In addition to previously announced 2009 Summer Season cast members, including Tony®-winner Beth Leavel, Tony®-nominee Robert Cuccioli and Broadway veterans Shoshana Bean, Tony Yazbeck, Fred Inkley, Kevin Earley, Jennifer Cody, Jacquelyn Piro Donovan, Matthew Scott and Tim Hartman, Pittsburgh CLO will welcome the following performers to the Benedum Center stage this summer.
Stephen Berger returns to the CLO for the first time since 1993 as Sam in Barry Manilow's Copacabana. His Broadway credits include The Pajama Game, Into the Woods, The Dinner Party, True West, Wonderful Town, Laughter on the 23rd Floor and Little Me. He starred in Fiorello and South Pacific for Pittsburgh CLO and has a recurring role as Judge Berger in "Law & Order."
Alan H. Green returns to Pittsburgh CLO as Male Diva No. 1 in Swing! He has guest starred in "30 Rock," "Law & Order: SVU" and held a recurring role on "The Guiding Light." He has performed on Broadway in Play On! and in the National Tours of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Swing! and Smokey Joe's Café. He last appeared for Pittsburgh CLO in Miss Saigon.
Hunter Foster will star as the Baker alongside his wife, Jennifer Cody, in Into the Woods. Mr. Foster is making his Pittsburgh CLO debut after performing on Broadway in The Producers, Urinetown, Little Shop of Horrors, Les Miserables, Grease, Footloose and King David. He is the older brother of Tony®-winner Sutton Foster, who previously starred in Pittsburgh CLO productions of Me and My Girl in 2004 and South Pacific in 2001.
Kate Loprest is making her Pittsburgh CLO debut as Female Diva No. 2 in Swing! and Cosette in Les Miserables. Her Broadway credits include Hairspray, Xanadu and The Drowsy Chaperone. She has performed in the National Tour of Wicked and Happy Days: A New Musical for Paper Mill Playhouse.
Elise Santora makes her Pittsburgh CLO debut as Conchita in Barry Manilow's Copacabana and as Granny and Cinderella's Mother in Into the Woods. Her Broadway credits include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Capeman and Man of La Mancha. She also has been a back-up vocalist for David Bowie and Julio Iglesias.
Chandra Lee Schwartz returns to Pittsburgh CLO as Lola in Barry Manilow's Copacabana. She has performed on Broadway alongside Bernadette Peters in Gypsy and in Hairspray. She was last seen in Pittsburgh CLO's production of Disney's High School Musical.
