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Sunset Boulevard

Dec 7, 2010 – Feb 13, 2011
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The Washington Premiere of the legendary, Tony Award®-winning Hollywood musical

“All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up.”

This December, legendary silent film star Norma Desmond will be singing the glorious songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber in Signature’s new production of Sunset Boulevard. All the glamour of old-time Hollywood and Paramount Pictures comes alive in this tale of love, lust, and revenge.

Starring Florence Lacey (star of Broadway’s Evita and Signature’s Follies) as the faded screen star, Sunset Boulevard is a noir musical and one of the greatest Hollywood tales ever told. With such stunning songs as “With One Look,” “As If We Never Said Goodbye,” and “Perfect Year,” Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard is a lush romantic tragedy.

Music by Andrew Lloyd Weber
Book and Lyrics by Don Black & Christopher Hampton
Based on The Billy Wonder Film
Music Direction by Jon Kalbfleisch
Choreography by Karma Camp
Directed by Eric Schaeffer

Cast Members

Sandy Bainum

Sandy Bainum

Larissa/Heather/Doctor/Dance Captain

SIGNATURE: Show Boat (Ellie, Helen Hayes nomination, Best Ensemble); BROADWAY: 42nd Street
(Annie). NATIONAL TOUR: 42nd Street (Annie, Lorraine). DC AREA: Kennedy Center: Millennium Stage Solo Concert, Celebrate Broadway, Blue Skies (one woman cabaret), Sandy Sings Gershwin (one woman cabaret), featured soloist in concerts/recitals in the Washington, DC area. REGIONAL: The Music Man (Marian Paroo, Helen Hayes nomination, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical), Kiss Me, Kate (Kate), Regina (Dance captain, ensemble), Anything Goes (Bonnie), Grease (Marty), George M! (Mary). RECORDINGS: Believe by Sandy Bainum available on iTunes. sandybainum.com.

D.B. Bonds

Joe

SIGNATURE: The Visit (Young Anton). BROADWAY: The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables. NATIONAL TOURS: Legally Blonde (Emmett), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Freddy Benson), The Scarlet Pimpernel. OFF-BROADWAY: Make Me a Song: The Music of William Finn, The Last Five Years (standby). REGIONAL: Weston Playhouse: Urinetown, john and jen; Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park: Godspell, The Last Five Years.

Madeline Botteri

Madeline Botteri

Mary/Beautician

SIGNATURE: [title of show] (Heidi u/s), My Audition Book. DC AREA: Kennedy Center: Page-to-Stage The Greenwood Tree, Keegan Theatre: A Man of No Importance (Adele). COLLEGE: Sunday in the Park with 
George (Dot/Marie), Nine (Claudia), Thoroughly Modern Millie, Jason Robert Brown Cabaret: Journey. EDUCATION: The Catholic University of America, BM, Music Theatre (2012).

Matt Conner

Manfred/Morino/Hog-Eye

SIGNATURE: The Fix (Frankie/Ensemble), Elmer Gantry (Art Nichols), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Rufus/Senator Wingwoah), Hairspray (Male Authority Figure), Sunset Boulevard (Manfred), Sweeney Todd (Bird Seller/Jonas Fogg), Show Boat (Windy), Les MisÈrables (Thenardier, Pimp), Kiss of the Spider Woman (Aurelio), Merrily We Roll Along (Scottie), The Witches of Eastwick (Toby), Into the Woods (Steward), My Fair Lady (Cockney), Assassins (Hinckley), Pacific Overtures (Tamate, Lion Dancer), A Funny Thing…Forum (Protean). DC AREA: Olney Theatre Center: West Side Story (Riff); Synetic Theatre: Oscar Wilde’s Salome (Page of Herodias); ATW: Naked Boys Singing; Open Circle Theatre: Jesus Christ Superstar (Judas). COMPOSITIONS: Signature: Silver Belles, Crossing, The Hollow, Nevermore, Partial Eclipse; Regional: Night of the Living Dead, Turn of the Screw, Monsters of the Villa Diodati.

Susan Derry

Susan Derry

Betty Schaefer

SIGNATURE: Sunday in the Park with George (Celeste #1), Sunset Boulevard (Betty Schaeffer), Saturday Night (Helen), Show Boat, Sizzlin’ Summer Cabaret, Sondheim Galas. BROADWAY: Wonderful Town (Eileen, Ensemble); City Center Encores!: 11 appearances. GERMANY: Phantom of the Opera (Christine). DC AREA: Shakespeare: Kiss Me, Kate! (Kate/Lili u/s); Kennedy Center: Ragtime, Mass, Mame; Creative Cauldron: Turn of the Screw, Monsters, Kaleidoscope. REGIONAL:  Music Man (Marian), Othello (Desdemona), My Fair Lady (Eliza), Crimes of the Heart (Meg), Importance of Being Earnest (Gwendolen), I Do! I Do! (Agnes), Brigadoon (Fiona), West Side Story (Maria), Company (Susan), Regina (Alexandra), The Merchant of Venice (Jessica). CONCERT: Carnegie Hall, NY Pops, NY Phil, BSO, Lawton Phil, Joe’s Pub, Kennedy Center. EDUCATION: Northwestern University, Manhattan School of Music. Prof at AU, GWU. www.susanderry.com

William Diggle

2nd Finance Man/Salesman/Jones

DC AREA: Olney Theatre: Call of the Wild; Ford’s Theatre: Lincoln in Love (world premiere reading); Kennedy Center TYA: Chasing George Washington (Nat’l Tour). REGIONAL: Texas Shakespeare Festival: Amadeus, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, Much Ado About Nothing; Wayside Theatre: The Matchmaker; Kiss Me, Kate; A Christmas Carol; Totem Pole Playhouse: I Love You, You’re Perfect…; Prather Entertainment: White Christmas; Hello, Dolly!; Monomoy Theatre: Macbeth, Oklahoma!, A Servant of Two Masters, The Butter and Egg Man, Noises Off!. EDUCATION: University of Houston PTTP: MFA.

Ed Dixon

Ed Dixon

Max Von Mayerling

BROADWAY: Sunday In The Park With George (Mister); How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Old Max); Gore Vidal’s The Best Man (Senator Carlin); The Iceman Cometh (General Wetjoen); Les Misérables (Thenardier); Cyrano (Raganeau); The Three Musketeers (Cardinal Richelieu); King Of Schnorrers (Belasco); The Scarlet Pimpernel (Ozzy). OFF-BROADWAY: Shylock (Drama Desk nomination), The Persians, Here Lies Jenny, Under The Bridge. NATIONAL TOURS: The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas (with Ann-Margret), Pippin (with Ben Vereen), Sunset Boulevard (Joseph Jefferson nomination). AUTHOR/COMPOSER: Shylock, Cather County, Richard Cory, Fanny Hill, Whodunit…The Musical. AWARDS: Leon Rabin Award, Steinberg Grant, Helen Hayes nomination, Dramalogue nomination, two Drama Desk nominations, two Dean’s Lists Awards. www.eddixon.biz.

Rebecca Fale

Joanna/Beautician

DC AREA: Kennedy Center: NSO Pops w/Marvin Hamlisch; Toby’s: West Side Story (Graziella), A Christmas Carol (Ghost of Christmas Future), The Producers, White Christmas, The Wizard of Oz, La Cage. REGIONAL: Ogunquit Playhouse: Spamalot; John W. Engeman Theatre: Crazy For You. OTHER:  American Spirit Dance Company (Featured Dancer), FIDM Inaugural Event (Dancer/Model). EDUCATION: Oklahoma City University, BPA, Summa Cum Laude.

Florence Lacey

Florence Lacey

Norma Desmond

SIGNATURE: Titanic, Sunset Boulevard, Ace, Saving Aimee, Nevermore, The Rhythm Club, The Gospel According to Fishman, Follies, One Red Flower. BROADWAY: Follies, Evita, The Grand Tour, Hello, Dolly!, Les Misérables, An Evening with Jerry Herman. OFF-BROADWAY: Sweet Feet, Elizabeth and Essex, Styne After Styne, Under the Bridge. DC AREA: Kennedy Center: Follies, Sunday in the Park with George; Creative Cauldron: Kaleidoscope. REGIONAL: Goodspeed: Pal Joey; Connecticut Rep: A Little Night Music, Wings. AWARDS: Theater World, MAC, Drama Logue, Critics Outer Circle.  

Gia Mora

Jean/Waitress/Astrologer

DC AREA: MetroStage: Glimpses of the Moon, Cool Papa’s Party; Arena Stage: Christmas Carol 1941, She Loves Me; Shakespeare Theatre: Imaginary Invalid; Rep Stage: God’s Ear; Woolly Mammoth Theatre: She Stoops to Comedy; Round House Theatre: A Prayer for Owen Meany; Capital Fringe: Super Claudio Bros.; three Helen Hayes nominations. REGIONAL: Baltimore Shakespeare Festival: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Colorado Shakespeare Festival: Othello, Winter’s Tale; Arvada Center: The Women; Theatre Aspen: Picnic. SOLO JAZZ/CABARET VOCALS: Blues Alley, Germano’s Trattoria, Lannie’s Clocktower 
Cabaret, Bethesda Theatre. RECORDINGS: Something Borrowed, Something Blue (solo album); Knuffle Bunny (original cast album). UPCOMING: Ford’s Theatre: Liberty Smith.

Jake Odmark

Studio Guard/Sammy/Salesman

SIGNATURE: Tamar and The River (21/24 Workshop), Signature Sings: 2005-2009, The Lost Songs of Broadway: 1950-1960, Ain’t Got No - A Pop/Rock Cabaret. PHOENIX ENTERTAINMENT: Grease (Macau, China), The Pajama Game (Nat’l Tour), Fame! (China Tour), Grease (Istanbul, Turkey). DC AREA: Olney Theatre: Triumph of Love; Toby’s: Grease, West Side Story, Oklahoma!; MetroStage: CabarYAY. EDUCATION: James Madison University, BM, Voice/Music Theatre.

Kirstin Riegler

Lisa/Masseuse

DC AREA: Adventure Theatre: Spot’s Birthday Party; Olney Theatre: Camelot; Studio Theatre: Jerry Springer: The Opera (Helen Hayes nomination); Toby’s: Damn Yankees; Washington Savoyards: The Music Man. REGIONAL: Broward Stage Door Theatre: Thoroughly Modern Millie; Flat Rock Playhouse: Children of Eden; Mac-Haydn Theatre: The Pajama Game. EDUCATION: James Madison University, 2007, BA Musical Theatre. 

J. Fred Shiffman

Sheldrake

SIGNATURE: Show Boat, Dirty Blonde. DC AREA: for the past thirty-three years, Fred has performed at Arena Stage, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, The Studio Theatre, Woolly Mammoth and Theater J. Additionally, Fred has recorded Barefoot in the Park for LA Theatre Works with Laura Linney and Eric Stoltz. AWARDS: 12 Helen Hayes nominations; two Helen Hayes nominations for Outstanding Ensemble; three Helen Hayes Awards: Outstanding Actor/Resident Play (Souvenir); Outstanding Actor/Resident Musical (Falsettos); Outstanding Supporting Actor/Resident Play (Lovers and Executioners). Proud member of Actors’ Equity.

Stephen Gregory Smith

Stephen Gregory Smith

1st Finance Man/Barman/Salesman

SIGNATURE: Midwestern Gothic, Titanic, The Fix, Elmer Gantry, Miss Saigon, Whorehouse, Brother Russia (Prince Felix), Hairspray (Corny Collins), The Boy Detective Fails (Billy Argo), Sunset Boulevard, Les Misérables, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Into the Woods (Jack), My Fair Lady, Assassins (Balladeer/Lee Harvey Oswald), Pacific Overtures, The Highest Yellow, One Red Flower (Billy), Allegro (Charlie), 110 in the Shade (Jimmy, 2004 Helen Hayes Award). DC AREA: DCAC: High Fidelity (Rob); Studio Theatre: Adding Machine: A Musical (SHRDLU), MetroStage: tick, tick…BOOM! (Jon); Ford’s Theatre: 110 in the Shade, Freedom's Song, Violet, The Civil War, Meet John Doe; Arena Stage: Oliver!, Damn Yankees; Kennedy Center: First You Dream, Regina; Olney Theatre Center: Avenue Q (Nicky/Trekkie).  

Sean Thompson

Artie/Salesman

REGIONAL: Walnut Street Theatre: The Eclectic Society, Cinderella; Arden Theatre Company: Candide, A Year With Frog and Toad; Bristol Riverside Theatre: Honey Brown Eyes (reading); Prince Music Theater:  Jamaica; Wilma Theater: The Life of Galileo; Mauckingbird Theatre Company: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Flashpoint Theatre Company: The Little Dog Laughed; Media Theatre: Oliver!, Sean Thompson in Concert; Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center: The Seduction of Sheila Valentine (concert reading); Shawnee Playhouse: Camelot, Wit; Maples Repertory Theatre: Oklahoma!, Run For Your Wife, CLUE The Musical, Barefoot in the Park; Great Plains Theatre: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. EDUCATION: Temple University, 2008, Theater and English, Cum Laude.

Kara-Tameika Watkins

Kara-Tameika Watkins

Delilah Handmaiden/Analyst

she/her SIGNATURE: Passing Strange, Daphne’s Dive, Jesus Christ Superstar, Jelly's Last Jam, Dreamgirls, Hairspray, Sunset Boulevard, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. DC AREA: Arena Stage: Crowns, Smokey Joe’s Café; Ford's Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors, Children of Eden; Studio Theatre: Caroline, or Change; Olney Theatre: Miss You Like Hell, Carmen: An Afro-Cuban Musical, Peter Pan, Camelot; Round House Theatre: Caroline, or Change; Once on this Island; Creative Cauldron: Caroline, or Change. REGIONAL: Capital Reperto Repertory Theatre: The Honky Tonk Angels; Arts Center of North Carolina: Rock of Ages; PCLO: Hairspray; Northshore Music Theatre: Hairspray; Nevada: Hairspray, Smokey Joe’s Café. Proud Member AEA.

Harry A. Winter

Cecil B. DeMille

SIGNATURE: Allegro, 110 in the Shade, Hairspray (18 more). NATIONAL TOURS: Gigi, Jolson: the Musical. DC AREA: Kiss Me, Kate; Racing Demon; Come From Away (US); The Magic Play; Pins and Needles; Bringing Up Amy.

Matthew Wojtal

Myron/Salesman

SIGNATURE: Giant (Bobby Jr. u/s), The Visit (Lenny/Benny u/s). DC AREA: Washington Savoyards: The Music Man; Toby’s: Rent; Catholic University: Our Town (George Gibbs), Sweeney Todd, Jacques Brel..., Grand Hotel. EDUCATION: Catholic University.

Creative Team

Jon Kalbfleisch

Music Director

SIGNATURE (Resident Music Director) Ragtime, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, She Loves Me, Broadway in the Park (Wolf Trap), Simply Sondheim, A Chorus Line, Assassins, Passion, Crazy for You, A Little Night Music, West Side Story, Cabaret, Sunday in the Park, Gypsy, Company, Hairspray, Saturday Night, Side by Side, Sunset Boulevard, Show Boat, Anyone Can Whistle, Spider Woman, Merrily, Into the Woods, Pacific Overtures, Elegies, Allegro, Follies, 110 in the Shade, Putting It Together, Forum, Sweeney Todd, Wings. BROADWAY: Ambassador Theatre: The Visit (Actor's Fund Benefit), Marius Company: Les Misérables (Associate Conductor). DC AREA: Kennedy Center: First You Dream; National Theatre, Warner Theatre, Round House Theatre, Everyman Theatre. OTHER: Carnegie Hall, Lawton Philharmonic Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony. TV: Celebration of the Arts (Executive Producer), Good Morning America. AWARDS: Grammy nomination; Bernstein MASS, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, pianist; Anderson-Hopkins Award; ten Helen Hayes Awards and 30 nominations; Distinguished Alumni Award, Cameron University. EDUCATION: Master of Music, Southern Methodist University.

Howell Binkley

Lighting Design

SIGNATURE: Over and Over. BROADWAY: Lombardi, Million Dollar Quartet, Memphis, West Side Story (2009 Tony nomination), Gypsy starring Patti LuPone, In The Heights (2008 Tony nomination), Jersey Boys, Avenue Q, CryBaby, Xanadu, Bridge and Tunnel, LoveMusik, Golda’s Balcony, Hollywood Arms, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, Minnelli on Minnelli, The Full Monty, Parade, Kiss Of The Spider Woman (1993 Tony nomination), Sacrilege, Taking Sides, How To Succeed…, High Society, Grease. OFF-BROADWAY: Landscape of the Body, Sinatra at Radio City, Batboy: The Musical, Radiant Baby. REGIONAL: Parsons Dance (co-founder); The Joffrey Ballet: Billboards; six musicals in repertory for The Kennedy Center’s Sondheim Celebration. AWARDS: Five time Helen Hayes Award recipient, 1993 Sir Laurence Olivier Award and Canadian Dora Award for Kiss of The Spider Woman, 2006 Henry Hewes Design Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Tony Award® Jersey Boys.

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