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KAYE BALLARD
(Hermina Mendez)
Kaye's career includes burlesque, vaudeville, Broadway, nightclubs,
movies, records, radio, and television. Broadway's "The
Golden Apple" landed her on the cover of Life magazine,
and gave her the hit recording "Lazy Afternoon." Stage
credits include: "Carnival", "Cole Porter Revisited",
"Pirates of Penzance", "Nunsense" (1987 Carbonnell
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Award), and her
one woman show, "Hey Ma... Kaye Ballard". Discovered
by Spike Jones in her native Cleveland, Ohio, Kaye became a household
name with her popular television series, "The Mothers-in-Law".
Kaye shared the stage with Mel Torme in PBS's "Cole Porter
Evening at the White House". Film credits include: "The
Girl Most Likely", "The Ritz", "Baby Genius",
and "Victorian Story", to be released. Her new recording
with Jaye P. Morgan is entitled "Jaye & Kaye, Longtime
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DAN CONROY (Pepi
the Bandoleer)
Stage film and television credits include the Broadway company
of "Grand Hotel" with Tommy Tune, the role of Jimmy
in Robert Cabell's Off-Broadway Musical "Two Hearts Over
Easy", "New York Crossing" for Showtime, "Sports
Kabob" for MSG, "Happy Ness" (animated series)
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MICHAEL DeVRIES
(Padre)
Michael hails from Michigan. He attended Dartmouth College and
graduated from the University of Washington as a vocal performance
major. His first professional engagement was in the Santa Fe
Opera's apprentice program but he soon moved to New York to pursue
a career in musical theatre. He has appeared on Broadway as the
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in "Hello Dolly",
opposite Carol Channing in the most recent revival, Gus/Growtiger
in "Cats", and he created the role of Captain Lennox
in "The Secret Garden". He also appeared in Alan Menken's
"King David" at the refurbished New Amsterdam Theater,
and the Lincoln Center benefit performance of "Annie Get
Your Gun" with Patti Lupone and Peter Gallagher. National
Tours include Andre in "Phantom of the Opera", Freddy
in "My Fair Lady" (which also toured in Japan) and
Cornelius in the pre-Broadway portion of "Hello Dolly".
Regionally he has performed the role of Frederik in "A Little
Night Music" at Barrington Stage Co., Frank in "Annie
Get Your Gun" with Cathy Rigby at the Houston Grand Opera,
Harold Hill in "The Music Man" at Sundance Summer Theater
in Utah, Mr. Snow in "Carousel" at the Kennedy Center,
and Don Quixote in "Man of La Mancha" in Florida. In
non-musical performances he has been Del in David Mamet's "The
Cryptogram" at the Alley Theatre in Houston, and Rainer/Malat
in "Dogeaters" by Jessica Hagedorn at the Sundance
Theatre Lab. His TV work includes two different lawyers (Darren
Phillips and William Varden) on "Law & Order",
and Dr. Orsher in "All My Children". He can be heard
on the cast albums of "Hello Dolly" (the 1995 recording),
and "The Secret Garden", both of which were Grammy
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TITO ENRIQUEZ
(Capitan Ramerez) Tito has made an interesting career as a professional
swashbuckler for stage & film. His forte being swaggering,
staggering, and "daggering", he has performed at several
Renaissance festivals, playing everything from sword-wielding
gladiators to knights jousting on horseback. His work also has
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international stunt
shows, including the $15 million "WaterWorld - A Live Sea
War Spectacular" at Universal Studios Hollywood, which he
also directed. After a much awaited return to indoor theatre,
Tito appeared at Lincoln Center with the Metropolitan Opera,
"La Fanciulla del West" with Placido Domingo, and "I
Lombardi" with Luciano Pavarotti and Samuel Ramey. At the
Paper Mill Playhouse, he originated the role of the evil Rupert
of Hentzau in the world premiere of "The Prisoner of Zenda".
On a national tour of "The Three Musketeers", he played
a third of the title role. Other Off-Broadway "cut &
thrust" credits include Laertes, D'Artagnan, Petruchio,
Robin Hood, and Brutus (think about it). Some of Tito's memorable
musical roles are; Judas in "Godspell", Charlie Dalrymple
in "Brigadoon", Harold Hill in "The Music Man",
Billy Flynn in "Chicago", and The Singing Mime in "Wife
of Bath-Tales of the Decameron". In his copious spare time,
he's either running the Stage Combat Department at AMDA, or after
his 11 month old daughter, Zoe. Special love to wife, partner,
and inspiration, Alicia. Being of Spanish descent, Tito is proud
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ROB EVAN (JAUN
CARLOS) Robert
stars in the original Broadway cast of Jekyll & Hyde, playing
the title roles. He led the acclaimed national touring company
of Les Miserables to Broadway, starring as Jean Valjean, after
having been a part of the Broadway cast for several years. On
tour his credits include Valjean in Les Miserables, standby for
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the pre-Broadway
tour of Jekyll & Hyde, Nanki-Poo in TUTS/Pittsburgh CLO's
premiere of Hot Mikado, Enjolras in Les Miserables, Hello Dolly
starring Madeline Kahn and By George! touring the US and Canada.
Regionally, he has appeared in Jesus Christ Superstar (Jesus),
Chess (Anatoly), Brigadoon (Tommy), and Desert Song (Red Shadow).
Robert recently produced and starred in the New York Concert
BC/EFA production of CHESS at the John Houseman Theatre. Robert
can be heard on the OBC recording of Jekyll & Hyde (Atlantic
Records), his own release of the highlights of Jekyll & Hyde,
Civil War - An American Musical (Atlantic), and his soon to be
released solo album in early 1999. He has been a regularly featured
soloist with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra, directed by Albert Coleman.
Robert is a recipient of the Georgia Music Hall of Fame Talent
Award and an ex-collegiate varsity football player at the University
of Georgia with a major in Finance. His favorite roles continue
to be husband to Beate and father to Johan Phillip and Max August! |
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LYNN HALVERSON
(Maria Vega) Lynne
is proud to be part of Zorro. This is Lynn's third production
for R.W. Cabell having originated Monique in "Pretty Faces"
and Gina/Joanne in "Two Hearts Over Easy". Most recently
Lynn toured with Theodore Bikel and Lannie Kazan in the national
tour of "Fiddler On The Roof" and recreated the role
of Miss Cotton in the new musical "Twist" at the George
Street Playhouse. |
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MARC KUDISCH
(The Sergeant) BWY
George Kittredge in ''HIGH SOCIETY" (recording), GASTON
in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, Reuben in JOSEPH...DREAM COAT(recording)
OFF BWY Mario in TAMARA THE LIVING MOVIE, QUIET ON THE SET at
the Orpheum Theatre NATIONAL TOURS Conrad Birdie in BYE BYE BIRDIE
w/Tommy Tune and Ann Reinking REGIONAL A.C.T. (San Fran}, Goodspeed
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Music Theatre, Caldwell
Theatre, Kansas City Starlight, and the Kansas City company of
FOREVER PLAIDTV Conrad Birdie in the ABCTV/Hallmark remake of
BYE BYE BIRDIE w/Jason Alexander and Vannesa Williams (recording),
Jack Sand on American Movie Classic's PARAMOUR, and commercially
as Toyota's "TV guy". WORKSHOP/READINGS George in HIGH
SOCIETY, Roundabout Theatre; Joie Ray in STEEL PIER; Trevor Graydon
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JODIE LANGEL
(Currently Jodie is in the National Touring Company of Cats as
Grizabella-the youngest ever to play the role) On Broadway, Jodie starred
as Cosette in Les Miserables and later reprised the role on the
National Tour. Other Broadway National Tours include Joseph and
The Technicolor Dreamcoat as the Narrator. Regional credits include
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(Candlewood Playhouse),
Smile(Maine State Music Theatre), Evita(Eva Peron, Gateway Playhouse),Chess(Paper
Mill Playhouse). Jodie was a lead soloist with the Colorado Springs
Symphony, and is feautured soloist in NYC's acclaimed Lyric and
Lyricists at the 92nd St. YMCA. |
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JEFF McCARTHY
(Governor) Jeff
recently starred on Broadway as Terry Turner in Side Show. Prior
to that he spent 2 years as the Beast in Broadway's Beauty and
The Beast. Previous Broadway credits include Smile, Zorba and
Pirates of Penzance. Los Angeles: Les Miserables, City of Angels
(national tour), A Little Night Music, Search and Destroy and
The Three Sisters. Off-Broadway: Sympathetic Magic |
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(Second Stage),
On The Twentieth Century (York Theatre) and Gifts of the Magi
(Lambs). Regional Brimstone (Berkshire Theatre Festival), Arms
and the Man (Huntington), The Misanthrope (Guthrie), Sunday In
The Park With George (Seattle Rep), A Lie of the Mind (Denver
Center), Pantegleeize (A.C.T.). Television: Star Trek: TNG, LA
Law, Civil Wars, Equal Injustice (recurring), Cheers, Designing
Women, Voyager (pilot), In The Heat Of The Night, Doogie Howser,
Matlock and the voice of Chuck Jones' creation, Michigan J. Frog.
Film: Robocop 2, Eve of Distruction, Rapid Fire and Cliff Hanger. |
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SEAN McDERMOTT
(Father Domonic) Over
the past decade, Sean McDermott has established himself as one
of Broadway's leading performers. For two years he played the
leading role of Chris in the Broadway production of "Miss
Saigon". His other Broadway credits include the role of
"Whizzer" opposite Mandy Patinkin in James Lapine's
production of "Falsettos" at the Golden Theatre
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role of "Rusty"
in Trevor Nunn's production of "Starlight Express"
at the Gershwin Theatre. Sean has recently been seen on the Broadway
Stage as Danny Zuko in the smash hit revival of "Grease"
at the Eugene O'Neil Theatre. His Off-Broadway credits include
the role of Larry in the critically acclaimed revival of "Boys
In The Band" at the W.P.A. Lucille Lortel Theatre. Sean
has appeared in the National tours of "South Pacific"
directed by Geraldine Fitzgerald, in the role of Lt. Cable and
as Rusty in "Starlight Express". Sean returned from
a two year critically acclaimed tour portraying Tony in "West
Side Story" for the Victoria State Opera in Sydney Australia.
Sean has sung for the President on two separate occasions at
the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. He recently performed for
Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York in a command performance.
On television he has been seen as Hart Jessup in the long running
CBS Daytime series "Guiding Light" and appearances
include NBC's "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson.
His recordings include his debut album of original material entitled
"New York Nights" as well as the recently released
"South Pacific" with Paige O'Hara on Jay Productions.
His second solo album of Broadway Hits will be released sometime
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PHYLLIS NEWMAN
(Sonya Vega) Stage:
Follies in Concert (Lincoln Center), Subways Are For Sleeping
(Tony Award), Neil Simon's Broadwa Bound, (Tony Nomination) directed
by Gene Saks and Prisoner of Second Avenue directed by Mike Nichols,
The Apple Tree (also with Nichols), Nicky Silver's The Food Chain
directed by Robert Falls, The Mad Woman of Central Park (Co-Author
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Laurents's My Good
Name directed by Dan Sullivan, Bells Are Ringing, On The Town,
Pleasures and Palaces, First Impressions, Rocket to the Moon,
Awake and Sing, Cradle Will Rock, Facade. TV: "Thirty Something,"
"Coming of Age," "Murder She Wrote," "That
Was The Week That Was," "Johnny Carson Show (first
woman to guest host). Film: It Had To Be You, A Price Above Rubies,
Fish in the Bathtub, Beautician And The Beast, Only You, To Find
A Man, Mannequin, Bye Bye Braverman, Picnic. Author: Just In
Time. Created Nothing Like A Dame '96, '97, & '98 to benefit
Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative of Actor's Fund, which
she founded. |
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CHRISTIANE NOLL
(Fiesta Amor) Born
into a musical family, this native New Yorker made her stage
debut at age 4. She toured the United States, Canada and Great
Britain with her Opera singer mother and her Musical Conductor
father through much of her childhood. Branching out on her own
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long anticipated
production of Jekyll & Hyde at the Plymouth Theatre, playing
the role of Emma Carew, Dr. Jeckyll's fiance, where she received
a nomination for Best Actress in a Musical from the Friends of
New York Theatre. She rejoined the company after originating
the role (formally known as Lisa Carew) in the Theatre Under
the Stars/Alley Theatre / 5th Avenue Theatre production, as well
as in a 9 month national tour, where it also earned her a Joseph
Jefferson Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
Other First National Tour appearances include Sandy in the Tommy
Tune production of of Grease! which she also did on Broadway,
the original cast of Miss Saigon as Ellen, the American wife
and City of Angeles where she was revealed as Mallory/Avril.
Christopher Renshaw (award winning director of the recent Broadway
revival of The King And I) brought her around the globe to direct
her as Nellie Forbush in the Australian Gordon/ Frost Production
of South Pacific. It was performed for the gala opening of the
first Western-style theatre complex built in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Regional favorites include: Oliver (Carousel Dinner Theatre),
All Night Strut (Alabama Shakespeare Restival), Cinderella, Annie,
The Student Prince, 42nd Street, My Fair Lady, and Sweeny Todd
(Pittsburgh CLO), She sang in Kissing and Horrid Strife, a commissioned
work for the Opera Company of Philadelphia based on peoms of
D. H. Lawrence and in Great Day for the Gershwin Trust in Washington
D.C. Other New York City Projects: City Center's Encores! Out
of this World., The Night They Raided Minsky's with Mike Ockrent
and Susan Stroman, the title role of Camille, a newly adapted
musical based on the Alexander Dumas classic play, Sweet Charity
in concert at Avery Fisher Hall, and Florence for Chess in concert
at the John Houseman Theatre. Recordings: Jeckyll &Hyde,
(Atlantic), Sondheim at the Movies, Primetime Musicals, Cinderella,
The Burt Bacharach Album, The Paul Simon Album, and her first
solo album, Christian Noll - Broadway Love Story, all with Varese
Sarabande Records. Audiences may not remember her on CBS's Daytime
Drama Show, As The World Turns, but she has had memorable performances
on The Today Show, The Rosie O'Donnell Show and the NBA All-Star
Game Half-Time Show. She is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University
in Pittsburgh, PA. In addition, she has participated in many
AIDS benefits around the country, including numerous special
programs for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids, the Hearts and
Voices, AIDS program in NYC and benefits for Hope House in her
home state of New jersey. She is a membe of the Broadway Gospel
Choir which can be heard on the cast recording of Violet. When
not performing Chrisitane does Pilates, is an accomplished cook
as well as an avid fine diner, knows sign language, loves to
bowl, play pool and rollerblade around town, and enjoys the outdoors
when she goes golfing, hiking, rock climbing, sky diving and
suba diving or trains fro the NYC Marathon. Due for a March 1999
release: singing voice of "Anna" in the animbated feature
of The King and I for Morgan Creek Productions. |
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