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Brent Barrett |
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Brent Barrett |
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- Ben Brantley, New York Times |
Brent Barrett is currently starring as Billy Flynn in the Broadway production of the hit revival of Chicago - The Musical. He recently played King Arthur in the Paper Mill Playhouse production of Camelot. Prior to that, he played Fred Graham/Petruchio in the London production of the Tony Award-Winning Broadway revival of Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate. He has also starred in the Broadway production of Annie Get Your Gun opposite Reba McEntire. He received a Los Angeles Drama Critics award for his portrayal of Billy Flynn in the LA production of Chicago. Brent’s other recent New York performances include Maximillon in the Broadway revival of Candide, and Tommy Albright in New York City Opera’s production of Brigadoon. Before that he appeared as Archibald in the New Zealand production of The Secret Garden. Brent played the Victor Duchesi in the Pre-Broadway Tour of Buster Alley with Tommy Tune. He starred opposite Cathy Rigby in the National Tour of Annie Get Your Gun and was seen as Baron Felix Von Gaigem in the International Tour of Grand Hotel. He made his Broadway debut as Tony in the revival of West Side Story, which he subsequently reprised in the International Tour. He also appeared on Broadway in the Alan Jay Lerner musical, Dance a Little Closer. Brent’s Off-Broadway credits include Closer Than Ever, March of the Falsettos, The Death of Von Richtofen, The Time Of Cuckoo, and a musical version of Portrait of Jenny. He has performed as a soloist with the Boston Pops, Minnesota Opera, Opera Pacific, Michigan Opera, Kentucky Opera, and with the New York Festival of Song at Carnegie Hall. He appeared with the London Sinfonetta at Royal Festival Hall, and with the Birmingham Symphony under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle. Brent just released is second solo CD, The Alan Jay Lerner Album, a follow-up to his debut CD, The Kander and Ebb Album. He can also be heard singing the role of Tommy Albright in the EMI-ANGEL recording of Brigadoon. Other recordings include The Maury Yeston Songbook, Grand Hotel, Dance a Little Closer, Show Stoppers, The Bugsy Berkely Album, Lost in Boston IV and Unsung Musicals, Vol. III. Television and film appearances include: Hercules, Longtime Companion, All My Children, Another World and Guiding Light. Visit Brent's official web site for more information, www.brentbarrett.com. |
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- Lloyd Rose, Washington Post |
Alan Campbell received a 1995 Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance as Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard opposite Glenn Close, Betty Buckley, and Elaine Paige. He also received the Drama-Logue Award for his performance in Sunset Boulevard's American premiere in Los Angeles. Recently, Alan starred Off-Broadway in Avow by Bill C. Davis and the premiere of Landford Wilson's Book of Days at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and The Hartford Stage. Other theatrical credits include The Kennedy Center’s revival of Bells Are Ringing, Gershwin’s Of Thee I Sing at Chicago’s Symphony Space, The Ford Center’s production of On Shiloh Hill, Boogie Woogie Rumble of a Dream Deferred at the Urban Arts Corps in New York and productions of I Love My Wife and Larry Shue’s The Nerd. Feature films include Weekend Warriors; Bump in the Night; Tom, Dick and Harry; and Universal’s A Simple Wish with Martin Short and Kathleen Turner. On television he co-starred for 5 seasons on Jake and the Fat Man. He also co-starred with John Ritter as surfer "E.Z. Taylor" on ABC’s Three’s A Crowd, and played "Evan Grant" on NBC's Another World. Alan has guest starred on numerous television shows including The Facts of Life, Throb, Matlock, and Homicide: Life on the Streets. His recordings include The American Premiere Recording of Sunset Boulevard and The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber on Polygram. Workshop productions include William Finn's A New Brain at Lincoln Center, Summer of '42, and Maltby/Shire's Take Flight. Alan has sung at the White House and performed for three U.S. Presidents. He is a founding member of H.O.L.A. (Heart of Los Angeles) Youth Theater, providing an artistic outlet and guidance to inner-city children. |
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Lewis Cleale is pleased to return to the Orpheum Theatre, having recently starred as Joe Gillis opposite Petula Clark in Sunset Boluevard, and as Joe Cable in the recent tour of South Pacific. His Broadway credits include Eddie/Bing in Swinging on a Star for which he received a Drama Desk nomination, Sir Henry in Once Upon a Mattress with Sarah Jessica Parker, and the recent Michel Legrand musical, Amour. Off-Broadway credits include Ken Gibson opposite Tyne Daly in the Encores! production of Call Me Madam, A New Brain for Lincoln Center Theatre, Time and Again for Manhattan Theatre Club, and I Love New York at Rainbow and Stars. This past spring he played John Adams in an acclaimed production of 1776 for the Ford's Theatre, and previously won the Helen Hayes Award in Washington, DC for his portrayal of Giorgio in Stephen Sondheim's Passion for the Signature Theatre. He has appeared in leading roles at Goodspeed Opera, George Street Playhouse, Cleveland Opera, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Missouri Repertory, Long Beach Civic Light Opera, California Music Theatre, and the St. Louis MUNY, where this summer he starred as Ravenal in Showboat. Recordings include William Finn's Infinite Joy, Adam Guettel's Myths and Hymns, Encores from Encores!, the RCA Victor anthology Great Musicals, Sara Zahn's Witchcraft, DRG's 25th Anniversary Collection, and the original cast albums of Once Upon a Mattress, Swinging on a Star, Call Me Madam, Amour, and the Barny Kleinbart revue Big City Rhythm. Mr. Cleale was recently named Distinguished Alumnus by the University of Miami School of Music following previous recipients John Secada and Bruce Hornsby. |
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Brian Lane Green received a Tony nomination for
best actor in a musical for his performance as Spacepunk in Starmites.
He made his Broadway debut as Huck Finn in Big River and appeared
as Jo Jo in the Cy Coleman musical The Life. He starred in
the first national tour of Big River and in the national tour of
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
His regional theatre credits have included West Side Story, Pirates
of Penzance, Pippin, Camelot, La Cage Aux Folles, 1776 and Marc
Antony in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. On television, Brian
has guest starred on numerous shows such as "Murder, She
Wrote," "Highway to Heaven," and "Sabrina the
Teenage Witch." Daytime audiences know him as Sam Fowler on
"Another World" and Brian Bodine on "All My
Children." He was one of the stars of the cult film Circuit,
and co-starred with Tovah Fledshuh and Tony Lo Bianco in Friends and
Family. Brian can be heard on the live recording of The
Words and Music of Jerry Herman: Tap Your Troubles Away (LML), Sondheim:
A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (RCA) with the Tonics, George and
Ira Gershwin: A Musical Tribute (MCA), and Grateful: The Songs of
John Bucchino (RCA).
In the 25th Anniversary Tour of Champions on Ice, Olympic Gold Medalist Viktor Petrenko performs to Brian's recording of Craig Carnelia's Flight from his debut CD, Brian Lane Green (LML). Marking his debut as playwright/composer, Brian's musical, Waiting for the Glaciers to Melt, was chosen to be part of the Midtown International Theater Festival in New York City. Visit his official web site at www.brianlanegreen.com. |
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-Rachel Swarns, New York Times |
Brian
d’Arcy James,
originally from Saginaw, Michigan, received a B.S. in Theater from
Northwestern University. Mr. James is currently starring on
Broadway as Sidney Falco in The Sweet Smell of Success by Marvin
Hamlisch, a role he originated in the pre-Broadway workshop (John
Guare, book; Craig Carnella, lyrics; Nicholas Hytner, director). Most recently, Mr. James received critical acclaim for originating the role of Burrs, the brutal vaudevillian, in the Manhattan Theatre Club’s production of Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party (directed by Gabriel Bare).Mr. James received a Drama Logue Award and a Friends of New York theatre Award for his portrayal of Barrett, the stoker, in the Broadway and first national productions of the Tony Award winning Titanic. Other Broadway credits include Lincoln Center’s Carousel (Nicholas Hytner, director), Blood Brothers (Mickey), and the national tour of Les Miserables. Off Broadway: AR Gurney’s Ancestral Voices at Lincoln Center Theater (Daniel Sullivan, director); The Velvet Vise (opposite Jeanine Garafalo); Floyd Collins (Playwrights Horizons); Kenneth Branagh’s Public Enemy at the Irish Arts Theatre, LA’s Court Theatre, and the Dublin Theatre Festival. Film credits include Sax and Violins, Victoria Pool, The Exiles, and Tina and Lance. Television credits include The City; The 1997 Kennedy Center Awards (command performance for the President and First Lady, celebrating the life of Charleton Heston); PBS/BBC’s Great Performances: Rodgers and Hart; The Rosie O’Donnell Show; Late Night with David Letterman; Late Night with Conan O’Brien; The Howie Mandel Show; and Great Day America. Albums and recordings include Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party (original cast); Kelly; A Stephen Schwartz Compilation (Verabande Records); Myths and Hymns (Adam Guettel); Titanic (original cast); Carousel (original cast); Polly Penn’s Dumbcake for NPR; Floyd Collins (Guettel); Violet(Jeanine Tesori); Civil War (Frank Wildhorn); The Only Broadway CD You’ll Ever Need (RCA Victor); and Gary Schocker and Barbara Campbell’s Awakenings. Workshop credits: The Sweet Smell of Success (opposite Johnathon Pryce); Douglas Carter Beane’s Big Time; Barry Manilow’s Harmony; Time and Again; Complications; Titanic; and Violet. |
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Hugh Panaro most recently starred in the Los
Angeles production of Martin Guerre. Before that he was playing the title role in Broadway’s
The Phantom of the Opera. Hugh
created the roles of Buddy in the cult favorite Side Show and Julian in
Jule Styne’s last musical The Red Shoes. Also on Broadway, Hugh was Raoul in
The Phantom of the Opera (91-92) and Marius in Les Miserables
(the role he originated in the
First National Company).
Hugh made his West End Debut in the original London company of Harold Prince’s award winning Showboat as Ravenal, the role he played on Broadway and in Toronto. Hugh also created the role of Jonathan in the pre-Broadway workshop of Alan Menken/TimRice’s King David and was Tom Martin in Jerome Kern’s Sweet Adeline at City Center Encores! Mr. Panaro has been a guest artist with the London Sinfonietta as well as symphony orchestras across the country including the world premiere of Penderecki’s Te Deum at Carnegie Hall. Film: Broadway Damage (Village Art Pictures).TV: Law & Order. Recordings: Jerome Kern Treasury (EMI/Angel), Side Show - Original Broadway Cast (Sony), The Prince of Egypt (Dreamworks), Aria II (Zakatak/Protoom). |
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Norm Lewis most recently originated
the role of Eddie Mackrel in the Michael John LaChuisa Broadway musical,
The Wild Party. Other Broadway roles include Jake in Side
Show, John in Miss Saigon, and The Specialist in The Who's
Tommy.
Other credits include Once on This Island (National Tour), Doc in Captains Courageous (Off-Broadway), and Roger in William Finn's musical, A New Brain (Off-Broadway). Television appearances include Asst. District Attorney Keith McLean on All My Children; Detective Hale on As the World Turns; and a guest starring role on The Cosby Show. Norm's recordings include Side Show - Original Broadway Cast (Sony), The Wild Party - Original Broadway Cast (Decca Broadway). |
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Stephen Bogardus starred on Broadway last season as Gabriel Conroy in James
Joyce’s The Dead and
subsequently played the role at the Ahmanson Theatre (Los Angeles) and
The Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.). He has also appeared on Broadway
as reporter Mike Conners in High
Society and choreographer Gregory Mitchell in Terrance McNally’s Love!
Valour! Compassion! for which he received a Tony Award nomination
and Obie Award. He was featured in the Alan Menken/Tim Rice opus King David and the Tony winning productions of Les
Miserables and The Grapes of
Wrath. Mr. Bogardus is an original member of the Broadway production
of Falsettos. He created the
role of Whizzer in the 1981 off-Broadway production of William Finn’s March
of the Falsettos at Playwrights Horizons and nine years later he
reprised the role in Falsettoland.
Stephen made his Broadway debut in the 1980 revival of West Side Story. His extensive Off-Broadway work includes Genesis, Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Feathertop, No Way to Treat a Lady, and Love! Valour! Compassion! Stephen’s concert work includes guest performances with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and in Sweden with the Gothenburg Symphony. He portrayed Gaylord Ravenal in the national tour of Show Boat, the writer Stine in the L.A. production of City of Angels and Freddy Trumper in the national tour of Chess. On television he has guest starred on Law and Order: Special Victim’s Unit, Now and Again, Law and Order, New York Undercover, Murder, She Wrote and Tour of Duty. His films include States of Control and Love! Valour! Compassion!. Mr. Bogardus is a Princeton University graduate where he performed with The Triangle Club and The Nassoons. |
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Jonathan Dokuchitz made his Broadway
debut as Rapunzel's Prince in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods.
He later appeared in Lloyd Webber's Aspects of Love opposite
Sarah Brightman and John Cullem. After premiering The Who's rock
opera Tommy in La Jolla, he went on to reprise his role as
Captain Walker on Broadway. For the Roundabout Theatre, he
appeared in Scott Ellis' successful revival of Company and then
starred opposite Lesley Ann Warren in Johnny Mercer's Dream, also
on Broadway. As a vocalist, Jonathan toured with Liza Minnelli and
with Diahann Carroll.
Jonathan has recorded numerous animated films, most notably singing for Mel Gibson in Pocahontas and for John Cusack in Anastasia. He has performed with Peter Nero and the Philly Pops, and most recently with Bob Lapin and the Palm Beach Pops singing the songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein. New York Cabaret audiences have seen Jonathan sing with Peter Duchin, Amanda Green, John Pizzarelli, Jason Robert Brown, Billy Stritch, and Mario Cantone. On television, Mr. Dokuchitz has been seen in "Sex in the City," "The Street," "Ed," Disney's "Gephetto" and in numerous appearances on "The Late Show" with David Letterman. Jonathan will be back on Broadway this fall in the Roundabout Theatre production of The Look of Love, featuring the songs of Bacharach and David. |
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Sean McDermott has become one of
Broadway's leading men, having starred on Broadway as Chris in Miss
Saigon with Lea Salonga and Jonathan Pryce, Whizzer opposite Mandy
Patinkin in James Lapine's production of Falsettos, Rusty in
Trevor Nunn's production of Starlight Express and Danny Zuko in
the smash hit revival of Grease!. Off-Broadway, he starred
as Larry in the critically acclaimed revival of The Boys in the Band and
played Tony in West Side Story for the Victoria State Opera in
Syndey, Australia. His regional credits include The Pajama Game
(Sid Sorokin), South Pacific (Lt. Cable), Chess (Freddie),
Carousel (Billy Bigelow) and Jesus Christ Superstar
(Jesus).
On television, Mr. McDermott starred as Hart Jessup on the "Guiding Light" and has appeared on "The Tonight Show" with both Jay Leno and Johnny Carson. Sean sang for the President of the United States on two separate occasions at the Kennedy Center and shared the stage with Bernadette Peters at Carnegie Hall. Most recently, Sean returned from Virginia where he started his Opera career playing Gastone in La Traviata. He also played El Remendado while understudying Don Jose in The Virginia Opera production of Carmen. Sean's recordings include his debut album of original material "New York Nights," and his most recent album "My Broadway" is on sale in stores or on his web site, seanmcdermott.com. |
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Sal Viviano most recently starred on
Broadway in The Full Monty. His other Broadway credits
include The Three Musketeers, Romance/Romance, City of
Angels, Falsettos, and The Life. Off-Broadway,
Mr. Viviano co-starred in the long-running comedy Beau Jest, as
well as Cather County, Weird Romance, Catch Me If I
Fall, Broadway Jukebox, and Hamlet, The Opera.
On tour, Sal has co-starred in Evita, Anything Goes, The
Pirates of Penzance, and Hair. Nominated for the 1998
Helen Hayes Award for his performance in the title role in Sunday in
the Park with George at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., he also
worked in regional productions at nearly thirty theatres
nationwide.
His television credits include "Law and Order," "The Cosby Mysteries," "Search for Tomorrow," and "Ryan's Hope." Recently, Sal narrated the PBS Series "The World of Film" and guest-starred as Vincent Van Gogh on The Disney Channel's "Out of the Box." In concert, Sal has sung at The White House (the Reagans), The Inaugural Concert (Clinton/Gore), Carnegie Hall and with symphony orchestras around the country. He has made nearly 40 CD recordings including the original cast albums of Weird Romance, Catch Me If I Fall, Fanny Hill, A Special Place, and The Trouble with Twillis and Brimstone. Sal has proudly sung our National Anthem at arenas across the continent, including the last 18 seasons at Shea Stadium for the New York Mets. |
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