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Roundabout's ON THE 20th CENTURY Final Casting Announced

Posted by:	Official_Press_Release 03:42 pm EST 11/24/14

ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY ANNOUNCES COMPLETE CASTING FOR MADCAP BROADWAY REVIVAL KRISTIN CHENOWETH PETER GALLAGHER ANDY KARL, MARK LINN-BAKER, MICHAEL McGRATH & MARY LOUISE WILSON Star In ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Book & Lyrics by Music by BETTY COMDEN & ADOLPH GREEN CY COLEMAN Joining The Cast Are Phillip Attmore, Justin Bowen, Preston Truman Boyd, Paula Leggett Chase, Ben Crawford, Rick Faugno, Jennifer Foote, Bahiyah Hibah, Drew King, Analisa Leaming, Kevin Ligon, Erica Mansfield, James Moye, Linda Mugleston, Mamie Parris, Andy Taylor, Jim Walton and Richard Riaz Yoder Choreographed by WARREN CARLYLE Directed by SCOTT ELLIS Previews begin February 12, 2015 Official opening March 12, 2015 Limited engagement on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce additional casting for the new Broadway production of the classic musical ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY starring Tony® & Emmy® Award winner Kristin Chenoweth, Golden Globe & SAG Award winner & Tony® nominee Peter Gallagher, Tony® nominee Andy Karl, Mark Linn-Baker, Tony® winner Michael McGrath and Tony® winner Mary Louise Wilson. On The Twentieth Century will be choreographed by Tony® winner Warren Carlyle and directed by six-time Tony® nominee Scott Ellis, and features music by Cy Coleman and book & lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. On The Twentieth Century is based on plays by Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur & Bruce Millholland. The original Broadway production was directed by Harold Prince. Joining the cast are Phillip Attmore, Justin Bowen, Preston Truman Boyd, Paula Leggett Chase, Ben Crawford, Rick Faugno, Jennifer Foote, Bahiyah Hibah, Drew King, Analisa Leaming, Kevin Ligon, Erica Mansfield, James Moye, Linda Mugleston, Mamie Parris, Andy Taylor, Jim Walton and Richard Riaz Yoder. ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY will play a 20-week limited engagement through July 5, 2015, beginning previews on February 12, 2015 and opening officially on March 12, 2015 at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd Street). It’s nonstop laughs aboard the Twentieth Century, a luxury coach travelling from Chicago to New York City. Luck, love and mischief collide when the bankrupt theater producer Oscar Jaffee (Gallagher) embarks on a madcap mission to cajole glamorous Hollywood starlet Lily Garland (Chenoweth) into playing the lead in his new, non-existent epic drama. But is the train ride long enough to reignite the spark between these former lovers, create a play from scratch, and find the money to get it all the way to Broadway? The creative team includes David Rockwell (Sets), William Ivey Long (Costumes), Donald Holder (Lights), Jon Weston (Sound), Kevin Stites (Musical Director), Larry Hochman (Orchestrations) and David Krane (Dance Arrangements & Incidental Music). ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY premiered on Broadway in 1978, and won Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Book of a Musical. On the Twentieth Century benefits from Roundabout’s Musical Theatre Fund with lead gifts from The Howard Gilman Foundation and Perry and Marty Granoff. Major support for On the Twentieth Century provided by Edward M. Kaufmann and The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation. Musicals at Roundabout are supported with generous gifts from: The Bok Family Foundation and Cynthia Wainwright and Stephen Berger. TICKET INFORMATION: Tickets for On the Twentieth Century are available by calling 212.719.1300, online at www.roundabouttheatre.org, and in person at Roundabout’s American Airlines Theatre Box office (227 West 42nd Street). Single tickets for regular performances of On the Twentieth Century range in price from $67-$147. For first access to tickets and insider news, sign up for Roundabout’s email club at www.roundabouttheatre.org or by calling Roundabout Audience Services at 212.719.1300. BIOGRAPHIES KRISTIN CHENOWETH (Lily Garland). Emmy® and Tony® Award winner and Oklahoma Hall of Fame inductee, Kristin Chenoweth effortlessly transitions between stage, television, film and an accomplished singing career. In 2009, she received an Emmy® Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in “Pushing Daises.” In 1999, she won a Tony® Award for You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown and she was also nominated for her original role of Glinda the Good Witch in Wicked in 2004. Chenoweth has been nominated for two Emmy® Awards and for a People’s Choice Award for her role on “Glee.” In 2009, she wrote an uplifting candid, comedic chronicle of her life so far, A Little Bit Wicked, which debuted on the New York Times Hardcover Non Fiction Best Seller List. Chenoweth recently performed to sold-out audiences at Carnegie Hall and Royal Albert Hall. This fall, Chenoweth is hosting the PBS Arts Fall Festival, which will include her own concert performance, “Kristin Chenoweth: Coming Home,” where she will perform a career-spanning concert in her hometown of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. The concert will be filmed for a PBS television special that will air on November 28, 2014 and will be released as a live CD and DVD. Chenoweth will return to Broadway in 2015, playing the glamorous film star, Lily Garland, in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s On the Twentieth Century. Upcoming film and television projects include: “The Boy Next Door,” “Opposite Sex,” “Hard Sell” and the Disney Channel’s live-action original movie “Descendants.” Chenoweth is a graduate of Oklahoma City University with a Master’s degree in Opera Performance. This year, she formed a new charity partnership with the Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center (BA PAC) Foundation in her home state of Oklahoma. Kristin is also a passionate supporter of charities that dedicate their time and efforts to helping those in need, such as: the Kristin Chenoweth Art & Education Fund, The Red Cross, Broadway Cares EFA, The Point Foundation, ASTEP, breast cancer awareness, adoption advocacy and organizations supporting animal welfare. TV: “The West Wing,” “The Good Wife,” “G.C.B.,” “Glee,” “The Lifetime Original Movie The Twelve Men of Christmas,” “Meredith Wilson’s The Music Man,” “Rob Marshall’s Annie,” directed by Rob Marshall, “Sesame Street,” “Kristin,” “Sit Down, Shut Up” and “Ugly Betty.” Film: Rio 2, Family Weekend, Hit and Run, You Again, Deck the Halls, RV, Bewitched, Running with Scissors, The Pink Panther, Stranger Than Fiction, Space Chimps and Into Temptation. Theater: Roundabout Theatre Company’s The Apple Tree, Promises, Promises, Music in the Air, Stairway to Paradise, Epic Proportions and Steel Pier (Theatre World Award), Roundabout Theatre’s Moliere’s Scapin and Nora Ephron’s Love Loss and What I Wore. Also, commemorating the centennial anniversary of the first Ziegfeld Follies, Chenoweth concluded New York City Center’s 2007 season with beloved Broadway numbers from the early 20th century. PETER GALLAGHER (Oscar Jaffee). Born in New York City, Peter Gallagher is an award winning actor at home on stage, film and TV. He last appeared on Broadway in 2008 in Mike Nichols’ production of The Country Girl co-starring with Frances McDormand and Morgan Freeman. Previously he has starred in The Royal National Theatre’s hit revival of Noises Off, the 1992 revival of Guys and Dolls as Sky Masterson (Drama Desk Nomination), Long Day’s Journey Into Night opposite Jack Lemmon (Tony Award nomination), Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing also directed by Mike Nichols (Clarence Derwent Award), The Corn is Green starring with Cicely Tyson (Theatre World Award), and Harold Prince’s production of the Comden and Green musical, A Doll’s Life. Gallagher made his Broadway debut in the first revival of Hair and then joined the original Broadway production of Grease in the role of Danny Zuko. In film, Gallagher made his debut in Taylor Hackford’s The Idolmaker and has done over 50 films since then, including sex, lies & videotape and The Underneath for Steven Soderbergh; and The Player and Short Cuts (Golden Globe Award) for Robert Altman. Gallagher received a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role as Buddy Kane in the Academy Award® winning American Beauty. Other films include Dreamchild, High Spirits , Watch it, The Hudsucker Proxy, While You Were Sleeping, To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday, The Man Who Knew Too Little, Center Stage, Mr. Deeds, Burlesque, Conviction, Adam and Step Up Revolution. On television, Gallagher will be returning this summer for the fifth season as Arthur Campbell in the international spy drama Covert Affairs. He has also just completed a recurring role in the first season of Mark and Jay Duplass’ new comedy for HBO, Togetherness. Previously, Gallagher starred as Sandy Cohen on, “The OC,” as Dean Koons opposite David Duchovny on “Californication,” Father Phil on Denis Leary’s “Rescue Me” and as Whitney’s father, Vince, on “Whitney” as well as roles on “How I Met Your Mother” and “The Nick Kroll Show” for Comedy Central. Gallagher’s other television work includes the Emmy® and Peabody Award-winning miniseries “The Murder of Mary Phagan,” “Terrible Joe Moran,” “The Caine Mutiny Court Martial” for Robert Altman, “Fallen Angels” for Steven Soderbergh, “The Big Knife,” and “Path to Paradise.” As a singer, Gallagher recorded an album, 7 Days in Memphis, for Epic Records and is featured on the soundtracks for Pal Joey, Guys and Dolls, A Doll’s Life and others. He continues to perform his one-man show, How’d All You People Get in My Room? all over the country. Gallagher was honored with a Light on the Hill Award and a Jumbo Award from Tufts University. He also received the Steve Chase Humanitarian Award from The Desert AIDS Project. He serves on the National Advisory Council of the Alzheimer’s Association, and is presently co-chair of the National Board of Advisors for the Actor’s Fund. ANDY KARL (Bruce Granit) was nominated for Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League awards this past season for his critically acclaimed performance as “Rocky Balboa” in the Broadway musical Rocky. Karl previously starred in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Drama Desk nomination), 9 to 5, Legally Blonde (ACCA Award), The Wedding Singer, Saturday Night Fever, Altar Boyz (OCC Award), Slut, Saturday Night, Romeo and Bernadette (Carbonell nomination). Film credits include: And So It Goes, directed by Rob Reiner, Joyful Noise, “Legally Blonde: The Search for Elle Woods,” and New York, I Love You. MARK LINN-BAKER (Oliver Webb) can currently be seen on Broadway in the revival of You Can’t Take It With You under the direction of Scott Ellis. Other Broadway credits include Relatively Speaking, Losing Louie, A Year With Frog And Toad, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (Drama League nomination), Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Face Value and Doonesbury. City Centre Encores! credits include: The Pajama Game. Mark has also appeared in Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival in: All's Well That Ends Well, Othello, Von Richthofen, The Laundry Hour and Alice In Concert (with Meryl Streep). Off-Broadway he has appeared in Almost An Evening, Chesapeake (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations), A Flea In Her Ear (Drama League Honor), The Miss Fire Cracker Contest, Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong; as well as productions at EST, LaMama, West Bank Theater and Phoenix Theater, among others. Regional credits include: Williamstown Theatre Festival, Yale Rep, ART Cambridge (founding company member), Arena Stage and Center Stage. On film Mark has appeared in: Manhattan, My Favorite Year, Noises Off and How Do You Know. Television credits include: “Laughter on the 23rd Floor,” “The Good Wife,” “Ally McBeal,” “Law and Order,” “Law and Order: Criminal Intent,” “Full House,” “Cooper,” “Miami Vice,” “Moonlighting,” eight seasons as Larry Appleton on ABC's “Perfect Strangers,” and opposite Melanie Griffith on WB's “Twins”. Mark is a co-founder/co-director of New York Stage and Film. MICHAEL McGRATH (Owen O'Malley) won a Tony Award for his performance in Nice Work If You Can Get It on Broadway. Other Broadway credits include Born Yesterday, Memphis, Is He Dead?, Spamalot (Tony nomination), Wonderful Town, Little Me, Swinging On A Star (Theatre World Award), The Goodbye Girl and My Favorite Year. Michael also appeared in the City Center Encores! productions of Follies, The Boys from Syracuse and DuBarry Was A Lady. His Off-Broadway credits include: The Coconuts, The Butter And Egg Man, Game Show, Louisiana Purchase and Forbidden Broadway. Michael has appeared on television in The Martin Short Show. His film credits include: The Interpreter, Changing Lanes and Ira and Abby. MARY LOUISE WILSON (Letitia Primrose) has appeared on Broadway as “Big Edie” in Grey Gardens (Tony Award), “Fraulein Schneider” in Roundabout Theatre Company’s 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret (Tony Nomination), and “Mrs. Morehouse” in Roundabout’s The Women. She also appeared in Amy Herzog’s 4000 Miles at Lincoln Center (Obie Award) and portrayed fashion icon Diana Vreeland in Full Gallop, which she co-wrote with Mark Hampton (Obie, Drama Desk awards). Other recent Off-Broadway plays include Love, Loss and What I Wore; Bosoms and Neglect at Signature Theatre; and Beard of Avon at New York Theatre Workshop (Drama Desk nomination). Recent television appearances include: “Mozart in the Jungle,” “Devious Maids,” “The Sopranos,” “Louie C.K.,” and “Nurse Jackie.” Film work includes: Nebraska, The Humbling, Step Mom, Klute, Green Card, She-Devil, Pet Semetary, Zelig, and Money Pit. PHILLIP ATTMORE (Ensemble). Broadway: After Midnight; Irving Berlin’s White Christmas; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Tours/Regional: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (City Center Encores!); Fosse; Stormy Weather (Pasadena Playhouse, NAACP Theatre Award nomination); 42nd Street (Moscow). Film/Television: Judging Amy; Sisters; Silent Tongue. Notable Appearances: So You Think You Can Dance (Season Six “Top 20” Contestant); Guest Artist on The Ellen DeGeneres Show; Phillip Attmore: Moments Musicaux—Opening Act for Audra McDonald at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. JUSTIN BOWEN (Ensemble). A Virginia native, Justin's credits include Chaplin the Musical on Broadway (Chaplin u/s); On Your Toes (City Center Encores!); Hero, A Funny Thing...Forum (Paper Mill Playhouse); Mickey, Hello! My Baby (Goodspeed Musicals); Tom Sawyer, Big River! (Stages St. Louis), as well as Yale Institute for Music Theatre and NYMF. TV: My Broadway Debut (CBS). Justin holds a BM in Music Theatre from Florida State University. PRESTON TRUMAN BOYD (Ensemble). Broadway: Bullets Over Broadway (ensemble), Big Fish (ensemble). National Tours: Jersey Boys (Bob Gaudio), Young Frankenstein (The Monster). Regional: world premiere of Frog Kiss (Claus) at VSC; The Muny, Kansas City Starlight, USO Swingtime Salute on the U.S.S. Wisconsin. TV: “The Guiding Light” (Dylan), 68th annual Tony Awards. NFAA winner with Placido Domingo. PAULA LEGGETT CHASE (Ensemble). Broadway: Bye Bye Birdie (Gloria Rasputan), Curtains, The Pajama Game, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Kiss Me, Kate, Damn Yankees, Crazy for You, A Chorus Line. Also, Cabaret (with Joel Grey), Applause at Encores! Regional theatres across the country. TV includes: “The Sound Of Music, Live,” “30 Rock,” “Randi” (Queen of Jordan episodes), “Law & Order,” “Judge Dorothy Parnell,” “Unforgettable,” “Bored to Death,” “Odd Mom Out,” ”Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?” “Mediva.” BEN CRAWFORD (Ensemble). New York/Broadway: Les Miserables (Javert/Valjean u/s); Shrek the Musical (Shrek); Big Fish (Don Price, Edward Bloom u/s); Encores! Merrily We Roll Along (Terry); Irma La Douce (Persil Le Noir); Ryan Scott Oliver's 35MM and Jasper In Deadland (Mr. Lethe). Regional: Next to Normal, Guys and Dolls, South Paciﬁc, Oklahoma!, Carousel, Titanic, White Christmas, A New Brain, Assassins, Anna in the Tropics. Concerts with the Indianapolis, Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Rochester, Naples and Ottawa symphony orchestras. Soundtracks: Merrily..., 35MM and Frozen. Also stars in The Standbys, a documentary about the life of Broadway understudies and standbys now available on iTunes and other platforms. RICK FAUGNO (Ensemble). recently appeared Off-Broadway in the Icelandic rock musical Revolution in the Elbow of Ragnar Agnarsson Furniture Painter and with the New York Philharmonic in Show Boat at Lincoln Center, to be aired next year on PBS. He also recently starred in Fingers & Toes at the Ivoryton Playhouse. Rick was the original Frankie Valli in the Las Vegas production of Jersey Boys for 3½ years, and was named Best Singer in Las Vegas by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Also in Las Vegas, he created and starred in three one-man shows, and was named the Best Lounge Act. Other Broadway: Fosse, Wonderful Town, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and as a child actor: The Will Rogers Follies and Conversations With My Father. Film/TV: Virgin Alexander (Best Actor, Orlando Film Festival), Every Little Step, the Tony Awards, “America's Got Talent,” “The Newsroom” and “Conan O'Brien.” JENNIFER FOOTE (Ensemble). Roundabout: The Mystery of Edwin Drood starring Chita Rivera. Other Broadway: Follies, Rock of Ages, A Chorus Line, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Frank Wildhorn’s Dracula, Annie Get Your Gun. Other favorites: Secondhand Lions (Seattle’s 5th Ave.), The First Wives Club (World Premiere, The Old Globe). Associate Director/Choreographer credits: Sweeney Todd starring Emma Thompson (NY Philharmonic, PBS), The Cradle Will Rock (The Acting Company). Jenifer is the Associate Director of Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (National Tour), which is currently touring the country. Proud graduate of UC Irvine. BAHIYAH HIBAH (Ensemble). Broadway: Chicago (Velma Kelly), Rock of Ages (Regina, Justice u/s, Dance Captain), The Color Purple (Nettie u/s), After Midnight, The Little Mermaid, Memphis, Pal Joey, Evita. Fred Astaire nominee. DREW KING (Ensemble). Broadway debut. He is a native New Englander from Massachusetts and a graduate of Fordham University at Lincoln Center (B.A. International Studies and Spanish). New York: On Your Toes (Encores!). Regional/ Tour: Elf: The Musical, Paper Mill, Goodspeed, Ogunquit, Westchester, Gateway, Reagle, MacHaydn. ANALISA LEAMING (Ensemble). Broadway Debut. New York: Pipe Dream, Where's Charley? (Encores!), The Mikado (Carnegie Hall). Tours: Annie, The Sound of Music. Regional: MUNY, Kansas City Starlight, North Shore Music Theatre, Magic Theatre, Geva Theatre, Infinity Theatre and Barrington Stage Company. Lotte Lenya Competition Winner. B.M. Eastman School of Music. KEVIN LIGON (Ensemble). Broadway: Bullets Over Broadway, The Phantom Of The Opera, Sister Act, Finian’s Rainbow, Young Frankenstein, The Producers, Kiss Me Kate, 1776 and The Secret Garden. Other highlights: Nicely in Guys and Dolls (National Tour; Jeff Award, Best Supporting Actor); Forbidden Broadway (Off-Broadway); four City Center Encores! productions; and Pirelli in Sweeney Todd (Kennedy Center’s Sondheim Celebration). ERICA MANSFIELD (Ensemble). Broadway: Pippin (u/s Fastrada), Evita, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (u/s Miss Jones), Mamma Mia (and tour, u/s Sophie). First National Tour of A Chorus Line (u/s Cassie, Sheila, Maggie, Judy). New York: The Band Wagon (Encores!). Regional: Radio City (Mrs. Claus), Papermill, KC Starlight, PCLO, Houston Grand Opera, WBT. TV: Kennedy Center Honors, Tony Awards. JAMES MOYE (Ensemble). Broadway/Off-Broadway: Bullets Over Broadway, Million Dollar Quartet, Ragtime, A Tale of Two Cities, The Full Monty, Urinetown, Far From Heaven, Happiness, Dogfight, Closer Than Ever, Silence! The Musical. National tours: The Drowsy Chaperone (Aldopho), Little Shop of Horrors (Orin et al), White Christmas (Bob Wallace, Ordway). Regional: ELF (Buddy, Papermill), Tinyard Hill (Russell, Theatreworks, SF Bay Theater Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor), 110 In The Shade (File, Signature, Helen Hayes nomination for Best Supporting Actor), Meet John Doe (Title Character, World Premiere at Goodspeed and Ford’s Theatre). Film/TV: Fair Game, Construction, The Warrior and The Savior, "The Mysteries of Laura," “Royal Pains,” “The Onion News Network,” “Law and Order: C.I.,” “The Today Show," "Jimmy Kimmel, Live!" LINDA MUGLESTON (Ensemble). Broadway: Cinderella; Anything Goes; Young Frankenstein; Wonderful Town; Nine; Into the Woods; Kiss Me, Kate; On the Town. Sound of Music Live! on NBC. Off-Broadway/Regional: The Unsinkable Molly Brown (Denver Center); Guys and Dolls (Carnegie Hall); The Sound of Music (Carnegie Hall); Sunset Boulevard (Portland Center Stage); Damn Yankees, The Sound of Music (Muny); Kristina (Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall); Falsettos (Huntington Theatre); Happy End (A.C.T.). MAMIE PARRIS (Ensemble). Broadway/National Tour: Wicked (Elphaba), 9 To 5 (Judy), Ragtime (revival), The Drowsy Chaperone, Roundabout's 110 in the Shade, Legally Blonde. Off-Broadway: Pump Boys and Dinettes (Prudie, Encores! Off-Center), See Rock City (Dodi, The Transport Group). Roles at Goodspeed Opera House, Pittsburgh CLO, The Muny. ANDY TAYLOR (Ensemble). Broadway: Once (Bank Manager), Moon Over Buffalo (Howard) with Carol Burnett, One Touch of Venus (Rodney Hatch), Titanic. Broadway tours: The Producers (Leo Bloom), Cabaret (Ernst), Mamma Mia! (Harry). Off-Broadway/Regional: leading roles with the Public, Goodman, Guthrie, South Coast Rep, Globe, Mark Taper Forum, Geffen, Act, Intiman, Reprise, Vineyard theatres and Carnegie Hall. Film/TV: Geezers, The Sunshine Boys, “Law & Order,” “CSI,” “As the World Turns.” 2010 Ovation Award nominee, Best Featured Actor; Dramalogue Award. Oberlin Conservatory graduate. Cello debut at Carnegie Hall, June 1992. JIM WALTON (Ensemble). Roundabout: The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Death Takes A Holiday and Bye Bye Birdie. Other credits: Merrily We Roll Along, 42nd Street, Sweeney Todd, The Music Man, And The World Goes ‘Round, Crazy For You, Soundheim! The Birthday Concert and Company: In Concert. RICHARD RIAZ YODER (Ensemble). Broadway and tour credits include White Christmas and 42nd Street. NYC: Top Hat (Lab), Bubbling Brown Sugar (workshop) Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Town Hall. Regional favorites include Duane in Hairspray (Muny), New Rhythm in My One and Only (Goodspeed), Andy in 42nd Street (ACofCC), Coalmouse in Mousical (Norma Terris), Sophisticated Ladies (Arena Stage), Aida (Kansas City Starlight), and Ain't Misbehavin' (Bucks County Playhouse). BETTY COMDEN (Book & Lyrics) appeared in the films Garbo Talks and Slaves Of New York, and authored a collection of essays published under the title Off Stage. Ms. Comden is survived by her daughter, Susanna Kyle. ADOLPH GREEN (Book & Lyrics) appeared in the films Simon, My Favorite Year, Lily In Love, I Want To Go Home, and The Substance of Fire, and as Dr. Pangloss in the television broadcast of Candide, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Mr. Green is survived by his wife, Phyllis Newman, and their children, Adam and Amanda. Highlights of Mr. Green's 2014 Centenary Celebration have included the announcements of Broadway revivals of On the Town and On the Twentieth Century and a live NBC broadcast of Peter Pan. In a partnership spanning nearly 60 years, Betty Comden and Adolph Green received Tony Awards for their lyrics and/or librettos for Applause, Wonderful Town, Hallelujah Baby!, On The Twentieth Century and The Will Rogers Follies. Other Broadway credits: On the Town, Peter Pan, Bells Are Ringing, Do Re Mi, Subways Are For Sleeping and A Doll's Life. They wrote the screenplays and/or lyrics for the motion pictures Good News, On the Town, Singin' In The Rain, The Band Wagon, It's Always Fair Weather (Academy Award nomination) and Auntie Mame, among others. They were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and received the Kennedy Center Honors Award in 1991. CY COLEMAN (Music) (1929 – 2004) was born Seymour Kaufman in New York City to Eastern European Jewish parents, and was raised in the Bronx. A child prodigy, Coleman gave piano recitals at Steinway Hall, Town Hall, and Carnegie Hall between the ages of six and nine. His educational background included classical training in piano composition and orchestration at New York City’s High School for the Performing Arts and NY College of Music. Despite early success in the classical and jazz genres, Coleman decided to build a career in popular music. He changed his name at age 16 in time to use it on his first compositions with lyricist Joe A. McCarthy. The two collaborated on the classics “Why Try to Change Me Now,” The Riviera,” and “I’m Gonna Laugh You Right Out of My Life.” He also penned, "Playboy's Theme," which became the signature music of the regular TV shows and specials presented by Playboy. Coleman’s most successful early partnership was with Carolyn Leigh. The pair wrote many pop hits, including “Witchcraft,” for Frank Sinatra and “The Best Is Yet To Come” originally for Tony Bennett. Coleman's winning streak as a Broadway composer began when the team of Coleman/Leigh collaborated on the musical Wildcat (1960), which marked the Broadway debut of comedienne Lucille Ball. The score included the hit tune "Hey Look Me Over.” Up next for the two was Little Me, with a book by Neil Simon based on the novel by Patrick Dennis (Auntie Mame). The show introduced “Real Live Girl” and “I've Got Your Number,” which became popular standards. In 1965, Coleman began collaborating with Dorothy Fields. Their first project was the Broadway smash Sweet Charity, again with a book by Neil Simon, and starring Gwen Verdon. The show was a major success and spawned the showstoppers “Big Spender” and “If My Friends Could See Me Now.” The Peggy Lee pop recording of the song “Big Spender” also created additional buzz for the Broadway play after it became a mammoth hit and spent several weeks at the top of the charts in tandem with the play’s Broadway run. Sweet Charity also went on to grace the silver screen in a film starring Shirley MacLaine that was Directed and Choreographed by Bob Fosse. After Sweet Charity the team of Coleman/Fields worked on the Broadway show Seesaw, which reached Broadway in 1973 and their partnership was cut short by Fields' death in 1974. Coleman remained prolific throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He composed the score for I Love My Wife (1977) with lyrics by Michael Stewart, and then On The Twentieth Century (1978) with Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 1980, Coleman served as producer and composer for the circus-themed Barnum, which introduced theatergoers to Jim Dale and Glenn Close. Later in the decade, he collaborated on Welcome to the Club (1988) with A.E. Hotchner and City of Angels (1989) with David Zippel with book by Larry Gelbart. In the latter, inspired by the hard-boiled detective film noir of the 1930s and '40s, he returned to his jazz roots, and the show was a critical and commercial success. The 1990s brought two more new hit Cy Coleman musicals to Broadway: The Will Rogers Follies (1991), again with Comden and Green, and The Life (1997) with lyricist Ira Gasman. A hit revival followed in 1999 with Little Me (Roundabout), starring Martin Short. Shortly before his death in 2004, Coleman returned to his jazz roots re-forming the popular Cy Coleman Trio performing to sold-out audiences throughout New York City. Coleman's film scores include Father Goose, The Art of Love, Garbo Talks and Family Business. In addition, he composed scores for memorable television specials for Shirley MacLaine, Bob Hope, and Peggy Lee. Cy Coleman has received numerous awards including: Grammy's (3 wins, 13 nominations), Tony's (3 wins, 11 nominations), Emmy's (3 wins, 5 nominations), Oscar (one Nomination for Sweet Charity), Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, Johnny Mercer Award (Songwriter's Hall Of Fame), and the Richard Rogers Award for Lifetime Achievement in American Musical Theater (ASCAP). WARREN CARLYLE. Broadway: director/choreographer of After Midnight (Tony® Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Astaire Award Winner for Outstanding Choreography 2014, Tony® Nomination Best Director 2014), Chaplin, Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway, Finian’s Rainbow (two Drama Desk nominations) and A Tale of Two Cities; choreographer of Follies (Drama Desk nomination), The Mystery of Edwin Drood and A Christmas Story The Musical (Drama Desk nomination). Off-Broadway: Carousel (New York Philharmonic, Emmy nomination), On Your Toes (City Center Encores!), Cotton Club Parade (Jazz at Lincoln Center and City Center), Girl Crazy, On The Town, Finian’s Rainbow, Juno and Stairway to Paradise (all Encores! at City Center). SCOTT ELLIS (Director) is currently represented on Broadway with You Can’t Take It With You. Prior to that he directed The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Tony nomination, Best Direction of a Musical; Tony nomination, Best Revival of a Musical), the critically acclaimed production of Harvey starring Jim Parsons, the Kander and Ebb musical Curtains starring David Hyde Pierce (Tony Nomination, Best Direction of a Musical), The Little Dog Laughed (Lucille Lortel Award Nomination), Twelve Angry Men (Tony Award and Drama Desk nominations), Arthur Miller’s The Man Who Had All The Luck starring Chris O’Donnell, The Rainmaker starring Woody Harrelson, 1776 (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Tony Award nominations), Company, Steel Pier (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Tony Award nominations), She Loves Me (Drama Desk and Tony Award nominations, Outer Critics Circle Award, Olivier Award for Best Director London Production), Picnic, A Month In The Country Starring Helen Mirren. Off-Broadway Credits Include Gruesome Playground Injuries, The Understudy, Streamers, Mr. And Mrs. Fitch, Good Boys And True, The Waverly Gallery, The Dog Problem, Flora, The Red Menace, Dark Rapture, That Championship Season, and The World Goes ‘Round…The Songs Of Kander And Ebb (Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle nomination). For television, the Executive Producer on Showtime’s “Weeds” for the three years. Other credits include “The Michael J. Fox Show,” “30 Rock” (Emmy Nomination, Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series), “Modern Family,” “Nurse Jackie,” “The Good Wife”, “Hung,” and “The Closer”. A graduate of Chicago Goodman School of Drama and is the Associate Artistic Director of the Roundabout Theatre Company. Upcoming: The Elephant Man starring Bradley Cooper on Broadway. Roundabout Theatre Company is committed to producing the highest quality theatre with the finest artists, sharing stories that endure, and providing accessibility to all audiences. A not-for-profit company, Roundabout fulfills its mission each season through the production of classic plays and musicals; development and production of new works by established and emerging writers; educational initiatives that enrich the lives of children and adults; and a subscription model and audience outreach programs that cultivate and engage all audiences. Roundabout Theatre Company presents a variety of plays, musicals, and new works on its five stages. Off-Broadway, the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, which houses the Laura Pels Theatre and Black Box Theatre, with its simple sophisticated design, is perfectly suited to showcasing new plays. The grandeur of its Broadway home on 42nd Street, American Airlines Theatre, sets the ideal stage for the classics. Roundabout’s Studio 54 provides an exciting and intimate Broadway venue for its musical and special event productions. The Stephen Sondheim Theatre offers a state of the art LEED certified Broadway theatre in which to stage major large-scale musical revivals. Together these distinctive homes serve to enhance Roundabout’s work on each of its stages. American Airlines is the official airline of Roundabout Theatre Company. Roundabout productions are supported, in part, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Roundabout’s 2014-2015 season includes Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing starring Ewan McGregor, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Josh Hamilton & Cynthia Nixon, directed by Sam Gold; Tom Stoppard’s Indian Ink starring Rosemary Harris & directed by Carey Perloff; Coleman, Comden & Green’s On The Twentieth Century starring Kristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher, directed by Scott Ellis and Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine’s Into the Woods. The 2014-2015 Roundabout Underground production will be Little Children Dream of God, a new play by Jeff Augustin, directed by Giovanna Sardelli. Roundabout’s production of Masteroff, Kander and Ebb’s Cabaret, starring Alan Cumming and Emma Stone, directed by Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall (co-director/choreographer), continues to run at Studio 54. Roundabout’s 50th anniversary season in 2015-2016 includes: Thérèse Raquin by Helen Edmundson, based upon the novel by Émile Zola, directed by Evan Cabnet, and starring Keira Knightley; Noises Off by Michael Frayn, directed by Jeremy Herrin; and Stephen Karam’s The Humans, directed by Joe Mantello. www.roundabouttheatre.org

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