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Our ongoing success would not be possible without exemplary leadership throughout our history. I extend my gratitude — and that of our Board of Trustees, artists and staff — to past DCPA President Lester Ward (see page 8). Attorney by trade and theatre aficionado at heart, Lester has been involved with the DCPA since its inception serving as advisor, President, Chief Operating Officer, Trustee and benefactor for 46 years. He also served as President of the Helen G. Bonfils Foundation and, as of December, ensured that the DCPA is debt-free. As he retires from his service to the Denver Center, we are left better and stronger than at any time in our history. Thank you, Lester, for your guidance, passion, love and loyalty. We look forward to seeing you in the audience for years to come.

On that note, we also look forward to seeing all of you — our valued patrons — for the balance of this season and the many exciting shows to come.

Janice Sinden, President & CEO Denver Center for the Performing Arts

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We will finish our season on a high note with Disney’s Aladdin, The Who’s Tommy and On Your Feet!, along with six more titles between now and July.

Off-Center will offer up three collaborative pieces that tap heavily into the talented pool of artists in our local community, while our Theatre for Young Audiences program will entertain PreK through third graders with the charming story of Corduroy.

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Greetings and welcome to the DCPA! We are at that pivotal moment of our season where we are reflecting on our past success and anticipating what’s to come. You joined us for the incredible runs of Hamilton and Frozen, the exciting new voices showcased in our New Play Summit (see pages 16-17), the launch of our Theatre for Young Audiences program that engaged 19,000 students in its first year, and our record-breaking Saturday Night Alive gala, which raised more than $1.1 million for DCPA arts and education (see pages 34-35).

Looking even further ahead, we have lined up a whopping 32 titles for our 2018/19 season. We play host to the North American tour launch of Tony Award-winning Dear Evan Hansen and present the legendary Betty Buckley in Hello, Dolly! as part of our Broadway season. Chris Coleman will not only debut his first season selections as DCPA Theatre Company Artistic Director (see pages 26-27), he also will direct two productions — Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! and the classic love story by Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina.

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If the late Donald R. Seawell was the dapper, larger-than-life showman as the founder of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, attorney Lester Ward was the genial partner applauding from the wings.

But make no mistake, Seawell said in 2004: “Lester Ward has been an integral part of the DCPA since its inception.”

Ward’s 46-year history with the DCPA is in many ways the history of the DCPA itself. And he says with utter sincerity: “There were really no dark days because I thoroughly enjoyed every day here.”

Ward, 87, retired December 31 as the DCPA’s longest-serving board member.

In 1989, he was named the DCPA’s first-ever President and Chief Operating Officer — positions he held until his partial retirement in 2004, after which he later became president of the Bonfils Foundation in 2007.

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Ward, a Pueblo native, served Seawell as the DCPA’s attorney from its inception in 1972. He helped create the DCPA Theatre Company and open the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex in 1979. Ward fostered the development of DCPA Education, supervised the building of the Seawell Ballroom, and worked with the city to open The Buell Theatre in 1990.

But of all of Ward’s accomplishments, he said, the most lasting may be the least publicly known: As of December, the Bonfils Foundation — and by extension, the Denver Center — are debt-free.

That’s when the Bonfils Foundation finished paying back $37 million in bonds (and $13 million in interest) to pay for DCPA building expansions and capital improvements.

“I can say that the Denver Center is in terrific financial shape,” Ward said, “and I am so excited for its future.”

Read more at denvercenter.org/news-center.

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1 DCPA President & CEO Janice Sinden and Chairman Martin Semple present Lester with a special “Tony” Award upon his retirement. 2 Lester Ward receives the first distribution from the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District.

3 Governor Bill Owens, former DCPA Trustee Glen Jones, DCPA Founder Donald Seawell and Lester Ward at The Jones Theatre dedication. 4 Donald Seawell, former DCPA Theatre Company Artistic Director Donovan Marley, former DCPA Executive Vice President Barbara Mackay and Lester Ward. 5 Volunteer Billie Begaii, Donald Seawell, Honorary Trustee Cleo Parker Robinson and Lester Ward at the Seawell Ballroom dedication.

6 Lester’s caricature graces the wall at Denver’s downtown restaurant, The Palm.

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This Is Modern Art Now – Apr 15 First Date Now – Apr 22 Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill Now – Apr 23 Native Gardens Now – May 6 Disney's Aladdin Apr 7 – 28 The Who’s Tommy Apr 20 – May 27 Human Error May 18 – Jun 24 Remote Denver May 22 – July 1 School of Rock May 29 – Jun 10 The Book of Mormon Jun 13 – Jul 1 Mixed Taste Jul 11 – Aug 22 Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man Jul 12 – Aug 5 Les Misérables Jul 25 – Aug 5 On Your Feet!

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Sep 7 – Oct 14 The Improvised Shakespeare Company Sep 13 – 30 The Constant Wife Sep 21 – Oct 21 Dear Evan Hansen Sep 25 – Oct 13 Corduroy Oct 5 – Dec 9 Love Never Dies Oct 23 – 28 Xanadu Nov 3, 2018 – Apr 28, 2019 Come From Away Nov 13 – 25 A Christmas Carol Nov 21 – Dec 24 The SantaLand Diaries Nov 23 – Dec 24 Irving Berlin’s White Christmas Dec 5 – 15 Cirque Eloize - Hotel Dec 19 – 23 A Bronx Tale Jan 8 – 20, 2019 Last Night and the Night Before Jan 18 – Feb 24, 2019 Rock of Ages Jan 25 – 27, 2019 Anna Karenina Jan 25 – Feb 24, 2019 The Whistleblower Feb 8 – Mar 10, 2019 Bat Out of Hell Feb 6 – 17, 2019 The Play That Goes Wrong Mar 5 – 17, 2019 Hello, Dolly!

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Remember The Who’s Tommy? Remember when it played Denver’s Buell Theatre in 1994? Maybe you were too young.

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The show was very young then too, known mostly by hearsay or from the 1969 rock concept album on which it is based. It had made waves by elevating the life of a deaf, mute and blind boy whose prodigious talent at pinball makes him a celebrity. By applying what was then a lot of new technology to his fertile imagination, director Des McAnuff’s 1992 transfer of that iconic album to the La Jolla Playhouse (San Diego) stage took musical theatre to a whole other level of innovation.

At the time, The Who was a British rock group seeking broader recognition, so the album’s breakthrough in London — and the rock opera created in La Jolla — became sensations. Rock operas were still uncommon. There had been Hair (1968) and Jesus Christ Superstar (1970), both huge, to say nothing of The Rocky Horror Show that exploded on several London stages in 1973 before spreading across the globe with its enduring popularity.

Tommy was different. Its La Jolla opening with its flashy tech effects, its combination of heartbreaking story and unrestrained flamboyance, was a big surprise. The tools were the same, but watching the astonishing fall and rise of a traumatized child on stage offered a deeper and deeply thrilling experience. The subsequent 1993 Broadway run set box office records, and the show traveled to Denver the following year on the wings of great press and five Tony Awards.

Today’s DCPA Theatre Company revival is a homegrown incarnation, with a live band and reinvented staging by director Sam Buntrock, whose Frankenstein at the DCPA and whose West End direction of Sunday In the Park With George scored high marks.

“I’ve never directed Tommy before,” he told Applause in an email interview earlier this spring. “In the ’60s Townsend wrote the score to be performed in concert. In the ’90s he worked with Des McAnuff to transform it into a big and brilliant stage musical. I suspect mine will be a more emotionally driven, intimate version of the show. I’m approaching that version through the lens of contemporary theatrical conventions.

“Audiences have become accustomed to simpler, more distilled storytelling, the sort whose thrills are precise and unexpected.

With Tommy I’m excited to stage a fantastical show that has, at its heart, a rich and emotionally authentic story.”

Among the new ideas Buntrock brings to his staging is younger casting, including that of Andy Mientus (of TV’s “Smash” and Dear West Theatre’s Spring Awakening) as Tommy.

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“Of course, there are children written into the fabric of the show — four-year-old and ten-year-old Tommy,” Buntrock continued. “These two are givens, though our four-year-old may play a larger part than people expect.

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“The only other child is a teenaged Kevin. The story spans some 20 years and Kevin is one of the characters that features through most of the timeline. So if he interacts with ten-year-old Tommy, and then adult Tommy, [it’s] powerful to see him grow up too. How that doubling works and what the payoff is, are both things conceived in service of creating a credible family on stage.”

Pete Townshend, The Who’s lead guitarist who composed most of the score for Tommy, told Applause magazine in 1994, “that story is, in a APPLAUSE APPLAUSE • APR • APR – MAY – MAY 2018 2018 • 303.893.4100 • 303.893.4100 • DENVERCENTER.ORG • DENVERCENTER.ORG

sense, my life brought up to date. I didn’t quite realize how autobiographical it was. Not just of me, but of the people around me at the time…everybody in the group. Not only was it an important step for us artistically, it also was the critical financial breakthrough for a group [that], up to that point, had been known for wearing funny clothes and pop-art outfits and smashing guitars.”

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Almost 50 years on, the Tommy story, and especially its score, still resonate.

Four-year-old Tommy is thrown into a catatonic state after he witnesses a traumatic family event reflected in a mirror. It makes him instantly deaf, dumb and blind. This triple whammy brings him the wrong kinds of attention; he struggles through childhood, badgered and abused — until he discovers he has a freakish talent for winning at pinball.

It’s Costume Designer and DCPA Costume Crafts Director Kevin Copenhaver’s job to take these lines, sung by the title character in The Who’s Tommy, and make his dream of being seen a reality.

In late adolescence, when he’s accidentally present as his mother, in a moment of despair, smashes the same mirror that caused his catatonia, Tommy is magically healed. The revitalized pinball wizard becomes an international star before evolving into a sentient, responsive and compassionate human being.

All this melodrama, married to its stunning musical score, results in a rock opera whose alchemy is practically addictive.

One of the challenges facing Copenhaver is that Tommy is played by three different actors.

Tommy begins the play at four years old, ages to 10 and finishes the production in his 20s.

“With Tommy, with his prone passivity, we have a hero we can all project ourselves upon. Yes, it’s magnified and melodramatic, but it’s rock and roll, so what do you expect?”

Copenhaver’s approach is to offer the audience a recognizable visual cue, such as a repeating color, that always connects back to Tommy to help the audience track his character as the actors change.

Tommy marks a creative reunion for Copenhaver and director Sam Buntrock. Last season, the two collaborated on the Theatre Company’s production of Frankenstein.

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“I really appreciate that Sam is an incredibly visual director,” said Copenhaver. “I find that we’re drawn to similar films and artists.

Sam has an amazing background in illustration and immediately that gave us a beautiful shared visual vocabulary and I’m very much looking forward to tackling this fantastical rock musical with him.”

When asked if he agrees that what continues to make the show so gripping is this melding of music, magic, mystery, mysticism and melodrama, Buntrock demurred.

“Yes. In part. It remains so gripping because it is one of the greatest musical scores ever written,” he said. “It’s not faux musical theatre rock and roll, it’s… rock and roll. All those ‘m’s are intrinsic to what Townshend was exploring when he wrote it.

“Ultimately,” he added, “it’s a deeply honest exploration of [Townshend’s] own childhood. With Tommy, with his prone passivity, we have a hero we can all project ourselves upon. Yes, it’s magnified and melodramatic, but it’s rock and roll, so what do you expect? And despite this, I think it has something profound to say about our relationship to our childhood selves.”

Theatre, being a primary champion of human understanding, often takes the lead in reversing secretive old-fashioned attitudes. Tommy is an example of art shining a light into the darkness and, in former theatre critic Frank Rich’s words, “…spreading catharsis like wildfire through the cheering house.”

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Sylvie Drake is a former theatre critic and columnist for the Los Angeles Times, a translator, a contributor to culturalweekly.com and American Theatre magazine, and a former Director of Media Relations and Publications for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.

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Jeans. Teens. Asphalt. And a pickup truck.

Sounds like the scene in a high school parking lot, right? It is…sort of. It’s also the set for Shakespeare.

I can hear your thoughts as you reread that opening — it’s a what?

Each fall and spring, DCPA Education takes the show on the road through its Shakespeare in the Parking Lot program. Professional teaching artists pack up their limited props and costumes, climb into a truck and visit more than 30 schools throughout the metro Denver area.

They perform an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet or A Midsummer Night’s Dream in front of the entire student body. Yes, in the parking lot and on a truck. Then they go into classrooms to connect themes from the play (think bullying, drug use and overbearing parents) with issues teens face in their daily lives.

It’s raw. It’s relevant. It’s touring schools right now. And it will encourage more than 15,000 students to apply 400-year-old stories to their very own lives.

To learn more about Shakespeare in the Parking Lot and DCPA Education, visit denvercenter.org/education.

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Perhaps more so than ever, the Denver Center’s 13th annual Colorado New Play Summit explored complex contemporary social issues through the lens of real stories taken from both the recent and distant past. The Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, a forgotten pre-Civil War slave trial and a headline-grabbing drunk-driving tragedy were among the real-life inspirations for the four featured readings: Barbara Seyda’s Celia, A Slave; Kemp Powers’ Christa McAuliffe’s Eyes Were Blue; David Jacobi’s The Couches, and Sigrid Gilmer’s Mama Metallica.

But history of another kind was made when the topic of gender identity was addressed on a Denver Center stage for the first time, and it came from an unlikely source: Noah Jackson’s Wine Colored Lip Gloss told the story of a nonbinary teenager during readings of DCPA Education’s three student playwriting finalists.

“It means so much to me that the Denver Center allowed my story to be heard,” said Jackson, who attends Girls Athletic Leadership School. “I had someone come up to me in tears saying that my play touched her so much. I am just over the moon that people are actually feeling the words that I have worked so hard on.”

The Colorado New Play Summit has grown into one of the nation’s premier showcases of new plays. Since 2006, it has developed 54 new plays, leading to 31 fully produced world premieres on the Theatre Company’s mainstage seasons.

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Incoming Artistic Director Chris Coleman told the Friday night crowd the Summit was “a great calling card” for the job he is about to embrace. “New play development is creativity at its most pure,” he said. “There is enormous joy and heartache in watching something come out of nothing.”

This year’s Summit drew industry leaders from 33 local and national theatre organizations, with more than 150 directors, actors, artistic leaders, educators and others from 12 states attending or taking part. More than 800 attended at least one reading. Attendees also were treated to three fullystaged world premieres: American Mariachi, The Great Leap and Zoey’s Perfect Wedding.

American Mariachi and The Great Leap are both coproductions — the former moved to the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego and the latter moved to the Seattle Repertory Theatre at the end of March with their Denver creative teams intact.

“My play would not exist without the Denver Center,” said The Great Leap playwright Lauren Yee. “Not just because it’s a commission, but also because of the way the Colorado New Play Summit launches you into the national consciousness. This is an event the whole new play development world looks to every year for leadership and inspiration.”

Read an expanded version of this report on the DCPA NewsCenter at denvercenter.org/news-center.

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10. The cast of Celia, A Slave. 11. Cast and crew of American Mariachi. 12. Director Mike Donahue and actor Nija Okoro. 13. Women’s Voices Fund members and beneficiaries. 14. Playwrights Slam participants Mfoniso Udofia, Ricardo A. Bracho, Luis Quintero, José Cruz González and Max Posner. Photos by John Moore and Adams VisComm.

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Since Aladdin opened on Broadway more than four years ago, one number has earned a standing ovation almost every night: “Friend Like Me.” Director/choreographer Casey Nicholaw knew from the beginning that “Friend Like Me” would have to be a showstopper — the song was nominated for an Oscar in the animated movie version, largely due to the late Robin Williams’ bravura performance of it.

But how do you create the kind of number that brings an audience to its feet? Nicholaw talks about what went into the showstopper.

1. WATCH THE MOVIE “You start with that. Because the song was in the film and people know it so well already, you just have to deliver. Plus, the song does all the right things in terms of the relationship between Aladdin and the Genie, and in terms of where it comes, near the end of the first act,” says Nicholaw of “Friend Like Me,” in which the Genie demonstrates how his skills can help Aladdin.

But, having studied the song in the movie, Nicholaw knew he had to throw that take on it out the window because animation can do a lot of things that actual humans cannot.

“You have to make it theatrical. The thing that was easy to do in the movie was that the Genie could shape-shift: become Ed Sullivan or a lamp or different objects. So, I had to figure out how to do that with an ensemble,” says Nicholaw.

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2. START FRESH “As a director, I would usually start at the top of the show but, as a choreographer, I knew I had to start with that number, because it is going to have the most impact,” says Nicholaw, a Tony nominee for his Aladdin choreography and a winner for directing The Book of Mormon.

So he began pondering what might have the same effect on stage that “Friend Like Me” had in the movie. The answer? Just as Robin Williams throws everything at his movie performance of the song — impressions, accents, vaudeville-style jokes, pop culture references — Nicholaw would throw everything into staging “Friend Like Me.” 3. MORE IS MORE What Nicholaw threw in includes, but is not limited to magic tricks, tap dancing, gymnastics, quick changes, a chorus line, sly nods to other Disney stories, a Vegas-style lounge act and lighting flashpots.

“We first did it in [a pilot production] in Seattle and it just didn’t work. I don’t think anything from Seattle is still in there. But I started to think, ‘What if we thought of the number as constantly changing the TV channel?’ So the ensemble changes costumes, like, four times, during the number, and there’s magic happening all the time and we keep having these different looks,” says Nicholaw.

The constantly shifting look of “Friend Like Me” is also reflected in the dance moves.

“It’s really about: What are different, fun dance styles?

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Arabian Nights Women. Disney’s Aladdin Original Broadway Company. ©Disney. Photo by Deen van Meer.

HOW TO CREATE ALADDIN’S SHOWSTOPPER ON STAGE?

Let’s do some ballroom! The cheesiest sort of recognizable ballroom. And let’s put in tap! Turkish! Greek! Bollywood! Let’s give the Genie some gags! And a magic trick for Aladdin! Let’s put in a medley of other songs and use that almost as a nightclub act for the Genie!” says Nicholaw.

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4. GO WITH THE FLOW Of course, “changing the channel constantly” creates challenges for the performers. Aladdin stays shirtless for almost all of “Friend Like Me” but many members of the ensemble switch in and out of clothes — and shoes — at a lightning pace. That’s where the aforementioned nightclub act came in handy.

School of Rock — the hit filmturned-Broadway musical — will bring down the house when it tours Denver (May 29 – June 10).

What part would you play in the band?

“We made sure everyone had time to do the changes, but it does get crazy backstage,” says Nicholaw. “Really, the nightclub medley idea and the little trick we do was basically an idea to give the dancers enough time to change into their tap shoes. It was: ‘OK, how do we get them off stage so they can change?’”

With this show, you had to make sure [“Friend Like Me”] wasn’t just stopping the show to dance. It has to also tell the story.

LAWRENCE — the insecure keyboardist TOMIKA — the reluctant starlet ZACK — the budding composer with a mean electric guitar FREDDY — the straight-laced percussionist MARCY and SHONELLE — the rockin’ vocalists

— Director/choreographer CASEY NICHOLAW

KATIE — the classically trained bass guitarist 5. FIT THE NUMBER INTO THE REST OF THE SHOW

MASON — the rebellious techie

Nicholaw says there have been times in his career when he has created, and then cut, numbers that were sensational but didn’t quite do the job they needed to do in their shows.

JAMES — the protective head of security SUMMER — the firecracker band manager

“Every show is different. Every show has different needs and, sometimes, they reveal them to you right away and, sometimes, they don’t. It’s like dominoes. You find one piece and it affects everything else,” says Nicholaw. “With this show, you had to make sure the number wasn’t just stopping the show to dance. It has to also tell the story.”

BILLY — the stylist who makes uniforms chic

As Aladdin moved to its second and final, pre-Broadway run in Toronto, Nicholaw made some changes to the scenes before and after “Friend Like Me,” making sure the show’s momentum built the way he wanted it to. But, other than minor adjustments to tailor the song to the individual talents of each actor who plays the Genie, “Friend Like Me” has not changed since well before the show hit Broadway.

“Some numbers never feel done and you keep tinkering. But when they work, you just feel that the pieces are working,” says Nicholaw, who estimates that it took about a year for “Friend Like Me” to get from his head to the dancer’s feet.

Nicholaw still pops in on Aladdin every once in a while, largely to make sure the energy level is as high as it needs to be in “Friend Like Me,” and he reports that audiences across the country are eating it up.

“It’s unbelievable, honestly,” says Nicholaw. “I remember when we did it that first time and everybody was standing afterwards. I almost lost it. No, I did lose it. I was sobbing like a baby.”

Or like someone who knows he figured out how to stop the show.

Used with permission of Pioneer Press Copyright© 2018. All rights reserved.

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DISNEY'S ALADDIN

AND SEASON SPONSORS

Disney Theatrical Productions under the direction of

Thomas Schumacher presents

Music by

ALAN MENKEN

Book by

Lyrics by

CHAD BEGUELIN HOWARD ASHMAN TIM RICE and CHAD BEGUELIN

Based on the Disney film written by RON CLEMENTS, JOHN MUSKER, TED ELLIOTT & TERRY ROSSIO and directed and produced by JOHN MUSKER & RON CLEMENTS

Starring

CLINTON GREENSPAN MICHAEL JAMES SCOTT ISABELLE MCCALLA JONATHAN WEIR JAY PARANADA JERALD VINCENT ZACH BENCAL PHILIPPE ARROYO MIKE LONGO JED FEDER KORIE LEE BLOSSEY ELLIS C. DAWSON III ADAM STEVENSON MARY ANTONINI MICHAEL BULLARD MICHAEL CALLAHAN GARY COOPER JACE CORONADO CORNELIUS DAVIS BOBBY DAYE LISSA DEGUZMAN MATHEW DEGUZMAN OLIVIA DONALSON MICHAEL EVERETT KARLEE FERREIRA MICHAEL GRACEFFA ADRIENNE HOWARD ALBERT JENNINGS KENWAY HON WAI K. KUA JASON SCOTT MACDONALD ANGELINA MULLINS CELINA NIGHTENGALE JAZ SEALEY CHARLES SOUTH MANNY STARK CASSIDY STONER ANNIE WALLACE MICHELLE WEST Co-Producer

ANNE QUART General Manager

MYRIAH BASH Music Director/Conductor

BRENT-ALAN HUFFMAN Sound Design

KEN TRAVIS

Technical Supervision

Senior Production Supervisor

GEOFFREY QUART/ HUDSON THEATRICAL ASSOCIATES Associate Director

Dance Supervisor

SCOTTY TAYLOR

MICHAEL MINDLIN

Dance Music Arrangements

GLEN KELLY Hair Design

Music Coordinator

Casting

TARA RUBIN CASTING ERIC WOODALL, CSA

Original Fight Direction

MILAGROS MEDINA-CERDEIRA

Costume Design

JASON TRUBITT

Production Stage Manager

HOWARD JOINES J. ALLEN SUDDETH MICHAEL MCGOFF Makeup Design

JOSH MARQUETTE

Production Supervisor

CLIFFORD SCHWARTZ

GREGG BARNES

Illusion Design

JIM STEINMEYER

Lighting Design

NATASHA KATZ

Scenic Design

BOB CROWLEY Orchestrations

DANNY TROOB Music Supervision Incidental Music & Vocal Arrangements

Directed and Choreographed by

CASEY NICHOLAW

© Disney

© Disney

MICHAEL KOSARIN

DISNEY'S ALADDIN

CAST

Clinton Greenspan

Michael James Scott

Isabelle McCalla

Jonathan Weir

Jay Paranada

Jerald Vincent

Zach Bencal

Philippe Arroyo

Korie Lee Blossey

Ellis C. Dawson III

Mike Longo

Adam Stevenson

Jed Feder

Mary Antonini

Michael Bullard

Michael Callahan

Gary Cooper

Jace Coronado

Cornelius Davis

Bobby Daye

Lissa deGuzman

Mathew deGuzman

Olivia Donalson

Michael Everett

Karlee Ferreira

Michael Graceffa

Adrienne Howard

Albert Jennings

Kenway Hon Wai K. Kua

Jason Scott Macdonald

Angelina Mullins

Celina Nightengale

Jaz Sealey

Charles South

Manny Stark

Cassidy Stoner

Annie Wallace

Michelle West

DISNEY'S ALADDIN

CAST

DISNEY'S ALADDIN

CAST

(in order of appearance)

Genie.............................................................................................................................................. MICHAEL JAMES SCOTT Jafar............................................................................................................................................................ JONATHAN WEIR Iago..................................................................................................................................................................JAY PARANADA Aladdin..............................................................................................................................................CLINTON GREENSPAN Jasmine................................................................................................................................................ ISABELLE McCALLA Sultan.......................................................................................................................................................... JERALD VINCENT Babkak...............................................................................................................................................................ZACH BENCAL Omar..........................................................................................................................................................PHILIPPE ARROYO Kassim (April 7 – 22)....................................................................................................................................... MIKE LONGO Kassim (April 24 – 28)........................................................................................................................................JED FEDER Shop Owner.......................................................................................................................................MICHAEL GRACEFFA Razoul...................................................................................................................................................................BOBBY DAYE Henchmen.....................................................................................................ALBERT JENNINGS & CHARLES SOUTH Prince Abdullah................................................................................................................................................. JAZ SEALEY Attendants................................................................. MARY ANTONINI, OLIVIA DONALSON, ANNIE WALLACE Fortune Teller...................................................................................................................................... OLIVIA DONALSON Ensemble..........................................................................MARY ANTONINI, GARY COOPER, CORNELIUS DAVIS, BOBBY DAYE, OLIVIA DONALSON, MICHAEL EVERETT, MICHAEL GRACEFFA, ADRIENNE HOWARD, ALBERT JENNINGS, KENWAY HON WAI K. KUA, JASON SCOTT MACDONALD, ANGELINA MULLINS, CELINA NIGHTENGALE, JAZ SEALEY, CHARLES SOUTH, MANNY STARK, ANNIE WALLACE, MICHELLE WEST STANDBYS For Genie/Sultan..................................................................................................................................................... KORIE LEE BLOSSEY For Genie/Babkak....................................................................................................................................................ELLIS C. DAWSON III For Jafar/Sultan..........................................................................................................................................................ADAM STEVENSON SWINGS MICHAEL BULLARD, MICHAEL CALLAHAN, JACE CORONADO, LISSA deGUZMAN, MATHEW deGUZMAN, KARLEE FERREIRA, CASSIDY STONER UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed players unless announced at the time of the performance.

ALADDIN: Gary Cooper, Manny Stark; JAFAR: Bobby Daye; JASMINE: Lissa deGuzman, Annie Wallace; KASSIM: Albert Jennings, Jaz Sealey, Charles South; OMAR: Michael Bullard, Albert Jennings; BABKAK: Charles South; SULTAN: Bobby Daye; IAGO: Michael Bullard, Michael Callahan DANCE CAPTAIN: Michael Callahan ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAINS: Michael Bullard and Lissa deGuzman FIGHT CAPTAINS: Michael Callahan, Jaz Sealey Spooky Voice/Voice of the Cave................................................................................................................................. Brandon O’Neill

The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones, pagers and watches.

ACT I “Arabian Nights”*....................................................................................................................................... Genie, Company “One Jump Ahead”†..............................................................................................................................Aladdin, Ensemble “Proud of Your Boy”*..................................................................................................................................................Aladdin “These Palace Walls”......................................................................................................... Jasmine, Female Attendants “Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim”*.........................................................................Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim, Jasmine, Ensemble “A Million Miles Away”............................................................................................................................. Aladdin, Jasmine “Diamond in the Rough”....................................................................................................................Jafar, Iago, Aladdin “Friend Like Me”*.....................................................................................................................Genie, Aladdin, Ensemble Act One Finale (“Friend Like Me” Reprise* / “Proud of Your Boy” Reprise)..........................................................Genie, Aladdin ACT II “Prince Ali”*...................................................................................................Babkak, Omar, Kassim, Genie, Ensemble “A Whole New World”†........................................................................................................................... Aladdin, Jasmine “High Adventure”*....................................................................................................Babkak, Omar, Kassim, Ensemble “Somebody’s Got Your Back”..................................................................... Genie, Aladdin, Babkak, Omar, Kassim “Proud of Your Boy” (Reprise II)*..........................................................................................................................Aladdin “Prince Ali” (Sultan Reprise)................................................................................................................. Sultan, Company “Prince Ali” (Jafar Reprise)†.......................................................................................................................................... Jafar Genie’s Exit (“Somebody’s Got Your Back” – Reprise).....................................................................................Genie Finale Ultimo (“Arabian Nights” Reprise / “A Whole New World” Reprise†)................................................................ Company Music by Alan Menken. *Lyrics by Howard Ashman. †Lyrics by Tim Rice.

All other lyrics and additional lyrics by Chad Beguelin.

THE ALADDIN TOURING ORCHESTRA Music Director/Conductor: Brent-Alan Huffman Keyboard 2/Assistant Conductor: Faith Seetoo Drums/Second Assistant Conductor: Danny Taylor Keyboard 1: Nancy Blair Wolfe Concertmaster: JD Hunter Lead Trumpet: Paul Baron Acoustic and Electric Bass: Marc Hogan Percussion: Joshua Mark Samuels Music Coordinator: Howard Joines Music Preparation: Anixter Rice Music Services Electronic Music Programming: Jeff Marder

DENVER MUSICIANS Flute/Piccolo/Clarinet/Saxophone: Art Bouton Oboe/English Horn: Miriam Kapner Flute/Clarinet/Saxophone: Sam Williams Trumpet/Flugel: Jake Bolton Trumpet/Flugel: Dawn Kramer Trombone/Bass Trombone: Jim Gray Violin: Britt Swenson Cello: Jeff Watson Keyboard Sub: Boko Suzuki Percussion Sub: Mark Foster

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION.

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST CLINTON GREENSPAN (Aladdin) is thrilled to be traveling with this special show! Tour: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Some credits include Romeo & Juliet and Dreamgirls (Dallas Theater Center) and Fiddler on the Roof (Casa Manana). NYMF (2014). Studied at KD Conservatory. A huge thank you to Casey and the Aladdin family. Love to the leading ladies, Mom and Grandma.

Insta: @clinton_patrick MICHAEL JAMES SCOTT (Genie) originated “Genie” in Aladdin Australia (Helpmann Award). Best known for originating (“The Maggots Guy”) in The Book of Mormon. Broadway: Aladdin, The Book of Mormon, Something Rotten, Mamma Mia, Hair, Tarzan, All Shook Up, Elf & The Pirate Queen. West End: Hair (Asst.

Choreographer) Other: Fosse (Int Tour), Jerry Springer: The Opera (Carnegie Hall), Jersey Boys (Las Vegas). TV/Film: “The Carrie Diaries,” “The View,” “The Tonight Show w/Jimmy Fallon,” “Good Morning America,” “The Today Show,” “The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” & “The TONY Awards.” 143 to my J. Insta/ Twit: @iamMJScott ISABELLE MCCALLA (Jasmine) is ecstatic to be going on this magic carpet ride! Broadway: Aladdin (Jasmine). Regional: The Prom at the Alliance Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Theatre Under the Stars, Actors’ Playhouse, the St. Louis Muny, and the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera. TV: “Bull” (CBS). BFA from the University of Michigan. Thanks and love to Casey Nicholaw, Tara Rubin Casting, the lovely ladies at Judy Boals Inc., and my wonderful family!

JONATHAN WEIR (Jafar). Broadway: Disney’s The Lion King (Scar/Pumbaa). National tours: Jersey Boys (Gyp DeCarlo); The Lion King; Scrooge the Musical. Chicago credits: King Charles III and Twelfth Night (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); The Merry Widow (Lyric Opera Chicago); 2666, Candide, The Visit and A Christmas Carol (Goodman Theatre); Stepping Out (Steppenwolf Theatre); Days Like Today, The Liar, A Little Night Music, Arms and the Man, Misalliance (Writers Theatre); Ragtime & Camelot (Drury Lane Oakbrook Theatre). Adjunct Professor of Theater, Loyola University Chicago.

JAY PARANADA (Iago). Delightful Disney debut! Credits: Into The Woods (Baker), Guys and Dolls (Nicely), Miss Saigon (Engineer), Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen. Favorite roles: husband to Scott/daddy to Lily Bea. Maraming mahal to family/barkada, Tara Rubin

Casting, Carry Company and Aladdin team! B.A. Sociology (PLU) & AMDA alumni. @jayparanada www.jayparanada.com

(Kerchak). Thank YOU to my family and friends, Irene Cabrera & DDO, Eric Woodall and Tara Rubin Casting.

Mommy, this one’s for you!

JERALD VINCENT (Sultan) is delighted to join the cast of Aladdin on its 1st and his 5th National Tour. Thanks to Tara Rubin, Eric and casting team. So blessed to have spent my entire career on a theater or motion picture/TV sound stage but I’m most grateful for my family. Special thanks to Jeanette, Brandon, Jeremy, Shirley and my wonderful KMR Talent Agents.

ELLIS C. DAWSON III (Standby Genie/ Babkak) is ecstatic to be making his National Tour debut with Aladdin! He is a proud graduate of the Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program. Many thanks to God, HardenCurtis, Tara Rubin Casting, BWMT’16, Vicky, Scott, Lamont, and his loving family! “Look, mama...we did it.”

ZACH BENCAL (Babkak). National Tour debut! Goodspeed, Hartford Symphony, Forestburgh Playhouse, Monomoy Theatre, NCL, TheatreworksUSA, & various NYC theatre. Off-Broadway: The Anthem!, & The Civil War. BMI 2016, aspiring composer. BFA MT, The Hartt School 2013. Thanks to creative, Eric Woodall/ TRC. Love to Mom, Dad, Jonah, family/ friends, teachers. For KG. @zbencal PHILIPPE ARROYO (Omar) is delighted to be touring with Aladdin! Proud Carnegie Mellon University alum. Theatre credits: Into the Woods National Tour (Jack/ Steward), TUTS’ In the Heights (Sonny), Adirondack Theatre Festival’s Island Song (Cooper), The Wild Party directed

by Matthew Gardiner. A huge thank you to Eric Woodall, the guys at CGF, as well as the family and friends who’ve always been so supportive! www.philippearroyo.com @philippearroyo MIKE LONGO (Kassim at certain performances). Broadway: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. National Tours: Kinky Boots (Harry), HAIR. Off Broadway: Onan in the world premiere of Tamar of the River (Prospect Theater). Regional: Grease (Paper Mill Playhouse), Marius in Les Miserables (White PlainsPAC), Many thanks to Eric Woodall, the Mine, creatives, and family. Insta: @mikelongofoto. www.mikelongo.info.

JED FEDER (Kassim at certain performances) is thrilled to be in Agrabah!

Credits include Mother Courage… (Arena Stage); Tug of War, Pericles (Chicago Shakespeare). Drums: HERO, October Sky (Marriott, world premieres); Trevor the Musical (Writers Theatre, world premiere). Northwestern alum. Thanks, love to family, friends, Tiffany, Eric Woodall, Gray Talent, Chicago theatre family. @ jed_underscore KORIE LEE BLOSSEY (Standby Genie/ Sultan) is ELATED to be a part of the Aladdin family! A New Yorker by way of Michigan, he was last seen at Tuacahn Amphitheatre in Disney’s Tarzan ®

ADAM STEVENSON (Standby Jafar & Sultan). Regional credits: The Monster (Young Frankenstein), Prouvaire (Les Miserables), Berger (HAIR!), Eugene (Grease North American Tour), Smudge (Forever Plaid, Plaid Tidings) TV: “Mayday” (Discovery), “Reign” (CW). Thanks to Kate, Geoff and Bruce, and family and friends near and (Ja)far.

MARY ANTONINI (Attendant, Ensemble) is thrilled to be here! Broadway: Jesus Christ Superstar. Three seasons at The Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

2016 Jeff Award recipient. Huge Thanks to Casey and the team, DBA, mum and Christine. Love to my Ladle.

MICHAEL BULLARD (Swing). From Saranac Lake, NY. West Side Story (International Tour, Paper Mill Playhouse), Guys & Dolls, La Cage Aux Folles (Goodspeed Opera House). B.A. Theatre Performance from Wagner College.

Gratitude to my family, friends, and CTG. www.michaelbullard.nyc MICHAEL CALLAHAN (Swing/Dance Captain/Fight Captain). Broadway: Cinderella (Raccoon/u/s Jean-Michel) Nat’l Tour: Cinderella (Fox/u/s JeanMichel & Pinkleton) BFA Elon. Special thanks to DGRW and my family. IG: michaelcall GARY COOPER (Ensemble). Proud graduate of CCM. Broadway: Aladdin.

Regional: Kiss Me Kate and Evita (Opera North), Awaited (Crossroads). Thanks to my family, Disney, DGRW, Tara Rubin Casting and my graduating class. Insta: @coopergarycooper JACE CORONADO (Swing). Broadway: West Side Story. Off Broadway: Stroman’s Merry Widow, Can Can. Nat’l Tour: West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, An American In Paris. Regional: The Light in The Piazza (Fabrizio), Curtains!

(Aaron Fox), Oklahoma (Ali Hakim).

Inst: @bwayjace CORNELIUS DAVIS (Ensemble).

National Tour Debut! Regional: Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Flat Rock Playhouse, Arkansas Repertory Theatre. BFA from

BOBBY DAYE (Razoul, Ensemble).

Broadway/Off-Broadway: Book of Mormon, Shrek, Color Purple, The Lion King, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Dreamgirls, Bubblu Black Girl, After Midnight, and The Wiz. More information at www.bobbydaye. com LISSA DEGUZMAN (Swing). National Tour Debut! Regional: Goodspeed, MUNY, Studio Tenn. BFA: Belmont University. Thanks to my wonderful family, friends, mentors, and the creative and casting team for this unbelievable opportunity. Proud AEA. lissadeguzman.com MATHEW DEGUZMAN (Swing) is thrilled for this magic carpet ride!

Broadway/Tour: Follies; A Christmas Story, The Musical (OBC); PIPPIN. BM: Belmont University. Thanks to Marjorie, Craig, Bernadette, TRC, MDJKLP. For EAdG. Tagay, Proost, Allez Santé!!! @ mathewdeguz OLIVIA DONALSON (Attendant, Fortune Teller, Ensemble) is thrilled to be making her National Tour debut! BFA from Ithaca College, recently seen on the Disney Magic with Disney Cruise Line. Love to friends and family, special thanks to Mother for constant support. @oliviadonalson MICHAEL EVERETT (Ensemble) is excited to join the cast of Aladdin!

He would like to thank Disney for the opportunity, Oklahoma City University for his excellent training, and his family for believing in him. @themichaeleverett KARLEE FERREIRA (Swing) is thrilled to be joining the Aladdin family! Credits Include; In the Heights (1st National Tour), Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular, “Glee!,” and “Mozart in the Jungle.”

Love and gratitude to God, Mom & Dad, my UCDC family, Rikky, and my love, Patrick.

MICHAEL GRACEFFA (Shop Owner, Ensemble). National Tours: Matilda (Rudolpho), Catch Me If You Can. Regional: Arena Stage, Signature Theatre, PittsburghCLO, North Shore Music Theatre, MTWichita, Maine State, Fulton Theatre... 2016 NYMF award winner (The Last Word). Love to Vassar, Mom and Dad. @insouciant_youth ADRIENNE HOWARD (Ensemble).

Broadway/NYC: Shuffle Along, Radio City Rockette. National Tour: Memphis.

Boston Celtics Dancer (NBA). Bachelor of Science in Classical Ballet from Indiana University. Much love and thanks to MSA, Mom, Dad and my Favorite! adrienne-howard.com

ALBERT JENNINGS (Henchman, Ensemble) is excited to be part of Aladdin. National Tour: MAMMA MIA! Credits: In the Heights, Buddy Holly Story, RENT, Smokey Joe’s Cafe. Thanks to Eric and Tara Rubin Casting. Much love to family, friends, and Momma Dukes!

IG: @albertjj KENWAY HON WAI K. KUA (Ensemble). Broadway: Wicked, The Frogs.

Tours: Mary Poppins, Flower Drum Song. Regional: How To Succeed..., The King and I, Waterfall, Aladdin, Cinderella, Pacific Overtures, Miss Saigon.

Film: Talking to My Mother, G ­ eneration Um. JASON SCOTT MACDONALD (Ensemble) from Orlando, FL. Trained with Melissa Stokes, Alberto Alonso, and Alora Haynes. B.F.A. in Dance, B.S. in Finance from FSU & performed with Parsons Dance, Beyoncé, & Queen of the Night.

ANGELINA MULLINS (Ensemble).

Broadway: West Side Story. Tours: 1st Nat’l Spamalot, Fosse, Saturday Night Fever. TV: SMASH (Season 1 Ensemble) So grateful to be a part of this incredible production! All my love to Colt, Missy Lou, and Mya lady.

CELINA NIGHTENGALE (Ensemble).

Credits: Rock of Ages Las Vegas, Aladdin A Musical Spectacular, Legends in Concert. LA Credits: Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys, Adam Lambert, Jason Derulo.

TV: ABC’s “Wicked City.” Thank you to my amazing family. This is for you Dad. @celinanighten JAZ SEALEY (Prince Abdullah, Fight Captain, Ensemble). Broadway: Aladdin (Original Broadway Cast), Jesus Christ Superstar. Other select: Dirty Dancing (Mirvish); Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (LaJolla); Evita; Twelfth Night; Kiss Me, Kate; The Misanthrope (Stratford). Love to my Mignon. Habbagoodah Mom! CHARLES SOUTH (Henchman, Ensemble). West Side Story (West End) (International Tour), Carmen La Cubana (International Tour), King Kong, Bull Durham (NYC Labs), Up Here (La Jolla Playhouse), Fiddler on the Roof (Goodspeed Musicals). South Florida native.

Hartt School grad. Love to my family and Take 3 Talent Agency! Insta: charlessouth421 MANNY STARK (Ensemble). TV: “Smash” (14 episodes). Broadway: Aladdin (Kassim, New Amsterdam Theatre); On The Town (S. Uperman, Lyric Theatre); Gigi (Bonfils, Neil Simon Theatre); West Side Story (Chino, Palace Theatre). Regional: Footloose (Ren, Pittsburgh CLO); A Chorus Line (Paul, Paper Mill Playhouse). Insta: @manstarky

CASSIDY STONER (Swing) is thrilled to join the Aladdin Family! Proud Pace MT ’16. Endless gratitude to Eric, Michael, CGF, and Schachter Entertainment. All the love to her beloved NC family, the Fairlee twins, Hunter, and Chris. IG: @cassidystoner ANNIE WALLACE (Attendant, Ensemble). Tour: Anything Goes (Chastity/ Reno u/s) Regional: A Chorus Line (Sheila), Peter Pan (Tiger Lily). Proud graduate of Texas State University.

Thanks to Mom, Dad, Michael, Sandra, Eric Woodall, Kaitlin Hopkins, Brian, and Tater Tot. @anne_bamm MICHELLE WEST (Ensemble) is ecstatic to be joining the Aladdin family!! NY: West Side Story (Carnegie Hall). Tour: Memphis. Regional: The Prom; Legally Blonde; Hello, Dolly!; Wizard of Oz. Temple Grad! Love and Thanks to my amazing Family, Matt, Friends, and Gregg. www.michellewest.net ALAN MENKEN (Music). Stage musicals: God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, Little Shop of Horrors, Beauty and The Beast, A Christmas Carol, The Little Mermaid, Sister Act, Leap of Faith, Newsies, Aladdin, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz and A Bronx Tale.

Film work: The Little Mermaid, Beauty and The Beast (Animated), Newsies, Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Enchanted, Tangled, Sausage Party, Beauty and the Beast (Live Version). Television credits: Sesame Street, Lincoln, The Neighbors, Galavant, Tangled. Awards: 2012 Tony, Drama Desk; 8 Oscars®; 11 Grammy ® Awards; 7 Golden Globes; London’s Evening Standard; the Olivier and Outer Critics Circle. Other: Songwriters Hall of Fame, Billboard’s #1 single and album, Disney Legend, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame. Doctorates from NYU and the North Carolina School of the Arts.

HOWARD ASHMAN (Lyrics). Best known as the pivotal creative mind behind The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast (which is dedicated to “Our friend, Howard Ashman, who gave a Mermaid her voice and a Beast his soul…”), Ashman’s first love was theatre.

He was a founder of Off Off-Broadway’s renowned WPA Theatre, where he conceived, wrote and directed the classic musical, Little Shop of Horrors as well as God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, (both music by Alan Menken). A new cast recording of Rosewater will be available this spring from Sh-K-Boom records.

In 1986, Ashman wrote and directed the Broadway musical Smile (music by Marvin Hamlisch). Lamented as a lost treasure of the 1980’s theatre scene, Smile remains popular on high school and college campuses throughout the country. Ashman’s family is thrilled that

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Ashman and Menken’s original songs for Aladdin, some of which were cut in the making of the film — as well as portions of Ashman’s original film treatment — have been reinstated in the theatrical production. Howard Ashman died in 1991 from complications of AIDS. For more information, please visit howardashman.com.

TIM RICE (Lyrics). Tim Rice has been writing lyrics for musical theatre and related enterprises for nearly 50 years.

Born 1944, remembers cold UK winter of 1947. Credits include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita with Andrew Lloyd Webber; Aladdin, King David and Beauty and the Beast with Alan Menken; Chess with Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson; and The Lion King and Aida with Elton John. He has won numerous awards along the way, usually for the wrong things or for simply turning up.

His latest musical opened in London in 2013, based on James Jones’ great novel From Here to Eternity, with music

by Stuart Brayson. Annoyingly, it closed in 2014 but there have been successful new productions in the US in 2016 & 2017 – Hakuna Matata! He is currently working on a show about Machiavelli and wrote three new songs with Alan Menken for the 2017 live action film of Beauty and the Beast. More can be found (as if this isn’t enough) at www. timrice.co.uk.

CHAD BEGUELIN (Book, Lyrics) is a four-time Tony ® nominee whose works include Disney’s Aladdin (Tony Award Nomination for Best Book and Best Original Score, Drama Desk Award Nomination for Outstanding Lyrics and Best Book) and The Wedding Singer (Tony Award Nomination for Best Book and Best Original Score, Drama Desk Award Nomination for Outstanding Lyrics). He also wrote the lyrics for the Broadway musical Elf, which broke several box office records at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Other works include: Judas & Me (NYMF Award for Excellence in Lyric Writing), The Rhythm Club (Signature Theater) and Wicked City (American Stage Company). He is the recipient of the Edward Kleban Award for Outstanding Lyric Writing, the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award, the Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Musical Theater Award and the ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award. Much love to Tom. CASEY NICHOLAW (Director, Choreog­ rapher). In addition to Aladdin (2014 Tony ®, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations, Best Choreography), he is currently represented on Broadway as co-director and choreographer of The Book of Mormon (2011 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer

Critics Circle Awards as co-director with Trey Parker, receiving the same nominations for choreography as well as an Olivier Award). Other Broadway credits as director/choreographer: Something Rotten! (2015 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations, Best Director and Best Choreography), Tuck Everlasting, Elf: The Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations), Monty Python’s Spamalot directed by Mike Nichols (2005 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Choreography).

Additional New York credits: for City Center Encores!: highly acclaimed productions of The Most Happy Fella, Anyone Can Whistle and Follies (direction/choreography) and Bye Bye Birdie (choreography). For TV: a 2013 episode of NBC’s “Smash.”

BOB CROWLEY (Scenic Design). His designs for the NT include Collaborators, Travelling Light, The Habit of Art, The Power of Yes, Phèdre, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Gethsemane, Fram (also co-directed), The History Boys (also Broadway, Tony Award) and Mourning Becomes Electra; for the RSC more than twenty-five productions including Les Liaisons Dangereuses and The Plantagenets (Olivier Award); and for Broadway The Glass Menagerie (and West End), Carousel (Tony Award), The Capeman, Sweet Smell of Success, Disney’s Aladdin (West End, Broadway), Aida (Tony Award), Tarzan (also directed), Mary Poppins (Tony Award), The Year of Magical Thinking, Coast of Utopia (Tony Award) and Once (Tony Award). Other designs include An American in Paris (Théâtre du Châtelet, Broadway – Tony Award), The Audience (West End, Broadway), Skylight (West End, Broadway), Great Scott (Dallas Opera), Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Winter’s Tale and Strapless (Royal Ballet), The Cunning Little Vixen (Le Châtelet), Don Carlo and La Traviata (Royal Opera). Film credits include Othello, Tales from Hollywood, Suddenly Last Summer and The Crucible (costumes). He received The Royal Designer for Industry Award and the Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Lifetime Achievement in ­ Theatrical Design.

GREGG BARNES (Costume Design).

Broadway: Tuck Everlasting (2016), Something Rotten (2015 Tony ® nomination), Aladdin (New York, London, Japan, Hamburg, Sydney), Dreamgirls (West End, 2017 Olivier nomination), Kinky Boots (2013 Tony nomination, 2016 Oliver Award), Follies (2012 Tony, Drama Desk, Henry Hewes Awards), Elf, Legally Blonde (2007 Tony nomination), The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Tony, Drama Desk Awards, Olivier nomina-

tion), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Flower Drum Song (2002 Tony nomination), Side Show, Bye Bye Birdie. New York: The Wizard of Oz, The Radio City Chrimas Spectacular, Pageant (NY and London — Olivier nomination). Regional: Mame, Allegro (Helen Hayes Award).

TDF Young Master Award.

NATASHA KATZ (Lighting Design) has designed extensively for theatre, opera, dance, concerts and permanent lighting installations around the world. She designed the lighting for Aladdin on Broadway as well as in the UK, Australia, Germany, and Japan. She is a sixtime Tony Award winner whose recent Broadway credits include: Hello, Dolly! (starring Bette Midler), Cats, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, School of Rock, An American in Paris, Aladdin, Skylight, The Glass Menagerie, Once, Follies, The Coast of Utopia: Salvage, and Aida.

Recent dance designs include: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Winter’s Tale, and Tryst for The Royal Ballet, all choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon. She currently has 5 shows on the West End including The Glass Menagerie for which she was nominated for an Olivier Award.

KEN TRAVIS (Sound Design).

Broadway: In Transit, Aladdin, Jekyll and Hyde, A Christmas Story the Musical, Scandalous, Newsies, Memphis, The ThreePenny Opera, Barefoot in the Park, Steel Magnolias.

New York and Regional Companies: The Old Globe, The 5th Avenue Theater, McCarter Theater, Seattle Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, LA CTG, ACT Seattle, Guthrie Theater, KC Rep, Dallas Theater Center, Playwrights Horizons, The New Group, NYSF Public Theater, CSC, Signature Theater NYC, SoHo Rep,Vineyard Theater, The Civilians, Mabou Mines. ken-travis.squarespace. com MICHAEL KOSARIN (Music Supervision, Incidental Music and Vocal Arrangements) was music director of the Broadway production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast in 1994, and has collaborated as composer Alan Menken’s music director and arranger since. He’s worked steadily on Broadway for over 35 years, on the original productions of Nine, Grand Hotel, Secret Garden, King David, Mayor, A Chorus Line, Triumph of Love, Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Leap of Faith, Sister Act, Newsies, and Aladdin, and arranged the legendary theatrical version of Hunchback of Notre Dame. Films includes the animateds “Pocahontas,” “Hercules,” and “Sausage Party,” and numerous liveactions, including “Enchanted,” “Tangled,” and “Captain America,” as well as the new film version of “Beauty and the Beast.” An Emmy-award-winning television music producer and arranger, he

DANNY TROOB (Orchestrations).

Danny’s five-decade career includes composing, orchestrating, and conducting. Early credits: Pacific Overtures, The Baker’s Wife (dance music) and Big River (music supervision–Drama Desk winner). He orchestrated the animated features Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Pocahontas, Newsies the film and the Broadway show. In 2012 he orchestrated Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella for which he won his second drama desk award. China, Russia, France, Italy, Germany, Holland and the UK round out his world travels.

GLEN KELLY (Dance Music Arrangements) is honored to have worked with such icons as Mike Nichols, Stephen Sondheim, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen and Trey Parker. He won the New York Drama Desk Award for his score to The Nance. He was music supervisor and arranger for The Producers, Young Frankenstein, Death of a Salesman and Bullets Over Broadway. He arranged music for Something Rotten, A Christmas Story, The Book of Mormon, The Scottsboro Boys, The Drowsy Chaperone, Spamalot and Beauty and the Beast, among others.

HOWARD JOINES (Music Coordinator).

Groundhog Day; Bandstand; Paramour; Allegiance; Aladdin; Matilda; Side Show; Bullets over Broadway; A Night With Janis Joplin; Cinderella; Scandalous; Chaplin; Ghost; How to Succeed; Promises, Promises; Bye-Bye Birdie; Grease; Times They Are A-Changin’; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Conductor/ Percussionist: Groundhog Day; Matilda; Billy Elliot; Miss Saigon; Les Misérables; Radio City Music Hall. For Robin and Taylor.

JOSH MARQUETTE (Hair Design). NY/ London: Present Laughter; Dreamgirls; Paramour; Tuck Everlasting; School of Rock; Something Rotten; Aladdin; Kinky Boots; The Book of Mormon; Trip of Love; First Date; Elf; Dogfight; The Best Man; Look Back In Anger; The Drowsy Chaperone; Pig Farm; The… Trailer Park Musical; Altar Boyz; Show Boat @ Carnegie Hall; Encores! Most Happy Fella; No, No, Nanette & Follies; Mamma Mia! West Coast: Robin & the 7 Hoods, Peep Show, Minsky’s, Vanities.

Television: “The Slap,” “30 Rock,” “Saturday Night Live.”

M IL AG ROS M E DINA- CE R DE IR A (Makeup Design). Makeup design for Tuck Everlasting, Something Rotten, The Rocky Horror Show and makeup design consultant for Present Laughter and Sister Act. She has worked as a makeup artist on Broadway for more than 20 years, including Spider-Man, Mary Poppins, The Lion King, Into the Woods, Bells Are Ringing, The Wild Party, Tango Argentino, Little Me, The Wizard of Oz, The King and I and Kiss of the Spider Woman, and has worked with the esteemed Eartha Kitt and Diahann Carroll.

JIM STEINMEYER (Illusion Design). The New York Times calls him the “celebrated invisible man, designer and creative brain behind many of the great stage magicians.” His illusions have been featured by Doug Henning, Siegfried and Roy, David Copperfield, Ricky Jay and many others. He created the special illusions for Beauty and the Beast, Into the Woods, The Phantom of the Opera and Mary Poppins. He’s also the author of books on the history of magic.

JEREMY CHERNICK (Special Effects Design). Broadway: Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, American Psycho, Aladdin The Musical, You Can’t Take It With You. London’s West End: Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, Let the Right One In. Off-Broadway and other: Joan of Arc (The Public Theater) Freaky Friday (Disney Theatrical Group) Guards at the Taj (the Atlantic) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney Theatrical Group), Parsifal (Metropolitan Opera).

Television and Film: The Wiz Live & Peter Pan Live. Chernick serves as Head designer for J&M Special Effects in Brooklyn www.jmfx.net. In 2014 his work was featured at the Museum of Art & Design in New York.

J. ALLEN SUDDETH (Original Fight Direction). J. Allen Suddeth has worked professionally for the past thirty years out of the New York area. For Broadway, he has staged fights for the smash hits Disney’s Aladdin, and Newsies plus the recent revival production of Jekyll and Hyde, as well as Gem Of The Ocean, Saturday Night Fever, Jekyll & Hyde, Angels in America Part One and Two, Loot, Saint Joan, A Small Family Business, and Hide and Seek. He is ranked as one of sixteen recognized Fight Masters in the United States by The Society of American Fight Directors.

SCOTTY TAYLOR (Associate Director).

Currently Associate/ Resident Director for Disney’s Broadway and all international companies of Aladdin. Scott has supervised and/or performed in 14 Broadway shows, including On A Clear Day, A Little Night Music, Broadway

Bound, Spamalot, Contact, Thou Shalt Not, Steel Pier, Victor/Victoria, Showboat, Crazy For You, Cats, Wind In The Willows, A Christmas Carol, Sinatra At Radio City, and A Little Night Music at the NYC and LA Opera. He has performed nationally in dozens of others and has been the Dance Supervisor and Associate Choreographer and Director for first class productions in London, Japan, Australia, Canada, and Germany.

CASEY HUSHION (Associate Resident Director). Broadway: Associate/assistant director of Elf (2010, 2012), The Drowsy Chaperone, In the Heights, To Be Or Not to Be, Good Vibrations. Artistic director of North Carolina Theatre.

Proud mom of Lincoln, Violet and Jane.

TYMS. TARA RUBIN CASTING (Casting).

Selected Broad­way: Dear Evan Hansen, Bandstand, Indecent, Prince of Broadway, Sunset Boulevard, Miss Saigon, A Bronx Tale, Cats, Falsettos, Disaster!, School of Rock, It Shoulda Been You, Gigi, Bullets Over Broadway, Les Misérables, The Heiress, How to Succeed.., Billy Elliot, Shrek, Young Frankenstein, Mary Poppins, Spamalot, …Spelling Bee, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, Jersey Boys, The Phantom of the Opera. Off-Broadway: The Band’s Visit; Here Lies Love; Love, Loss, and What I Wore.

NEURO TOUR PHYSICAL THERAPY, INC. (Physical Therapy) Carolyn M. Lawson PT, founder and CEO of Neurosport & NEURO TOUR (Physical Therapy), leaders in performing arts medicine. We are honored to be part of this amazing Aladdin Tour.

GEOFFREY QUART / HUDSON T H E AT R I­C A L A S S O C I AT E S (Technical Supervision and Production Management). More than 65 Broadway productions and tours.

Recent: Hamilton, Fiddler on the Roof, Sylvia, The Realistic Joneses, Of Mice and Men, Mothers and Sons, All the Way, The Bridges of Madison County. HTA is a member of Neil A. Mazzella’s HUDSON family, which includes Hudson Scenic Studio and Hudson Sound & Light.

Geoff has worked on more than 60 US and international tour productions.

His work for HTA includes A Night With Janis Joplin, Porgy and Bess tour, Newsies Broadway, Newsies tour, and Aladdin (Broadway, Tokyo, Hamburg, London, and Sydney). Geoff’s other Broadway credits include, Skylight, School of Rock, Ivo van Hove’s A View from the Bridge, and The Crucible, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time US Tour and Hello Dolly with Bette Midler.

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worked for two seasons on “Galavant,” and has composed for children’s shows such as “Sesame Street.” Additionally, Kosarin is a three-time Grammy-nominated recording artist and producer.

Concerts include having recently conducted the film “The Little Mermaid” live to picture at the Hollywood Bowl in front of 17,000 people.

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CLIFFORD SCHWARTZ (Senior Production Supervisor). Clifford has been with Disney Theatrical since 1999.

His Disney credits include two international productions of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, ten productions of Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida, four productions of Disney’s Tarzan, and the Broadway productions of Aladdin, Mary Poppins, and The Little Mermaid.

Other Broadway credits include Peter and the Starcatcher, Grease! (1995), Chicago (1996), Big, Guys and Dolls (1992), Lend Me a Tenor, and Moose Murders. Off Broadway credits include Wenceslas Square and the world premiere of Steven Sondheim’s Assassins (1990). Clifford earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Temple University in Philadelphia.

JASON TRUBITT (Production Supervisor) is proud to work with Clifford Schwartz on six productions of Aladdin worldwide (Broadway, Tokyo, Hamburg, London, Australia, North American Tour). Previous Broadway credits: Sister Act, Mary Poppins, Never Gonna Dance, Brooklyn, Mamma Mia!, Wicked, Phantom.National tours: Mamma Mia!, Copacabana. Love to Mom and Herbie! AEA member for 20 years.

BRENT-ALAN HUFFMAN (Conductor/ Music Director) US Premiere and cast recording of Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Broadway: Leap Of Faith, Sister Act, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast.

National tour: Sister Act, Little Shop of Horrors, Beauty and the Beast. Music Supervision: Hunchback of Notre Dame (Japan); Annie (Mexico); Sister Act (Brazil); Beauty and the Beast (Mexico).

Television: “The Music Man” (2003); “A Christmas Carol” (2004). Vocalist: Enchanted (2007); Tangled (2010); Beauty and the Beast (2017).

MICHAEL MINDLIN (Dance Supervisor) is a New York City based performer, choreographer and director. Some directing and choreography credits include Awesomer and Awesomer!!! (Triad Theatre, NYC), Xanadu, Evita, Beauty and the Beast, BC Beat 2012 & 2014, and several BC/EFA benefit concerts.

He is also on faculty at Broadway Dance Center in New York City. Broadway performance credits include Aladdin, Bring It On, Mamma Mia, 9 to 5, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Other: It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane...It’s Superman (City Center Encores!), Camelot (NY Philharmonic/ PBS Live from Lincoln Center), West Side Story (50th Anniversary USA Tour) Michael is currently the Dance Supervisor for Aladdin on Broadway.

MICHAEL MCGOFF (Production Stage Manager). Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, Next To Normal, Wicked, Cymbeline, Butley, Festen, Seascape, & The Rivals. National Tours: The Wizard of

Oz, La Cage, Next To Normal and RENT. Five productions in Central Park. OffBroadway: The Explorers Club, The Long Christmas Ride Home, Our Lady of Kibeho, and Burn This among 25 productions Michael staged last season’s National Tour of The Wizard of Oz. Thanks to Don Bill for our 22 year magic carpet ride.

KATE MCDONIEL (Stage Manager) grew up in St. Louis, “went pro” at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, and then worked on many fine shows OffBroadway. She’s been touring steadily since 2011, most recently with the Tony Award-winning Kinky Boots.

TRISHA HENSON (Assistant Stage Manager). Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, Orphans, Soul Doctor, The Road to Mecca, Harvey. National Tours: Book of Mormon, Once. Off-Broadway: Just Jim Dale; Nevermore; Tail!Spin!; Water by the Spoonful; The Tribute Artist; The Divine Sister.

VANESSA COAKLEY (Assistant Stage Manager). Broadway: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812; The Merchant of Venice; National Tour: La Cage aux Folles. Off-Broadway credits include The Public, Roundabout, MTC, MCC & Playwrights Horizons.

BRAE SINGLETON (Assistant Stage Manager). Broadway: Allegiance, The Cripple of Inishmaan. Off-Broadway: The Ruins of Civilization, Tales from Red Vienna (MTC). Tour: Something Rotten, Newsies, A Christmas Story.

Regional: Romeo and Juliet, Private Lives (Hartford Stage), Crowns (The Goodman). BFA in Stage Management from The Theatre School at DePaul University.

DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS, a division of The Walt Disney Studios, was formed in 1994 and operates under the direction of Thomas Schumacher.

Worldwide, its nine Broadway titles have been seen by over 160 million theatergoers and have been nominated for 59 Tony Awards®, winning Broadway’s highest honor 20 times. With more than 20 productions currently produced or licensed, a Disney musical is being performed professionally somewhere on the planet virtually every hour of the day.

The company’s inaugural production, Beauty and the Beast, opened in 1994.

It played a remarkable 13 year run on Broadway and has been produced in 37 countries worldwide.

In November 1997, Disney opened The Lion King, which received six 1998 Tony Awards including Best Musical. Now in its 20th smash year on Broadway, it has welcomed more than 90 million visitors worldwide to date, and can currently be seen in ten productions worldwide.

Having played 19 countries on every continent except Antarctica, The Lion King’s worldwide gross exceeds that of any film, Broadway show or other entertainment title in box office history.

Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida opened on Broadway next, winning four 2000 Tony Awards. It was followed by Mary Poppins, a co-production with Cameron Mackintosh, which opened in London in 2004 and went on to enjoy a six year Tony-winning Broadway run.

Tarzan ®, which opened on Broadway in 2006, is now an international hit with an award-winning production in its 8th year in Germany. In January 2008, The Little Mermaid opened on Broadway and was the #1-selling new musical of that year.

Disney Theatrical Productions opened two critically acclaimed productions on Broadway in 2012, receiving seven Tony Awards between them: Peter and the Starcatcher, which enjoyed a two year New York run and Newsies, which concluded its North America tour in 2016, followed by an in-cinema release in 2017, which became Fathom Events’ top-grossing Broadway title.

Aladdin is Disney Theatrical’s most recent Broadway hit, with a global footprint that has expanded to include productions in Tokyo, Hamburg, London, Melbourne and a tour across North America.

Other successful stage ventures have included the Olivier-nominated London hit Shakespeare in Love, stage productions of Disney’s High School Musical, Der Glöckner Von Notre Dame in Berlin, and King David in concert. DTP has collaborated with the country’s leading regional theatres to develop new stage titles including The Jungle Book, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Freaky Friday.

Their new Broadway musical Frozen will open on Broadway in spring 2018.

Information in “Who’s Who in the Cast” is provided by the production. Where opinions are expressed, they are those of the players, not necessarily those of playbill Magazine.

Staff for ALADDIN Worldwide

Co-Producer................................................................................. Anne Quart Senior Production Supervisor.........................................Clifford Schwartz Production Supervisor............................................................ Jason Trubitt Technical Supervisor.............Geoffrey Quart/Hudson Theatrical Associates General Manager........................................................................Myriah Bash Associate General Manager........................................Carly DiFulvio Allen Associate Director.................................................................... Scotty Taylor Music Supervisor..................................................................Michael Kosarin Dance Supervisor................................................................. Michael Mindlin Associate Scenic Designers........................ Paul Atkinson, Ros Coombes Associate Costume Designers...................... Jack Galloway, Sky Switser Associate Hair and Make-Up Supervisor.......................... Cheryl Thomas Associate Sound Designers...........................Tony Gayle, Alex Hawthorn Associate Lighting Designers......................... Mike Odam, Aaron Spivey Production Carpenters..........................Patrick Eviston, John McPherson Moving Light Programmer........................................................Sean Beach Special Effects Assistant............................................................. Ben Hagen Projection Consultant.............................................................Daniel Brodie Production Electrician.........................................................Jimmy Maloney Production Props Supervisor.........................................................Tim Abel Production Sound............................................ Phil Lojo, Simon Matthews Production Coordinators................................ Jeffrey Metzler, Ariel Stein SENIOR PUBLICIST.........................................................DENNIS CROWLEY NATIONAL PRESS REPRESENTATIVE.................... GREGORY HANOIAN Staff for ALADDIN Tour

COMPANY MANAGER....................................................BRENDAN BEGGS Assistant Company Manager........................................Candace Hemphill Production Stage Manager................................................Michael McGoff Stage Manager...................................................................... Kate McDoniel Assistant Stage Managers............................................. Vanessa M. Coakley, Trisha Henson, Brae Singleton Dance Captain...................................................................Michael Callahan Assistant Dance Captain.....................................................Michael Bullard US Tour Fight Instructor.................................................... Michael Mindlin Fight Captains............................................... Michael Callahan, Jaz Sealey Production Assistants................................................................ Sam Burke, Christopher Kee Anaya-Gorman, Lindsey Miller, Ashley Pettit, Megan Sover US Tour Associate Scenic Designer.................................... Mary Hamrick Assistant Lighting Designer.............................................. Jessica Craeger Assistant Costume Designers................Tom Bertsch, Torrance Shepherd Projection Programmer........................................................Chongren Fan Head Carpenter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..........................Noah Kern Automation Carpenters.............................. Paul K. Ebert, John Zawislak Deck Carpenter.............................................. David “Sideshow” Burgdorf Flyman......................................................................................Adam Gentry Advance Carpenters............Brooke Carlson, Alden Corey, Michael Nye Crew Swing..........................................................Christopher L Butterfield Automation Consultant.........................................................Steve Stackle Head Electrician......................................................................Vincent Goga Front Light Operators............................................................ Alan Pleiman Electricians.................................................... Kurt Krohne, Steve LaPlante Advance Electrician.................................................................Kim Caldwell Head Properties............................................................ Jennifer A. Kramer Assistant Properties............................................................... Jillian Bartels Assistant/Swing Properties.....................................................Katy Brown Head Sound...................................................................................Ian P. Carr Sound Assistant................................................................Nathan Meredith Advance Sound........................................................................ Mitch Tracey Wardrobe Supervisor....................................................Michael D. Hannah Wardrobe Associate.............................................................Meredith Scott Wardrobe Assistant..............................................................Mikey Piscitelli Hair & Make Up Supervisor........................................................Debra Parr Hair & Make Up Assistant................................................ Denise Reynolds Casting Associate........................................................Felicia Rudolph CSA Music Coordinator................................................................ Howard Joines Electronic Music Programming................................................Jeff Marder Assistant Music Supervisor....................................... Annbritt duChateau Music Preparation..........................................Anixter Rice Music Services Associate to Mr. Menken.............................................................Rick Kunis Physical Therapy.....................................NEURO TOUR Physical Therapy Matthew Baird, DPT Advertising.......................................................................Serino Coyne, Inc. Production Photography.................................................... Deen van Meer Payroll Managers.................... Marie Caringal, Calvin Gin, Cathy Guerra Corporate Immigration Counsel.................................. Michael Rosenfeld Housing Services.............. Tourwerks, Inc., Chris Renzulli, John Connor Special Thanks...............................Michael Bolgar, Ravenswood Studios

TARA RUBIN CASTING Tara Rubin CSA, Eric Woodall CSA, Merri Sugarman CSA, Lindsay Levine CSA, Kaitlin Shaw CSA, Claire Burke CSA, Felicia Rudolph CSA, Xavier Rubiano

DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE FOLLOWING SUPPORT IN ITS 2017/18 BROADWAY SEASON

SPECIAL EFFECTS DESIGNER Jeremy Chernick

CREDITS Scenery constructed and automated by Hudson Scenic Studio, Inc. Additional Scenery by Souvenir Scenic Studios Limited and Studio Hamburg. Lighting equipment by PRG Lighting. Additional projection animation by Gabriel Aronson. Props by the Paragon Innovation Group; The Specialists Ltd.; Baltimore Knife and Sword Co. and The Rabbit’s Choice. Sound equipment by Masque Sound. Video projections provided by Sound Associates, Inc. Magic carpet by Tait Towers. Illusion effects by William Kennedy MagicEffect. Special effects equipment by J&M Special Effects. Soft goods by iWeiss. Costumes by Arel Studio; Lynne Baccus; William Beilke; Jim Crochet; Donna Langman Costumes; Scout Insensee; J. Doug James Millinery; Eric Winterling, Inc.; Jeff Fender Studio; Polly Kinney; Lynne Mackey Studio; Marian Jean Hose, LLC; Monica Viani; Jan Parran; Parsons-Meares, Ltd.; Rodney Gordon, Inc. and Tricorne. Special thanks to Bra*Tenders for undergarment and hosiery. Custom shoes by LaDuca and T.O. Dey Shoe Company. Wigs

by Magnolia Wigs.

SONG EXCERPTS (used by permission) “Mambo” music by Leonard Bernstein. “Beauty and the Beast,” “Belle,” “Part of Your World,” and “Under the Sea,” music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman. “Colors of the Wind,” music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. “Genie In A Bottle” words and music by Stephen Kipner, David Frank & Pam Sheyne.

The premiere of Aladdin was produced by The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, WA. David Armstrong, Executive Producer & Artistic Director; Bernadine C. Griffin, Managing Director; Bill Berry, Producing Director.

Facebook............................................................................Facebook.com/Aladdin Twitter.........................................................................................................@Aladdin Instagram...................................................................................................@Aladdin YouTube...........................................................youtube.com/DisneyOnBroadway This production is produced in collaboration with our professional, union-represented employees.

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Visit Aladdin at: www.disneyonbroadway.com Aladdin National Tour proudly participates in Touring Green. We transport our theatrical equipment on a carbon neutral basis with Clark Transfer in association with NativeEnergy.com. For more information on this program, please visit www.clarktransfer.com/green.

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 Stagehands, Wardrobe, Makeup and Hair employees in this production are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.

United Scenic Artists • Local USA 829 of the I.A.T.S.E. represents the Designers & Scenic Artists for the American Theatre The Musicians, Conductors, Music Preparation Personnel and Librarians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

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The professional local musicians employed in this production are represented by the Denver Musicians Association, Local 20-623 of the American Federation of Musicians.

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These days, sure, we can choose our own families. But unless you live in a commune, you don’t really get to pick your own neighbors. And America’s great, ongoing ideological divide could not be expressed more definitively — or apparently, more comically — than in a play about a property line dispute between neighbors.

…almost every single fight…can be distilled down to one of these two things: border disputes and cultural differences.

— KAREN ZACARÍAS, Playwright

That’s the thorn in the rose of Karen Zacarías’ popular comedy Native Gardens. On one side of the fence, we have a pregnant Latinx couple who are new to town. On the other we have empty-nesters who think “Latinx” must surely be a misspelled word. Trouble blooms when the younger couple discovers their property line actually extends right over their nextdoor-Boomers’ pristine flowerbed.

“It’s a deceptively simple play,” Chicago-based Director Lisa Portes said.

“At first you might think you are watching this charming and disarming little play about neighbors and gardens. But the minute there is a dispute over two feet of land — all hell breaks loose.”

Zacarías, a native of Mexico who penned previous DCPA Theatre Company stagings of Mariela in the Desert and Just Like Us, got the idea for her play at a dinner party where the guests all traded horror stories about their neighbors. Everyone, it seems, has one.

“All of these stories, I found, were both upsetting and funny,” Zacarías said. “And what I discovered in listening to them is that we seem to have this primal attachment to land that is both poetic and absurd at the same time. And then I realized that almost every single fight that’s going on anywhere in the world can be distilled down to one of these two things: border disputes and cultural differences.”

What comes out on stage, Portes said, is an accessible comedy that explores weedy issues we don’t dare talk about in our own living rooms but maybe we can laugh at in the communal anonymity of a theatre.

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At a time when the nation is polarized by talk of borders and walls, Zacarías found a way to use gardening as what she calls “a really fun metaphor to talk about really much harder things like class and race and ageism and other issues.”

Even the title asks a prickly little question, Portes said: “What is native?

Who is native? What does that word even mean? It’s not as black and white as we think.”

The inaugural staging of Native Gardens accomplished something quite rare when the play was praised by DC Metro Theater Arts both for having “a finger pressed to the pulse of the American mood” and for “its ability to make you forget the current political and social climate.” At the same time.

That’s probably because Native Gardens, Zacarías said, puts no one on the defensive. “It’s sneaky that way,” she said. “I wrote all four main characters from a place of love. There’s a simplicity to the set-up, and that’s on purpose. It allows the play to sow some seeds and grow some deeper roots.

And the audience is willing to go there together because really nobody comes up smelling like a rose.”

Native Gardens premiered in 2016, before the ascendency of Donald Trump.

But while debate over immigration has raged for as long as America, there is no question it now tops a list of issues Zacarías says “are bubbling to the surface in a vicious manner.”

Zacarías experienced something similar in 2014, when she adapted Denver journalist Helen Thorpe’s book Just Like Us for its Denver Center world premiere. That true story followed four Denver Latinas through high school, and told how their struggles and opportunities diverged based on their citizenship status.

“I was hoping Just Like Us would become less relevant over time, but unfortunately it’s only become more relevant,” Zacarías said, referring to the ongoing battle over the immigration policy known as DACA. And with the rise of Trump, she said, the same has proven true of Native Gardens.

Only this play is much funnier.

Zacarías and Portes were among the so-called “DC-8” who started a national movement called The Latinx Theatre Commons in 2012 to amplify the visibility of Latinx theatre in the United States. Since then, Portes has directed the world premiere of Antoinette Nwandu’s Breach, a manifesto on race in america through the eyes of a black girl recovering from self-hate in Chicago, as well as an all-Latinx version of The Glass Menagerie for Cal Shakes in northern California.

Zacarías, now the most produced Latinx playwright in America, last month launched a high-profile production for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival called Destiny of Desire, a subversive homage to telenovelas, which she calls “one of the most exploitative forms of entertainment in the world.”

Native Gardens has already had several productions around the country, but the Denver Center’s will be the first to be staged in the round configuration,” which Portes said “almost makes this like a world premiere because that will create an entirely different actor-audience relationship. The audience will be its own kind of community circling this other community of actors, and we’re all sitting together in this real garden with real plants and flowers.”

Zacarías said the Denver Center staging also will be a first because it will introduce small, first-time improvements to the script. “I do think this will be a whole different take on the play,” she said.

“Native Gardens is a story that asks what it takes to be a good neighbor. It is about four specific, flawed people — but it’s not really about them. It’s about us. And how all of us can be better neighbors.”

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1. Auction Co-Chair Keri Christiansen greets guests during the cocktail reception. The auction generated $248,000 for DCPA Arts and Education programs. 2. Our Chairman’s table: (front row L-R) Trustee Judi Wolf, Marvin Wolf, Jo Semple; (middle row) Anne Bennet, Trustee Patty Baca; (top row L-R), Trustee June Travis, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, Amy Fitch, Chairman Martin Semple, Rosalind Ward, Honorary Trustee Lester Ward. 3. It’s show time! A raucous drumline led guests to the Buell Theatre for Hamilton. 4. Guests of The Salah Foundation, which matched auction proceeds up to $50,000, included (lower, L-R) Daniel Fearnow, Megan Fearnow, Cole Fearnow, Tamara Boyd and Christian Beyer, (top, L-R) Wes Olivas, Fred Churbuck, Michelle Sie Whitten, Tom Whitten and Meitra Beyer. 5. Guests kick up their heels to the grooves of popular Denver band Wash Park. 6. Members of the Hamilton cast enjoyed the post-show party in the Seawell Ballroom. 7. DCPA President and CEO Janice Sinden thanked sponsors and guests for their help in netting $1.15 million for DCPA Arts and Education programs. 8. Hamilton actor Josh Andrés Rivera meets Trustee Dean Singleton. 9. News anchor Jim Benemann of media partner CBS4 opens the program during dinner purveyed by Epicurean Group. 10. Just over 800 guests enjoy cocktails during the Silent Auction, sponsored by Colorado State Bank and Trust. 11. Saturday Night Alive Leadership: Patron Chairs Dr. Michael and Lyn Schaffer, Event Chairs Steve and Susan Struna, DCPA President and CEO Janice Sinden, Corporate Chairs Lisa and Norm Franke, and Auction Co-Chair Jane and Skip Netzorg (not pictured Auction Co-Chair Keri Christiansen). 12. Meredith and Trustee Roger Hutson open their Surprise Box donated by Trice Jewelers. 13. Sheila and Trustee Hassan Salem and Meredith and Trustee Roger Hutson. The gentlemen co-chair the DCPA Board Development Committee. 14. Hamilton actor Nicholas Christopher with Trustee Tina Walls.

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