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Question: How are you adapting to life as a nightclub owner in La Cage?

George Hamilton: It’s a challenging role for me. In many ways, I’m envious of Chris Sieber playing Zaza because Albin is such a fabulous, flamboyant character. It’s seductive to want to be the farceur. Chris is so good in this: He gets bored with doing the usual, so he will change things around [in a scene]. My job is to be organically anchored to this—I’ve got to direct traffic through this whole story. I’m torn between my son and Albin. If I’ve done my job correctly, the piece takes on a profundity that’s got to be there.

Q: How is Christopher Sieber as an on-stage husband?

GH: He’s the on-stage wife; I’m the on-stage husband. Every night, I bow to him. I think he’s terrific, and I love working with him. We became fast friends. He’s played both roles [having done Georges on Broadway opposite Harvey Fierstein as Albin]. Initially, I would hear him say things and I’d wonder, “What is he mumbling?” But then I’d realize he was giving me my lines [laughs].

Q: What’s it like to be surrounded by this youthful ensemble of dancers?

GH: We’ve got some of the most wonderful dancing! These athletes are unbelievable. They are just incredibly kind and respectful to me—and protective. I love ‘em. Initially, [the ensemble and I] stayed at separate ho-tels, because I have places that I like in every city that I’ve been before. In the first couple weeks, one of the Cagelles had a nine-inch cut right to the bone in his foot, and he was back in the show a week later. Another one pulled his hamstring and was out for about two weeks. So I thought, I’m in the middle

of people who can really take punishment and go back in [to the show]; it would be best for myself to stay close to the theater. So I’ve kind of moved to wherever they go. I don’t want to be too far of a walk away.

Q: You’ve had a career spanning more than five decades, and you’ve worked in all medi-ums. What’s your secret?

GH: I can’t say that I started out wanting to be an actor. My father once said some-thing that I never got until years later: “Do what you want in life. Do what’s easiest for you, then work at it harder than anybody.” I thought, “What does that really mean?” I was the school clown. I was able to make people laugh at things that others took se-riously. The first play I did at school, I did just to get out of a math class. I was playing a young Russian student at Harvard. Well, I forgot my lines within two minutes, so I started pretending to speak Russian. Before I knew it, the audience was laughing and I got a standing ovation before the play was over.

Q: Cary Grant and Judy Garland. What are some of your memories working with Cary Grant and Judy Garland—two legends?

GH: [Talent] was just so born in Judy, there was no choice of how she had to do things. She had it. She was not a great beauty, but she was a great talent. One night at the Co-conut Grove, I saw Liza [Minnelli, Garland’s daughter] get on the stage with Judy and they sang “Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini.” I saw how tortured Judy’s life was. How after all the success, she was not

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happy. She didn’t look well. She was a very lonely person in a world where many actors are adored for what they do, but they don’t have any life once they’ve done it.

Q: What do you remember about Cary Grant?

GH: I remember I went to see a house that I was going to buy; it was formerly Cary’s house. A phone call came and it was Cary. He said, [imitating Grant] “What are you doing?” I said, “I’m thinking of buying the house.” He said, “Why would you want to buy that house?” I said, “Well, it’s beautiful.” He said, “It’s not so beautiful. I’ve lived in it. Really, you wouldn’t like it.” I said, “Cary, I just came to see it. How did you know I was here?” He said, “I make it my business to know who buys what I have.”

Q: Sounds like he was pretty mysterious.

GH: From the very first time I met him, Cary was a very interesting man to talk to. But you didn’t know who Cary Grant really was, and he didn’t know who Cary Grant was. That

was the interesting part of Cary: He created a Cary Grant that everyone wanted to be. He started taking LSD. He took more of it than anybody. He searched the depths of his soul to find out who he was. I think Cary was be-coming a much happier man toward the end of his life. In those days, [the studio] would take someone and build them into somebody they weren’t. Somewhere along the line, you either went out living the character you’d cre-ated or you tried to find out who you really were and where that had gone.

Q: Do you feel you got caught up in the stu-dio machine the way you say Garland and Grant did?

GH: It wasn’t much different for me. I came in at the end of that era. The studio said to me, “We want you to go in this direction.” I thought, “This is great—wear an ascot, drive a Rolls, have some money in my pocket and date all the girls at the studio; this sounds good to me.”

Q: You’re an icon for what it means to be classy and debonair. What’s the key to being this way?

GH: Cary said to me, “It’s all about the shoulders of your suit. If they’re not made right, the rest doesn’t matter.”

Q: Nostalgia is really big box office money these days. Would you consider playing Zor-ro again from Zorro, The Gay Blade?

GH: I think I’d probably do Love at First Bite before I do Zorro. I love the character in Love at First Bite. He’s this old man who’s a great gentleman, but he just has this one problem: He’s been in love with one woman for 800 years. He’s the most faithful man on Earth. He has one little need of blood. Other-

wise, he’s just an incredibly wonderful man. He’s not of this era. I felt very comfortable playing that. Without the tan, I might add!

The 2012–2013 Broadway in Detroit season features La Cage Aux Folles at the Fisher Theatre Sept. 25–Oct. 7, 2012. Season tickets are available now at BroadwayInDetroit.com and by calling (313) 872-1000. Individual ticket prices and on sale dates will be announced this summer. For groups of ten or more, please email Groups@BroadwayInDetroit.com (subject line La Cage) or call (313) 871-1132.

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KIRK MASSEy (Blue Man) is stoked to be a part of the North American Tour with Blue Man Group. Has been with Blue Man Group since 2005 and has performed in New York, Boston, Orlando and all over the world as a part of Blue Man Group’s “How to be a Megastar” World Tour. Currently performs full time in Blue Man Group’s Orlando pro-duction when not on tour. Kirk would like to thank God for His many blessings, his friends and family for all of their love and support and everyone at Blue Man Group and NETworks who made this dream pos-sible.

PETER MuSANTE (Blue Man Swing) is a San Francisco-raised theatre artist educator currently based in NY where he collaborates on original works including Angel Reap-ers by Martha Clarke/Alfred Uhry, and his award-winning “kinetic poem” Legs and All with SF clown Summer Shapiro.

MICHAEL RAHHAL (Blue Man Swing). An avid chocolatier and fledgling camouflage-ist, Michael appreciates the subtle differences between you and him. Deadly with his dog and in love with his wife, he hopes you will stay just far enough away for you and him to remain friends, yet close enough to still smell one an-other. He will perform for you if asked.

BHuRIN SEAD (Blue Man) has performed with Blue Man Group since 2008. He attend-ed The University of Texas at Austin where he received a degree in human biology and an insatiable thirst to do something else. He loves eating his ma’s home cooking, biking and popping bubble wrap. His best friends are his wife Bonnibel and their cat Manny.

BRIAN TAvENER (Blue Man) from Ashe-ville, NC, has performed as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet and Dracula in Dracula. While not on tour, Brian is a Blue Man in Boston, MA, where he also runs an independent record label, Carrot Policeman Records, and plays in the band The And Company (theandcompany.com).

JuLIAN CASSANETTI (Music Direc-tor/Strings) started working for Blue Man Group at the Charles Theatre in Boston in early 2000. Starting as a zither sub, he went on to play guitar and zither for the “Mega-star” tour in late 2006. After touring for nearly two years he returned to the Boston show. While in Boston, Julian has played with many other bands such as The Lot Six, Viva Viva, and Drug Rug. He’d like to thank his friends and family for all the support over the years, and everyone at Blue Man Group for the opportunity to be a part of such a cre-ative and special family. Love love love.

JERRy KOPS (Chapman Stick/Strings) is a New York-based musician who is extremely grateful to be a part of the Blue Man Group family. He has been a Chapman stick sub in the NYC production of Blue Man Group since Fall 2006 and has also had the good fortune of performing as a rhythm guitar-ist in the Broadway musical Rock of Ages. Thank you to my beautiful wife Katie, mom, dad and our little four-legged boy Ziggy. I wouldn’t be anywhere without all your love and support!

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WHO’S WHOwent on to be hired by Blue Man Group at the age of 23. Besides recording on critically acclaimed film scores/Sundance best film/score, Ramsey has toured with Colin Hay of Men at Work fame.

CLEMENT J. WALDMANN, III (Percus-sion/Kit Swing) has been performing with Blue Man Group since October of 1995. He is very fortunate to have performed with many artists in numerous venues all over the world. Many thanks go out to family and friends for all their love and support.

TyLER SOLTIS (Company Manager) has over ten years of experience managing touring productions across the country and around the world. Past shows include Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Magic of David Cop-perfield, Love Janis, Camelot, Oliver and Handel’s Messiah Rocks: A Joyful Noise.

LIZZ GIORGOS (Production Stage Man-ager) is very excited to be a part of this tour! Lizz has worked with Blue Man Group’s New York production since 2007 as a Stage Manager and lead deck crew member. Spe-cial thanks to her family for all their support.

STEPHANIE HALBEDEL (Assistant Stage Manager) is in seventh heaven to be touring the country with BMG. Other credits include shows throughout New York and the North-east, most recently Boeing-Boeing at Paper Mill Playhouse. A big thank you to her ever-supportive family, and to her NETworks fam-ily. This one is for Davey.

CHRIS WINK, PHILIP STANTON, MATT GOLDMAN (Creators). Longtime friends Chris Wink, Philip Stanton, and Matt Goldman founded Blue Man Group as a way to celebrate the human spirit through music, science, art, and theatre. After giving more than 1,000 performances in New York, the original three Blue Men stepped off-stage to focus on building Blue Man Productions into a successful global creative company. What started as a three-person operation has expanded into a decades-long partner-ship encompassing live theatre, Grammy Award®-winning original music, two rock concert tours, various children’s educational offerings including the founding of the Blue School, and multiple appearances on major television shows.

CHRIS DyAS (Artistic and Musical Col-laborator) has been performing and writ-ing music with Blue Man Group since 1997. Before that he played in too many bands to mention. His current NYC-based project is the Lingering Doubts.

LARRy HEINEMANN (Artistic and Mu-sical Collaborator) has worked with Blue Man Group since its inception in 1988 in a variety of capacities including musical director, composer, performer, instrument designer, recording engineer and recording producer. Outside of Blue Man Group, Larry has worked with Caroline Records record-ing artists Springhouse as both bass player and producer, Point Music recording artists Code Mesa as musician and producer and his latest project is playing bass for NY-based band Donkeys, whose first CD was recently released.

IAN PAI (Co-composer and Artistic Collab-orator) is Blue Man Group’s original drum-mer, co-composer and artistic collaborator. He is also the Musical Director and drum-mer for the art-pop group Fischerspooner. As a composer and musician he has done work for theatre, film, dance, performance and rock in general. He graduated from Pratt In-stitute with a B.F.A. in Painting.

MARCuS MILLER (Director) has been with Blue Man Group since 1995. During that time he’s helped create and direct 16 shows with them including the London, To-kyo and Berlin versions. They’re all a little different but this one’s the best. He lives in Brooklyn where he practices telepathy with his pit bull, Brooklyn. His other gig is as a Canadian.

JEff TuRLIK (Associate Creative Direc-tor) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and shortly thereafter began his life’s jour-ney on the wings of the bird we call music. Through many pathways and skyways he learned and performed, listened and ex-pressed, and lived and loved, occasionally making a little scratch. In Boston, 1999, he began his collaboration with Blue Man Group. He currently resides in New York City. Together they have seen many places around the globe. Shared many experiences. Rocked many houses. Tore the roofs off the suckers.

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CHASE TyLER (Costume Designer). Se-lect Credits: Broadway: Title of Show, Off Broadway: Bash’d, Blue Man Group, Tele-vision: The Coaches Show, Thrillavision, countless commercials. Film: Satan Hates You. Opening this year: The Ride, Moisty the Snowman Saves Christmas, and Murray Hill is Mr. Showbiz.

MATT KOENIG (Sound Design) has been working with Blue Man Group since 2000, and is known as Monitor Matt and Chef.

CARyL GLAAB (Video Design) began working with the founders of Blue Man Group in 1989 and continues to enjoy the collaboration.

PATRICIA MuRPHy (Blue Man Charac-ter Costume) has worked on the Broadway productions of Black and Blue, The Phantom of the Opera, The Lion King, Dracula and Wicked, among others. She has worked with many ballet companies, on several mov-ies including the features Dracula and Far From Heaven and on Bette Midler’s Kiss My Brass tour. Other credits: Tick, tick...BOOM!; Once Around the City; The Bub-bly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin; Bright Lights, Big City.

TODD PERLMuTTER (Recorded Sound Design and Musical Supervisor). Credits with Blue Man Group include performing

in shows, sound design, music direction, and composition. Todd produces all of Blue Man Group’s music output including their two full-length albums, “Audio” and “The Complex.” He has the pleasure of working out of the newly renovated Loho Studios in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Todd has recently started a record label called L.E.S. Recs. He will have two releases by 2011, one of which will be a record with longtime Blue Man Group music collaborator Chris Dyas and another with country legend Greg Gar-ing. Look for them at lesrecs.com.

ByRON ESTEP (Music Director) started playing Chapman Stick in the Blue Man Group band in 1994 as part of the “TUBES” show at the Astor Place Theater in New York City. Since then, he has been involved in the opening and direction of many Blue Man Group shows throughout the world. He currently works as a Music Director for Blue Man Productions and plays both Chap-man Stick and Zither in the band. He has also played guitar and/or banjo on numerous recordings outside of Blue Man Group and composed several movie and video game soundtracks.

MICHAEL DAHLEN (Associate Direc-tor). Off-Broadway: The New Bozena, Cherry Lane Theatre, Hudson Theater (L.A. Weekly Award, Nominated for Best Ensem-ble Performance, Winner for Best Direction, Rainn Wilson). Regional: Colorado Shake-speare Festival. Film: How the Grinch Stole Christmas dir. Ron Howard, Men In Black II dir. Barry Sonnenfeld. Television: “Law & Order” (NBC), “Viva Variety” (Comedy Central).

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Production Stage Manager ............................................. Lizz GiorgosAss’t. Stage Manager ...........................................Stephanie HalbedelHead Carpenter ...................................................................Dan SylviaFlyman..........................................................................Danielle TaylorAssistant Carpenter ....................................................... Eamon KeaneHead Electrician .............................................................. Ray WszolekAss’t. Electrician ..................................................Cherris Alcus-FarrellHead Audio .........................................................................Harry PlattAss’t. Audio .....................................................................Rachael KossHead Video ......................................................................... Eric GeigerVideo System Technician.............................................. Kendra GeigerHead Props ..................................................................Alex M. BenderAss’t. Props ................................................. Marianna MezhibovskayaHead Wardrobe ............................................................. Michael LavinInstrument Tech .................................................................... Ben FlintAss’t. Set Designer ............................................................ Ann BartekAssistant Lighting Designer ......................................Tabitha RodmanLighting Programmer .................................................. Tommy HagueProduction Electrician ....................................................... Barb BartelAssistant Video Designer .................................................Matt TennieVideo Control Programmer .............................................Sean CagneyVideo Studio ........................................ Zarah Cabanas, Luke Schantz,

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her first husband had amicably settled on ev-erything in their divorce except for a plant, a piece of art and their Fisher Theatre tickets. He got the plant, she got the art and tickets.

A little over 30 years later, Arlene now attends Broadway In Detroit productions with her second husband Mark. The two of them enjoy theatre so much that they seek out productions when they travel. “One of our favorite things to do when we’re boat-ing in Lake Erie or Lake Huron is to seek out Canadian regional theatre opportunities. We’ve seen quite a few wonderful plays by Canadian playwrights such as Norm Foster and others.”

In the mid 1980s, she moved her subscrip-tion so that she and Mark could have seats next to their friends Mary Hepler and Fred Gallasch. Like many of our subscribers, the two couples enjoy their trips to the Fisher Theatre together. “Our pre-show tradition is to go to dinner together at Cuisine, then while the guys are finishing up with coffee and settling the bill, Mary and I run across the street to the Fisher Building and the De-

troit Gallery of Contemporary Crafts. We’ve bought each other more than a few birthday and Christmas gifts in that store!”

The four of them enjoy all of the arts in Michigan, and have too many favorite Fisher Theatre shows to count. Among their top fa-vorites, Arlene includes Lion King and Aida, Mark picks Les Misérables and Miss Saigon, while Mary and Fred have enjoyed Phantom of the Opera and Beauty and The Beast.

They are looking forward to seeing many more productions together including their pre-show shopping trips at the Fisher Building.

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e proudly present Broadway In Detroit Preludes & Encores, our recommendations for a great meal before the show, or a place to

close the night’s curtain with a delicious dessert. Please consider these wonderful restaurants—and don’t forget to say that you heard about them here. Thanks!

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Andiamo • andiamoitalia.com Warren, Grosse Pointe Woods, Bloomfield, Royal Oak, Sterling Heights, Dearborn, Detroit Riverfront, Novi, Livonia. Type of cuisine: Italian, Price: $$$, Amenities: GRV (F-some locations). Save 20% on your entire meal with your Blue Man Group ticket. Contact your local Andiamo for reservations and information.

The Capital Grille • thecapitalgrille.com The Somerset Collection—North, 2800 W. Big Beaver Rd., Troy, MI 48084. (248) 649-5300. Type of cuisine: American, Price: $$$, Amenities: FGPRV. Join us before or after the show for our dry aged steaks, freshest of seafood, award-winning wine list, incredible staff and our special $39 menu especially created for theatre guests.

La Musique • hotelstregisdetroit.com New Center, 3071 W Grand Blvd., Detroit, MI 48202. (313)873-3000. Type of Cuisine: American, Price: $$, Amenities: GPRV. Eat. Play. Stay. Park and dine at La Musique in the historic St. Regis Hotel and walk to the Fisher Theatre. Contemporary American Cuisine.

Majestic Café • majesticdetroit.com Midtown, 4120 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI 48201. (313) 833-9700. Type of cuisine: American, Price: $$, Amenities: FGSR. Located in the historic Majestic Theatre Center. The menu is rooted in classic American comfort food with a modern twist. Delicious appetizers, sandwiches, burgers, entrees & desserts are all made fresh daily.

Mario’s • mariosdetroit.com Midtown, 4222 Second St., Detroit, MI 48201. (313) 832-1616. Type of cuisine: Italian, Price: $$$, Amenities: GPRSV. Complimentary shuttle to & from the Fisher Theatre. Show your tickets and receive 10% off food on your performance date. Afterglow specials too! Party with the people who perform.

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Ocean Prime • ocean-prime.com Coolidge & Big Beaver, 2915 Coolidge Highway, Troy, MI 48084. (248) 458-0500. Type of Cuisine: American, Price $$$, Amenities: FVRG. Seafood or Steak? At Ocean Prime, you can choose the best of both. Our passion is to give you an extraordinary supper club experience.

Traffic Jam & Snug • trafficjamdetroit.com 511 W. Canfield St., Detroit MI, 48201. (313) 831-9470. Type of cuisine: American, Price: $$, Amenities: FGR. Featuring an eclectic menu of vegetarian items, burgers, fresh fish, pastas & salads. Decadent house-made desserts. Free, guarded parking. Minutes from the Fisher Theatre.

Union Street • unionstreetdetroit.com Midtown, 4145 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48201. (313) 831-3965. Type of Cuisine: American, Price: $$, Amenities: GR. 15% off when you bring in your Blue Man Group ticket! Serving lunch, dinner, desserts and Sunday brunch. Kitchen open late. Large group tours welcomed.

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BROAdwAy IN dETROIT The Program for the Fisher Theatre

Volume 50, Number 11 May 1–13, 2012

Fisher Theatre • Fisher Building 3011 w. Grand Blvd., detroit, MI 48202

BroadwayIndetroit.com

under the Management of Nederlander detroit, LLC

Executive Director ............................................ Alan N. LichtensteinAssistant to Mr. Lichtenstein.......................................... Nancy KingDirector, Corporate Sales/Marketing .............................Scott MyersSenior Director, Marketing .......................................... Alyssa CohenAdvertising Director .................................... Debbie Michelson, SMZPress Agent................... Brendy Barr, Brendy Barr CommunicationsProgram Design................................ Frank Bach, Bach & Associates

ThE FIShER ThEATREBusiness Office Staff

Accounting ................................................................ Barbara Jones

house StaffTheatre Manager ....................................................James ManduzziHouse Manager ...........................................................Reuben PerezBox Office Treasurer...................................................... Marc RolandGroup Sales Manager .......................................................Amy YokinSubscription Manager .................................................Gwen HardenLost and Found .......................................................... Robin Teachey

Production StaffHead Stage Technician ........................................... Robert HaywardHead Lighting Technician ................................................. Sam AluiaHead Propman ................................................................ Joe AchatzHead Sound Technician ............................................. J. B. RalbovskyHead Scenery Technician................................................Ronald IveyWardrobe Supervisor ....................................... Kristyn Pinky MahleMusical Director ..............................................................Alice Sauro

The photographing or sound recording of any performance or the possession of any device for such photographing or sound recording inside the theater without the written permission of the management is prohibited by law. Violations may be punishable by ejection and may render the offender liable for money damages.

The musicians employed in this production are members of the Detroit Federation of Musicians, Local 5.

Backstage employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E).

Articles found in the theater will be held for 30 days only. Lost article inquiries should be made by phone to (313) 872-l000 between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.Fisher Theatre Offices ............................................... (313) 872-1000Broadway In Detroit Season Ticket Office & Subscription Information ..........................................(313) 872-1180 Group Sales Information ........................................... (313) 871-1132If you expect emergency phone calls please leave your seat location with the ticket taker.For emergencies only during performances ............. (313) 872-1111New handicap (wheelchair) facilities now located in the main floor lobby near elevators.

AGE LIMIT As a courtesy to our patrons, it is the policy of Broadway In Detroit not to admit children under the age of 5. This policy may be altered from time to time based on Shows and Show content. You will be made aware of particular age restrictions during your purchase. Some shows make further age appropriate recommen-dations and Broadway In Detroit will provide those on its website; however, judgment of the content for each show should be made on an individual basis prior to purchase. When available, Broadway In Detroit provides links to show websites for further information. All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket.

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