Program Book

19/20 Season

Kevin Kwan 2.6

Keola Beamer

with Moanalani Beamer 2.7

Ain’t Misbehavin’ The Fats Waller Musical Revue 2.8 & 9

Georgia On My Mind

A Celebration of Ray Charles and His Music 2.23

BeijingDance/ LDTX: Arc 2.26

Tom Scott & the L.A. Express 2.27

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KEVIN KWAN February 6, 2020 | Cheng Hall

Photo: Stephen Gutierrez

This performance is presented without an intermission.

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With nominations for Best Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy and Best Actress: Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, Crazy Rich Asians received the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Comedy, and a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Warner Bros. has announced the film production of Kwan’s two follow-up novels.

Although Kwan never intended for his books to have such a cultural impact, the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy is at the forefront of the fight for Asian and Asian-American representation in mainstream media. The second book, China Rich Girlfriend, was published in 2015 and also became a smash hit around the world, while Rich People Problems was published in 2017 and debuted on The New York Times best-seller list during its first week of release.

Photo: Jami Tarris

Listed in TIME 100 in 2018, Kwan was named one of the “Five Writers to Watch” in The Hollywood Reporter’s list of Hollywood’s Most Powerful Authors. He is currently developing a television series with STX Entertainment and Amazon Studios that will be a globe-hopping drama set among Hong Kong’s most influential and powerful family.

In 2019, CBS ordered a comedy pilot from Kwan named The Emperor of Malibu.

KEVIN KWAN Internationally acclaimed author Kevin Kwan is best known for his breakout debut novel, Crazy Rich Asians. Released in 2013 to rave reviews, it became an international best-seller and was adapted into the blockbuster film of the same name.

Loosely based on Kwan’s own experiences growing up in Singapore, Crazy Rich Asians tells the story of three superrich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting and scheming that dominates their lives.

Called “a dizzily shopaholic comedy... wickedly delectable”

by The New York Times, Crazy Rich Asians has been translated into 19 languages to date and topped The New York Times best-seller list for paperback last summer. The film version, directed by Jon M. Chu with Kwan as executive producer, opened at No. 1 at the box office and went on to gross $170 million, making it the most successful romantic comedy in a decade. It made cinematic history as the first romantic comedy from a major Hollywood studio to feature an Asian lead actor and actress and the first Hollywood studio film in 26 years to feature an all-Asian cast.

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Born in Singapore into a sprawling family tree that would later inspire his novels, Kwan found his formative world upended when his parents moved the family to Houston, Texas, when he was 11. After obtaining his first degree in creative writing from the University of Houston, he moved to Manhattan to pursue a BFA at Parsons School of Design.

His early years in the city were spent working for Martha Stewart Living, Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine, and M&Co, the legendary design firm founded by Tibor Kalman.

In 2000, Kevin established his own creative studio, where he produced high profile visual projects for clients such as The New York Times, the Museum of Modern Art, Rockwell Group, Oprah Winfrey and TED.com.

In his speaking events, Kwan discusses creativity, the cultural impact of his novels, and how diversity in many industries, particularly entertainment, must continue to expand. With the wide spectrum and multiple facets of Asian cultures around the world, Kwan also explores the unimaginable wealth disparity rarely mentioned.

Artist Representation: ICM Speakers Robert Levinson 202-515-6795 RLevinson@icmpartners.com icmspeakers.com

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KEOLA BEAMER

WITH MOANALANI BEAMER

Sponsored by: The Hiland Foundation The Richard & Elizabeth Steele Fund Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa

February 7, 2020 | Cheng Hall

Photo: Mark Modeen

This performance will include a 15-minute intermission.

Songs will be announced from the stage.

Please, no video or audio recording of any kind.

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KEOLA BEAMER Keola Beamer on slack-key guitar: “The art of the Hawaiian slack-key guitar is trying to match the composition with the tuning. When you really get into it, you discover that each tuning is kind of a tonal palette. You can really present a piece in a different light than it’s ever been seen before.”

Raised on the Island of Hawai’i’, Keolamaikalani Breckenridge Beamer was born into one of Hawai’i’s most illustrious and beloved musical families. Keola’s legendary great-grandmother, Helen Desha Beamer, was one of Hawai’i’s most prolific and accomplished singer-songwriters.

She was also a skilled dancer whose intricate footwork and fluid grace left a lasting imprint on the hula. Her granddaughter and Keola’s mother, Winona “Nona” Kapuailohia Beamer, was also a noted chanter, composer and author, who spent a lifetime researching and teaching “Hawaiiana,” a term she coined. Indeed, Keola’s career as a musician began in his mother’s Honolulu hula studio, where he played guitar as an accompaniment for the dancers.

A child of the Rock & Roll era, Keola established himself early as a leader of the wave of contemporary Hawaiian music when he wrote the classic 1978 release “Honolulu City Lights,” which is still one of the all-time best-selling recordings in the history of Hawaiian music. Keola is also the author of the first written instruction book on the Hawaiian slack-key guitar, published in 1972.

Keola helped drive what became known as the Hawaiian cultural renaissance, recording many songs written by his ancestors. He was one of Hawai’i’s first recording artists to integrate Hawaiian chants and instruments, such as the tiny gourd whistle and the nose flute, with contemporary forms of music. He was also the first kī hō’alu (“loosen the [tuning] key”) master to experiment with electronic effects, multitrack recording, complex chord progressions, and even innovative guitar construction. On expanding the tradition, Keola says, “For me, that’s the beauty of slack-key. Who wants to be in an art form with no room left in it? The way I see it, it’s the artist’s task in life to interject a little of their own DNA into the ether of the music.”

Keola has recorded and produced more than a dozen albums and is the recipient of multiple Grammy Award nominations.

He has won numerous Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards (Hawai’i’s Grammy), including the Lifetime Achievement Award. He was honored as a Native Arts & Cultures Foundation Fellow and was inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame.

He has appeared on Sesame Street and on NBC’s The Today Show and was featured on the Grammy-nominated soundtrack for the film The Descendants.

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Keola Beamer’s performances on his double-ported nylon and steel string guitars provide the foundation for each of his concerts. These are unique, hand-crafted instruments made of hand-selected, native Hawaiian wood. These instruments represent a different paradigm in guitar construction. The double-ported design was created by Keola with the help of Maui-based luthier Steve Grimes.

Their philosophy embraces and accents the tonal palette of Hawaiian slack-key guitar through the use of an extended soundboard and a modified bracing system. Keola feels that this design more accurately portrays the coloration of his art. He describes this open resonance as ka moeíuhane, or more specifically, “the language of dreams.”

MOANALANI BEAMER began her hula training at the age of four with Kumu Hula (Hula Master) Johnny Hokoana, and continued training extensively with several different hula masters. She became a Kumu Hula in 2011, following a rigorous process of study and graduation (‘uniki). Winona Kapualilohia Beamer, noted elder, cultural historian and mother of her husband, Keola, was Moana’s treasured mentor and teacher for over two decades until her passing in 2008.

Since 2004, Moanalani has been a member of Maui Halau (hula group), Na Hanona Kulike O Pi’ilani, under the direction of Kumu Sissy Lake-Farm and Kumu Kapono’ai Molitau and has starred in several hula revues on Maui.

In performance with Keola, she dances, chants, sings background vocals and plays several ancient Hawaiian percussive instruments, including `ili`ili (smooth river stone “castanets”), ka`eke`eke (cut bamboo) and Ipu (gourd drum).

She remains firmly committed to sharing her cultural knowledge worldwide and continues to teach and share her hula knowledge with students on Maui, as well as in workshops across the U.S., Japan, South America and Europe, often when she is on tour with Keola.

Artist Representation: Pasifika Artists Network Karen A. Fischer karen@pasifika-artists.com www.pasifika-artists.com

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AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’

THE FATS WALLER MUSICAL REVUE February 8–9, 2020 | Cheng Hall This performance will include a 15-minute intermission.

Produced by Irving Street Rep.

Producer/Director A. Curtis Farrow Musical Director Darius Frowner

Based on the idea

by Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby, Jr. Orchestrations & Arrangements Luther Henderson

Vocal & Musical Concepts Jeffrey Gutcheon

Vocal Arrangements Jeffrey Gutcheon & William Elliot Set Design Steve Loftus

Costume Design Keith Nielsen Lighting Design Andrew Gmoser

STARRING

Dawn Marie Driver Tony Perry Anita Welch Ron Lucas Melvinna Rose

Conceived and Originally Directed by Richard Maltby, Jr.

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AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ SONG LIST Music by Thomas “Fats” Waller, except where (*) indicated. Songs not written by Waller were recorded by him.

ACT I

ACT II

Ain’t Misbehavin’* Music by Thomas Waller and Harry Brooks; Lyrics by Andy Razaf

Spreadin’ Rhythm Around* Music by Jimmy McHugh; Lyrics by Ted Koehler; Additional Lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.

Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness if I Do* Music and Lyrics by Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins; Additional Lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Murray Horwitz

The Viper’s Drag* (Traditional)

Lookin’ Good but Feelin’ Bad Lyrics by Lester A. Santly

Honeysuckle Rose Lyrics by Andy Razaf

Squeeze Me Lyrics by Clarence Williams

Handful of Keys Lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Murray Horwitz (based on an idea by Marty Grosz) I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling* Music by Thomas Waller and Harry Link; Lyrics by Billy Rose How Ya Baby Lyrics by J.C. Johnson

The Jitterbug Waltz Lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.

The Ladies Who Sing with the Band Lyrics by George Marion, Jr.

Yacht Club Swing* Music by Thomas Waller and Herman Autrey; Lyrics by J.C. Johnson When the Nylons Bloom Again Lyrics by George Marion, Jr. Cash for Your Trash Lyrics by Ed Kirkeby

Off-Time* Music by Thomas Waller and Harry Brooks; Lyrics by Andy Razaf The Joint Is Jumpin’ Lyrics by Andy Razaf and J.C. Johnson

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Lounging at the Waldorf Lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.

Mean to Me* Music and Lyrics by Roy Turk and Fred E. Ahlert

Your Feet’s Too Big* Music and Lyrics by Ada Benson and Fred Fisher

That Ain’t Right* Music and Lyrics by Nat “King” Cole; Additional Lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Murray Horwitz Keepin’ Out of Mischief Now Lyrics by Andy Razaf Find Out What They Like Lyrics by Andy Razaf

Fat and Greasy* Music and Lyrics by Harry Porter Grainger and Charlie Johnson

Black and Blue* Music by Thomas Waller and Harry Brooks; Lyrics by Andy Razaf FINALE I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter* Music by Fred E. Ahlert; Lyrics by Joe Young Two Sleepy People* Music by Hoagy Carmichael; Lyrics by Frank Loesser I’ve Got My Fingers Crossed* Music by Jimmy McHugh; Lyrics by Ted Koehler

I Can’t Give You Anything But Love* Music by Jimmy McHugh; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie* Music and Lyrics by Billy Mayhew Honeysuckle Rose (REPRISE)

ABOUT AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ Ain’t Misbehavin’ is a musical revue with a book by Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby, Jr., and music by various composers and lyricists as arranged and orchestrated by Luther Henderson. It is named after the song by Thomas “Fats” Waller (with Harry Brooks and Andy Razaf), “Ain’t Misbehavin’.”

The musical is a tribute to the black musicians of the 1920s and 1930s who were part of the Harlem Renaissance, an era of growing creativity, cultural awareness and ethnic pride. It was a time when Manhattan nightclubs like the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom were the playgrounds of high society, and Lenox Avenue dives were filled with piano players banging out the new beat known as swing.

Five performers present an evening of rowdy, raunchy and humorous songs that encapsulate the various moods of the era and reflect Waller’s view of life as a journey meant for pleasure and play.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, violinist, singer and comedic entertainer. His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid the groundwork for modern jazz piano. His best-known compositions, “Ain’t Misbehavin’” and “Honeysuckle Rose,” were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1984 and 1999. Waller copyrighted over 400 songs, many of them co-written with his closest collaborator, Andy Razaf. Razaf described his partner as “the soul of melody... a man who made the piano sing... both big in body and in mind... known for his generosity... a bubbling bundle of joy.”

It’s possible he composed many more popular songs and sold them to other performers when times were tough.

Waller started playing the piano at the age of six, and became a professional organist aged 15. By the age of 18 he was a recording artist. Waller’s first recordings, “Muscle Shoals Blues” and “Birmingham Blues,” were made in October 1922 for Okeh Records. That year, he also made his first player piano roll, “Got to Cool My Doggies Now.” Waller’s first published composition, “Squeeze Me,” was published in 1924. He became one of the most popular performers of his era, touring internationally and achieving critical and commercial success in the United States and Europe. He died from pneumonia, aged 39.

Dawn Marie Driver has earned the designation of being “a soprano section all by herself.” Under the tutelage of Bishop Nathaniel Townsley, Jr., Dawn became a professional singer and performer traveling extensively throughout the United States and abroad.

Along with Bishop Townsley, she has collaborated with gospel great Edwin Hawkins; director Dwight R.B. Cook; Broadway and film choreographer Louis Johnson; the legendary Woodie King; and Broadway, movie and television performers Carol Woods, Ben Vereen and Ruby Dee, to name a few. She is the executive producer and cowriter of three on-stage musicals. Dawn’s signature shows are Ain’t Misbehavin’ and Smokey Joe’s Café.

Tony Perry: New York: Caroline or Change, Bastard Jones, Raisin, Allegro, 74 Georgia Ave., Shelter in Our Car, Martin: A New Beginning, Repo: The Genetic Opera, The Groove Factory, The Bonus Army.

Regional: Memphis, Ain’t Nothing but the Blues, Parade, Cross That River, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Five Guys Named Moe, Dreamgirls, Big River, Me and My Girl, Smokey Joes Café, The Rocky Horror Show, A Grand Night for Singing.

Film: Mickey, Finding Oz: A Journey Home. He has traveled throughout North America in a concert of Yiddish and African-American music called Soul to Soul, and has three CDs available at www.tonyperry.com and iTunes.

Anita Welch is pleased to be joining this phenomenal cast!

Film and television credits include Stuck; CBS’s In the Spotlight; Fox’s Black Nativity; Funny or Die; and Nobirthatal, a Birth Control Parody. She has also been featured in media campaigns with Clinique cosmetics. Select theater credits include Little Rock, which was a 2018 New York Times Critic’s Pick and AUDELCO nominated show; For the Last Time (as Hilda), for which Anita was nominated for a 2015 AUDELCO Award; The Color Purple (as Shug Avery), regional premiere at Arts Center of Coastal Carolina; and the national/international tour of Avenue Q (as Gary Coleman). New York theater credits include: Bubble Boy (original cast and recording) and Stuck (as Eve). Regional credits include: Cincinnati King (the world premiere at Cincinnati Playhouse), A Raisin in the Sun (as Beneatha), Tarzan (as Kala), Dreamgirls (as Effie), Passing Strange (as Edwina, Marianna, Sudabey) and Ain’t Misbehavin’ (as Charlaine). Count it all joy!

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Ron Lucas performed the role of John in Miss Saigon in Stuttgart, Germany. He recently toured in his one-man show, The Nat King Cole Songbook, and the new musical version of Bingo Long and the Traveling All Stars & Motor Kings.

Lucas’ regional credits include Ain’t Misbehavin’, Jesus Christ Superstar, Smokey Joe’s Café, Five Guys Named Moe, Sophisticated Ladies, Hair, Godspell and Mr. B. Changed the Key (Billy Eckstein). Lucas’ television credits include Law and Order, Law and Order SVU, Oz and Spin City. Ron writes songs and jingles and narrates and sings educational tapes for school children.

Record for the largest gospel choir by organizing and leading 1,175 voices. He followed this feat on an even grander scale, amassing a 2,000-voice choir at Madison Square Garden in 2017 and a 5,000-voice choir at the Nassau Coliseum in 2018.

A. Curtis Farrow (Producer/Director) has just returned from Johannesburg, South Africa, where he was awarded the Global Marketplace Award acknowledging his outstanding leadership and global impact. Locally, Mr. Farrow has received many honors for his business experience, including a commendation from former Newark Mayor Cory Booker in 2011, and former Mayor Sharpe James in 2005, who proclaimed June 17, 2005 as A. Curtis Farrow Day. In 2009, he was named Man of the Year by the Christian Times. He has received a commendation from the Manhattan borough president and the Public Advocate Award for New York City.

Irving Street Rep. was founded in 1995 by veteran director/ choreographer A. Curtis Farrow and is dedicated to producing the finest in theatrical and musical entertainment. Its first production, Ain’t Misbehavin’, was met with raves. This encouraged the group to tackle even more ambitious projects.

Their next endeavor was a full-scale revival of Your Arms Too Short to Box with God, which included a cast of 20 and a 30-member gospel choir. It set Milwaukee on fire and proceeded to tour the Midwest. Since then, Irving Street Rep. has produced tours of Sophisticated Ladies, Godspell, The Elegance of Ellington, The Nat King Cole Songbook, Five Guys Named Moe and the original works Rhythm, Gospitality, Ruth and Memories of Mahalia. In 2000, Irving Street Rep. reprised their production of Your Arms Too Short to Box with God featuring Cissy Houston and Melba Moore and co-produced the Paul Robeson Gala, featuring Whitney Houston, Lynn Whitfield, James Earl Jones and Ossie Davis.

Irving Street Rep. is also responsible for the annual production of the McDonald’s Gospelfest, the tri-state area’s premier gospel event.

Melvinna Rose (Melrose) is fresh off the Norwegian Escape cruise ship, where she performed Broadway’s After Midnight. She currently sings with the First Presbyterian Church of Newark and Trilogy: An Opera Company.

Melvinna dedicates performing to her late father, Melvin Johnson.

A choir director since the age of nine, he has served as minister of music for Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church in Niles, Michigan, the Metropolitan Baptist Church in Jersey City, New Jersey, and for The New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey. Farrow was named one of the top 20 influences in gospel music.

He is internationally known as the producer of the McDonald’s Gospelfest, which he has directed and produced for the past 20 years. Under his direction, McDonald’s Gospelfest has become the preeminent gospel event in the nation, garnering him two Emmy Awards and ten nominations. Farrow was responsible for the organization, planning and execution of the home-going services for the late Whitney Houston. Most recently, he produced the home-going services for the late Aretha Franklin. As a choir empresario in 2014, Farrow broke the Guinness World 14 | IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE

Farrow’s directing and producing credits include national tours of Ain’t Misbehavin’, Smokey Joe’s Café, Sophisticated Ladies, Five Guys Named Moe, Your Arms Too Short to Box with God, Godspell and Forever Plaid. His productions are met with rave reviews, and he is credited with bringing the best of African American Broadway talent to regional theatres, universities and nightclubs.

Darius Frowner (Musical Director) is an award-winning musical director and pianist in New York City. He has worked on national tours and regional versions of many Broadway shows, including Chicago, A Chorus Line and Once on This Island. Frowner has performed at benefits with Joan Rivers and Whoopi Goldberg. He is the musical supervisor for many of Irving Street Rep’s shows, including Ain’t Misbehavin’, Five Guys Named Moe and Smokey Joe’s Café.

Frowner has played for Your Arms Too Short to Box with God featuring Cissy Houston and works with children at a performing arts school in Morristown, New Jersey.

He is the host and pianist for a legendary open mic night at The Duplex Cabaret in New York City.

Artist Representation: Love Productions, Inc. Steve Love stevelove@loveproductions.com www.loveproductions.com

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GEORGIA ON MY MIND

A CELEBRATION OF RAY CHARLES AND HIS MUSIC February 23, 2020 | Cheng Hall This performance is presented without an intermission.

Songs will be announced from the stage.

Clint Holmes Kirk Whalum Nnenna Freelon TAKE 6

Mark Kibble Joel Kibble Claude McKnight Kristian Dentley Alvin Chea David Thomas 16 | IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE

Larry Rosen Musician, Producer, Executive Producer

Peter Primont Publisher, Executive Producer

ABOUT THE ARTISTS RAY CHARLES Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), a Georgia native son, was an American treasure. He transcended racism, cultural upheavals, and spread his music around the world… he was a genius!

Charles pioneered the soul music genre during the 1950s by combining blues, rhythm and blues, and gospel styles into the music he recorded for Atlantic. He contributed to the integration of country music, rhythm and blues, and pop music during the 1960s with his crossover success on ABC Records, notably with his two Modern Sounds albums. While he was with ABC, Charles became one of the first black musicians to be granted artistic control by a mainstream record company.

Ray won every major award… from the Georgia Music Hall of Fame to the Hollywood Walk of Fame… from the Kennedy Center Honors to a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Charles is a 17-time Grammy Award winner. Ten of his recordings have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

CLINT HOLMES Like a painter with a blank canvas, Clint Holmes makes every performance an original. His powerful voice and magnetic stage presence embrace the upbeat side of life. When Clint is on stage, anything can happen, and usually does.

Holmes comes by his tremendous talent naturally. His father is an African-American jazz musician and his mother is a classically trained opera singer from Great Britain. Clint admits it was the best of two musical worlds. “My mom taught me how to sing correctly, and my dad taught me how to enjoy it.” Casual elegance describes Clint’s presence on stage. He has a magical way of filling a room with a warm, comfortable sound. Clint’s musical selections range from contemporary to classic, with jazz and opera thrown into the mix. In addition, he has an energy and passion for life and performing that are infectious. He exudes pure joy when he sings.

Having spent more than 40 years performing, Holmes has served as Joan Rivers’ sidekick and announcer on The Late Show, as the musical feature and event correspondent for Entertainment Tonight. and as the host of his own Emmy Award-winning talk/variety show. Holmes freely admits, though, that he loves nothing more than performing before a live audience. In 2006, his PBS special of his Las Vegas act was aired nationwide.

Since moving to Las Vegas, Clint has become a favorite of the Las Vegas community, as well as a major star in the entertainment arena. He was selected as the Best Kept Secret by Las Vegas Life magazine, and Best Singer (two years in a row), Best All-Around Las Vegas Performer and Favorite Male Las Vegan by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Clint was inducted into the Buffalo Musical Hall of Fame and into the Casino Legends Hall of Fame.

Perhaps what has endeared Clint most to the people of Las Vegas is his never-ending spirit of graciousness. He has become involved with several worthwhile causes in the community, including Candlelighters, ROB Reachout, Shadetree, St. Jude’s, and various cultural events. Following a brief battle with cancer, he is currently serving as a spokesman for the American Cancer Society. He has also taken a special interest in mentoring young people interested in becoming entertainers by working closely with the Las Vegas Academy of Performing Arts. In December 2005, he launched the Clint Holmes Foundation for the Performing Arts, which benefits children in art and music programs in the Clark County School District.

In the world of theater, Clint is a seasoned performer and writer. Along with Nelson Cole, he created the book, music and lyrics for the musical Comfortable Shoes. Clint starred in the world premiere of this musical at the legendary Papermill Playhouse in 1996. The musical had another successful run at the Royal George Theatre in Chicago in 2002. Clint also starred as Simon Zealotes in Youth Theatre America’s one-night-only benefit production of Jesus Christ Superstar with Ted Neeley, Yvonne Elliman, Barry Dennen, Ben Vereen and Jack Black.

Clint wrote the musical Just Another Man with Larry Moss and Bill Fayne in 2007. The world premiere starring Mr. Holmes was presented by the Nevada Conservatory Theatre at the Judy Bayley Theater at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

In late 2011, he premiered a major cabaret piece, Remembering Bobby Short, a loving homage to the man who defined New York cabaret. It was performed at the legendary Café Carlyle, where Bobby Short held court for over thirty years. In early 2012, he premiered another major work, This Thing Called Love directed by Larry Moss, to rave reviews.

Clint continues to create with his musical director and arranger, the international, award-winning composer, arranger and performer, Jeffrey Neiman. Mr. Neiman has had a long and distinguished career in music, production and film and television scoring. Along with Mr. Holmes and director Larry Moss, he is the co-writer of the Clint Holmes shows Inspired, Remembering Bobby Short and the Bistro Award-winning This Thing Called Love.

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From 2012 through 2017, Holmes was honored to serve as the artist-in-residence at Cabaret Jazz in the Smith Center for the Performing Arts, a world-class performing arts center in Las Vegas, where he performed a new show each month to sell-out crowds. In 2017, he was awarded the distinct honor of 2017 Casino Entertainer of the Year. His 2017 release, Rendezvous, is a star-studded jazz collective that was honored with two Grammy nominations for the tracks “Every Time We Say Goodbye” with Jane Monheit and “There’s A Boat That’s Leavin’ Soon for New York” with Dee Dee Bridgewater. The album was produced by eight-time Grammy winner Gregg Field. ​ KIRK WHALUM Soulful, passionate, stirring—these are the words most often used to describe Kirk’s music. Forged from his Memphis, Tennessee, gospel roots and his 1980s initiation into the thriving Houston, Texas, nightclub scene, Kirk’s big, rich tenor sound is unmistakably his own. The 80s were highlighted

by Kirk’s stepping out of his blossoming sideman role and forming his own band. It was there that Kirk ultimately developed both his “voice” and songwriting in the crucible of the local club scene— especially at a rooftop club called Cody’s. It was also in Houston where jazz pianist Bob James “discovered” him and brought him on tour, leading to five successful albums with Columbia Records, including Caché, Kirk’s first No.1 album.

Kirk and Bob also received a Grammy nomination for their collaboration album, Joined at the Hip, in 1995. After moving to Los Angeles, Kirk became an in-demand session player for top artists including Barbra Streisand, Al Jarreau, Luther Vandross, Larry Carlton, Quincy Jones and most notably, Whitney Houston, amongst many others.

It’s his sax heard on the mega-hit, “I Will Always Love You.” Kirk soon followed that career high point with his phenomenal hit album, For You, released on Warner Bros.

Records. It is, perhaps, the most successful of over 25 solo recordings to date; others include his eclectic, and much lauded, Gospel According to Jazz series (Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4). In addition to his many solo projects, Kirk was also a member of the popular soul/jazz group, BWB, which features Kirk as the “W” of the group with Rick Braun (trumpet) and Norman Brown (guitar).

An ordained minister, Kirk has earned an M.A. in Religion.

It’s in this spirit that he serves his community in various ways when his touring schedule allows. There is also his daily fifteen-minute podcast, Bible in Your Ear (BIYE), during which he invites you to listen along as he reads through the Bible in a year. In addition to music and ministry, Kirk has a passion for educating young, aspiring musicians and is currently engaged as a music professor at Visible Music College in his hometown of Memphis.

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Kirk is the recipient of numerous awards and acknowledgements for his musical excellence, including three Dove Award nominations, an NAACP Image Award nomination and has won two Stellar Awards — gospel music’s highest honor. A twelve-time Grammy nominee, Kirk won his first Grammy Award (2011) for Best Gospel Song (“It’s What I Do,” featuring Lalah Hathaway), alongside life-long friend and gifted songwriter, Jerry Peters.

NNENNA FREELON Six-time Grammy Award nominee, Nnenna Freelon has earned a well-deserved reputation as a compelling and captivating live performer. In the past couple of years, Nnenna starred in the critically acclaimed show, Georgia on My Mind: Celebrating the Music of Ray Charles, at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. Nnenna is no stranger to the music of the master singer—she toured with Ray Charles, as well as many other great jazz artists, including Ellis Marsalis, Al Jarreau and George Benson.

Nnenna has always been respected as an artist and for her passion for education. In November 2011, The White House asked Freelon to headline the Asia-Pacific Economic Summit for 300 presidents, premiers and heads of state from around the world. The YWCA of North Carolina awarded her the inaugural Legend Award for her commitment to the arts and arts education.

Freelon has dedicated herself to educating young people, both musicians and non-musicians, and students of all ages.

She toured the United States for four years as the national spokesperson for Partners in Education. Her master classes and workshops, from Sound Sculpture to the groundbreaking Babysong, teach adults and children that you, too, can change the world—even one person at a time. Using her anthem “One Child at a Time” (found on her Soulcall CD), Freelon took on the task of fundraising and bringing greater attention to the needs of children in education through mentoring and the arts. It has become a sought-after song by countless organizations, including the United Way. As writer, composer and producer, Nnenna’s recent productions include the original theatrical presentation of The Clothesline Muse, a devised theatrical work of dance, music, spoken word, vibrant art and projections. She was also one of the stars of the musical theater piece. The Clothesline Muse premiered at the Painted Bride Arts Center in Philadelphia in 2013 with a national tour in 2015. The production was made possible with the assistance of her daughter, visual artist Maya Freelon-Asante and Kariamu Welsh, chairman of dance at Temple University. The play won a National Theater Project creation grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), a much

sought-after honor only awarded to six worthy recipients.

The play has also been supported by the National Performance Network.

Nnenna triumphed in composer Laura Karpman’s undertaking of Langston Hughes’ Ask Your Mama at the Apollo Theater and at the Hollywood Bowl concert with opera superstar Jessye Norman and the indie phenom band The Roots. She also wowed audiences at SRO shows at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival with the Duke Ellington-inspired Dreaming The Duke with classical star Harolyn Blackwell and pop-jazz-crossover pianist Mike Garson.

Nnenna’s talent is not limited to performing. Her television appearance on In Performance at the White House, celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, led to the versatile songstress/composer having a featured song on the hit television show Mad Men. That was followed by a new collaboration on tour with legendary guitarist Earl Klugh and with legendary pianist Ramsey Lewis.

Honors and awards are nothing new for Nnenna. In 2019, the National Association of Women in the Arts awarded her the Youth Empowerment Through the Arts Award and Artist of the Year Award. She was named a 2010 Woman of Substance by Bennett College for Woman; and delivered the keynote address for the 2010 Arts Midwest Conference.

Freelon is a winner of both the Billie Holiday Award from

the prestigious Académie du Jazz and the Eubie Blake Award from the Cultural Crossroads Center in New York City.

She was nominated twice as Lady of Soul by the Soul Train Awards.

At the 43rd annual Grammy Awards, she inspired an enthusiastic standing ovation from 20,000 music industry insiders and other celebrities when she took to the stage.

She receives similar reactions for her ongoing concert, television and special event performances, including the prestigious headline spot for ActionAID, Sir Elton John’s international AIDS fundraiser.

Born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Freelon received her undergraduate degree from Simmons College in Boston. Her parents and singing in the church gave the singer her first exposure to the arts—especially the art of jazz. Her father played Count Basie recordings and her mother’s active involvement in their church led Freelon to appreciate all music. Ultimately, she pursued a career in jazz in which she has excelled. All the while, Freelon has cherished and held dear her two most important lifetime roles—wife and mother. Her husband, Phil Freelon, is an award-winning architect based in North Carolina, whose most recent work as the lead architect of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture has received worldwide praise. As the mother of three, Freelon has led by example—follow your dreams, dedicate yourself, and work hard in all you do.

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TAKE 6 Take 6—took 10… that is, 10 Grammy Awards and 10 Dove Awards. Recently inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, these men have done it all in every genre! Take 6 showcases six voices united in crystal clear harmony, placed against a backdrop of syncopated rhythms, innovative arrangements and funky grooves that bubble into an intoxicating brew of gospel, jazz, R&B and pop. Members Claude McKnight, Mark Kibble (who, in 2018, won his 11th Grammy Award, this one as arranger), Joel Kibble, Dave Thomas, Alvin Chea and Khristian Dentley have been heralded by Quincy Jones as “the baddest vocal cats on the planet.”

Take 6 will come full circle with their upcoming honors at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama, where McKnight formed the group as The Gentleman’s Estate Quartet in the

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1980s. When tenor Mark Kibble heard the group rehearsing in a dorm bathroom, he joined in the harmonies and performed on stage that night. Their self-titled debut CD scored two 1988 Grammy Awards and landed in the top ten on the Billboard contemporary jazz and contemporary Christian charts. Take 6 has recently released ICONIC, an album of exquisite arrangements of contemporary favorites.

In the nearly 40 years since their start, the group has set the standard for a cappella groups, and has never slowed down.

Artist Representation: Ed Keane Associates Jason Marcil jason@edkeane.com www.edkeane.com

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BEIJINGDANCE LDTX: ARC February 26, 2020 | Cheng Hall

An Anonymous Fund of the Orange County Community Foundation

Photo: YIN Peng

This performance is presented without an intermission.

Sponsored by: Charlie and Ling Zhang

This project received support from California Arts Council, WESTAF (the Western States Arts Federation), and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Photo: YIN Peng

PROGRAM

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Arc

BeijingDance/LDTX (LDTX) is China’s first officially registered private professional modern dance company co-founded by Willy TSAO and LI Han-zhong. LDTX is an acronym for Lei Dong Tian Xia (“Thunder rumbles under the universe”). The company’s mission is to provide a platform allowing Chinese dance artists to freely express their multi-dimensional thoughts and sentiments of today’s China, embodying the modern dance attributes of individuality, zeitgeist and originality. The company’s dancers come from cities across China, infusing individuality with exquisite technique and creativity. The company performs not only in cities throughout China, but is also presented in more than 20 countries across the five continents. The company presents and organizes the annual Beijing Dance Festival, which has become an important international cultural exchange festivity.

Choreographer: ADIYA

Music: Armand AMAR, Insingizi, Yo-Yo MA, Isabel SÖRLING Lighting: Joy CHEN

Costumes: Aojieyihei of Unlimited Non-Cycle

Dancers: FAN Lu, FENG Xiao-ming, GAO Rong, HAO Ying, HUANG Siang, LIU Yang, MA Yue, SHI Qiang, TIAN Ru-meng, WU Mi, ZHANG Xue-feng Premiere: 2018

Arc symbolizes the ups and downs, the ebbs and flows of one’s life. The similar is in the reincarnation; the difference is in the landscape.

Arc may be static; yet, it can also reflect a kaleidoscope of life. Although one may deviate from the path in life; no one can escape from one’s destiny.

Arc is the first full-length choreography of resident artist Adiya, who is marking his artistic transition from dancer to choreographer.

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WILLY TSAO Willy TSAO (Founder/Artistic Director of BeijingDance/ LDTX). As a choreographer, educator, curator, manager and director, Willy TSAO is an influential figure in China’s contemporary dance development. Born and educated in Hong Kong, TSAO received his modern dance training in the United States and an MBA from The University of Hong Kong. TSAO was named an Honorary Fellow in 2000 and received an honorary doctorate in 2015 from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

Committed to nurturing and developing Chinese contemporary dance groups and artists, TSAO established two contemporary dance exchange platforms — the Guangdong Modern Dance Festival and the Beijing Dance Festival. The annual Beijing Dance Festival was set up in 2008 with TSAO as artistic director. Beginning as a oneweek festivity, it has (since 2012) expanded to two-weeks.

The Beijing Dance Festival has become one of the biggest celebrations of dance in Beijing and throughout China, with more than 300 dance artists, over 200 dance students and more than 5000 audience members coming from cities throughout China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, North and Central America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Photo: YIN Peng

As a contemporary dance pioneer in China and Hong Kong, TSAO founded the first and only professional modern dance company, City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC), in Hong Kong in 1979 and has been its artistic director for thirty years from 1989 to 2019; and in 2019, he founded FLSH, a group that promotes the inter-exchange between Hong Kong and mainland modern dance. In China, he was a teacher and advisor to establishing the first proper modern dance education program in China at the Guangdong Dance School from 1987 to 1992. He was named artistic director of China’s first professional contemporary dance company, Guangdong Experimental Modern Dance Group, when it was founded by the Guangdong Provincial Government in 1992, holding the post until 1998. In 2004, TSAO was invited by

the Guangdong Cultural Bureau to resume as artistic director of the Guangdong Modern Dance Company until 2016. In Beijing, TSAO co-founded China’s first officially registered private professional modern dance company, BeijingDance/LDTX, and has served as its artistic director since establishment. In end of 2016, TSAO further built up the China Dance Station, an alliance of private independent dance organizations. As of end of 2019, the alliance, which shares resources and intelligence, has extended to 42 cities across China.

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TSAO holds several public posts in China. In 2015, he was appointed as council member of the China Dancers Association; and in 2016, he was appointed as vice chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Dancers Association. TSAO also frequently gives lectures and holds workshops for dance groups and universities across China in cities including Beijing, Changde, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Daqing, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Hefei, Huhhot, Kunming, Lanzhou, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Ordos, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xian, Xiamen, Yinchuan and China Hong Kong and China Macao.

ADIYA (Resident Artist of BeijingDance/LDTX) was born in Ordos, Inner Mongolia of Mongolian ethnicity. He studied at the Art College of Ordos from 1998 to 2002; joined the Cultural Troupe of Inner Mongolian Military Region from in 2002 to 2003; and the Beijing Tenggeritala Art Troupe from 2004 to 2010. In 2012, he became a dancer with BeijingDance/LDTX; and in 2017 became its resident artist.

Adiya has visited Algeria, Australia, Costa Rica, Germany, India, Israel, Lebanon, Poland, Tunisia, United States and various other countries and regions. He has participated in the American Dance Salad Festival and the Spring Festival in Lebanon and Tunisia. His major works include: Mai, Everywhere, Twilight Line and Arc. Acknowledgement: Artist Representation: KMP Artists Andrew Delicata andrew@kmpartists.com www.kmpartists.com

Photo: YIN Peng

TSAO’s contribution to dance has been widely recognized.

He has received numerous awards and honors, including Dancer of the Year Award from the Hong Kong Artists’ Guild in 1988; Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award in 1990; Badge of Honor from HRH Queen Elizabeth II in 1993; Louis Cartier Award of Excellence — Outstanding Choreographer in 1998; the Bronze Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong SAR Government. He received a Distinguished Achievement Award in 2014 and the Life Achievement Award in 2017 by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council for his immense achievement and invaluable contributions to Hong Kong dance. TSAO was invited by the Dance Committee of the International Theater Institute (a partner of UNESCO) to be the message author for the Asia-Pacific, delivering the message on International Dance Day 2018.

ABOUT THE CHOREOGRAPHER

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TOM SCOTT & THE L.A. EXPRESS Series Sponsor: Ken and Helene Rohl

February 27, 2020 | Cheng Hall This performance will include a 15-minute intermission.

Tom Scott Saxophone

Mitch Forman Keyboard

Andrew Synowiec Guitar

Chris Colangelo Electric Bass Gary Novak Drums

Media Sponsor:

Guest Artist Billy Valentine

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TOM SCOTT Tom Scott is a renowned composer, arranger, producer, musical director, saxophonist and educator. His 33 solo recordings have earned him 14 Grammy nominations and 3 Grammy Awards. In 2013, he produced a CD for ukulele master Brittni Paiva, winning a Hawaiian Grammy for Ukulele Album of the Year, and received his first Emmy Award nomination in 2017 for musical direction of the Tony Bennett Celebrates 90: The Best Is Yet to Come on NBC. Tom’s career as a guest artist spans more than 500 recordings, including such diverse artists as Barbra Streisand, Quincy Jones, Thelonious Monk, the Blues Brothers, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin and Aerosmith. His numerous contributions as a player and arranger include Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark and Miles of Aisles, Steely Dan’s Aja and Gaucho; hit singles, including Carole King’s “Jazzman,” Paul McCartney’s “Listen to What the Man Said,” Rod Stewart’s “Do You Think I’m Sexy,” Blondie’s “Rapture,” Toto’s “Rosanna,” Whitney Houston’s “Saving All My Love for You”; and on countless movie soundtracks, incluidng Taxi Driver, The Jerk, Three Days of the Condor, Heaven Can Wait, Sea of Love, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc. and two versions of A Star Is Born.

Tom’s other career achievements include composing film scores, including Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Uptown Saturday Night, Stir Crazy, Hanky Panky, The Sure Thing, Soul Man and Shakes the Clown. His television composing and conducting credits include the themes for Family Ties and Starsky & Hutch, background scores for Baretta, Cannon, Barnaby Jones, Streets of San Francisco and numerous television movies and specials. He just completed scoring the HBO documentary The Bronx, USA.” He has served as musical director for the Academy Awards, the Emmy Awards (nine times), the People’s Choice Awards, Comic Relief, The Carol Burnett Show, The Pat Sajak Show, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, Olivia Newton-John, and the GRP All-Star Big Band, among others—and has toured four continents as leader of his own group. As a music clinician, Tom has taught master classes in woodwinds, arranging and film composition, and is currently on the faculty of the New York University Summer Jazz Program.

GUEST ARTIST BILLY VALENTINE Multitalented vocalist Billy Valentine’s varied career has taken him across the United States, throughout the many countries of Europe and even to Oman, a small country in the Middle East.

Lately, he’s been frequenting local Los Angeles clubs, such as Vibrato in Bel Air, Café Cordiale in Sherman Oaks, and both The Vic and The Casa Del Mar Hotel in Santa Monica. His glorious singing voice can be heard on the hit series Sons of Anarchy and on the television series Boston Legal, from the theme song right through to the end of each and every episode.

Billy began his professional career as a solo artist opening for such luminaries as Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack in the 1970s. He also was the lead singer for the group Young-Holt Unlimited.

Billy and his brother, John, went on to form the duo The Valentine Brothers, touring and producing four albums from 1975 to 1989. The duo co-wrote the memorable hit single “Money’s Too Tight (To Mention),” which appeared on their album First Take. “Money’s Too Tight” gained widespread popularity in 1986 when it was released as a single, and on video, performed by Simply Red.

Billy’s singing career quickly expanded into theater and film.

In 1977, he toured with the first national touring company of The Wiz as one of its main orchestra voices, staying with the show for over three years. In the mid-1980s, he sang lead vocals for the documentary, Champions Forever, a film about Ali, Frazier and Foreman. In the early 1990s, Billy was the singing voice for the lead vocalist character in Robert Townsend’s feature film, The Five Heartbeats. He joined the show It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues, performing at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles and the San Diego Rep in the late ’90s.

Keeping pace with his expanding singing career, Billy has written numerous songs, collaborating with such greats as Will Jennings and co-writing three songs on The Neville Brothers’ Family Groove album. He also co-wrote the title track “My World” for the incomparable Ray Charles.

Artist Representation: Tom Scott www.tomscottmusic.com

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Symphony Orchestra Friday, March 6, 2020 Dr. Stephen Tucker, conductor

UCI Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Stephen Tucker presents orchestral classics featuring the winner of the 2020 Concerto Competition.

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We thank the City for its generous support.

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Irvine Barclay Theatre gratefully acknowledges the generous contributions of our donors who help support the “big talent” in our “small hall.” Gifts to the Annual Fund for Excellence assist the Barclay in presenting an international roster of performers while keeping tickets reasonably priced. They also support our ArtsReach programs provided to the schools at little or no cost and “family-friendly” programming on stage. The Barclay’s mission also embraces making its beautiful facilities available to diverse community organizations, UCI, and other educational institutions.

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Lois Rake Elaine Ramsay Claudia Redfern Keith Reise Bebe and Otto Reyer Joe Risser Melvin Ross Paul Ruiz Margaret Rumsfeld Nancy Lee Ruyter Martha Ryan Irene A. Sakioka William and Jean Schultz Joey Scott Trudy Vermeer Selleck Ella Serebryannik Tully Seymour Joyce Shadburn Gordon Sheldall Cheryl Simpson Dorothy J. Solinger William IV and Sherry Spurgeon Hugh Stevenson and Jan Burns Robert Stopher Ingrid Strayer Janet Hennes Tapley Cindy Thomas Gary and Peranza Topjon Winnie Tse William and Sherrie Underwood Joanne Vargas Tony and Nancy Vasek Melissa Vermilya Fred Viele Emily Vogler and Daniel Flynn Michael Voronel Mary Von Dem Bussche John and Kelli Walker Michele Walot Jerald Warren Steven Weinstein Larry Wells Mark and Lou-Ann Weltman Kirby Westergren Michelle Wheatcraft Tony Williams Daphne Wong Roxanne Wong Valerie Wong George and Flo-Ree Woodruff Worah Family Foundation Norman Workman Catherine Yao-Bindewald Yata Household Susan Yee Andy Yurcho

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For Your Information Ticket Services Order online 24/7 at www.thebarclay.org or www.facebook.com/IrvineBarclay/events Call the Box Office at 949.854.4646 Monday through Friday from 10am until 6pm; Saturday and Sunday from noon until 4pm.

MasterCard, VISA, American Express, and Discover accepted.

Late Seating To prevent disruption of a performance in progress, patrons who have not entered the theatre when the performance begins may be asked to wait in the lobby until there is a suitable interval.

Ushers Ushers are located at each auditorium entrance and at designated stations in the lobby. Please consult an usher if you need assistance.

If you are interested in joining the usher staff, please contact the Patron Services Manager at: 949.854.4193; darling@thebarclay.org.

Public Parking Parking is managed by UC Irvine and is available for a fee. The parking structure is located at the corner of West Peltason and Campus Drive.

Patrons are encouraged to utilize UCI’s online “ParkbyPlate” system for pre-paid event date parking. Visit www.parking.uci/parkbyplate and choose IBT@UCI from the dropdown menu.

Restrooms Restrooms are located on the main lobby level near the box office.

For your convenience, diaper changing stations are located in both the men’s and women’s restrooms. Drinking fountains are located on either side of the main lobby staircase and on the second level.

Need Special Assistance?

Listening devices for amplifying stage sound are available at the concessions bar free of charge. Accessible locations for patrons with mobility impairments are available. For best service, please make the box office aware of your needs at the time of purchase.

Mobile Phones, Pagers, Smart Watches and Electronic Alarms As a courtesy to all patrons, please turn these units to off or non-audible before the performance begins. Please adjust the light-up notifications and screen brightness of all devices to a dimmest setting.

Cameras and Recording Equipment The taking of photographs and use of any mechanical or digital recording devices is strictly prohibited.

Children Children are welcome. However, not all events are appropriate for small children. A paid ticket is required for everyone entering the theatre, including infants and children. The box office can provide advice regarding an event’s suitability for your child.

Concessions For most events, light snacks and refreshments are available for purchase at the lobby concessions bar before performances and throughout intermission (when there is one). For faster service and guest convenience, patrons may elect to pre-purchase items that will be ready for pickup immediately during intermission. Please see concessions staff for assistance.

Get the Latest News Stay up-to-date on what’s happening at the Barclay by joining the E-list to receive email updates and special offers. Go to the Barclay’s website at www.thebarclay.org or email us at info@thebarclay.org.

Theatre Safety & Security To ensure the safety of our patrons and clients, IBT continually evaluates security measures for those entering our venue. All patrons attending an event at IBT are subject to screening by IBT staff. This may include, but is not limited to, a visual inspection, a bag inspection, metal detection and/or an interview. At this time, no large bags are permitted in the venue.

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