The Signature Show
New! The Signature Show is Signature Theatre’s biweekly half-hour digital experience featuring performances by acclaimed artists, interviews, celebration of new musical voices and tributes to the past, present and future of Signature Theatre. Subscribe to sigtheatre on YouTube to make sure you never miss an episode!
The Signature Show: Signature Features Season Announcement
The Season Announcement episode features Managing Director Maggie Boland and Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner introducing all 5 shows in Signature Features, with video previews from Simply Sondheim and The Jam: Only Child.
The Signature Show: Episode 7
The seventh episode features:
James Alsop: Choreographer, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Devil Wears Prada the Musical
Ben Cherington: Pittsburgh CLO’s A Musical Christmas Carol
Natascia Diaz: Signature’s Passion, West Side Story
Hailey Rebecca Ibberson: Round House Theatre’s Spring Awakening, Olney Theatre’s Cabaret
Vincent Kempski: Signature’s Assassins, A Chorus Line
Michael J. Mainwaring: Signature’s Jesus Christ Superstar, Round House Theatre’s Spring Awakening
Kathleen Marshall: Director and choreographer, Signature’s Diner, Broadway’s The Pajama Game
Derek McLane: Scenic designer, Signature’s Diner, Broadway’s The Pajama Game
Katie Mariko Murray: Signature’s Passion, ArsNova’s KPOP: The Musical
Inès Nassara: Signature’s Spunk, Ford’s Theatre’s The Wiz
Tracy Lynn Olivera: Signature’s Assassins, A Little Night Music
Nora Palka: Signature’s Gypsy, Studio Theatre’s The Rocky Horror Show
Solomon Parker III: Signature’s Ain’t Misbehavin’, Monumental Theatre’s Pippin
Nia Savoy: Constellation Theatre’s Aida, Theater Alliance’s Day of Absence
David Schlumpf: Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Sense & Sensibility, Goodman Theater’s Dartmoor Prison
Greg Watkins: Constellation Theatre’s Aida, ArtsCentric’s Sister Act
Sean Watkinson: Signature’s Billy Elliot, Round House Theatre’s Spring Awakening
Chani Wereley: Round House Theatre’s Spring Awakening, Folger Theatre’s Love’s Labour’s Lost
Kanysha Williams: Signature’s Gun & Powder, ArtsCentric’s Aida
The Signature Show: Episode 6
The sixth episode features:
Christian Douglas: Gun & Powder
Claybourne Elder: Sunday in the Park with George, Company on Broadway
Samantha Gershman: A Chorus Line
Zina Goldrich: Composer of Junie B. Jones, The Marcy and Zina Show
Jeff Gorti: A Chorus Line
Marcy Heisler: Book and lyrics of Junie B. Jones, The Marcy and Zina Show
Kevin McAllister: Ain’t Misbehavin’, Come from Away on Broadway
Mark G. Meadows: Jelly’s Last Jam, Ain’t Misbehavin’
Crystal Mosser: Gun & Powder, Grand Hotel
Christopher Mueller: Blackbeard, Passion
Katie Mariko Murray: Grand Hotel, Passion
Brynn O’Malley: Sunday in the Park with George, Honeymoon in Vegas on Broadway
Awa Sal Secka: Gun & Powder, A Christmas Carol at Ford’s Theatre
Shayla S. Simmons: Dreamgirls
Kanysha Williams: Ain’t Misbehavin’
The Signature Show: Episode 5
The fifth episode features:
Brent Barrett: La Cage aux Folles, Broadway’s Chicago
Erika Henningsen: Diner, Broadway’s Mean Girls
Derek Klena: Diner, Broadway’s Anastasia
Ines Nassara: Spunk, Ford’s Theatre’s The Wiz
Cedric Neal: Dreamgirls, Broadway’s After Midnight
Anne Nesmith: Wig Designer, Grand Hotel, Passion
Nova Y. Payton: Assassins, Ain’t Misbehavin’
Kayla Pecchioni: A Chorus Line
Rahima R. Rice: Playwright, At the Full Yum
Shayla S. Simmons: Dreamgirls
Matthew James Thomas: Diner, Broadway’s Pippin
The Signature Show: Episode 4
The fourth episode features:
Timothy Douglas: Director for Signature’s Spunk, Round House Theatre’s Gem of the Ocean
Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi: Choreographer for Signature’s Spunk, Arena Stage’s Nina Simone: Four Women
Danny Gardner: Signature’s Crazy for You, Broadway’s Flying Over Sunset
Michael John LaChiusa: Composer of Hello Again, Giant, The Wild Party
Katie Mariko Murray: Signature’s Grand Hotel, Passion, West Side Story
Tracy Lynn Olivera: Signature’s Assassins, A Little Night Music
Awa Sal Secka: Signature’s Gun & Powder, Jesus Christ Superstar
Holly Twyford: Signature’s A Little Night Music, Ford’s Theatre’s Silent Sky
The Signature Show: Episode 3
The third episode features:
Felicia Curry: The Scottsboro Boys
Christian Douglas: Gun & Powder
Nkrumah Gatling: Grand Hotel
Adam Gwon: Composer of Scotland, PA
Mark G. Meadows: Jelly’s Last Jam
Bobby Smith: Grand Hotel, Assassins
The Students of Stage One
The Signature Show: Episode 2
The second episode features:
Jorge Acevedo: Signature’s Casting & Executive Coordinator
Ross Baum: Music of Gun & Powder
Angelica Chéri: Book & Lyrics of Gun & Powder
Austin Colby: West Side Story
Kerry Epstein: Production Stage Manager for A Chorus Line, Gun & Powder, and over 65 other Signature productions
Andre Hinds: Crazy for You, The Scottsboro Boys
Ashleigh King: Hairspray
Donna Migliaccio: Broadway’s War Paint, Signature’s Simply Sondheim
Nova Y. Payton: Signature’s Ain’t Misbehavin’, Blackbeard; Shakespeare Theatre’s The Amen Corner
Nickolas Vaughan: Dreamgirls, Xanadu
Kara-Tameika Watkins: Jesus Christ Superstar, Jelly’s Last Jam
Kanysha Williams: Gun & Powder
The Signature Show: Episode 1
The inaugural episode features:
Heidi Blickenstaff: Signature’s Disney’s Freaky Friday; Broadway’s [title of show], Something Rotten, The Addams Family
Natascia Diaz: Signature’s Passion, West Side Story, Grand Hotel, Kiss of the Spider Woman
DeWitt Fleming Jr: Signature’s The Scottsboro Boys, Jelly’s Last Jam; TV’s Boardwalk Empire, Smash
Jennie Harney-Fleming: Broadway’s Hamilton, The Color Purple
Tom Kitt: Composer of Disney’s Freaky Friday, Next to Normal, If/Then
Inés Nassara: Signature’s Spunk, Crossing; Ford Theatre’s The Wiz
Christiane Noll: Signature’s Kid Victory, The Witches of Eastwick; Broadway’s Dear Evan Hansen
Nova Y. Payton: Signature’s Ain’t Misbehavin’, Blackbeard; Shakespeare Theatre’s The Amen Corner
Jacquelyn Piro Donovan: Signature’s The Witches of Eastwick; Broadway’s Les Misérables
Emily Skinner: Signature’s The Witches of Eastwick, Dirty Blonde; Broadway’s Side Show, The Cher Show