30
SUMMER PROGRAM 2013
nominations)
Aladdin, Dreamgirls
and many,
many more! His film work
includes
Torch Song Trilogy
(Murray) and
Dreamgirls
(Max Washington),
The
Nightmare Before Christmas
(VO Oogie Boogie),
All Dogs
Go To Heaven
(VO King
Gator). Ken recreated his
(N.Y. Theatre World Award
winning) Broadway debut
role of Nicley-Nicely Johnson in the Hollywood
Bowl presentation of
Guys and Dolls
. Ken was an
original cast member of the Tony® Award-winning
musicals
Cats
(also video cast – Old Deuteronomy)
and
Ain’t Misbehavin’
(NYDrama Desk Award-Best
Actor, Emmy® Award-winning TV Special NBC).
His other Broadway and New York credits include
The Wiz
,
It Ain’t Nothin’ But The Blues
,
Happiness
,
American Songbook
series at Lincoln Center,
Anyone Can Whistle
at Carnegie Hall,
The Pajama
Game
,
Call Me Madam
, and
Out of This World
as
part of City Center Encores! Series. He was also
seen in the Madison Square Garden productions
of
A Christmas Carol
and
The Wizard of Oz
. (Tour-
Jeff Award nomination) With Reprise LA, Ken was
seen in
The Threepenny Opera, Damn Yankees
and
Follies
. In London’s West End he created the role
of Father in
Children of Eden
and was seen as Rev.
Montgomery in
My One and Only
Concert at the
London Palladium. He recreated his starring role
in the Paris company of
Ain’t Misbehavin’
, dubbed
Harlem Swing
. He was seen in the world premiere
musical adaptation of the film
Grumpy Old Men
at
the Royal Manitoba Theatre Center in Winnipeg,
Canada and in
Two Gentlemen of Verona
(rock
opera) with the Tony®-winning Shakespeare
Company of Washington DC. His television roles
are numerous. Ken is also a veteran director. His
production of
The Fantasticks
was awarded the
Los Angeles Ovation Award as best musical. He
revised and directed
Storyville
with the San Diego
Repertory Theatre, as well as several productions
of
Ain’t Misbehavin’
. He recently directed
Café
Chanson
with Upstream Theatre St. Louis. Ken
can be heard on eighteen CD recordings, two of
which (
Cats, Ain’t Misbehavin’
) were awarded a
Grammy® Award. He continues to perform his
one man concert
Page By Page
(CD LML Music)
across the country and recently performed his new
show
Old, New, Borrowed and Blue
at New York’s
Broadway Cabaret, 54 Below.
RICH PISARKIEWICZ
(
Officer Krupke
) The
Muny’s 95th season marks
Rich’s 32nd on the Muny
boards. Last year, he appeared
in the acclaimed
Pirates!
in
Mike Isaacson’s first year as
executive producer. Rich
is thrilled to be working
again with
Pirates’
director
Gordon Greenberg in
West
Side Story
. Locally, Rich
has worked with the Rep, Shakespeare Festival
St. Louis, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, The Black
Rep, The Variety Club and Stages. He has also
worked regionally at the Fox Theatres in Atlanta
and St. Louis, Dallas Summer Musicals, and the
Kansas City Starlight Theatre. Rich received his
Actors’ Equity card in 1979 at Summerstage. Rich
dedicates his performance as Officer Krupke to his
Dad, St. Louis Police Officer Stanley Pisarkiewicz.
MICHAEL JAMES REED
(
Lt. Schrank
) made
his Muny debut last summer
in
The King and I,
and was
seen earlier this season as
Commander Harbison in
the thrilling production
of
South Pacific.
A recent
transplant to St. Louis, he
was recently seen in the New
Jewish Theatre’s production
of
Speed-the-Plow
,
and
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