[NEohioPAL]SHOWSTOPPERS 5 Years in Review

[Chuck Abraham]

               WICKLIFFE CIVIC THEATER PRESENTS

               FIVE YEARS OF MUSICAL SHOWSTOPPERS
                     A SILHOUETTE PRODUCTION

               DIRECTED BY CHARLES J ABRAHAM
                  Musically arranged by Heather Runyan
                    Choreography by Jennifer Leinweber

SHOWSTOPPERS A MEGA SONG AND DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA WAS CREATED BY CHARLES =
J.
ABRAHAM AND PATRICK MAZZARINO IN THE SUMMER OF 1996.  IT OPENED AT THE
CHAGRIN VALLEY LITTLE THEATER THAT FALL AND HAS BEEN ON TOUR EVER SINCE=

BEING SEEN AT OVER 30 DIFFERENT VENUES IN THE GREATER CLEVELAND AREA.
PRESENTING BROADWAY SHOWSTOPPERS, TOP 40, TRIBUTE MUSIC TO THE 1940'S
GOLDEN ERA, THE ARMED FORCES AND PATRIOTIC MUSIC HAS BROUGHT SHOWSTOPPE=
RS
FULL CIRCLE. IN SEPT OF 1996 THE SHOW WAS RE NAMED THE BROADWAY BELTERS=
 AND
WAS BROUGHT HERE TO REVITALIZE WICKLIFFE THEATER AND HERE WE ARE FIVE Y=
EARS
LATER.
ENJOY THE HISTORY OF BROADWAY MUSICALS HERE AND GOD BLESS THIS HOUSE

CHUCK ABRAHAM/ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR.

BROADWAY BELTERS    ON BROADWAY               MEN

A CAST PARTY        ANOTHER OPENING           ENSEMBLE

FORUM               A COMEDY TONIGHT(ENSEMBLE), I'M CALM (CHUCK)

GODSPELL            PREPARE YE,(CHUCK) BLESS THE LORD,(ERIKA) BY MY SID=
E
(SHANNON AND MARISA)

COMM.SHOWCASE  JUST IN LOVE,(JENNIFER AND CHUCK) ON MY OWN,(SHANNON) AL=
L I
ASK OF YOU (MARISA AND JOHN)

INTO THE WOODS      STAY WITH ME,(MARISA) AGONY,(CHUCK AND PETE)

A CHORUS LINE       AT THE BALLET,(JENNIFER,SHANNON AND MARISA)
ONE,(ENSEMBLE) WHAT I DID FOR LOVE,(ERIKA AND ENSEMBLE)

SHOWSTOPPERS 2000   ALL THAT JAZZ, (DANCERS JENNIFER AND JOHN WITH ERIK=
A
AND ENSEMBLE), CLOSE EVERY DOOR,(JOHN) ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE (PETE)=


THE FANTASTICKS          THEY WERE YOU.(JENNIFER AND JOHN)

PIPPIN              MAGIC TO DO. (ERIKA AND ENSEMBLE)

FOREVER-PLAID       CRY,(PETE) THREE COINS, NOT MUCH, TO REMEMBER.(
BRENDAN,CHRIS AND AARON)

OKLAHOMA            I CAIN'T SAY NO.(MARISA)

CLOSING             THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM,(CHUCK AND ENSEMBLE) SEASONS O=
F
LOVE.(ENSEMBLE)

CAST MEMBERS:

ERIKA WHITES
JOHN DUKE
MARISA TOMSICK
PETE PERCASSI
SHANNON MCPEAK
JENNIFER LEINWEBER
CHUCK ABRAHAM

FOREVER PLAIDS MAN: PETE PERCASSI, BRENDAN SANDHAM,CHRIS CLARK AND AARO=
N
DREWS=