In the past, Jason has worked on a number of
Broadway and national tours, including
The Lion
King
,
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
,
The King
and I
,
Indiscretions
,
Smokey Joe’s Cafe
and the
annual Madison Square Garden production of
A Christmas Carol
. A native of Colorado, Jason
spends the rest of the year teaching skiing in
Steamboat Springs.
NEVIN HEDLEY
(
Production Stage Manager
)
is delighted to return for his 14th Muny season.
Broadway:
Man and Boy
,
The 39 Steps
,
Medea
,
Peter
Pan
,
This is Your Song
. International, off-Broadway
and Regional: Théâtre National de Chaillot, Paris;
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisbon; Belem
Centre, Lisbon; La Jolla Playhouse; Seattle Rep;
the Huntington; Town Hall; Paper Mill; Denver
Center; the Ahmanson; the Kennedy Center;
Pittsburgh Public; La Mirada; the Vineyard;
Aaron Davis Hall; and Northern Stage. Over
35 Muny productions include:
Footloose
,
Beauty
and the Beast
,
Mame
,
Damn Yankees
,
42nd Street
,
South Pacific
,
Evita
,
Miss Saigon
,
White Christmas
and
Three Coins in the Fountain
. Nevin helms the
Broadway revival of
Cyrano
this fall.
LARA TEETER
(
Director/Choreographer
) is
pleased to be the Ruth D. &WylieTodd Charitable
Foundation Director/Choreogrpaher for
Joseph
and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat
. He has
starred at The Muny in
Bye Bye Birdie
,
The Little
Mermaid
,
Beauty and the Beast
,
Cats
,
Hairspray
,
Singin’ in the Rain
,
The Wizard of Oz
and more.
Broadway credits:
The Best Little Whorehouse in
Texas
,
The Pirates of Penzance
,
Happy New Year
and
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
. He also performed
in the 1982 revival of the Rodgers and Hart classic
On Your Toes
for which he received a Tony® Award-
nomination for his role as Junior Dolan. He is
currently an associate professor and head of the
musical theatre program at Webster Conservatory
of Theater Arts here is St. Louis, having previously
taught for Shenandoah University, Northwestern
University and California State University at
Fullerton. Lara is honored by his involvement in
the St. Louis Variety Children’s Theatre having
directed the last three productions.
Joseph…
is
dedicated to his wife and four children who will
spend the next year in NYC where his daughter,
Elizabeth, will be starring in the Broadway
production of
Mary Poppins
! “Break a leg,”
Sweetheart!
MIKE ISAACSON
(
Executive Producer
) is
grateful you are here for his inaugural season.
For the past 16 years with Fox Theatricals,
Isaacson has produced on Broadway, London
and several national tours. Highlights include:
Thoroughly Modern Millie
(2002 Tony® Award,
Best Musical);
Red
(2010 Tony® Award, Best
Play);
Legally Blonde: the Musical
(2011 Olivier
Award, Best Musical);
Everyday Rapture
;
The
Seagull
starring Kristin Scott Thomas;
‘night,
Mother
(starring Edie Falco and Brenda Blethyn);
Caroline, or Change
by Tony Kushner and Jeanine
Tesori;
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
starring
Gary Sinise (2001 Tony® Award);
You’re a Good
Man, Charlie Brown
;
Death of a Salesman
(1999
Tony® Award);
Jekyll & Hyde
. For the IPN, he
served as producer for the Broadway productions
of
Ragtime
,
Spamalot
(2005 Tony® Award, Best
Musical), and
The Color Purple
.
Legally Blonde: the
Musical
(seven 2009 Tony® Award Nominations)
also made history as the first Broadway musical
broadcast on MTV. Current projects include
Bring It On: The Musical
, opening at the St. James
Theatre on Broadway on August 1, and the off-
Broadway
Traces
at the Union Square Theatre
in New York. For 14 years, Isaacson presented
the U.S. Bank Broadway Series, bringing more
than 100 Broadway productions to St. Louis. In
May 2010, he received The Broadway League’s
Samuel J. L’Hommedieu Award for Outstanding
Achievement in Presenter Management, the
youngest person ever to receive the award. He has
served on the Board of Governors, the Executive
Committee and the Governance Committee of
The Broadway League. In development:
Mad
Hot Ballroom
,
Coal Miner’s Daughter
and
Grace
.
Thanks, Joe.
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Monday evening performances are interpreted for the hearing impaired
by
Amy Miller
and
Dan Betzler
. Visual descriptive services for the blind
and visually impaired are also provided for Monday evening performances.
This theatre is equipped with an assistive listening system. Assistive listening devices are
available at the souvenir window and at select concession stands.