Paper Mill's Baker's Wife to star Ripley, Von Essen and Wolpe
By: BWW News Desk Mar. 08, 2005
Way to Treat a Lady (Coconut Grove), Fiddler on the Roof (Tevye in six productions), Fiorello, She Loves Me (Reprise, L.A.). TV: series regular on "Baby Talk" and "You're The One"; guest star on over 80 shows from "L.A. Law," "E.R.," "Six Feet Under," to "Golden Girls," "Ally McBeal," and "The Chappelle Show." Gay Marshall (Denise) was Denise in The Baker's Wife at Goodspeed Opera House. She's written and performed two one-woman shows : Piaf: La Vie l'Amour at The Great Lakes Festival, Dayton Victory Theater and Missouri Rep; and If I Were Me, a comedy that the Daily Express voted #2 on the Fringe at the Edinburgh Festival 2000. Other credits include Diana Morales in A Chorus Line on Broadway, Grizabella in the original Paris production of Cats, Camille Claudel, and Gordon Greenberg's Jacques Brel last year at Capital Rep.Richard Pruitt (Claude) just finished a 3-year run on Broadway in 42nd Street and previously appeared in On The Waterfront. Off-Broadway credits include Bat Boy - The Musical and Wicked Philanthropy. Regionally, he has worked at The Huntington Theatre (Boston), Tennessee Repertory (Nashville), The Barter Theatre (Virginia), The Birmingham Theatre (Michigan), and the Cincinnati Playhouse. Joseph Stein (Book) started his career in television as a writer for "Your Show of Shows" and "The Sid Caesar Show." He has written the librettos for Plain and Fancy, Mr. Wonderful starring Sammy Davis, Jr, The Body Beautiful, Take Me Along, Juno, Zorba, King of Hearts, Irene and Rags. Mr. Stein is best known for Fiddler on the Roof, for which he won the Tony as well as the Drama Critics' Circle Award. In addition, he wrote the hit stage comedy Enter Laughing. He also received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for the London production of The Baker's Wife. His film credits include the screenplays for Enter Laughing and Fiddler on the Roof.Stephen Schwartz (Music & Lyrics) has contributed music and/or lyrics to Godspell, Leonard Bernstein's Mass, Pippin , The Magic Show, Working (which he also adapted and directed), Rags, Children Of Eden and the current Broadway hit, Wicked. Film credits include, collaborating with Alan Menken on the scores for Pocahontas and The Hunchback Of Notre Dame and writing the songs for The Prince Of Egypt. For television, he wrote the score for the original musical "Geppetto." He has released two CDs of new songs entitled Reluctant Pilgrim and Uncharted Territory. Awards include three Academy Awards, four Drama Desk Awards, and five Grammy Awards. Gordon Greenberg (Director). Directing credits include Floyd Collins (Signature Theatre), The Baker's Wife and O. Henry's Lovers (Goodspeed Opera House), The Theory of Three (NYStage and Film), Cam Jansen (Lambs Theatre), Peter Pan (national tour), Jacques Brel . . . (Capital Rep.), The Velvet Vise (with Janeane Garafalo, NY Performance Works), An Immaculate Misconception (New End Theatre, London), Of Blessed Memory (Kings Head Theatre, London), Danny &Faye (with Tovah Feldshuh), Jesus Christ Superstar (with Billy Porter and Emily Skinner), Joseph . . . (with Andrea McArdle), and Evita (Helen Hayes Theatre in Nyack, NY; Ogunquit Playhouse). Upcoming projects include Slut (Off-Broadway, fall 2005) and The Neil Sedaka Project (Harbor Entertainment, summer 2005). Education: RADA, Stanford, NYU Film School, and Lincoln Center Theatre Director's Lab. Christopher Gattelli (Choreographer). Choreography credits include Godspell (national tour) and Moon of the Carribees (Flea Theater), Leprechauns (Off-Broadway), BC/EFA Easter Bonnet Competition, winner Gypsy of the Year Award for Cats, First You Dream (The Actors' Fund/ Christopher Reeve Foundation). TV: "2000 Tony Awards," "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" and "Out of The Box" (Disney Channel). As a performer, Broadway/tour credits include Fosse, Cats, How To Succeed..., Guys and Dolls, Evita, Betty Buckley at Carnegie Hall and Star Search, Dance Grand Champion. Industrials: McDonald's, Microsoft, Pontiac/Buick/GMC. PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE a not-for-profit arts organization that is supported in part by grants from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Dept. of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, in addition to contributions from many corporations, foundations, businesses and individuals. PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE, one of the country's leading regional theatres for over 65 years, is located on Brookside Drive in Millburn, NJ. The Playhouse is easily accessible by car from both New York (40 min. from midtown) and New Jersey via the Garden State Parkway, NJ Turnpike and I-78.
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