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Moya Angela joins our cast from The Lion King's Gazelle and Cheetah tours (Disney). Her roles included Rafiki and Shenzi. She is a native of Indianapolis, IN where she won two Encore Awards in her roles as Sara in Ragtime and Adapearle in The Wiz. Moya made her NYC debut with Dreamgirls and thanks her parents/loving family for support.
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Syesha Mercado rose to fame as the second runner-up on "American Idol's" seventh season. The rising starlet has begun recording her first album, collaborating with prominent writers and producers, including Grammy-winner Diane Warren and Evan Bogart. As a young actress, Syesha received the prestigious South Eastern Theatre Conference's "Best Supporting Actress" award. She majored in theater at Florida International University and has appeared in national commercials.
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Chaz is from Philadelphia and has been gracing our television screens, co-starring in 7th Heaven, Moesha, The Parkers, The Steve Harvey Show, Sister Sister, Touched by an Angel and more. Most recently the TV audience has been watching him on The Game as Trey Wiggs. Chaz has also co-starred in Set It Off and The Temptations. Now, after co-starring on Broadway as Harpo in The Color Purple, Chaz is ready to grace the stage again as Curtis in Dreamgirls . He was on the Billboard charts three times in 2009 with his single “Chemical Reaction.” Chaz's soul/R&B album was released during the Dreamgirls tour. Chaz is excited to contribute his talents and passion with the world.
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An award-winning actor/performer/singer/ songwriter, Chester is ecstatic about being "Jimmy" in Dreamgirls And returning to the World Famous Apollo Theater where he made his NY debut as "Jackie Wilson" in The Jackie Wilson Story (Jeff, AUDELCO, BTAA and Black Excellence Awards). Broadway: Hairspray (Seaweed), Cry-Baby (Dupree) and Tarzan (Terk). Other: Hairspray (Movie) and performing for Michael Jackson. Training: Columbia Chicago (BFA). His music is available at his website.
Adrienne is a recent graduate of Marymount Manhattan College. New York Theatre credits include: The Wiz, Dorothy understudy for Encores! Summer Stars. Regional: Little Shop of Horrors, Cats, Big River, and the 25th anniversary of Dreamgirls starring Jennifer Holliday. She is an alumni of Ann Reinking’s Broadway Theatre Project. She recently toured as a featured vocalist with Trans Siberian Orchestra in their 2008-2009 Winter tour (special guest: Steven Tyler of Aero-smith). Special thanks to God, family, and Peter Strain and Associates for constant support.
A native of Flint, Michigan and a graduate of Clark Atlanta University, Trevon was a finalist on BET's Sunday Best and appeared in MTV's Making the Band 4. He is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America, Inc. and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. He thanks his family and friends for their continuous support and God for His many blessings.
Margaret recently graduated from Sam Houston State University, obtaining a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre. While attending school, Margaret has performed in several theatrical and entertainment events at the premiere theatres of Houston, TX, such as The Ensemble Theatre and Theatre Under The Stars. Special thanks go out to friends, family and Jay Binder Casting.
Milton is happy to be a part of this new production of Dreamgirls, having been in the original Broadway and 1987 revival productions. He also created the roles of Agwe in Once on This Island and Four-Eyed Moe in Five Guys Named Moe on Broadway. Other Broadway credits include: Caroline, or Change, John in Miss Saigon (as well as the London and Australian productions), Mail and the revival of Ain’t Misbehavin’. National tours: The Full Monty (also in Australia), Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar (20th anniversary tour) and Sing, Mahalia, Sing, starring Jennifer Holliday. Milton won the Best of Westword Award for his performance as Jacob in La Cage Aux Folles. Films include “The Blues Brothers.”
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2010 Grammy Award Nominee: 30th Anniversary Cast Recording of Ain’t Misbehavin (Best Musical Album). Recent credits, Tour: Ain’t Misbehavin w/Ruben Studdard (Armelia), Beehive (Wanda). Regional: Hello Dolly (Ernestina/Mrs. Rose/Dolly u/s), All Shook Up (Sylvia). Proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Endless thanks to God, my charming and supportive fiancé “E”, family, friends & Thomas at DDO Artists Agency! “Don’t be a star...be a galaxy!”
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Nat'l Tour: Aida; Regional: Caroline, or Change (Guthrie Theater); Aida (VMT), Beehive (Maltz Jupiter), Boys from Syracuse (Baltimore Centerstage), Little Shop (Atlanta Lyric); Starlight Jazz (Japan). Won Car SCLC Talent Search! Thanks parents John Boswell, the late Mattie Boswell and WFW, III.
Tallia is thankful to be a part of this fabulous show! Yes, Fabulous! Tallia grew up in Atlanta, GA by way of Springfield, MA. She then went on to earn her BFA from the University of the Arts. Some of her credits include Xanadu (1st National), Rent National Tour (Mimi), Caroline or Change, and High School Musical (North Shore/MUNY), to name a few. "Love No Limit"
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Training: New World School of the Arts, Theatre School at DePaul University, Miami Ballet, Ballet Chicago, Hubbard Street, and Steps. Recent Credits: Mamma Mia!, The King and I, Joseph…, Purlie, Parade (Joseph Jefferson nomination). A Miami native, Ronald thanks God for his many mentors and friends. Proud member of AEA.
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Talitha is a recent graduate from AMDA NY. Nat’l Tours: Hairspray. She would like to thank God, Aunt Ruby, her beautiful family and friends for their love and endless support; special thanks to Dulcina Eisen Associates for always believing. Ecclesiastes 9: 1-10
Brittney received her BFA in Dance from the University at Buffalo. Tours: 42nd Street (Anytime Annie) and Hairspray. Regional: Smokey Joe's Cafe. Thanks to Mom, Dad, and family for your love & support. Ted Levy, thanks for believing in me!
Robert is a recent magna cum laude graduate of the University of Michigan and is beyond blessed to be here! University: Rent (Angel), Parade (Jim Conley), 42nd Street (Dance Captain). Regional: MUNY, Sacramento Music Circus, and Music Theatre of Wichita where he played Seaweed J. Stubbs in Hairspray. Training: Hungarian National Ballet, North Carolina School of the Arts. Love to my family, teachers, friends, Stewart Talent, and Binder Casting! Celebrate Daily!
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Broadway: Young Frankenstein, Thoroughly Modern Millie. National Tour: Chicago and Ragtime. Other favs: Miss Saigon, and Les Miserables (Pioneer Theater), Finian’s Rainbow (Irish Repertory Theatre and Westport Playhouse), Show Boat (Carnegie Hall), Kiss Me, Kate (Weston and Westchester), Aida (Westchester).
Jared, a Houston native and proud NYU(Cap21) alum, is honored to be a part of this incredible cast! Most recent credits: The Scottsboro Boys (Reading - Susan Stroman) and Black Terror (NYU). Thank you: God for continued favor, Mom/Dad, Justin, family, and friends!
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Nikki has appeared on Star Search and opened for Anthony Hamilton. She is CEO of Get Fit w/Nik, Inc., featured in Bally Total Fitness commercials and has hosted fitness segments on The Early Show, Makeover Manor and networks of BET, CNN and NBC. Nikki, a native of Richmond, VA has a B.A. from the University of Virginia and a M.A. from Syracuse University.
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Grasan is ecstatic to have this opportunity to share and be a part of the legacy of Dreamgirls. Training: Juilliard (BFA); B'way: Finian's Rainbow; The Color Purple (Original Cast); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Original Cast); Disney's Aida (Amonasro u/s). Regional: The Old Globe, Music Theatre of Wichita, Casa Mañana, Le Petit Theatre. "así será."
Brittany is so excited to perform at the legendary Apollo Theater and tour with an amazing cast. After graduating from AMDA (NYC), she toured the U.S. in The Solid Gold Dance Party featuring The Village People, KC and the Sunshine Band, Peaches and Herb and many more disco favorites. Recent shows: 42nd Street (NSMT), Christmas Spectacular (Gateway), The Producers (ACCC), and Broadway Tonite. Love always to Mama, Daddy, Preston and Gungi and the rest of my family for their undying support.
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National Tours: Rent. Favorite Regional: Yale Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Goodspeed Musicals, Hartford Stage Company. Thanks to Cyd Levin and Associates, Mark Brandon at Binder, my devoted parents & friends. Hartt School B.F.A. alum. Galatians 6:9.
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Kimberly is thrilled to be in the Dreamgirls family! Tours: Hairspray, The Wedding Singer (1st National). A Brooklyn native and Dartmouth graduate, Kimberly thanks God for this opportunity, and friends and family for their unwavering love and support. Salaams.
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Jarran thanks God! This Jersey boy is THRILLED to be apart of the revival of his favorite musical theater piece! Some credits, Broadway: Irving Berlin's White Christmas (Jimmy), Dreamgirls (Apollo Theater). National Tours: Hairspray (USA, Japan, China) (u/s Seaweed), 42nd Street (Billy Lawlor). Favorite Regional: PCLO's Joseph...(Judah), Fulton's Crazy For You (Sam), 25th Annual...Spelling Bee (Mitch Mahoney). He was also was seen singing onboard Norwegian Cruise Line. This performance is for anyone that had a dream to perform. You can do it!
Dance Instruction: Alfred Gallman and Lisa Attles, Clarissa Newby Phillips at The Cicely Tyson School of Performing and Fine Arts, The Julliard School, Dance Theater of Harlem, Alvin Ailey. Smith worked for The Muny in the summer of 2009 and continues his career with this national tour of Dreamgirls.
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began his dance training at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC. His performance credits include: the Broadway revival of Equus, feature film Hairspray, the NBC Today Show, West Side Story European Tour, and Philadanco.
Marc began his dance training at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC. His performance credits include: the Broadway revival of Equus, feature film Hairspray, the NBC Today Show, West Side Story European Tour, and Philadanco.
Terrance is elated to join such a riveting cast! Broadway: Hair (Tribe). Regional: Aida (Mereb), Footloose (Travis). Film: Dreamgirls (Dreamworks/Paramount), Straightbashers (JewGoy Films). Other: India.Arie, Gnarls Barkley, Justin Timberlake, Vanessa Hudgens, Chayanne, National Ballet of Cuba. A proud choreographer and lyricist, he thanks God, mom, Tory, Anita, family and friends. Love today!
Robert made his Broadway debut as director/choreographer on Side Show, which earned four Tony Award® nominations including Best Musical. Other theatrical highlights include the Broadway revival of Bye Bye Birdie for the Roundabout Theater Company at the new Henry Miller Theater; the Broadway revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song (Tony, Astaire & Outer Critics Circle nomination); The Scarlet Pimpernel; the Off-Broadway hit Pageant; Disney's On The Record and The Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular. At the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., he directed the wartime classic Mister Roberts and directed and choreographed the musical Carnival. Robert also directed Hay Fever for the Old Globe Theater.
Tom wrote the book and lyrics for the Broadway musical Dreamgirls, for which he won both the 1982 Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Book of a Musical. Eyen was a pioneer of the Off-Off Broadway theater movement in the '60s and a prolific experimental playwright. His first commercial success came in 1970 with his satirical comedy The Dirtiest Show in Town. Other plays include Why Hannah's Skirt Won't Stay Down, Sarah B. Divine! and Women Behind Bars. He died May 29, 1991.
Henry began composing for Off-Off Broadway in his twenties, a venue that led to his meeting with playwright-lyricist Tom Eyen. Together with director-choreographer Michael Bennett, they created the long-running Broadway hit musical Dreamgirls, which opened at the Imperial Theatre on December 20, 1981. Dreamgirls won six Tony Awards, and Mr. Krieger was nominated for his now legendary score for which he won the Grammy Award for Best Original Cast Album. Dreamgirls generated new success with new audiences as a Dreamworks film directed by Bill Condon. His most recent Broadway musical, Side Show directed and choreographed by Robert Longbottom (book and lyrics by Bill Russell), opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in November 1997. Side Show received four Tony nominations, including Best Score. Mr. Krieger is delighted to be reunited with Mr. Longbottom on his wonderful new production of Dreamgirls!
With his friend Henry Krieger, Willie wrote the song "Patience" for the film Dreamgirls (Oscar nomination). He wrote A Year with Frog and Toad and received a Tony nomination for the book and for the score (with his brother, composer Robert Reale). He is the founder of The 52nd Street Project, which he directed for 18 years. Mr. Reale has written a good deal of television drama and recently won an Emmy for his contribution to the reinvention of The Electric Company currently on PBS. His latest musical, written with his brother and playwright Richard Dresser, recently debuted at the American Repertory Theater in Boston.
Michael choreographed Promises, Promises; Coco; Company; Follies (which he co-directed with Hal Prince); and Seasaw (which he also wrote and directed). In 1973 he made his debut as a dramatic director with Twigs, which starred Sada Thompson. A Chorus Line, which he conceived, choreographed and directed, won nine Tony Awards. In 1976 he and the other authors of A Chorus Line were awarded a Pulitzer Prize for drama. In 1979 he produced, directed and choreographed Ballroom, which was nominated for eight Tony Awards and won Mr. Bennett his sixth Tony. He won his seventh Tony Award for 1981's Dreamgirls and directed its 1985 Broadway revival. The film adaptation of Dreamgirls was released in December 2006.
Shane is one of the most talented and sought after choreographers working in the entertainment industry today. Shane puts his heart into every dance step and that has translated into some of the most memorable dance performances of the last decade earning Shane an Emmy nomination and a spot on two of the most popular dance shows on television, the hit FOX TV show "So You Think You Can Dance" and the MTV smash hit "America's Best Dance Crew." Shane is excited to be a part of the Dreamgirls production.
Credits: The LXD, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson VMA Tribute, Neyo, Jonas Brothers, Nike print, 17 Again, "Glee", "So You Think You Can Dance", "Dancing with the Stars". Penn State graduate. Thank you Mom, Dad, Tay, Grant, Anthony, Brooklyn, Shane and Bobby.
Broadway designs include: Dreamgirls (South Korea); A Chorus Line (Revival); Young Frankenstein; The Producers; The Boy From Oz; Kiss Me, Kate; Saturday Night Fever; Side Show; Angels in America; Victor/Victoria; Jelly's Last Jam; Crazy for You; Jerome Robbins' Broadway; Chess; 42nd Street; Dreamgirls; On the Twentieth Century; A Chorus Line; Jesus Christ Superstar; Lenny; Promises, Promises; The Great White Hope; and Hair. Operas: Metropolitan, Swedish Royal, Vienna State, Royal Opera Covent Garden. Honors: Tonys, Drama Desks, Outer Critics Circles, and others. He is a trustee of the Public Theater and a member of the Theater Hall of Fame.
New York credits include: 9 to 5, Pal Joey, Young Frankenstein, Grey Gardens, The Boy from Oz, Hairspray, The Producers, The Music Man, Contact, Swing, Cabaret, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Chicago, Smokey Joe's Café, Guys and Dolls, Crazy for You, Nine, Madison Square Garden's A Christmas Carol, Assassins, Robert Wilson's Hamletmachine; Mick Jagger for the Rolling Stones' Steel Wheels tour; Siegfried and Roy at the Mirage Hotel; The Pointer Sisters at Caesar's Palace; Mr. Long has been nominated for 11 Tony Awards, winning 5 times. He was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in January 2006. Hats off to Theoni V. Aldredge, the legendary designer of the original Dreamgirls.
Ken has designed 89 Broadway shows including Chicago, Bye Bye Birdie and Finian's Rainbow and the touring productions of Annie, Chicago(Worldwide), The Drowsy Chaperone, Topal in Fiddler on the Roof, High School Musical 2 (Worldwide), White Christmas and Riverdance for which he the lighting supervisor. Ken's Tony nominations include Sunday in the Park with George, The Drowsy Chaperone, End of the World, Foxfire, Sweeney Todd, Working, and The Visit. He received the 1997 Tony Award for his work on Chicago. Other projects include New York's Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular from 1979 to 2005, Disneyland's nighttime extravaganza Fantasmic!, the Las Vegas spectacular Jubilee!, and Shamu Rocks! for Seaworld Orlando and San Diego.
Selected Broadway: Fences (Tony Nomination), The Addams Family, Ragtime, Bye Bye Birdie, Hair (Tony Nomination), In The Heights (Tony Nomination), Legally Blonde, High Fidelity, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Drowsy Chaperone, Hot Feet, The Light in the Piazza, Monty Python's Spamalot, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dracula the Musical, Twentieth Century, Fiddler on the Roof, Never Gonna Dance, The Boy From Oz, Avenue Q, Gypsy, La Bohème (Drama Desk Award), Flower Drum Song, Elaine Stritch: At Liberty.Acme is Tom Clark, Mark Menard, Nevin Steinberg and Sten Severson.
Since 1982, Howard has created lighting and media designs for theater, architectural installations, trade shows, special events and corporate shows throughout the world. On Broadway, Howard has been represented with Dream, Lestat, The Pirate Queen and Say Goodnight Gracie and the current productions of Bye, Bye Birdie as well as Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Howard is a Principal in Lightswitch, a design consortium with five offices across the country. Lightswitch was founded in 1993. www.Lightswitch.net
London-born Paul Huntley is a special Tony Award Winner as well as a Drama Desk recipient. Paul had worked on hundreds of Broadway projects since arriving in this country in 1972. His projects have included Cats, Amadeus, Kiss Me Kate, The Producers and Hairspray. Current Broadway Shows: Blithe Spirit and 9 to 5. Film: Christopher Plummer in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and Willem Dafoe in Cirque du Freak.
Broadway: Curtains, The Apple Tree, Follies, Cabaret. Other credits: Romantic Poetry (Manhattan Theater Club), Trumpet of the Swan (Kennedy Center), Sinatra (Radio City). As orchestrator; Philadelphia Pops, San Francisco Symphony, Kristin Chenoweth, Chita Rivera, the Kennedy Center Honors. Composer of title song for Rebecca Luker's new album Greenwich Time. Winner of Jonathan Larson Award. 1998 graduate of University of Michigan School of Music.
Alvin is both excited and honored to be making his touring debut with Dreamgirls. A native of Washington, DC, Alvin also plays piano and has performed at the Kennedy Center, White House, Capitol and for numerous regional theatre productions, including Godspell, Cinderella, Children of Eden, Grease, Working, Kiss Me, Kate and A Chorus Line. A.B, 2006, Harvard College; M.S, 2008, Georgia Tech.
Harold holds the distinction of being the first African-American to conduct the annual Academy Awards and a Broadway musical, Promises, Promises. Other Broadway credits include: The Wiz (Original Production), A Chorus Line, Lena Horne—The Lady And Her Music, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Dreamgirls, and Never Gonna Dance. He received Tony Nominations for: Little Me, Swing!, The Life, The Full Monty, Hairspray, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and won a Drama Desk Award for his work on Hairspray. He composed the score for the film Love! Valor! Compassion! and acted as co-Musical Director for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Currently, he is the Musical Director for the ABC series, "Dancing With The Stars". He is married to actress/singer Hattie Winston.
David has been the music supervisor and/or arranger for 19 Broadway musicals, most recently Billy Elliot and Promises, Promises. He is very happy to be working once again with fellow Side Show veterans Mssrs. Longbottom, Kreiger and Wheeler. Musical training: Harvard Biology degree. Thank you, James Raitt.
Music coordination for Broadway: American Idiot, The Addams Family, Million Dollar Quartet, Fela, Memphis, Next To Normal, West Side Story, Billy Elliot, In the Heights, Wicked, Mamma Mia, The Lion King; Barbra Streisand Concerts (1994-2007). Pamela, Zachary, and Alexis make it all worthwhile.
Ray just finished the national tour of A Chorus Line. He previously helmed Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular at the Venetian, the record-breaking runs of Phantom in Los Angeles with Michael Crawford and San Francisco. Other credits include The Ten Commandments w/ Val Kilmer, The Lion King, Mamma Mia!, Martin Guerre, Chicago, Les Miserables, Cats, A Little Night Music, and many others. He is most proud of his volunteer work for AIDS charities and is a long standing member of Actor's Equity Association.
Amber just finished working on Looped with Valerie Harper in Florida and at Arena Stage in D.C., where she has worked on almost 40 productions over the past decade. She is a proud Equity member and thanks God and her family for their continuous love and support!
Stage Manager, National Tour Angels in America, PSM, Regional tours Dreamgirls (with Frenchie Davis), Hot Mikado, The Miracle Worker. PSM for AMTSJ San Jose, Sacramento Music Circus, Theatre Under the Stars, Houston, 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle. Director of Production AMTSJ. Originally from Pittsburgh, PA. Love to Maria, Madeline and Taylor.
David has supervised the technical requirements of numerous Broadway and touring productions around the world. His Broadway credits include The Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins, The Lion King, The Seafarer, Coram Boy, The History Boys, The Woman in White, Democracy, The Boy From Oz, Jumpers, Peter Pan. National Tours include The Lion King, Mary Poppins, The Producers, Beauty and the Beast (US & UK), Kiss Me Kate, Peter Pan, Les Misérables, Evita (US and SA), 42nd Street. In Las Vegas: The Lion King, Phantom Las Vegas, The Producers, We Will Rock You. David's life and business partner is Rose Palombo.
Jack Bowdan C.S.A. & Nikole Vallins C.S.A. Broadway shows include Finian's Rainbow, A Chorus Line, Gypsy, 39 Steps, White Christmas, Is He Dead?, Inherit The Wind, Journey’s End, Butley, Movin’ Out, 42nd Street, Iceman Cometh, Sound of Music, Beauty & the Beast, The King & I, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway. Mr. Brandon has cast the Broadway Production and all North American companies of The Lion King for over a decade; and most recently, the Las Vegas Production.
Alan and Allan oversee and supervise The Phantom of the Opera, Million Dollar Quartet and Promises, Promises on Broadway, Phantom on tour and in Las Vegas, and Dreamgirls and Walking With Dinosaurs on tour. Future Broadway productions include Spider-Man and The Nutty Professor. Wasser and Williams are also general managers of the annual Tony Awards® ceremony, broadcast nationally on the CBS television network.
AWA is a full service live entertainment agency, distributing musicals, plays, and variety attractions domestically and internationally. Current roster includes: American Idiot, The Phantom of the Opera, A Chorus Line, A Christmas Story: The Musical, Dreamgirls, Cirque Dreams Illumination,Cirque Dreams Holidaze, Love, Loss, & What I Wore, Traces, DreamWorks' Madagascar Live!, Nickelodeon Presents Storytime Live!, Garfield Live!, The Music of James Bond and The Merchant of Venice. www.awatouring.com
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John has been involved in the creation and production of hundreds of plays, musicals and films over the last forty years. Most recently, Mr. Breglio produced the 2006 Broadway revival of the Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning musical, A Chorus Line, which is currently touring North America with new productions planned for the Far East, London and Europe. His documentary film, Every Little Step, was released last year in theatres throughout the world. Future productions of Dreamgirls are planned for South Africa, the U.K. and the Far East in 2011 and 2012.