Eleventh Annual Broadway Musical Gala
to benefit the New Tampa Players, Inc.
May 8, 2010
6:00 PM
SADDLEBROOK RESORT - TAMPA
APPEARING:
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Neil Berg
(Composer/Lyricist) - Neil is the composer/lyricist of the hit Off-Broadway musical The Prince and the Pauper, which ran for two years at the Lambs Theater in New York City. The New York Times raved " (Berg's) music soars on Angel's wings". The original cast CD is released internationally on Jay records, sheet music published by Hal Leonard, and licensing by Samuel French Inc.
Neil is currently the composer for the new Broadway musical Grumpy Old Men, based on the contemporary movie classic starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. His musical Tim and Scrooge was voted one of the best musicals of the inaugural NYMF festival in NYC, and opened at The Queens Theater in the Park in December of 2006, with a tour to follow, and a production in Austin, Texas in 2008. The Man Who Would Be King also played in the inaugural NYMF festival in NYC., and the fully orchestrated CD recording, starring Brian d'Arcy James, is due for release in 2007. He is also currently the composer/music supervisor on the new feature film Searching For Bobby D., featuring Carmen Electra, Sandra Bernhard, and Mario Cantone. The film was released in November of 2006.
Neil also composed the new musical Heidi, commissioned by the Walden Family Theater in San Francisco, which ran for over 80 performances in it's regional preniere. Other commision works include Percy Penguin for the Penguin Repertory Theater (Joe Brancato, Artistic Director), Threads for the Helen Hayes Theater, and Fiona: The Mother Goose Musical. Other works include Asylum in the Night (1995 Bistro Award for Best Musical), and the upcoming rock opera Twelve.
As owner of Leftfield Productions Inc., Neil has produced over a thousand Broadway concerts across the world with such stars as Michael Crawford, Rita Moreno, Bernadette Peters, Ben Vereen, Betty Buckley, Donna McKechnie, Liz Callaway, Eden Espinosa and many other greats. He will be touring over 80 cities in 2007-2008 with his hit show Neil Berg's 100 Years of Broadway. Neil was the Producing Artistic Director of The Broadway Series at the world famous China Club in NYC, and will be the Producer/Artistic Director of Broadway Rocks, starting in 2007 at the Hard Rock Cafe in NYC. He is also producing the new concert version of The Mystery of Edwin Drood with Rupert Holmes.
For the past 15 years, Neil has been the musical director/entertainment coordinator for The Leukemia Society of America, and Covenant House. He has produced countless corporate events all across the world for such organizations as UBS/Paine Webber, Goldman Sachs, Deloitte Touche, John Hancock, Marriott Corporation, IBM, The United Hospice Organization, The American Red Cross, YMCA, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Retired Officers Assosciation of America, Jewish Family Services, The Archdiocese of NYC, BC/EFA, and many others. For his charitable contributions Neil was honored in 2001 as The American Red Cross Man of the Year, and was honored again in 2003 by The United Hospice Foundation.
Neil can be heard on radio around the country with his jingle for Shock Coffee. Neil also toured the US with rock band Joe D'Urso & Stone Caravan and played on their past 7 CDs as well as performing with them on the recent 100 Year Anniversary Tour for Harley Davidson.
Neil dedicates everything to his wife, Rita and his newest inspiration, Lucas David Berg.
Neil can be reached at his website: www.neilberg.com
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Rita Harvey has just finished her run starring as Hodel in the hit Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof with Rosie O’Donnell and Harvey Fierstein. She made her Broadway debut performing the lead role of Christine Daee in The Phantom of the Opera , after two years performing the role with the second national tour. She starred off-Broadway as Lady Edith in the hit musical The Prince and the Pauper . Last spring she appeared as Ethel Chichester in Peg ‘O My Heart at the Irish Reperatory Theater. Regional and stock productions include Laurey in Oklahoma! and Johanna in Sweeney Todd (both at Marriott's Lincolnshire Theater), Julie Jordan in Carousel , Christine in Maurey Yeston's Phantom , Amalia in She Loves Me , Fiona in Brigadoon , Ann Collier in 1940's Radio Hour , Katrin in the play I Remember Mama , and Rose in Street Scene . Favorite opera roles include Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro , Adele in Die Fledermaus , Rose In Street Scene , Laurie in The Tender Land , Marcelline in Fidelio , and Monica in The Medium . Rita recently returned from St. Petersburg, Russia where she performed in the new musical, Take Flight by Richard Maltby and David Shire. She has been involved with with this project for the past two years. Her solo cabaret Letting Go played rave reviews and is now available on CD. Rita has performed as featured soloist in numerous concerts around the world with such stars as Robert Evan, Betty Buckley, Ben Vereen, Craig Schulman, Lillias White and Michael Crawford.
Most important to Rita is her talented husband, Broadway composer Neil Berg, and their gorgeous 1 year old son, Lucas David Berg.
Ms. Harvey's web site may be accessed at http://www.ritaharvey.com/index.htm.
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Stephanie J. Block
Stephanie has established herself as one of Broadway's most versatile leading ladies. She recently starred in 9 TO 5:THE MUSICAL as Judy Bernly earning her a Drama Desk nomination for Best Actress in a Musical. Leading up to 9 TO 5:THE MUSICAL, Stephanie found herself busy onstage as well as in the recording studio, starring as Elphaba in the Broadway Company of WICKED and recording her debut solo album, THIS PLACE I KNOW. Other Broadway credits include originating the roles of Grace O’Malley in THE PIRATE QUEEN and Liza Minnelli in THE BOY FROM OZ (opposite Hugh Jackman). She also starred in the First Nat'l Touring Company of WICKED as Elphaba for which she won the prestigious Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Actress and the Carbonell Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
Some of her regional credits include FUNNY GIRL , CRAZY FOR YOU (L.A. Ovation Award Nominee), OLIVER (Critics Award-Best Actress), James Joyce's THE DEAD, TRIUMPH OF LOVE , THE GRASS HARP, SOUTH PACIFIC, WILL ROGERS FOLLIES and the World Premiere of WICKED.
Ms. Block has sung with numerous symphony orchestras throughout United States. Her solo concert has been critically acclaimed in both NYC and in London. Stephanie's voice can be heard on the original cast recordings of THE BOY FROM OZ, THE PIRATE QUEEN and 9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL (Grammy Nomination) and, of course her solo album, THIS PLACE I KNOW. www.stephaniejblock.com
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Danny Zolli,
although best known for his monumental number of performances as Jesus, Judas, and Annas in more than 18 productions of Jesus Christ Superstar throughout the world, has also been continuing to thrill audiences with his work on the concert stage and in the recording studio.
On Broadway, the 20th Anniversary National Tour, as well as the North American Resurrection Tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, Danny not only won critical acclaim for his menacing portrayal of The High Priest Annas, but also for his poignant work in understudying and frequently performing the roles of both Jesus and Judas. A critical and musical tour de force, this tour reunited the film stars of Jesus Christ Superstar, Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson, and also starred such musical heavyweights as Irene Cara, Syreeta Wright, and Dennis DeYoung (founder, and lead singer of the legendary 70's rock band STYX).
Nationally and internationally, Danny has had the privilege of sharing concert stages with some of the music world's most renowned performers and stars. He has shared the stage with such luminaries as Three Tenor's opera legend Jose' Carreras, The Gypsy Kings, Peter Frampton, Phoebe Snow, Felix Cavalari (The Rascals), Leslie West (Mountain), Zach Starky (son of Ringo Starr), and starred as the principal male soloist in concert extravaganza The British Rock Symphony. And on the musical theater front, he starred as The Arbiter in both the recent BC/EFA concerts of Chess at the John Houseman Theater in New York City, as well as the concert production mounted by New York's Leftfield and Norse Productions.
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Capathia Jenkins
Broadway: Fame Becomes Me (The Martin Short Musical), Look Of Love, Caroline Or, Change, Civil War. Off-Broadway: Caroline Or, Change, Godspell. Regional: Children Of Eden (Papermill), Eliot Ness In Cleveland (Denver Center Performing Arts), Civil War (Alley), Ain’t Misbehavin ’(Alliance,Arizona Theatre Co). Original Cast Recordings: Children Of Eden, Godspell - Revival, Bubblin’ Brown Sugar - European. Television:The Practice, Law And Order, The Sopranos, Third Watch, Law And Order - S.V.U. Film: Marci X, Corn,Dead Sexy. Movie Soundtracks: Chicago, Mission To Mars, Legally Blonde 2.
Website: www.capathiajenkins.com
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Robert Cuccioli made his Broadway debut as Inspector Javert in Les Miserables, and, is best known for his critically acclaimed performance as the duel title roles in the Broadway hit Jekyll & Hyde, for which he received a Tony nomination, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards and Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Award. Off-Broadway, he was most recently seen in Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris and is currently in rehearsals for Dietrich & Chevalier which will begin performances the end of May at the St. Luke’s Theatre. Equally respected for his work in the Classics and Contemporary Plays as well as Musicals, Robert has performed in such notable Regional Theatres as The Guthrie, Paper Mill Playhouse, The Shakespeare Theatre of NJ and DC, and the McCarter Theatre. Robert just completed a production of Nine at The Westchester Broadway Theatre for which he received critical praise for his performance as Guido Contini. Television: Sliders, Baywatch, The Guiding Light. Film: Woody Allen’s Celebrity, and the independent film The Stranger. Robert is featured on the original cast recordings of Jekyll & Hyde (Atlantic), And The World Goes ‘Round (RCA Victor), Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris (Ghostlight), and The New Picasso (Black Forest Productions). www.robertcuccioli.com.
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