Cast & Creative
Meet the Cast
Meet the Creative Team
Hugh Jackman
Professor Harold Hill
Sutton Foster
Marian Paroo
Shuler Hensley
Marcellus Washburn
MARK LINN-BAKER
Mayor Shinn
Jayne Houdyshell
Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn
Marie Mullen
Mrs. Paroo
Remy Auberjonois
Charlie Cowell
Gino Cosculluela
Tommy Djilas
Emma Crow
Zaneeta Shinn
Emily Jewel Hoder
Amaryllis
Benjamin Pajak
Winthrop Paroo
Garrett Long
Ethel Toffelmier
Linda Mugleston
Alma Hix
Jessica Sheridan
Maud Dunlop
Rema Webb
Mrs. Squires
Phillip Boykin
Olin Britt, Barbershop Quartet
Eddie Korbich
Jacey Squires, Barbershop Quartet
Daniel Torres
Ewart Dunlop, Barbershop Quartet
Nicholas Ward
Oliver Hix, Barbershop Quartet
Lance Roberts
Constable Locke, u/s Charlie Cowell, Mayor Shinn, Olin Britt
Max Clayton
Harold Hill Standby
Nick Alvino
Ensemble, u/s Tommy Djilas
Jordan Beall
Ensemble
LAUREN BLACKMAN
Ensemble, u/s Marian Paroo
Ronnie S. Bowman, Jr.
Ensemble
Maria Briggs
Swing, u/s Zaneeta Shinn, Dance Captain
Jane Brockman
u/s Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn, Mrs. Paroo and Alma Hix
Audrina Brudner
Ensemble, Partial Swing, u/s Amaryllis, Gracie Shinn
Michael Cash
Ensemble, u/s Winthrop Paroo
William Thomas Colin
Ensemble
Kammie Crum
Ensemble, u/s Zaneeta Shinn
Aydin Eyikan
Ensemble
Richard Gatta
Swing
Ethen Green-Younger
Ensemble, u/s Winthrop Paroo
Andrea Jones-Sojola
Ensemble, u/s Alma Hix, Maud Dunlop, Mrs. Squires
Amanda Lamotte
Ensemble
Kayla Lavine
Ensemble
Ross Lekites
Ensemble, u/s Jacey Squires, Ewart Dunlop, Mayor Shinn
Devin Miles Lugo
Ensemble
Drew Minard
Ensemble
Sean Montgomery
Ensemble, u/s Harold Hill, Marcellus Washburn
Kennedy Pitney
Ensemble, Gracie Shinn
Tanner Quirk
Ensemble
Daniel Patrick Russell
Swing, u/s Tommy Djilas
Ann Sanders
Ensemble
Sherisse Springer
Ensemble, u/s Alma Hix, Maud Dunlop, Ethel Toffelmeir, Mrs. Squires
Mitchell Tobin
Ensemble
Kathy Voytko
Swing, u/s Marian Paroo
Branch Woodman
Ensemble, u/s Mayor Shinn
Ryan Worsing
Swing, Dance Captain
Hugh Jackman
Professor Harold Hill
Hugh Jackman is an Academy Award–nominated, Golden Globe and Tony Award–winning performer who has made an impression on audiences of all ages with his multi-hyphenate career persona — as successful onstage as he is on film. From his award-winning turn on Broadway as the 1970s singer/songwriter Peter Allen to his metal-claw-wielding Wolverine in the blockbuster X-Men franchise, Mr. Jackman has proven to be one of the most versatile actors of our time. The Australian native made his first major U.S. film appearance as Wolverine in the first installment of the X-Men series, a role he reprised in the enormously successful X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand. He then starred as the title character in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a prequel to the popular series that grossed $85 million domestically in its first weekend of release. Audiences once again saw Jackman in the popular role in the next chapter, The Wolverine, which grossed over $400 million worldwide. In 2014, Mr. Jackman and the X-Men team reunited for X-Men: Days of Future Past. He garnered his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance in Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables in 2012. Mr. Jackman’s standout performance as Jean Valjean earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical, as well as Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award® nominations (Best Ensemble and Best Male Actor in a Leading Role) and a BAFTA Award nomination. Most recently, he was nominated for a Grammy for his role as P.T. Barnum in The Greatest Showman. Sales for the film soundtrack have broken records around the world, reaching multi-platinum status in many countries, including the United Kingdom and United States. In 2009, Mr. Jackman hosted the 81st Annual Academy Awards, which earned him an Emmy Award nomination. He also served as host of the Tony Awards three years in a row, from 2003 to 2005, earning an Emmy for the 2004 ceremony and an Emmy nomination for his appearance at the 2005 ceremony. Mr. Jackman starred in Logan, the final iteration of his Wolverine character, alongside Patrick Stewart, and additional film credits include Prisoners, Shawn Levy’s Real Steel, Baz Luhrmann’s Australia, Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige, Darren Aronofsky’s The Fountain, Woody Allen’s Scoop, Deception, Someone Like You, Swordfish, Van Helsing, and Kate & Leopold, for which he received a 2002 Golden Globe nomination. He has lent his voice to the animated features Happy Feet, Flushed Away, and Rise of the Guardians. On Broadway, Jackman most recently starred as The Man in the highly acclaimed play The River. In 2011, he made a splash on the Great White Way in his one-man show, Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway. Jackman’s continued dedication to the Broadway community was fêted at the 2012 Tony Awards, where he received a Special Tony Award recognizing his accomplishments as a performer and humanitarian. In 2009, Broadway audiences could see Jackman in the Keith Huff–penned A Steady Rain, starring alongside Daniel Craig. For his portrayal of the 1970s singer/songwriter Peter Allen in The Boy From Oz, Jackman received the 2004 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical as well as Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle, and Theatre World Awards. His additional theater credits include Carousel at Carnegie Hall; Oklahoma! at the National Theatre in London, for which he received an Olivier Award nomination; Sunset Boulevard, for which he garnered Australia’s prestigious Australian Variety Artists’ ‘Mo’ Award; and Beauty and the Beast, for which he received a ‘Mo’ Award nomination. Mr. Jackman’s career began in Australia in the independent films Paperback Hero and Erskinville Kings. His performance in the latter earned him an Australian Film Critics Circle Best Actor Award and the Australian Film Institute Best Actor nomination. In 1999, he was named Australian Star of the Year at the Australian Movie Convention. Mr. Jackman was most recently seen in the role of former Senator Gary Hart, in the Jason Reitman–directed film The Front Runner. He has also completed production for the feature film Bad Education, co-starring Allison Janney and Ray Romano. Mr. Jackman will begin a worldwide arena tour, The Man. The Music. The Show. in May 2019.
Sutton Foster
Marian Paroo
Sutton Foster is a two-time Tony Award–winning actress, singer, and dancer, best known for her Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award–winning performances in Thoroughly Modern Millie and Anything Goes. Additional notable performances include the title role in Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley’s Violet (Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, and Outer Critics Circle nominations); Princess Fiona in Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire’s Shrek The Musical (Outer Critics Circle Award, and Tony, Drama League, and Drama Desk Award nominations); Inga in Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein; Janet Van De Graaff in Casey Nicholaw’s The Drowsy Chaperone (Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle, and Ovation Award nominations); Jo in Little Women (Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, and Outer Critics Circle nominations); and most recently as Charity Hope Valentine in the New Group’s 50th-anniversary revival of Sweet Charity (Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, and Drama League nominations). Foster currently stars as Liza in the critically acclaimed TV Land series “Younger,” created by Darren Star (“Sex and the City”). Previously, Foster starred as Michelle Simms in Amy Sherman-Palladino’s ABC Family series “Bunheads,” which garnered her a Critics’ Choice Television Award nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy Series. Her television career began on “Star Search” at the age of 15; more recent credits include HBO’s comedy series “Flight of the Conchords,” USA Network’s “Royal Pains,” “Law & Order: SVU,” and “Elementary.” She has also made guest appearances on the well-known Disney children series “Johnny and the Sprites” and PBS’s “Sesame Street.” As a solo artist, Foster has toured the country with her hit solo concert, which featured songs from her debut album Wish as well as her follow-up album An Evening With Sutton Foster: Live at the Cafe Carlyle. She has graced the stages of Carnegie Hall, Feinstein’s, Lincoln Center’s “American Songbook” series, and many others. In June 2018, she released her third solo album, Take Me to the World, through Ghostlight Deluxe. Foster made her feature-film debut in Phil Alden Robinson’s The Angriest Man in Brooklyn and appeared in James Roday’s comedy-horror film Gravy.
Shuler Hensley
Marcellus Washburn
Shuler Hensley is ecstatic to be back on Broadway in a musical! Most recently he appeared in the Tony Award–winning The Ferryman at the Jacobs. Other Broadway credits include No Man’s Land (also with Berkeley Repertory Theatre) and Waiting for Godot, in repertory, opposite Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, and Billy Crudup; The Monster in Young Frankenstein (also the U.S. National Tour); Kerchak in Tarzan; Jud Fry in Oklahoma! opposite Hugh Jackman (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Olivier Awards); and Javert in Les Misérables. Recently seen in the musical adaptation of Twelfth Night (The Public Theater), as The Monster in the London premiere of Young Frankenstein, the U.K. premiere of Sam Hunter’s The Whale (Theatre Royal Bath), and the New Group’s production of Sweet Charity opposite Sutton Foster. Off-Broadway: Assassins (NY City Center Encores!), Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical (Madison Square Garden), Carousel (Avery Fisher Hall with the New York Philharmonic), The Most Happy Fella and Fiorello! (NY City Center Encores!), The Whale (Lucille Lortel and Obie Awards; Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, and Drama Desk nominations), Sweet and Sad (Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble), That Hopey Changey Thing, and The Great American Trailer Park Musical. Additional credits include the Kennedy Center’s production of The Guardsman, directed by Gregory Mosher; Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (Alliance Theatre); and The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera (Hamburg). Opera appearances include Wozzeck (Curtis Institute of Music) and Regina (Kennedy Center). Shuler has also performed with the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, and the New World Symphony Orchestra. Television: “Murder of a President,” “Shades of Blue,” “Elementary,” “Banshee,” “The Americans,” “Ed,” “Deadline,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” and “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.” Film: The Greatest Showman, After.Life, The Legend of Zorro, and Van Helsing. Proud Equity member. Shuler is also the namesake of the Georgia High School Musical Theater Awards and is Artistic Director of City Springs Theatre Company in Atlanta.
MARK LINN-BAKER
Mayor Shinn
Broadway: On the Twentieth Century, You Can’t Take It With You, Relatively Speaking, Losing Louie, A Year With Frog and Toad, Forum!, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Face Value, Doonesbury. Off-Broadway: Fern Hill, Good for Otto, School for Scandal, Chesapeake (Drama Desk, OCC noms), A Flea in Her Ear (Drama League Award), The Miss Firecracker Contest. Television: “She Hulk,” “Ghosts,” “Succession,” “Younger,” “The Leftovers,” “Blue Bloods,” “The Good Fight,” “Red Oaks,” “The Blacklist,” “Twins,” and eight seasons of “Perfect Strangers.” Film: My Favorite Year, Noises Off, Adam, How Do You Know. Mr. Linn-Baker is a co-founder and the Producing Director of New York Stage and Film, and a graduate of the Yale School of Drama.
Jayne Houdyshell
Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn
Jayne Houdyshell began her acting career performing a wide range of plays in regional theaters across the country. In 2016, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her work in The Humans. Other honors for her stage performances include two Drama Desk Awards and two Obie Awards. Houdyshell’s film credits include The Humans, Little Women, Downsizing, The Chaperone, and Garden State. She can currently be seen in the Hulu series “Only Murders in the Building.”
Marie Mullen
Mrs. Paroo
Marie Mullen is a founding member of the renowned international Druid Theatre Company, still based in Galway, Ireland. She has performed many roles with them, including the Widow Quin in The Playboy of the Western World and Mommo in Tom Murphy’s Bailegangaire, and she won a Tony Award for Best Actress in Martin McDonagh’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane.
Remy Auberjonois
Charlie Cowell
Broadway: The Assembled Parties, Death of a Salesman, White Christmas, The Country Girl, Frost/Nixon. Off-Broadway (selected): The Public, MTC, Atlantic, Primary Stages, EST, HERE. Regional (selected): Guthrie (2016–2019) Glass Menagerie, Cyrano de Bergerac, Noises Off, Sense and Sensibility; Yale Rep; Wlliamstown Theatre Festival; McCarter Theatre; Dallas Theater Center; The Old Globe; Mark Taper Forum; Hamptons Shakespeare Festival; Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Appearances on more than 35 television series, including “Blindspot” and recurring roles on “Show Me a Hero,” “The Good Wife,” “The Americans,” “Mad Men.” Films include The English Teacher, Fair Game, The International, Michael Clayton, and others. Remy is director/co-writer/producer of the independent feature film Blood Stripe (awards at LA Film Festival, Provincetown Film Festival, Austin Film Festival, Twin Cities Film Festival 2016) and producer of the short Lemon Shark (by Kate Nowlin). Training: M.F.A., Yale School of Drama. For Dad, who came before, and bright Sun, who comes after.
Gino Cosculluela
Tommy Djilas
Gino Cosculluela began dancing at the age of 5 and trained in Miami, Florida, under the instruction of John Culbertson and Cookie Ramos of Dance Attack Miami. He had the honor of making the final three of “So You Think You Can Dance” season 16 on Fox TV, as well as being a part of its nationwide tour afterward. Most recently, Gino wrapped on Marvel’s “Hawkeye,” coming to Disney+ this fall, as well as a new Netflix film, Senior Year, starring Rebel Wilson. In addition, he has appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” Gino is extremely excited to be making his Broadway debut in The Music Man!
Emma Crow
Zaneeta Shinn
Emma Crow started dancing at age 2 at Christine Taylor’s North Jersey School of Dance Arts (NJSDA) in Hackettstown, NJ, where she was trained primarily by Ballet Mistress Luba Gulyaeva. In 2016, Emma was the overall gold medalist at the World Ballet Competition (WBC) and was chosen to perform at the All-Star Galas in 2016 and 2018. Emma has been attending the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School (JKO) since 2018, where she is currently training with Cynthia Harvey, Robert La Fosse, Petrusjka Broholm, and Ethan Stiefel. In recent years, she has performed with the ABT Company at the Metropolitan Opera House as a supernumerary; she also performed at The Joyce Theater and The Morgan Library in NYC. Emma is beyond excited to be making her Broadway debut in The Music Man.
Emily Jewel Hoder
Amaryllis
Emily Hoder is SO excited to be making her Broadway debut at 10 years old in The Music Man! She was last seen as Little Cosette/Young Eponine on the Broadway National Tour of Les Misérables. Her first regional production at the age of 6 was Annie (Molly) starring Sally Struthers at The Wick Theatre. Other Regional credits: The Music Man (Amaryllis), Wick Theatre; Annie (Molly), NC Theatre; Jungle Book (Mowgli), AP Miracle Theatre. Thank you to my family, friends, and teachers for all your support! Special thanks to Nancy Carson, Kim Pedell, and Telsey casting for a dream come true! And a big thank-you to Marilynn Wick, Norb Joerder, and Eric Woodall for always believing in me!
Benjamin Pajak
Winthrop Paroo
Broadway debut! Benjamin has appeared on promos for ESPN, and voiced lead characters for a popular animated show. Regional: You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown (UCPAC); Mirror, Mirror (BKA). The Music Man is the dream that got me through the pandemic; many thanks to the creative team and Telsey + Co. for this opportunity! Many thanks to Barry Kolker and Bonnie Shumofsky Bloom for their constant support.
Garrett Long
Ethel Toffelmier
Broadway: South Pacific, Bonnie and Clyde, Fun Home, and Dear Evan Hansen. Off-Broadway: Spitfire Grill. Television: “Halston,” “Chicago Med.” Tour: Seussical. Many wonderful memories from our great regional theaters.
Linda Mugleston
Alma Hix
Broadway: My Fair Lady; Hello, Dolly!; On the 20th Century; Beautiful; Cinderella; Anything Goes; Young Frankenstein; Wonderful Town; Nine; Into the Woods; Kiss Me, Kate; On the Town. Regional: Wild Fire (DCPA), Sweeney Todd (DCPA), Sunset Boulevard (Portland Center Stage), The Sound of Music (MUNY).
Jessica Sheridan
Maud Dunlop
NYC credits include Hello, Dolly!; Sister Act; Follies; Mary Poppins; Les Misérables; Showboat with the New York Philharmonic; and Mrs. Claus in Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular. National Tours include Hello, Dolly!; Sister Act; The Producers; Beauty and the Beast; Footloose; How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying; and Les Misérables. Films: Liza Live at Radio City, The Producers (2005). She established her career by touring the United States and Europe, performing with the incomparable Liza Minelli. Jessica is both an Ovation Award and an LA Weekly Award nominee
Rema Webb
Mrs. Squires
Rema Webb most recently appeared in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill. Broadway credits: Escape to Margaritaville, The Color Purple, Violet, The Lion King, The Book of Mormon, and Ragtime. Off-Broadway/Regional: Fannie Lou Hamer: Speak On It, Unmasked, Footloose, Hercules, Little Shop of Horrors, The Cradle Will Rock, The Colored Museum, A New Brain, Being Alive. Rema is the Founder/Executive Director of the performing arts school On Broadway Performing Arts Training Program (onbroadway-patp.com)
Phillip Boykin
Olin Britt, Barbershop Quartet
Phillip Boykin is a 2019 Grammy Award nominee for the Tony Award–winning CD Once on This Island. He’s a Tony Award, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award nominee for his work as Crown in The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. He received the 2012 Theatre World Award. Phillip is a native of Greenville, SC, who now resides in NJ. Other performances include the Broadway revivals On the Town and Sunday in the Park With George; National Tours of Showboat; several other Regional Theaters and performances including Sondheim on Sondheim with the LA Philharmonic and Boston Pops, the Pirate King in Pirates of Penzance with the NY City Center, Ain’t Misbehavin’, the opera Porgy and Bess, Jesus Christ Superstar, Jesus Christ Superstar Gospel, and Smokey Joe’s Cafe. Phillip performed as Booker T. Washington in the Anniversary Concert of Ragtime at Lincoln Center. He also made his Carnegie Hall debut in Broadway Classics. Film: Freedom starring Cuba Gooding Jr.; Top Five starring Chris Rock; Caiaphas in Easter Mysteries. He was featured as the cover story in Classical Singer Magazine. He’s a graduate of the University of Hartford’s Hartt School of Music in CT; he also studied Jazz and Vocal Performance at SC State University, Howard University, and the NC School of the Arts. Phillip has toured throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, Russia, Poland, and North America. Mr. Boykin is the founder, director, and manager of “The New York Gospel Brothers.” For more information or a CD/DVD, please visit his website.
Eddie Korbich
Jacey Squires, Barbershop Quartet
Eddie Korbich has appeared on Broadway in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, A Christmas Story, The Little Mermaid, The Drowsy Chaperone (Drama Desk nomination), After the Night and the Music, Wicked, Seussical, Carousel, Singin’ in the Rain, and Sweeney Todd. His Off-Broadway credits include the original Assassins; Godspell; The Gifts of the Magi; Flora, the Red Menace; A Little Night Music; and Eating Raoul. He appeared regionally in The Gamester (St. Louis Rep), Dracula (North Shore), 3hree (Ahmanson), George M, and Man of La Mancha. He toured nationally as Frank in Showboat (dir. Harold Prince). His film and television credits include “Pose,” “The Good Fight,” “The Deuce,” “Law & Order,” “New York Undercover,” “Out of the Box,” “Deadbeat,” “Elementary,” “Mysteries of Laura,” Jennifer 8, and Quiz Show. Saturday morning cartoon fans may recognize his voice as a regular on Nickelodeon’s “Doug” and “PB & J Otter.” He received the 2000 Obie Award for Taking a Chance on Love (York Theatre).
Daniel Torres
Ewart Dunlop, Barbershop Quartet
Daniel Torres was last on Broadway in Beautiful and enjoyed its almost-six-year run, eventually assuming the role of Barry Mann. Other Broadway credits include The Pirate Queen, The Woman in White, and the revival of Evita (alternate Che to Ricky Martin). Other credits include Altar Boyz (Juan) at New World Stages, Evita at New York City Center, the National Tour of Wicked, and the final two seasons of A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden playing young Ebenezer Scrooge. A proud Puerto Rico native, Daniel dedicates his performance to his kids, Teigen and Isla.
Nicholas Ward
Oliver Hix, Barbershop Quartet
Nicholas Ward is honored to be featured in his fifth Broadway production. Past credits include The Lion King (Mufasa), Frozen (OBC, King Agnarr), In Transit (OBC, Chris), On the Town (Workman, Miss Turnstile’s Announcer). Nicholas has also had the great pleasure of performing in eight New York City Center Encores! productions including Brigadoon with Kelli O’Hara, Cabin in the Sky with Chuck Cooper, Pipe Dream with Leslie Uggams, The Golden Apple, 1776, Zorba with Marin Mazzie, Paint Your Wagon, and Annie Get Your Gun. Lincoln Center Productions include Camelot and Andrew Lippa’s I Am Harvey Milk. Touring productions include Showboat and Porgy & Bess. Film & TV: “Schmigadoon!”, Frozen 2, Ricky and the Flash, “The Tony Awards,” “The Tonight Show” with Jimmy Fallon, “GMA,” “One Night Only: The Best of Broadway,” “The Disney Holiday Singalong,” “Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting.” Regionally, he has been featured in many productions including Ragtime, Man of La Mancha, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, and Jesus Christ Superstar. Original Broadway Cast recordings include Frozen and In Transit. Love to Mom, friends, and family. Nicholas is grateful to have had such a wonderful career traveling and doing what he loves.
Lance Roberts
Constable Locke, u/s Charlie Cowell, Mayor Shinn, Olin Britt
Lance Roberts is best known as the King of Cartoons in The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway and HBO. Original casts of Sister Act, Ghost, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Scarlett Johansson, Act One, Finding Neverland, Sunset Boulevard, and My Fair Lady. Television including “New Amsterdam,” “FBI: Most Wanted,” The Slave Play episode of “The Good Fight,” “Elementary,” “Pose,” “Knots Landing,” “Will & Grace,” “Girlfriends,” “Zoey 101,” and “Law & Order.” This season, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and HBO’s “Love Life.” Feature films with Pacino, Fonda, Fey, Driver, Franco, and Bateman. He is the host of all 40 episodes of “Broadway’s Calling” on YouTube.
Max Clayton
Harold Hill Standby
Broadway: Moulin Rouge! The Musical; Hello, Dolly!; Pretty Woman; Bandstand (Chita Rivera Award nomination); Something Rotten!; On the Town; Gigi. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Signature Theatre (Helen Hayes nomination), Pittsburgh CLO, MUNY, NSMT, and The Palace Theatre. BFA, CCM. Endless love to my family for making this happen. For my sister, Missy!
Nick Alvino
Ensemble, u/s Tommy Djilas
Nick Alvino is overjoyed to be making his Broadway debut with The Music Man. Previously seen preforming at the 2021 Met Gala. Endless thanks to the entire creative team, Telsey + Co., and Daniel Hoff Agency. Love to his friends and his big crazy Italian family!
Jordan Beall
Ensemble
Broadway debut! Native of Odessa, TX. Oklahoma City University alum. Regional: TUTS, Paper Mill Playhouse, Sacramento Music Circus, MUNY, Pioneer Theatre, Riverside Theatre, Lyric Theatre. Television: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver.” Forever grateful for CESD, the creative and casting teams, all who journey with me, and my friends and family!
LAUREN BLACKMAN
Ensemble, u/s Marian Paroo
Broadway/NYC: Anastasia (OBC), Radio City Christmas Spectacular. World premieres: Little Dancer, Anastasia. Numerous cherished roles at regional theaters, most recently Lempicka at La Jolla Playhouse. Thanks and love to Saks & Cat, and all my B’s. This is for Mom and Dad.
Ronnie S. Bowman, Jr.
Ensemble
Broadway debut! “A lifelong dream that is now a reality.” Selected credits: Anastasia (First National Tour), A Chorus Line (National Tour), West Side Story (Bernardo). Television/Film: Hallmark’s “Sugar Plum Twist.” All glory to God! Thanks to my mom and dad, family, friends, and the Daniel Hoff Agency. BFA, the Hartt School of Music. Proverbs 3:5-6.
Maria Briggs
Swing, u/s Zaneeta Shinn, Dance Captain
Thank you to everyone who helped us get back up and running. May we put more effort into building spaces that are equitable, inclusive, diverse, and safe. Thank you Telsey, creative team, Bloc, and YOU for your support. Love to Kevin, my family, and friends. Broadway: Hello, Dolly! (u/s Minnie, Ermengarde), Anastasia (Marfa, u/s Odette), Mean Girls, Frozen, Cats.
Jane Brockman
u/s Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn, Mrs. Paroo and Alma Hix
Jane is thrilled to be joining this amazing company. Broadway: Wicked, A Christmas Carol. New York: “Live from Lincoln Center” Camelot, Kristina, Kismet, The Kid. Nat’l Tours: Wicked, The Light in the Piazza, The Sound of Music. Film/Television: Bad Education, Mary, The Producers, “The Americans,” “L&O SVU.”
Audrina Brudner
Ensemble, Partial Swing, u/s Amaryllis, Gracie Shinn
Broadway debut! Audrina is the Rising Star Recipient at the Universal Ballet Competition and Star Dance Alliance Title Winner. Thank you to all my teachers at Studio Bleu, and love to Grandma, Mom, Dad, Aunt Nicole, Pop-Pop, and Ms. Glo.
Michael Cash
Ensemble, u/s Winthrop Paroo
Michael is excited to make his Broadway debut at 11. After winning Nationals at the Dance Awards and Radix, he dreamed of hitting the New York stage. Gratitude for Michael Abrams Group and CESD talent. Love you Mom, Parker, Penelope, Gabby, Grammy, and Papa. God, you are always #1.
William Thomas Colin
Ensemble
William is beyond excited to make his Broadway debut with The Music Man! National Tour: A Christmas Story (Randy/Tap Specialist). Thanks to Telsey + Co., the entire creative team, Kim Pedell, DanceWorks, Badiene Magaziner, Ruobing Zhang, and family for your amazing love and support.
Kammie Crum
Ensemble, u/s Zaneeta Shinn
Kammie Crum is thrilled to be making her Broadway debut! After working on the developmental lab in 2019, Kammie is so happy to be back with the company! She is a two-time gold medalist at the IDO world championships and a proud alumna and faculty member of The Institute for American Musical Theatre. Many thanks to the entire creative team, The Telsey Office, and The Mine for this opportunity. Endless gratitude to Nicholas Cunningham and Michael Minarik. Lastly, thanks to Mom and Dad for supporting my wildest dreams.
Aydin Eyikan
Ensemble
Aydin Eyikan is a performer based in New York City. He was a dancer in the “Boys in the Street” music video for A Great Big World, as well as the New York City Dance Alliance National Outstanding Dancer in 2018 and 2020. Aydin was accepted into The Juilliard School BFA dance program, was a finalist for YoungArts in 2020, and competed in the final round at Youth America Grand Prix NYC finals at Lincoln Center in 2018. He had the honor of performing in the Dance Against Cancer benefit at Lincoln Center in 2019 with Kanyok Arts Initiative, was a contestant on Season 3 of “World of Dance” on NBC, and participated in the dance lab for The Music Man with Warren Carlyle in 2019. Aydin is honored to be a part of The Music Man cast and is thrilled to be able to perform every night alongside such incredible artists.
Richard Gatta
Swing
Broadway/tour: Diana (Netflix), Bright Star, Billy Elliot, Cinderella, Fiddler on the Roof, Pajama Game, Grease. NYC: Grand Hotel, Zorba. Regional: Huntington, Papermill, 5th Ave, Pioneer, Ahmanson, Old Globe. NBCUniversal Upfront (associate director). BS in business, Empire State College.
Ethen Green-Younger
Ensemble, u/s Winthrop Paroo
Ethen Green-Younger is an 11-year-old singer/dancer/actor who is thrilled to be making his Broadway debut in The Music Man. When Ethen is not dancing or singing, he loves to read and design fashion. He is honored and grateful for the love and support from his family and friends. Ethen would also like to thank everyone who has helped him along his journey to manifestation; as he believes, to think of a thing is a prophecy of its fulfillment!
Andrea Jones-Sojola
Ensemble, u/s Alma Hix, Maud Dunlop, Mrs. Squires
Broadway: Porgy and Bess. NYC: Carmen Jones, Brigadoon, Cabin in the Sky, Annie Get Your Gun, Most Happy Fella, Candide, Showboat, Parade, Sweeney Todd. Film: For Colored Girls. Television: “FBI,” “The Blacklist,” “Mozart in the Jungle,” “The Sound of Music Live!,” “Monsterland.” Love to Puma and Zani-boo.
Amanda Lamotte
Ensemble
Amanda is thrilled to join the band! Broadway: Matilda; Hello, Dolly! (u/s Minnie, Ermengarde); Kiss Me, Kate. TV: “Saturday Night Live,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Westworld.” Thank you to the creative team, Telsey, CTG, LG Management, and Marianne. Love and sparkles to my amazing family, friends, and Ben.
Kayla Lavine
Ensemble
Kayla Lavine is so excited to be making her Broadway debut in The Music Man! She has also participated in the Chita Rivera Awards, NBC’s opening number for the “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade,” The Cher Show on Broadway (pre-production), “Dance Against Cancer” with the Verdon Fosse Legacy, and Broadway for Biden’s “In Our America: A Concert for the Soul of the Nation.” Kayla was classically trained by Laurie Kanyok from the age of 13, and in spring of 2021 she graduated from the Institute for American Musical Theatre in NYC. Kayla is represented by Bloc NYC.
Ross Lekites
Ensemble, u/s Jacey Squires, Ewart Dunlop, Mayor Shinn
New York/Broadway: Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (OBC), Frozen (OBC), Kinky Boots, Brigadoon (Charlie Dalrymple). Tours: West Side Story (Tony), Kinky Boots. Film/TV: Frozen 2, Time After Time, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," "Schmigadoon!" For Mandy and Leo!
Devin Miles Lugo
Ensemble
Devin is thrilled to make his Broadway debut at only 11 years old! In his fifth-grade yearbook, his aspiration in life was to be a dancer on Broadway. One year later, here he is! He is beyond excited to take the stage with all of his “River Citizens.”
Drew Minard
Ensemble
A native of Des Moines, Iowa; Drew is so proud and thankful to be making his Broadway debut in The Music Man after working on the developmental lab back in 2019! Broadway/Nat’l Tour: Billy Elliot the Musical (Billy). Drew has also served as the associate director/choreographer for various productions in and out of the city. Additionally, Drew works in AIDS research at the nonprofit RFTCA and is currently pursuing his BA at Columbia University. Hi, Mom!
Sean Montgomery
Ensemble, u/s Harold Hill, Marcellus Washburn
Broadway: Beetlejuice OBC/Cast Recording (Adam, Charles u/s), Groundhog Day OBC/Cast Recording (Phil Connors, Ned Ryerson u/s), Matilda (Miss Trunchbull, Mr. Wormwood u/s). Jagged Little Pill (ART), Crazy for You (NYC Lab) directed by Susan Stroman. National Tours: Mary Poppins (Bert u/s), 9 to 5 (Joe), White Christmas (Bob Wallace) ’15,’16,’17,’18. Love as always to my partner, Jen.
Tanner Quirk
Ensemble
Tanner Quirk is thrilled to be making his Broadway debut! First National Tour/Toronto: Matilda (Eric); New York City Ballet: The Nutcracker (Nutcracker Prince/Fritz), Swan Lake (Small Jester), and Romeo + Juliet (Mandolin Boy); NAMT: The Consoling Mechanism (Asher). Thanks to Telsey, The Music Man team, Nancy Carson, Mom, Dad, Beckett, and Esmé.
Daniel Patrick Russell
Swing, u/s Tommy Djilas
Broadway debut! Daniel is from Umina Beach, Australia. Film: Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story. Theater: starred as the title role in Billy Elliot the Musical (Melbourne & Broadway National Tour), West Side Story (Asolo Rep & International Tour), Le Grand Tango (SDC at the Sydney Opera House). Television: “The Price is Right,” “Fosse/Verdon.”
Ann Sanders
Ensemble
Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen (Cynthia), Frozen (Queen Iduna), If/Then (Cathy), Avenue Q (Christmas Eve), Leap of Faith. Ann has the honor of being the first Asian-American actor to portray Anna Leonowens in The King and I and Belle in Beauty and the Beast on Broadway. Off-Broadway: Plenty, Falsettoland. International: Miss Saigon (Ellen). Television: “The Good Fight,” “Evil,” “Madam Secretary,” “New Amsterdam,” “Instinct,” “Elementary,” and “FBI.”
Sherisse Springer
Ensemble, u/s Alma Hix, Maud Dunlop, Ethel Toffelmeir, Mrs. Squires
Last seen in Kiss Me, Kate (Broadway). Favorite credits include Hairspray (Film), Mamma Mia, We Will Rock You (Toronto Companies), Cirque Du Soleil (Las Vegas), Chicago (National Tour), “The Academy Awards,” “VMAs,” and “The Wiz Live.” Love to her supportive families, Eddie, Jaxon, Bowie, and Lucille Di Campli for always having my back. It’s never too late to live your dreams!
Mitchell Tobin
Ensemble
Mitchell is thrilled to be making their Broadway debut in The Music Man. Mitchell played Billy in Billy Elliot the Musical in the National Tour and the West End. They would like to thank Pace University, Jennifer Johnson with Broadway Artist Alliance, and especially Ellison Ballet. They are forever grateful to MSA agency; their friends, Brendan and Shaina; as well as their family for supporting them endlessly.
Kathy Voytko
Swing, u/s Marian Paroo
Kathy is delighted to end the shutdown with this extraordinary company of The Music Man. On Broadway she has been in Oklahoma!, Nine, The Frogs, The Pirate Queen, Next to Normal, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, and Tuck Everlasting. She’s been fortunate to work and sing with many of our fabulous regional theaters and symphonies across the country, and she thinks there is nothing like live theater! Favorite roles: Mom to Alena and Evelyn, wife to John.
Branch Woodman
Ensemble, u/s Mayor Shinn
Broadway: Crazy for You; Bye Bye Birdie; Priscilla, Queen of the Desert; Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella; Hello, Dolly! with Bette Midler. National Tours: Big the Musical, Billy Elliot the Musical, Cinderella. Television: “Alpha House,” vocals for “Schmigadoon” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”
Ryan Worsing
Swing, Dance Captain
Broadway: Hello, Dolly!; The Cher Show, Finding Neverland, Chicago, White Christmas, Shrek. He has worked Off-Broadway and regionally at City Center Encores!, The New Group, Paper Mill Playhouse, Sacramento Music Circus, Kansas City Starlight, and Carnegie Hall. Originally from Kansas City. Many thanks to family and all who made this possible.
Jerry Zaks
Director
Jerry Zaks
Director
Credits include Hello, Dolly!; A Bronx Tale; Shows For Days; Sister Act; The Addams Family; Guys and Dolls; Six Degrees of Separation; Lend Me a Tenor; House of Blue Leaves; The Front Page; A Funny Thing…Forum; Smokey Joe’s Café; Anything Goes; La Cage aux Folles; Little Shop of Horrors; The Man Who Came to Dinner; The Foreigner; Laughter on the 23rd Floor; Sister Mary Ignatius...; Beyond Therapy; Baby with the Bath Water; and The Marriage of Bette and Boo. Proud father of Emma and Hannah, he has received four Tony Awards and eight nominations. He’s also received four Drama Desks, two Outer Critics Circle Awards, and an Obie Award. He directed the film Marvin’s Room, starring Meryl Streep, Leonardo di Caprio, and Diane Keaton. Mr. Zaks is a founding member of the Ensemble Studio Theater. He received the SDC’s George Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre and an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Dartmouth, his alma mater. He is a 2013 inductee to the Theatre Hall of Fame.
Warren Carlyle
Choreographer
Warren Carlyle
Choreographer
Warren Carlyle is a Tony Award-winning director and choreographer who trained in dance at the Central School of Dancing and Performing Arts Norwich, Bush Davies School of Theatre Arts, and Doreen Bird College of Performing Arts. Carlyle began his career as a dancer and, in 1998, was chosen by Susan Stroman to serve as associate choreographer for the National Theatre of Great Britain’s production of Oklahoma!, later assisting her on the Broadway musical The Producers. Most recently on Broadway he directed and choreographed After Midnight, Chaplin, the revival of Finian’s Rainbow, the 2015 New York Spring Spectacular starring the Rockettes, and Hugh Jackman: Back On Broadway. He choreographed Bette Midler in Hello, Dolly!; She Loves Me; On The 20thCentury; The Mystery Of Edwin Drood; A Christmas Story; and the recent revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies. Mr. Carlyle has won the Tony Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, the Drama Desk Award, and the prestigious Astaire Award for choreography. Film and television credits include “The 68th & 69th Annual Tony Awards,” “So You Think You Can Dance,” Deception starring Hugh Jackman, “Carousel, Live from Lincoln Center” (Emmy Award nomination), “Hope and Faith,” “An Evening at the Boston Pops,” and Elton John’s “Made In England” music video. He is currently represented on Broadway with the revival of Kiss Me, Kate.
Santo Loquasto
Scenic and Costume Design
Santo Loquasto
Scenic and Costume Design
Broadway: Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus; The Iceman Cometh; Carousel; Hello, Dolly! (Tony Award for costume design); Cafe Crown (Tony for set design); The Cherry Orchard (Tony for costume design); Grand Hotel (Tony for costume design). Eighteen additional Tony nominations. Film credits include Radio Days (Academy Award nomination for production design), Bullets Over Broadway (Academy Award nomination for production design), and Zelig (Academy Award nomination for costume design). He received the Michael Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration in 2002, was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2004, received the Pennsylvania Governor’s Award for the Arts in 2006, the Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2007, and the Breukelein Institute Gaudium Award in 2013.
Brian Macdevitt
Lighting Design
Brian Macdevitt
Lighting Design
The 70 plus shows he designed lighting for on Broadway include Death of a Salesman, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and directed by Mike Nichols, The Book of Mormon (Tony Award), The Coast of Utopia, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Fences, A Behanding in Spokane, Race, The Pillowman, Urinetown, and Into the Woods. In addition to 5 TONYs, his awards include an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence, a Bessie Award, and others. For dance, The Joffrey Ballet, American Ballet Theater, Tere O’Connor Dance, Merce Cunningham, Lar Lubovitch, Nancy Bannon, and many others. His designs for the Metropolitan Opera include The Enchanted Island and Doctor Atomic. Mr. MacDevitt recently directed Between Riverside and Crazy for Studio Theater in DC, Proof for Theater Three in NY and Spring Awakening at The Clarice Smith Center in Maryland. Mr. MacDevitt is on the Faculty of University of Maryland a member of the Naked Angels Theater Company.
Scott Lehrer
Sound Design
Scott Lehrer
Sound Design
Recent credits include King Lear; To Kill a Mockingbird; Carousel; Hello, Dolly!; Illyria; The Front Page; The Gabriels; Shuffle Along...; Fiddler on the Roof; Dames at Sea; The King and I (also London); Living on Love; Honeymoon in Vegas; Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance; Love Letters; A Raisin in the Sun; Betrayal; Lucky Guy; South Pacific (first Tony Award for Sound Design); Death of a Salesman; The Apple Family Plays; Scenes From Life in the Country; and over 60 City Center Encores! productions, including Chicago. Recordings include An American in Paris (Grammy Award nomination), Loudon Wainwright’s High Wide and Handsome (Grammy Award), and Meredith Monk’s Mercy. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, he currently teaches at Hunter College and was on the faculty of Bennington College from 2002 to 2013.
Jonathan Tunick
Orchestrations
Jonathan Tunick
Orchestrations
Jonathan Tunick is an American orchestrator, musical director, and composer. Tunick’s stage career began with Take Five (1957). He went on to collaborate memorably with Stephen Sondheim, orchestrating shows such as Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along, Into the Woods, Passion, and Putting It Together. Additional notable Broadway credits include Promises, Promises; A Chorus Line; Nick & Nora; A Funny Thing...; Elaine Stritch at Liberty; Nine; A Gentleman’s Guide...; and 110 in the Shade. In 1997, he won his first Tony Award, for his work on the musical Titanic. This accomplishment gave Tunick “EGOT” status: one of only 15 people who have received all four major entertainment awards—he had previously received an Academy Award for A Little Night Music (1977), an Emmy Award for Night of 100 Stars (1982) and Grammy Award for “No One Is Alone” from Into the Woods (1988). With over 111 credits to his name over a fifty-year career, Tunick is the most prolific and acclaimed orchestrator on Broadway.
David Chase
Vocal and Dance Arrangements
David Chase
Vocal and Dance Arrangements
With over 35 Broadway productions to his name, Chase has had a prolific career as a dance arranger, music director, and/or music supervisor. Credits include A Funny Thing...; Kiss Me, Kate; Seussical; Follies; Thoroughly Modern Millie; The Pajama Game; Curtains; Bye Bye Birdie; Promises, Promises; Anything Goes; Nice Work...; Hello, Dolly!; and Carousel. He has also worked continuously in the West End, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Boston Pops Orchestra, Radio City Music Hall, and Essential Voices USA. He has received two Emmy Award nominations and a Grammy Award nomination.
Patrick Vaccariello
Music Director
Patrick Vaccariello
Music Director
Broadway credits include Cats, Take Me Along, Cabaret, Jesus Christ Superstar, Gypsy, The Boy From Oz, La Cage aux Folles, A Chorus Line, West Side Story, Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway, Annie, On Your Feet!, and many others. Mr. Vaccariello has collaborated with Hugh Jackman as his Musical Director for fifteen years.
Campbell Young Associates
Hair and Wig Design
Campbell Young Associates
Hair and Wig Design
Broadway: To Kill a Mockingbird; Head Over Heels; Carousel; Hello, Dolly!; Groundhog Day; The Crucible; King Lear; Misery; Sylvia; Betrayal; Les Misérables. West End/Broadway: Company, Tina(Drama Desk award for Outstanding Wig and Hair Design), A Christmas Carol, The Ferryman, Jerusalem, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, Ghost, Billy Elliot. West End: Get Up, Stand Up!; Back to the Future; Cinderella; Anything Goes; Leopoldstadt. Film/television: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” Downton Abbey
