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Moving OutA New Musical Conceived, Choreographed and Directed by Tony Award-Winner Twyla TharpBased on the Songs of Tony Award-Winner Billy Joel Presented by Dallas Summer Musicals at the Music Hall at Fair Park July 13-24, 2005
LAURIE KANYOK (Brenda) performed on Broadway in Movin’ Out (Brenda alternate, original Broadway cast ensemble). She also appeared on Broadway and in the national tour of Fosse. BRENDAN KING (Eddie) performed on Broadway in Movin’ Out (Eddie alternate). He has performed all over the world with numerous recording artists and legends. CORBIN POPP (Tony) performed on Broadway in Movin’ Out (Tony alternate). He began his professional dance training at UNL and has since danced professionally with Omaha Theater Company, The Sacramento Ballet, and Complexions. MATTHEW DIBBLE (James) performed with the Royal Ballet (UK). He was a founding member and principal dancer of K Ballet in Japan and last year worked with Twyla Tharp Dance. HOLLY CRUIKSHANK (Brenda) performed on Broadway in Movin’ Out (Brenda alternate, original Broadway cast ensemble) and in the Broadway production and national tour of Contact (Girl in the Yellow Dress). DAVID GOMEZ (Tony) performed on Broadway in Movin’ Out (Tony alternate, original Broadway cast ensemble) and Contact. His dance credits include Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Dance Theater Dayton. JULIETA GROS (Judy) was born in Argentina and trained by Serrano and Tupin. At 14, she began touring the world as a professional in Julio Boca’s Ballet Argentino. At 19, she became a principal with Ińaqui Urlezaga’s Company. RON TODOROWSKI (Eddie) appeared on Broadway in Movin’ Out (Eddie) and in Footloose. He has danced with Parsons Dance Company and Dendy Dance. MATT WILSON (Piano/Lead Vocals) has performed solo in piano bars and toured with his own band. A Dallas native, he now lives in Austin when not “on the road.” He performed at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, and has recently released his second CD, “Revolving Doors.” An in-depth bio for Matt Wilson is attached. Told through the choreography of Twyla Tharp and more than two dozen of Billy Joel’s hit songs, MOVIN' OUT is the story of lifelong friends through two turbulent decades that change them and the world around them forever. Songs like “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me,” “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” and “Pressure” all come together to weave a musical backdrop which beautifully complements Tharp’s innovative choreography. The songs and dance take audiences through a poignant narrative comprised of three main elements: post-World War II idealism, the Vietnam War and its subsequent unrest, and finally, survival. Many will recognize the musical’s main characters, as they come straight from Joel’s lyrics. There’s Brenda and Eddie from “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant,” Tony and Sergeant O’Leary from “Movin’ Out,” Judy from “Why, Judy, Why,” and James from “James”—and their story is told completely through dance, with no dialogue whatsoever. MOVIN’ OUT is “a story told without language,” Tharp says. “The movement and the action tell the story—the experience, the emotional resonance, comes from action rather than language.” MOVIN’ OUT is produced by James L. Nederlander, Hal Luftig, Scott E. Nederlander, Terry Allen Kramer, Clear Channel Entertainment and Emanuel Azenberg. Musical continuity and supervision is by Stuart Malina. MOVIN’ OUT features a scenic design by Santo Loquasto, costume design by Suzy Benzinger, lighting design by Donald Holder and sound design by Brian Ruggles and Peter Fitzgerald. Creative BiographiesTWYLA THARP (Conception, Choreography, Direction). Since graduating Barnard College in 1963, Twyla Tharp has choreographed over 125 dances, 5 Hollywood movies, directed and choreographed 2 Broadway shows, written 2 books and received 1 Tony Award, 2 Emmy Awards, 17 honorary doctorates and numerous grants including the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 1965, Ms. Tharp founded Twyla Tharp Dance. In 1988, TTD merged with American Ballet Theatre where Ms. Tharp created over a dozen works. Since then Ms. Tharp has choreographed dances for Paris Opera Ballet, The Royal Ballet, New York City Ballet, Boston Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance and Martha Graham Dance Company. In 1991, Ms. Tharp regrouped Twyla Tharp Dance and created Cutting Up, a program with Mikhail Baryshnikov which became one of contemporary dance's most successful tours, appearing in twenty eight cities over a two month period. Since 1999, Twyla Tharp Dance has toured internationally to critical acclaim. Ms. Tharp’s first Broadway production was When We Were Very Young (1980), followed by her collaboration with David Byrne, The Catherine Wheel (1981) and Singin’ In the Rain (1985). In 2002, Ms. Tharp’s and Billy Joel's Movin’ Out premiered on Broadway. The recipient of a 2003 Tony Award for Movin’ Out, Ms. Tharp also received the 2003 Astaire Award; the Drama League Award for Sustained Achievement in Musical Theater; and both the Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Choreography. In film Ms. Tharp collaborated with director Milos Forman: Hair (1978), Ragtime (1980) and Amadeus (1984); with Taylor Hackford: White Nights (1985) and with James Brooks: I'll Do Anything (1994). Television credits include choreographing “Sue’s Leg” (the inaugural episode of PBS' Dance In America), co-producing and directing “Making Television Dance,” which won the Chicago International Film Festival Award; and directing “The Catherine Wheel” for BBC Television. Ms. Tharp co-directed the television special “Baryshnikov by Tharp,” which won two Emmy Awards and the Director's Guild of America Award for Outstanding Director Achievement. Ms. Tharp’s autobiography Push Comes to Shove (1992) was followed by The Creative Habit: Learn it and Use it for Life, published in October, 2003. In August 2004, Ms. Tharp received the Vietnam Veterans of America President Award honoring her professional work and Movin’ Out. Ms. Tharp continues to create works and lecture around the world. BILLY JOEL (Music & Lyrics) Billy Joel has had 33 Top 40 hits and 23 Grammy nominations since signing his first solo recording contract in 1972. In 1990, he was presented with a Grammy Legend Award. Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992, Joel was presented with the Johnny Mercer Award, the organization’s highest honor, in 2001. In 1999 he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and he has received the Recording Industry Association of America Diamond Award, presented for albums that have sold more than 10 million copies. In 2003 he, along with Stuart Malina, won the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for Movin’ Out. Having sold more than 100 million records over the past quarter century, Billy Joel ranks as one of most popular recording artists and respected entertainers in the world. In addition to his Grammy Awards, Joel has earned three Awards for Cable Excellence and has received numerous ASCAP and BMI awards including the ASCAP Founders Award and the BMI Career Achievement Award. In 1994, he was given the 1994 Billboard Century Award. Among his many other awards and honors, Billy Joel has been given a Doctor of Humane Letters from Fairfield University (1991), an Honorary Doctorate from Berklee College of Music (1993), an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Hofstra University (1997) and a Doctor of Music from Southampton College (2000). Outside his music career, Joel has donated his time and resources to a variety of charitable causes. A longtime advocate for music education, he first began holding “master class” sessions on college campuses more than 20 years ago, giving sessions at colleges across the country and around the world. In addition, he has held classes as a benefit for the STAR Foundation (Standing for Truth About Radiation) and to establish the Rosalind Joel Scholarship for the Performing Arts at City College in New York City. For his accomplishments as a musician and as a humanitarian, Billy Joel was honored as the 2002 MusiCares Person of the Year by the MusiCares Foundation and the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. MOVIN’ OUT Live Cast Recording Now Available from Sony Classical. _________________________________________________________ The performance schedule for MOVIN’ OUT at the Music Hall at Fair Park : Music Hall Performance Schedule Wed. July 13 8 p.m. Opening
night Following its Dallas engagement, Movin’ Out will appear at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth for one week (July 26-31) as part of Casa Manana’s “Summer at the Bass” series. Single tickets for the remaining Dallas Summer Musicals shows are on sale now. The final show of the season will be the Broadway blockbuster and 2004 multiple award-winner, Wicked, coming to the Music Hall at Fair Park October 6-23. Wicked will be the State Fair of Texas musical for 2005. Single tickets, priced from $15-$69, are on sale at The Box Office, 542 Preston Royal Shopping Center, without a service fee. Tickets are also available at all Ticketmaster locations, by calling 214-631-ARTS (2787), or online at www.ticketmaster.com. For groups of 20 or more, please call 214-426-GROUP. Reveiwed by Madelyn Miller Other Moving Things to do in DallasSeemingly larger than life, Dallas for many people personifies all things Texas. From flashy architecture to oversize automobiles this is a city living large. The best description of Dallas I have ever seen comes from foodwriter and author Poppy Z. Brite in her book PRIME. She describes the nighttime view of Dallas as seen from the cocktail lounge atop the glittering orb of Reunion Tower as if, “a very rich woman with very gaudy taste had upended her jewelry box onto a huge piece of dark blue satin.” BEST MAP OF DALLAS GREAT GUIDEBOOK Great Visitor's Guide to the Dallas/Fort Worth Area WHERE TO STAY TO SEE THE WHOLE METROPLEX Omni Mandalay Madelyn’s favorite restaurants MEXICAN RESTAURANT THE LOCALS LOVE BEST CHOCOLATE EXPERIENCE IN DALLAS Madelyn’s favorite Hole in the Wall Hamburger places MADELYN’S FAVORITE UPSCALE HAMBURGER PLACES ENTERTAINING PLACES Ad Libs for a good laugh Johnnie High’s Country Music Review for discovering Country
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MOVIN’ OUT, the Tony Award-winning new musical conceived,
choreographed and directed by Twyla Tharp and based on 24 classic songs by Billy
Joel, comes to the Music Hall at Fair Park July 13-24, as a presentation of
Dallas Summer Musicals 65th season. This engagement of MOVIN’ OUT will mark the
North Texas premiere of the show that critics say revolutionized musical theatre
as we know it. “So exhilarating and soul-stirring, it practically bursts out of
the theatre,” says Richard Zoglin of Time Magazine. “The first national tour of
MOVIN’ OUT sizzles with energy, vitality and class,” says Chris Jones of
Variety.
The cast includes Matthew Dibble, David Gomez, Julieta Gros,
Laurie Kanyok, Brendan King, Corbin Popp and Ron Todorowski as principal
dancers, and Matt Wilson (who is from Dallas!) as Piano Man/Lead Vocals. The
principal roles of Brenda, Eddie, Tony and the Piano Man/Lead Vocals will be
performed in rotation. The press opening in Dallas on Wednesday, July 13, will
feature Laurie Kanyok as Brenda, Brendan King as Eddie, Corbin Popp as Tony and
Matt Wilson as Piano Man/Lead Vocals.
