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Billy’s days are tinged in darkness. His dad is distant. His mother is dead, and his grandmother hoards moldy food in strange places. His only outlet seems to be the boxing class Dad pays for, but it isn’t quite doing the trick. Then boxing leads to ballet, and suddenly, if slowly, brightness breaks through the gloom.

Showing him how to shine is the hard-headed, demanding and sharp-tongued Mrs. Wilkinson (played by

Leah Hocking). The ballet teacher has a compassionate side, which she doesn’t let it out easily. Their meeting represents a second chance for both.

Billy Elliot works, Hocking says, because it’s universal. And because “there is probably nothing better than seeing a kid dance his heart out on a stage.”

Billy Elliot the Musical was inspired by the 2000 film about a poor English boy whose accidental love of ballet

how to shine

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It’s 1984 when we meet Billy Elliot, the 11-year-old son and younger brother of striking coal miners in the industrial,

working-class northeast section of England. The powerful miners’ union is challenging iron-fisted Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her conservative ethos. It will not be a pretty fight. And Britain will never be the same.

leah hocking talks about the enigmatic mrs. wilkinson By Kathy Janich

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helps him overcome sexual stereotypes, his father’s disapproval and the dead-end poverty of his coal-mining town. It debuted in London in 2005 and opened on Broadway in 2008. The Broadway version closed Jan. 8; this is its first stop in Atlanta.

The show won 10 Tony Awards in 2009, including best musical. Among those in the original cast: Hocking, who played Billy’s Dead Mum. It was bittersweet for the one-time Michigander. By night, she was part of a colossal Broadway hit. By day she cared for her husband, Jim L’Cuyer, who was dying of Lou Gehrig’s disease.

“Work was a sanctuary,” she says of the time. “A place to go to escape the reality of my life.”

This tour, she says, “is us coming out the other side.”

That “us” includes Hocking, her 10-year-old daughter, Mabel, and their dog, Lulu, a Chihuahua-Pomeranian mix. Wherever they go, it’s together, be it Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Los Angeles or Atlanta.

“There’s a major learning curve there,” she says of their first time on the road. “How much stuff to bring with you. Dealing with the daughter and the dog and the nanny. It’s enough to make you go take a nap.”

Hocking has a ready sense of humor, as if you couldn’t tell. And a husky laugh. In fact, she once skewered Kathleen Turner in a production of Forbidden Broadway, the musical revue

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Her first go at theater came at age 4 or 5. Her mother designed the costumes for a church production of Herod’s Song, translated from the German, no less. Leah carried the star behind the magi.

“I always wanted to be an actor,” she says. “I always had great chorus teachers in grade school, junior high, high school. It was my ‘church,’ my community. It was just where I belonged.”

She’s been in the original Broadway casts of All Shook Up, Dance of the Vampires, The Wild Party and Jekyll & Hyde. She’s also been in Mamma Mia! (as Donna Sheridan), Hairspray (as the evil Velma Von Tussle), Grease (as Marty) and Guys and Dolls (as Miss Sarah Brown). And like any self-respecting New York stage actor, she’s turned up on “Law & Order.” She found the dead body on the driving range in an episode that opened at Chelsea Pier.

Hocking’s first professional job was in summer stock in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. In A Chorus Line, she says. Or maybe Company, in which she played Joanne, the older, boozy, excessively frank character made infamous by Elaine Stritch.

Hocking played Joanne twice before she turned 25. “I was a little more character-y when I was younger,” she says, dryly. It was her “sexpots tramps and whores” phase. “Now I’m into moms.”

That’s true both onstage, with Billy, and offstage, with Mabel. Hocking starts each day by taking Mabel, who

studies with the 20 kids in the cast, to school. Then the glamour of life on tour kicks in and she’s either sleeping, resting (she yells a lot onstage) or looking for places to do laundry and get food.

Hocking was raised by an artist and a stoic Finn, so sentimentality “was not in the forefront of our upbringing,” she says with another husky laugh. “It serves me well for Mrs. Wilkinson, and the show, because the Brits are not sentimental, and the show is definitely not sentimental.”

Ah, but Mrs. Wilkinson does have a bit of leftover ambition in her bones. Her dream of being a professional dancer can still come true, through Billy. It’s in this world of shared passion that they both soar.

Kathy Janich is managing editor of Encore Atlanta and a freelance theater artist. She was most recently on staff at the smart, gutsy and bold Synchronicity Theatre.

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CAST(in order of appearance)

Billy ............................................TY FORHAN, KYLEND HETHERINGTON, ZACH MANSKE, J.P. VIERNESMrs. Wilkinson .............................................................................................................................LEAH HOCKINGDad....................................................................................................................................................RICH HEBERTGrandma.........................................................................................................................................PATTI PERKINSTony ................................................................................................................. CULLEN R. TITMASGeorge ........................................................................................................................JOEL BLUMMichael ............................................................................... CAMERON CLIFFORD, JACOB ZELONKYDebbie ................................................................................................ SAMANTHA BLAIRE CUTLERSmall Boy ..............................................................................................................JEREMY ZOREKBig Davey ..............................................................................................................MITCH POULOSLesley ............................................................................................................SASHA ELY-JUDKINSScab/Posh Dad .........................................................................................................TIM FUNNELLMum ...................................................................................................................KAT HENNESSEYMr. Braithwaite ................................................................................................. JOB CHRISTENSONTracey Atkinson ............................................................................................REGAN MASON HALEYOlder Billy/Scottish Dancer .............................................................................MAXIMILIEN A. BAUDMr. Wilkinson ........................................................................................................JOEL NEWSOMEPit Official .................................................................................................................. DAVID LIGHTPostman .................................................................................................................DAMIEN BRETTTall Boy/Posh Boy (at certain performances)........................... CAMERON CLIFFORD, JACOB ZELONKYAccordion Specialty .......................................................................................... JOB CHRISTENSONClipboard Woman .................................................................................................SUSAN HAEFNERAudition Panel ..........SASHA ELY-JUDKINS, SUSAN HAEFNER, JILLIAN REES-BROWN, PATRICK WETZEL,

BRANCH WOODMAN“Expressing Yourself” Dancers ........DAMIEN BRETT, SASHA ELY-JUDKINS, CHRISTOPHER M. HOWARD

PATRICK LAVALLEE, KENT M. LEWIS, DAVID LIGHT, JEFFREY PEW

ENSEMBLEMAXIMILIEN A. BAUD, DAMIEN BRETT, JOB CHRISTENSON, SASHA ELY-JUDKINS, TIM FUNNELL, SUSAN HAEFNER, KAT HENNESSEY, CHRISTOPHER M. HOWARD,

PATRICK LAVALLEE, DAVID LIGHT, JOEL NEWSOME, JEFFREY PEW, MITCH POULOS,JILLIAN REES-BROWN, THAD TURNER WILSON

BALLET GIRLSMADISON BARNES, REGAN MASON HALEY, MORGAN MARTIN, BRIONNA TRILLING,

GENAI VEAL, LEXI VIERNES, OLIVIA WANG, DANIELLE VICTORIA ZNUTAS

SWINGSMICHAEL BIREN, RICHARD GATTA, ALISON LEVENBERG,

KENT M. LEWIS, REBECCA MARLOWE, VANESSA RUSSO, NATALIE WISDOM

UNDERSTUDIESUnderstudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement

for the appearance is made at the time of the performanceFor Mrs. Wilkinson: SASHA ELY-JUDKINS, SUSAN HAEFNER; for Dad: JOEL BLUM, MITCH POULOS;

for Grandma: SUSAN HAEFNER, JILLIAN REES-BROWN; for Tony: DAVID LIGHT, JEFFREY PEW; for George: JOEL NEWSOME, MITCH POULOS; for Michael: KYLEND HETHERINGTON;

for Debbie: MADISON BARNES, REBECCA MARLOWE; for Big Davey: JOB CHRISTENSON, JOEL NEWSOME; for Scab/Posh Dad: JOEL NEWSOME, JEFFREY PEW; for Mum: SASHA ELY-JUDKINS, SUSAN HAEFNER;

for Mr. Braithwaite: DAMIEN BRETT, THAD TURNER WILSON; for Older Billy/Scottish Dancer: CHRISTOPHER M. HOWARD, MATTHEW PRESCOTT;

for Tall Boy/Posh Boy: TY FORHAN, KYLEND HETHERINGTON, ZACH MANSKE, J.P. VIERNES ; for Small Boy: BRIONNA TRILLING

Dance Captains: MICHAEL BIREN, ALISON LEVENBERG; Acro Captain: PATRICK LAVALLEE; Fight Captain: MICHAEL BIREN

Resident Choreographers: SEAN MAURICE KELLY, ALISON LEVENBERG and MATTHEW PRESCOTT


MUSICAL NUMBERS

ACT I“The Stars Look Down” (The Eve of the Miners’ Strike 1984) ...................... Full Company“Shine” ....................................................................... Mrs. Wilkinson, Ballet Girls, Billy“We’d Go Dancing” ............................................................... Grandma, Men’s Ensemble“Solidarity” .............................................................................................. Full Company“Expressing Yourself” ................................................................Billy, Michael, Ensemble“Dear Billy” (Mum’s Letter) ..................................................... Billy, Mrs. Wilkinson, Mum“Born to Boogie” ..................................................... Billy, Mrs. Wilkinson, Mr. Braithwaite“Angry Dance”.............................................................................. Billy, Men’s Ensemble

ACT IISix months later

“Merry Christmas, Maggie Thatcher” ......................................................... Full Company“Deep Into the Ground” .....................................................................Dad, Full Company “He Could Go and He Could Shine” .................................................Dad, Tony, Ensemble“Electricity” ............................................................................................................Billy“Once We Were Kings” ............................................................................. Full Company “Dear Billy” (Billy’s Reply) ...............................................................................Billy, Mum “Company Celebration” ............................................................................. Full Company

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ORCHESTRAConductor/Keyboard — Susan Draus

Associate Conductor/Keyboard — Jon RoseKeyboard — Bryan McAdams

Electric Guitar/Variax Guitar — Tim MoreyDrums — Jeff MacPherson

Music Coordinator — Michael Keller

The touring musicians welcome five local musicians who will be playing at all performances in Atlanta.

WOODWIND I (Sop. Sax, Ten. Sax, Flute) — Sam Skelton:WOODWIND II (Alto Sax, Clarinet) — Miranda Dohrman:

French horn — Ed Ferguson: Trumpet, Flugel, Cornet — Lee King:Bass/5 String Elec — Marc MillerLocal Contractor — Leonard Altieri

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One of the unique sounds evoked by the Billy Elliot Orchestra is that of the English brass band. Usually comprised of Cornets, Flugelhorns, Tenor Horns, Euphoniums, and Tubas, these musical ensembles originated as work bands and were sponsored by (and long identified with) various industrial concerns and coal mines. The Easington Colliery Band was founded in 1913. Brass players with band experience were encouraged by management to come from the west of Durham to work at the colliery and play in the band, which, despite the closure of the coal mining operations in 1993, continues to perform to this day. The band is still based in the old colliery pay office. The building is the last remaining evidence of the pit.

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who’S who

LEAH HOCKING (Mrs. Wilkinson). Original Broadway casts: Billy Elliot, All Shook Up, Dance of the Vampires, The Wild Party, Jekyll and Hyde. Other Broadway: Mamma Mia, Hairspray, Grease, Guys and Dolls. Off-Broadway: The Thing About Men, Forbidden Broadway, New York City Opera: The Most Happy Fella. Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, Goodspeed Opera House, Paper Mill Playhouse, The Ordway, The MUNY (Kevin Kline Award nom.), TUTS Houston and many others. Film and television: Across The Universe, “Law & Order,” “Whoopi.” As a principal artist with Broadway Pops International, she has sung with symphonies across the country. She can be heard on cast recordings of All Shook Up, The Wild Party, Jekyll and Hyde and The Thing About Men. Leah is the very proud mother of Mabel.RICH HEBERT (Dad). Vegas: We Will Rock You. Broadway/tours: The Life, Sunset Boulevard, Les Misérables, Cats, Saturday Night Fever, and Rock and Roll the First 5000 Years. Other: Captains Courageous, Elaborate Lives, Annie. TV: “Brotherhood,” “Law & Order SVU,” “NYPD Blue,” “The Sopranos,” “Deadline,” “Line of Fire,” “The Oldest Rookie,” “21 Jump Street,” “The Young and the Restless,” “Loving.” Rich dedicates this performance and everything he does to his extraordinary daughter Neely.PATTI PERKINS (Grandma). Broadway: Billy Elliot, The Full Monty, Shakespeare’s Cabaret (Tony nominated for best score), All Over Town (directed by Dustin Hoffman). Lincoln Center: A Man of No Importance. Off-Broadway appearances include Randy Newman’s Maybe I’m Doing It Wrong (Astor Place), Tuscaloosa’s Calling Me (Westside Arts and The Village Gate), Dr. Knock at The Mint Theatre. Regional theaters

include The Guthrie, The Old Globe, The Kennedy Center, Geva, Buffalo Studio Arena, Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. Ms. Perkins has appeared in many television commercials, “Law & Order” and as the serial killer’s mother on “One Life to Live.”

CULLEN R. TITMAS (Tony) is continuing his journey with Billy Elliot after understudying this role and performing in the ensemble of the previous tour. Cullen spent three years in the National tour and off-Broadway productions of Avenue Q (Nicky/Trekkie), and previously co-created and performed the role of Marlin in Finding Nemo, the Musical at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. NYC/regional favorites include John and Jen (John), Aida (Radames), Footloose (Ren) three times, Forever Plaid (Sparky) twice, and the title role in Adam Guettel’s Floyd Collins. Thanks RR and CMF.

TY FORHAN (Billy) is a 13-year-old from Newmarket, Ontario, Canada, who loves to sing and dance. Billy Elliot, Toronto (Billy Elliot), Musical Mayhem Revue, Wizard of Oz (Scarecrow), Seussical the Musical (JoJo) Oliver (Oliver). Ty has received many vocal and dance awards. Much love and thanks to amazing teachers, friends and family.

KYLEND HETHERINGTON (Billy, u/s Michael) hails from Auburn, Mich. At age 4, he started dance at Miss Lore’s. Later he studied ballet with Giuseppe Canale and Scott Heinrich and tap with Bruce Bradley. In 2009, he participated in the ABT Young Dancer Summer Workshop under full scholarship. Kylend thanks the army of friends and relatives that helped him get here and hopes to make them proud.

ZACH MANSKE (Billy) is 12 years old and comes from Woodbury, Minn. Zach started dancing at

In 1984, the British National Union of Mineworkers (the NUM) went on strike to save the coal industry from the threatened closures of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who was

politically opposed to state-owned industry and determined to crush the unions.The strike went on for one year. The miners’ families had to survive on handouts from other working people who supported their stand. But by employing riot police to intimidate their communities and importing coal from Eastern Europe, the Conservative government broke the unions. Over the subsequent 10 years, the entire industry was dismantled.The story of Billy Elliot takes place in the coal fields of Northern England, where mining had been the major employer for hundreds of years. In 1984 more than 300,000 men worked in the mining industry; today there are less than 1,000. More than 98 percent of the coal used for British energy is now imported from abroad.


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the age of 8 and quickly learned that dance was his passion. After one year, Zach started dancing competitively with Woodbury Dance Center and has gone on to receive numerous top scores and judges’ choice awards. He also received the junior national champion title at Starquest (2010) and Masquerade (2011) national dance competitions. Zach loves to perform and is honored to be a part of the Billy Elliot cast. Many thanks to Woodbury Dance Center for believing in Zach, his friends and family who have shown him love and support while he pursues his dream, and his sister Rachel who is his biggest fan.

J.P. VIERNES (Billy) is from Half Moon Bay, Calif. National Tour: Billy Elliot (Chicago/Toronto). Regional: South Pacific (Coastal Rep). J.P., a Bay Area native, began dancing at age 7 with Shely Pack Dancers and danced two years with City Ballet SF. Recipient: CHRP JUBA award for Billy Elliot. Thanks to God, Mom, Dad, Jackie, Phil, Rex, Lexi, Shely, Nora, friends, family and Billy Elliot company for their love and support.

JOEL BLUM (George, u/s Dad). Broadway: two-time Tony nominee for Show Boat and Steel Pier. B’way: 42nd Street, Music Man, A Christmas Carol, After the Night and the Music, and Stardust. Tours: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Doctor Doolittle, ...and the World Goes ‘Round. Barrymore award: Tin Pan Alley Rag, Helen Hayes nominee: Meet John Doe. TV: “Law & Order” twice, “Ed,” “The Sopranos,” “Sonny and Cher Show,” “Tonight Show.”

CAMERON CLIFFORD (Michael). Amazing to be a part of this show! A dream come true! Credits: Billy Elliot, Waiting for Godot (Broadway); “30 Rock,” “SNL,” “Team UmiZoomi” (TV); Kleenex, McDonald’s, Verizon Wireless (commercials). Special thanks to Shirley Grant Management Team, Nora Brennan, Alison Levenberg, Mary Giattino, The Star Maker School, Leesa Csolak, Kurt Csolak, Jerri Brown, Kristen Hoagland, Kathleen Currie, Rob LaRocco. Family, friends, especially sisters; Cayce, Shanna and Sam. Thanks for everything Mom and Dad. WooHoo!

JACOB ZELONKY (Michael), 13, is from Memphis, Tenn., and has been playing the role of Michael in the national tour for the past year. Favorite regional theater roles include: Seussical (JoJo), Narnia (Edmund) and A Christmas Carol, the Musical (Tiny Tim). Special thanks to Nora Brennan, Seth Sklar-Heyn, Mary Giattino, Whitney Branan, Elizabeth Anne

Brown, Amy Hanford, and Memphis Playhouse on the Square. Love to Mom, Dad, Zoe and Elijah and all my friends and family.SAMANTHA BLAIRE CUTLER (Debbie) is thrilled to tour with Billy! Regional: Annie (Molly), Seussical (JoJo), White Christmas (Susan Waverly), Beauty and the Beast (Chip), A Wonderful Life (ZuZu). Film: Mystery at Locust Grove (Lydia). Thanks Mom, Dad, family, DDP, MTL, Centerstage, Dancensation, Debbie King, John D’Aquino, Nora Brennan, Station Three. www.SamanthaBlaireCutler.comKAT HENNESSEY (Mum, Ensemble) has been a Banana Sister in Cirque du Soleil’s Banana Shpeel, Elphaba in Wicked in Japan, and one of Marty Thomas’ Divas in NYC. Originally from Southern California, she has traveled to nearly 50 countries performing. Kat is an internationally published photographer, a proud Equity member and a Mormon. Gratitude to God, my amazing family, friends and Penny Lane! www.KatHennessey.comMAXIMILIEN A. BAUD (Older Billy, Scottish Dancer, Ensemble). Beginning in NYC, he trained for 10 years at the School of American Ballet. Mr. Baud has since had the opportunity to perform throughout the United States with esteemed companies such as the New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Carolina Ballet, Ballet Arizona, Suzanne Farrell Ballet and most recently Pennsylvania Ballet. Follow @MaximilienBaud.JOB CHRISTENSON (Mr. Braithwaite, Accordion Specialty, Ensemble, u/s Big Davey). Broadway/national tours: Cats, Ragtime, Billy Elliot. Many thanks to Chris Nichols, Justin, TR Casting, Kate, and my family and friends for all their love and support. Blessings. This one is for mum.MITCH POULOS (Big Davey, Ensemble, u/s Dad, u/s George). Recent theatre credits: first national tour and Canadian production of Billy Elliot (Big Davey and Dad/George understudy), All Shook Up (Jim), 42nd Street (Mac, Thug, Doc), Damn Yankees (Van Buren), and A Wonderful Life (Uncle Billy). Various film, TV and commercial work. Many thanks to my agent, Judy Boals. www.mitchpoulos.comMADISON BARNES (Ballet Girl, u/s Debbie) is thrilled to be touring with Billy Elliot. She has been singing and dancing since age 2, receiving many regional and national awards. Thanks and love to Mom, Dad, Alex, Jennifer Shide, and all


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my family, friends and dance teachers for their love and support. MICHAEL BIREN (Swing, Fight Captain, Dance Captain) is thrilled to be on tour with Billy Elliot. Tour: Billy Elliot (with Faith Prince), Cinderella (with Lea Salonga). Regional: ...Forum (Goodspeed), The Drowsy Chaperone (Maine State), A Chorus Line (Ogunquit). B.A. Theatre, B.S. Biology, Muhlenberg College. Proud Equity Member. Love to DMRSCL.DAMIEN BRETT (Ensemble, Postman, u/s Mr. Braithwaite) is happy to be returning to the national tour of Billy Elliot. Tour: Billy Elliot. Favorite Regional: Les Mis, Guys and Dolls, Gypsy, Miss Saigon, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, ...Forum, Grease, Joseph..., Fiddler, Jesus Christ Superstar. Thanks, as always, to his beautiful wife, Briana Valerie.SASHA ELY-JUDKINS (Ensemble, Lesley, u/s Mrs. Wilkinson, u/s Mum). Theatre credits include Mamma Mia, Australian 10th Anniversary Tour (ensemble/alternate Donna, u/s Rosie and Tanya); Billy Elliot the Musical, Melbourne season (swing/cover Mrs. Wilkinson); Chicago, U.K tour and U.S national (Go to Hell Kitty/cover Velma Kelly); Spirit of the Dance, world tour; Paradise Rooms, Blackpool, U.K. Sasha would like to thank her family and Steve for their love and support.TIM FUNNELL (Scab, Posh Dad, Ensemble). Trained at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama and from the northeastern England, Tim starred in the original London production of Billy Elliot the Musical for six years. He worked extensively in London’s West End before moving to Canada in 2011.RICHARD GATTA (Swing). Nat’l tours: Fiddler on the Roof w/ Topol and Harvey Fierstein, The Pajama Game. Asian tour: Grease and Macau Intl. Music Festival. Regional credits: Peter Pan (ASF), West Side Story (NOOA, ASF), La Cage aux Folles (CMH). Principal dancer, Northeast Ballet Company in New York. Proud Equity member. www.richardgatta.comSUSAN HAEFNER (Ensemble, Clipboard Lady, u/s Mrs. Wilkinson, u/s Mum, u/s Grandma) is happy to be continuing with Billy Elliot after performing in Chicago and Toronto. Broadway credits: 42nd Street, Thoroughly Modern Millie and State Fair. National tour/London’s West End: Damn Yankees with Jerry Lewis. Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, and Weston Playhouse. Graduate:

SUNY Fredonia (BFA Musical Theatre), FSU/ Asolo Conservatory (MFA Acting).REGAN MASON HALEY (Tracey Atkinson). Dancing since age 3, Regan made her professional debut in Billy in 2010. Lots of love to my very supportive family back home. Many thanks to Peter Darling and Nora Brennan for giving me the opportunity to live my dream. Much love and gratitude to Mary Giattino for everything she taught me.CHRISTOPHER M. HOWARD (Ensemble, u/s Older Billy/Scottish Dancer). Billy Elliot marks Christopher’s first U.S. tour, following the international tour of A Chorus Line (Larry) and a season with Dayton Ballet. Prior to his studies as a scholarship student at the Joffrey Ballet School, Christopher completed his BFA at SUNY Buffalo. Other regional credits include Sweeney Todd (Anthony), Aida and Fiddler on the Roof.PATRICK LAVALLEE (Ensemble, Acro Captain) Nat’l tour: Movin’ Out (Sargent O’Leary). Favorites: 42nd Street (Andy Lee), Fiddler on the Roof (TOTS), Chicago, Spamalot (Ogunquit), The Producers, Crazy for You (TBTS), Thoroughly... Millie (MTW), WWS (Palace, Arab). BA from OCU. Special thanks to my supportive parents, family, friends and CO.ALISON LEVENBERG (Dance Captain, Swing, Resident Choreographer). Grad. Distinction (Dance, Musical Theatre) Bird College, London. Broadway/NY: Billy Elliot (Dance Captain/Swing), 42nd Street revival (Ens.), Radio City Rockette. Regional: An American in Paris (Janelle), PCLO (Ens./Dance Captain). Film/TV: The Producers, “Dancing With the Stars,” “Macy’s Parade.” Love and thanks: Husband Dave, family and everyone who made this journey possible!KENT M. LEWIS (Swing). First Nat’l tours: Billy Elliot (Swing), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Caractacus Potts understudy, ensemble). Regional: White Christmas (Bob Wallace), Show Boat (Gaylord Ravenal), Bagalicious (The Bagman), The Sound of Music (Capt. Von Trapp). www.KentMLewis.comDAVID LIGHT (Ensemble, Pit Official, u/s Tony) is a Canadian prairie boy born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, currently hailing from Toronto, Ontario. Theatre: Mirvish’s Billy Elliot the Musical (Ensemble/Tony US), Canadian premiere of High Fidelity the Musical (Rob Gordon), The Rocky Horror Show (Dr. Frank’n’Furter), and Ross Petty’s Robin Hood. Film and TV: CBC’s “Triple Sensation: Season II” (2nd Place Male) and Bravo’s In the Light (Zack). Love to Mom.

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REBECCA MARLOWE (Swing, u/s Debbie) is thrilled to have made her professional debut in Billy Elliot in 2010! Credits include regional theatre productions, RYDE Nutcracker Ballet, and various musical performances. She would like to thank her family, Amelia DeMayo, Diane Frankel, and Shirley Grant Management.

MORGAN MARTIN (Ballet Girl) grew up in Glastonbury, Conn. She performed in Radio Girl at Goodspeed Musicals and in Hartford Stage’s A Christmas Carol, and is a member of the Boston Tap Company and Figments Youth Dance Ensemble.

JOEL NEWSOME (Ensemble, Mr. Wilkinson, u/s George, u/s Big Davey, u/s Scab/Posh Dad) joins the tour having been a part of Billy Elliot in both the Chicago and Toronto com panies. Broadway credits: The Producers, 42nd Street. National tours: The Producers, in which he played the role of Leo Bloom. Regional: Goodspeed Opera, Paper Mill Playhouse. Arizona Theatre Company Cincinnati Conservatory of Music graduate.

JEFFREY PEW (Ensemble, u/s Tony, u/s Scab/Posh Dad). Recent credits: Billy Lawlor in 42nd St (Pioneer Theatre), “Springtime Soloist” in The Producers (Sacramento Music Circus), Larry in A Chorus Line (Stages St. Louis), singer in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Jeffrey is also an accompanist for ABT and Mark Morris Dance Group. BFA Musical Theatre BYU. Thanks Mom and Dad for believing in me. jeffreypew.com.

MATTHEW PRESCOTT (u/s Older Billy/Scottish Dancer, Resident Choreographer) graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy. Mr. Prescott has performed with the Joffrey Ballet, Donald Byrd’s Spectrum Dance Theater, Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Ballet NY, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, Armitage Gone! Dance, BalletX, Morphoses the Wheeldon Company, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and Dominic Walsh Dance Theater.

JILLIAN REES-BROWN (Ensemble, u/s Grandma). Billy Elliot-Toronto; Shirley Valentine (Shirley Valentine); Sexy Laundry (Alice); Potato People (Momma Potato); The Boy Who Could Sing Pictures (Lute); Rocky Horror Show (Magenta) Film: Harlan County (Mrs. Hershel Gaw); The One That Got Away (Billie); Blues Brothers 2000 (Bambi). daughtersoftherock.com

VANESSA RUSSO (Swing). Billy Elliot nat’l tour 2010-2011 (Swing); Oklahoma! (Sally Skidmore)

1st Nat’l.; West Side Story (Anybodys/Jet Girl) Asian/European Tour. Film: Across the Universe (Featured Dancer); Great Expectations. Other: Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Regional: Fiddler... Roof (Chava); Call Me Madam; Carnival; Forum; Brigadoon; Meet Me in St. Louis. (Mom, Thank You for ALL your LOVE & SUPPORT!)

BRIONNA TRILLING (Ballet Girl, u/s Small Boy). Billy Elliot, Chicago (Allison Summers); Billy Elliot, Toronto (Allison Summers/Small Boy understudy). Brionna is thrilled to join the Billy Elliot tour company and for the opportunity to continue doing what she loves. Special thanks to Nora Brennan and Sara Brians. Love and gratitude to Mom and Dad for their support and love.

GENAI VEAL (Ballet Girl). Dancing has been a passion since age 2½. Genai has won several dance titles, competitions and scholarships. Love and thanks to my Mom, MaMa, Grandpa, Ms. Nora, Ms. Kelly, FDO Teachers, family and friends for their support. “To God I give the glory.”

LEXI VIERNES (Ballet Girl) is excited to make her professional debut with Billy Elliot! Trained with the Shely Pack Dancers and attended UC Irvine as a dance major. Recipient of many titles and awards including the SF Beach Blanket Babylon scholarship for Dance. Thanks to God, Nora Brennan, Shely, family and friends for their support!

OLIVIA WANG (Ballet Girl). Dancing since age 2, Olivia has won many national dance titles. Olivia is so thrilled to be making her debut on the Billy Elliot (Angela Robson) national tour! She wants to thank her teachers at FDO, FAC and NBDC, especially Miss Kelly. Special thanks to Mom, Dad, Lyrie and Bryan.

THAD TURNER WILSON (Ensemble, u/s Mr. Braithwaite). Birmingham, Ala., native. Broadway: Billy Elliot NYC: Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Tour/regional: The Producers, Jesus Christ Superstar (Peter), A Year With Frog and Toad (Toad), Cats (Munkustrap), Forever Plaid (Francis), Elegies (Christian). BFA: CCM. Proud uncle to Savannah, Cole, and Micah. Much love to friends and family for constant support.

NATALIE WISDOM (Swing). Broadway: Billy Elliot. Selected regional credits: 42nd Street (u/s Peggy, North Shore Music Theatre), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Maine State Music


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Theatre), Joseph...(Dance Captain, Stages St. Louis). Natalie holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Webster University’s Conservatory of Theatre Arts. Thanks to her family, friends, and her husband Jody.

DANIELLE VICTORIA ZNUTAS (Ballet Girl). Billy Elliot Nat’l Tour II (Ballet Girl/ Sharon Percy). Excited to be continuing with Billy Elliot and sharing her love for dance/theater. Thanks to Kelly, Jamie, FDO, Nora Brennan, MSA, BE Tour 2 Family, and all family and friends. Special thanks and love to Mom, Dad, Amanda and Gabby!

JEREMY ZOREK (Small Boy) is thrilled to be continuing this role with Billy Elliot. He has appeared on a number of network TV shows as well as in several Kraft Mac & Cheese commercials. Thanks to Nora Brennan, CESD and Ingrid French Management. Much love to my family, especially my mom and dad, my sister, Diana, and best friend Eli.

JOEL ROSEN (Production Stage Manager). Most recent: Shrek the Musical (national tour). Tours: In the Heights, Avenue Q, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas; Broadway: How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, The Musical; Avenue Q, Imaginary Friends; Off-Broadway: Fat Pig, The Exonerated; Regional: Avenue Q, Las Vegas; The Color Purple (Alliance Theatre, world premiere); More than 30 shows Old Globe Theatre, San Diego.

MELISSA CHACÓN (Stage Manager). National tours: Rent (2001-2004) and Contact (2005). New York credits include 1001, Shlomo, Pinkalicious, Jimi & Mr. B, Union Squared, Circle of Friends, The American Girls Revue, Bitty Bear’s Matinee: Family Tree as well as Much Ado About Nothing and The School for Husbands (NY Classical Theatre) and As You Like It, The Tempest and Much Ado About Nothing (Hamptons Shakespeare Festival). She earned her MFA in Stage Management from Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts.

BRIAN D. GOLD (Assistant Stage Manager). Broadway: Hair, The Normal Heart, Pal Joey. Off-Broadway: Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab, Twelfth Night. Proud member of AEA. Special thanks to his parents, Dawn, Joel, and Heather for helping make this possible. He dedicates his work to his brother Eric Gold, R.I.P. 1/20/08.

JENIFER A. SHENKER (Assistant Stage Manager). National tours: Altar Boyz, Little Shop of Horrors, The Phantom of the Opera, The Barber of Seville (with New York City Opera), The Who’s Tommy and Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Much love to my husband, Larry ,who has helped make all this possible.

ELTON JOHN (Music). Singer/songwriter Elton John’s monumental career spans five decades, and his latest album release is The Union. He has sold more than 250 million records, including “Candle in the Wind ’97,” the biggest-selling single ever, has won five Grammys and an Academy Award. He composed the music for The Lion King and Aida (both winning Grammys for Best Musical Show Album) and Billy Elliot, winning the Olivier Award for Best Musical and 10 Tony Awards including Best Musical. The Elton John AIDS Foundation is now one of the leading nonprofit HIV/AIDS organizations. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II — Sir Elton John, CBE.

LEE HALL (Book & Lyrics) was nominated for an Oscar for his screenplay of Billy Elliot the movie. His theatre work includes The Pitmen Painters (Live Theatre/Royal National Theatre), he has also worked with the RSC, Young Vic, Almeida, English National Opera and has worked extensively for the BBC in both radio and television. He wrote the screenplay for War Horse, directed by Stephen Spielberg.

STEPHEN DALDRY (Director). Theatre: Billy Elliot the Musical. Royal Court Theatre: A Number, Far Away (Albery Theatre and New York Theatre Workshop), Via Dolorosa (Duchess Theatre and Broadway), Rat in the Skull, Body Talk, The Kitchen, The Editing Process, and Search and Destroy. National theatre: An Inspector Calls (West End, Broadway, worldwide); Machinal. Stephen was artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre (1992-98) and the Gate Theatre (1989- 92). Film: Billy Elliot won more than 40 awards worldwide and received three Oscar nominations, including Best Director. Directed The Hours, winning innumerable international awards, including Best Picture at the Golden Globe’s, 11 BAFTA and nine Oscar nominations, including Best Director. The Reader earned five Oscar nominations, including Best Director and Best Picture.


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PETER DARLING (Choreographer). Theatre, Billy Elliot (Tony, Drama Desk, Critics Circle, Astaire, Olivier and Outer Critics Circle awards), Lord of the Rings Toronto/London (Best Choreographer, Dora Award), Our House (Best Choreographer, Olivier Nomination; Best Musical, Olivier Award), Merrily We Roll Along (Olivier nomination, Best Musical, Olivier Award); Candide (Olivier nomination; Best Revival, Olivier Award), Oh! What a Lovely War (RNT). Off-West End: Closer to Heaven (Best Choreographer, Whatsonstage.com Award). Other: Power (NT), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sunset Boulevard (UK tour), Matilda, The Tempest (RSC), Edward II, The Country Wife, As You Like It, Twelfth Night. Film: Billy Elliot, The Phantom of the Opera.

IAN MacNEIL (Set Design). Shows in New York include Festen, An Inspector Calls, Via Dolorosa (all Broadway) and Far Away (Off-Broadway). Shows in London include Plasticine, A Number (Royal Court); Vernon God Little, Afore Night Comes and Tintin (Young Vic); and Machinal (National Theatre). Awards include Evening Standard (two), Olivier (two), Critics Circle (all London) and Drama Desk (New York).

JULIAN WEBBER (Associate Director) was associate director for Stephen Daldry’s award-winning production of An Inspector Calls. He adapted and directed The Three Musketeers at the Young Vic Theatre, which was nominated for a Barclay’s Theatre Award in 2002. More recently: the West End revival of The Shape of Things by Neil LaBute and The Barber of Seville at the Bristol Old Vic in a new adaptation by Lee Hall. Julian was artistic director of Soho Rep in New York.

NICKY GILLIBRAND (Costume Design). Recent: By the Bog of Cats (Wyndhams Theatre), Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Queen of Spades, Paul Bunyan (Royal Opera House), Tales From the Vienna Woods, Powerbook, Mother Clap’s Molly House, Lady in the Dark (Royal National Theatre), Pelleas et Melisande (Bavarian State Opera), The Miserly Knight and Gianni Schicchi (Glyndebourne Festival Opera), La Traviata (Opera North), Jumpers (RNT, West End, Broadway), Proverb (Royal Ballet), Wind in the Willows (ROH2), Camille (Lyric Hammersmith Theatre), War and Peace (Paris Opera).

RICK FISHER (Lighting Designer). Originally from Philadelphia, Rick has been based in

Britain for 30 years. He received the 2009 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle awards for Billy Elliot. Broadway: The Philanthropist, Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, Via Dolorosa, Some American’s Abroad, An Inspector Calls (Tony, Drama Desk Awards), Serious Money. Opera includes eight seasons at Santa Fe Opera. Other awards include two Olivier Awards.

PAUL ARDITTI (Sound Design). Paul’s sound design for Billy Elliot the Musical has won him a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, an Olivier Award, and a BroadwayWorld.com Theatre Fans’ Choice Award. Other designs in the U.S. include Mary Stuart (Tony Nomination 2009); Les Liaisons Dangereuses; The Year of Magical Thinking; Festen (Evening Standard Award 2005); The Pillowman (Drama Desk Award 2005); Far Away; The Chairs; Four Baboons Adoring the Sun (Drama Desk Award 1993).

MARTIN KOCH (Musical Supervision and Orchestrations). Musical supervisor: Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Mamma Mia! and Billy Elliot. Recordings: More than 30 albums including Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Oliver!, Les Misérables Symphonic (Grammy winner), Hey Mr. Producer!, Mamma Mia! (Grammy nomination), Jerry Springer the Opera. Orchestrations: Mamma Mia! (Tony nomination), Jerry Springer the Opera, Billy Elliot (winner of the Drama Desk and Tony awards for best orchestrations) and Kombat Opera. With colleague Nick Gilpin, Martin runs a highly successful music production company and recording studio.

DAVID CHASE (Music Supervision — U.S.). Broadway (Music): Pajama Game, Flower Drum Song, The Music Man, Side Show, Little Me, Damn Yankees. Broadway (Dance): Cry-Baby; The Little Mermaid; Curtains; The Wedding Singer; Pajama Game; Thoroughly Modern Millie; Flower Drum Song; Kiss Me, Kate; Seussical; Side Show; and …Forum. London (Dance): Evita, Guys and Dolls. Also: Boston Pops, Radio City. Training: Harvard biology degree. Dedicated to my own Mrs. Wilkinson, Joan Bedinger (1939-2008), Woodson High School teacher and friend.

SUSAN DRAUS (Music Director/Conductor). MD for Mamma Mia, Good Vibrations (Broadway) and Jerry Mitchell’s Peepshow (Las Vegas). Susan has arranged for Henry Mancini, orchestrated for the DSO, and served as an arranging consultant for Walt Disney Imagineering.

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Her original musical, Vices: A Love Story was recently voted Best Production of 2009. For my girls- Foster, Greyson and Bean.

JUSTIN MARTIN (Associate Director — U.S.). Directing credits: Broadway: Billy Elliot (Associate Director). Australia: Skin Tight (45 downstairs); Billie (Sydney Opera House and La Mama); The Dumb Waiter (Melbourne Fringe); Billy Elliot (Resident Director). London: 52 (Canal Cafe and Leicester Square Theatre’s), Scenes of a Massacre (Camden People’s Theatre). Asia: Echarcissus (Natya Mandala Theatre, Bali); Billy Elliot Korea (Associate Director). Resident Dramaturge: Living Room Theatre. Assistantships: Sydney Theatre Company, Company B Belvoir, Bell Shakespeare, Ensemble Theatre. Recipient: Roger Leach Award.

KATHRYN DUNN (Associate Choreographer). Dance: London’s Royal Ballet Company, Sydney Dance Company, Chunky Move and Bangarra Dance Theatre. Acting: Anthony Shaffer’s The Thing in the Wheelchair, Water Rats and Wet. Musicals: Contact, On Your Toes and Chicago. Films: The Phantom of the Opera, Beyond the Sea, Null and Void, Black. Choreography: Bruce Beresford’s Paradise Road, I.D. and Strictly Come Dancing. Associate choreographer for Dirty Dancing.

MARY GIATTINO (Assistant Choreographer). Broadway: White Christmas (Asst. Chor./Swing); Encores! No No Nanettte (Asst. Chor./Ensemble); AEA Tour 42nd St.; Radio City Rockette; Favorite credit: Performing at the Kennedy Center and shaking President Obama’s hand! Many thanks to my incredible family, friends, and Ricky. MaryGiattino.com

SEAN MAURICE KELLY (Resident Choreographer). Broadway: Movin’ Out (swing); Tours: Billy Elliot (Resident Choreographer) Chicago/Toronto/3rd National; Movin’ Out (Resident Director, Dance Supervisor, swing), Bad Boys of Dance (Rehearsal Director); Swing (Supervisor, swing); Ballet: Houston Ballet (Ballet Master, Principal Dancer); Choreography: Houston Ballet, Diablo Ballet, The Lost Colony; Training: Marin Ballet, American Ballet Theater II.

STEVEN MINNING (Supervising Resident Director). Broadway: (Associate Director) The Lion King; (Resident Director) Billy Elliot, Chicago and Toronto national tour; (Resident

Director) Show Boat; (Assistant Director) Legs Diamond, (Choreographic Associate) The Will Rogers Follies and The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public. International: (Artistic Director) Cirque du Soleil’s Dralion; (Associate Director) The Lion King (seven companies worldwide, including the Sydney and Amsterdam premieres); (Supervising Resident Director) Show Boat (Sydney premiere).

CHRISTOPHER SCHILDER (Resident Director). Broadway: Impressionism. Off- Broadway: The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Any More for Roundabout, The Orphan’s Home Cycle at Signature Theatre Company and Hartford Stage Company, Picked at Vineyard Theatre, Farragut North at Atlantic Theatre Company, PTSD at Ensemble Studio Theatre and, most recently, directed Brecht’s Caucasian Chalk Circle for Sonnet Repertory Theatre. Chris is a graduate of the UNCSA School of Drama.

BERNIE ARDIA (Hair and Wig Design) has enjoyed a 30-year career, starting in television. Mr. Ardia has designed more than 75 productions including Ragtime at the Kennedy Center, Kiss of the Spider Woman with Chita Rivera, Starlight Express at the Las Vegas Hilton, Cinderella with Eartha Kitt and Deborah Gibson and the recent Wizard of Oz. It has been a thrill working with so many talented performers throughout his career, including Toni Tennille, Anita Gillette, Mary Wilson, Mackenzie Phillips, Melody Thomas Scott and even Judge Judy! He is excited to be a part of this Networks Presentations tour of Billy Elliot! Mr. Ardia is also the author of Barbra Streisand in New York City.

TARA RUBIN CASTING (Casting). Promises, Promises, A Little Night Music, Billy Elliot, Shrek, Guys and Dolls, Country Girl, RockN’Roll, Farnsworth Invention, …Young Frankenstein, Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, Pirate Queen, Les Misérables, History Boys, Spamalot, Jersey Boys, …Spelling Bee, Producers, Mamma Mia!, Phantom, Oklahoma!, Happiness, Frogs, Contact, Thou Shalt Not. Yale Rep.

NORA BRENNAN (Children’s Casting). Credits include the La Scala Opera House production of West Side Story. Resident casting director —Transport Group Theatre Company: The Audience, All the Way Home, Dark at the Top of the Stairs, among others. Film/TV including


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12 films for RipFest, the BBC series “Time Machine,” a series of TV ads for MoveOn.org, directed by Errol Morris.

EDWARD PIERCE (Design Supervisor) operates a NYC-based design studio specializing in the production design of Broadway, touring and international stage productions. With his team of artists, he provides first-class development and management of designs. Notable collaborations: Wicked (including eight productions worldwide); Billy Elliot; 9 to 5 — The Musical; The Pirate Queen; Aida; Ragtime; Cabaret; Bring in ‘da Noise/Bring in ‘da Funk; The Gazillion Bubble Show National Tour, and Pope Benedict XVI’s Pastoral Visit to New York— Mass at Yankee Stadium.

CLAIRE MURPHY (Associate Costume Designer — U.K.). Work includes Billy Elliot (London and Sydney), Vernon God Little for the Young Vic London, The Minotaur, Figaro and Gianni Schicci for the Royal Opera House- Covent Garden, The Reporter for the National Theatre.

RACHEL ATTRIDGE (Associate Costume Designer — U.S.). Credits include Catch Me If You Can, Minsky’s, Billy Elliot, Curtains, Tea: A Mirror of Soul, Sweet Charity, The Boy From Oz, Never Gonna Dance, Sweet Smell of Success, and The Lion King (tours). Thanks to Nicky, Claire, John and the crew for all your hard work!

KRISTINA KLOSS (Associate Lighting Designer — U.S.). Billy Elliot (Broadway, 1st National, 2nd National), Mary Poppins (Broadway, 1st National), Broadway: August Osage County, Faith Healer, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Glass Menagerie, Urban Cowboy. American Ballet Theatre at Metropolitan Opera House, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Boston Ballet, Elisa Monte Dance Company. Regional: Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Seaside Music Theatre, Missouri Repertory Theatre, Hartford Stage. Film: Nine the Movie, Sex and the City 2. Member of United Scenic Artists 829. For Pumpkin.

DANIEL WALKER (Associate Lighting Designer — U.S.). Broadway Associate/Assistant credits: Brief Encounter, The Philanthropist, Exit the King, Billy Elliot, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Deuce, Frost/Nixon, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Mary Poppins, History Boys, Lennon, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Democracy, Jumpers, Urban Cowboy, Flower Drum Song, Sweet Smell of Success, Seussical-

the Musical, Uncle Vanya, and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.

TONY SMOLENSKI IV (Associate Sound Designer — U.S.). Selected design credits include: Broadway: Cymbeline. Off-Broadway: The Adding Machine (Drama Desk nomination); Dutchman (AUDELCO nomination); Everything Bad and Beautiful; Measure for Pleasure; Almost, Maine; Mr. Marmalade. Regional work includes She Loves Me (Huntington), August Wilson’s 20th Century (Kennedy Center).

NETworks PRESENTATIONS, LLC (Producer). Since 1995, NETworks has produced and managed more than 45 touring productions in the US., U.K. and internationally. Current productions include Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Young Frankenstein, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific, Blue Man Group national tour, La Cage aux Folles, Shrek the Musical, Billy Elliot the Musical and the 25th Anniversary Production of Les Misérables. Future productions include Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins, Flashdance the Musical and National Theatre of Great Britain’s production of War Horse touring the U.S.

UNIVERSAL PICTURES STAGE PRODUCTIONS (Original Producer) is the theatrical production unit of the world-famous motion picture studio. Universal’s stage credits include the acclaimed worldwide productions of Wicked and Billy Elliot the Musical and the recently debuted Bring It On the Musical. Universal’s upcoming films include Tower Heist, a comedy caper with an all-star cast led by Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy; Illumination Entertainment’s 3-D CG-animated feature Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax; the epic action adventure Battleship; and Snow White and the Huntsman, starring Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth and Sam Claflin.

WORKING TITLE FILMS (Original Producer) is a producer of Billy Elliot the Musical worldwide. Co-chaired by Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, the company has produced more than 95 feature films, won six Academy Awards and has grossed more than $5 billion worldwide. Films include Tinker Tailor Solider Spy; Senna; Paul; Nanny McPhee Returns; Green Zone; A Serious Man; State of Play; The Soloist; Frost/Nixon; Billy Elliot; Burn After Reading; Atonement; Pride & Prejudice; United 93; The Interpreter; About A


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Boy; Notting Hill; Elizabeth; Fargo; Dead Man Walking; Bean; Four Weddings And A Funeral; Bridget Jones’s Diary; and Love Actually. Upcoming features include Johnny English Reborn, Big Miracle, Contraband, Les Misérables and Anna Karenina. Working Title has recently announced the creation of a new television production company, WTTV. Based in LA and London, WTTV is a joint venture between NBC Universal International, Bevan and Fellner.OLD VIC PRODUCTIONS PLC (Original Producer). Run by Sally Greene and executive producer Joseph Smith, OVP is a producer of Billy Elliot the Musical worldwide and has co-produced more than 100 productions in the West End and on Broadway, winning numerous awards, most recently: Swimming with Sharks, Three Days of Rain, Jerusalem. OVP is a major partner in the Old Vic Theatre Company led by Artistic Director Kevin Spacey. Recent co-productions include Speed-the-Plow, The Norman Conquests, Inherit the Wind, The Prisoner of Second Avenue. Sally is also the chief executive of The Criterion Theatre, Greene Light Films, Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, Cheyne Walk Brasserie, Waterloo Brasserie and The Phene in Chelsea.SETH WENIG (Executive Producer) has been with NETworks since its inception in 1995. He spearheaded the international tours of Fosse starring Ben Vereen/Ruthie Henshall as well as the U.K. regional tour of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I. Together with Cameron Mackintosh, Seth served as executive producer of a 40-week UK regional tour of the National Theatre’s My Fair Lady, which also ran in the United States. He is currently serving as Executive Producer on The 25th Anniversary Production of Les Misérables, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific. He is most proud of his greatest productions, Marlo and Camden.

JON FINN (Original Producer) started in the film industry as a production manager then line producer on several feature films and major television dramas. In 1996 he joined the production department at Working Title Films. A year later he helped David Goldesgeyne set up the Jerwood Film Prize and produced the BAFTA-nominated short film Eight, Stephen Daldry’s film directing debut. In 1999 Jon, along with Natascha Wharton, set up WT2, Working Title’s low-budget

film label. In the same year he produced his first film, Billy Elliot, and in 2000 won the NOVA award from the Producers’ Guild of America. Jon’s next film was My Little Eye, directed by Marc Evans. Jon also has his own film production company, Big Pond Productions, and is producing a feature film, Hunky Dory.

DAVID FURNISH (Original Executive Producer). After an 11-year career in advertising in Toronto and London, directed the BAFTA-nominated documentary Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras. As a filmmaker, he produced Women Talking Dirty and It’s a Boy Girl Thing and produced the animation feature called Gnomeo & Juliet. David and his partner Elton John recently produced the Tony-nominated play Next Fall on Broadway. David is extremely proud of his association with Billy Elliot the Musical worldwide.

ANGELA MORRISON (Original Executive Producer) is the chief operating officer of Working Title Films, responsible for the direction of its commercial activities, including all business affairs, finance and strategic planning in film, theatre and television. A law graduate of University College, London, she has been with Working Title since 1992 and was the executive-in-charge of production of the original film Billy Elliot. Angela has been honored with the British Women in Film Business Woman of the Year Award.

ALLIED LIVE (Tour Marketing and Press) is a full-service marketing & advertising agency representing Broadway shows, tours, performing arts institutions and experiential entertainment. Clients include: Billy Elliot, Hair, West Side Story, In the Heights, Washington National Opera, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cirque du Soleil, Madame Tussauds Hollywood, Hollywood & Highland Center. www.alliedlive.com.

ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 48,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. actorsequity.org


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STAFF FOR BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL

GENERAL MANAGEMENT

GENTRY & ASSOCIATESSCOTT JACKSON

GREGORY VANDER PLOEG DAWN KUSINSKIKIM REITER BOBBY MAGLAUGHLIN

COMPANY MANAGER

WILLIAM FERRYAssociate Company Manager

JOSH ZEIGLERAssistant Company Manager

WILLIAM ECHOLS

TOUR MARKETING AND PUBLICITYALLIED LIVE

Laura MatalonMarya Peters Doug Blemker Erik Meath

EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTIONTHE ROAD COMPANY

Stephen Lindsay Brett Sirota165 West 46th Street, Suite 1101, New York, NY 10036

212.302.5200 voice 212.302.5374 faxwww.theroadcompany.com

CHILDREN’S CASTINGNORA BRENNAN CASTING

Nora Brennan CSA Jen Rogers

ADULT CASTINGTARA RUBIN CASTING

Tara Rubin CSA, Eric Woodall CSALaura Schutzel CSA, Merri Sugarman CSA, Dale Brown CSA

Kaitlin Shaw, Lindsay Levine

Production Supervisor .......................................Eric InskoProduction Stage Manager .............................. Joel RosenStage Manager .......................................Melissa ChacónAssistant Stage Managers ................Brian D. Gold, Jenifer A. ShenkerRehearsal Asst. Stage Managers ..........................Trey Gerrald,

Christina M. Hagan

Supervising Resident Director ...................Steven MinningResident Director ............................. Christopher SchilderResident Choreographers ................... Sean Maurice Kelly,

Alison Levenberg, Matthew PrescottAssistant Choreographer ............................. Mary GiattinoDance Captain .................Michael Biren, Alison LevenbergFight Director .......................................... Jason BabinskyFight Captain .............................................Michael BirenAcro Captain ........................................... Patrick LavalleeDialect Coach ..................................................Ben Furey

Design Supervisor ......................................Edward PierceAssociate Set Designer (U.K.) ..................... Paul AtkinsonAssociate Set Designer (U.S.) .................... Nick FranconeAssistant Set Designer (U.S.) .............................Jen PriceAssociate Costume Designer (U.K.) .............Claire MurphyAssociate Costume Designer (U.S.) ...........Rachel AttridgeDancing Dress Maker .................. Jennifer Love CostumesAssociate Wig and Hair Designer .............Luc VerschuerenAssociate Lighting Designer (U.K.) ................ Vic SmerdonAssociate Lighting Designer (U.S.) ............... Daniel WalkerAssociate Lighting Designer (U.S.) ...............Kristina KlossAssistant Lighting Designer (U.S.) ................Justin PartierLight Programmer (U.S.) ................................Rob Halliday

Associate Sound Designer (U.K.) ................... John OwensAssociate Sound Designer (U.S.) ...........Tony Smolenski IVAssistant Sound Designer (U.S.) ....................... Drew LevyCostume Shopper (U.K.) ............................... Hannah BellProp Shopper (U.K.) .....................................Kathy Anders

Head Carpenter .............................................. Brad KorffCarpenter/Foy ..........................................Ryan McAlpineFlyman ................................... Stephanie “Otis” RenegarProduction Electrician .................................... Eric AbbotHead Electrician ......................................Gary WeintraubAssistant Electrician ................................Dirk Van PernisAssistant Electrician ...................................... Eric BriggsProduction Props Supervisor ...................Dave LevenbergHead Propmaster .........................................John BryantAssistant Propmaster ............................. Dunia KravchakProduction Sound Supervisor ....................... Brian MooreHead Sound ...............................................Justin StasiwAssistant Sound ....................................... Rick HayworthHeawd Wardrobe ....................................... Emily StalochAssistant Wardrobe ................................ Kasey WalravenAssistant Costume Coordinator ................ John SaundersWardrobe ................................................ Meredith ScottHair & Makeup Supervisor .............................. Tim BohleKeyboard Programmer..................Bryan Crook, Tim Crook

Production Assistants .......Jenny Abraham, Kendall Booher, Patrick Egan, Kate Pazakis, Arienne Pelletier, Gabrielle Reid

Voice Teacher .................................................Ilene ReedChildren’s Tutoring .......................On Location Education/

Alan Simon, Jodi GreenTutors .........................Onsy Elshamy, Bernadette JusinskiRehearsal Studios ..................................... Pearl Studios,

Gibney Dance Center, Roy Arias StudiosBallet Instructors.......Alison Levenberg, Matthew Prescott,

Vanessa RussoTap Instructor ................... Natalie King, Alison LevenbergAcro Instructor ........................................Hector SalazarPhysical Therapy............... NEURO TOUR/Carolyn LawsonCompany Physical Therapist ............. Ashley Hodges, DPT

Production Videographer ........................ HMS Media, Inc.Production Photographer ... Michael Brosilow, Kyle FromanAccounting .........................NETworks Presentations, LLCImmigration .......................................TCG Holdings, LLCLegal Counsel .............................F Richard Pappas, Esq.HR and Payroll Services ............... Human Resources inc.Travel Agent .................. Janice Kessler, Carlson WagonlitHousing ............................. Lisa Morris, Road ConciergeHauling/Trucking ...................................... Clark TransferFreight Handling ......................................Airways FreightBanking ...............................................................M & TInsurance ................................................. Chubb GroupMerchandising ......................Encore Merchandising, Inc.

FOR UNIVERSAL PICTURES STAGE PRODUCTIONSPresident and COO,Universal Studios Inc .....................................Ron MeyerChairman ............................................... Adam FogelsonCo-Chairman ...........................................Donna LangleyPresident, Universal Pictures ................... Jimmy HorowitzPresident of Marketing .................................. Eddie EganSVP, Production Finance ........................... Arturo BarquetLegal Affairs.................................................. Keith Blau

FOR WORKING TITLE FILMSMarketing Director ...................................Susan ButterlyPresident of Production (U.S.) .......................Liza Chasin

Executive Vice President of Film (UK) ....... Amelia GrangerHead of Production .................................Michelle WrightHead of Legal and Business Affairs ........... Sheeraz ShahFinance Director .......................................... Tim EasthillAssistant to Eric Fellner ...................... Katherine PomfretAssistant to Tim Bevan .............................Chloé DoriganAssistant to Angela Morrison.................... Genette ButlerAssociate Producer...............................Marieke Spencer

FOR NETWORKS PRESENTATIONSChief Executive Officer ................................... Ken GentryChief Operating Officer .......................... Scott W. JacksonDirector of Finance ........................................ John KinnaExecutive Producers .............. Seth Wenig, Kary M. WalkerAssociate Producer................................... Angela RowlesAssistant Producers .................. Jim Lanahan, Mary WitteAssistant to the CEO .................................... Curt OwensSenior General Manager ................. Gregory Vander PloegGeneral Managers ...................Dawn Kusinski, Kim ReiterAssociate General Manager .......................... Curt OwensAssistant General Manager .................Bobby MaglaughlinProduction Manager ..................................Jason JuenkerAssociate Production Manager ...................Hector GuivasAssistant Production Manager ............... Christian BottorffMarketing/PR ........................................... Heather HessMusic Coordinator ......................................... John MillerAssistant Controller ................................. Jennifer GiffordOffice Manager ....................................... Buddy PiccolinoOffice Assistant ............................................. Nancy Kerr

SPECIAL THANKS TO BESPOKE THEATRICALS FOR THEIR GUIDANCE AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS TOUR

Nina Lannan Devin Keudell

CREDITSScenery constructed and automation equipment provided by Hudson Scenic Studios, Inc. Miners’ banner by Alaister Brotchie. Lighting equipment from PRG Lighting. Sound equipment by Sound Associates. Rigging by Christie Lights. Puppets designed and contracted by the Wright Stuff Theatre of Puppets. Costumes constructed by Mark Costello, London; Tricorne NYC; Jennifer Love Costumes; Baracath Customwear; David Quinn. Custom knitwear by Maria Ficalora. Custom footwear by T.O. Dey and Sam Vasili. Millinery and costume crafts by Rodney Gordon, Inc. Undergarments provided by Bra*Tenders. “Express” dress puppet frames by Small Poppy Productions. Ballet Girls clothing by Wear Moi. Fabric painting and costume distressing by Nicola Killeen Textiles and Jeff Fender. Incidental and small props by the Spoon Group. Soft goods props by Mariah Hale.

Aereographics®Flying by Foy

To learn more about the production, please visitwww.BillyElliotTour.com

To become the next Billy Elliot, please visitwww.BeBilly.com

SPECIAL THANKSSpecial thanks to Rick Mills, Darren Sterns, Kat Hauschild; SMG Evansville: The Centre, Evansville, IN. IATSE Local 102, Evansville, IN. Louise Withers and Associates; David Blandon; Diane Dawson; With thanks to the National Coal Mining Museum for England, Wakefield, W. Yorkshire. Working Title Films would like to thank Ron Meyer, Marc Shmuger, David Linde,

Jimmy Horowitz, Donna Langley, Rick Finkelstein, Arturo Barquet, Allison Ganz, Stephanie Sperber, Stephanie Testa and Jonathan Treisman at Universal Pictures; Peter Bennett-Jones and Greg Brenman at Tiger Aspect Pictures; David Thompson at the BBC and Tessa Ross; Luke Lloyd Davies; Janine Shalom; all at Working Title Films for their continuing help and support; and especially to all the people who worked on the film Billy Elliot. Old Vic Productions would like to thank Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan, Elton John, David Furnish, Lee Hall, Stephen Daldry, Peter Darling, Angela Morrison, Jon Finn and all at Working Title Films, Arthur Cohen, David Friedlander, Robert Reed, Marieke Spencer, Jimmy Horowitz, John Barlow, Adam Kenwright, Janine Shalom. Elton John would like to thank Lee Hall, Stephen Daldry, David Furnish, Matt Still, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan, Jon Finn, Sally Greene, Angela Morrison, Frank Presland, Keith Bradley, Clive Banks, Todd Interland, Davey Johnstone, Bob Birch, Guy Babylon, John Mahon, Nigel Olsen. And a special thanks to Liam, James and George for first bringing Billy to life on stage.


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Support for open captioning provided by Theatre Development Fund.

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

All stage work performed by employees represented by IATSE.

UNITED SCENIC ARTISTS represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre.

The Musicians employed in this production are mem-bers of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

The Director and Choreographer are members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union.

The Press Agents, Company and House Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.

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

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Russ Belin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice PresidentAmanda Martie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticketing ManagerKevin Ogle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticketing /Administrative AssistantRebekah K. Jones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Technical Director Terry Romanoli . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Corporate PartnershipsMarc Viscardi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Director of National Marketing

For media inquiries, please contact Jennifer Walker at BRAVE Public Relations, 404-233-3993.

FOR INFORMATION regarding corporate partnerships and promotional opportunities with Broadway in Atlanta,

please call 404.873.4300.

We are excited to announce the new 2012-2013 BROADWAY lineup filled with some of New York City’s hottest shows!

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The TheatreA fully restored 1929 “movie Palace,” the Fox theatre, with 4,678 seats, is a multiple-purpose facility, housing Broadway shows, ballet, symphonies, concerts, movies, and private corporate events.

Private Roomsthe Fox theatre has three private rental spaces, with accommodations for 25 to 1,200 guests. our Egyptian Ballroom and Grand Salon are beautifully decorated and can be set up to your specifications. the landmarks lounge is adjacent to the lobby and is perfect for a small pre-show and intermission event. to book your ”Fabulous Fox“ evening, please call 404.881.2100 or visit us at www.foxtheatre.org.

The Box Officethe Fox theatre Box office is located in the arcade entrance to the theatre. the Box office is open for walk up ticket sales monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., and Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. the Fox theatre Box office is not open on Sundays unless there is a performance. on event days, the Box office opens two hours prior to show time. Doors to the Fox open one hour prior to show time. tickets for all performances at the Fox may be purchased at any tIcKEtmAStEr outlet, by calling tIcKEtmAStEr at 800.745.3000, or by visiting the Fox theatre Box office in person during regular Box office hours.

Group Salesthe Fox theatre Group Sales Department offers discounts to Groups for most Broadway shows. the Group Sales office is open monday-Friday from 9am to 5pm. call 404 881-2000 or email [email protected].

Concessionsconcession stands are located in the Spanish room, main lobby, and on the mezzanine lobby level.

Restroomsrestrooms are located off the main lobby (downstairs), mezzanine lobby levels, and the Gallery level. Accessible restroom facilities are located in the Spanish room and Accessible/Family restrooms are located through the office door in the main lobby.

Gift Shopthe Fox theatre operates a gift shop selling history books, t-shirts, sweatshirts, and an assortment of other theatre-related merchandise. the gift shop is located in the Spanish room.

Tourstours of the Fox theatre are available through the Atlanta Preservation center. tours are conducted mondays, Wednesdays, and thursdays at 10:00 a.m. and Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. tours begin in the Peachtree Street Arcade entrance to the theatre. For more information on tours and to confirm the tour schedule, please call the Atlanta Preservation center at 404.688.3353.

Lost and Foundlost and Found items are turned in to the House manager’s office. to check on lost items, please call the House manager at 404.881.2075. lost and Found items will be retained for 30 days.

Emergency InformationIn the event of an emergency, please walk to the nearest exit. Do not run.

Smoking In accordance with the Fulton county clean Air ordinance, the Fox theatre is a smoke-free facility. Smoking is only permitted in designated areas.

Special NeedsKen Shook, Patron Services coordinator, is our liaison to the disabled community. He can be reached at 404.881.2118 and can provide information on the locations and prices of accessible seating and other programs for the disabled. the Fox theatre also has a brochure detailing all these programs for our patrons with special needs. this brochure is available at the concierge Desk in the Arcade. An audio clarification device (Phonic Ear) is available for patrons with hearing disabilities. It is available, free of charge, on a first-come, first-serve basis on the evening of a performance, or you may reserve a device by calling the Patron Services Director. A limited number of booster seats are also available free of charge.

ElevatorsElevators are located at the north end of each lobby. the elevators are available during all performances and make it possible to access each lobby without the use of stairs. Patrons should be aware that access to upper seating areas do involve stairs.

ParkingParking is available within a four-block radius in all directions of the Fox theatre. Advanced reserved parking is available for sale at the Fox Box office or by calling tIcKEtmAStEr at 800.745.3000. the Fox theatre assumes no responsibility for vehicles parked in any of the privately owned parking lots operating in the Fox theatre district.

Performance NotesAll patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket in order to be admitted to the theatre. not all events are suitable for children. Infants will not be admitted to adult programs/performances. Parents will be asked to remove children who create a disturbance.

latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the management, in conjunction with the wishes of the producers.Please turn off all pagers and cell phones prior to the beginning of each performance. camera and recording devices are strictly prohibited.

Backstage employees are represented by the International Alliance of theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.t.S.E.)

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ThE Fox ThEATRE660 Peachtree Street, n.E.Atlanta, Georgia 30308

404.881.2100 • www.foxtheatre.org

STAFFAllan c. Vella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General managerAdina Alford Erwin . . . . . . . . Assistant General managerPat “Sunshine” tucker . . . Director of ticketing & Box officerobert Burnett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . controllerrick robbins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant controllerJennifer S. Farmer . . . . . . . . . Director of Sales/Ballroomsoliver Diamantstein. . . . . . Director of Food and Beveragelen tucker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of operations Pat Prill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .House managerGreta Duke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant House managerKristen Delaney. . . . . . . . . . . . Director of marketing & PrKen Shook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patron Services coordinatorShelly Kleppsattel . . . . . . . .Booking & contract Associate Jamie Vosmeier. . . . . . Director of Group Sales, Education

& community outreachmolly Fortune . . . . . . . Preservation Department managerAmy Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production managerrebecca J. Graham. . . . . . .Assistant Production managerGary Hardaway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .master carpenterlarry Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House FlymanScott Hardin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Property masterray t. Haynie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . master Electriciancary oldknow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Electricianrodney Amos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head Sound Engineerlarry-Douglas Embury. . . . . . . . . . organist In residence tammy Folds. . . . . . . . . . . . Production Security manager

ExECUTIVE CoMMITTEE AND BoARD MEMBERS

Alan E. thomas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .chairman of the BoardEdward l. White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PresidentBeauchamp c. carr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Vice PresidentJohn A. Busby Jr.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Vice PresidentJulia Sprunt Grumbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th Vice PresidentEdward Hutchison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .treasurerrobyn rieser Barkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant treasurerclara Hayley Axam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SecretaryWalter r. Huntley Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . member at largerobert E. minnear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . member at largecarl V. Patton.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . member at large

Ada lee correll, richard courts IV, Keith cowan, robert l. Foreman Jr., F. Sheffield Hale, John r. Holder, Florence Inman, craig B. Jones, Steve Koonin, charles lawson, Starr moore, Jay myers, Joe G. Patten, Glen J. romm, Sylvia russell, nancy Gordy Simms, clyde c. tuggle, carolyn lee Wills.

hoNoRARY BoARD MEMBERSAnne cox chambers, Arnall (Pat) connell, rodney mims cook Jr., Jere A. Drummond,

richard o. Flinn III, Arthur montgomery, Joseph V. myers Jr., Edward J. negri, Edgar neiss, Herman J. russell,

Preston Stevens Jr.

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ETIqUETTE

1. Please arrive early. Latecomers may not be seated until intermission.2. Take care of personal needs (drinks of water or restroom) before the performance begins. 3. Please silence or turn off all electronic devices, including cell phones, beepers, and watch alarms. We encourage you to share your experience at the Fox via social media, but please refrain from doing so or texting during performances; the glow from your device is distracting.4. Most shows do not allow photography of any kind. Flash photography inside the theatre is never allowed as it is a distraction to those around you and a danger to the performers.5. The overture is part of the performance. Please cease talking at this point. 6. Dear Lovebirds, when you lean your heads together, you block the view of the people behind you. Please consider the people that will be seated behind you when choosing whether or not to wear a hat or what hair style you choose. 7. Please refrain from talking, humming, or singing along with the show, except when encouraged to do so by the artist or show. 8. Please wait for an appropriate moment to dig something out of your pocket or bag. 9. Go easy with the perfume and cologne, many people are highly allergic. 10. If you need assistance during the show, please go to your nearest volunteer usher. If additional assistance is needed the usher will get the appropriate person to further help you.11. Yes, the parking lot gets busy and public transportation is tricky, but leaving while the show is in progress or before the actors have taken their final bows is discourteous. Wait until it is over and then exit with the rest of the audience.


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Lenox Square Grill offers breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. DJ every Friday and Saturday night til 2am. Private meeting rooms accommodate up to 150. 3393 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404-841-2377, lenoxsquaregrill.com. BLivingston Restaurant and Bar It’s hard to beat the location (across from the Fox theatre in the Georgian terrace), and diners get complimentary parking, but the main attraction is the glamour of the main dining room, which has hosted the likes of clark Gable, and the al fresco seating area, which is available in warm weather. 659 Peachtree St. NE, 404-897-5000, livingstonatlanta.com. M Lobby the menu focuses on seasonal fare at this sophisticated American restaurant in the lobby of tWElVE Atlantic Station. 361 17th St., 404-961-7370, lobbyattwelve.com. MONE.midtown kitchen Dine on fresh, seasonal American cuisine in a club-like atmosphere near Piedmont Park. 559 Dutch Valley Rd., 404-892-4111, onemidtownkitchen.com. MThe Melting Pot is the premiere fondue restaurant where guests can enjoy a choice of fondue cooking styles and a variety of unique entrees, salads

and indulgent desserts. Four Atlanta locations, including 754 Peachtree St. NE, 404-389-0099, meltingpot.com. MMurphy’s this restaurant has one of the city’s top brunch menus, but it’s known for great people-watching and its contemporary comfort food. 997 Virginia Ave., 404-872-0904, murphysvh.com. VHTaco Mac Atlanta’s favorite family friendly sports restaurant and bar since 1979. consistently voted best wings and beer selection, taco mac has something for everyone. 25 metro Atlanta locations, including 933 Peachtree St. NE, blocks away from the Fox Theatre. 678-904-7211, tacomac.com. MTwo Urban Licks “Fiery” American cooking meets live music at this hip hangout. 820 Ralph McGill Blvd., 404-522-4622, twourbanlicks.com. M

Joey D’s Oakroom near Perimeter mall, this stylish steak house has a staggering selection of spirits and a hot after-dinner singles scene. 1015 Crown Pointe Pkwy., 770-512-7063, centraarchy.com. PNew York Prime A Prime time top 10 USDA Prime Steakhouse known for its wine list, atmosphere and world class service. 3424 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404-846-0644, centraarchy.com. B

looking for a great night out? try one of these local restaurants before or after the show. For Dinner and a Show packages, visit encoreatlanta.com/offers.Neighborhood codes: A–Alpharetta, B–Buckhead, DK-Dekalb, D–Downtown, DW-Dunwoody, IP–Inman Park, M —Midtown, OFW–Old Fourth Ward, P–Perimeter Mall area, SS–Sandy Springs, VH–Virginia-Highland, NA —North Atlanta, V—Vinings, W–Westside

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Prime Enjoy steak, sushi and seafood in a festive atmosphere near lenox mall. 3393 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404-812-0555, h2sr.com. BRay’s in the City Set in the heart of Downtown, ray’s in the city offers a selection of the freshest seafood flown in daily, hand-cut steaks and made-to-order sushi. 240 Peachtree Street, NW, 404-524-9224, raysrestaurants.com. DRay’s on the River has been an Atlanta dining destination for more than 27 years! Enjoy signature cuisine including fresh seafood and prime cut steaks. Sunday Brunch offers over 80 homemade items and a new Bloody mary bar. 6700 Powers Ferry Rd., 770-955-1187, raysrestaurants.com. SSRay’s at killer Creek provides an unforgettable dining experience in an upscale, yet relaxed atmosphere. Sunday Supper features gourmet comfort food including a choice of three entrees served with bottomless sides, biscuits and cornbread. 1700 Mansell Rd., 770-649-0064, raysrestaurants.com. ARuth’s Chris Steakhouse A favorite local steak house with multiple locations near shopping and entertainment hotspots. Sides are generous, and the quality of the steaks and seafood is excellent.

Three locations: Buckhead, 3285 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404-365-0660; Sandy Springs, 5788 Roswell Rd., 404-255-0035; Centennial Olympic Park, 267 Marietta St., 404-223-6500; ruthschris.com. B, SS, DThe Tavern at Phipps this is one of Atlanta’s hottest after-work spots, and has been singled out for its happy hour and singles scene by Jezebel, InSite magazine and the Aol city Guide. 3500 Peachtree Rd. NW, 404-814-9640, centraarchy.com. B

South City kitchen With a stylish, Southern-contemporary menu, this DironA restaurant helped make grits hip for the business crowd. Two locatons: Midtown: 1144 Crescent Ave., 404-873-7358; Vinings: 1675 Cumberland Pkwy., 770-435-0700, southcitykitchen.com. M, VTerrace celebrates American heirloom recipes through supporting local and regional farmers, fisherman and producers. It recaptures pure flavors and tastes of natural and organic ingredients while bursting with delicious flavors. 176 Peachtree St. NW, 678-651-2770, ellishotel.com/terrace. D

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Aja Restaurant & Bar Serving modern Asian cuisine, Aja has a 150-seat patio overlooking Buckhead and a huge lounge, where diners nosh on dim sum and sip mai tais. 3500 Lenox Rd., Ste. 100, 404-231-0001, h2sr.com. BSpice Market Inspired by the street life of Southeast Asia, Spice Market enchants with complex blends of seasonings and layers of flavor that ignite the taste buds served in a relaxed, alluring environment at W Atlanta — Midtown. 188 14th St. NE, 404-724-2550, spicemarketatlanta.com. M

Drink Shop features cocktails in artistic divination, blessed with pure and homemade ingredients, complete with a visible fruit juicing and vegetable extraction station. Unique, freshy made mixers and a spirit selection of colorful, independent labels! 45 Ivan Allen Junior Blvrd., 404-582-5800, watlantadowntown.com/drinkshop. DGordon Biersch Fresh-brewed beers are a tasty accent to this brewery-restaurant’s hearty pizzas, salads and sandwiches. For a small additional fee, pre-show diners can leave cars in the lot while they’re at the Fox. Two locations:

Midtown: 848 Peachtree St. NE, 404-870-0805; Buckhead: 3242 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404-264-0253, gordonbiersch.com. M, BTap A gastropub offering easy-to-share pub fare and an extensive beer selection. the patio is a great place to chill after work. 1180 Peachtree St., 404-347-2220, tapat1180.com. M

Parish new orleans-inspired dishes served with a modern twist and a fully stocked raw bar; a nawlins-inspired brunch is served on the weekends. Downstairs, a take-away market sells sandwiches, spices, pastries and beverages. 240 N. Highland Ave., 404-681-4434, parishatl.com.

Ecco Esquire magazine named this casual, European-influenced bistro a “Best new restaurant in America.” It’s also gotten raves for its killer wine list, wood-fired pizzas, and impressive meat and cheese menus. 40 Seventh St. NE, 404-347-9555, ecco-atlanta.com. M

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La Tavola Serving classic Italian cuisine for lunch and dinner in the heart of Virginia-Highland. 992 Virginia Ave., 404-873-5430, latavolatrattoria.com. VH

Cantina Tequila & Tapas Bar is located in the terminus building on the corner of Peachtree and Piedmont roads. It features authentic mexican cuisine and has become Buckhead’s newest watering hole. 3280 Peachtree Rd. NW, Terminus 100, Ste. 150, 404-892-9292, h2sr.com. BEl Taco An eco-friendly watering hole serving fresh mexican food made with all-natural meats and killer margaritas. 1186 N. Highland Ave.NE, 404-873-4656, eltaco-atlanta.com.VH

Noche A Virginia-Highland favorite known for its Spanish-style tapas dishes and margaritas. 1000 Virginia Ave., 404-815-9155, h2sr.com. VH

Coast Seafood and Raw Bar serves Atlanta’s freshest seafood and island cocktails. the menu incorporates classics including crab and corn hush puppies, a signature seafood boil, and a variety of raw or steamed oysters, clams and mussels; along with signature fresh catch entrees. 111 W. Paces Ferry Rd. NW, 404-869-0777, h2sr.com. B

Goldfish this fun seafood/sushi restaurant has Happy Hour specials mon-Fri and nightly entertainment in its lounge. 4400 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., 770-671-0100, h2sr.com. PRoom this elegant restaurant serves steak and sushi on the ground floor of the tWElVE centennial Park hotel. 400 W. Peachtree St., 404-418-1250, roomattwelve.com. DStrip this sophisticated steak, seafood and sushi restaurant offers an in-house DJ and a rooftop deck. Atlantic Station at 18th St., 404-385-2005, h2sr.com. MTwist this lively restaurant has a huge bar, satay station, tapas menu, sushi and seafood dishes; patio seating is first-come, first-served. 3500 Peachtree Rd. NW, 404-869-1191, h2sr.com. B

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There was an old shooting range in the basement’s plaster shop. PlauSible: The holes in the back wall of the plaster shop may have been made by electrical workers testing their “ram set” nail guns against the wall.Gone with the Wind premiered at the Fox Theatre. fAlSe: Gone with the Wind premiered at Loew’s Grand.The crystal for one of the stars in the sky was replaced with a glass Coca-Cola bottle bottom. True: A piece of a Coca-Cola bottle was recently found in the auditorium’s sky near House Left.The arcade was once a bowling alley. fAlSe: There was once a bowling alley north of the Fox on Peachtree Street and people may associate that with the Fox because they were close together. The arcade was built as a gym or pool for the Shriners.fAlSe.

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an elevator overnight, following an event in the ballrooms.The original entrance to the theatre was planned to be on Ponce de Leon Avenue, but was changed to the Peachtree Street (arcade) entrance during the design and construction phase of the building.True.

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It’s slightly after 10 a.m. on a Friday, and a white-haired man beyond middle-age is in the midst of a

workout. He’s stretching muscles, toes, joints and ligaments at a barre, the kind for dance, not drinks.

Ed, as the instructor calls him, wears a long-sleeved black T-shirt, tights and slip-on shoes. He’s in a sterile room, lit by fluorescents and moving to classical

music played out by an accompanist. Ed is in ballet class, advanced ballet, because, like his classmates, he’s found a passion.

The Atlanta Ballet Dance Centre, or ABCD as it’s called, welcomes all kinds of students without dance backgrounds or with limited experience to its introductory ballet classes. The Centre offers adult classes (age 16 and up) in various genres at multiple levels and skill sets, from beginner to advanced. You can take ballet, world dance, hip-hop, modern, pointe, jazz, tap, and even yoga and Pilates. (Details: atlantaballet.com or 404.873.5811, Ext. 310.

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In her advanced ballet class, instructor Carol Szkutek asks if her students “feel that incredible stretch” between barre combinations, then fluidly marks a combination in her sneakers. Her students range in age from their 20s to late 60s and vary in skill. Nearly half are men. “They are all centered,” Szkutek (pronounced CUE-tek) says, indicating with her fingers the dancers’ upright torsos, vertically correct through each combination they perform.

“1, 2, 3-2, 2, 3-3, 2, 3...,” Szkutek booms as they dance. She knows them, their training, technique levels and abilities. Some have been with her for decades. They are lawyers, ex-architects, teachers, restaurant workers, a model. Nancy Lindebaum is among them.

Lindebaum, a special education teacher who owns a tutoring service, found ballet fairly early.

“My love of movement is so intense,” says Lindebaum, almost 60. She has danced through pregnancies, injury and physical therapy. “I celebrate my age in a ballet class.” That’s because, she says,

it makes her feel young and beautiful.Lindebaum did modern dance in

the 1970s, and then musical theater. Bachelor’s and master’s degrees followed, and yet ballet persisted in her life. She sees herself as a nontraditional ballet student even though she’s been dancing for more than 50 years. “I didn’t have the physical facility to be great as a dancer,” she notes. For her, “Ballet was the passion, recreation, the exercise.”

And a lifeline. “I want to dance forever,” she says. “I hope.”

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It’s hard to believe that darkness used to descend here by 2 p.m. — the smoke produced by factories was that thick. Today, no haze obscures the beauty of the three rivers that flow through the city or the majestic cliffs of Mount Washington, which overlooks downtown. Walking tours through former factory slums highlight ethnic enclaves that have developed considerable cultural and culinary delights. And sports arenas rub shoulders with science museums, each commanding enthusiastic audiences.

As is common in industrial towns, the labor of immigrants and blue collar

workers created the riches that magnates like Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick enjoyed. But Pittsburgh’s wealthy weren’t content to sit on their laurels. It can be argued that they invented corporate philanthropy, investing millions of dollars to build museums

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geographic traveler, Pittsburgh has come a long way in the past century. Its reinvention is the municipal equivalent of a cinderella story. and it illustrates the deep, often ignored connection, between art and industry.

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and libraries, colleges and churches. Carnegie, in particular, believed that given the choice, man would always seek to improve himself. So he and his peers provided the rough tools that Pittsburgh’s citizens needed in order to learn, experience and grow.

As a result, there is a no-nonsense approach to art here. There’s nothing precious about it. Perhaps that’s why the city’s most famous artist, Andy Warhol, found such delight in featuring supermarket items, tabloid images and everyday people in his work.

The Andy Warhol Museum is one of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, along with the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and the Carnegie Science Center. His inclusion is another sign of how forward-thinking the city’s leadership is; Warhol’s silkscreens are accorded the same respect as Greco-Roman ruins and Renaissance paintings; artifacts from ancient cultures; and interactive science experiments.

Competitive with Carnegie to the end, Henry Clay Frick has his own museum of art, the Frick Collection. The art galleries feature European paintings, sculpture and decorative art. There’s also a house museum and a former stable, which now contains a collection of rare horse buggies and early automobiles.

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It’s telling that the city’s most famous food was created for truck drivers on the go. The Primanti Bros. sandwich is quite a meal on wheels, although anyone who can eat it with one hand deserves a standing ovation. Contents include meat, cheese, coleslaw, tomato and fried potatoes. Although there are many locations you can find one now, the original restaurant is located in The Strip district.

The Strip once housed 12,000 factory workers from Ireland, Poland, Germany and Italy. Today, there are only 400 full-time residents, but ethnic eats abound. There’s Larry Labad, the “King of Hummus” who creates authentic Syrian cuisine at his eponymous eatery. Across the street, Parma Sausage has cured meats Italian-style for more than 57 years. At any given time, they have 3,000 prosciutto hanging upstairs.

Wholey’s Fish Market, another family operation, is a short walk from Parma. It’s a popular lunch spot that also happens to sell live and fresh fish. If you’re a bread lover, good luck walking by Mancini’s Bread. If the window displays of bread sculptures don’t get you, the smell of freshly baked loaves will. Inside, the biggest seller is the pepperoni roll, which looks small but contains a pound of dough and 21 pepperonis each. On game days, they sell more than 1,000.

S&D Polish Deli not only offers treats from the old country, it has a general store filled with Polish chocolates and other food items that immigrants might miss. For dessert, head to Enrico’s Bakery, known for its biscotti.

Burgh Bits and Bites offers walking food tours of the Strip, as well as other Pittsburgh neighborhoods like Little Italy in Bloomfield, Mount Washington, Lower Lawrenceville and Brookline. The tours last up to 2.5 hours and cost $35. Don’t eat before embarking, let tour guides know if you have any food allergies and be sure to reserve your place well in advance, because they do sell out. You won’t go home hungry or disappointed.

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Before you leave the city, ascend to Mount Washington at least once. There are two inclines that used to transport mill, mine and factory workers, the Duquesne and the Monongahela. The Duquesne Incline is closest to downtown hotels and, at its peak, there is a small history museum that features pictures from when Pittsburgh did belch smoke and smelt on a regular basis. USA Today ranked it one of the Top 10 sites in the world for viewing a cityscape and, by day or night, the view is spectacular. The cost is minimal ($4.50 for adult round trip, $2.20 for children and free for local university students, those under age 5 or older than 65).

You could spend several days exploring the attractions mentioned above, but you’d still be missing much of what the city has to offer. There are bike trails that stretch out into the countryside, park-like college campuses, vibrant performing arts organizations, one-of-a-kind shopping districts, sporting events and some of the most eco-friendly buildings in the world,

like the Phipps Conservatory’s Center for Sustainable Landscapes, which will exceed LEED Platinum standards when it opens this spring. Constructed to mimic the energy efficiency of a flower, the botanical garden’s center will offset all its energy and water needs with self-generated or reused resources. This aptitude for forward-thinking and eco-friendly innovation is why President Obama selected Phipps Conservatory to host a G20 dinner in 2009.

For more information on things to do and see in the Steel City, go to VisitPittsburgh.com.


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