The Sound of Music (Marie Osmond) 1994 Program

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Marie Osmond/Claudia Cumming



It was soon after that Marie'smother to ld Mike Curb (then

president ofMGMReco rds) ofMarie's passion for coulllry music.Curb expressed interest and sent

country lege nd Sonn yjames ademo tape of Marie

MONDinging, inquiring

if jam es would

be interested in

producing the then

unknown adolesce nt. jam es

hirty yea rs ago,

Andy Williams

hoisted a pint-sized,dark-haired toddler

onto his lap in front

of his popular weekly va rietyprogram's millions of viewers and

introduced her as "the youn gestOsmond Brother." Although he

already knewof her brothers'amazing talellls from their regular

appearances on his show , Williamswas little aware that this same girl

wo uld grow up to become one of

quickly answered yes , and the restis history. The result of thiscollabora tion was Marie's first

record, "Paper Roses". which

quickly rose to number one on theBillboa rd char t. The song, released

just a few days afte r Ma rie's 13th

birthd ay, marked the first time in

country music history that a femaleartist had reached the number one

chart position with a debut record.

It wasn't long before Marie hit theroad as part of her broth ers' show.

Her first perfo rmance was an

Duringand after "The Donn yand

Marie Show", Marie starred in

seve ral television movies ,

including "The Gift of Love" with

james Woods and Timothy

Bottoms, "IMarried Wyatt Ea rp"with Bruce Box leitner, and "Side

By Side" (the story of the Osmond

famil y) with Joseph Bottoms.

She and Donny also starred in a

motion picture called "Goin '

Coconu ts" in 1975. Of that effort ,Marie laughs and says , "Somethings we're punished for all our

lives!" Marie's love of ac tingeventually led her to NewYork,where she studied with the

lege ndaryLee Strasberg.

In the SOs , Marie returned to herfirst love, reco rdin gcountry music,

and began racking up a string of hit

record s, including "Meet Me In

Montana" (with Dan Seals),

"There's No Stoppin ' Your Heart" ,

"I OnlyWanted You ". "You're Still



video on healthy exe rcises for

mothers-to-be, issued her own line

of clothing patterns for Butterick ,written a beauty and hea lth book

for Simon&

Schuster, and createsand manufactures her own line of

fine porcelain dolls , which aredistributed by the QVC shopping

channe l and the Di sney themeparks. In addition , Toys R Us and

],C . Penney joined the distributionnetwork with

vinyl versions ofthe dolls. If that

weren 't enough,

Marie is currently

part of a largenational

television

campaign forGitano jeans.

the prest igious RoyAcuff Award in

recog nition of her tireless effortson behalf of children and

children ' s hospitals throughout

the world.

n addition to numerous

go ld records , Marie 's other

awards and honors includea 1986 Country Mu sic

Association awa rd for Vocal

entertainment is that of a trueinternational celebrity, having hit

reco rds and per formingconcertsthe world over, and as a telev ision

star from No rth and South Americato the British Isles , Europe,Japan ,Australia , and the Pacific rim

countries as a result of "The Donny

and Marie Show", and her

telev ision movies being dubb edinto seve ral fo reign languages.

When askedabout future

plans; Marie

doesn 't hes itatewhen she says ,

"I've been a lot

of places and

don e manythings, and

there's still

much I'd like to

accomp lish , but

you know,

when it 's all

said and done,

One of Marie's

proudestachievements is

co-founding theChildren 's Miracle

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PRELUDIU\\

THE SOUN DOF ~ l l JMARIA

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Nuns

Maria

Abbess, Berthe . Sophia,Magaretta

Maria,MotherAbbess

Maria. Ch ildren

Liesl,Rolf

Maria .ChildrenMa x. Elsa

Captain , Chi ldren

Child ren

r'\Tuns

MotherAbbess



urence

uittard

r. Guit tard recent ly

performed the role of

Capta in Von Trapp in theNew York Ci ty Opeta

product ion of THE

SOUND OF MUSIC, fo r

which he rece ived a Drama Desk

nomina t ion . He is a Tony nominee and a

Theatre World Award winner fo r h is

portrayal of Count Car l Magnus in



H ISTORY

HE SOUND OF MUS IC, - the musica l,winner of sevenTony Awards , includ ing

Best Mu sical. Bes t Book and Best Score;THE SOUND OF MUS IC - the film , wi nnerof five Academy Awards including the

Osca r for best picture; THE SOUN DOF

MUSIC - the music. winn er of a Go ld

Record and the Grammy for Bes t Origina lCast Album , was origina lly prese nted on Broadwa y by a

formid ab le batteryof theatrical names that read s like a Who'sWho of show business.

In the 1950's, VinccnI Oonehue. a well- known Broadwa y

director was in LosAngeles dir ec ting a TV series. He was

app roached by Paramount Pictures with the idea of dir ec tin g theAmerican ve rsion ofa German film about the Von Trapp family ,

based on Baroness Von Trapp 's book of reminiscences , "TheTrapp Family Si nge rs." The "S ingers" were a pair of adults and

seven stair-step children who , from 193810 194;, were one of

themOst popu lar concert attraction s n America. Admiration

abo unded for the bea ut yand cha rm of their songs , and no one

gave much thought as to who th is German speaking famil y was

and where they came from . The truth that they we re penniless

exiles , driven from th ei r Austria n home by the Naz is and forced10 turn what had only been a joyo us ho bby into a profess ional

ski ll was unkn ow n at that tim e.

Donehue, after view ing the film , did not think that as a strai ght

With all the legal pap ers in hand . THE SOUNDOF hega n

rehearsa ls. wit h a subsequcllI opening in Boston for a trial run .

whi le Ke w YorkerssCf::lmbled for tickets. The show listed an

imposing array of Broadway names, the likes of which had not

been wgether for long tim e. Mar y Martin starr ed. Rodgersand

Hammerstein wrotc the score and for the only tim e in the hi story

of thei r partn ership, the task of writing the book did not go to

Hammerstei n. Instead, the musical's librcni stswere Ilow ard

Lindsay and Ru sse l Cro use, who had bee n co nt racted in the ve ry

beg inning . Directed by Vncentj . Donehu e, with musical

numbers byjoe Layton , a triumph ant success see med guaranteedwi th oneorthe bigges tadvance ticket sa les inBroadway history

at the time - 52.32 ; ,000'

On an interest ing notc, while in Boston a flaw was discovered

that cou ld have ru ined the entire enterprise. In rea l life and in

the musical. the Von Trapp famil y did li ve wit h the spectre of the

Nazi threat in Austria in the late 19.O's. whic h did . in the end .ca use them to fl ee the CO lll1!r)' when Hit ler's legions invaded. Tointroduce this into the show it se lf would com pletely change the

atm osphere of the show . If a single Naz i soldier were to appea r

on stage, it would no longer bea lovely, romantic , and inspiring

piece - the charm would co mpl etelydisa ppear . In the end . it

was decided tha t the Nazi influence wo uld be felt , but alwa ys

off- stage. Somehow this heightened the menace of the Nazis,

but did not des tro y the bea uty of the show.

HIE SOU NDOF MUS ICopened at Broadway's Lunt -Fontanne



a

1

alf a century ago , Richard Rod ge rs and

Oscar Hamm erste in II joined forces to

create the mO st successful partnership in

the history of the American Theatre. In

seve nt ee n short years they wrOte eleven

musicals) earned twenty-one Tony

Awards, fourteen Academy Awards , two

Pulit zer Priz es , and changed th edirect ion of th e Broadway mu sical

forever.

Their partnership bega n in 1943 with

OKLAHOMA! , and the Golden

in recog nition of its milestone

anniversary. Eight of the nine musicals

Rodgers & Hamm erstein wrote for

Broadway opened on the fabled block of

44 th Street in th e th ea ter district , and so

th e City of New York renam ed that street

"Rodge rs & Hamm erstein Row". Even

th e U.S. Postal Service go t in on the actby issuing a specia l commemorative

stamp for OKLAHOMA! th e first tim e a

Broadway mu sical had bee n so honored.

And all of this fift y years after th e tea m

bega n working together, almost a

century since th ey were born.

Prior to his work with Hamm erste in ,

Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)

collaborated with lyricist Lorenz Hart on

a series of mu sical co medie s that

epitomi zed th e wit and so phi stication of

Broadway in its heyday . Prolific on

Broadwa y, in London and in Hollywood

from the 20 's int o the ea rly 40 's,



operetta. Hi s co llaborations with such

preemi nent compo se rs as Rudolf Fr iml ,

Sigmund Romb erg , and Vincent

Youm ans res ult ed in such operetta

classics as THE DE SERT SONG , RO SE-

)IAR IE, an d THE NEW MO O I . With

jerome Kern he wrot e SHOW BOAT, th e

Rodgers& Hammerstcin wrote one

musical spec ifica lly for th e big sc ree n,

STATE FAIR , and one for te lev ision ,

CINDERELLA.

Desp ite Hammerstein 's death in 1960,

Rodge rs co ntinued to wr ite for th e

Broadway stage. Hi s firsl so lo entry, NO

STRINGS, ea rned him two Tony Award s

for music and lyr ics , and was fo llowed

by DO I HEAR AWALTZ?, TWO BY TWO ,REX , and I REMHIBER MAMA. Ri cha rd

Rodge rs di ed on Dece mber 30, 1979,

less than eight month s after his last

mu sica l opened on Broadway . In Marc h

of 1990, Broadway 's 46th Stree t Theatre

was renam ed th e- Ri chard Rodge rs

Th eatre in his honor.

Tod ay the Rodge rs & Hamm erstein

mu sicals co ntinue to thri ve throughout

the wo rld . From LE ROI ET MOl in

France lo lL SOU 0 DELLA MUS ICA in

haly, froma daring new production of



Laurence Gulttard/Marie Osmond

Richard H. Blake



Jam es Hammerstein (Director) has direc ted New York

productions of WISE CH ILD , BUTLEY and THE REAR

COLUMN by Simon Gray , TEA PARTY and THE

BASEME NT by Harold Pinter (also in London), THE INDIA N

WANTS THE BRO NX and LINE by Israel Horov itz, CU BA N

TRILOGY by Eduardo Machado , Ira Wallach 's ABSENCE OF A

CELLO , S.j.

Perelm an's THE

BEAUTY PART and

man y ot hers.

His musical credits

includ e the hit revue

TUSCALOOSA 'S

CA LLI NG ME ,DAM NYANKEES (In

London) , MY FAIR

LADY and , of the

musicals his father

Oscar Hammerstein

II wrote wit h

Richard Rodgers:

OK LAHOMA !

(p rese nted byCameronMackintosh in London and Australia), THE SOUNDOF MUS IC

(s tarring Debby Boone at the New York City Opera) , THE KI NG

AND I (Tel Aviv; 1989 U.S. tour starring Susan Hampshir e) , and

seve ral productions of CARO US EL , SOUTH PACIFIC , and

FLOWER DR UMSONG.

His reg ional credits includ e THE ROSE TATTOO , MERTO NOF

The Lindsay & Crouse partnership stands today as the longest

collaboration of any writers in theatrical history , lasting more than 28

years . In addition to the book for THE SOUN DOF MUS IC, their hit

sho ws include the long-run reco rd-holder LIFE WTH FATHER (which

originally starred the co-author Lindsay); the Pulitzer Prize winning THE

STATE OF THE UN ION; RED , HOT ANDBLUE; HAPPY HUNTING ;and

CALL ME ~ L A D A M . Their producingcred its included THE HASTY

HEARTS, DETECTIVE STORY , and ARSENC AN DOLD LACE.

.. - ' ' - ..- ' .

-H

owa rd Lindsay

was born in

Waterford ,

New York , in 1889 and

died in 1968 . He became~ . ~ ~ ~ i . i " ' 5 J I j , . d i - " ' ..... anactor at nineteenand

in I9I3 begana five

year stay with the

Margaret Anglin Co.

• After Infantry Service in

World War I, his first big

break was to act and

direct in the George S.

Kaufman hit DULCY in

1921. Lindsay wrotemany plays before

teaming up with Russel

Crouse on ANYTHI NG

GOES in 1934. (Rodgers

and Hamm erstein buffs

wi ll not e that among his

acting credi ts is the roleoward Lindsay/Russel Crouse (1959)

Photo © Toni Frissell . ofThe King in the



RICHARD PARRINELLO (Musical

Director) A graduate of BOSIOII University,

Mr. Parrinello studied at Tanglewood and

assisted Sarah Caldwell in the formation of

the Boston Opera Company. He served as

musical director of the Western Opera

llIcalre. For San Francisco's opera season,

he conducled Ihe highly successful U.S.

premiere of Conizelli's VIVA LA MAMAIn New York City, he has been musical

direclor for TIlE BEGGAR'S OPERA,

PROMENADE, SHENANDOAH, SMITII,

TIlEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG,

SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN

BROTIlERS, TIlE SOUND OF MUSIC for

Ihe New York City Opera and Yul Bl}'nner's

farewell produclion of TIlE KING AND I.His national company credits include

CANTERBURY TALES , T H E

FANTASTICKS, HELLO DOLLY! , A

LlTILE NIGHT MUSIC, OKLAHOMA!,

ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE

FOREVER, PORGY AN D BESS,

SHENANDOAH, NINE, TIlE KING AND

I, and TIlE TAP DANCE KID. MoSi

recently, he was the conductor of the

Nalional Tour of JESUS CHRIST

NEIL PETER JAMPOLIS (Scenic and

ughting Design) Neil Peter Jampolis has

de signed morc than 300 plar.;, musicals,

operas and ballets internationally. from sets

for Ihe 1991 Slralford Festival's

CAROUSEL 10 Ihe London Earls Court

mammoth TOSCA, the current touringproduclion of CAMELOT and over 24

produCiions of Ihe musical FOREVER

PLAID , including those in London anti

Tok')'o. His numerous Hro..1dway designs

have earned him four Tony nominations

including his Tony·winllillg lighting design

for the Royal Shakespeare Company's

SHERLOCK HOLMES, Ihe musical revue

BLACK AND BLUE (co-designed wilh Jane

Reisman , his wife and partner of over 23

years). Harold Pinter's production of 11-1E

INNOCENTS and ORPHEUS

DESCENDING. His designs for Uly

Tomlin and Jane Wagner's "The Search for

Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe"

netted the Los Angeles Drama Critics'

Award . He is also au opera director, most

recently with "Pelleas and Melisal1de" and

"Hansel and Gretel" for the SeaHle Opera,and 3n upooming "Falstafr in Sl. Louis. Mr .

JampoJis lives in New York and tos

Angeles, where he is on the Theatre faculty

of UCLA.

JONATHAN BIXBY (CoSIume Design)

designed the current European tour of Ken

Edwards' de signs include the European tours

of BROADWAY TONIGHT! and

EN COUNTER 500 also, I DO! I DO! with

Sandy Duncan, PAINT YOUR WAGON

wilh Roy Clark, TIlE SOUND OF MUSIC

WEST SIDE STORY. TIlE DESERT

SONG. FIDDLER ON TI1E ROOF, andDAY DREAMS PROJECT. He is currenlly

the associate designer for the U.S. IOUI 0(

Andrew Uoyd Webber's EVITA. Mr.

Edwards' most recent designs are

SHAKESPEARE FOR MY FATIlER.

starring Lynn Redgrave 011 Broadway. and

the international presentation of 11IE

CAVE by Steve Reich and Bel}'l KoroL He

lives ill New York Ciry and Rome. Ita ly \\ith

his lovely and talented wife Patricia orc:i3

and daughter, Franccsca .

JOHN ACTMAN (Produclion St .!e

Manager) John comes frol11 a family in the

entertainment field that included a

Broadway musical director. a Zie@fdd

dancer, and one of the Three StCJlO!CS-From this background, John wen l 00 to

stage manage over thirty shows induding. tbe

original Broadway productions of OH

CALCUTTA, TIlE ROTIISCHILDS. THEMAGIC SHOW, BEATLEMANIA: rood

shows such as GRAND HOTEL EL \lS .

CHESS and revivals of PORGY & BESS. A

FUNNY HUNG .. wilh Mickey Rooney and

one of his favorites, Ihe Broadway re\"ival of



ROBERT V. STRAUS (General Manager)

Rober! V. Straus has heen a Producer.

Director. General Manager, Production

Supervisor and Production Stage Manager.

During the 1993/94 season he will serve as

the General Manager for the tours of THE

SOUND OF MUSIC with Marie Osmond

alld EVITA. This past year he served as the

General Manager for tours of A CHORUS

UNE. ANNIE and nIE WIZ with

Stephanie Mills. Other recent tours include

WEST SIDE STORY. JESUS CHRIST

SUPERSTAR, MAN OF lA MANCHA.

nIE KING AND I with Stacy Keach, nIE

ODD COUPLE and the world famous

MOSCOW CIRCUS, as well as the

International tour of TEENAGE MUTANTNINJA TURTLES. In New York. Mr.

Straus was the General Manager for the

production of JUNON AND AVOS at the

City Center Theatre as well as the Off·

Broadway production of lAUGHING

MATTERS. His extensive Broadway credits

include RAGS with Teresa Stratas.

WOMAN OF nIE YEAR with Raquel

Welch and Debbie Reynolds, UTTLE

JOHNNY JONES with Donny Osmond, theall-star revival of nIE WOMEN. BING

CROSBY ON BROADWAY and

BEATI.EMANIA (New York. London.

Tokyo, National and Internationaloompanies

and the film). 011 Broadway he co-produoed

SUMMER BRAVE with Alexis Smith and

directed the national oompany of PlAZA

SUITE with Belly Garrell, Howard Keel and

Van Dyke and I DO! I DO! with Rock

Hudson and Carol Burnell. In 1984, Mr.

Young opened a satellite office in New York

to support the main office in Indianapolis.

From both offices have come many tours

including the national tours of nIE

FANTASTICKS with Rohert Goulet.CAMELOT with Richard Harris, nIE

ODD COUPLE with nm Conway and Tom

Poston. MAN OF lA MANCHA with Hal

Linden. EVITA, JESUS CHRIST

SUPERSTAR. OKlAHOMA, WESTSIDESTORY, A CHORUS UNE, The Broadway

Tour of America, nIE WIZ with Stephanie

Mills, ANNIE with Jo Anne Worley and

John Schuck and in association with his son

Greg, lAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERSwith Don Knotts and Barbara Eden. In

addition Mr. Young bas produced the U.S.

and Japanese tours of nIE KJNG AND I

with Stacey Keach, A CHORUS UNE with

Donna McKechnie, THE SOUND OF

MUSIC with Debby Boone and MY FAIR

LADY. Current Robert Young productions

include EVITA, and THE SOUND OF

MUSIC with Marie Osmond. Mr. Young is

a member of The National Alliance League

of Presenters and Produocrs.

PACE THEATRJCAL GRQ.UP (PTG)

operates theatres and Broadway subsaiptionseries in 2S cities, and has recently produced

or co-produoed the national tours of The

Who's TOMMY, nIE MUSIC OF

ANDREW lLOYD WEBBER with Michael

Crawford. nIE MAGIC OF DAVID

COPPERFIELD, THE SECRET GARDEN.

nIE WORLD GOES ROUND. MY FAIR

LADY. ANNIE GET YOUR GUN. EVITA

and the Tony Award winning Broadway

revivals of GYPSY and FIDDLER ON nIE

ROOF. PTG is currently represented on

Broadway by The Who's TOMMY, winner

of live 1993 Tony Awards. PTG is a division

of PACE Entertainment Corp., a leading

producer/presenter of live entertainment inmusic, theatre and sports for over 2S years,

as well as a developer and manager of

amphitheatres, arenas and theatres. PTG

emerged into a position of national

prominence in 1982 under the direction ofAllen Beeker, Brian Becker, Miles Wilkin

and Sooll Zeiger. Ia .



ROBERT YOUNG, NIC K lITRENT A, JO N 8. PlAIT

ROBERT v. STR AUS, EXE CUTIVE PRODUCER

IN ASSOC IATION WITIf PACE THEATRIC AL GR OUP

prtsUlI

MARIE OSMOND

THE SOUND OF MUSIC

MMSic try

RICHARD RODGERSL,.-ics try

OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II

Boo t. by

HOWARD LINDSAY ~ RUSSEL CROUSER g ~ . s u try ' 7 I u ! S Trapp F a m i

CLAUDIA CUMMINGS JANE SEAMAN JOHN TILLOTSON

VANESSA DORMAN RICHARD H. BLAKE

ELIZABETH OWENS GARRETT STATES DAVID BARRON RICHARD NEILSON

STEPHEN BLOSlL LAURA BUNDY JA CYDeFILIPPO HEATHER ANN HARMER

EDWARD MARTIN ERIK McCORMACK LISBETH ZELLE SARA ZELLE

Also starring

LAURENCE GUITTARDas Cap tain Von Trapp



CAST OF CHARACTERS(in order of appearance)

\lARIA R'\ I\ER. a Postulant at .\onnherg Ahhey

SISTEK BEKTIIE , i S l r e s s of i c c sSISTER .\lAR(;ARE'ITA . ,\listfess of Postula nts

TI lE ABBESS

SISTEK SOPII I,I

CIPTAI \ GEOKG 1'0\ TKAI'I'

fKA NZ, TilE B1TLEK

FK ,I I' SCl I.III DT, Ih e lIousekeeperCIl IU1KE:> OF C.'II'T:l1\ 1'0\ TK:ll'p ,

Ufo'Sf.

FRIEDRICII

I.Of'l.lIl

K1RTBR IGI7., il

MARlA(;RE71.

KO Lf (;KUBEK

ELSA SC II RAEDER

,IIAX DETWE ILEKII EKK ZELLEK

I l A K O ELBERFELD

Alm lRAL VON SC II RE IBEK

, Iarie Osmond

jill Boswo rth

,llary C. Shee han

Claudia CumJllingsGeorga OshorneLaurrll(, (;uitlard

David BarronElizah et h Owens

\'anessa Dorman

Erik iIIcCormack

Laura Bundy

Slephen Blosil

Sara Ze ll elacy DeFi lippoLshel h ZelleKc hard II , Blak e

Jan e Sea manjohn Til lotsonGar rc(( Sta tes

li m Ovst rrNe i lson

\t'ighhors of Capta in\ 'Oll

Trapp .nU ll s.

novices. postulant>;, COIHcstants

in the Festiva lCO

llcert:a r i l y n

Bogctich . BuckDi

etz.

Ikhra D()llliniak .Sarah Downs. Lisa Faiclw, Niw lc Ilaimos. Kelly Karbacz . Meredyth Rawlin s. Lou Reiner. Barhara Smith ·DavisSiandh vs, GKETL & A R T A lIeal her Annllarmer, fK IEDR ICIl & KeRT · Edward Mal1in

['nd rrstuciics arc never suhstituted for listed y ( ' ~ unless a specific annou ncement

for the appearance is mad e at the time of the performance.

~ G S , jane LaBanz ,jack Gianino

l'ndl'l'SllIdi, 's, for ,IIAR IARA I\EK . Sarah Downs: for CA PTA INrONTRAPP · Garrell Siales, for MOTIIER AIlBESS . j ill Bos\l'o rllt

I, ,,' EISA · \irllll'lIalmos, for SISTEK lERTIIE · Lou Rein er : for MAX· Ilavid Ilarron: for I.IESL& LOUISA· Kell y Ka rbacz: for RO LF·

Bnek iJit'l1" for FKA\Z , II EKR ZE LLIX AD ,IIIKA L ONSCIIKE II\EK· jimOyste r. jack (; ian ino: for fRA USCII MIDT· Maril ynn Ilogelidt

for SISTEK ,IIAKGAKE'lTA . Barhara Smilh·Oavis, for SISTEK SOplllA Debra Domi niak for BR IGI'ITA . Llura Bund v,



Cblll. . <.. '1IIIlIiliIIS" .blle & ~ l l I K H I John TilloL,...[\ Diehard II. 1Jlakc

t:lizabcth O'),CII ' [),:l\'id 1");.1 ITOIl a l J r ~ 1 [)ulldy

I l c ~ I L h c r .\nn Ibrmcr



I:cs tival. MeC.1. rter ' Illea tre. Pionee r ' Illeat re

Co mpany aflll Lon g Wharf ' Il lea lre among

others . li e has bee!! a co lllpany Illc mbe r of

the Shak es peare h s tivals o f Alabama, Utah

anll Dallas. ll igh p o i l l L ~ of ' lill o tson's cm ee r

illduue NICII O LA S N ICKLEOY with the

first Arl1e riean co mpany ill Chi cago, MARY

UA I{NES ill New Yo rk of f-Uroallway, and

playing E"tragon in WA I'Il NG FOR

(;ODOT . lI o lof e r nes in L OVE'S

l A BOUR'S LOST. Cha plain ue Stogu lllbe r

in SA INT J OAN alld bo th Dvor llichek ,IUU

Ga l ill uiffe rellt prOlluctiolls o f ROU G H

C ROSS ING . Tillotson is a grauua te o f the

Meadows Schoo l of Ih c Art s at Sout hern

Mc thexi isl Uni vers ity.

VANESSA 1J0HI\.-1AN (Liesl, cO llies to TilE

SOUNIJ OF MUSIC havillg recc llt ly

pe rforill eu the ro le o f Ailil E llge rm<ln in

Sle phe n Sonuhe illl's A LlTIl £ NIGI IT

M US IC ;11 ' 111e<ll re Virginia . I'reviously , she

S;lIlg pri lleipa l rol es ill We ill 's -' Ill e '!1lfee

Pe nny O pe ra : -Stree t Sce ne- anll Mm.,a rt·s

-Cos i Fa ll Tutt;- . She has to ureu extensively

th rougho ul Euro pe and the Middle Ea st fo rthe United States Depa rtm e nt o f Defe llse.

){eec lltly Vanessa has bee I sce ll in

numerous epis<XIcs of -A ll My l d r e l lShe lives in New York and stut!ies al the

New Yor k Pe rfo rmance A lliallce direc tet! hy

Rieharu Sca n Oll .

HIC IIAH IJ II, UlA KE ( Rol f Ciruber)

Rich;rrt! has bee n ap pearing on stage s illce

0 1: BE ING EARNEST, Peli lisy lv3 11ia Stage

C'o lilpaIlY: ME AND MY G IR L.

Car lll icwood Playhou se, Da nbury, C I';

AIIIC r ic. . 11 pre mieres of Ro nald Il arwood 's

TRAMWAY ROAD , W hite Barn ' 11Iealre ,

Wes tpo rt , CT an ll TO K ILL A

MOCK ING BIRD with Ge orge Gr i7zarll at

New Je rsey 's Paper Mill I layho use. Fi lllls:

l 1 f i r e of the Va nities:

-Leall 0 11 M Television: Sy lvia Go ldstc in

in -D rea lll S t r e e (N BC se ries), Nurse

l ,inds trolll ill the Wor lu TE li/.abe th is lIIa rri eu to Ge ne Feis t. fOut ll.li ng

Jireeto r of Broadwa y's Ho umJaoout '1l1eatre

Co lllpany.

GARH E rl' STATES ( Her r Ze ller ) Ga rrell

bega n hi s career at l8 while stud ying at

Webs ter Univers ity ill SI. Lo ui s, Mo . allli

was the younges t ba ritone so lois t to ap pear

with the S I. Lo ui s Sympho lly. -Illfo ugh the

seaSO IIS, he has gone back 13 tillles to a ppea r

al the sum Iller s tock th eat re where he first

go t hi s start as an acto r, the SI. Loui s MUllY

Ope ra . li e has gone o n to do shows frolll

New Yo rk to Los Angeles. as well astelevisio n cO lll llle rcials fo r McJ)o nald s,

SiCilians. Easte rn A'irli nes, Sul>aru alld

We instock 's. He was a fea lur cu singer in

the Lillo Dc I)n ris in lAS Vegas anu lea d

s inge r ill MGM's wo rld famo lls H ELLO

II OLLYWOOD H ELLO in HellO, NV , fo r

ove r six years . Mos t rece ntly Garrell

ap pc a re ll as Emile in G&S U ght Op e ra

Soc iety'S product ion o f SO U'1l1 I)A CIFIC.

VOII T rapp. lliere is good reason fOf the

rese mblance; S tephe n is the real -life so n o f

SOUND 01' j\'1USIC s ta r, Ma rie Os mo nu .

Although only te ll years o lLl, it appears as if

Ste phe n is we ll o n the way to claimi llg hi s

p!:lee am ong th e legendary Os mo llll falllily.

Il aving spe nt half his life in fr ont o f

a ullienees. he made hi s t!ebu l as a n

e rlt crtaillef in hi s mo ther 's s tage show in

Ora llso ll . Misso uri in 1988 a nLi has bee ll

reg ularly fea tur ed in he r co nce r ts eve r s ince,

pla ying everything fro lll fairs and fes tiva ls to

majo r ililioo r are nas. Stephe n's creJits

incluLie several co llllllcrcials a nt! voiceovers,

as ell as a ro le in the hom e viLico vcrs io n o f

-Sa turllay's W a r r i His te lev is ion ereJi ts

incl uLi e -Marie Os mond 's Merry C hri stmas:

Childre n 's Mi racle Net work Tele tho n:

and -It A lmos t Wasn't C a s , ~ a maue

for -Ielevision mov ie starr illg Cha rles

Durning. Stephell wo ulu like to thank hi s

1110 111 and L1aLl for all th e ir support a nJ sen is

hi s love to hi s sis ter s J essica aull Ra chel and

hi s brother Michael.

LA URA !JUNO " (Loui sa) Laura isa stuuenta t the Profess io nal ChilLirell's School in New

Yo rk C ity an d a na tive o f Lexingto n, KY.

She rece ivell the Dra llla Des k a nt! Oute r

Critics Circle Awa rd nominations as -Best

Ac tress in a Mu sica l" for he r perfo rmance as

' li na Dell mar k, a ro le whi ch she origina tell,

ill the critica lly-accla imed off-BroaLiway hit

mu sia ll , HU 'll I LES S. w hi ch WO II the Ouler

Critics Circle Bes t of f-Broadway Mu sica l



orig inal Chr is lmas SO llgS, sun g the Nat ional

Anthem to start the Philadelphia 76crs and

Ph ill ies galllcs 3IHl played thc lead role in

ANNIE in a local productio ll . -nl e

Muga1- iuc For Girls· named her o nc Of ....nl e

Ten Outstandin g G irls of m for 1993.

EI)WARI) l\'lARTIN is cxci ted to be making

his lIational tour de but. Ilis favoritc ro les

illcl ude Michae l Da rling ill PITIE R PAN,

Winthrop in MUSIC MAN and young Eric

in PHANTOM. He has bec li performing

since age 10. He thauks hi s voice teacher,

Sandra Kawer, his agcnl. Stevc Ca rson. and

his family for thc ir love and support.

M('COltMACK (Fricd rich) Erik

McCo rmack is a thirtcc n yea r o ld with a n

incredible love of music. I lis fi rs t

professio llal role was Aldo ill ALDO AND

'111 12 MAGIC LAMP, a ll off-Uroadway

prOliuctio ll. li e was also seen as Kurt in a

reg ional theat re prod uctioll ofTilE SOUND

OF MUSIC. Erik would like 10 thank hi s

pa rents for Ihe ir love a nd suppo rt !

LlSUETIl ANN ZELLE (G re tl ) Lisbeth

llIade her professiona l stage deb ut two yca rs

ago as Mo lly in a na tiOla l touring

prOliuctioll of ANNIE tmvcling throughoUi

the USA, Callada, and the Or ient for 7

months. Hi ghlights of Ihe Far EaSI tour for

U sbe th were feeding the wilJ monkeys in

Malaysia and Sin gapore a nd shopp ing in

Hong Kong. u sbe th 's television credits

incl ude sevc ml appcamlllxs on Ihc dayt im c

YANKEES. Jack's mothe r in INTO 'n i E

WOODS and Go lde in FIDDLE R ON 'Il"IE

ROOF. She has also pe rformcd at

Chicago's GO<X.Illlan and Court thea tres anJ

was the o riginal Lotle in She lley Berman's

FIRS' )' IS SU PPER. Six ye ars ago Mar ilynn

gilVe up tcachin g to jo in Tom Jones and

Il arvey Schmidt in thc prcmiere of

G ROVE lt ·S CORN ERS. Spccialt hanks to

lovillg and suppo rtive family and fr iends

(aud directors!)

JILL lJOSWOltTH (Siste r Bcrthe) Jill comcs

to THE SOUND OF MUSIC direc tly from

o t I g e r s & IlaUlIl1ers teill 's CIND ERELlA

il t New Yo rk City Ope ra. Recc lltly sheappea red as Cous ill Nellie Fowler ill

CARO USEL at North Shore Music Theat re ,

a fte r a stint as Sistcr Bc rthe in Ja mes

lI ammerstcin's SOUNO OF MUSIC and

Mrs. I'aroo in MUSIC MAN , bo th at

NYCO. Jill has lo urcd North America in

ANNIE, and has performcd ext ensively with

the New Yo rk Gilbert & Sullivilll Playe rs

:tnd Broq ue Opc ra (yes, th:tt's a pun! ).

im perso lla ting var ious witchcs. mothers and

mcanics across th,e COUllt ry.

nUCK DIEri. A graduate of thc Amcrican

Acadc my of Dramatic Art s, Buck just

fini shcd o riginating thc rolc of Scudde r in

the lIew musica l ve rsio ll 0 11 E.M. Fors ter's

MAUIUCE at Musical '1l1eat rc Works. li e

crcrt teo the ro le of Abel in the U .S. premicre

of thc Stephen Schwanz/John Ca irJ musicrtl.

CHILDREN OF EDEN alld appea red as

the 35th anllive rsary tour of '1l1E MUSIC

MAN. She has a lso played such rolcs as

E liza in MY FAIR LADY. Pam in UAUY.

and Maria ill WEST SID E STORY . She

ap peareu in SHOWBOAT starring EuJ ic

Bracke n at thc Iapcrlllill I lay housc, which

was filmed for PUS' G rcat Pe rforma nces. In

New York C ity, whe rc she s tmJies voice with

Susan Ormonl. Sa rah has o riginated several

leading roles in ncw wo rk s. afl u cven

teetcrcd in electric b lue pum ps as Agnes in

the lillic kn own PIP E DREAM.

LISA FAU;;rrO las t appeared ill the

Nalioua l Tour of ' ll i E PI·IANTOM O F

-1l 1E O PERA pe rformillg the roles ofCa dolla :Iud Madame Firmiu. Comfo rtable

in musical thcatre and opera. Lisa is an

a lulllllus of ' Ille Lyric OI)C ra of Chicago's

Cenler for Ame rican Artists. II c r repertoire

iucludcs -nl e Quce n of the Night ill "' Illc

Magic Flutc," Violetta in i a t a anu

CO llstallze in "'In c Abduction frOIll the

Se raglio." She ho lds a Mas ters degree fro ll1

Northwcstc rn Unive rsity and a Uaehelors

from the Uni ve rsity of Illinois. Lisa,:I

newlywe d, would like to than k he r husba nd

for his lovc aud enoouragc llleil l. aud hcr

family and fr ie nds for thc ir sllppor t.

NICOLE I I A L ~ l O S lI10st reee lltly playe d

Ilallllel in the Targe t Ma rgin ' ll lCa tre

Comp;:lIIy's protluctio ll of Shakespeare 's

IIAM LET. Il e r prior wo rk includes: Off

Br<Xldway: Miss 1"la tch " ON A CLEAR

I)AY YOU CAN SEE FO REVE R l l ic resa



ST ltEET: Suzie ill BY E BYE BIRDIE with

To mmy Tunc au J Grace in ANN IE. She

receivcd a Carhollclle 1I0lllillatiOll as Best

Act ress for he r portrayal of AIIIIC ill A

LlTI lX NIG II T MU SIC She has visi ted

ove r 50 co ulltries e ntertaining on a world

cruise lillc r. A" a fo rtner school tea cher,

J :llle is the tea che r of the child actors during

thcir tra vels acro s." the coulliry.

GE O ItGA OSIJOHNE (Siste r Sophia)

Geurga appeareJ 011 BroaJway in Ihe

u r i ~ i u a l <':,tst of MEET ME lN ST. LOU IS

:lnJ to urcd th e U.S . and Japan in TH E

SOUND OF MUS IC wilh Dcbby Boo ne .

ll er regional creJits iucJude performanccs a l

the Americall Siage '1l1eat re. Teancck. N.J.:

Ih e Wes ton (VI) I'layhou sc: and Cil1cin nat i's

11 01 Summe r Nights. A rising New York

caba ret c ntertainer, Ms. Osborne has

pnxlu a.:J her OWl l critic.llly acclaillied. so lJ

ou t nlle -W01llan act allli recently debuted at

the Hussian '1ea Room Caba ret. Ms.

Osborne si ugs with the New York Cho ral

Artists, ill th e Ft. Washillgton Co llegiatc

Chur<.: h <.: hoir, ; l1H..I has sung with the New

York I'hilharmollic.

JII\" OYSTEH ( Baro n ElherfclJ) J im was

last fea tured on BroaJway op posite Petcr

Ustinov in W II O' S WilD IN HELL Ot her

!lroauway proJuctiOlIS il1ciuJ e ROM U LUS.

1I0S ' Il LE WrINESS (wi th Ray Millanu )

and the awarJ ·winlling '11 1E PRI ME OF

MISS J EAN UH OD IE (with Zo e Ca ldwell).

Fea tured in thc lin.t New York revival of

TH E SOUN D OF MUS IC. he has tourcJ

extensively ill th e mu sic il classic o pposile

Boo ne ill TilE SOUN D OF M US IC.

ul1Je rs tu Jying Mariette Hart lcy as Des iree

in A L!TIU -: NIGII T MUSIC. Karla

DcV ito as Eva Pcron in EVrIi\ auu

und e rs tuu ying the rolc of Ali na in '111 E

KIN G AN O I with Stacey Keach. Most

recently. Mary Lou appca rcu off-BroaJway

as Ruth in M ILK AN D II ONEY. rcgionally

a." Ncttic ill CAROUSEL an J Lad y '1l1iang

ill "11112 KING AND .I. Mary Lou began her

s tage c.1ree r as a me mbcr/so lo ist with the

internatiollally rellowlled MSingi llg AlIgclsM

Northeaste rn Oh io Chi lJ rcl\'s Chorus.

perfo rming in ove r 600 co nce rts. Special

tha nks to my parcnts whose lovc :luJ

couragc will bc with me always.

MAllY C. S II EEIIAN (Sis ter Margarclla ) In

thc past ycar Mary was sc c n at Paper Mill

Pla yho use in th ei r produc tion s of

I'IIANTOM . MY FAIR LADY anu

SWEENEY '1'01)1). Other cred its incluue

th e Mo thcr Abbcss ill the 1991 National

Tou r of T il E SOUND OF MUS IC. Nettie

Fowler in Pittsburgh Civic Ught Op e ra's

proouctio rr of CAROUSEL, Mother

Superior ill NUNSENSE, Jack 's Mot her irr

INTO '111E WOODS, Agncs Gooch inMAM E au J P r i n Puffc r in '111E

MYS'mRY OF EDW I N D ROOO, Mary

wou lJ like to tha n k hc r fam ily :lnu fr iell us

for thei r consta nt love an J support anu is

gra teful to God for I-lis glo rious gifts.

UARUAltA SMIT II-I>AVIS has appcareu ill

opcra an J musical thea tre th rougho ut North

:lllu Sou th Am erica . cll1is marks her eig hth

prOlluetio li of TilE SOUN D OF M USIC.

STAFF FOR

THESO U;\ D OF MUS IC

G E i \ MANAGER

ROBERT V, STRAUS I'RODUCTI01\S, Li'iC.

Rabe n Straus. Mi chael Rafacl,Bonni c Grisan, Lisettc Dalmau

GEj\'ERAL PRESS R EP RESENTATIVES

SMYTIIJKA·I7.EN, INC.

YIolJy Smyth, Kelly Bukolt

NATIONAL PRESS REPRESEl\'TATIVE

Cissy Sega ll

COYIPA)"Y

MANAGr:R ................ DAVID R. CALHOUN

ASSISTAJ'iT CO MPANY

YIANAGER ...... ....................... IIOLLY KATZ

Stage Managcr .................................. . Dan I-lild

Assistant S tage Managcr ............. Jack Gianino

Produ ction Supervisor ............. Slcve Cochrane

Dance Capla in .............................. Janc I...aBan z

Ila ir Design ................................... .. Jean Block

Associate Costume Designcr ...... Grcgory Gale

Associate C o n d u / P i u l l i ~ 1 .. .. . Jcrry Williams

Speech Consultant ............................Liz Dixon

.A ss istant Sound Des igncr .... ... ... ....... Sieve Erb

Scenic Design A ssistant ...... Dennis W. Moyes

Li ghting Des ign Assistant. Jeffrey M. Whitsell

l"ighling Des ign Assistant .. Alexand ra Pontone

Mastcr Carpen tcr .............. .... Don McGuire, Jr.

Flyman ....................... ... ............. Mark Cowden

Master Electrician .......... .... .. .............. Bob Hale

Front Light Operator ............ Michael Antolich

Prod. Propeny Supervisor ..... Michacl Smanko

Mastcr o f Properties ................. Kevin V. HoUy

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