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A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER BASED ON A NOVEL BY ROY HORNIMAN BOOK AND LYRICS BY

MUSIC AND LYRICS BY

ROBERT L. FREEDMAN

STEVEN LUTVAK WITH

KRISTEN BETH WILLIAMS KRISTEN HAHN CHRISTOPHER BEHMKE SARAH ELLIS MATT LEISY DANI MARCUS KRISTEN MENGELKOCH DAVID SCOTT PURDY CHUCK RAGSDALE BEN ROSEBERRY JENNIFER SMITH CATHERINE WALKER AND

MARY VanARSDEL SCENIC DESIGN

COSTUME DESIGN

ALEXANDER DODGE

LINDA CHO

LIGHTING DESIGN

SOUND DESIGN

PHILIP S. ROSENBERG DAN MOSES SCHREIER

PROJECTION DESIGN

HAIR & WIG DESIGN

MAKE-UP DESIGN

AARON RHYNE

CHARLES G. LAPOINTE

BRIAN STRUMWASSER

ORCHESTRATIONS

VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS

JONATHAN TUNICK

DIANNE ADAMS MCDOWELL & STEVEN LUTVAK

MUSIC SUPERVISOR

MUSIC DIRECTOR

MUSIC COORDINATOR

PAUL STAROBA

LAWRENCE GOLDBERG

SEYMOUR RED PRESS

CASTING

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PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

BINDER CASTING JASON STYRES, CSA

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CAST

(in order of appearance) Monty Navarro....................................................................................................... KEVIN MASSEY Miss Shingle.....................................................................................................MARY VanARSDEL Sibella Hallward................................................................................ KRISTEN BETH WILLIAMS Asquith D’Ysquith, Jr............................................................................................... JOHN RAPSON Tour Guide.......................................................................................................... JENNIFER SMITH Lord Adalbert D’Ysquith......................................................................................... JOHN RAPSON Reverend Lord Ezekial D’Ysquith.......................................................................... JOHN RAPSON Miss Barley..................................................................................................CATHERINE WALKER Lord Asquith D’Ysquith, Sr. .................................................................................... JOHN RAPSON Henry D’Ysquith...................................................................................................... JOHN RAPSON Tom Copley...................................................................................................................MATT LEISY Phoebe D’Ysquith..................................................................................................KRISTEN HAHN Lady Hyacinth D’Ysquith........................................................................................ JOHN RAPSON Newsboys................................................................................... MATT LEISY, BEN ROSEBERRY, KRISTEN MENGELKOCH, JENNIFER SMITH Major Lord Bartholomew D’Ysquith...................................................................... JOHN RAPSON Lady Salomé D’Ysquith Pumphrey......................................................................... JOHN RAPSON Actors..................................................................................................................BEN ROSEBERRY, MATT LEISY, CHRISTOPHER BEHMKE Lady Eugenia ....................................................................................... KRISTEN MENGELKOCH Mr. Gorby............................................................................................... CHRISTOPHER BEHMKE Chief Inspector Pinckney.....................................................................................BEN ROSEBERRY Guard............................................................................................................................MATT LEISY Magistrate.............................................................................................. CHRISTOPHER BEHMKE Chauncey................................................................................................................. JOHN RAPSON Ensemble....................... CHRISTOPHER BEHMKE, MATT LEISY, KRISTEN MENGELKOCH, BEN ROSEBERRY, JENNIFER SMITH, CATHERINE WALKER

UNDERSTUDIES

Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance.

For the D’Ysquith Family: CHUCK RAGSDALE, BEN ROSEBERRY; for Monty Navarro: MATT LEISY, DAVID SCOTT PURDY; for Sibella Hallward: SARAH ELLIS, CATHERINE WALKER; for Phoebe D’Ysquith: SARAH ELLIS, CATHERINE WALKER; for Miss Shingle: DANI MARCUS, JENNIFER SMITH; for Lady Eugenia: DANI MARCUS, JENNIFER SMITH; for Miss Barley: SARAH ELLIS, DANI MARCUS, JENNIFER SMITH.

SWINGS

SARAH ELLIS, DANI MARCUS, DAVID SCOTT PURDY, CHUCK RAGSDALE

DANCE CAPTAIN SARAH ELLIS

FIGHT CAPTAIN

DAVID SCOTT PURDY

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Kevin Massey

Kristen Beth Williams

Kristen Hahn

Mary VanArsdel

Christopher Behmke

Sarah Ellis

Matt Leisy

Dani Marcus

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David Scott Purdy

Chuck Ragsdale

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MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE

“A Warning to the Audience”................................................................................................Company “You’re a D’Ysquith”.........................................................................................Miss Shingle, Monty “I Don’t Know What I’d Do”................................................................................................... Sibella “Foolish to Think”.....................................................................................................................Monty “A Warning to Monty”......................................................................................................... Ensemble “I Don’t Understand the Poor”....................................................................Lord Adalbert, Ensemble “Foolish to Think” (Reprise).....................................................................................................Monty “Poison in My Pocket”..................................................................... Monty, Asquith Jr., Miss Barley “Poor Monty”.......................................................................................................... Sibella, Ensemble “Better With a Man”......................................................................................................Henry, Monty “Inside Out”.................................................................................................................Phoebe, Monty “Lady Hyacinth Abroad”........................................................................... Lady Hyacinth, Ensemble “The Last One You’d Expect”..............................................................................................Company

ACT TWO

“Why Are All the D’Ysquiths Dying?”....................................................... Mourners, Lord Adalbert “Sibella”.....................................................................................................................................Monty “I’ve Decided to Marry You”..........................................................................Phoebe, Sibella, Monty “Final Warning”................................................................................................................... Ensemble “Poison in My Pocket” (Reprise)...............................................................................................Monty “Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun”.......................................................... Lord Adalbert, Company “Stop! Wait! What?!”.................................................................................................................Monty “That Horrible Woman”.............................................. Sibella, Phoebe, Inspector, Magistrate, Guard “Finale”.................................................................................................................................Company

ORCHESTRA

Music Director—Lawrence Goldberg Associate Music Director/Piano—Albin Konopka Piano/Librarian—Eric Kang Violins—Melody Wootton, Andrew Wu; Viola—Janine Bradbury; Cello—Andrew McIntosh; Bass—Richard Robinson; Clarinet—Lisa Raschiatore; Oboe/English Horn—Ann Augustin; Bassoon—Jonathan Boyd; Trumpet—Jason Borngesser; French Horn—Kristi Crago; Percussion—Dan Maslanka Contractor............................................................................................................Seymour Red Press Music Copying.......................................................................... Emily Grishman Music Preparation/ Katharine Edmonds, Emily Grishman

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WHO’S WHO JOHN RAPSON (The D’Ysquith Family). Broadway: Les Misérables (Grantaire/Bamatabois, u/s Javert, u/s Thénardier). Tour and Regional: Les Misérables, Disney On Classic (with the Tokyo Philharmonic), Sweeney Todd, Brigadoon. BFA, University of Michigan. Infinite love and thanks to Mom, Dad, Alex, Stella, Chris and the gents of CGF, the family dinner crew, and the utterly extraordinary Gent’s Guide team. Humbled and honored to be part of this brilliant piece. Now and then pigs CAN fly. This one’s for Pat. KEVIN MASSEY (Monty Navarro). Broadway: Gentleman’s Guide, Memphis (u/s Huey), Tarzan (u/s Tarzan), Deaf West’s Big River, NYCO’s Antony & Cleopatra (Eros), originated Almanzo in Little House on the Prairie (1st Nat., Paper Mill, Guthrie), and D’Artagnan in Three Musketeers (Chicago Shakespeare). Europe: Tarzan (Tarzan), Grease! (Doody). Regional: Asolo Rep’s Bonnie & Clyde (Ted), Utah Shakes’ & Kansas City Rep’s Pippin (Pippin), Skylight Music Theater’s Les Miz (Marius), MUNY’s Footloose (Willard). UNC, Morehead-Cain Scholar. Proud husband of Kara Lindsay. Love to my family. kevinmassey.com @kcmassey1.

GGLAM family, DGRW, and to my family, friends, and teachers! kristenhahn.com. MARY VanARSDEL (Miss Shingle). National Tour: Mary Poppins (original Bird Woman). Off-Broadway: Rebecca (54 Below), Cole Porter’s Paris. Regional: Mrs. Brill (Mary Poppins), Mama Rose (Gypsy), Carlotta (Yeston/Kopit’s Phantom), Lily Byrne (A Man of No Importance), and dozens more. Film/TV: “In the Line of Fire,” “LA Law,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “Gilmore Girls,” “Miracles,” and many more. Recording: “When at Night I Go to Sleep.” Proud member of Actors’ Equity. maryvanarsdel.com @mvsings. CHRISTOPHER BEHMKE (Magistrate). Int’l Tours: West Side Story. Off-Broadway: Mama and Her Boys. Regional: Cabaret, Les Miz, Miss Saigon, Hound of the Baskervilles. Chris also works with Project Creo, a nonprofit that uses creativity and love to empower children. SARAH ELLIS (Swing/Dance Captain). Regional: Ogunquit, Pittsburgh CLO, Northshore, KC Starlight, Westchester Bway, WV Public. NYC: Stardust Road: The Hoagy Carmichael Musical, Musicals Tonight! BFA Penn State (WE ARE!). Endless gratitude to teachers, fam & friends-love to DR. @sell_is.

KRISTEN BETH WILLIAMS (Sibella Hallward) is delighted to join this deliciously devilish company! West End: Top Hat (Dale Tremont). Broadway: Pippin; Nice Work...; Anything Goes; Promises, Promises. Other NYC: The Marvelous Wonderettes (Off-Bway), Encores!, appearances at Town Hall and Carnegie Hall. Regional: Big Fish (Sandra, Alpine Theatre Project), White Christmas (Betty Haynes, Ordway), Music Theatre of Wichita, Ogunquit, Paper Mill, to name a few. Love & thanks to Dustin, Jason, Jay, and Darko; to “The Fam” always; and to Jimmy—my home. Proud AEA member. BFA Univ. of OK. @KBDubsNYC.

MATT LEISY (Tom Copley). Off-Broadway: The Fantasticks, Carousel (PBS). Regional: Cincinnati Playhouse, St. Louis Rep, Arizona Theatre Co., Arden Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Favorites: 39 Steps, Ragtime, Red, Importance of Being Earnest, The History Boys. Graduate: Northwestern University. mattleisy.com.

KRISTEN HAHN (Phoebe D’Ysquith). Broadway: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (Miss Barley); Our Town starring Paul Newman (also at the Westport Country Playhouse). Regional: Grazia in Death Takes a Holiday at the Arvada Center. Film: “5 Flights Up;” “Our Town” (PBS/Showtime). BFA in Vocal Performance from Carnegie Mellon. Love and thanks to the entire

KRISTEN MENGELKOCH (Lady Eugenia). Off-Broadway: NEWSical the Musical and Forbidden Broadway. Regional: Geva Theatre, Cape Playhouse, PlayMakers Rep, Gateway, Moonlight, North Coast Rep, SCRT, among others. Television: “Veronica Mars.” Education: MFA, San Diego State University; BFA, Emporia State University. kristenmengelkoch.com.

DANI MARCUS (Swing). Off-Broadway: The Pirates of Penzance. Regional: Created the role of Harriet in Jane Austen’s Emma (The Old Globe, TheatreWorks), Beach Blanket Babylon, Spelling Bee (SJ Rep). Love and gratitude to Timothy, Tijuana, and Jon Call.

A NOTE FROM THE PLAYWRIGHT

ABOUT MUSIC AND FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE

BY DOUGLAS McGRATH

hen Paul Blake, the producer of Beautiful, asked me if I wanted to write a Broadway musical about Carole King, her ex-husband and lyricist, Gerry Goffin, and their fellow songwriters, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, there was something I had to know before I could commit. “Are they all alive?” I asked. “Good news,” Paul said. “They are.” Actually, that sounded like bad news. I had once worked on a screenplay about a real person whose vanity was so advanced that he would not let me portray him as anything less than thrillingly perfect. But audiences aren’t interested in characters without flaws—even Achilles had that tendon trouble. Paul kept after me, constantly telling me things that might entice me. He reminded me that the songwriters had had their offices at 1650 Broadway, one of the two buildings

people mean when they refer to the legendary Brill Building sound. (The Brill Building was down the street at 1619 Broadway.) These buildings had once been the province of the classic American songwriters of the Tin Pan Alley age and then in the ’50s became the place where kids came to create rock and roll. Maybe there was something in that clash, the old being ousted by the new? Carole and Barry and Cynthia were coming to New York to interview book writers. Paul said, “Come meet them. They’re a lot of fun.” So I went and he was right, they were a lot of fun. I was so at ease. I told them my idea, and I could feel as I told it that it was right: a musical about kids chasing out the old guard so they could create the new sound of rock and roll. Carole’s face lit up. I knew I had nailed it. She leaned forward to share her reaction. “That,” she said, “is completely wrong!” “What?” I said, almost losing my balance even though I was seated. Top: 1650 Broadway (l to r) Curt Bouril (Don Kirshner), Liam Tobin (Gerry Goffin), Abby Mueller (Carole King), Ben Fankhauser (Barry Mann), Becky Gulsvig (Cynthia Weil) and the company of Beautiful. Left: The Shirelles (l to r) Britney Coleman, Rebecca E. Covington, Ashley Blanchet and Salisha Thomas. Right: The Drifters (l to r) Dashaun Young, Paris Nix, Josh A. Dawson and Noah J. Ricketts. Photos by Joan Marcus.

“We idolized Gershwin and Porter and Kern and Berlin,” she explained. “We studied their music.” Cynthia piped in, “I wanted to be Cole Porter.” How surprising. As teenagers they changed the sound of popular music but they were traditionalists at heart—rock and rollers but classicists, too. Before the meeting, I had known only one thing about these songwriters: that they were talented. But now I saw that they were something not all talented people are: they were interesting. I said I would write the show, if they would have me. And I knew what kind of show I wanted to write: not a fictional creation like Mamma Mia which used an original story with the ABBA catalogue, but the true story of these incredible people and how some of the greatest songs of the last century were created. To do this, I interview the songwriters, separately, for many hours over many days. I asked them about everything in their lives— from birth on—because at the beginning I had no idea what the show would be. If you see the show, it seems inevitable now that it starts with Carole on her way into Manhattan to sell her first song and that it ends at Carnegie Hall with her celebrated concert as a solo artist, but when you are looking at four lives and some 70 years worth of memories, to get to the inevitable, you have to weed out a lot of the evitable. After the interviews, I stared at my giant notebook, packed with hundreds of pages of their stories. One feeling hovered above everything: a feeling of friendship. These people had been friends for more than 50 years. It’s one thing to be friends with old school chums but they were not school chums— they met as competitors in 1650 Broadway, vying for Don Kirshner’s attention, racing each other up and down the Billboard chart, fighting for the best artists to sing their songs. And it was not a casual competition—they once took a vacation together just to make sure the other couple wasn’t writing more than they were. It was often fierce. And yet. They loved each other, these four great artists, they really did, and they respected each other. They studied each other the way they studied Cole Porter and Irving Berlin. That was an interesting, even classic dynam-

ic—competitors who loved each other. That sense of friendship pervaded even Carole and Gerry’s relationship, which started as a romance, moved into and then out of marriage, finally settling into a forgiving and affectionate friendship. That sense of kindness infuses much of Carole’s music. Many of her listeners feel she is their friend, a feeling I suspect they do not have about other singers they may adore. They see themselves in her. Her music is marked by forgiveness, compassion and warmth. Even her breakup songs are tinged with understanding. The show had to mirror that. So I began to see the story—it would be about music and friendship and love. There would be heartache in it, because the show is about life, but it would have hope in it, too. Because their music is so good, I wanted to place the songs in a way that gave them their full emotional impact. This was harder than it might seem. You figure, if it’s a good song, it’ll be good wherever you put it. But that is not the case. I would not write a scene and then plop a song into it. I had to write the scene knowing which song it was going to be about. If a song didn’t work, it was because the scene didn’t work, and I would rewrite it until the song felt as though it were written just for that scene. Everything came out of the music, which, even more than the hundreds of pages of notes, is the greatest guide to the thinking and feelings of the four songwriters. The theme of the show itself comes from a song. Early on, Carole says “You know what’s so funny about life? Sometimes it goes the way you want and sometimes it doesn’t. And sometimes when it doesn’t, you find something beautiful.” Beautiful—The Carole King Musical is at the Fisher Theatre Dec. 13, 2016–Jan. 8, 2017. For tickets, please see our ad on page 8.

WHO’S WHO

Ebb Awards (with Robert Freedman); two Jonathan Larson Foundation Grants; JohnDAVID SCOTT PURDY (Swing and Fight ny Mercer Emerging American SongwritCaptain). NYC: A Christmas Story (Madison ing Award; NEA Grant. CDs: “The Time It Square Garden); Lady, Be Good (Encores!); Takes,” “Ahead of My Heart.” Zorba (Encores!). National Tour: The Producers. Regional: Anything Goes (North DARKO TRESNJAK (Director) won the Shore Music Theatre). Love to Kate, Broth- Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle awards for his direction of A Gentleman’s ers, Mom, and Cleo. davidscottpurdy.com. Guide to Love & Murder. He recently won CHUCK RAGSDALE (Swing) has toured the Obie Award for his direction of The the U.S. with multiple black and white ca- Killer with Michael Shannon at Theatre for nines, frolicked with a singing cannibal Off- a New Audience. Recent directing credits Broadway, and played girly princes, suicidal include Hamlet at Hartford Stage, where he factory workers, and dudes with accents re- is the Artistic Director, and The Ghosts of gionally. For my best and favorite PAL. Versailles with Patti LuPone at LA Opera. BEN ROSEBERRY (Chief Inspector Pinck- Upcoming: Rear Window with Kevin Bacon.

ney). Broadway/National Tour: The Lion King, Rent. Off-Broadway: Fugitive Songs, Emma. Countless regional, workshops and readings. Front man for The Fractured Years. Thanks to Sarah, the family, Darko, Binder, and Professional Artists! @Ben_Roseberry.

PEGGY HICKEY (Choreographer). Broadway/Lincoln Center: Gentleman’s Guide, Most Happy Fella, La Rondine, My Fair Lady, “Hansel and Gretel” (PBS). The King and I, Chatelet (Paris). Regional: Kiss Me, Kate (Hartford/Old Globe). 7 productions at Goodspeed Musicals. 25 years of grand opera. TV/Film: “Woodshock” (Kirsten Dunst), “The Brady Bunch Movie,” “Beck’s New Pollution” (MTV Award). peggyhickey.com.

JENNIFER SMITH (Tour Guide). Fourteen Broadway shows including original companies of Gentleman’s Guide, Drowsy Chaperone, The Producers and La Cage Aux Folles. Recent film and TV: “The Skel- ALEXANDER DODGE (Scenic Design). eton Twins,” “Deadbeat,” and “High Mainte- Broadway: Gentleman’s Guide (Tony, Dranance.” Lubbock, Texas native. ma Desk, Outer Critics noms.), Present Laughter (Tony nom.), Old Acquaintance, CATHERINE WALKER (Miss Barley) is thrilled to join the tour after playing the Butley, Hedda Gabler. London West End: All role of Phoebe and originating the role New People. Recent: Ripcord (MTC), Rear of Miss Barley on Broadway! Broadway: Window (Hartford), Funny Thing…Forum Gentleman’s Guide, Mary Poppins, Rag- (Two River). Opera: Ghosts of Versailles time. Carnegie Mellon University Gradu- (L.A. Opera), Il Trittico (Berlin), Lohengrin ate. Thanks to Him, Jacques, and family! (Budapest). Upcoming: Anastasia (Hartford). Training: Yale. catherinewalker.biz. ROBERT L. FREEDMAN (Book and Lyrics). Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Book of a Musical for Gentleman’s Guide. TV: ABC’s “Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows” (Emmy, Writers Guild nominations), ABC’s “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella” (WGA nomination), HBO’s “A Deadly Secret” (WGA Award), Lifetime’s “Murder In The Hamptons.” STEVEN LUTVAK (Music and Lyrics). Broadway debut, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle, Tony Awards, Best Musical). Title track, Paramount’s Mad Hot Ballroom. Other awards: Kleban, Fred

LINDA CHO (Costume Design) has worked with artists from diverse disciplines and backgrounds in theatre, dance, and opera on stages throughout the country and abroad. Broadway: Gentleman’s Guide (Tony Award); Velocity of Autumn. Selected credits: La Jolla Playhouse, Arena Stage, Old Globe, Guthrie, L.A. Opera, Royal Shakespeare Company. Education: Yale School of Drama. PHILIP S. ROSENBERG (Lighting Design). Broadway: The Elephant Man, It’s Only a Play, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder. Off-Broadway: Explorers Club, Cactus Flower. Regional: Kennedy Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Ford’s Theatre, Guthrie, Old Globe, Huntington Theatre Com13

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WHO’S WHO pany, Chicago Shakespeare, Hartford Stage, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Bay Street Theater, Westport Country Playhouse. DAN MOSES SCHREIER (Sound Design). Broadway: Merrily We Roll Along, Sondheim on Sondheim, A Little Night Music, Gypsy, Radio Golf, John Doyle’s Sweeney Todd, Putnam County Spelling Bee, Pacific Overtures, Assassins, Into the Woods, Topdog/ Underdog, others. Off-Bway: Passion, Road Show, Homebody/Kabul, Floyd Collins, others. Composer: The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar, The Tempest. Four Tony Award nominations. danmosesschreier.com. AARON RHYNE (Projection Design). Broadway: Gentleman’s Guide (Drama Desk Award), Bonnie & Clyde. Off-Broadway: Absolute Brightness, Bootycandy, Water By the Spoonful, Wild with Happy, Working. Opera: Ghosts of Versailles (L.A. Opera), La Traviata (Wolf Trap), Florencia. Regional: Huntington, Hartford Stage, Geffen Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre, Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Ford’s Theatre, Asolo Rep. aaronrhyne.com. CHARLES G. LaPOINTE (Hair and Wig Design). More than 60 Broadway shows and national tours, including Gentleman’s Guide, Hamilton, Beautiful, On Your Feet, Motown, Jersey Boys, Elephant Man, Clybourne Park, Newsies, The Columnist, The Mountaintop, Memphis, Side Show, Fences, Superior Donuts, In the Heights, The Color Purple. BRIAN STRUMWASSER (Make-up Designer). NYC based Make-up Designer and Hairstylist. Broadway: Larry David’s Fish in the Dark (Make-up Designer), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (Make-up Designer), Mamma Mia!, Cabaret, The Lion King, End of the Rainbow. brianstrumwasser.com. JONATHAN TUNICK (Orchestrations). Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along, Passion, A Chorus Line. Composer/Conductor, Films: Mike Nichols, Franco Zeffirelli, Sidney Lumet, plus Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Smash, Galavant, Into the Woods. One of eight living “EGOTS” holding Emmy, Grammy, Tony, and Academy awards. Elected in 2009 to the Theatre Hall of Fame.

DIANNE ADAMS McDOWELL (Vocal Arranger). NYC credits include the original Broadway production of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Radio City Music Hall, and (with husband, James McDowell) The Wind in the Willows and Bookends. Awards: the Helen Hayes, Barrymore, and Hollywood NAACP. PAUL STAROBA (Music Supervisor) has been in charge of the Gentleman’s Guide music department since 2009. Other Broadway/Off-Broadway conducting credits include: A Little Night Music (with Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury), Next to Normal, Grey Gardens, Carrie, Happiness, Saved. LAWRENCE GOLDBERG (Musical Director). Broadway: Cinderella, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, The Drowsy Chaperone, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Phantom of the Opera, Carousel. National tours (as MD): South Pacific, The Producers, Les Misérables, Sunset Boulevard, Cats. Composer/lyricist of the new musical Grounded For Life and the Pittsburgh TV show “Let’s Read a Story.” lawrencegoldbergmusic.com. SEYMOUR RED PRESS (Music Coordinator). Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theater. Credits include more than 100 shows from the original Gypsy through After Midnight. This season on Broadway: Chicago, Gentleman’s Guide, An American in Paris, Dames at Sea. BINDER CASTING (Casting). Broadway: Dames at Sea, Gentleman’s Guide, Nice Work, The Lion King, A Chorus Line (2006), Gypsy (2008), 39 Steps, ...Virginia Woolf (2005), Movin’ Out, 42nd Street (2001), The Iceman Cometh (1999), Beauty & the Beast, Chicago (1996), The King and I (1996), Lost in Yonkers, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway. Film/TV/Other: “Carousel” (PBS), “Six by Sondheim,” “SYTYCD,” “West Side Story” (SF Symphony), Dreamgirls, Chicago, Nine. TRIPP PHILLIPS (Production Supervisor/ Assistant Director). Broadway/tour includes: Gentleman’s Guide, Macbeth, Memphis, A Christmas Story, Born Yesterday, Lombardi, Finian’s Rainbow, Pal Joey, Passing Strange, The Ritz, Jersey Boys, White Christmas, Princesses, 42nd Street, Swing!, Ring Round the Moon, Dream, King and I. 15

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JOEY PARNES (Producer). Broadway: The Front Page; The Humans (Tony Award); Bright Star; Shuffle Along; The Crucible; Blackbird; A View from the Bridge (Tony); Skylight (Tony); Fish in the Dark; A Delicate Balance; This is Our Youth; A Raisin in the Sun (Tony); Gentleman’s Guide (Tony); Betrayal; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Tony); End of the Rainbow; HAIR (Tony); The Merchant of Venice (2010); Passing Strange; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (2005); The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?; Copenhagen; and Dreamgirls, among others. SUE WAGNER (Producer). Broadway: The Front Page, The Humans (Tony Award), Bright Star, Shuffle Along, The Crucible, Blackbird, A View from the Bridge (Tony), Skylight (Tony), Fish in the Dark, A Delicate Balance, This is Our Youth, A Raisin in the Sun (Tony), Gentleman’s Guide (Tony), Betrayal, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Tony), End of the Rainbow, HAIR, The Merchant of Venice, Lombardi, Equus, Passing Strange, Butley, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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FOUR LADIES AND ONE GENT (Producer). The Ladies: Louise Beard, Barbara JOHN JOHNSON (Producer). Broadway Freitag, Ruth Hendel, and Heni Koenigsberg credits include The Front Page, The Hu- are proud to be a part of this Tony-winning mans (Tony Award), Bright Star, Shuffle show. We dedicate this tour to the memory of Along, The Crucible, Blackbird, A View our dear Gent, Michael Filerman. from the Bridge (Tony), Skylight (Tony), Fish in the Dark, A Delicate Balance, This is Our RICHARD WINKLER (Producer). Four Youth, A Raisin in the Sun (Tony), Gentle- Tony Awards since 2009: Norman Conman’s Guide (Tony), Betrayal, Vanya and quests, La Cage..., Memphis, Vanya and SoSonia and Masha and Spike (Tony), End of nia… Currently: Something Rotten!, Hand to the Rainbow, HAIR, The Merchant of Venice, God, Cinderella (tour). Also West End. and Passing Strange. Graduate: Fordham JOHN ARTHUR PINCKARD (ProducUniversity at Lincoln Center. er). Broadway: Gentleman’s Guide (Tony 50 CHURCH STREET PRODUCTIONS Award), Clybourne Park (Tony), HAIR, (Producer). Led by Rick Costello. Broadway: American Idiot, Slava’s Snowshow. ManagGentleman’s Guide (Tony Award), The Trip ing Partner, Tilted Windmills Theatricals. to Bountiful (Tony nomination), The Best Inaugural recipient, Hal Prince’s T. FellowMan. Board member, Hartford Stage Com- ship for creative producers. pany. Thrilled to bring A Gentleman’s Guide TRUE LOVE PRODUCTIONS (Producer). to Love & Murder to North America. Jeanne Donovan Fisher and Laurie Gilmore. JOAN RAFFE & JHETT TOLEN- Most recent Broadway: Skylight, Fish in the TINO (Producer). Three Tony Awards: Dark, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & MurGentleman’s Guide, A Raisin in the Sun, der, Fela!, The Norman Conquests. Vanya and Sonia… Current NY shows: Clever Little Lies, Sylvia, Hand to God. CATHERINE ADLER (Producer). Skylight (Tony Award), Gentleman’s Guide joanjhettproductions.com. (Tony), Vanya and Sonia (Tony), Elephant JAY ALIX & UNA JACKMAN (Produc- Man (Drama Desk), Fish in the Dark, The er). Gentleman’s Guide (Tony Award), Fish Flick. #GGLAM. in the Dark, Skylight (Tony Award). JAMIE & BRUCE BENDELL (ProducRHODA HERRICK (Producer). Off- er). Partners/producers at Big Block Media Broadway: Sunday in the Park, Hamlet Ma- Holdings, a film, theatrical, commercial chine, Gardens of Frau Hess, Bully Pulpit, and design production company. Broadway: You Should Be…, Garden of Earthly De- Gentleman’s Guide, Grace, The Performers. lights. Broadway: All’s Well That Ends Well. Off-Broadway: Heathers, One Day. KATHLEEN K. JOHNSON (Producer) became a producer of Gentleman’s Guide because the show made her laugh and laugh and laugh. May you find the same enjoyment she did.

MICHAEL T. COHEN (Producer) is a member of the Board of Directors for the Roundabout Theatre Company. Gentleman’s Guide is his first production credit and Tony Award!

JAMIE deROY (Producer). Gentleman’s Guide (Tony Award), Vanya & Sonia (Tony), Norman Conquests (Tony). Broadway: Gin Game, Cinderella, Nice Work, Starcatcher, Catch Me..., The Addams Family, Finian’s..., All My Sons, Thurgood. Off-Broadway: The Lion & more.

JOSEPH & CARSON GLEBERMAN (Producer). Gentleman’s Guide (Tony Award), Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Tony). With Old Campus Productions: It Shoulda Been You. Longtime supporters: Manhattan Theatre Club, Page 73 and Play Company.

MEGAN SAVAGE (Producer) is a New York-based producer of theater and live events. Broadway: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Tony Award), Gentleman’s Guide (Tony Award).

WILLIAM MEGEVICK (Producer). Gentleman’s Guide (Tony Award) was Bill’s Broadway producing debut. Since 2012, he has invested in several Broadway and Off-

Broadway productions, including Tony JOE SIROLA (Producer) starred on BroadAward and Pulitzer Prize-winning shows. way in Molly Brown, Pal Joey, etc. Over 600 TV shows and movies. Broadway: RON SIMONS (Producer). Porgy and Bess Gentleman’s Guide (Tony Award). 10,000 (Tony Award), Vanya and Sonia and Ma- voiceover commercials. sha... (Tony), Gentleman’s Guide (Tony). Film: Night Catches Us, Gun Hill Road, HARTFORD STAGE. One of the nation’s Blue Caprice. leading resident theatres since its founding 51 years ago, the Tony Award-winning Hartford SEAVIEW PRODUCTIONS (Producer). Stage is currently under the leadership of ArGreg Nobile and Jana Shea. Credits include tistic Director Darko Tresnjak and Managing Gentleman’s Guide, Side Show, Gypsy (West Director Michael Stotts. More than 70 world End), Absolute Brightness. Investments: Fun or American premieres include Our CounHome, Something Rotten!, It’s Only a Play. try’s Good, Falsettos, Enchanted April, Tea seaviewprods.com. at Five, The Orphans’ Home Cycle, and WaSTEWART F. LANE & BONNIE COM- ter by the Spoonful (Pulitzer Prize). LEY (Producer). Nine Tony Awards, col- THE OLD GLOBE. San Diego’s Old Globe lectively produced over 40 Broadway pro- (Regional Tony Award recipient 1984) has ductions. Mr. Lane is the author of Black been among the country’s leading theatres Broadway, Jews on Broadway, and Let’s Put for over 80 years. Under Artistic Direcon a Show. tor Barry Edelstein and Managing Director TED SNOWDON (Producer) with credits Michael G. Murphy, the Globe produces 15 going back to 1979’s Tony Award-winning productions annually, including its interThe Elephant Man, is thrilled to be a part of nationally renowned Shakespeare Festival. World premieres such as The Full Monty, the Gentleman’s Guide family. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dr. Seuss’ How

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The Musicians of the Fisher Theatre Orchestra employed in this production are members of the Detroit Federation of Musicians, Local 5. Backstage employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E).

Handicap (wheelchair) facilities are located in the main floor lobby near elevators. Articles found in the theater will be held for 30 days only. Lost article inquiries should be made by phone to (313) 872-l000 between 10AM and 4PM. Fisher Theatre Offices................................................(313) 872-1000 Broadway In Detroit Season Ticket Office & Subscription Information.......................................... (313) 872-1180 AGE LIMIT As a courtesy to our patrons, it is the policy of Broadway Group Sales Information............................................(313) 871-1132 In Detroit not to admit children under the age of 5. This policy may If you expect emergency phone calls please leave your seat be altered from time to time based on Shows and Show content. location with the ticket taker. You will be made aware of particular age restrictions during your purchase. Some shows make further age appropriate recommen- For emergencies only during performances.............. (313) 872-1111 dations and Broadway In Detroit will provide those on its website; Please silence your electronic devices by putting them on silent in however, judgment of the content for each show should be made airplane mode or turning them off. If you need to be reached for on an individual basis prior to purchase. When available, Broadway an emergency, please text your seat location and the emergency In Detroit provides links to show websites for further information. number listed above to your contacts and have them contact our staff if you are needed during the performance. All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket.

• Scott Myers, (313) 872-1177 smyers@nederlanderdetroit.com

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