; Blue Man Group Tubes. OffBroadway: Forbidden Broadway. TV: “SVU Special Victims Unit.”

DAVID STONE (Producer) is currently represented by Wicked. He has produced 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 theatre at the Juilliard School, NYU, Yale, Columbia and his alma mater, The University of Pennsylvania.

profiles STAFF CREDITS for Wicked GENERAL MANAGEMENT 321 Theatrical Management Eric Cornell, John Esmay, Tara Geesaman, Julie Griffith, Lisa Koch Rao, Jeanette Norton, Nicholas Porche, Susan Sampliner, Greg Schaffert CASTING Telsey + Company Bernie Telsey CSA, Will Cantler CSA, David Vaccari CSA, Bethany Knox CSA, Craig Burns CSA, Tiffany Little Canfield CSA, Rachel Hoffman CSA, Carrie Rosson CSA, Justin Huff CSA, Bess Fifer CSA, Patrick Goodwin TECHNICAL SUPERVISION JAKE BELL PRODUCTION SERVICES LTD. Marketing & Publicity­­ Phillip Aleman Company MAnaGer................ STEVE QUINN Engagement MAnaGer...... Ken Silverman PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER........PETER VAN DYKE Stage Manager..............................Amy Tepel Assistant Stage Manager......Rolando A. Linares Associate Company Manager.........Tanase Popa Assistant Director.............................Paul Dobie Associate Music Supervisor.... Dominick Amendum Dance Supervisor................... Patrick McCollum Assistant Choreographer.....Kristen Leigh Gorski Assistant to Mr. Schwartz..............Michael Cole Assistant Scenic Designer........... Nick Francone Oz Map Design......................... Francis Keeping Costume Coordinator for Wicked Worldwide........Amanda Whidden Wig Coordinator...........................J. Jared Janas Assistant Costume Designers...... Amela Baksic, Amy Bradshaw, Amy Clark, Martin Lopez, Mary-Margaret O’Neill, Cathy Small Associate Lighting Designer........Karen Spahn Assoc. Lighting Designer/ Automated Lights................. Warren Flynn Assistant Lighting Designer.........Aaron Spivey Assoc. Sound Designer/ Prod. Sound Engineer..............Kai Harada Assistant Sound Designer............ Adam Rigby Projection Programmer................ Hillary Knox

Assistant Projection Designer.... Jake Pinholster Projection Animators................ Gareth Smith, Ari Sachter-Zeltzer Special Effects Associate............ Aaron Waitz Flying Effects....................ZFX Flying Illusions Associate Hair Designer.......Charles LaPointe Production Carpenter.................. Rick Howard Head Carpenter.......................... Mick Lohrer Automation Carpenter............Lavoid McKibbin Assistant Carpenters.................. Stuart Dobbie, Kent Hasper, Tony Ward, Joe Wright III Production Electrician...........Robert Fehribach Head Electrician............................Todd Davis Assistant Electricians...... Mike Flynn, Jacob Martin Production Properties Supervisor.....George Wagner Head Properties........................... Trevor Ricci Assistant Properties.......... Rachel Juozapaitis Head Sound Engineer..........Michael Weferling Assistant Sound Engineer.........Brian Kallaher Production Wardrobe Supervisor.... Alyce Gilbert Wardrobe Supervisor...................Mary Seasly Assistant Wardrobe Supervisors....Patricia Emmert, Shevhan Lusteck Hair Supervisor..........................Lisa Thomas Assistant Hair Supervisor..... Andrea DiVincenzo Makeup Design.................... Joseph Dulude II Masks and Prosthetics....... W.M. Creations, Inc. Matthew W. Mungle, Lloyd Matthews Advance Carpenters....... Chris Cory, Joel Gburek, Matt Levy, Dave Rader, Dennis Richards Advance Electricians.......Eric Rimes, Drew Scholl Advance Sound........Allen Rowand, Laurie Turnau Advance Wardrobe........... Christina Cocchiara Assistant Technical Supervisor...... Ana M. Garcia Music Preparation........Anixter/Rice Music Service Synthesizer Programming..........Andrew Barrett Guitar Effects Programming......... Chuck Pierce Advertising...........Serino Coyne/Greg Corradetti Caroline Thompson, Heather Millen, Jean Leonard Website..................................... Istros Media Merchandise........................ The Araca Group Banking......................JP Morgan Chase Bank/ Salvatore Romano Payroll..................... Castellana Services, Inc. Director of Finance................... John DiMeglio Production Administrator.........Bob Brinkerhoff Accountant....................... Robert Fried, C.P.A. Insurance......AON/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Legal Counsel...... Loeb & Loeb/Seth Gelblum Legal Counsel for Universal Pictures......Keith Blau Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 41

profiles Physical Therapy.......................NEURO TOUR Physical Therapy Inc. Lindsey Facciolo, MPT, Medical Director Joseph S. Wilkes, MD Travel Agent...............The A Team, Tzell Travel Makeup provided by MAC Cosmetics ­­MARC PLATT PRODUCTIONS Adam Siegel, Greg Lessans, Joey Levy Jared LeBoff, Nik Mavinkurve, Tia Maggini, Dana Krupinski, Conor Welch, Adam Wilkins STONE PRODUCTIONS David Stone Patrick Catullo Aaron Glick UNIVERSAL PICTURES President & COO, Universal Studios, Inc.................... Ron Meyer Chairman.................................... Marc Shmuger Co-Chairman....................................David Linde President of Marketing............... Adam Fogelson Co-President of Marketing.................Eddie Egan Co-President, Production & EVP, Universal Pictures................... Jimmy Horowitz

Exclusive tour Direction Stephen Lindsay Brett Sirota The Road Company www.theroadcompany.com

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

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by Barbara Matera Ltd., Parsons-Meares Ltd., Tricorne, Eric Winterling, Scafati, & Cego.

Millinery by Rodney Gordon & Lynne Mackey Shoes by T.O. Dey, Frederick Longtin, LaDuca & J.C. Theatrical. Flatheads & monkey wings by Michael Curry Design Inc. 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 Gene Mignola & Izquierdo Studios. Certain props by John Creech Designs & Den Design Studio. Nessarose armoire woodwork by The Woodworker Shop. Graphic props & spellbooks

by Proper Decorum, Inc. Confetti by Artistry in Motion. Puppets by Bob Flanagan. Electronic instruments & equipment from Victor’s House of Music & misc. percussion from Drummer’s World. Acoustic guitars by Taylor Guitars; Guitar amplifiers by Mesa Boogie. Rehearsed at New 42nd Street Studios. Emergen-C Super Energy Booster provided by Alacer Corp.

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.

The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.

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 a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.

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We offer more than 50 classes in the visual and performing arts, as well as private lessons, all taught by professional artists.

Come to our Open House and explore the arts at Lovett— just one component of our whole education for the whole child.

Open House Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, K–Grade 5, 9:00–11:00 AM Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, Grades 6–12, 1:00–3:00 PM The Lovett School practices a nondiscriminatory admission policy.

Financial aid is available.

4075 Paces Ferry Road, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30327-3099 ■ (404) 262-3032 ■ www.lovett.org

1708 Peachtree St. NW, Suite 410, Atlanta GA 30309 Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

404.873.4300 Stephanie Parker . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice President, Mid-South Region Jennifer Waxman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Director Rachel Bomeli . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticketing /Administrative Assistant Rebekah K. Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Technical Director Terry Romanoli . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Corporate Partnerships For media inquiries, please contact Ashley Cameron at KC Public Relations, 404-233-3993.

Thank you to our Sponsors:

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GOLDEN RULES The following brief, but important article has been published to assist in audience etiquette.

To this day we get at least one phone call a week asking for reprint rights. These calls and letters come from orchestras and theaters, opera and ballet companies all over the United States and Canada, big and little troupes alike.

The message, telegraphed between the lines, seems to be an S.O.S.: American audiences are out of control. Are they?

Here’s a refresher course. Please read on, and remember, part of one’s pact as an audience member is to take seriously the pleasure of others, a responsibility fulfilled by quietly attentive (or silently inattentive) and selfcontained behavior. After all, you can be as demonstrative as you want during bows and curtain calls.

1. Go easy with the atomizer; many people are highly allergic to perfume and cologne.

2. If you bring a child, make sure etiquette is part of the experience. Children love learning new things.

3. Unwrap all candies and cough drops before the curtain goes up or the concert begins.

4. Make sure cell phones, beepers, and watch alarms are OFF. And don't jangle the bangles.

5. The overture is part of the performance.

Please cease talking at this point.

6. Note to lovebirds: When you lean your heads together, you block the view of the person behind you. Leaning forward also blocks the view.

T h e F ox T h e at r e 660 Peachtree Street, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30308 404.881.2100 • www.foxtheatre.org

STAFF

Allan C. Vella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Manager Adina Alford Erwin . . . . . . . . Assistant General Manager Pat “Sunshine” Tucker . . . . . . . . . . . Box Office Manager Robert Burnett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controller Jennifer S. Farmer . . . . . . . . . Director of Sales/Ballrooms Oliver Diamantstein . . . . . . . . Director/Food and Beverage Len Tucker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Operations Pat Prill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Manager Greta Duke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant House Manager Kristen Delaney . . . . . . . . . . Director of Marketing & PR Ken Shook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patron Services Director Shelly Kleppsattel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manager,

Administrative and Community Services Jamie Vosmeier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Group Sales Director Molly Fortune . . . . . . . Preservation Department Manager Andrew Nielsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Production Manager Rebecca J. Graham . . . . . . Assistant Production Manager Amy Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Production 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 Larry Douglas Embury . . . . . . . . . . Organist In Residence

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND BOARD MEMBERS

Arthur Montgomery . . . . . . . . . . . Chairman of the Board Alan E. Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President Robert L. Foreman Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Vice President Beauchamp C. Carr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Vice President John A. Busby Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Vice President Julia Sprunt Grumbles . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th Vice President Robert Minnear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Treasurer Edward Hutchison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Treasurer Edward L. White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Secretary Clara Hayley Axam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Secretary Robyn Rieser Barkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member at Large Walter R. Huntley, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member at Large Sylvia Anderson, Ada Lee Correll, Richard Courts IV, Keith Cowan, F. Sheffield Hale, John R. Holder, Florence Inman, Steve Koonin, Charles Lawson, Starr Moore, Joe G. Patten, Carl V. Patton, Glen J. Romm, Nancy Gordy Simms, Clyde C. Tuggle, Carolyn Lee Wills, Lee Winfield.

HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS

Anne Cox Chambers, Arnall (Pat) Connell, Rodney Mims Cook Jr., Jere A. Drummond, Richard O. Flinn III, Joseph V. Myers Jr., Edward J. Negri, Edgar Neiss, Herman J. Russell, Preston Stevens Jr.

7. THOU SHALT NOT TALK, or hum, or sing along, or beat time with a body part.

8. Force yourself to wait for a pause or intermission before rifling through a purse, backpack or shopping bag.

9. Yes, the parking lot gets busy and public transportation is tricky, but leaving while the show is in progress is discourteous.

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10. Honor the old standby: Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.

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Murphy’s

Atlantans love to eat. And shop.

And see shows at The Fox Theatre.

Here’s a handy dining guide you can keep with you for reference when the mood strikes to indulge those passions.

By Taylor Dahl Shop and nosh For some reason, burning up credit cards works up a serious appetite. Luckily, no matter where you shop in Metro Atlanta, there’s a dining oasis near you.

Power malls Phipps Plaza (3500 Peachtree Rd. NE) and Lenox Square (3393 Peachtree Rd.) are the epitome of luxury shopping and eating. If you’re in a hurry at Lenox, head to California Pizza Kitchen (404-262-9221) or Panera Bread (404-848-9997). Feel like treating yourself? Prime (404-812-0555) serves steaks, sushi, seafood and salads. Need a 46 Encore Atlanta

place to relax at Phipps? Twist (404-8691191) has seafood, sushi, tapas and wraps.

Meet your friends for their signature drinks or people-watch on the patio. The Tavern at Phipps (404-814-9640) has one of the best bars in Atlanta, and is a great place for a power lunch or happy hour.

Restaurants and shops keep popping up at Atlantic Station. Lobby at Twelve (361 17th St., 404-961-7370) is a casual American bistro that highlights the best flavors of the season. STRIP (245 18th St., 404-385-2005) serves steak, seafood and sushi. Doc Green’s (264 19th St., 404-347-5216) is a quick way to satisfy a sandwich or salad craving.

If you’re near Perimeter Mall (4400 Ashford-Dunwoody Rd.), popular chains The Cheesecake Factory (678-3200201) and Maggiano’s Little Italy (770804-3313) are packed with tired shoppers nightly. Or try the funky seafood restaurant Goldfish, which serves complimentary hors

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(770-671-0100). Across the street, Eclipse de Luna (4505 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., Suite 11, 678-205-LUNA) has delicious and inexpensive tapas, and an even better drink list.

Boutique shopping? The Virginia Highland neighborhood has some of the best restaurants in the city. Murphy’s (997 Virginia Ave., 404-872-0904) has a great brunch menu to start your day. Noche (1000 Virginia Ave., 404-815-9155) serves Spanish-style tapas and delicious margaritas and mojitos. La Tavola (992 Virginia Ave., 404-873-5430) has savory Italian dishes and an affordable wine list.

Let’s make a date: dinner and a show Nothing beats dinner and a show. Here are some places within a stone’s throw of The Fox Theatre, where theater lovers can grab dinner, drinks or dessert.

Gordon Biersch: Enjoy a pint and unwind after the show. A seasonal menu complements a full menu of handcrafted beers. Patio dining’s available, as is a billiard room. 848 Peachtree St., NE; 404-870-0805; gordonbiersch.com.

Shout: The Atlanta hot spot serves up dishes from around the world, such as Mediterranean tapas, pizzas and sushi.

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South City Kitchen

The rooftop bar is an excellent place to dine or drink on crisp fall nights.

Specials include $10 all you can eat tapas Mondays or $10 all you can eat pizza and salad Sundays. 1197 Peachtree St.; 404-846-2000; h2sr.com.

Two Urban Licks: Located in a funky warehouse, this American restaurant serves wood-fired meats and fish.

Patrons dine al fresco in a courtyard that overlooks the downtown skyline. Live blues plays Tuesday-Saturday nights.

820 Ralph McGill Blvd.; 404-5224622; twourbanlicks.com.

South City Kitchen: This DiRoNA restaurant serves contemporary Southern food, including buttermilk fried chicken, crab hash and banana pudding. Located in a historic bungalow off Crescent Ave., South City Kitchen serves barbecue every Sunday night (adults: $19.50, children 12 and under: $9.95). 1144 Crescent Ave. NE; 404873-7358; southcitykitchen.com Savoy at the Georgian Terrace: The original lobby of the Georgian Terrace has been transformed into this finedining restaurant, where you can dine on the hotel’s terrace, overlooking the Fox. Patrons park for free, and you can’t beat the location for a pre- or post-show meal.

659 Peachtree St. NE; 404-897-1991; georgianterrace.com/dining.

Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse: Quality steaks and seafood in three convenient locations. Ruth’s Chris also offers pretheater dining menus. 3285 Peachtree Rd. NE; 404-365-0660; ruthschris.com.

Veni Vidi Vici: Savor delectable Italian handmade pastas and rotisserie meats.

This month, Veni Vidi Vici is participating in Buckhead Life Restaurant Group’s “Ultimate Restaurant Week,” and will offer three course menus for $29 on select dates. 41 14th St.; 404-875-8424; buckheadrestaurants.com.

Melting Pot: Personalize your dinner menu and cook the food to your tasting.

Remember to leave room for dessert, you don’t want to miss the chocolate fondue platter! 754 Peachtree St. NE; 404-3890099; meltingpot.com.

E Street Grille at the Ellis Hotel: E Street Grille serves up a light dinner of fine Southern food and has a balcony overlooking Peachtree Street. An adjoining lounge serves cocktails and after-dinner libations. 176 Peachtree St. NW; 404523-5155; ellishotel.com/dining.

Dogwood: Located in Midtown, Dogwood dishes out sophisticated Southern food. Get half-price sommelier wine selections on Tuesdays. Dine preor post-theater and receive half-price wines by the glass with the purchase of 50 Encore Atlanta

Veni Vedi Vici

Dogwood

an entrée. 565 Peachtree St.; 404-8351410; dogwoodrestaurant.com.

Vickery’s Bar and Grill: Vickery’s Crescent Avenue Bar and Grill is a Midtown favorite serving American food with a Lowcountry influence. Its historic location was once home to Margaret Vickery, a bosom buddy of Margaret Mitchell; legend has it that many chapters of Gone with the Wind were written here.

1106 Crescent Ave. NE; 404-881-1106; vickerysbarandgrill.com.

Steamhouse Lounge: It’s oyster season, so head to “the best little dump in Midtown” for seafood and cold beer.

Sports lovers can catch the game in its upstairs bar; private party space is available. 1051 West Peachtree St.; 404233-7980; steamhouselounge.com.

Highland Tap Steak Cellar: Steakhouse named for their signature martinis. This cozy speakeasy is suitable for groups of any size. At Highland Tap, a martini goes with brunch, lunch or dinner.

1026 N. Highland Ave.; 404-875-3673; nnnwcorp.com/highlandtap.html.

buckhead life restaurant group; dogwood/ Lauren Rubinstein

New York Prime: Feast on USDA Grade prime beef. Enjoy live entertainment and fine cigars at the martini bar. 3424 Peachtree Rd. NE; 404-846-0644; centraarchy.com/newyorkprime.php.

It’s not polite to shout during the show.

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pub lovers Charlie Mopps Public House, “the house that beer built,” has 300 beers, with 90 on tap, and occasional live music. If you’re more of a scotch and cigar type, Highland Cigar Co. is the place for you. Highland carries international cigars and their own private label line. Beer connoisseurs will enjoy TAP, a gastro-pub with sophisticated takes on traditional pub favorites and an extensive beer and wine menu. Fado Irish Pub & Restaurant is an authentic Irish pub with several themed rooms 52 Encore Atlanta

and a rooftop patio. Tin Roof Cantina is gameday central for college football fans. It has three outdoor seating areas, darts, pool tables, beer pong, video games and live music on select nights.

Sports bar STATS has five bars, 70 high-definition TVs and “beer” tables, complete with their own taps. hip-hop royalty Jermaine Dupri’s Studio 72 features an 850-gallon aquarium and VIP sections with hot tubs, waterfalls and complimentary cigars. Dupri hosts on

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Forbes recently ranked Atlanta its Best City for Singles, based on its “coolness, cost of living alone, culture, job growth, online dating, nightlife and number of singles.” If you’re on the prowl, or just looking for something different to do at night, check out these exciting options for nightcrawlers of every stripe.

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tragically hip Suffering from the midweek blues?

Head over to Halo, a modern looking club with chic cocktails and a laid-back crowd. Lola Bellini Bar and Restaurant has two outdoor patios: one for feasting on Italian-style food and one for lounging and drinking. Castleberry Hill’s M Bar has a cozy interior and live jazz on select nights. Krog Bar in Inman Park is a quaint space with a hefty wine and tapas menu. Beluga Martini Bar offers a variety of martini concoctions and live entertainment Monday-Thursday at 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 10:30 p.m.

Discover the next Miles Davis or Louis Armstrong at Churchill Grounds, an intimate jazz club next to the Fox. On the other side of the theater is Bazaar, a chic, Euro-trendy lounge. dancing queens Cosmopolitan Lava is upscale and luxurious and the place to go for drinks, if money is no object. This posh club has three dance floors, five bars and a tropical deck overlooking the Atlanta 54 Encore Atlanta

skyline. Opera is the epitome of chic and well worth the line to get in. Famous DJs spin hot tracks while celebrities canoodle in the VIP section. Take your cocktails to the cabana for a great view of the Midtown skyline, or survey the scene from the mezzanine level. Dance, dance, dance at Leopard Lounge. The soft lighting and couches are comfy places to rest your heels and unwind when you need a break. Want to get away from the fashionistas? Let your hair down at MJQ Concourse. This unpretentious club has two full bars, a live music venue and a crowd that’s all about dancing and music. Who says you have to ever hang up your dancing shoes? Women and men who are old enough to know better, but too young to resist, flock to Johnny’s Hideaway to dance to big band and retro sounds. the out-of-towners Don’t overlook Atlanta’s swanky hotel bars — here you’ll find some of the most elegant, chic nightclubs in town.

Mint Julep Martinis and the Georgia Peach are signature drinks at the Ellis Hotel’s e Street Lounge. Come to the Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead’s lounge for the celebrity spotting and stay for the cocktails and live jazz. Pulse Bar at the Marriott is a cool cocktail lounge with views of the hotel’s atrium. The W’s Whiskey Park is glamorous and trendy, with signature cocktails and a rock ’n’ roll vibe.

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Saturday nights, so come dressed to impress. Club Crucial has three full bars, pool tables, an exclusive VIP room and a dance floor where you can groove to hiphop beats. Rub elbows with celebrities like owner T.I. and his friends Usher and Ludacris on “Celebrity Saturdays” or get $3 drinks on “Thirsty Thursdays.”

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culture vultures Variety Playhouse is an intimate live music venue that sits near the intersection of Euclid and Moreland avenues. This month, artists Hanson, Joan Osborne, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Girl Talk and the Hotel Café Tour will be gracing the stage. Enjoy improvisational comedy at Dad’s Garage Theatre Company. Shows run Thursday-Saturday, and students get half-off admission on Thursday nights. At

midnight on Oct. 25, Dad’s presents its popular “Puppet Slam,” an experimental, improvisational adult-themed show that’s a cult favorite. Darkhorse Tavern’s 10 High has Metalsome Inc. shows every Monday, Friday and Saturday night. Karaoke lovers sing their favorite tunes while a live rock band jams out with them. Eddie’s Attic is a local acoustic pub that has launched the career of musicians such as John Mayer, Sugarland and Shawn Mullins.

out on the prowl directory • Lola Bellini Bar and Restaurant (Midtown): Terminus 100, 3280 Peachtree Road NE; 404-892-9292; h2sr.com • M Bar (Castlebury Hill): 257 Peters St.; 404-5231555; mbaratlanta.com • Krog Bar (Inman Park): 112 Krog St.; 404-5241618; krogbar.com • Beluga Martini Bar (Buckhead): 3115 Piedmont Rd; 404-869-1090; belugamartinibar.com • Churchill Grounds (Midtown): 660 Peachtree St. NE; 404-876-3030; churchillgrounds.com • Bazaar (Midtown): 654 Peachtree St.; 404-885-7505; bazzaaratlanta.com dancing queens Hip-hop royalty • Cosmopolitan Lava • Studio 72 (Tucker): 3965 (Midtown): 45 13th St.; Lawrenceville Hwy.; 770-934404-873-6189; cosmolava.com 2975; studio72atlanta.com • Club Crucial (Bankhead): • Opera (Midtown): 1150 Peachtree St. NE; 404-8742517 Donald Lee Hollowell 3006; operaatlanta.com Pkwy.; 404-794-2114; profile.myspace.com/index. • Leopard Lounge (Midtown): 84 12th St. NE; cfm?fuseaction=user.viewpro 404-875-7562, leopardfile&friendid=83148592 loungeatl.com tragically hip • MJQ Concourse (Poncey• Halo (Midtown): 817 W. Highland): 736 Ponce De Peachtree St. NW; 404-962Leon Ave. NE; 404-8707333; halolounge.com 0575; mjqatlanta.com Pub lovers • Charlie Mopps Public House (Sandy Springs): 5830 Roswell Rd.; 404-8450713; charliemoppspub.com • Highland Cigar Co. (Virginia Highland): 245 N. Highland Ave. NE, Ste. 140; 404-477-2415; highlandcigar.com • Tap (Midtown): 1180 Peachtree St.; 404-347-2220; tapat1180.com/home.php • Fado Irish Pub & Restaurant (Buckhead): 273 Buckhead Ave.; 404841-0066; fadoirishpub. com/Atlanta • Tin Roof Cantina: 2591 Briarcliff Rd. NE; 404-3294700; tinroofcantina.com • Stats (Downtown): 300 Marietta St. NW; 404885-1472; statsatl.com

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• Johnny's Hideaway (Buckhead): 3771 Roswell Rd.; 404-233-8026 johnnyshideaway.com The out-of-towners • Ellis Hotel (Downtown): 176 Peachtree St. NW; 404-523-5155; ellishotel.com • The Ritz-Carlton (Buckhead): 3434 Peachtree Rd. NE; 404-237-2700; ritzcarlton.com • Marriott Marquis (Downtown): 265 Peachtree Center Ave.; 404-586-6081; marriott.com • The W Atlanta (Midtown): 188 14th St. NE, Atlanta, GA 30361; 404-892-6000; starwoodhotels.com/whotels/index.html Culture vultures • Variety Playhouse (Little Five Points): 1099 Euclid Ave.; 404-524-7354; variety-playhouse.com • Dad’s Garage Theatre Company (Inman Park): 280 Elizabeth St., Suite C-101; 404-523-3141; dadsgarage.com • Darkhorse Tavern (Virginia Highland): 816 North Highland Ave.; 404-8733607; darkhorseatlanta.com • Eddie’s Attic (Decatur): 515-B North McDonough St.; 404-377-4976; eddiesattic.com

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St. Simons Island Historic sites include the St. Simons Lighthouse and Maritime Center, and the Fort Frederica National Monument.

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The King & Prince Beach & Golf Resort boasts the island’s only oceanfront dining at the casual Blue Dolphin Restaurant.

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at a time, so if you have a small group of family or friends, you can take over the island (all-inclusive rates apply).

Activities include boating, fishing, birding, hiking, bicycling, golfing, horseback riding and strolling along the beach.

Jekyll Island Shoppers will enjoy “treasure hunting” through the Historic District, Pier Road Shops or Beachside Shopping area. The Georgia Sea Turtle Center has educational exhibits and a stateof-the-art rehabilitation center; the Tidelands Nature Center has handson marine environmental science programs. Millionaires’ “cottages” (read: mansions) in the Jekyll Island Club National Historic Landmark District are fun to tour and used to belong to such prestigious families as the Rockefellers.

Watch the sun set while dining at SeaJays, overlooking the Jekyll Island Harbor Marina, and have a nightcap at the historic Jekyll Island Club Hotel.

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Sea Island Splurge a little and stay at one of the Sea Island Resorts: The Lodge at Sea Island or The Cloister. The Lodge and the Georgian Room restaurant are Mobil Travel Guide Five-Star Award-winners, and The Lodge has been ranked Golf Digest’s top golf resort. Island guests have access to resort amenities, including a full-service spa, 54 holes of topranked golf, golf instruction, casual and fine-dining restaurants, and meeting and fitness facilities. Other amenities include the Georgia Sea Island Singers, stables, a shooting school, a cooking school, business etiquette classes, boating, fishing and nature programs. Children’s programs are offered through the Sea Island Center for the Arts. Accommodations also are available in private cottages.

We invite you to walk across the street after the show to enjoy one of our signature desserts at The Savoy Purchase one dessert & receive one complimentary dessert as our guest.

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F O R YO U R I N F O R M AT I O N The Theatre A fully restored 1929 “Movie Palace,” the Fox Theatre, with 4,678 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 brand new Landmarks Lounge is adjacent to the lobby and is perfect for a small pre-show and intermission event. All rooms include the Fox Theatre’s professional sales and coordination staff. To book your ”Fabulous Fox“ evening, please call 404.881.2100 or visit us at www.foxtheatre.org.

The Box Office The Fox Theatre Box Office is located in the arcade entrance to the theater. The Box 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 Box Office is not open on Sundays unless there is a performance. During Events, the Box 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 at any TICKETMASTER outlet, by calling TICKETMASTER at 404.817.8700 or 404.249.6400, or by visiting the Fox Theatre Box Office in person during regular Box Office hours. You may purchase tickets for a particular nights performance that night only until 8pm at the box office.

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

Restrooms Restrooms are located on the main lobby and mezzanine lobby levels. Restrooms are also located on the Gallery level. Restrooms for patrons who are physically challenged are located in the Spanish Room.

Gift Shop The Fox Theatre operates a gift shop selling history books, T-shirts, sweatshirts, and an assortment of other theaterrelated merchandise. The gift shop is located in the main lobby and is open at each performance.

Tours Tours of the Fox Theatre are available through the Atlanta Preservation Center. Tours are conducted Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. and Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Tours begin in the Peachtree Street Arcade entrance to the theater. For more information on tours and to confirm the tour schedule, please call the Atlanta Preservation Center at 404.688.3353.

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.

Special Needs Ken Shook, Patron Services Director, is our liaison to the disabled community. He can be reached at 404.881.2118 and can provide information on such topics as the locations and prices of accessible seating and other programs for the disabled. The Fox Theatre also has a new brochure detailing all of these programs for our patrons with special needs. They are available at the Guest Relations Table.

Fox Ambassadors are located at the Guest Relations Table in the main lobby at the Fox Theatre Merchandise Kiosk to offer their assistance, theater information, and several rental items to enhance your performance enjoyment. An audio clarification device (Phonic Ear) is available for patrons with hearing disabilities. It is available, free of charge, on a first-come, first-serve basis on the evening of a performance, or you may reserve a device by calling the Patron Services Director. A limited number of booster seats are also available free of charge. Binoculars are available for sale. All items require a form of identification to be held until the item is returned.

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.

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 Box Office or by calling TICKETMASTER at 404.817.8700. 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. Please be aware that 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. Please limit conversation during the performances.

Camera and recording devices are strictly prohibited.

Lost and Found Lost and Found items are turned in to the House Manager’s office. To check on lost items, please call the House Manager at 404.881.2075. Lost and Found items will be retained for 30 days.

Emergency Information In the event of an emergency, please walk to the nearest exit. Do Not Run.

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The 411: Oct. 11 Feast on local & 12, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Atlantic Station cuisine at the (18th Street between Country Roads Northside Dr. and station and Spring St.). For more information, visit attend cooking tasteofatlanta.net. demonstrations from students of Le Cordon Bleu and the ProStart restaurant program. Purchase a VIP pass ($75-$95) to access special events like the Wine Experience at TWELVE or Bowling & Brews at Ten Pin Alley. There also is a special tasting area for kids and an exclusive wine tasting led by Georg Riedel, 10th generation glassmaker and president of Riedel Crystal. — Kristi Casey Sanders b e a u t y + st y l e

Word on the Street If you’re curious about the latest fashion trends in Los Angeles, Manhattan, London, Florence or even New Delhi, check out Scwott Schuman’s blog, The Sartorialist (TheSartorialist.blogspot. com), one of Time Magazine’s Top 100 Design Influencers. The Web site features images of people on the street, with brief commentary by fashion industry veteran Schuman.

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If they hate it and start throwing things at the stage, there’s no way to escape.’”

He relaxed a little bit when Kristin Chenoweth, as Galinda, got a laugh with her first line, but it wasn’t until Elphaba’s entrance that he knew everything was going to be fine.

“Idina Menzel rushed out on to the stage and the audience roared their greeting to her,” Maguire explains. “She hadn’t opened her mouth. She hadn’t sung a note in that exquisite voice, but the audience was on its feet. They were on her side before the play even began because of my book. I felt like I had been bioengineering and tweaked one tiny chromosome on a string of DNA in our popular culture.”

The musical has a solid fan base of young women and girls, something Maguire credits Holzman with achieving. “She has slanted it … taken something that’s huge and complex and heavy with cynicism and grief and rewoven it into a lighter area fabric.

“My book is not for 11-year-old or 14-year-old girls. It’s a very dark story.

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skinned witch can get the guy. That friendship, even though it goes through rocky patches, can still survive. Both things are in the book, but Winnie made it the centerpiece of the story and play, and deservedly so.”

Wicked went on to win several Tony, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, Grammy and Drama Desk awards. It set a new box-office record for weekly ticket sales ($1.1 million) at the Gershwin Theater in its third week.

Fans of the musical often go on to read Maguire’s novel. “These women and girls have begun to write me such strong, definitive letters with questions about what happens at the end of my novel: ‘Now tell me what happened to the political prisoner? What happened after Dorothy went back to the Emerald City?’” As a response to these questions — and as homage to his favorite character — Maguire revisited the Land of Oz and published Son of a Witch a few years ago.

“But, truth in advertising, it is the story of someone else,” Maguire says.

“Characters from Wicked do show up in cameos, but it’s the story of a different time, under a different administration.

And it’s not a friendly one.”

This article originally ran in the May 2006 Encore Atlanta.

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Jersey Boys launch party The Fox Theatre hosted a Jersey Boys sneak preview party on Monday, Sept.

8. Local TV and radio personality Holly Firfer hosted the event and led a Q&A with current cast members Zachary Prince (Frankie Valli alternate — First National Tour) and Peter Gregus (Bob Crewe, and others — Original Broadway Cast; Broadway Dance/Fight Captain). Guests were treated to a candid discussion about the show and a thrilling video, highlighting the Tony Awardwinning musical’s score and storyline. Fox Theatre Director of Group Sales & Subscriptions Jamie Vosmeier reminded the crowd that group tickets are currently on sale, individual tickets will go on sale Dec. 14, and the show is expected to sell out quickly.

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Fox Theatre General Manager Allan Vella, left, and Jersey Boys cast member Zachary Prince (1); Peter Gregus and Prince after the Q&A (2).

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