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Road Show (2008)

Words & Music: Stephen Sondheim

Book: John Weidman

Premise: Spurred on by a meagre inheritance, two real-life brothers – the roguish con-man Wilson Mizner and his more considered younger sibling Addison – seek their fortune in turn-of-the-century American. From the Klondike gold rush of the 1890s to the Florida real-estate boom and bust of the 1930s, we track the ups and downs of their relentless pursuit of the American Dream. Through a series of entrepreneurial and often dubious ventures, the brothers experience both success and failure, in a show that examines ambition, familial bonds and the ethical dilemmas of capitalism.

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Background: In the 1950s, two articles in The​​ New Yorker about the "The Legendary Mizner Brothers", written by Alva Johnstone, piqued the interest of Stephen Sondheim, who felt that their eccentric, idiosyncratic lives were ripe for musicalising. The idea was quickly quashed whem it was discovered that the rights to Johnstone's book had already been acquired, and that Irving Berlin was turning the material into a vehicle for Bob Hope. Fast-forward to 1993 – long after the option had expired – Sondheim and John Weidman were exploring ideas for a new show, and the subject of the Mizners arose. The pair began a long collaboration that would result first in Wise Guys (read with an incomplete score in 1997 and workshopped in 1999), then Gold!, then Bounce (presented commercially in 2003) and finally Road Show (produced in 2008). "A saga in four acts", as Sondheim calls it in Look, I Made a Hat! "A torturous evolution... a saga which took fourteen years to play itself out from first draft to last performance."

Major readings/productions/concert performances:

Wise Guys

Gold!

 

 

Bounce

Road Show

Composite artwork for Wise Guys, Bounce and Road Show

Wise Guys Private Readings (1997–1999)

Reading #1: 27 March 1997

Raw Space, 529 W. 42nd St, New York City, NY

Director: Lori Steinberg

Producer: Ira Weitzman

Musical Director: Paul Gemingani

Piano: Paul Ford

Wilson Mizner: Victor Garber

Addison Mizner: Patrick Quinn

Mama: Cass Morgan
Paris Singer: Howard McGillin
Ensemble: Bob Ari, Candy Buckley, Nick Cokas, Randy Graff, Dee Hoty, Tom Ikeda, Greg Jbara, Norm Lewis, Michael McGrath, Robert Westenberg

Reading #2: 8 November 1997

Director: Lori Steinberg

Producer: Ira Weitzman

Musical Director: Paul Gemingani

Piano: David Evans

Wilson Mizner: Victor Garber

Addison Mizner: Nathan Lane

Mama: Debra Monk

Paris Singer: Howard McGillin

Ensemble: William Parry, Ray Willis, Randy Graff, Greg Jbara

Reading #3: 1 November 1998

Director: Sam Mendes

Producer: Ira Weitzman

Musical Director: Paul Gemingani

Piano: Paul Ford

Stage Manager: Mo Gibson

Wilson Mizner: Victor Garber

Addison Mizner: Nathan Lane

Mama: Debra Monk

Paris Singer: Howard McGillin

Ensemble: William Parry, Ray Willis, Randy Graff, Lauren Mitchell, Paula Newsome

Reading #4: 30 April 1999

Dodger Theatricals, 79 East 4th Street New York, NY; described as "a secret reading of script and score" [John Stewart, Broadway Musicals, 1943–2004, McLarland, Inc. Publishers, 2012]

Director: Sam Mendes

Producer: Ira Weitzman

Musical Director: Paul Gemingani

Wilson Mizner: Victor Garber

Addison Mizner: Nathan Lane

Mama: Debra Monk

Paris Singer: Michael Hall

Musical Numbers

"This listing of numbers is an 'amalgam of the first three readings,' according to Sondheim's second book of collected lyrics Look, I Made a Hat (Alfred A. Knopf, 2011, pp. 179-215). Although this version of Wise Guys was never produced on stage, it is listed here to provide context and comparison to later versions." Michael Hutchins, The Stephen Sondheim Reference Guide.

Act One

  • “First Vaudeville” – Wilson and Addison

  • “Benicia” – Mama and Ensemble

  • “My Two Young Men” – Mama

  • “Gold!” – Prospector, Wilson, Addison, Mama, and Ensemble

  • “Second Vaudeville” – Wilson and Addison

  • “Next to You” – Wilson, Addison, and Mama

  • “Addison’s Trip” – Addison and Ensemble

  • “Dowagers” – Addison

  • “The Good Life” – Wilson

  • “The Game” – Wilson

  • “Journalists” – Wilson

  • “What’s Next?” – Wilson

  • “The Game (reprise)” – Wilson

  • “What’s Next? (reprise)” – Wilson and Ensemble

  • “Third Vaudeville” – Wilson and Addison

  • “What’s Next? (reprise)” – Addison

  • “I’m on My Way (reprise)” (from “Addison’s Trip”) – Addison

Act Two

  • "Fourth Vaudeville" – Wilson and Addison

  • "Palm Beach Sequence" – Addison, Paris and Ensemble

  • "Fifth Vaudeville" – Addison, Paris, and Wilson

  • "Boca Raton Sequence" – Ensemble

  • "Get Out of My Life" (includes "Go") – Wilson and Addison

  • "Final Vaudeville" – Wilson and Addison

WiseGuys_Readings
WiseGuys_Workshop

Wise Guys Workshop (1999)

New York Theatre Workshop, New York, NY​

Opens: 29 October 1999

Closes: 20 November 1999

Producers: Scott Rudin, Roger Berlind, Dodger Theatricals,

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Director: Sam Mendes
Choreography: Jonathan Butterell
Musical Director: Ted Sperling

Musical Supervisor: Paul Gemignani

Orchestrations: Jonathan Tunick
Scenery Design: Mark Thompson
Costumes Design: Santo Loquasto
Lighting Design: Jules Fisher, Peggy Eisenhauer
Sound Design: Jonathan Deans

Production Stage Manager: Bonnie Panson

Production Manager: David Bradford
Casting: Jom Carnahan

Cast

Wilson Mizner: Victor Garber
Addison Mizner: Nathan Lane
Papa/Poker Player/Plantation Owner/Mr Sloatsbury: William Parry
Mama/Mrs. Dupont: Candy Buckley

Paris Singer/Business Man: Michael Hall

Reporter/Newsboy: Christopher Fitzgerald
Prospector/Poker Player/Chinese Warlord/Doorman/Real Estate Agent: Kevin Chamberlin
Assayer/Gangster/Flatbush Phil: Clarke Thorell
Poker Player/Ticket Seller/Boxer/Stanley Ketchel/Mr. Cosden: Ray Wills
Business Man/Mrs. Eva Slotesbury: Nancy Opel
Poker Player/Solicitor/Playwright/Paul Armstrong/Mr. Trumboer: Brooks Ashmanskas
Myra Yerkes/Mrs. Wannamaker: Jessica Molaskey
Gladys/Mrs. Trumboer: Jessica Boevers
Mrs. Lilly Cosden: Lauren Ward
Ensemble/Souvenir Sellers, Club Patrons and Millionaires, Boca Raton Choir, Buyers,
Sellers, and other participants
: Brooks Ashmanskas, Jessica Boevers, Kevin Chamberlin, Christopher Fitzgerald, Michael Hall, Jessica Molasky, Nancy Opel, William Parry, Clark Thorell, Lauren Ward and Ray Wills

Band

Conductor/Keyboards: Ted Sperling

Keyboards: Robert A. Berman

Drums: James Baker

Musical Numbers

Early performance

Act One

  • Wise Guys” – Addison and Wilson

  • “It’s in Your Hands” – Papa Mizner

  • “My Two Young Men” – Mama Mizner

  • “Gold” / “Alaska” – Prospector, Addison, and Wilson

  • “The Game” – Wilson

  • “Wise Guys” (reprise) – Addison and Wilson

  • “Next to You” – Addison and Wilson

  • “On My Way” – Addison

  • “Souvenir” – Ensemble

  • “Stay Right Where You Are” – Wilson and Myra

  • “Willy – King of New York” – Playwright, Boxer, Gangster, and Myra

  • “Wise Guys” (reprise) – Addison and Wilson

  • “A House for Mama” – Addison

  • “Isn’t He Something?” – Mama Mizner

  • “Wise Guys” (reprise) – Addison and Wilson

 

Act Two

  • “Wise Guys” (reprise) – Addison

  • “Florida Land Boom” / “Get Rich Quick” – Real Estate Agent

  • “Paris’ Dream” – Paris Singer

  • “Where Have You Been All My Life” – Addison, Paris, and Ensemble

  • “Make It Through the Night” – Addison

 

Musical Numbers

Last performance


Act One

  • “Wise Guys” – Addison and Wilson

  • “It’s in Your Hands” – Papa Mizner

  • “My Two Young Men” – Mama Mizner

  • “Gold” – Prospector

  • “You and Me Together” – Wilson

  • “The Game” – Wilson

  • “Wise Guys” (reprise) – Addison and Wilson

  • “Next to You” – Addison and Wilson

  • “On My Way” – Addison

  • “Stay Right Where You Are” – Wilson and Myra

  • “That Was a Year” – Wilson

  • “A House for Mama” – Addison

  • “Isn’t He Something?” – Mama Mizner

  • “Wise Guys” (reprise) – Addison and Wilson


Act Two

  • “Talent” – Paris Singer

  • “You” – Addison and Paris

  • “Make It Through the Night” – Addison

  • “Wise Guys” (reprise) – Addison, Wilson and Paris

  • “Boca Raton” – Wilson, Addison, Ensemble

  • “It’s in Your Hands Now” – Wilson, Addison, Ensemble

  • “Coming Home” – Wilson

  • “Get Out of My Life” – Addison

  • “Wise Guys” (reprise) – Addison and Wilson

Cast and Creatives for Wise Guys workshop

Gold! Reading (2001)

Reading cast, as reproduced in Look, I Made a Hat, Virgin Books, 2011, p.242​

Director: Hal Prince

 

1.1

Addison Mizner: Tom McGowan

Club Steward: David Pittu

Man in Rumpled Suit: Michael McCormick

Young Woman: Michele Ragusa

Wilson Mizner: Howard McGillin

Mama Mizner: Anita Gillette

1.2

Papa Mizner: Bill Parry

Man in Frock Coat: Michael McCormick

Laborer: David Pittu

Prospector: Herndon Lackey

1.3

Prospector: Michael McCormick

Poker Player #1: Herndon Lackey

Poker Player #2: David Pittu

Poker Player #3: Bill Parry

Poker Player #4: Michael McCormick

Clerk: David Pittu

Bartender: Herndon Lackey

Dance Hall Girl/Nellie: Michele Pawk

1.5 [sic]

Salesman (steamship office): Herndon Lackey

Businessman (Hawaii): Michael McCormick

Servant (Hawaii): David Pittu

Cast list for the reading of Bounce
Gold_Reading

Bounce  Goodman Theatre Production (2003)

Goodman Theatre, 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL

Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington DC

Goodman Theatre​​

Previews: 20 June 2003 (7 previews)

Opens: 30 June 2003

Closes:  10 August 2003 (47 performances)

Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center

Previews: 21 October 2003

Opens: 30 October 2003

Closes: 16 November 2003 (32 performances)

Director: Hal Prince

Producer: Kennedy Center (Chair: James A. Johnson, President: Michael M. Kaiser), Goodman Theatre (Artistic Director: Robert Falls, Executive Director: Roche Schulfer)

Choreography: Michael Arnold
Set Design: Eugene Lee
Costume Design: Miguel Angel Huidor
Lighting Design: Howell Binkley
Sound Design: Duncan Robert Edwards
Orchestrations: Jonathan Tunick
Music Director: David Caddick
Dance Arrangements: Robert Lindsey Nassif

 

Cast
 

Addison Mizner: Richard Kind
Wilson Mizner: Howard McGillin
Nellie: Michele Pawk
Hollis Bessemer: Gavin Creel
Mama Mizner: Jane Powell
Papa Mizner: Herndon Lackey
Ensemble: Sean Blake, Marilyn Bogetich, Tom Daugherty, Jeff Dumas, Deanna Dunagan ((U/S Mama), Nicole Grothues, Rick Hilsabeck (U/S Wilson), Jeff Parker (U/S Hollis/Papa), Harriet Nzinga Plumpp, Jenny Powers, Craig Ramsey, Jacquelyn Ritz (U/S Nellie), Fred Zimmerman (U/S Addison)

Musical Numbers - Goodman Theatre

Act One

  • “Bounce” – Wilson and Addison Mizner

  • “Opportunity” – Papa, Addison, Wilson, Mama

  • “Gold!” – Prospector, Wilson, Mama, Addison, Alaskans

  • “Gold!” – Poker Players

  • “What’s Your Rush?” – Nellie

  • “Next to You” – Addison, Wilson, Mama

  • Addison’s Trip Around the World (“On My Way”) – Addison, Salesman, Guatemalans, Servants

  • “What’s Your Rush?” – Wilson, Mrs. Yerkes

  • “Alaska” – Mrs. Yerkes, Wilson

  • New York Sequence – Wilson, Nellie, Reporters, Photographer, Ketchel, Armstong, Jockey, Gamblers, Policeman, Wilson’s Women

  • “The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me” – Wilson, Nellie

  • “Isn’t He Something?” – Mama

  • “Bounce” (reprise) – Addison


Act Two

  • “The Game” (reprise) – Addison, Nellie, Wilson, Promoter

  • “Talent” – Hollis

  • “You” – Addison, Hollis, Aristocrats

  • “Addison’s City” – Hollis, Wilson, Addison, Nellie

  • “Boca Raton” – Boca Girl, Sportsmen, Fashion Models, Yachtsmen, Caruso, Salvador Dali, Wilson, Addison, Nellie, Hollis, Prospector, Varmints, Bobby Jones, Mae West, Princess Ghika, Chorus

  • Last Fight – Addison, Wilson

  • “Bounce” – Wilson, Addison

Musical Numbers - Kennedy Center

 

Act One

  • “Bounce” – Wilson and Addison Mizner

  • “Opportunity” – Papa, Addison, Wilson, Mama

  • “Gold!” – Prospector, Wilson, Mama, Addison, Alaskans

  • “What’s Your Rush?” – Nellie

  • "The Game" - Wilson

  • “Next to You” – Addison, Wilson, Mama

  • Addison’s Trip (“On My Way”) – Addison, Salesman, Guatemalans, Servants

  • “The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me” – Wilson, Nellie

  • "I Love This Town" – Wilson, Nellie, Addison and Company

  • “Isn’t He Something?” – Mama

  • “Bounce” (reprise) – Addison


Act Two

  • “The Game” (reprise) – Addison, Nellie, Wilson, Promoter

  • “Talent” – Hollis

  • “You” – Addison, Hollis, Aristocrats

  • “Addison’s City” – Hollis, Wilson, Addison, Nellie

  • “Get Rich Quick” – Company

  • Last Fight – Addison, Wilson

  • “Bounce” – Wilson, Addison

Recording

Bounce – A New Musical

  • Compact Disc, 2004 [Nonesuch 79830-2] (73:22)

Producer: Tommy Krasker, Robert Hurwitz
Session Producer: Robert Hurwitz, Jonathan Tunick
Engineering: Tom Lazarus
Recorded: NPR Studios, Washington DC, on 10 November 2003; additional recording at The Enchanted Cottage, Los Angeles (Engineer: Thomas Griep)

Cover Art: Serino Coyne

Liner Notes: Frank Rich, Sean Patrick Flahaven

Conductor: David Caddick

Selections:

Overture (2:51), "Bounce" (4:07), “Opportunity” (2:23), “Gold!” (2:54), “Gold! – Part 2” (0:31), “What’s Your Rush?” (2:33), “The Game” (2:31), “Next to You” (3:47), “Addison’s Trip” (6:32), “The Best Thing That Ever Has Happened” (4:13), “I Love This Town” (3:57), “Isn’t He Something!” (3:11), “Bounce” (1:42), “The Game” (5:33), “Talent” (2:28), “You” (4:10), “Addison’s City” (4:17), “Boca Raton” (6:29), “Boca Raton Aftermath” (0:32), “Get Out of My Life” (3:03), “Bounce” (1:36)
Bonus Track: “A Little House for Mama” (3:34)

Bounce poster from the Goodman Theatre
Bounce playbill from The Kennedy Center
Bounce poster from The Kennedy Center
Original Cast Recording of Bounce
Original Cast Recording of Bounce
Bounce_Goodman
Bounce_Recording
Bounce Reading 2006

Bounce  Reading (2006)

Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY (private reading)

Date: 6 February 2006

Director: Eric Shaeffer

Piano: Paul Ford

Cast:

Addison: Richard Kind

Wilson: Marc Kudisch

Mama: Bernadette Peters

Papa: John Cullum

Hollis: Gavin Creel

Road Show_Public

Road Show  Public Theater Production (2008)

Original Off-Broadway Production

Newman Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY

Previews: 28 October 2008

Opens: 18 November 2008

Closes: 28 December 2008

Director and Set Design: John Doyle

Producer: The Public Theater (Artistic Director: Oskar Eustis; Executive Director: Andrew D. Hamingson)
Costume Design: Ann Hould-Ward
Lighting Design: Jane Cox
Sound Design: Dan Moses Schreier
Wig and Hair Design: Paul Huntley
Music Director: Mary-Mitchell Campbell
Music Coordinator: Seymour Red Press
Orchestrations: Jonathan Tunick
Production Stage Manager: Jame Latus

Stage Manager: Buzz Cohen

Casting: Heidi Griffiths, Jordan Thaler

Cast
 

Wilson Mizner: Michael Cerveris
Addison Mizner: Alexander Gemignani
Mama Mizner: Alma Cuervo
Papa Mizner: William Parry
Hollis Bessemer: Claybourne Elder

Ensemble

Mrs. Trumbauer: Aisha de Haas
Mary Monahan: Colleen Fitzpatrick (U/S Mama)
Boca Girl: Mylinda Hull
Plantation Owner: Mel Johnson, Jr.
Jockey: Orville Mendoza (U/S Addison)
Aunt Eva: Anne L. Nathan
Playwright: Tom Nelis (U/S Papa)
Boxer: Matthew Stocke
Prospector: William Youmans
Myra Yerkes: Kristine Zbornik

Swings: David Garry, Katrina Yaukey

Understudies: Matthew Carlson (U/SHollis), David Garry (U/S Wilson)

Musical Numbers

​Performed in a single act without intermission

“Waste” – Full Company
“It’s In Your Hands Now” – Papa
“Gold!” – Full Company
“Brotherly Love” – Addison, Wilson [added during Previews]
“The Game” – Wilson
“Addison’s Trip” – Full Company
“That Was A Year” – Full Company
“Isn’t He Something!” – Mama
“Land Boom” – Real Estate Agent
“Talent” – Hollis
“You” – Full Company
“The Best Thing That Ever Has Happened” – Addison, Hollis
“The Game” (Reprise) – Wilson
“Addison’s City” – Addison, Hollis, Wilson
“Boca Raton” – Full Company
“Get Out” – Addison
“Go” – Wilson
Finale – Addison, Wilson

 

Orchestra

 

Conductor/Keyboard: Mary-Mitchell Campbell

Assistant Musical Director: Chris Fenwick

Reeds: James Ercole, Steven Lyon, Les Scott

Trumpets: Stu Satalof, Dave Gale

Trombone: Vincent Fanuele

Bass: Raymond Kilday

Drums/Percussion: Billy Miller

Violin: Victor Heifets

Cello: Deborah Sepe

Recording

Road Show

  • Compact Disc, 30 June 2009 [Nonesuch / PS Classics 518940-2] (64:48)

Producer: Tommy Krasker
Engineering/Mixing: Tom Lazarus

Editing/Mastering: Bart Migal

Assistant Engineers: Bob Mallory, Brian Montgomery
Recorded: Avatar Studios, New York, on 23 February 2009

Music Preparation: Katharine Edmonds, Emily Grishman
Orchestra Contractor: Seymour Red Press
Recording Executive Producer/Liner notes and synopsis: Sean Patrick Flahaven

Selections:

"Waste” (2:35), “It’s In Your Hands Now” (3:14), “Gold!” (2:39), “Brotherly Love” (2:35), “The Game” (4:39), “Addison’s Trip” (8:12), “That Was A Year” (5:31), “Isn’t He Something!” (3:15), “Land Boom!” (1:02), “Talent” (2:35), “You” (5:28), “The Best Thing That Ever Has Happened” (3:11), “The Game” (Reprise)” (2:01), “Addison’s City” (4:09), “Boca Raton” (5:33), “Get Out/Go” (3:51), “Finale” (3:24)

Awards

Drama Desk: Outstanding Lyrics (Stephen Sondheim)

Obie: Music (Stephen Sondheim)

Obie: Lyrics (Stephen Sondheim)

Playbill for Road Show by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman at the Public Theater in New York
CD cover art for Road Show by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman
Road Show _Cast Recording
Road Show Menier

Road Show  London Production (2011)

UK Premiere

Menier Chocolate Factory, 53 Southwark St, London ​​

Previews: 24 June 2011

Opens: 6 July 2011

Closes: 18 September 2011

Producer: Menier Chocolate Factory (Artistic Director: David Babani)

Director and Set Design: John Doyle

Costume Design: Matthew Wright
Lighting Design: Jane Cox
Sound Design: Gareth Owen
Musical Director: Catherine Jayes
Orchestrations: Jonathan Tunick

Stage Manager: Ciara Fanning

Sound: Hazel DeAyr

ASM: Andrew Phillis

Wardrobe Mistress: Trish Wilkinson

Production Manager: Simon Sturgess

Associate Director: Adam Lenson

Associate Musical Director: Peter McCarthy

Costume Supervisor: Biddy Guy

Props Supervisor: Oliver Bacwell Purefoy

Costume Makers: Judy Ward, Keith Watson, Henry McClane, Shirley Fitzgerald, Dennis Fitzgerald

Hat Maker: Debbie Boyd

Cast
 

Wilson Mizner: David Bedella
Wilson Mizner: Michael Jibson
Hollis Bessemer: Jon Robyns
Mama Mizner: Gillian Bevan
Papa Mizner: Glyn Kerslake
Ensemble: Adrian Der Gregorian (U/S Addison), Fiona Dunn (U/S Mama), Sarah Ingram, Julie Jupp, Elizabeth Marsh, Christopher Ragland (U/S Hollis), Robbie Scotcher (U/S Wilson), Phil Wrigly (U/S Papa)

Musical Numbers

​Performed in a single act without intermission

“Waste” – Full Company
“It’s In Your Hands Now” – Papa
“Gold!” – Full Company
“Brotherly Love” – Addison, Wilson [added during Previews]
“The Game” – Wilson
“Addison’s Trip” – Full Company
“That Was A Year” – Full Company
“Isn’t He Something!” – Mama
“Land Boom” – Real Estate Agent
“Talent” – Hollis
“You” – Full Company
“The Best Thing That Ever Has Happened” – Addison, Hollis
“The Game” (Reprise) – Wilson
“Addison’s City” – Addison, Hollis, Wilson
“Boca Raton” – Full Company
“Get Out” – Addison
“Go” – Wilson
Finale – Addison, Wilson

 

Band

 

Musical Direector/Piano: Catherline Jayes​​

Violin: Anya Birchell

Cello: Joy Hawley

Bass: David Berry

Clarinet: Daniel Czwartos

Bassoon: Lorna Tyack

Trumpet: Edward Maxwell

Percussion: George English

Musical Numbers

Same as the 2008 Public Theater Production

Poster for Road Show by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman from the Menier Chocolate Factory in London
Programme for Road Show by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman from the Menier Chocolate Factory in London
Road Show Stages TX

Road Show  Stages Repertory Theatre Production

US Regional Premiere

Yeager Theater, Stages Repertory Theatre, 3201 Allen Parkway, Houston, TX

Previews: 22 May 2013

Opens: 24 May 2013

Closes: 30 June 2013

Director: Kenn McLaughlin

Associate Artistic Director: Josh Morrison

Musical Director: Steven Jones

Scenic Design: Laura Fine Hawkes

Lighting Design: Jeremy K. Benjamin

Sound Design: Andrew Harper

Sound Board: Yezminne Zepeda

Costumes: Kris Hanssen

Costume Assistant: LA Clevenson

Prop Design: Jodi Bobrovsky

Stage Manager: Sara Hodgin Brossman

MD/Piano: Steven Jones

Percussion: Jack Westmoreland

Reeds: Douglas Wright

Cast:

Addison: L. Jay Meyer 

Wilson: Tom Frey

Mama: Susan Shofner

Papa: Jimmy Phillips

Hollis: Michael McClure

Ensemble: Cameron Bautsch, Bridget Bierne, Hunter Frederick, Sarah Myers, Amanda Passanante, Amanda Parker, Tom Prior, Brandon Whitely

Musical Numbers

Same as the 2008 Public Theater Production

Artwork for Road Show by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman from Stages Repertory Theatre in Houston

Road Show  Chicago Shakespeare Theater Production (2014)

Chicago Shakespeare Theater, 800 East Grand Avenue, Chicago IL

Opens: 13 March 2014

Closes: 4 May 2014

Producer: Chicago Shakespeare Theater (Artistic Director: Barbara Gaines; Executive Director: Criss Henderson; Creative Producer: Rick Boynton; Associate Artistic Director: Gary Griffin)

Director: Gary Griffin

Musical Direction: Michael Mahler

Scenic Design: Scott Davis

Costume Design: Mara Blumenfeld

Lighting Design: Greg Hofmann

Sound Design: Ray Nardelli

Wig and Make-Up Design: Melissa Veal

Casting: Bob Mason

New York Casting: Stephanie Klapper Casting

Production Stage Manager: Rebecca Goldstein-Glaze

Cast:

​Actor-Musicians

Wilson: Andrew Rothenberg

Addison: Michael Aaron Linder 

Mama/Mrs Cosden/Ethel Mudd: Anne Gunn

Papa: Larry Adams

Hollis/Jockey: Robert Lenzi

Stanley Ketchel/Servant/Winthrop Tippet: Jim DeSelm

Prospector/The Businessman/Paul Armstrong/Real Estate Agent/Edward Stotesbury: Derek Hasenstab

Sophie Wanamaker/Boca Girl: Regina Leslie

Mr. Cosden/Excited Man: Jake Mahler

Mrs. Trumbauer/Mary Monahan: Bri Sudia

Piano/Ensemble: Matt Deitchmann (replaced by Tom Vendafreddo on 22 April)

Understudies: McKinley Carter (Mama, Mrs Cosden, Ethel Mudd), Sean Effinger-Dean (Ensemble, Piano), Jim DeSelm (Jockey, Hollis), Sadie Rose Glaspey (Sophie Wanamaker/Boca Girl; Allyson Graves (Myra Yerkes, Eva Stotesbury, Mrs. Trumbauer, Mary Monahan); Jake Mahler (Addison Mizner); James Rank (Wilson, Papa), Blake Reddick (Stanley Ketchel, Servant, Winthrop Tippet, Prospector, The Businessman, Paul Armstrong, Real Estate Agent, Edward Stotesbury, Mr. Cosden, Excited Man).

Musical Numbers

Same as the 2008 Public Theater Production

Artwork for Road Show by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman from the Chicago Shakespeare Theater