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While our Theatre Company breaks in the summer to plan, design and build its next exciting season, our Broadway lineup continues with Motown the Musical, Annie and Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat. There also are many more family favorites just around the corner to fill late spring and summer with a variety of entertainment options.

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On January 12, 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. obtained a loan of $800 from his family and founded an enterprise he called Motown. He set up his Detroit headquarters in a modest house emblazoned with an immodest sign, “Hitsville U.S.A.” The slogan was premature, but prophetic. The company had its first hit record in 1960 and, between 1961 and 1971, landed 163 singles in Billboard magazine’s top 20, including 28 songs that reached No. 1.

Gordy discovered, developed and launched the careers of Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, Diana Ross and The Supremes, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells, The Jackson 5, Michael Jackson and Marvin Gaye – to name just a few – and Motown became the most successful business owned and operated by an African American in the United States.

What Gordy accomplished had ramifications far beyond the world of music. Now his legacy is celebrated in Motown the Musical. “Berry Gordy is the Steve Jobs of the music field,” says Doug Morris, CEO of Sony Music Entertainment and co-producer of the show. “He’s the No. 1 creative executive in the history of the industry, an amazing American success story who changed the culture of the country.”

Although Motown was home mostly to black artists, Gordy envisioned the music as “the sound of young

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America” – and by that he meant Americans of all colors and ethnicities. He started Motown just before the Civil Rights Movement was in full flower, when neighborhoods throughout the country remained segregated and music by black artists was mostly relegated to black radio stations.

But Gordy “endeavored to reach across the racial divide with music that could touch all people,” as the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame acknowledged. And so he did. A brilliant entrepreneur with impeccable artistic taste, Gordy signed the best singers, hired the best musicians, the best songwriters, the best producers, and the best staff to “create, make and sell” irresistible songs with universal appeal.

It began, of course, with the sound, a thrilling amalgamation of gospel, blues, jazz, doo wop, and country. “I may not have always known what I was looking for exactly, but when I found it I knew it,” Gordy has said.

“Long before there were electronic synthesizers, I was looking for new ways to create different sound effects. We would try anything to get a unique percussion sound: two blocks of wood slapped together, striking little mallets on glass ashtrays, shaking jars of dried peas – anything. I might see a producer dragging in bike chains or getting a whole group of people stomping on the floor.”

— BERRY GORDY, FOUNDER OF MOTOWN In the early ’60s, when Motown was evolving and beginning to hit its stride, radio play was crucial to a song’s success. Gordy recognized that he needed an experienced, respected, well-connected point man who could infiltrate and shatter the color line of the airwaves, and in 1960 he brought on Barney Ales as vice president of distribution and sales. Ales had been a branch manager at Capitol Records in Detroit, then had his own record distributorship, and had relationships with disc jockeys and stations, black and white, all around the metropolitan area.

“My feeling, long before I went to Motown, was that music was music,” says Ales. “I never considered Motown a black company. It was owned by a black guy and had black artists, but it wasn’t a black company. It was a record company. And it was easy to sell the sound because people liked the sound.”

Robin Seymour, Detroit’s most popular radio personality of that era, was perhaps the only white disc jockey in the city to feature black music on his shows in the ’50s, prior to the founding of Motown. “When Berry Gordy came along, I started playing his records,” says Seymour. “Some of the sponsors hated the music, but they had kids and their kids thought it was the greatest music ever. The sponsors were getting results, so they were happy. The music really took off.”

In those days, according to Seymour and Ales, radio stations on the East and West coasts would not play a new record until it had been a hit in Detroit or Chicago or Cleveland. “The record had to be pretty high on the charts before a song was played in New York, regardless of whether the singer was black or white,” says Ales. “Later in the ’60s, when Motown had made it big, that changed. Stations would play a new record by a new artist.”

Seymour adds, “White disc jockeys around the country were eager to get and play this music. If I had a record I really liked, I’d call a disc jockey, say, in Boston on the big station there, and say, ‘You’ve got to hear this record.’

And he’d call the distributor to get a copy. Because the disc jockeys wanted to be connected with records and artists and songs that became hits, so they could say, ‘First introduced on our show.’”

Motown gradually became part of the fabric of America. “Music really makes the world vibrate,” says Morris. “And when multi-cultures vibrate together, it’s a great thing. That’s what Berry Gordy made happen. His music changed the world.”

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DEFENDING THE CAVEMAN He’s kidding! He was goaded! But when Durango native Cody Lyman was asked how much better he is than the other seven “cavemen on call” who perform in the worldwide Defending the Caveman dynasty, he totally took the bait.

“Oh, quite a bit better,” Lyman said.

Take that, Neanderthals.

Lyman is happy to be heading back to his native state performing the one-man show (Apr 22-Jun 28) that Rob Becker made famous. It’s a theatrical conversation between a modern-day caveman (read: your average husband) and his audience about the ways men and women relate.

APPLAUSE: So there are eight caveman on call. Do you all go to a caveman camp together or something?

LYMAN: We rarely all get together at once.

There are legal concerns that might arise.

Local liquor sales would shoot through the roof. We all have the same script, but it really is eight different shows.

A: So how long have you been doing it?

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A: And do you get sick of it or could you do for the rest of your life?

L: I still love this show. I love that it speaks to everybody. One of my favorite things about it is that you get people who aren’t typical theater patrons. You know: Guys who show up in jeans. Or were dragged there by their wives. They’re upset that they are here, but they end up loving the show.

A: How do you classify this show — one-man theater, stand-up, couples’ therapy?

L: It’s very conversational. It has a lot of standup elements, but it has a lot of theatrical elements, too. What is it Steve Martin said?

“People want to laugh, they want free parking — and they want to get home early.”

A: So how do you know if you’ve had a good night?

L: One of my favorite things to do is to watch how people relate to one another while I am on stage. I love seeing lovers elbow each other in recognition. Most of all, I love seeing them leave the theater arm-in-arm.

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The adorable, sad-eyed terrier mix playing Sandy in the national tour of Annie is Sunny, a four-year-old rescue dog who was named by her trainer, Tony Award honoree William Berloni, after the lyric “The sun’ll come out tomorrow.” Like her character in the beloved musical, the canine went from a hard-knock life to sunny tomorrows. But when Berloni found her, she had just one tomorrow remaining: she was only a day away from euthanasia.

Berloni came across Sunny when he was looking for a dog to play Sandy in the 2012 Broadway production. He already had two candidates and was asked to find a third. He saw an online photo of Bruno — the dog had been misidentified as male — at a Houston shelter on a Friday and called to ask if he could come to see her on Monday.

He was told she was scheduled to be put down on Saturday.

“The thing about my job is I connect with someone, whether it’s online or in person, and if I don’t take them, they sometimes die,” Berloni says. “A trainer who used to work with me was living in Houston and I said, ‘Go over and see the dog, and if she’s sweet pull her and we’ll get her to New York and find her a

home.’ It was less about the dog being a candidate for the show than it was about saving her life. It wasn’t until I temperament tested her — saw that she was friendly, and learned her aggression triggers and how she deals with stress — that I told the show we had one more candidate.”

She got the role, making her the tour’s lone holdover from Broadway. In fact, Sunny aside, the touring version is based not on the recent revival, but the original 1977 production. Martin Charnin, the show’s lyricist and original director, is again directing the musical, which has a book by Thomas Meehan and music

by Charles Strouse. The choreographer is Liza Gennaro, who has incorporated selections of her father Peter Gennaro’s original dances. The new design is by Beowulf Boritt (set), Suzy Benzinger (costumes) and Ken Billington (lighting).

Berloni, who has trained animals for 19 Broadway productions, as well as television and film, owes his career to Annie. He was an aspiring 19-year-old actor when he was asked to find and train a dog to play Sandy at the Goodspeed Opera House, where the show was first produced. “I had no idea what I was doing,” he says. So he trained the

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dog purely by instinct, which became the basis of the methodology he continues to use. “It’s really more of a life philosophy than a training philosophy. It’s taking the time to understand someone else’s feelings and language, as opposed to assuming they should understand yours.

You take a dog who’s happy, friendly, likes people, and deals with stress, teach them some behaviors where there’s a cookie involved at the end, and they’ll do what you want eight times a week.”

Berloni works only with rescue animals and estimates that he’s saved some 400 dogs over the years. When the animals aren’t performing, they live with Berloni, his wife and daughter on their Connecticut farm.

“We currently own 25 dogs,” he says. “They’re either actors in training, working actors, or retired actors. We also have a couple of horses and pigs, a llama, a donkey, a pony, two cats and a macaw. The dogs reside in special wings of our home; it’s a communal living situation. They pay the mortgage, so I figure they should have luxury accommodations.”

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Gregory Maguire was born in 1955, in Albany, New York. He was a voracious reader who particularly enjoyed fairy tales, even when he was at the age when one was supposed to outgrow them. He wrote many books for children while building a career as a teacher, but soon sought out an idea for adult readers.

FUN FACTS ABOUT ANNIE • Annie is based on the Little Orphan Annie comic strip that ran from 1924 to 2010.

• When penned as a musical, it was rejected by 23 producers before being presented at the Goodspeed Opera House in 1977.

• The original Broadway run had 2,377 performances and won 7 Tony Awards.

• Annie was revived for Broadway in 1997 and 2012. It also has played in 34 different countries.

• Annie was reimagined for the big screen three times: 1982, 1999 and 2014.

• The show launched the careers of many young actresses: Sarah Jessica Parker, Molly Ringwald, Alyssa Milano and Jamie Lynn Seigler, just to name a few.

• And many celebrities have recorded “Tomorrow” including: Barbra Streisand, Johnny Mathis, Cissy Houston, Grace

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“I became interested in the nature of evil,” said Maguire, “and whether one really could be born bad. When I realized that nobody had ever written about one of the most evil characters in our collective American subconscious, the Wicked Witch of the West, I thought I had experienced a small moment of inspiration.”

Published in 1995, Wicked was very well received by critics and readers, although some Oz purists were resistant at first to Maguire’s “heretical” story.

He is careful to point out that Wicked is not a prequel to The Wizard of Oz, but rather a reimagining of the same world.

Wicked was adapted into a Broadway musical in 2003. Since then it has broken box office records, delighting more than 2 million patrons worldwide. Winner of three Tony Awards and a Grammy, Wicked returns to The Buell June 3-July 5.

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Erick Buckley Patrice Covington Jamarice Daughtry Ashley Tamar Davis Lynorris Evans Melanie Evans Anissa Felix Devon Goffman Jennie Harney Rod Harrelson Robert Hartwell Rodney Earl Jackson, Jr. Trisha Jeffrey Elijah Ahmad Lewis Jarvis B. Manning, Jr. Krisha Marcano Moeisha McGill Marq Moss Rashad Naylor Chadaé Nichol Leon Outlaw, Jr. Ramone Owens Nicholas Ryan Jamison Scott Reed L. Shannon Joey Stone Doug Storm Martina Sykes Donald Webber, Jr. Galen J. Williams SCENIC DESIGN

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CLIFTON OLIVER

JESSE NAGER

ALLISON SEMMES

LEON OUTLAW, JR.

JARRAN MUSE

REED L. SHANNON

ERICK BUCKLEY

PATRICE COVINGTON

JAMARICE DAUGHTRY

ASHLEY TAMAR DAVIS

LYNORRIS EVANS

MELANIE EVANS

ANISSA FELIX

DEVON GOFFMAN

JENNIE HARNEY

ROD HARRELSON

ROBERT HARTWELL

RODNEY EARL JACKSON, JR.

TRISHA JEFFREY

ELIJAH AHMAD LEWIS

JARVIS B. MANNING, JR.

KRISHA MARCANO

MOEISHA MCGILL

MARQ MOSS

RASHAD NAYLOR

CHADAÉ NICHOL

RAMONE OWENS

NICHOLAS RYAN

JAMISON SCOTT

JOEY STONE

DOUG STORM

MARTINA SYKES

DONALD WEBBER, JR.

GALEN J. WILLIAMS

BERRY GORDY.................................................................................................................................................CLIFTON OLIVER DIANA ROSS...................................................................................................................................................ALLISON SEMMES SMOKEY ROBINSON............................................................................................................................................ JESSE NAGER MARVIN GAYE...................................................................................................................................................... JARRAN MUSE YOUNG BERRY GORDY/STEVIE WONDER/MICHAEL JACKSON.......................................... LEON OUTLAW, JR., REED L. SHANNON ENSEMBLE JACKIE WILSON MANAGER, HAROLD NOVECK, STUDIO HEAD................................................ ERICK BUCKLEY EDNA ANDERSON, MARTHA REEVES, CHATTIE HATTIE, MARVELETTE...................... PATRICE COVINGTON DENNIS EDWARDS, MIRACLE, MICKEY STEVENSON, COMMODORE.......................... JAMARICE DAUGHTRY ESTHER GORDY, LULA HARDAWAY, GLADYS KNIGHT, VANDELLA, GLADYS HORTON............................................................................................................................ASHLEY TAMAR DAVIS TEMPTATION, FULLER GORDY, CONTOUR, JACKSON 5.............................................................. LYNORRIS EVANS CLAUDETTE ROBINSON, LANDLADY, TEENA MARIE, BILLIE JEAN BROWN, HITSVILLE EMPLOYEE, MARVELETTE................................................................................................ MELANIE EVANS TEMPTATION, CONTOUR, JACKSON 5, ROBERT GORDY...................................................... ROBERT HARTWELL LAMONT DOZIER, DAVID RUFFIN, COMMODORE, JERMAINE JACKSON, PIP.............................................................................................. RODNEY EARL JACKSON, JR. MARY WILSON, MOTHER GORDY........................................................................................................... TRISHA JEFFREY STEVIE WONDER, LEVI STUBBS, MIRACLE, PIP, JR. WALKER ALLSTAR ................... ELIJAH AHMAD LEWIS CONTOUR, EDDIE HOLLAND, MAGNIFICENT MONTAGUE, HITSVILLE EMPLOYEE................................................................................................................JARVIS B. MANNING, JR. FLORENCE BALLARD, SUZANNE DE PASSE................................................................................. KRISHA MARCANO TEMPTATION, COMMODORE, CONTOUR, JR. WALKER...........................................................................MARQ MOSS JACKIE WILSON, FOUR TOP, CONTOUR, BRIAN HOLLAND, JACKSON 5, RICK JAMES........ RASHAD NAYLOR ANNA GORDY, MARVELETTE................................................................................................................... CHADAÉ NICHOL MELVIN FRANKLIN, MIRACLE, COMMODORE................................................................................... RAMONE OWENS BARNEY ALES, ROGER CAMPBELL, TOM CLAY, PIRATE DJ..........................................................JAMISON SCOTT FOUR TOP, NORMAN WHITFIELD, COMMODORE ................................................................................... JOEY STONE ED SULLIVAN, SHELLY BERGER, DUDLEY BUELL.................................................................................. DOUG STORM GWEN GORDY, VANDELLA, CINDY BIRDSONG, MARY WELLS................................................... MARTINA SYKES FOUR TOP, GEORGIE WOODS, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., PIP, MILLER LONDON, POP GORDY................................................................................................. DONALD WEBBER, JR. SWINGS ANISSA FELIX, DEVON GOFFMAN, JENNIE HARNEY, ROD HARRELSON, MOEISHA MCGILL, NICHOLAS RYAN, GALEN J. WILLIAMS DANCE CAPTAIN: ROD HARRELSON ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN: LYNORRIS EVANS UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance For Berry Gordy—JAMARICE DAUGHTRY, DONALD WEBBER, JR. For Diana Ross—ASHLEY TAMAR DAVIS, TRISHA JEFFREY For Smokey Robinson—NICHOLAS RYAN, JOEY STONE For Marvin Gaye—RODNEY EARL JACKSON, JR., DONALD WEBBER, JR.

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SCENES ACT 1 1983: Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Berry Gordy’s House—Los Angeles 1938: The Gordy Family Home—Detroit, Urban Street 1957: Flame Show Bar, Gwen’s House, Jackie Wilson’s Manager’s Office, Gordy Home 1959: Hitsville House, WJBK Radio 1962: Motortown Revue, Hitsville Office/A Payphone in Birmingham 1963: Hitsville Studio A 1964: Caravan Of Stars, Ed Sullivan Theatre Stage 1965: Theater—Manchester, England—Backstage & Onstage, Paris Hotel, The Copacabana 1968: In and Around Hitsville

ACT 2 1968: Performance Stage 1968: In and Around Hitsville 1969: Hollywood Palace 1970: Frontier Hotel—Outer Lobby & Stage 1971: L.A. Recording Studios, A Resort in the Bahamas, Smokey’s Hotel Room—Los Angeles, Berry’s Office, Sales Dept./Southern Distributor’s Office 1972: Diana’s Dressing Room, Hollywood Movie Set 1975: Motown L.A. Offices 1981: Diana’s Dressing Room, Onstage 1983: Berry Gordy’s House, Pasadena Civic Auditorium

The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.

Motown music courtesy of Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

“I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)”

“ABC” “A Breathtaking Guy” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg”

“I Got the Feeling”

“(I Know) I’m Losing You”

“Baby Love”

“It’s What’s in the Grooves That Counts”*

“Brick House” “Buttered Popcorn” “Bye Bye Baby/Two Lovers” “Can I Close the Door”*

“I Want You Back”

“Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)”

“Do You Love Me”

“Money (That’s What I Want)”

“Get Ready” “Good Morning, Heartache” “Got a Job” “Hey Joe (Black Like Me)”* “I Can’t Get Next to You”

“The Happening”

“Two Lovers” “War” “What’s Going On” “Who’s Loving You”

“My Guy”

“You’re All I Need to Get By”

“My Mama Done Told Me”

“You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You”

“Please, Mr. Postman”

“Happy Birthday”

“Super Freak”

“Where Did Our Love Go”

“My Girl”

“Give It to Me, Baby”

“Stubborn Kind of Fellow”

“To Be Loved”

“Love Is Here and Now You’re Gone”

“Dancing in the Street”

“Square Biz”

“The Love You Save”

“I Wish” “Lonely Teardrops”

“Cruisin’”

“Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours” “Stop in the Name of Love”

“I’ll Be There”

“Ball of Confusion”

“Shop Around” “Shotgun”

“I Hear a Symphony” “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”

“Baby I Need Your Lovin’”

“Remember Me”

“Reach Out (I’ll Be There)”

“You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me”

“Reach Out and Touch” “Reet Petite”

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TRUMPET—PETER OLSTAD

PERCUSSION—CARL DIXON

TRUMPET—TERRY SAWCHUK

PERCUSSION—MARK FOSTER

VIOLIN/VIOLA—NAOMI SUE SMITH

TROMBONE/BASS TROMBONE—JIM GRAY

KEYBOARD SUB—BOKO SUZUKI

LOCAL MUSICIAN CONTRACTOR—JIM HARVEY

REED—WIL SWINDLER

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A NOTE FROM BERRY GORDY At Motown, we called ourselves a family and we were—a big family. While it is impossible to list here the many people who helped Motown with their love and passion, I personally want to thank them all. Their dedication and talent contributed to our success, as well as helped to inspire me to bring our story to Broadway.

Motown was a dream that happened to come true, and it’s all because of you. Thank you.

Berry Gordy Founder, Motown

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST CLIFTON OLIVER (Berry Gordy) is honored to be a part of the Motown family.

Broadway: The Lion King (Simba), In the Heights (Benny opposite Jordin Sparks), Wicked (Fiyero). National tours: The Lion King (Simba), Rent (Benny and Collins), Ragtime (Ensemble). Regional: Pal Joey (Arkansas Rep.), Kinky Boots (Lola’s standby for Bill Porter), West Coast tour of The Scottsboro Boys (Charlie/ Victoria), Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Victor), Godspell (Judas) MUNY. Television: “Law and Order: Criminal Intent.” Clifton would like to express his love and gratitude to his mother, family and friends, Scotty Kreindler, Telsey & Co., Don Buchwald & Associates, Matt Farnsworth, Dani Super and his foundation, God. ALLISON SEMMES (Diana Ross). Chicago native. B.M. Opera at UIUC, M.M. from NYU-Steinhardt. Broadway credits: Motown The Musical (Florence Ballard) and The Book of Mormon (Nabalungi u/s, Swing). Other credits include The Color Purple national tour, Dreamgirls, Bubbling Brown Sugar, The Wiz, Candide. “I want to thank you Bethany and everyone at Telsey, Renee, my CCC/KACC/GIAME families, Momma and Poppa Bear, Emile, QVD and my friends for the unconditional love and support!” allisonsemmes.com. @ ladysemmes. Romans 12:12 NMRK. JESSE NAGER (Smokey Robinson) is thrilled to continue his Motown journey as Smokey, having opened the show on Broadway as Eddie Kendricks/The Temptations. Broadway: Scandalous, Mary Poppins, Good Vibrations, Mamma Mia! Tours/Off-Broadway: Xanadu/Fame on 42nd St. Jesse has sung with Mariah Carey, Shania Twain and Patti Labelle.

Jesse is the founder and Artistic Director of The Broadway Boys, a touring group that redefines the “musical theater” (bwayboys.com). Jacob, you are my rock!

JARRAN MUSE (Marvin Gaye). A native Jersey boy couldn’t be happier living his dream. God is good y’all. Broadway/ N.Y.C.: Motown The Musical, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Dreamgirls. Tours: American Idiot, Dreamgirls, Hairspray, 42nd Street. Check jarranmuse.com for the complete resume. “Thank you to Mr. Gordy, Charles and Telsey for this new opportunity to bring Marvin to stage every night; to the Motown legends that lived the story we are telling; to KMR for representing me and to my family and friends for being there. I LOVE YOU! Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. Follow me on Instagram: @ JaeMuse or Twitter: @JarranMuse.”

LEON OUTLAW, JR. (Young Berry Gordy/ Young Stevie Wonder/Young Michael Jackson). At a very young age, Leon began to sing and dance to the amazement of his parents. Inspired by Michael Jackson and James Brown, Leon made his stage debut at age 9. Ecstatic about being a part of Motown and thanks God, family and friends. Facebook: Leon-C-Outlaw-Jr; Twitter: @leoncoutlawjr; Instagram: LJOutlaw312.

REED LORENZO SHANNON (Young Berry Gordy/Young Stevie Wonder/ Young Michael Jackson) was trained at NC Theatre Conservatory. He has performed roles in NCTC productions of The Who’s Tommy, In the Heights and on the main stage in Oliver! Reed received rave reviews while in the cast

of Les Misérables (2014—Gavroche) with NCT and Broadway Series South. reedshannon.com.

ERICK BUCKLEY (Ensemble).

Broadway/national tours: Les Misérables (Valjean); The Addams Family (Uncle Fester); The Full Monty (Dave); The Phantom of the Opera (Piangi); Kiss Me, Kate (Gangster #1); Grease! (Roger).

Favorite roles: husband to Robin, dad to Miranda.

PATRICE COVINGTON (Ensemble).

The Book of Mormon, Dreamgirls (Effie), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Armelia). Find her self-titled original album and the Grammy-nominated Ain’t Misbehavin’ on iTunes. Numerous national voice-overs.

Instagram: @Sangtrice. “Don’t be a star… be a galaxy!”

JAMARICE DAUGHTRY (Ensemble).

From Bartow, Fla., Bethune Cookman University alum. Member of the Stellar Award-winning group Group Therapy.

Winner of the Grady Rayam Prize in Negro Spirituals. “Thank you to my mom Sharon for always supporting me!” jamaricedaughtry.com.

ASHLEY TAMAR DAVIS (Ensemble).

To u r s : P r i n c e . T h e a t e r : P e r r y Productions. TV: “SNL,” BRIT Awards.

Grammy-nominated; co-wrote “Beautiful, Loved and Blessed.”

Graduate of USC School of Music.

“Thanks to God, family, friends!” tamardavis.com.

LYNORRIS EVANS (Ensemble, Assistant Dance Captain) is thrilled to join the national tour of Motown The Musical. Broadway: Leap of Faith. Tours:

MELANIE EVANS (Ensemble). National/ international: Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Junie B. Jones, Disney’s Believe (original cast). New York workshop: Amazing Grace. Regional: Ragtime (Sarah) and Aida (Nehebka). AMDA graduate. “Thank you to The Mine and Telsey casting!”

ANISSA FELIX (Swing) is honored to join the Motown family! Regional: Around the World in 80 Days, Little Shop of Horrors. Many thanks to: Mom, Dad, family and friends. To the Waldman-Shanahans, Jasper, Anna Lise and Schele.

DEVON GOFFMAN (Swing).

Hometown: Buffalo, N.Y.! Tours: Jersey Boys, Grease! (with Frankie Avalon), Titanic, Buddy. Film: Michael & Javier.

“Thank you Bethany, everyone at Telsey and Judy Boals. Love to my family! In loving memory of Jack Greenan.”

JENNIE HARNEY (Swing). Brooklyn baby! Broadway: Broadway Rising Stars (featured). National: We the People (Dawn). Regional: Dreamgirls (Deena), Thunder Knocking on the Door (Glory), Beehive (Jasmine), Pearl (Pearl Bailey).

AUDELCO Nominee. “Thanks to God, Mom and Dad!” ROD HARRELSON (Swing, Dance Captain). From Greensboro, N.C. Broadway: The Lion King, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Legally Blonde, Bring It On, Motown. Tours: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Swing! Other: “Michael Jackson 30th Anniversary Special.” “Thanks to God and family. For Cynthia!”

ROBERT HARTWELL (Ensemble).

Proud magna cum laude University of Michigan. Broadway: Memphis (Wailin’ Joe), Nice Work… (Astaire Award nominee), Cinderella. Tours: Dreamgirls. Host and interior designer of web series “Broadway Quick Change.” Jeremiah 29:11. “As always, for Nana.” robert-hartwell.com.

RODNEY EARL JACKSON, JR. (Ensemble). So honored to be part of a theatrical experience surrounded by love. Broadway/tours: The Book of Mormon. Born and raised in the heart of San Francisco where he founded the Bay

Area Theatre Company (BATCo). CMU Drama B.F.A. TRISHA JEFFREY (Ensemble). 2013 BroadwayWorld Chicago Best Actress for “Celie” in The Color Purple. Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors, All Shook Up, Rent.

Tour: Sister Act, Rent. Full bio: trishajeffrey.com. @trishajeffrey. “Love and gratitude.”

ELIJAH AHMAD LEWIS (Ensemble).

Award-winning song writer/arranger, choreographer. Off-Broadway: Mama I Want To Sing, Sing Harlem Sing, We Are. Regional: Once on This Island, Guys and Dolls, The Piano Lesson. TV/Film: Mama I Want To Sing, “America” (Rosie O’Donnell), “Celebrity Apprentice,” TBN, “Bobby Jones Gospel.” elijahahmadlewis.com.

JARVIS B. MANNING, JR. (Ensemble).

Houston, Tex. native. This is his first Equity production and he feels honored and blessed that it’s with Motown! This performance is dedicated to his amazing family, especially his Aunt Barbs! “Thank you God!” KRISHA MARCANO (Ensemble).

Broadway: Motown, The Color Purple (Squeak, original cast), Sweet Charity, Aida, Fosse (first national tour).

Concert dance: Martha Graham Dance Co., Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Krisha is a proud member of AEA. MOEISHA MCGILL (Swing). Broadway: Motown, Mamma Mia!, RENT. OffBroadway/Regional: Baby (Papermill), They Wrote That? (Off B’way), Bagdad Café (International Tour), Lil’ Shop of Horrors, Princesses, Jesus Christ Superstar. Thanks to friends, family, Jason and to Clara and Bea. MARQ MOSS (Ensemble). Background vocalist: Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Carole King, Anita Baker, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross. Graduate of Clark Atlanta University. Broadway tour: The Lion King (u/s Simba). Thanks God, family and friends. “Hey, Mom!” marqkmoss. com.

RASHAD NAYLOR (Ensemble).

Broadway: Hairspray (Thad, Seaweed u/s, original cast album), Jersey Boys (Barry Belson). Off-Broadway: Rent (Benny). Tours: Rock of Ages, The Book of Mormon. Regional: The Rat Pack (Sammy Davis Jr.), The Wiz (Scarecrow).

CHADAÉ NICHOL (Ensemble).

Chicagoland native, Ball State grad, Chadaé is overjoyed to embark on this historic Motown tour! Regional: Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Cabaret, Little Shop…. “Thanks to God, and my support system! Brittyn you are my star.”

Matt 5:14. @ChadaeNichol.

RAMONE OWENS (Ensemble). A Los Angeles native, Ramone is beyond thrilled to be a part of Motown.

Regional: Disney’s Aladdin, Dreamgirls, Man of La Mancha. B.F.A., Boston Conservatory. “Thanks to God, Mom, Dad and my ‘we knows.’” Hab: 2:3.

NICHOLAS RYAN (Swing) is thrilled to be joining Motown! Last seen in the world premiere Duncan Sheik musical Because of Winn Dixie. A graduate of The Boston Conservatory. Currently in training with the “School of Life.” #grateful. @mister_nicryan.

JAMISON SCOTT (Ensemble).

Broadway: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Memphis, Grease! Tour/regional: Grease!, Hairspray, We Will Rock You, Saturday Night Fever, Altar Boyz.

Recordings: Hairspray movie, Killer Queen—A Tribute to Queen, Grease!

2007 cast album. “To God be the glory!

ILYHMS.” @JamisonScottR. JOEY STONE (Ensemble) is so happy to join the Motown family. He calls Chicago home and some regional credits include Mary Zimmerman’s Candide, Frank Galati’s The Snow Queen and Gary Griffin’s Funny Girl. “All I have is gratitude.”

DOUG STORM (Ensemble). Broadway: Les Misérables, Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Dance of the Vampires, Chess in Concert. OffBroadway: Bat Boy (original cast).

Other: Disney’s Tarzan, Because of Winn Dixie, Heathers. 20-year member of Actors’ Equity Association.

MARTINA SYKES (Ensemble). Native of St. Petersburg, Fla. and graduate of the University of Florida. Favorite credits (regional): Raindogs, Rent, Hairspray. “I would like to thank God, my family and friends for their unconditional love and support.” Ephesians 3:20.

DONALD WEBBER, JR. (Ensemble) is thrilled to return to Motown! Broadway: Motown (original Broadway cast), Holler If Ya Hear Me (OBC). B.F.A. Acting graduate of the University of Southern California. First national tour: Jersey

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Flashdance, Memphis. Cirque du Soleil: Viva Elvis. B.F.A.: Fordham University.

“Thanks to my supportive family and friends.”

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Boys. Other: Venice, Witness Uganda.

Thanks to Jodie, Alisa and BBR. For the LA fam. Twitter: @donaldwebber.

GALEN J. WILLIAMS (Swing) is thrilled to be on his very first tour with Motown. Favorite past credits: Black Nativity, Passing Strange, Three Little Birds, 2-2 Tango, BDF’s Circle of Dreams. B.F.A., Howard University.

BERRY GORDY (Book, Producer) is the founder of Motown, the hit-making enterprise that reached out across a racially divided, politically and socially charged country to transform popular music. He is also a songwriter, producer, director, innovative entrepreneur, teacher and visionary. Actively involved in the Civil Rights movement, he released the recorded speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His films include Lady Sings the Blues (five Academy Award nominations) and Mahogany. Gordy has received four honorary doctorates in philosophy (Occidental College), the humanities (Morehouse College, Michigan State University) and music (Eastern Michigan University).

Other awards include the Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Award, the Gordon Grand Fellow from Yale University, induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, the Rainbow Coalition’s Man of the Millennium Award, the Rhythm and Blues Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the T.J. Martell Foundation’s Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award and the Grammy Salute to Industry Icons President’s Merit Award. In 2011, President Obama honored him with a Salute to Motown evening at the White House. He is also the recipient of the 2013 Marian Anderson Award, BET’s Visionary Award, Ebony’s first Lifetime Achievement Award and Major League Baseball’s 2014 Beacon of Change Award.

Berry Gordy’s unparalleled contribution to popular culture is chronicled in his autobiography, To Be Loved: The Music, The Magic, The Memories of Motown.

SONY/ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING. Sony/ ATV Music Publishing, established in 1995 as a joint venture between Sony and Michael Jackson, is the world’s leading music publisher. Together with EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV owns or administers more than two million copyrights, including those from such iconic music catalogs like Leiber Stoller, Mijac Music, Motown and Famous Music. Sony/ATV also controls many of the best-known songs ever written, such as “New York, New York,” “All You Need Is Love,” “You’ve Got a Friend,”

“Moon River,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “The Mission Impossible Theme,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “Over the Rainbow,” “Stand By Me,” “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” and “Singin’ in the Rain.” In addition, Sony/ATV represents the copyrights of such legendary artists as the Beatles, Leonard Cohen, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Carole King, Kraftwerk, Joni Mitchell, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Queen, the Rolling Stones, Richie Sambora, Sting, the Supremes, Wyclef Jean, Hank Williams and Stevie Wonder, among others. Its ever-growing list of chart-topping artists, writers and producers includes Akon, Fall Out Boy, Jessie J, Norah Jones, Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga, John Mayer, P!nk, RedOne, Shakira, Ed Sheeran, Stargate, Taylor Swift and Kanye West.

CHARLES RANDOLPH-WRIGHT (Director). Directing for theater: Love/ Life (starring Brian Stokes Mitchell, Lincoln Center), Sophisticated Ladies (starring Maurice Hines) and Ruined at Arena Stage; Guys and Dolls (national tour); Through the Night (Daniel Beaty); They’re Playing Our Song in Brazil (in Portuguese). Additional credits include productions at the Roundabout, Williamstown, NYSF, NY Theatre Workshop, MTC, Pasadena Playhouse, Geffen, ACT and Carnegie Hall. Playwright: Blue (starring Phylicia Rashad), The Night Is a Child (starring Jobeth Williams), Cuttin’ Up and coauthor of Just Between Friends (Bea Arthur, Broadway), Love in Afghanistan (premiered last fall at Arena Stage, where he is a resident playwright).

Film: Preaching to the Choir, screenplays for HBO, Showtime, Disney and Fox. Television: “Lincoln Heights” (ABC Family), “South of Nowhere” (The N), “Freestyle” soccer campaign for Nike, director/producer “America, America” (Bebe Winans, BET Centric), writer/ producer “Linc’s” (series, Showtime).

Honors graduate of Duke University, Roundabout Theatre Board of Directors, artistic director for Different Voices and Create Carolina, Paul Robeson Award recipient. Randolph-Wright.com.

PATRICIA WILCOX (Choreographer).

Broadway: Motown The Musical (Astaire Award for Best Choreography on Broadway 2013) and A Night with Janis Joplin. Off-Broadway/national tours: Children’s Letters to God, Bowfire (and PBS television special), Blues in the Night (NAACP Image Award nomi-

nation), Seussical. Co-Conceiver and Choreographer: A Marvelous Party (L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award, San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Award, Elliott Norton Award, JEFF Award). Selected regional: Seattle Rep, The Old Globe, Pasadena Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Missouri Rep, Arizona Theatre Co. Selected European credits: Thames Television, Canale 5, Falco (Vienna), A Magic Night (Stockholm) and tours. Original works for the Houston Symphony, Minnesota Pops, Phoenix Symphony and Lyrics and Lyricists (92nd Street Y). She has choreographed for several ice skating gold medalists, and her work was represented at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.

WARREN ADAMS (Choreographer) is an award-winning director, choreographer and an adjunct professor at NYU and Princeton University in the theater department. He recently directed the film documentary Africa Straight Up and also choreographed the Pulitzer Prize-winning Off-Broadway plays How I Learned to Drive and Ruined. Other notable credits include the opera Magdalena at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, Toy Story the Musical for Disney and Nora Ephron’s last film Julie & Julia starring Meryl Streep. His theatrical work has been presented at New York City Center, the Joyce, 2nd Stage, South Coast Rep, Teatro du Municipal Sao Paulo, Theatre for a New Audience, the Intiman, the Geffen and several dance companies. Born and raised in South Africa, he won the Nelson Mandela/Sainsbury Scholarship to study at the Rambert Ballet in London.

He is a graduate of Brunel University in England and winner of the Rudolf Nureyev Award. warrenadams.me.

DAVID KORINS (Scenic Design).

Broadway: Motown, Annie, Bring It On, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Chinglish, An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, Magic/Bird, Godspell, The Pee-wee Herman Show, Lombardi, Passing Strange and Bridge & Tunnel. David has worked extensively both Off-Broadway and regionally.

Opera credits include world premieres of The Gospel of Mary Magdalene at San Francisco Opera and Oscar at Santa Fe Opera. David served as Kanye West’s creative director, designing several concerts in the U.S. and abroad.

Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel

ESOSA (Costume Design). Broadway: Porgy and Bess (Tony Award nomination), Topdog/Underdog. OffBroadway: Second Stage: Water by the Spoonful; By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (Lucille Lortel Award); Trust; Crowns. MCC: Break of Noon (Geffen Playhouse). Delacorte: The Capeman.

Public Theater: Detroit ’67, Juan and John, Father Comes Home From the Wars, Romeo and Juliet. Regional: La Jolla/Center Theatre Group: American Night. Arena Stage: Ruined, Cuttin’ Up, Señor Discretion Himself (Helen Hayes Award nomination). Alliance: Twist. Pasadena Playhouse: Twist (2011 Ovation Award). Berkeley Rep: The Blue Door. Centerstage: Once on This Island, Gleam. Denver Center Theatre Company: Sense & Sensibility the Musical. “Project Runway” finalist. esosadesign.com.

NATASHA KATZ (Lighting Design) has designed extensively for theater, opera and dance. Recent Broadway: Once (Tony Award), Follies, Sister Act, The Addams Family, The Little Mermaid, The Coast of Utopia: Salvage (Tony Award), A Chorus Line (revival), …Spelling Bee, Tarzan, Aida (Tony Award) and Beauty and the Beast.

Opera/dance/other include Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Royal Ballet), Cinderella (Dutch National Ballet), Buried Child (National Theatre, London), Cyrano (the Met), Carnival of the Animals (NYCB), Swan Lake (Edinburgh Festival). Concert acts: Shirley MacLaine, Ann-Margret and Tommy Tune. Permanent lighting installations: Niketown NYC and London and the Big Bang at the Museum of Natural History in NYC. PETER HYLENSKI (Sound Design).

Grammy, Tony and Olivier award nominated. Selected Broadway: The Scottsboro Boys, Shrek the Musical, Rock of Ages, Lend Me a Tenor, Elf, Wonderland, Cry-Baby, The Times They Are A-Changin’, The Wedding Singer, Sweet Charity, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Little Women, Brooklyn.

Other credits: Rocky das Musical (Hamburg), Le Rêve (Wynn Las Vegas), Ragtime (West End), How to Train Your Dragon, Walking with Dinosaurs, Mame, Opening Doors, Annie. Selected architectural: 54 Below, Plaza Hotel (NYC). Peter

is also a producer and engineer for film, album and television projects. He holds a B.F.A. from Carnegie Mellon University.

DANIEL BRODIE (Projection Design).

Designs include Basil Twist’s Behind the Lid, Arias with a Twist and The Rite of Spring, as well as Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella and The Winter’s Tale. His designs for Broadway include Motown the Musical, Jekyll & Hyde and Disney’s Aladdin. He has also created large-scale video designs for hip-hop artist Kanye West and for the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.

ETHAN POPP (Music Supervision, Orchestrations, Arrangements). 2013 Best Orchestrations Tony Award nomination for Motown The Musical and 2014 Grammy nomination as producer of the original cast recording of Motown The Musical. Television: “Smash” (music supervisor, music producer, arranger, orchestrator), “A Capitol Fourth” (PBS), “The 2013 Tony Awards” (CBS), “The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards” (FOX), “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” (NBC), “The 2009 Tony Awards” (CBS), “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” (NBC).

Broadway/theater: Hedwig and the Angry Inch starring Neil Patrick Harris, Motown The Musical (Broadway), Rock of Ages (Broadway, U.S. tour, Toronto, Australia and London productions as music supervisor, arranger and orchestrator), Disney’s Tarzan (Broadway), Glory Days (Broadway), We Will Rock You (German premiere), Disney’s Aida (German premiere, European tour), Mamma Mia! (German premiere), Disney’s The Lion King (German premiere), Forever Plaid (U.S. tour), The Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Mexico City production), Fame! (U.S. tour), amongst countless others. He has also orchestrated for the National Symphony Orchestra. Much love to his wife Vanessa and his entire family for their endless support.

BRYAN CROOK (Orchestrations, Additional Arrangements) is a Tonynominated orchestrator, producer, composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist for Broadway, TV and films. In addition to playing woodwinds for The Book of Mormon on Broadway, his recent work can be heard in Ice Age 4 (FOX), “Smash” (NBC), “The 2011 Billboard Music Awards” and “The 2011 Emmy Awards.” His most important credits, however, are as a husband to Hilary and father to Liam, Ethan and Henry.

ZANE MARK (Dance Music Arrangements). Broadway: Motown The Musical; Pippin; Leap of Faith; All Shook Up; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Never Gonna Dance; The Full Monty; Bring in ’da Noise, Bring in ’da Funk (Tony and Grammy nominations); Bubblin’ Brown Sugar; The Wiz. Off-Broadway and regional: Frog Kiss, Crowns, The Brother/Sister Plays, Ray Charles Live, Imagine Tap, Radiant Baby, George Wolfe’s Harlem Song (AUDELCO Award), Thunder Knocking on the Door, Insurrection, Betsy Brown. Movies: The Dancer Chronicles, Lackawanna Blues, Frances Ford Coppola’s The Cotton Club.

DARRYL ARCHIBALD (Musical Director/Conductor). Memphis Broadway tour; Wicked at the Pantages Theater (substitute conductor); Dreamgirls national tour (associate conductor); Disney’s The Lion King tour (vocal coach/assistant conductor); Innocence (Banff Centre and Manhattan Theatre Club); Next to Normal, Swing! (McCoy/Rigby); Carousel, Li’l Abner (Reprise); Camelot, 1776 (Utah Shakespearean Festival); guest conductor for ERASURE (Palm Springs Convention Center).

MICHAEL KELLER (Music Coordinator).

Current Broadway: Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, If/Then, The Bridges of Madison County, Kinky Boots, The Book of Mormon, Wicked, Mamma Mia!, The Lion King.

Tours: The Book of Mormon, The Lion King, Wicked. Concert: Barbra Streisand (1994– 2013). Pamela, Alexis, Zachary and Christin make it all worthwhile.

TELSEY + COMPANY (Casting).

Broadway/tours: Something Rotten!, An American in Paris, Finding Neverland, The King and I, Hand to God, Honeymoon in Vegas, The Last Ship, This Is Our Youth, If/Then, Kinky Boots, Wicked, Blithe Spirit, Newsies, Pippin, Rock of Ages, Million Dollar Quartet.

Off-Broadway: Hamilton (Public), New York Spring Spectacular (Radio City), Atlantic, MCC, Second Stage, Signature.

Film: The Intern, Ithaca, Focus, A Most Violent Year, Into the Woods, The Last 5 Years, Stage Fright, Song One. TV: “Flesh and Bone,” “Peter Pan Live!,” “Masters of Sex,” commercials. telseyandco.com.

CHARLES G. LaPOINTE (Hair & Wig Design). Broadway: Violet, Gentleman’s Guide…, After Midnight, Of Mice and Men, Julius Caesar, Fences, Clybourne

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Award, three Henry Hewes Awards and an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Design. Dad to Stella and Vivian. davidkorinsdesign.com.

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Park, Newsies, The Columnist, Magic/ Bird, Bonnie & Clyde, The Mountaintop, Women on the Verge, The Merchant of Venice, Memphis, Henry IV, The Rivals, Cymbeline, Lombardi, Looped, The Miracle Worker, Superior Donuts, 33 Variations, Guys and Dolls, In the Heights, Jersey Boys, The Color Purple, Martin Short, Good Vibrations, The Apple Tree, A Raisin in the Sun, Cat…, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Radio Golf, Sight Unseen, High Fidelity, Xanadu and Bring It On. J. JARED JANAS (Make Up Design).

Recent Broadway designs and consultations include wigs and f/x makeup for Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, wigs and makeup for The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, hair for Peter and the Starcatcher and wigs for All About Me and Next to Normal. TV/ film includes “30 Rock,” Lola Versus, Angelica and Six by Sondheim.

DAVID GOLDSMITH (Script Consultant).

Imagine This (lyrics, Theatre Royal, Plymouth and London, West End; a filmed version of the West End production is part of the PBS catalogue); Having It All (book and lyrics, Los Angeles; Ovation nominee, Best Musical, Best Book). Thanks to BG, DS, CB, BB, NNL, CRW and KM. DICK SCANLAN (Script Consultant) h a s b e e n i nvo l ve d w i t h m a ny a cc l a i m e d s h ows o n a n d O f f Broadway, as an actor, an agent, a journalist and—most notably—lyricist/librettist (Everyday Rapture, Thoroughly Modern Millie—2002 Tony Award, Best Musical). He has been a Motown fanatic since his mother bought him a Supremes record in 1967. Thanks, mom. Thanks, Berry Gordy.

DAVID BENKEN (Technical Supervisor) has supervised more than 50 domestic and international Broadway productions and tours. Current: Aladdin, The Lion King, Motown The Musical, El Rey Leon.

Past: Annie, Mary Poppins, Peter and the Starcatcher, One Man Two Guvnors, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The Boy from Oz, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Come Fly Away, The History Boys, Jumpers, The Little Mermaid, The Seafarer, Phantom Las Vegas.

ROD LEMMOND (Associate Scenic Designer) has been the lead associate on more than 200 shows and projects.

Broadway credits include Motown,

S C H E L E W I L L I A M S (A s s o c i a t e Director) has directed productions at the Human Race Theatre, Weston Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse, The Kennedy Center, Gershwin Theatre NYC, Theatreworks Palo Alto, NAMT and NYMT festivals. She is currently an adjunct professor at NYU New Studio on Broadway.

ALLIED LIVE (Press and Marketing) is a full service marketing and advertising agency representing Broadway shows, national tours, performing arts institutions and experiential entertainment entities. Current clients include Blue Man Group, The Book of Mormon, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Rocky, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Ghost, Kinky Boots, Mamma Mia!, Motown The Musical, Once, Peter and the Starcatcher, West Side Story, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Center Theatre Group (L.A.), Kimmel Center (Philadelphia) and Washington Ballet (Washington, D.C.).

JULIA P. JONES (Production Supervisor). Broadway: Motown The Musical, Dead Accounts, Ghost the Musical, A Little Night Music (revival), The Norman Conquests, Young Frankenstein, Disney’s Tarzan, Sweeney Todd (revival), Urinetown the Musical, The Producers. Select tours: The Sound of Music, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Jekyll & Hyde, Fiddler on the Roof. OffBroadway/regional: Pete ’n’ Keely, Irma Vep. MUNY, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Studio Arena and Two River Theatre. Accomplishments: Doreen, Olivia, Cooper and Ruby Jones.

LINDA J. STEWART (Marketing & Press Outreach). It Is Done Communications.

Tours/Off-Broadway: The Color Purple, Fela!, Dreamgirls, Ain’t Misbehavin’, The Scottsboro Boys, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess and Motown The Musical.

Broadway: Fela!, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, After Midnight. Urban Press: Tyler Perry’s “The Haves and the Have Nots,” Madea’s Big Happy Family, David E. Talbert’s The Fabric of a Man and What My Husband Doesn’t Know. Touring: Jamie Foxx, Trey Songz, Mo’Nique. Film: Baggage Claim, 12 Years A Slave, Black Nativity.

ANNA R. KALTENBACH (Production Stage Manager). National/international tours: Once, Memphis, Shrek, A Chorus Line, Mamma Mia!, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Joseph… (Tokyo).

Regional: Joseph… (Chicago), The Other Theatre Company, Western Stage, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, Colorado Ballet, Opera Colorado.

Proud Actors’ Equity member.

BESPOKE THEATRICALS (General Management). Maggie Brohn, Amy Jacobs, Devin Keudell and Nina Lannan are partners and manage Broadway musicals and plays, tours and concerts.

This season on Broadway: Mamma Mia!, Motown The Musical, After Midnight, The Realistic Joneses and Rocky. Past productions include Twelfth Night/ Richard III, A Night with Janis Joplin, Soul Doctor, Let It Be, Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway, Clybourne Park, Cats, Billy Elliot and The Color Purple.

Annie, Chinglish, An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, The Peewee Herman Show, Lombardi, Passing Strange and Bridge & Tunnel. Rod has also worked Off-Broadway, regionally and in TV and film.

TIFFANY N. ROBINSON (Stage Manager) is ecstatic to tour the country with such an amazingly talented cast, crew and musicians. This Philly native holds a B.F.A. in Theatre Arts Administration from Howard University. National tours: Dreamgirls a n d M e m p h i s ( f i r st n a t i o n a l ) .

Regional: Freedom Theatre, Classical Theatre of Harlem and Theatre Exile.

Thanks Mom for all of your support.

MATT SCHREIBER (Assistant Stage Manager) is elated to be joining the Motown family. Broadway: The Performers, Godspell, In the Heights, Avenue Q. National tours: Wicked (second national), Memphis (first national), In the Heights (first national) and Mamma Mia! (North American tour).

NINA LANNAN (Executive Producer) has worked as an executive producer or general manager on more than 75 major Broadway shows. She was the first woman elected as Chair of the Broadway League, the industry’s trade organization, and serves on several industry committees. She has received numerous awards and is currently on the board and executive committee of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. KEVIN McCOLLUM (Producer) received three Tony Awards for Best Musical for In the Heights (2008), Avenue Q (2004) and Rent (1996), which was also awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and made into a major motion picture. He also produced

STAFF FOR MOTOWN GENERAL MANAGEMENT BESPOKE THEATRICALS Maggie Brohn Amy Jacobs Devin Keudell Nina Lannan Associate General Manager............................. Nathan Gehan COMPANY MANAGER Miguel Ortiz Associate Company Manager............................ Jim Harrison PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Julia P. Jones PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT David Benken Rose Palombo TOUR BOOKING AGENCY The Booking Group Meredith Blair, Kara Gebhart thebookinggroup.com TOUR PRESS AND MARKETING ALLIED LIVE LAURA MATALON MARYA PETERS Andrew Damer John Gilmour Doug Blemker Mary Alyce Blum Sarah Dahlberg Jennifer Gallagher Meghan McDonald Anne Dailey Meyer Jacqueline Smith Anne Waisanen IT IS DONE COMMUNICATIONS Linda J. Stewart Charlena Ponders BROADWAY PRESS OFFICE BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN Adrian Bryan-Brown Joe Perrotta Michelle Farabaugh WEST GRAND MEDIA PRODUCTIONS Michael Lovesmith, President Brenda Boyce, Director of Creative Services/Archivist CASTING TELSEY + COMPANY Bernard Telsey CSA, Will Cantler CSA, David Vaccari CSA, Bethany Knox CSA, Craig Burns CSA, Tiffany Little Canfield CSA, Rachel Hoffman CSA, Justin Huff CSA, Patrick Goodwin CSA, Abbie Brady-Dalton CSA, Cesar A. Rocha CSA, Andrew Femenella CSA, Karyn Casl CSA, Kristina Bramhall, Conrad Woolfe, Rachel Nadler, Rachel Minow, Sean Gannon, Scott Galina LEGAL COUNSEL LEVINE PLOTKIN & MENIN, LLP Loren Plotkin, Conrad Rippy, Susan Mindell Daniel Watkins, Hailey Ferber PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER.....Anna R. Kaltenbach Stage Manager............................................Tiffany N. Robinson Assistant Stage Manager................................. Matt Schreiber Dance Captain....................................................... Rod Harrelson Assistant Dance Captain...................................Lynorris Evans Associate Scenic Designer.............................. Rod Lemmond Assistant Scenic Designer........................Amanda Stephens Assistants to Scenic Designer..................Stephen Edwards, Emily Inglis, Sarah Wreede

DOUG MORRIS (Producer) is widely considered the most influential executive in the music industry. Currently CEO of Sony Music Entertainment, he has worked with many of the most popular artists of the past four decades, including the Rolling Stones, Phil Collins, Pete Townshend, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Nicks, Bette Midler, Tori Amos, INXS, Mariah Carey, Jay-Z, Stevie Wonder and U2. He is on the board of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and he has been recognized by numerous organizations for his outstanding contributions to music. Morris is also the founder of VEVO, the top music entertainment destination on the web, and previously spent 15 years as worldwide chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group. He

began his career as a songwriter and producer, with credits including the Chiffons’ “Sweet Talkin’ Guy” and Brownsville Station’s “Smokin’ in the Boys Room.”

Associate Costume Designers.........................Cathy Parrott, Sara Sophia Lidz Assistant Costume Designer........................ Rachel Attridge Costume Assistant............................................ Isabelle Simone Associate Lighting Designer.............................. Aaron Spivey Assistant Lighting Designer..................................... Ken Elliott Moving Light Programmer.................................... Sean Beach Associate Projection Designer........................Olivia Sebesky Lead Projections Animation......................... Gabriel Aronson Projection Programmer................................... Olivia D’Angelo Interactive Projection Programmers............Michael Kohler, Raul Herrera Projection Image Researcher........................Susan Hormuth Associate Sound Designer................................Jesse Stevens Associate to the Hair Designer...........................Leah Loukas Assistant to the Hair Designer............Gretchen Androsavich

General Management Associates................... Danielle Saks, Michael Demniak General Management Interns..................... Shana Ferguson, Tucker Delaney-Winn Insurance...................................................AON Albert G. Ruben Insurance Services, Inc./Claudia Kaufman Banking........................... Signature Bank/Margaret Monigan Payroll.................................. Checks and Balances Payroll Inc. Travel Agent............ Tzell Travel/The “A” Team, Andi Henig Housing..........................................................................Road Rebel Legal Counsel............................. Levine Plotkin & Menin, LLP Legal Counsel..... Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo, P.C. Merchandising.........................Bravado International Group/ Tom Bennett, CEO

Makeup Designer................................................. J. Jared Janas Production Carpenter.................................................... Jeff Zink Head Carpenter.........................................................Michael Nye Automation Carpenter..................................... Brooke Carlson Assistant Carpenter......................................... Michael Clifford Flymen......................................... Patrick Eviston, Duke Wilson Production Electrician.........................................Michael Pitzer Advance Electrician...................................... Shannon January Head Electrician.................................................Matthew Rocha Electrican............................................................Heather Layman Front Light Electrician............................................Jada M. Cox Production Sound............................................................Phil Lojo Advance Sound............Jason Choquette, Simon Matthews Head Sound............................................................ Matt McShane Assistant Sound................................................ Keith Monaghan Production Props................................................ Denise J. Grillo Head Props...................................................................... Mark Rich Assistant Props.......................................................... Mark Colvin Props Shopper............................................. Christine Keen Gat Wardrobe Supervisor.......................................Heather Yerrick Assistant Wardrobe Supervisors.........................CJ Baptista, Lowell Mathwich, Jocelyn Seawright Hair/Wig Supervisor........................................ Brandon Bolton Assistant Hair/Wig Supervisors.................... Kelly Flanagan, Tereza Victoriano Associate Music Supervisor....................... Darren Ledbetter Associate Keyboard Programmer.......................... Tim Crook Tutoring.................................................. On Location Education Tutor/Child Wrangler......................................... Melissa Waters Costume Shoppers......................................... Lindsey P. Navin, Jessica Rodriguez, Adrienne Clare, Capper Wasserman Production Assistants.....Amber Johnson, Allison Tiagonce Assistant to Mr. Gordy........................................ Mario Escobar Assistant to Mr. Morris.................................................. Jane Ellis Assistant to Mr. McCollum.............................Lucas McMahon Assistant to Mr. Randolph-Wright...................... Aaron Mays Physical Therapy...................... NeuroTour Physical Therapy Medical Director..........................................Thomas Myers, MD Production Photographer.....................................Joan Marcus Advertising............................................ SpotCo/Drew Hodges, Tom Greenwald, Ilene Rosen, Beth Watson, Corey Schwitz Online/Digital Interactive..............................................SpotCo/ Kyle Young, Kristen Bardwil, Amanda Baker, Shelby Ladd, Marisa Reo Delmore, James McGowan, Callie Goff Marketing & Press Outreach.....It Is Done Communications Linda J. Stewart, Charlena Ponders Accountant.................................................... Robert Fried CPA/ Fried & Kowgios CPAS LLP Comptroller............ Galbraith & Company/Tabitha Falcone

CREDITS Scenery and automation constructed by Hudson Scenic Studios. Scenery and props constructed by Proof Productions, Inc. and Daedalus Design and Production Inc. Props by Paragon Theme and Prop Fabrication, Jerard Studio, Craig Gregg and Zoe Morsette. Onstage guitars compliments of Gibson Guitars USA. Costumes by Artur & Tailors; Beckenstein’s Men’s Fabric Czar; Steppenwolf Costume Shop; Giliberto Designs Inc.; Katrina Patterns; Timberlake Studio; Paul Chang Custom Tailors; Tricorne, Inc.; Ritz Furs NYC, Sharnelle Furs NYC, Arel Studios. Lighting equipment by PRG Lighting, Inc. Sound equipment by PRG Sound, Inc. Video Projection System Engineered and Provided by Worldstage Inc. Custom shoes by LaDuca Shoes and Worldtone. Dying and distressing

by Hochi Asiatico. Custom hats by Arnold S. Levine. Makeup provided by M.A.C. Onstage guitars compliments of Gibson Guitars USA. Special thanks to Bra*Tenders, Brooks Brothers and Michael Santulli, Pearl Drums and Zildjian Cymbals. “I Am a Man” iconic image copyrighted by Richard L. Copley.

Keyboards Furnished by Yamaha.

Motown® is a trademark of UMG Recordings, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries, and is used under license.

The producers wish to thank The MOTOWN MUSEUM The official home of Hitsville U.S.A. motownmuseum.org

Experience the little house that ROCKED the world!

Visit Motown Museum at Hitsville U.S.A.— the birthplace of Motown…where it all began. motownmuseum.org THE PRODUCERS WISH TO THANK AND ACKNOWLEDGE MARTY BANDIER FOR HIS SUPPORT OF THIS PRODUCTION. motownthemusical.com

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The Drowsy Chaperone (five 2006 Tony Awards), Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème (two 2002 Tony Awards), the revival of Ragtime (2009), West Side Story (2009), Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (2011), [title of show] (2008), the Broadway debut stage production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas and the Off-Broadway hit De La Guarda. McCollum was trained at the University of Cincinnati’s Conservatory of Music and earned his Master’s degree in film producing from the Peter Stark Program at the University of Southern California. In 1995, he received the Robert Whitehead Award for Outstanding Commercial Theatre Producing. McCollum received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, the University of Cincinnati, in 2005.

MUSIC CREDITS “ABC” by Mizell, Alphonso J./Perren, Freddie/Richards, Deke/ Gordy, Berry Jr. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “A Breathtaking Guy” by Robinson, Smokey. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP).

“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” by Simpson, Valerie/Ashford, Nickolas. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” by Whitfield, Norman J./Holland, Edward, Jr. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “Baby I Need Your Loving” by Holland, Brian/ Holland, Edward, Jr./Dozier, Lamont Herbert. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today)” by Whitfield, Norman J./Strong, Barrett. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “Brick House” by Richie, Lionel/Lapread, Ronald/Orange, Walter/Williams, Milan/MC Clary, Thomas/ King, William. Jobete Music Co. Inc. OBO itself and Cambrae Music/Hanna Music/Libren Music/Macawrite Music/Old Fashion Publishing/Walter Orange Music (ASCAP). “Buttered Popcorn” by Gordy, Berry Jr./Ales, Barney. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP)/Stone Agate Music (BMI). “Bye Bye Baby” by Wells, Mary. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “Can I Close the Door” written by Berry Gordy and Michael Lovesmith. “Cruisin’” by Robinson, Smokey/Tarplin, Marvin. Jobete Music Co. Inc. OBO Bertam Music Company (ASCAP). “Dancing in the Street” by Gaye, Marvin P./Hunter, Ivy Jo/Stevenson, William Stone Agate Music (BMI)/Jobete Music Co. Inc. OBO itself and MGIII Music, NMG Music and FCG Music (ASCAP). “Do You Love Me” by Gordy, Berry Jr. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “Get Ready”

by Robinson, Smokey. Jobete Music Co. Inc.(ASCAP). “Give It to Me Baby” by James, Rick. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP).

“Good Morning Heartache” by Drake, Ervin M./Fisher, Dan/ Higginbotham, Irene. Lindabet Music Corporation, Microhits Music Corp., Sony/ATV Tunes, LLC. (ASCAP). “Got a Job” by Robinson, Smokey/Gordy, Berry Jr./Carlo, Tyran. Jobete Music Co. Inc. obo itself and Taj Mahal Music/Third Above Music Inc. (ASCAP). “Happy Birthday” by Wonder, Stevie. Jobete Music Co. Inc. and Black Bull Music c/o EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP).

“Hey Joe (Black Like Me)” written by Berry Gordy and Michael Lovesmith. “I Can’t Get Next to You” by Whitfield, Norman J./ Strong, Barrett. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)” by Holland, Brian/Dozier, Lamont Herbert/Holland, Edward, Jr. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “I Got the Feelin’” by James Brown. Bro N Sis Music, Inc. (BMI). “I Hear a Symphony” by Holland, Brian/Dozier, Lamont Herbert/ Holland, Edward, Jr. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” by Whitfield, Norman J./Strong, Barrett. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “(I Know) I’m Losing You”

by Whitfield, Norman J./Holland, Edward, Jr./Grant, Cornelius.

Stone Agate Music (BMI). “I’ll Be There” by Davis, Hal/Gordy, Berry Jr./West, Bob/Hutch, Willie. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)” by Gaye, Marvin P./Nyx, James. Jobete Music Co. Inc. obo itself and MGIII Music, NMG Music and FCG Music (ASCAP). “It’s What’s in the Grooves That Counts” written by Berry Gordy and Michael Lovesmith. “Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini”

by Pockriss, Lee J./Vance, Paul. Emily Music Corp, Music Sales Corp (ASCAP). “I Want You Back” by Perren, Freddie/Mizell, Alphonso J./Gordy, Berry Jr./Richards, Deke. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “I Wish” by Stevie Wonder. Jobete Music Co. Inc. and Black Bull Music c/o EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP). “Lonely Teardrops” by Gordy, Berry Jr./Fuqua, Gwendolyn Gordy/ Carlo, Tyran. Jobete Music Co. Inc. obo Old Brompton Road Music. (ASCAP)/Third Above Music Inc. (ASCAP). “Love Is Here and Now You’re Gone” by Holland, Brian/Dozier, Lamont Herbert/Holland, Edward, Jr. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “Mama Done Told Me (My)” by Robinson, Smokey/Gordy, Berry Jr./ Carlo, Tyran. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)” by Gaye, Marvin P. Jobete Music Co. Inc. obo itself and MGIII Music, NMG Music and FCG Music (ASCAP).

“Money (That’s What I Want)” by Gordy, Berry Jr./Bradford, Janie. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP)/Stone Agate Music (BMI).

“My Girl” by White, Ronald/Robinson, Smokey. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “My Guy” by Robinson, Smokey. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “My World Is Empty Without You”

by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland Jr. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” by Whitfield, Norman J./Strong, Barrett. Stone Diamond Music Corp. (BMI).

“Please, Mr. Postman” by Garrett, William/Dobbins, Georgia/ Holland, Brian/Gorman, Freddie/Bateman, Robert. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP)/Stone Diamond Music Corp. (BMI)/ EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI). “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)” by Ashford, Nickolas/Simpson, Valerie.

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by Ashford, Nickolas/Simpson, Valerie. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “Shop Around” by Robinson, Smokey/Gordy, Berry Jr. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “Shotgun” by Dewalt, Autry. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours” by Wonder, Stevie/Wright, Syreeta/Garrett, Lee/ Hardaway, Lula Mae. Jobete Music Co. Inc. and Black Bull Music c/o EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP)/Swandi Music (BMI) c/o EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI). “Square Biz” by Brockert, Mary C./MC Grier, Allen Henry. Jobete Music Co. Inc. obo itself and McNella Music (ASCAP). “Stop in the Name of Love” by Holland, Brian/Dozier, Lamont Herbert/Holland, Edward, Jr. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “Stubborn Kind of Fellow” by Gaye, Marvin P./Gordy, George/Stevenson, William. Stone Agate Music (BMI)/Jobete Music Co. Inc. obo itself and MGIII Music, NMG Music and FCG Music (ASCAP). “Super Freak” by James,

Rick/Miller, Alonzo. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP)/Stone Diamond Music Corp. (BMI). “The Happening” by Dozier, Lamont Herbert/Holland, Edward, Jr./Holland, Brian/De Vol, Frank. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP)/Stone Agate Music (BMI). “The Love You Save” by Perren, Freddie/Mizell, Alphonso J/Gordy, Berry Jr./Richards, Deke. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “Theme From Mahogany ‘Do You Know Where You’re Going To’” by Goffin, Gerry/Masser, Michael.

Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP)/Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI). “To Be Loved” by Gordy, Berry Jr./Fuqua, Gwendolyn Gordy/Carlo, Tyran. Jobete Music Co. Inc. obo Old Brompton Road Music. (ASCAP)/Third Above Music Inc. (ASCAP).

“Two Lovers” by Robinson, Smokey. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “Up the Ladder to the Roof” by Vincent DiMirco and Frank Edward Wilson. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “War”

by Whitfield, Norman J./Strong, Barrett. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “What’s Going On” by Benson, Renaldo/Cleveland, Alfred W/Gaye, Marvin P. Stone Agate Music (BMI)/Jobete Music Co. Inc. obo itself and MGIII Music, NMG Music and FCG Music (ASCAP). “Where Did Our Love Go” by Holland, Edward, Jr./Holland, Brian/Dozier, Lamont Herbert. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “Who’s Lovin’ You” by Robinson, Smokey. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” by Wonder, Stevie, Jobete Music Co. Inc. and Black Bull Music c/o EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP).

“You Are You” by Gordy, Berry Jr., Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “You Can’t Hurry Love” by Holland, Edward, Jr./ Holland, Brian/Dozier, Lamont Herbert. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “You’re All I Need to Get By” by Ashford, Nickolas/ Simpson, Valerie. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “You’re Nobody ’Til Somebody Loves You” by Cavanaugh, James/ Morgan, Russ/Stock, Larry. Larry Stock Music Co.; Shapiro Bernstein & Co., Inc.; Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. (ASCAP). “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me” by Robinson, Smokey. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP).

THE BUELL THEATRE is part of the Denver Performing Arts Complex, owned and operated by the City and County of Denver, Arts and Venues.

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ARTS AND VENUES Kent Rice, Director

For information call: 720.865.4220

DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS BROADWAY TEAM John Ekeberg..............................................Executive Director Jeff Hovorka ........................Director of Sales & Marketing Heidi Bosk.....................Senior PR & Promotions Manager Alicia Giersch...............................................Business Manager Emily Lozow.......................................Marketing Coordinator Claudia Carson...............................Administrative Assistant

SALES & MARKETING TEAM Jennifer Nealson..............................Chief Marketing Officer Brianna Firestone...............................Director of Marketing, Theatre Company Rob Silk ........................................................... Creative Director Suzanne Yoe..........................Director of Creative Services and Cultural Affairs Jessica Bergin ........................................Box Office Manager Nathan Brunetti...............................................Digital Manager Katie Clow ................................................Box Office Manager Kim Conner.................................................... Graphic Designer FloraJane DiRienzo..............Business Relations Manager Anita Edwards.................................. Web Services Manager Brenda Elliott................................. Senior Graphic Designer Simone Gordon.............................................. Project Manager Hope Grandon..... PR & Events Manager, Theatre Company Emily Kent.......Marketing Associate, Theatre Company Jennifer Kemps......Business Relations Assistant Manager Laura Kirby................................................Box Office Manager Carol Krueger.............................Theatre Services Manager Dave Lenk............................................................... Videographer Jennifer Lopez.................... Director of Ticketing Services Kyle Malone.................................... Senior Graphic Designer John Moore........................................... Senior Arts Journalist Mark Onderdonk........................................Business Manager Kirk Petersen......Assoc. Director of Ticketing Services/ Patron Relations Christine Schempp...... Group Sales Business Associate Joe Schurwonn...................... Marketing Financial Analyst Jill Schwager......Student Matinee & Group Tours Associate David Smith...........................Assoc. Director of Ticketing/ Subscription Services Micah White......................................... Subscription Manager

INFORMATION SERVICES Bruce Montgomery.....Director of Information Services Jim Hipp.....Associate Director of Information Services Bobby Jiminez..............Senior Audience View Specialist

The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

Backstage and Front of the House employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).

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This production is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.

The musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians.

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Boulder native Ace Young was born to be on “American Idol.” Being the youngest of five boys, he says, “made me very competitive very early in life.”

That life began in 1980 at Boulder Community Hospital. The Youngs bounced around Boulder from rented house to rented house because, Young says with a laugh, “no one ever wanted us in their house for more than a year.”

Why not? Five boys, he said.

“It was like a tornado.”

Young Ace was a bit of a rough-houser, he claims, but he also was an Eagle Scout who sang choir, played sports and took International Baccalaureate classes at Fairview High School. To pretty much anyone but Ace…he was a good kid.

“To my parents’ knowledge, I was a good kid,” he says with another chuckle. “But that didn’t mean everything I did was always parentally approved. Let’s just say my brothers got me out of a lot of trouble.”

Young started (parentally approved) voice lessons at age nine. His first paid performance was singing in front of the food court at Boulder’s Crossroads Mall when he was just 11. It was a family affair: His brothers carried speakers and his dad ran lights for a 30-minute show that

Ace Young as Joseph, Diana DeGarmo as Narrator and Company in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Photo by Daniel A. Swalec.

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included original songs and covers by the likes of Michael Jackson. There was even some 11-year old rapping in his set because, Young said, “Hey, Kris Kross was huge back then.”

Young has been huge ever since appearing on “American Idol” back in 2006.

He is now starring in the title role of the national touring production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and he is fulfilling a lifelong dream by closing that 15-month tour at his hometown Buell Theatre.

“You have to understand: The first theatre show I ever saw was Phantom of the Opera at The Buell Theatre in 1992,” he said.

Family outings meant a day at Boulder’s Dinner Theatre. “That was like going to church,” he added. “We got dressed up, we got a meal, and we watched an amazing show. I loved it.”

Young is starring in Joseph with his wife, Diana DeGarmo, playing the Narrator.

She was the runner-up on Season 3 of “American Idol,” but Young is happy that’s not where they met. “That’s because she was only 16 when she was on ‘Idol,’” he said, “and that would have been weird.”

No, Young met DeGarmo as a 22-year-old woman when they both were featured in

the Broadway revival of Hair (he as Berger and she as Sheila). “That was a very challenging show, and we both jumped fully into it,” he said. “Not only did we become best friends, but we fell in love.”

They are now performing together in a Joseph that Young guarantees is different from any you have seen before.

“We like to say this is not your mamma’s Joseph,” he said. “Andy Blankenbuehler, our director, is a Tony Award winner for a reason. We call him our modern-day Joseph. He has really pushed this production to a brand new level.”

In this staging, every brother has a unique personality. There are no throwaway songs. Every moment matters. And that titular technicolor dreamcoat?

“It has its own dressing room,” said Young – and he’s not kidding. “It is worth more than all of us.”

The coat was hand-sewn and hand-dyed with all 29 of its lyrical colors. It was designed after Marc Chagall’s famous stained-glass windows. “It literally jumps off the stage,” said Young.

Recent technological advances have allowed the creative team to push the visual limits of the show in other ways. Instead of just hearing about the troubling dreams Joseph interprets, for example, “You actually see the dreams happening onstage,” Young said.

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber approved a change to the ending of the show that allows Young and DeGarmo to sing a wholly reimagined reprise of the opening song as a duet played to an acoustic guitar. “We sing it with a Simon and Garfunkel harmony vibe,” said Young, “and it tears the roof off every night.”

The couple is grateful for the growing trend of casting popular singers from competitive TV shows such as ‘American Idol’ and “The Voice” into Broadway and touring productions. And Young’s wife started it all.

“Diana was the first-ever “American Idol” finalist to do a Broadway show,” he said of DeGarmo’s year with Hairspray in 2006. “If it weren’t for her paving the way, I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to make my Broadway debut in Grease in 2008.”

He has advised anyone who follows in his TV footsteps to never take work that follows in TV, film or theatre for granted. “I let them know that the next thing you do after this has to matter, because so many of them don’t take it seriously and they think it is going to last forever,” he said. “But if you don’t do a good job, you are never going to be asked back.”

Young can’t imagine a better place to close this chapter of his professional career than Denver. “To be able to finish in my hometown where I grew up for the first 20 years of my life is just going to be amazing,” he said. But he’s even happier for his parents.

“My mom has about 170 friends coming to one performance — and I have known every single one of those 170 people my entire life,” he said. “I bet half of them changed my diapers.”

Those diaper-changers will see a show, Young promises, “that shoots you out of a cannon from the very beginning.”

And yet, what he loves most is the very end.

“Every night, I see kids in the crowd that have the bug,” Young said. “They are feeling what I felt when I saw Phantom at The Buell Theatre as a kid.

They are being inspired to be part of the arts. And when you are the one onstage giving that out, it feels like you are passing it forward.”

JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT APR 22 – 26 BUELL THEATRE ASL interpreted, Audio described & Open Captioned performance: Apr 25, 2pm Tickets: 303.893.4100 denvercenter.org 800.641.1222 | TTY: 303.893.9582 Groups (10+): 303.446.4829

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THE 12 Q & A Across the Galleria in The Stage Theatre, a brand new rock musical is playing.

Developed by Tony-winning playwright/ lyricist Robert Schenkkan (All The Way) and composer Neil Berg, The 12 (through April 26) imagines what happened to Jesus’ disciples immediately after his death.

Neil Berg describes the project.

How did The 12 come about?

I wrote a musical version of The Prince and the Pauper for the Lambs Theatre [NYC], which is in a former church, so every day I was going to work in a church.

Being Jewish, I was always fascinated by religion. Christianity and rock and roll were both revolutions that changed the culture, so my original concept was to write a rock song cycle.

You met Robert Schenkkan.

How did the project change?

Robert liked my concept, but he felt a stricter focus would be more effective.

So it was his idea to narrow it down to the story of the apostles in the room just after Jesus’ death. What happens when you have a revolution and the leader is suddenly cut off? What do the followers do? This became about having belief in any cause.

What influences are reflected in your music for The 12?

You’ll hear some of The Who, a little Led Zeppelin, a little Tom Waits. John Lennon’s in there in the song called “Why.” And of course the ending is very U2 — the hopefulness, everything Bono has stood for in his career.

Do you have a sense of how this will be received?

If we’re telling the story the way we want to tell it, and everyone can bring their life history to it and celebrate it and enjoy it, that would be fantastic.

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By William Shakespeare

Shakespeare returns! After falling head over heels under each other’s spell, the lovers Orlando and Rosalind are separately banished and become entangled in a beguiling game of mistaken identity when Rosalind disguises herself as a young man. Merry mischief, curiosity, and surprise flourish in one of Shakespeare’s richest and most popular comedies, helmed by Producing Artistic Director Kent Thompson.

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By Nina Raine In this scintillating drama, called “The best-written, deepest, most daring — and funniest — new play in recent years” by The Wall Street Journal, the members of Billy’s fiercely intelligent and proudly politically incorrect family share private languages, inside jokes and fiery arguments. But meeting Sylvia causes Billy, deaf since birth, to question what it means to be understood. Dissecting the possibilities of belonging, family and language, Tribes is as witty as it is heartrending.

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NEST Space Theatre | Jan 22 – Feb 21 World Premiere THE NEST

By Theresa Rebeck For the regulars at a struggling bar called The Nest, no conversation is off-limits, whether you’re speaking or eavesdropping…until a woman walks in and offers a large sum for the beautiful antique bar. Pulitzer Prize finalist Theresa Rebeck’s plays “may make you laugh or shudder (or both)” according to American Theatre, and with its feisty humor and scorching dialogue, this explosive new comedy holds a cracked mirror up to friendships, romantic relationships and families.

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By Robert Schenkkan (The 12) All the Way, a “jaw-dropping political drama” (Variety), vividly portrays one of the most controversial, ambitious and ruthless figures of the 20th century — President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Set in the pivotal year between JFK’s assassination and Johnson’s reelection, LBJ hurls himself at the Civil Rights Act, determined to rebuild the country into The Great Society by any means necessary. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan (The 12, The Kentucky Cycle), All the Way bowled over Broadway last year garnering the 2014 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics’ Circle Awards for Best Play.

Producing Partners: Margot & Allan Frank, Robert & Judi Newman

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Ricketson Theatre | Feb 5 – Mar 13 World Premiere FADE

By Tanya Saracho In this sharp, true-to-life new comedy, Mexican-American Lucia is hired to write for a Latina TV character in a cutthroat Hollywood TV studio. She soon discovers that the Latino studio custodian, Abel, has a windfall of plot ideas. As their friendship grows, Lucia begins incorporating Abel’s ideas into her scripts, fast-tracking her to success at work — and to complication in her personal life. FADE is a standout new play from Tanya Saracho, whose writing “lands in that sweet spot between comedy and drama.” (Chicago Tribune) A Theatre Company Commission Producing Partners: Diana & Mike Kinsey

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TODD Stage Theatre | Apr 8 – May 15 SWEENEY TODD Book by Hugh Wheeler Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Based on an adaptation by Christopher Bond Musical Adaptations by DeVotchKa DeVotchKa, the Grammy-nominated, Denver hometown music heroes, take on the legendary demon barber of Fleet Street, serving up a delicious reinvention of Sondheim’s magnificent musical thriller. Hell-bent on revenge, Sweeney Todd takes up with his enterprising neighbor in a devilish plot to slice their way through London’s upper crust. Justice will be served — along with audacious humor, bloody good thrills and DeVotchKa’s lush brand of gypsy punk.

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CoBiz believes the DCPA’s mission—providing internationally acclaimed theatre to the Colorado community and arts education to children—is crucial for a vibrant, well-rounded city. As school funding for arts education decreases, the DCPA and other arts organizations are taking on the responsibility of engaging and enhancing the creative growth of young people.

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Chaired by Susan Stiff, Area Director of PR for Starwood Hotels and Resorts which has been a generous contributor to the gala for many years, the evening featured entertainment direct from Broadway. Jessie Mueller and Jarrod Spector of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical delighted the attendees in The Stage Theatre. But not before a dazzling display of trips, artwork, jewelry and much more in what has become one of Denver’s most celebrated Silent Auctions. Led by Silent Auction Chair Claudia Miller, sponsored

by Colorado State Bank & Trust, and supported by a matching gift from The Salah Foundation, guests bid high on more than 150 items while grabbing up surprise boxes donated by Cherry Creek North. By the end of the night, the auction raised more than $255,000 for DCPA education.

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Denver’s corporate community — led

by Corporate Co-Chairs and new DCPA Trustees Roger Hutson and Hassan Salem — had its best showing to date with 49 tables being sold to area business partners. This was particularly evident over dinner in the Seawell Grand Ballroom, where attendees enjoyed a scrumptious dinner served by Epicurean Group. Over dinner, guests were treated to a musical performance of “Being Alive” by DCPA education student Daniel Traylor. Following the show, attendees returned to the Ballroom for a dessert buffet and dancing to Chase ’N the Dream.

Proceeds from the evening will continue the work of DCPA Education’s programs, which served 68,000 students last year of which 58,000 were youth. In its 35-year-history, Saturday Night Alive has raised more than $18 million for these important programs. A sincere and heartfelt thank you to our volunteers, sponsors, corporate partners and patrons for their support over three decades.

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