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2008 CAST: DC ANDERSON |
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D.C.,or David as he was known at the time, left NDSU to study dance with the BILL EVANS DANCE COMPANY in Seattle, Washington with hopes of becoming a modern dancer, disproving all naysayers...The naysayers, however, were right (one right foot, one wrong foot) and D.C. went hobbling back to the world of theater and music. While in Seattle he appeared in CANDIDE, THE DOCTOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF, DEAR BRUTUS, JACQUES BREL IS..., and a few self-produced revues of the music of Irving Berlin, Rodgers and Hart, George Gershwin and Harold Arlen with Paul King and musical director/pianist Darcy Danielson at the Skid Road Theater and The Conservatory Theater Company. He moved to New York City and promptly left town as PIPPIN in a tour of the show of the same name and, later, went on to tour in THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY with the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival Company. In between the two he answered phones at the St. Moritz (working for LEONA HELMSLY!! - "She was awfully nice to me. I liked her!" he says) and taught Cher, Susan Sarandon, and others weight training at the New York Health and Racquet Club on 56th. (Impressions left by blankets on their faces in the morning... the great leveler.) Re-locating to Chicago, he began performing solo and as part of the trio ON THE SLY (with Hollis Resnick and Susan Hart) with musical director Rick Snyder at Orphans on Lincoln Avenue (now shuttered) and appeared in HARRY CHAPIN; LIES AND LEGENDS, Craig Carnelia's THREE POSTCARDS and countless commercials for Joe Sedelmaier ("Where's the beef"). A brief appearance in ABC TV's LADY BLUE convinced him that series television was in his future...cut to Los Angeles where he first became associated with Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (14 years and counting). His musical theater career - including the role of Judge Coras in the National Tour of MARTIN GUERRE has allowed him the privilege of recording 7 solo CD's - 1993' s TIME WAS, 1997's THE BOX UNDER THE BED, 2000's BLUE SUMMER DAY, 2001's ALL IS CALM..., 2002's COLLECTED, 2004's BALLAD and 2006's I AM STILL as well as produce the first Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS benefit holiday recording CABARET NOEL: a Broadway Cares Christmas. His appearance at Nebraska's BROWNVILLE CONCERT SERIES was taped and is broadcast regularly on PBS stations across the United States. He has performed many times in the history of the Mabel Mercer Foundation's CABARET CONVENTION at Town Hall in New York City. D.C., along with Karen Benjamin and Margaret Irwin began the A HOLIDAY CABARET benefits in Santa Monica California in 1995. Also a songwriter, D.C. and Billy Philadelphia were proud to have their song, 'How's Your Little Act?' nominated for a MAC AWARD for Outstanding Special Material in 1998. Other collaborators include Steven Landau, Roy Zimmerman, Elizabeth Doyle, Rick Snyder, Stephen Randoy, Carol Hall, Geoff Packard, Ritt Henn, David Robison, Michael Gillis, Jeff Rizzo and Albert Hague. D.C. returned to Chicago in the fall of 2000 to portray Thomas Harrison in Sarah Schlesinger's and Mike Reid's THE BALLAD OF LITTLE JO, directed by Tina Landau. D.C. is the recipient of the 2002 BISTRO AWARD from BACKSTAGE as Singer/Songwriter. His songbook, "Songs by D.C. Anderson" was released in October 2002 and is available at www.LMLMusic.com as well as Colony Music in NYC and Hollywood Sheet Music in Los Angeles. Individual songs can be downloaded at www.musicnotes.com. D.C. is currently on the road with THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA as Andre. While touring, he seeks performance venues for his concert shows. Check the concerts page for information pertaining to his upcoming concert appearances. This is DC's first appearance in a "Help is on the Way" production. CAROLE
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Franc had the opportunity to study at the famed Vocal Academy of Lucca in Italy. He was also personally invited to study with legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti at his home in Pesaro. He made his Broadway debut in the first revival of Sweeney Todd. After an international talent search lasting over a year, Franc was selected to play the role of Anthony Corleone, the opera-singing son of Al Pacino in Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather III. The film received 7 Academy Award nominations, including Best Score, featuring Franc on the Original Motion Picture soundtrack. Franc had the honor of sing the Academy Award winning theme song for the film. It was in the Off Broadway production of Valentino that Franc caught the eye of Barry Manilow, who personally selected him to create and star as the male lead “Tony” in the pre-Broadway tour of Copacabana. The show enjoyed a successful year-long tour and a performance that earned Franc a National Theatre Award nomination for Best Male Performer in a Musical. Television appearances include “Entertainment Tonight”, “Access Hollywood” and “MTV’s Spotlight”, various television specials and live events. As a result of his Phantom status, Franc not only attended the American premiere of Joel Schumacher’s much anticipated musical film production of The Phantom of the Opera held in New York City, but also served as the red carpet correspondent for “Access Hollywood’s” coverage of the film. Olympic Champion Brian Boitano invited Franc to perform as a Special Musical Guest in the skater’s NBC special “Brian Boitano’s Skating Spectacular”, followed by Boitano’s next TV special, “The 2005 Tribute to Movies on Ice”, where Franc starred as Special Musical Guest with Michael Bolton. Franc’s performance of “Music of the Night” from the movie Franc is featured on many CD’s and his performance of “Panis Angelicus” earned him a Grammy Consideration for Best Male Vocalist 1999. He also appeared with Michael Feinstein, Amanda McBroom, Maureen McGovern and others on a new CD titled In Good Company (LML Music) released Spring 2005. In November 2005, Franc received a Grammy Consideration for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for Franc D’Ambrosio’s Broadway. Franc D'Ambrosio's BROADWAY has enjoyed a two year national tour with more then 150 performances to date including a three week SOLD OUT run at the New Conservatory theatre in San Francisco. During this time, Franc has been the #1 touring artist with Live on Stage out of Nashville, TN. Franc D'Ambrosio's HOLLYWOOD presented by BIG LEAGUE PRODUCTIONS and KIM STOERMER debuted in spring 2007.
The Houston-born performer began her career as a stage director in the early 1970s at the Black Arts Center. After earning an MFA at Brandeis University, Devine landed her first musical role in "Godsong" at the famed La MaMa Etc. company in NYC. Her Broadway debut was in the 1977 revival of "Hair", but she scored her first big success in 1981 as Lorell, one of the "Dreamgirls" in Michael Bennett's award-winning production. Her solo, "Ain't No Party", rocked the theater nightly and brought her acclaim. Bob Fosse cast her in his musical "Big Deal" (1986) and later that year, she earned praise for multiple roles in George C Wolfe's bitingly satirical "The Colored Museum.” Despite the attention her musical career received, it was several years before film and TV roles found their way onto Devine's resume. Her first film roles were bits in "Little Nikita" and "Sticky Fingers" (both 1988). She also had another small role as a working woman on the assembly line in "Stanley and Iris" (1990) before graduating to a strong supporting role in "Livin' Large" (1991), playing the responsible sister of a young man who only wants to be a TV broadcaster. But the film was a modest comedy and did not get much attention. Ditto for her 1992 role in "Class Act", as the mother of Play, of the Kid 'n Play rap duo. Finally, in 1995, came "Waiting to Exhale." Her work in the film won Devine a 1996 NAACP Image Award as well as a strong supporting role to Denzel Washington and Whitney Houston in "The Preacher's Wife" (1996). Devine began working on the small screen in 1987, when she spent a year on the NBC comedy "A Different World." When the show was revamped in its second season, Devine was one of the cast members—along with Marisa Tomei—dropped. In 1990, she was given her own short-lived series by CBS, "Sugar and Spice", in which she was a free-spirit joining with her conservative sister in raising their orphaned niece. Devine made her TV-movie debut in 1988 with "The Murder of Mary Phagan" (NBC), a miniseries on the Leo Frank case of Georgia. In 1991, she reprised her stage work in the ensemble show "The Colored Museum" for PBS. She has also made guest appearances on "Picket Fences" and “Reasonable Doubts.” Throughout the 1990’s, Devine maintained a steady presence on television in numerous guest starring and recurring roles: episodes of “Roc” (Fox, 1991-1994), “Picket Fences” (CBS, 1992-1996), “Touched By An Angel” (CBS, 1994-2003) and “Moesha” (UPN, 1995-2001) dot her resume. She then landed a regular role on the animated series, “The PJs” (WB, 1998-2001), voicing matriarch Muriel Stubbs to creator Eddie Murphy’s patriarchal Thurgood Stubbs. In 2000, she began her run on the acclaimed high school drama, “Boston Public” (Fox, 2000-2004), in which she played a special ed teacher who downs medication just to get through the day. Meanwhile, Devine’s film career continued unabated. After appearing a couple low-budget flicks that never saw the light of day—“The Price of Kissing” (1997) and “Lover Girl” (1997)—she had a small role as Pigfoot Mary, girlfriend to the cousin (Chi McBride) of a released con (Laurence Fishburne) who vies for control of Harlem’s numbers racket. Next, she played a university rent-a-cop with attitude in the campus slasher flick, “Urban Legends” (1998), then appeared as a loving caregiver to an Alzheimer’s patient (Esther Rolle) in Maya Angelou’s heartwarming drama, “Down in the Delta” (1998). After turning up in the comedy hit that saw Mel Gibson get in touch with his feminine side, “What Women Want” (2000), Devine revived her tough-ass campus cop Reese in the sequel, “Urban Legends: Final Cut” (2000)—a limp and insipid teen thriller that should make Hollywood executives think twice in the future. Devine returned to series television with a regular gig on the Lifetime drama, “Wildcard” (2003-2005), about a former blackjack dealer (Joely Fisher) who embarks on a new career as an insurance fraud investigator after the death of her sister. After playing an overbearing mom prone to quoting the Good Book to her nephew (Darius McCrary) in the feature “Kingdom Come” (2001), she played a social worker who helps separate a retarded man (Sean Penn) from his seven year-old daughter (Dakota Fanning) in the mawkish drama, “I Am Sam” (2001). Devine then gave one of the only amusing performances in the otherwise dreadful comedy, “King’s Ransom” (2005). Devine earned yet another Image Award nomination and an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her work in the 2004 film "Woman Thou Art Loosed." She also appeared in the 2005 Academy Awards Best Picture winning film "Crash." She also plays Rochelle's mother, Maxine, who's always picking on her, on the sitcom," Everybody Hates Chris." In 2007, she appeared in "This Christmas," a Screen Gems production co-starring Delroy Lindo, Mekhi Phifer, and Regina King. Devine plays Patti on" Eli Stone," an ABC television series which began airing in 2008. This is Loretta's third appearance in a "Help is on the Way" production.
Genecco is best known for her award-winning performances (with her 7-piece *little big band*) in her own jazz, musical creation, "DRUNK WITH LOVE: A TRIBUTE TO FRANCES FAYE!" This show made its world premiere in San Francisco, where it opened at the New Conservatory Theatre Center in July 2005, and ran for five consecutive weeks, before moving to New York City for multiple engagements at The Encore Showroom, Jazz@Lincoln Center, The Iridium Jazz Club, and more than a dozen performances at Manhattan's hottest nightclub, The Metropolitan Room. Genecco is also now hailed as the hottest nightclub entertainment at the new Rrazz Room in the Hotel Nikko in downtown San Francisco. Genecco can be seen in "Last Call!" with her 7-piece *little big band* on select Saturday nights at 10:30 PM throughout the year. Terese performs many of the original arrangements of the great Russell Garcia in her act. She also worked with pianist and arranger Mike Greensill, reed player, Tony Malfatti, and bassist Daniel Fabricant to further recreate the particular sound quality of the horn and rhythm sections used in the various studio and club bands Ms. Faye worked with. Terese's 7-piece *little big band,* as they have come to be known, brings an authentic mid-20th Century sound and energy to the show, playing in the style of Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima, Eddy Grady, Maynard Ferguson, and the West Coast style of jazz that emerged in the early 1950s. Frances Faye prominently featured Latin percussion in her 50s act, relying heavily on the stylings of Jack "Mr Bongo" Costanzo or George Escevedo. Until recently, Terese has employed the skills of the young and accomplished, Bay Area-based, Latin percussionist, Jacob Lawler, for West Coast performances, and percussionists, Joe Passaro and Mayra Casales, in New York City, to recreate the "Costanzo" effect on the show. In more recent performances of her follow-up show, "DRUNK WITH LOVE: THE SEQUEL!", JACK COSTANZO himself, is featured in the role he created for Faye almost fifty years ago, and he continues to perform in Genecco's newest creation, "Last Call!" Terese recorded her 2008 MAC Award-winning debut CD, "DRUNK WITH LOVE: A TRIBUTE TO FRANCES FAYE!" (her live tribute show) over a weekend in October of 2006 at The Metropolitan Room in NYC. It was released on the BUG:OUT:MUSIC label in April of 2007, and can be considered a companion piece to Ms. Faye's "Caught In The Act" LP's, which are currently available through GNP Crescendo Records, and distributed online through iTunes, Amazon.com and other music retailers. Ms. Genecco is a graduate of Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (BFA in Music Theater) and has appeared in various stage productions, concerts, and solo shows. She studied voice, piano, percussion, guitar, dance, composition, arrangement, choreography, and acting throughout her life and career at the Hochstein/Eastman School of Music, The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Carnegie-Mellon and Penn State University summer programs, and with Daniel Marek of the NY Metropolitan Opera. Terese has performed in major venues around the San Francisco Bay Area, including a recurring Saturday night series at the new RRAZZ ROOM in the Hotel Nikko. She has also performed regularly at the legendary jazz venue, JAZZ AT PEARL'S, the historic cabaret venue, The Empire PLUSH ROOM (now closed,) The Purple Onion, COPIA, The New Conservatory Theatre Center, ODC Theater, Kelly’s of Alameda (now closed,) Octavia Lounge, and The Herbst Theatre. In New York, Terese has performed at Jazz @ Lincoln Center, Birdland, the Iridium Jazz Club, The Metropolitan Room, and The Encore Showroom (now closed.) She has also appeared in Los Angeles at The M Bar in Hollywood (where she appears again on July 26, 2008,) the Club Ten20, and The Gardenia. In addition to her concert engagements, Terese was the lead singer and guitarist in the all-girl rock band, TREMR; she penned a full-length stage play, “The Quarry,” (which was produced at Pyramid Theater in Rochester, NY); and has written and performed stand-up comedy and spoken-word poetry. She won the “Entertainer of the Year” award at the San Francisco Cabaret Competition in 2003 and still holds that title today. This is Terese's first appearance in a "Help is on the Way" produciton.
DEBORAH GIBSON The "Original Pop Princess" Deborah exploded on to the pop music scene at the age of 16. An entertainment prodigy, Deborah became the youngest person ever to write, produce, and perform the number one single, "Foolish Beat”, a record she holds to this day in the Guinness Book of World Records. Among Deborah’s many impressive career achievements include her album Electric Youth which soared to #1 on the pop charts and her #1 hit single "Lost In Your Eyes". Over the past decade and a half, Deborah has had many album releases to both critical, and popular success some of these include 1990's Anything is Possible, 1993's Body Mind Soul, 1995's Think With Your Heart, 1997's Deborah, and 2001's "M.Y.O.B.”, and her most recent release, 2003’s Colored Lights a collection of songs from various musicals. Deborah has sold over 16 million albums world wide. In 1992 Deborah set her sights on the theater. She immediately landed the role "Eponine" in the Broadway Production of Les Misérables to rave reviews. Upon completion of her run on Broadway she turned to London's West End, breaking Box Office records in the London Production of "Grease" as Sandy. She returned to the U.S. to the national touring companies of Grease and Funny Girl as "Rizzo", and "Fanny Brice" respectively. Deborah triumphantly returned to the Broadway stage as ”Belle", in Beauty and The Beast, followed by the role of “the Narrator" in Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, then taking the leading role in the Broadway production of Rogers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella". Being incredibly versatile, in October 2002, Deborah again graced the stage as "Velma Kelly" in Chicago, the temptress of prison row showing the world a completely new side to Deborah. Her favorite and most ambitious role to date was "Sally Bowles" in the Tony Award Winning revival of Cabaret at Studio 54, “Deborah portrays Sally with Gritty Gusto, Verve, and Self Possessed Ease". (Billboard magazine). Certainly her most challenging, and vampish performance to date. Most recently Deborah has been concentrating on television and composing. She was seen on Fox's “Skating With Celebrities” with Kurt Browning. She is also the composer and lyricist on two new musicals in pre-production for Broadway. "Skirts", written by Hillary Carlip and Katie Ford, and "The Flunky", written by Jimmy Van Patten. Deborah looks forward to seeing both productions on the Broadway stage in the near future. She is currently recording a new CD to be released soon. Among Deborah’s many philanthropic activities, she founded the Pustizzi Alzheimer's foundation in honor of her late Grandfather Albert Pustizzi. Additionally, Deborah lends her tireless efforts to numerous children's charities including the T.J. Martell Foundation, the Make a Wish Foundation, Pediatric AIDS. Deborah often performs benefit concerts to raise both money and awareness for these and various other charitable organizations. This is Deborah’s second appearance in a “Help is on the Way Production.”
RJ HELTON With a passion for positive, uplifting music and finding comfort in faith, RJ found a natural home at B-Rite Music/Zomba Records, the pop music imprint of music industry powerhouse Gospo Centric Records. Produced by Tommy Sims (CeCe Winans, Michael McDonald, Kelly Clarkson), Reed Vertelney (Luther Vandross, Heather Headley), Bernie Herms (Natalie Grant, Plus One, Darwin Hobbs), New Tone Productions (Dana Glover, Black Eyed Peas, Eric Benet) and acclaimed songwriter Sam Mizell (Chris Rice, The Martins, Billy Ray Cyrus, Matthew West), RJ released his debut album, the Christian-oriented REAL LIFE which made the Billboard Christian Top 20. During that time, the Latin crooner was managed by Matthew Knowles, father of pop diva Beyonce. The silky-voiced tenor has since appeared on “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno, (performing with Kirk Franklin and Friends), “The Today Show," "Good Morning America," CNN, MTV’s “Total Request Live," and other major television outlets. RJ has also been featured in publications including “Billboard,” “Radio & Records Magazine,” “People Magazine,” “US Weekly,” “Entertainment Weekly. “ Metro Source and many more. Having co-written much of his own material on REAL LIFE, RJ is currently back in the studio working on his sophomore album with producers from Atlanta, Houston, New York and other major cities. With renewed faith and passion for music, RJ intends to break all boundaries and showcase his music as it has never been heard before. This is RJ’s first appearance in a “Help is on the Way” production.
Sony has made three tours of ASIA in the past two years, including lengthy runs in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Bangkok. Still, she centers her activity at home in San Francisco. The charismatic vocalist adds, “I love San Francisco and sooner or later everyone shows up here. It’s a great place to live and perform.” That love has been returned, as Sony Holland has become “a local treasure” to quote Jim Harrington of the Oakland Tribune.. This is Sony's third appearance in a "Help is on the Way" production.
Her long-awaited debut album, "So Many People" was released in 1994. It was followed by her second CD, "Legally Blonde" in 1998. A professional singer since the age of 12, Meg studied opera at Wichita State University and went on to perform with the Santa Fe Opera Company. While a student, she also began singing R&B and jazz in small clubs and hotels. These performances would pave the way for her arrival in San Francisco, where she quickly secured a featured role in San Francisco's long-running hit 'Beach Blanket Babylon." Meg is best known for her diverse repertoire that includes both the familiar and the rarely-heard: American pop songs from the 30's and 40's, Broadway show tunes and original works. Her one-woman cabaret show has been well-received in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Los Angeles and at San Francisco's famous showcase, the Plush Room. Her accompanist is her long-time collaborator (and husband), Billy Philadelphia. Mackay's versatility as a performer is further demonstrated by her shining list of musical performance credits. Following "Beach Blanket Babylon," she toured for two years (and played two roles) with the National Touring Company of the Tony award-winning play, "Torch Song Trilogy". Back home, her more recent credits include performances with the Marin Symphony, 'Putting It Together," "She Loves Me" and 'The World Goes 'Round" at TheatreWorks in Palo Alto, "A Karen Carpenter Christmas" at the Marsh in San Francisco, two Stephen Sondheim revues at Marin Theatre Company, the original company of the award-winning, "And What, Give Up Show Biz?" and both the San Francisco and Los Angeles companies of "Stardust." Most recently she played the title roles in both the Mountain Play's production of "Hello, Dolly!" and 42nd Street Moon's "Call Me Madam." This is Meg's 12th appearance in a "Help is on the Way" production.
Since then, she developed it into a one-woman musical, Red Hot Mama, which was workshopped at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and Lucille Lortell’s White Barn Theatre, and has finished a successful three month run Off-Broadway at the York Theatre. Her regional credits include Amanda McBroom’s Heartbeats at the Pasadena Playhouse, and an award-winning Dolly in Hello Dolly! at the Peninsula Civic Light Opera (a role she repeated in her hometown, Modesto). Sharon was Sister Hubert in Nunsense in LA and SF, where she was presented with the Bay Area Critics Circle Award for “Best Performance in a Musical”. She is the narrator of the documentary, There That Night, the story of the Provincetown, MA fire, and was featured in the recent A & E documentary, It’s Burlesque, for her research on Mae West and Sophie Tucker. In
SF, she plays The Plush Room, Great American Music Hall, and anywhere
else the check doesn’t bounce. She has played from the Moose Hall
to Carnegie Hall, from LA to Berlin, and this year celebrated her twenty-fifth
year in cabaret. She has won six San Francisco Cabaret Gold awards, a
MAC award, a Bistro award, and is most noted for her movie reenactment
of The Wizard of OZ and for being one of the few real women to impersonate
Bette Davis.
 David most recently directed "My Trip Down the Pink Carpet" written and starring Leslie Jordan currently on a 30 city tour and the 24th annual S.T.A.G.E. benefit "Blame it on Bacharach" featuring a one-act version of "Promises, Promises". Other recent efforts include" Falsettos" for The Actors’ Fund," Like a Dog on Linoleum," written and performed by Leslie Jordan, which has played to standing room only audiences in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta and Philadelphia and the world premiere of Out Late in Los Angeles. Other work includes "Always…Patsy Cline" with Sally Struthers in Palm Springs, "Madly, In Love" at the Odyssey Theatre and "Rod McKuen in Concert" at New York’s Carnegie Hall. For Singapore Rep he helmed "The Fantasticks." Musical Theatre West credits include "Mame" starring Carol Lawrence, Ruth Williamson and Sally Struthers, "Show Boat" starring Dale Kristien and Sean McDermott and "Brigadoon." His direction of the musical revue" Blame It On the Movies," which he co-originated with Billy Barnes and Ron Abel, played Off-Broadway and he repeated the staging for a Pasadena Playhouse main-stage production. Other Los Angeles productions include" Lettice and Lovage," "Alone Together" with Nancy Dussault, "The Lion in Winter" with Carole Cook and Tom Troupe at the Pasadena Playhouse, "The Gay 90s Musical" (Celebration), "Blame It On the Movies II", "Cabaret" (East West Players), "Angry Housewives" (Odyssey), "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening," "Fortune and Men’s Eyes," "Slings and Eros," Filumena (Court Theatre), "Trouble in Tahiti" (Skylight)," Triplets in Uniform," "Jesus Christ Superstar" (La Mirada)," Falsettos," "Gifts of the Maji" (Coast) and" Lullaby of Broadway" (Tiffany Theatre). For the past 24 years he has directed and co-produced the annual S.T.A.G.E. fundraisers for AIDS charities, saluting the theatre music of noted composers and lyricists. He has co-produced recordings of nine of the events: "Strouse, Schwartz and Schwartz," "Dream, the Lyrics and Music of Johnny Mercer," "Jerome Kern: Life Upon the Wicked S.T.A.G.E.;" "Harold Arlen, Over the Rainbow;" "George & Ira Gershwin: A Musical Celebration"; "Cole Porter, A Musical Toast;" "Lerner, Loewe, Lane and Friends;" "ABC Adler, Bock & Coleman;" and "Stephen Sondheim: A Celebration." He has also helmed all of the S.T.A.G.E. Too benefits for The Actors’ Fund of America – "Kurt Weill: The Centennial," "Tap Your Troubles Away: The Words and Music of Jerry Herman," "The Richard Rodgers Centennial – Something Wonderful," "Sing Happy, The Words and Music of Kander and Ebb," "The Best is Yet to Come – The Music of Cy Coleman," "Hooray For Love – A Celebration of the Music of Harold Arlen," "Everything’s Coming Up Roses: The Jule Styne Centennial" and most recently "Falsettos." Galligan co-produced the Actors’ Fund recordings "Tap Your Troubles Away: The Words and Music of Jerry Herman" and "Kurt Weill: The Centennial" as well as Dale Kristien’s first solo recording –" Beauty of Broadway" and Pamela Myers’ debut CD "The Chance to Sing". For The Center Theatre Group he directed" Loesser is More" at The Doolittle Theatre and "An Evening With Noel Coward" as well as Lanford Wilson’s "A Poster of the Cosmos" with Brian Kerwin paired with The Los Angeles cast of "The Phantom of The Opera" performing Leonard Bernstein at the Taper. Among his other recent credits, the original musical "Vampire Virgins from Venus" and the writing and staging of Valarie Pettiford’s new one woman show" Finding My Voice." He stage directed the Ford Motor Company’s special "Heroes for the Planet" starring Charlotte Church and Haley Joel Osment that aired on the A&E network. He also staged "IMPACT at Ford Field," the opening extravaganza of the new Detroit Lion’s Stadium, starring Gladys Knight. David Galligan, a native San Franciscan, began his career at the famed Opera Ring under the guidance of Irma Kay to whom he owes an eternal debt of gratitude., He is the recipient of the Los Angeles Stage Alliance’s Ovation Career Achievement Award for 2005. For the last twelve years Galligan has staged the" Help is on the Way" AIDS benefits as well as all of the "Help is on the Way for the Holidays" in San Francisco.
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Deborah Ann Gibson was born in Brooklyn, USA. One of four
girls born to Joseph and Diane Gibson. The Gibsons wanted to afford the
opportunities to their children not presented to them while growing up.
So among many other things they gave all of their children was classical
music instruction. At the very early age of four it was obvious to family
and friends just the type of music prodigy she was. It didn’t take
much time for everyone she came in contact with to realize just the type
of tremendous force they were encountering. Over the years the world became
aware that Deborah had grown to be a multitalented influence in the entertainment
industry.
