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Big League Productions, Inc.

PRESENTS

WITH

EMMA ALTERI MICHELLE AROTSKY NEFTALI BENITEZ

CHARLES BLAHA GARY PAUL BOWMAN EMMA JADE BRANSON

KEVIN MICHAEL BUCKLEY SAMANTHA BUTTS LIZ DAVIS ALLORIA FRAYSER

JORDAN GOLD NATHAN HOTY TRE KANALEY DREW LAKE

MASON DERRECK LEWIS GRACE NAPOLETANO

AND

STARRING

BOOK BY

RICK ELICE

SET DESIGN

KELLY JAMES TIGHE

LIGHTING DESIGN

CHARLIE MORRISON

SOUND DESIGN

DANIEL LUNDBERG

WIG DESIGN

ROXANNE DE LUNA

TECHNICAL SUPERVISOR

JAMES BOOK

TOUR PRESS & MARKETING

TRUE MARKETING

WENDY J. CONNOR

CASTING DIRECTOR

ALISON FRANCK, C.S.A.

DANCE MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS

ZANE MARK AND DARYL WATERS

COSTUME COORDINATOR

JANINE LOESCH

VIDEO DESIGN

JONATHAN INFANTE

KELLY JAMES TIGHE

COMPANY MANAGER

SOPHIE WHITFIELD

GENERAL MANAGEMENT

BIG LEAGUE PRODUCTIONS

ZACH KROHN

CATHERINE ARIALE ELLA PEREZ MORGAN SCOTT

MIKE BINDEMAN LORENZO PUGLIESE LUCY WERNERTYLER PIRRUNG

VOCAL, SONG, & INCIDENTAL

MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS

DARYL WATERS

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

OWEN O’ BRIEN

ORIGINAL BROADWAY AND TOUR COSTUME DESIGN BY

BOB MACKIE

CHOREOGRAPHY BY

ANTOINETTE DIPIETROPOLO

DIRECTION BY

CASEY HUSHION

ORIGINAL BROADWAY PRODUCTION PRODUCED BY FLODY SUAREZ, JEFFERY SELLER AND CHER

COSTUMES, WIGS, AND PROPS ARE LEASED THROUGH THE COURTESY OF OGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE, OGUNQUIT, MAINE

THE CHER SHOW

IS PRESENTED THROUGH SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH BROADWAY LICENSING GLOBAL,

440 PARK AVENUE SOUTH, 11

FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10016, WWW.BROADWAYLICENSING.COM.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

DANIEL SHER

MUSIC SUPERVISOR

KRISTIN STOWELL

MUSICAL DIRECTOR

EDDIE CARNEY

TOUR BOOKING BY TRACEY MCFARLAND, BROADWAY & BEYOND THEATRICALS

MUSICAL NUMBERS

ACT ONE

If I Could Turn Back Time (Part 1) ............................................................................Star, Ensemble

If I Could Turn Back Time (Part 2) ......................................................................... Star, Babe, Lady

Half Breed .................................................................................................................... Georgia, Babe

A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes ............................................................................. Babe, Star

You Better Sit Down Kid ....................................................................................................... Georgia

Half Breed (Concert Version) .................................................................................. Babe, Star, Lady

Da Doo Ron Ron ............................................................Babe, Lady, Star, Gracia, Fanita, Ensemble

Be My Baby ....................................................................................................... Babe, Gracia, Fanita

The Shoop Shoop Song ............................................ Babe, Bridget, Colleen, Star, Lady, Girl Group

I Like It Like That ..................................................................................................... Dave Clark Five

I Got You Babe ...............................................................................................................Babe, Sonny

Little Man ..................................................................................................................................Sonny

When The Money’s Gone ...................................................................Babe, Sonny, Lady, Ensemble

Vamp ............................................................................................................................................. Star

Ain’t Nobody’s Business ..................................................Bob Mackie, Lady, Babe, Star, Ensemble

Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) .......................................................................................Lady

Living In A House Divided .......................................................................... Star, Babe, Lady, Sonny

Bang Bang (Reprise) ......................................................................................... Lady, Star, Ensemble

Believe (Ballad) ....................................................................................................... Star, Babe, Lady

Song For The Lonely ............................................................................................... Star, Lady, Babe

INTERMISSION

ACT TWO

All I Ever Need Is You ...................................................................................................Sonny, Lady

Heart Of Stone .......................................................................................................Lucille Ball, Lady

Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves .......................................................................................................Star

Midnight Rider/Ramblin’ Man ................................................................................................. Gregg

Just Like Jesse James ...................................................................................... Star, Gregg, Ensemble

Dark Lady ................................................................................................... Sonny, Gregg, Ensemble

Baby, Don’t Go ......................................................................................................................... Sonny

Strong Enough ................................................................................................................... Lady, Star

When The Money’s Gone (Part 2) ................................................................................................ Star

The Way Of Love .........................................................................................................................Star

The Beat Goes On/It Don’t Come Easy ............................. Babe, Mackie, Assistant, Ensemble, Star

I Found Someone (Part 1) .............................................................................................................Star

I Found Someone (Part 2) .................................................................................................... Star, Rob

I Found Someone (Part 3) .............................................................................................................Star

I Got You Babe (Reprise) ................................................................................................ Sonny, Star

You Haven’t Seen The Last Of Me ......................................................................... Star, Lady, Babe

A Dream Is A Wish (Reprise) ..............................................................................Babe, Star, Georgia

Finale ...................................................................................................... Star, Babe, Lady, Ensemble

Take Me Home - Bows ........................................................................................................Company

WARNING: The photographing or sound recording of any performance is strictly prohibited.

Samantha Butts

Morgan ScottElla PerezCatherine Ariale

Mike Bindeman Lorenzo PuglieseTyler Pirrung Lucy Werner

Emma Alteri Neftali BenitezMichelle Arotsky Charles Blaha

Gary Paul Bowman

Emma Jade Branson

Liz Davis Jordan GoldAlloria Frayser Nathan Hoty

Tre Kanaley Mason Derreck LewisDrew Lake Grace Napoletano

Kevin Michael Buckley

Star .......................................................................................................................MORGAN SCOTT

Lady ..............................................................................................................CATHERINE ARIALE

Babe .............................................................................................................................ELLA PEREZ

Sonny Bono ...................................................................................................LORENZO PUGLIESE

Georgia Holt/Lucille Ball ...................................................................................... LUCY WERNER

Bob Mackie/Robert Altman/Frank ......................................................................TYLER PIRRUNG

Gregg Allman/John Southall .............................................................................. MIKE BINDEMAN

Rob Camilletti ...........................................................................................GARY PAUL BOWMAN

Lee/Top of the Pops Host ....................................................................MASON DERRECK LEWIS

Bridget ..................................................................................................................... EMMA ALTERI

Colleen .......................................................................................................GRACE NAPOLETANO

Phil Spector/Sid the Censor/Male ET Reporter .............................. KEVIN MICHAEL BUCKLEY

Infomercial Director/Digby the Writer ..............................................................CHARLES BLAHA

Studio Singers ....................................................................... ALLORIA FRAYSER, DREW LAKE

Girl Group ............................................MICHELLE AROTSKY, JORDAN GOLD, DREW LAKE

Dave Clark Five ............................................................NEFTALI BENITEZ, CHARLES BLAHA,

GARY PAUL BOWMAN, KEVIN MICHAEL BUCKLEY, TRE KANALEY

Steve the Scribe ....................................................................................................... TRE KANALEY

Bob Mackie’s Assistant ....................................................................................NEFTALI BENITEZ

Dark Lady ................................................................................................EMMA JADE BRANSON

Female ET Reporter .................................................................................... MICHELLE AROTSKY

Ensemble .................................. EMMA ALTERI, MICHELLE AROTSKY, NEFTALI BENITEZ,

CHARLES BLAHA, GARY PAUL BOWMAN, EMMA JADE BRANSON,

KEVIN MICHAEL BUCKLEY, SAMANTHA BUTTS, ALLORIA FRAYSER,

JORDAN GOLD, TRE KANALEY, DREW LAKE,

MASON DERRECK LEWIS, GRACE NAPOLETANO

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION.

UNDERSTUDIES

For Star—JORDAN GOLD, LUCY WERNER; for Lady—JORDAN GOLD, DREW LAKE; for

Babe—EMMA ALTERI, GRACE NAPOLETANO; for Sonny Bono—GARY PAUL BOWMAN,

KEVIN MICHAEL BUCKLEY; for Georgia Holt/Lucille Ball—LIZ DAVIS, JORDAN GOLD;

for Bob Mackie/Robert Altman/Frank—NATHAN HOTY, MASON

DERRECK LEWIS; for Gregg Allman /John Southall—GARY PAUL BOWMAN, TRE

KANALEY; for Rob Camilletti—CHARLES BLAHA, TRE KANALEY;

for Dark Lady—MICHELLE AROTSKY.

SWINGS

LIZ DAVIS, NATHAN HOTY

Dance Captain: MICHELLE AROTSKY

Assistant Dance Captain: NATHAN HOTY

ORCHESTRA

Conductor/Keyboard 1: EDDIE CARNEY

Assistant Conductor/Keyboard 2: ISABELLA MESENBRINK

Drums—MARC MCDUFF; Bass—LINDSAY ROSENBERG; Guitar 1—TONIE NGUYEN;

Guitar 2—WILL MURPHY; Trumpet—NICK BRUNO; Reeds—HENRY HERNANDEZ;

Trombone—ERIC SPENCER.

CAST

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST

CATHERINE ARIALE (Lady) She/Her. Cath-

erine is over the moon to be making her na-

tional tour debut with The Cher Show! Credits:

The Waiting (Margot), Sunday in the Park with

George (Yvonne), Memphis (Gladys). Pace MT.

All my love to Mom, Dad, Austin, and Jill.

ELLA PEREZ (Babe) is beyond excited to be

going on her first tour with The Cher Show!

She recently earned her BFA in Musical The-

atre from SUNY Cortland this past May. Re-

cent credits include Proof (Catherine), Cabaret

(Emcee), and Company (Amy). Endless love to

her family and friends for supporting and believ-

ing in her- she would not have the guts to be here

without you. Thank you to the entire cast and

creative team for making this possible, and thank

you to Cher for being Cher.

MORGAN SCOTT (Star) is both thrilled and

humbled to embody the icon that is CHER.

Favorite credits: Doctor (Next to Normal),

Baker’s Wife (Into the Woods), Gina (RE-

WIND); along with bandleading and audiobook

narration. Her cup runneth over with gratitude

for her family, friends, Nick, Uisge and BBB.

@mscott3

MIKE BINDEMAN (Gregg Allman/John

Southall) National Tour Debut! Regional:

The Lightning Thief (Playhouse Square), The

Rocky Horror Show (Bucks County Play-

house), Grease (Argyle Theatre), Ghost (Beck

Center for the Arts), Mamma Mia, Something

Rotten, Kinky Boots (Forestburgh Playhouse),

among others. BWMT ‘23. Rep: HCKR.

IG: @mike_bindeman

TYLER PIRRUNG (Bob Mackie/Robert Alt-

man/Frank) is ecstatic to be making his national

tour debut! Some favorite credits: Elf (Buddy

- Arizona Broadway Theatre), Jersey Boys

(Bob Gaudio - Little Theatre on the Square),

Spamalot (Historian - City Springs Theatre

Co.), Cabaret (Emcee - Glow Lyric Theatre).

Much love to his friends and family for their

endless support and to Jim and the MTA fam!

IG: @tylerpirrung

LORENZO PUGLIESE (Sonny Bono) is

pumped to be on tour again! Prior credits include

the first national tour of The SpongeBob Musical

(SpongeBob SquarePants). As a 5’5 Italian man

himself, he finds it fairly easy to pretend to be one

on stage. Massive thanks to family and friends.

IG: lorenzo_m_pugliese

LUCY WERNER (Georgia Holt/Lucille Ball,

u/s Star) is a singer, songwriter, and perform-

ing artist dwelling in Brooklyn. After graduat-

ing from Elon University she traveled all over

the US and Asia with the First National Tour of

Annie as Lily St. Regis. She has since spent her

time performing her self produced solo shows

all over the world on various cruise lines. Lis-

ten to her original music on all streaming plat-

forms under her name, as well as a brand new

cover of ‘I Got You Babe’ with her band The

Astroband! She is so grateful for her most lov-

ing and supportive family and coolest boyfriend

- you are the Hunny to my Lu! I love you guys.

@theastroband @lucyannthesky

EMMA ALTERI (Ensemble, Bridget, u/s

Babe) National tour debut! Regional: Bright Star

(Margo), The Great American Trailer Park Mu-

sical (Pickles), Saturday Night Fever (Stephanie

u/s), Escape to Margaritaville. Love and grati-

tude to the fam & the team. BA: Wagner College.

emmaalteri.com / @emmaalteri

MICHELLE AROTSKY (Ensemble, Girl

Group, Female ET Reporter, u/s Dark Lady,

Dance Captain) is thrilled to be making her

National Tour debut in The Cher Show. Se-

lect credits include: Guys and Dolls (ACT

of Connecticut), Rock of Ages (ACCC),

Matilda (The Engeman Theatre), Newsies

(The LEX), and Elf: The Musical (Syracuse

Stage). BFA Syracuse University. Endless

love and gratitude to my family and friends!

IG: @michelle_arotsky

NEFTALI BENITEZ (Ensemble, Dave

Clark Five, Bob Mackie’s Assistant) (he/

him) is incredibly honored to be making his

Broadway Nat’l tour debut!! Other credits in-

clude: We’ll Meet Again (Tour), AIDAmar

(Cruise), Guys and Dolls (Regional) and

Grumpy Old Men (Regional). He thanks his

family and friends profusely for their contin-

ued support! | http://www.neftalibenitez.com //

Insta: @neffybear

CHARLES BLAHA (Ensemble, Infomer-

cial Director/Digby the Writer, Dave Clark

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST

Five, u/s Rob Camilleti) is proud to be mak-

ing his national tour debut. Charles recently

graduated from Marymount Manhattan Col-

lege with a BFA in MT. Credits include Caba-

ret (Hans - Virginia Theatre Festival), Pippin

(ensemble), Carrie (ensemble). Sending love

to my family and friends back in New York

IG: @charles.blaha <3

GARY PAUL BOWMAN (Ensemble, Rob

Camilletti, Dave Clark Five, u/s Gregg All-

man/John Southall, u/s Sonny Bono) is elated

to be a part of his 2nd national tour after wrap-

ping up his debut in Madagascar the Musical

(First National - Alex the Lion). REGIONAL:

John W. Engeman Theater (Kinky Boots, Rock

of Ages). The Media Theater (Aspects of Love,

RENT). TV: Oxygen, Travel Channel, ID Net-

work. Love and thanks to CPM Talent Man-

agement, my family, the fellas, and Casey.

IG: @gary_bowman

EMMA JADE BRANSON (Ensemble, Dark

Lady) National Tour Debut! Proud Eastern

Washington native and alumnus of Boston

Conservatory at Berklee. Emma toured domes-

tically and internationally with Complexions

Contemporary Ballet. Thank you to the entire

casting team for this opportunity! All my love

and thanks to Mom, Dad, and Luke for their

endless support. Kisses to Rafa and Rosie!

IG: @emmabranson

KEVIN MICHAEL BUCKLEY (Ensemble,

Phil Spector/Sid the Censor/Male ET Reporter,

Dave Clark Five, u/s Sonny Bono) is thrilled to

be making his national tour debut. In addition to

acting, he writes/produces his own pop music as

‘Kev!’ on all streaming platforms. Some credits

include: The Cher Show (Gateway Playhouse),

Guys & Dolls (Theatre Aspen), & The Wizard

of Oz (Vital Theatre). Thank you to my family,

friends, teachers, and agents at UIA. Congratula-

tions to the entire cast, crew, and creative team.

SAMANTHA BUTTS (Ensemble) is thrilled

to be making her national tour debut. Credits:

Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Rockette),

Destiny Of Desire (Assistant Choreographer -

The Old Globe Theater), Women On Fire (En-

semble - Royal Family Productions) Love to her

amazing parents Wendy and Erik!

LIZ DAVIS (Swing, u/s Georgia Holt/Lucille

Ball) is thrilled to be joining her first national tour!

Regional credits include: The Prom (WPPAC),

White Christmas (NBFT) Jersey Boys (SSMT).

BA, SUNY Cortland. Endless love to my friends

and family! inhale confidence, exhale doubt.

IG@lizzdavviss

ALLORIA FRAYSER (Ensemble, Studio

Singer,) is unbelievably honored to be making

her national tour debut with The Cher Show!

Recent credits include The Color Purple (Net-

tie), White Christmas (Rita), and Beautiful the

Carole King Musical (Shirelle). Her love and

gratitude goes to her family, friends, reps at The

Price Group, and her cat, Lucy. CCM MT c/o 23

Eccl. 3:12. alloriafrayser.com <3

JORDAN GOLD (Ensemble, Girl Group, u/s

Georgia Holt/Lucille Ball, u/s Star, u/s Lady)

National tour debut! Thank you to Mom and Dad,

family, friends, and mentors for your unwaver-

ing support and love. Credits: Rent (Maureen

Johnson), All Shook Up (Miss Sandra). All my

love to my alma mater, Montclair State Univer-

sity (BFA Musical Theatre). Proudly represented

by The Collective Talent Agency. @jordan.gold

www.jordangold.me

NATHAN HOTY (Swing, u/s Bob Mackie/

Robert Altman/Frank, Assistant Dance Captain)

(They/Them) is overjoyed to make their Broadway

National Tour debut! Credits: Waiting in the

Wings (Off-Broadway), We’ll Meet Again

(Tour), worked with Jimmy Buffett (Cruise) and

Train (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame). Thank you

to their fam at Bloc, their Parents and Grandma!

TikTok/Insta: @nathanhoty

TRE KANALEY (Ensemble, Dave Clark Five,

Steve the Scribe, u/s Rob Camilletti, u/s Gregg

Allman/John Southall) is excited to make his

National Tour debut. Credits: Annie Get Your

Gun (Tommy - Jackson Hole Playhouse), Elf

the musical (Ensemble - Argyle Theatre), Bring

it On! (Cameron - SSA). He would like to thank

his Mom and Dad, All family, Thomas, Kaelin,

Brett, Corinne, and Mrs. P! IG- kanaley_22

DREW LAKE (Ensemble, Studio Singer, Girl

Group, u/s Lady) is super grateful to be turning

back time with you! Selected credits: Bat Out

of Hell (Las Vegas Residency- Dance Cap-

tain), Roxstar (@roxstarvegas), Newsies (Han-

nah, U/S Katherine), Tuacahn Amphitheater

Broadway Season, Something Rotten! (Regional

Premiere- MT West, 5 Star Theatricals). Love

to my 3 M’s & Nonnie always. “Just do it!”

drewhaleylake.com @idrewalake

MASON DERRECK LEWIS (Ensemble, Lee/

Top of the Pops Host, u/s Bob Mackie/Robert

Altman/Frank) is stoked to be on the road with

Cher! Credits: Pippin (National Tour - Manson

Trio, Pippin & Lewis u/s), Mary Poppins (City

Springs Theater), singer/dancer with Norwegian

Creative Studios. Endless love to Stephen and

Tucker! Rep: MTA @masondlewis

GRACE NAPOLETANO (Ensemble, Colleen,

u/s Babe) is over the moon to be making her

National Tour debut! She is a recent graduate

of the University of Northern Colorado (BFA in

Musical Theatre, May 2023). Credits include:

RENT (Maureen Johnson, UNCO), Head Over

Heels (Mopsa, TheatreSilco), The Laramie Proj-

ect (Barbara Pitts, UNCO). @gracenapoletano,

gracenapoletano.com

RICK ELICE (Book) Jersey Boys, Rick’s first

Broadway credit, co-authored with Marshall

Brickman, won the Tony Award, the Grammy

Award and the Olivier Award for Best Musical,

and is in the record books as the twelfth longest-

running show in Broadway history. With Mar-

shall Brickman and Andrew Lippa, he wrote The

Addams Family, starring Nathan Lane and Bebe

Neuwirth. For the past five years, The Addams

Family has been the number one or number two

most licensed musical in North America. His

first play, Peter and the Starcatcher, directed by

Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, received more

Tony Award nominations than any American

play in Broadway history, and won five 2012

Tony Awards. For the past six years, the play has

consistently been in the top five most produced

plays in North America. Rick also wrote the

double Tony Award-winning The Cher Show for

Broadway, directed by Jason Moore; the world

premiere at Paper Mill Playhouse of a new musi-

cal, My Very Own British Invasion, directed by

Jerry Mitchell; the world premiere at The Old

Globe of a new musical, Dog and Pony, with

music and lyrics by Michael Patrick Walker; and

the world premiere of a new musical, Turn of

the Century, co-authored with Marshall Brick-

man, directed by Tommy Tune. Current proj-

ects include The Princess Bride for Disney, and

Smash for Robert Greenblatt, Neil Meron, and

Steven Spielberg with Bob Martin; Monopoly,

for Hasbro, with David Rossmer and Dan Lip-

ton; and Mad Season, with Rob Thomas, Matt

Serletic and Matt Walden of Matchbox Twenty,

directed by Schele Williams. Rick is also adapt-

ing Sara Gruen’s popular novel Water for El-

ephants for the stage with the acclaimed theater

collective, Pig Pen, directed by Jessica Stone;

and writing an entirely original musical (!) based

on the rivalry between Darwin and Roget, love,

death, madness and the creation of Roget’s

Thesaurus, with 2021 Ed Kleban Award win-

ner, Benjamin Scheuer. Rick’s book, Finding

Roger, An Improbably Theatrical Love Story,

a tribute to his late husband, Roger Rees, is

published by Kingswell.

CASEY HUSHION (Direction) Broadway:

Associate/Resident Director of Mean Girls,

Aladdin, The Prom, In The Heights, Elf, The

Drowsy Chaperone, To Be Or Not to Be and

Good Vibrations. Other New York credits in-

clude Call Me Madam (Encores) and Fat Camp.

Upcoming projects: National Tour of the new

hit play Clue, which premiered at Cleveland

Playhouse and Mystic Pizza, slated to launch

a tour out of La Mirada Theatre. Also upcom-

ing, Beautiful at Paper Mill Playhouse, where

she has also directed Murder On The Ori-

ent Express, A Jolly Holiday and Beehive.

Casey has directed regionally at George Street

Playhouse, Goodspeed Opera House, Walnut

Street Theatre, Riverside Theatre, Philadelphia

Theatre Company and many more. Artistic

Director of North Carolina Theatre for ten

years. Television: Unbreakable Kimmy

Schmidt, The Tonight Show, Good Morn-

ing America, The View, The Late Show with

Stephen Colbert, NBC Special One Night

Only: The Best of Broadway. Love to Marc

and her three kids, Lincoln, Violet and Jane.

www.caseyhushion.com

ANTOINETTE DIPIETROPOLO (Chore-

ography) Officially the first choreographer in

the country of Saudi Arabia. Choreographer,

Fame US Tour; Annie, Muny; Candide, star-

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST

ring George Hearn, Rita Moreno, San Fran-

cisco Opera; Big Apple Circus In NYC; As

Director/Choreographer Ragtime, Lyric Stage

(nominated in 14 categories for the Theatre

League Awards); Ragtime, North Carolina

Theatre, (Winner Best Choreographer, Trian-

gle Theatre Award); Legally Blonde, Mamma

Mia, Hairspray, Argyle Theater; Jersey Boys

WPPAC; Director, US Tour MasterChef

Live; International Tour of Got Talent Live

www.AntoinetteDiPietropolo.com follow me

@antoinettedip

KELLY JAMES TIGHE (Set Design and Co-

Video Design) Off-Broadway/national tours:

Martin Luther on Trial, Shadowlands, The

Most Reluctant Convert, The Great Divorce,

The Fantasticks, Almost Heaven, Movin’ Out,

Shear Madness, Cats... Regional: Disney Theat-

rical, Paper Mill Playhouse, San Jose Repertory

Theatre, Laguna Playhouse, Center REPertory

Company, SlowBurn Theater, Arts Center of

Coastal Carolina, TUTS, Gateway Playhouse,

Broadway By the Bay, Contra Costa Musical

Theatre, Ray of Light Theatre. Kelly’s theatri-

cal work is published in the textbook Scene

Design and Stage Lighting and his work as an

illustrator has been published in Mooseltoe,

A Moose and a Dream. Awards/recognitions:

SF Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle, Drama-

Logue, and Shellie Awards. IG: kellyjtighe

web: kjtdesign.com

BOB MACKIE (Original Broadway and Tour

Costume Design) Costume and fashion designer

Bob Mackie is a nine-time Emmy Award win-

ner, Geoffrey Beene CFDA Lifetime Achieve-

ment Award recipient, and has three Oscar

nominations. Most recently he received a 2019

Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer

Critics Circle Award for his work on The Cher

Show. His Broadway credits include Moon Over

Buffalo and Putting It Together, starring Carol

Burnett, Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public,

Minelli on Minelli, Lorelei with Carol Chan-

ning, and On the Town with Bernadette Peters

and Phyllis Newman. Broadway on television:

“Once Upon a Mattress” starring Carol Burnett,

“Gypsy” starring Bette Midler, “Carousel,”

“Brigadoon,” “Of Thee I Sing,” and “Kismet.”

His inventive and memorable designs have

helped raise entertainers like Tina Turner, Diana

Ross, Cher, Elton John, Ann-Margret, Berna-

dette Peters, Mitzi Gaynor, Carol Burnett, Bette

Midler, Pink, and Cher to iconic status both on-

screen and off.

CHARLIE MORRISON (Lighting Design)

NYC/National/International tours: Disney’s

The Little Mermaid, A Christmas Story, How

the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, A

Chorus Line, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Miss

Saigon, Disney’s Aida, The Producers, Man

of La Mancha, Guys and Dolls, Groovaloo,

Hello, Dolly!, My Fair Lady, The King and I,

Spelling Bee, Gypsy, 42nd Street, Smokey Joe’s

Cafe, The Who’s Tommy, Titanic, The Music

Man and many others. Regional: Paper Mill

Playhouse, Guthrie Theater, Shakespeare The-

atre Company, Goodspeed Musicals, Seattle

Repertory, Seattle 5th Avenue, Broadway Sac-

ramento, Theatre Under the Stars, Dallas Sum-

mer Musicals, Kansas City Starlight, Pittsburgh

CLO, George Street Playhouse, North Carolina

Theatre, PlayMakers Repertory, Tulsa Opera

and many others. TV: Finding Magic Mike for

HBOMax. Charlie is the recipient of two Helen

Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design.

www.cmlighting.com

DANIEL LUNDBERG (Sound Design) Daniel

has designed for Roundabout Theatre Company,

The Public Theater, New York Stage and Film,

The REV, A Contemporary Theatre of Con-

necticut, His Story (Dallas), and Daniel Tiger’s

Neighborhood Live (Tour). Sound engineer and

assistant design credits include 15 Broadway

productions, 11 tours, six circuses, two theme

parks, and many concerts. BFA Carnegie Mel-

lon. It’s great to be here!

JONATHAN INFANTE (Video Design) Jona-

than Infante is a multi-media designer and art-

ist based out of Southern California. Owner of

Infante Media, a boutique production company,

that has developed video content for television,

film, museums, concert tours, plays, and musi-

cals around the world. He thanks his family and

friends for their continued support. Most recent

credits: Disney’s Tarzan the Musical (Moon-

light) The Revolutionist, Legally Blonde 2022/23

US National Tour, An American in Paris / South

Pacific 2022 Tour, and Dreamgirls 2020 Asia

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST

Tour. Regional Credits: Shrek (3D-T), Matilda

(Tuachan), Prince Of Egypt (Tuacahn), Beauty

and the Beast (MRE), Newsies (Moonlight), Big

Fish (Moonlight), Mary Poppins (MRE), Damn

Yankees (Sacramento Music Circus) American

Idiot (LMT).

KRISTIN STOWELL (Music Supervisor) is

a music director, pianist, composer, arranger,

copyist, and educator based in Washington, D.C.

Recent credits include music directing the world

premieres of On Cedar Street (Berkshire Theatre

Group) and Mystic Pizza (Ogunquit Playhouse),

and the regional premiere of The Cher Show

(Ogunquit Playhouse). Her original award-win-

ning musical Endometriosis: The Musical was

featured in the 2022 Minnesota Fringe Festival.

Kristin currently serves on the musical theatre

faculty at American University.

EDDIE CARNEY (Music Direction) Beginning

his career at the age of fourteen, Eddie’s credits

span the musical theatre gamut from Show Boat

to Chicago to Shrek the Musical. Tours: Legally

Blonde (MD ’22-’23/AMD 2019), A Chorus

Line (AMD - Tokyo 2022), South Pacific (MD),

An American in Paris (MD), Dr. Seuss’ How the

Grinch Stole Christmas! the Musical (AMD).

Other: Mamma Mia!, Caroline or Change, Hair-

spray, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Urinetown,

Ragtime, La Cage aux Folles. Kennedy Center/

American College Theatre Festival Excellence

in Music Direction: Sunday in the Park with

George and Richard Taylor’s Whistle Down the

Wind. Accompanied platinum-recording art-

ist Josh Groban and Tony Award-winner Daisy

Eagan in NYC. Outside of the pit Eddie is a Brit-

ney Spears aficionado, drops his jaw watching

Real Housewives, and predicts RuPaul’s Drag

Race winners with his fiancé. Dedicated to Pres-

ton, Mom, and Dad. “Art, in itself, is an attempt

to bring order out of chaos.” - Stephen Sondheim

ROXANNE DE LUNA (Wig Design) Debut

design with Big League. North Carolina The-

ater: Beautiful, The Carole King Musical, Kinky

Boots. Ogunquit Playhouse: Tootsie, The New

Broadway Musical, Da Vinci Code, Singing In

The Rain, Beautiful, The Carole King Musical,

Mr. Hollands Opus The New Musical (World

Premiere), The Nutty Professor, The Cher Show,

Young Frankenstein, Mystic Pizza (World Pre-

miere), Escape to Margaritaville, Annie the Mu-

sical, Kinky Boots, Menopause, Cabaret, 42nd

Street, Elf the Musical. Cleveland Playhouse:

Light It UP!. Playmakers Repertory Company

LORT-D: My Fair Lady, Intimate Apparel.

ALISON FRANCK, C.S.A. (Casting

Director) has been a casting director in NYC

for over 25 years. She started as an assistant for

many Broadway Productions, then she worked

in film/TV for several years, then from 2000-

2010, she was the Resident Casting Director at

Paper Mill Playhouse. In 2011 she joined the

team at Liz Lewis Casting Partners, where she

cast commercials, voiceovers, film/TV, and the-

atre. Alison now runs her own company, Franck

Casting, where she has cast several tours of

well-known musicals including Legally Blonde,

Dreamgirls, An American in Paris, A Christmas

Story: The Musical, A Chorus Line, The Simon

and Garfunkel Story Live and Little Women, the

Musical, now on tour. www.franckcasting.com

JANINE LOESCH (Costume Coordinator) is a

New York based Costume Designer and Coordi-

nator. Janine is happy to be involved in her first

Big League Tour. Previously her designs have

been seen at The Gateway on Long Island. Her

favorites include As You Like It, Evita, Summer:

The Donna Summer Musical and Jersey Boys.

Janine was a Wardrobe Supervisor on the World

Premiere Off-Broadway Production of The Last

Supper, the Original Off-Broadway Production

of Americano, and the Off-Broadway Produc-

tion of Fiddler on the Roof: In Yiddish with Eng-

lish Supertitles. This is the second time Janine

has been involved in a production of The Cher

Show, and is happy to be working with an amaz-

ing team! Special thanks to Casey, Dan, and her

family and friends for their love and support!

OWEN O’BRIEN (Production Stage Manager)

Off-Broadway PSM: That Golden Girls Show!

(Rockefeller Productions) National Tour PSM:

Legally Blonde The Musical (Big League Pro-

ductions), That Golden Girls Show! (Rockefeller

Productions), Spamilton! An American Parody

(Briarpatch Theatricals). Regional PSM: Kinky

Boots, Footloose (Theatre by The Sea). Select

regional credits: Disney’s Newsies, Chicago, Jo-

seph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,

Singin’ in the Rain, Ain’t Misbehavin’.

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST

WENDY J. CONNOR/DONNA FIEGEL

(Tour Press & Marketing) TRUE Marketing is a

full-service entertainment marketing firm based

in Orlando, Florida that boasts a full Marketing

and Public Relations Consulting Team, Graphic

Design Department, and Social Marketing Strat-

egy Team. Team TRUE has worked on national

tours of A Christmas Story – The Musical, An

American In Paris, Legally Blonde, A Chorus

Line, My Fair Lady, Spring Awakening, The

Producers, 42nd Street, Dreamgirls, South Pa-

cific, Guys and Dolls, and The Wizard of Oz.

www.TeamTRUE.com

BROADWAY LICENSING GLOBAL and

its family of imprints (Broadway Licensing,

Dramatists Play Service, Playscripts, and Stage-

works) is the global leader in theatrical licensing

and distribution. The iconic works represented

epitomize the greatest collection of authors,

composers, lyricists, and underlying rights hold-

ers across the globe including Arthur Miller,

Tennessee Williams, Lynn Nottage, Alan Men-

ken, Stephen King, the Bee Gees, The Beatles,

and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions. The

Broadway Licensing Global collection of titles

represents an astonishing 40 Tony Award® and

49 Pulitzer Prize-winning works. The company

leverages its team’s expertise in licensing, theat-

rical production, theatre education, and content

creation to diversify, strengthen, and rapidly

expand its portfolio into new sectors and mar-

kets. Founded in 2017, Broadway Licensing has

quickly scaled and, as of 2022, the company rep-

resents 8 of the Top 10 most produced plays in

professional theatres and 9 of the Top 10 most

produced plays in High Schools.

BROADWAY & BEYOND THEATRICALS

(Tour Booking) Led by founders and industry

veterans Tracey McFarland, Victoria Lang, and

Ryan Bogner, Broadway & Beyond Theatricals

(BBT) is dedicated to the distribution and cre-

ation of quality branded theatrical content for

traditional and non-traditional venues through-

out North America and beyond. BBT’s booking

division delivers quality productions tailored to

a venue’s size and budget; the Content division

offers commercial producers and IP stakeholders

strategic management, consulting services and

distribution solutions while producing quality

theatrical content in New York and for the road.

On Broadway as Producer: The Cottage, The

Kite Runner. Broadway tours as agent: The Cher

Show, The Kite Runner, The Addams Family

Musical, An American In Paris, Legally Blonde,

Million Dollar Quartet Christmas & and more.

www.bbtheatricals.com

BIG LEAGUE PRODUCTIONS/DANIEL

SHER (Executive Producer and General Man-

agement) is celebrating its 30th season of pro-

ducing and general managing Broadway tours

of shows and attractions throughout the world.

Early highlights were collaborations with Disney

on Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida (US Tours,

Taiwan, and China) and with Cameron Mackin-

tosh on a new production of Miss Saigon. Also,

the Tony®-Award winning Broadway revival of

42nd Street and Susan Stroman’s Broadway pro-

duction of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man.

Others: Footloose (Las Vegas, US Tour), Titanic,

1776, Peter Pan, A Funny Thing Happened on

the Way to the Forum starring Rip Taylor, Blast!,

The Who’s Tommy (US Tour, South America, Eu-

rope, and Japan), Ain’t Misbehavin’ with Ruben

Studdard, and the First National Tour of Chitty

Chitty Bang Bang– flying car and all. More re-

cent: The Producers (Susan Stroman’s original

work), Hello, Dolly! with Sally Struthers, Guys

and Dolls, My Fair Lady (US Tour and China pre-

miere), original hip-hop dance show Groovaloo

(Off-Broadway), Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole

Christmas! The Musical (10 US Tours, Grand

Ole Opry, and Madison Square Garden), Dream-

girls (US Tour, China premiere, Japan), Hair

(US Tour and Japan), Bring it On (US Tour and

Japan), and Legally Blonde (US Tours, China pre-

miere, Singapore). More recently, A Chorus Line

toured the US and Japan, and was seen in China

for the first time. Post-pandemic, Big League re-

mounted its acclaimed tour of An American in

Paris, a new production of South Pacific, Legally

Blonde, and continued touring its flagship produc-

tion of A Christmas Story The Musical. Current

work includes The Cher Show national tour and

a new touring production of Little Women. Future

work includes a new touring production of The

Addams Family.

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST

PRODUCER AND GENERAL MANAGER

Big League Productions, Inc.

President ................................................... Daniel Sher

General Manager ......................................Zach Krohn

Associate General Manager .............Sophie Whitfield

Office Manager and

General Management Assistant ........ Carson Lambert

Management Consultant ....................Shawn Thibault

Management Consultant ......................Brent Watkins

Travel Consultant ................................... Gina Willens

Booking Consultant .....................L. Glenn Poppleton

Accounting ....

Neuschatz, Neuschatz, Herman & Hanke, LLP

Insurance ..........Edgewood Partners Insurance Center

Banking ................................. JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Payroll ............................. Checks & Balances Payroll

Travel ........................................... Road Rebel Global

STAFF FOR THE CHER SHOW

2023-2024 NATIONAL TOUR

TECHNICAL & CREATIVE STAFF

Company Manager ...................... Sophie Whitfield

Production Stage Manager .............. Owen O’Brien

Production Supervisor ..............................Maya Davis

Associate Producer .............................Shawn Thibault

Associate Director ............................. Saki Kawamura

Associate Choreographer ......................Emilie Reiner

Associate Lighting Designer ................. Jason Flamos

Associate Sound Designer ................. Anthony Lopez

Technical Consultant ................................Paul Gould

Lighting Consultant ................................. Martin Cox

Production Sound ...................................Thomas Ford

Keyboard Programmer ................................. Jim Harp

Assistant Stage Manager .................Kaitlin Buttofuco

Assistant Company Manager

and 2nd Assistant Stage Manager ............. Lily Miller

Head Carpenter ...................................Rachel McCall

Assistant Carpenter/Flyman ............. J. Ryan LoPresti

Head Electrician ......................................Kay Hawley

Assistant Electrician and Head Video ..........Sam Kim

Assistant Electrician/Spot Op ............ Ryan Anderson

Swing Electrician.................................Dimitri Taylor

Head Sound ........................................ Anthony Lopez

Assistant Sound ........................................ Alec Group

Head Props .............................................. Will Barrios

Head Wardrobe .........................................John Beltre

Star Dresser/Wardrobe ..............Donna MacNaughton

Head Hair/Makeup ................................. Lisha Michel

Marketing Intern .................................... Owen Parker

www.thechershowtour.com

@chershowontour

MUSIC CREDITS

“Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do” Written

by Porter Grainger, Robert Graham Prince,

Clarence Williams, James Witherspoon. Used

with permission of Great Standards Music

Publishing Co. (ASCAP) and Universal Music

Corp. (ASCAP). “All I Ever Need Is You”

Written by Jimmy Holiday and Eddie Reeves.

Used with permission of EMI U Catalog Inc.

(ASCAP). “Bang Bang” Written by Sonny

Bono. Used with permission of Cotillion

Music Inc (BMI). “Be My Baby” Written by

Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Philip Spector.

Used with permission of Universal Songs of

Polygram (BMI), Mother Bertha Music (BMI),

Trio Music Company (BMI), ABKCO Music

Inc. (BMI). “Believe” Written by Paul Michael

Barry, Brian Thomas Higgins, Steven Torch.

TOUR BOOKING

Broadway & Beyond Theatricals

Tracey McFarland Ryan Bogner Victoria Lang

Jaymi Gilmour Megan Savage Kelsey Young

Monica Smith Gauri Mangala Mary Alex Daniels

THE CHER SHOW REHEARSED AT RIPLEY-GRIER STUDIOS

305 WEST 38TH STREET, NEW YORK NY

CREDITS

SCENERY PROVIDED BY DALLAS STAGE SCENERY,

IWEISS, MCGUIRE SCENIC, AND ROSE BRAND

LIGHTING PROVIDED BY INTELLIGENT LIGHTING SERVICES LTD

SOUND PROVIDED BY BIG LEAGUE PRODUCTIONS

TRUCKING PROVIDED BY JANCO

BUSING PROVIDED BY PEAK TOURING AND LAMOILLE VALLEY

HOTELS ARRANGED BY ROAD REBEL GLOBAL

TOUR PRESS & MARKETING

TRUE Marketing

Wendy J. Connor Donna Fiegel

Backstage and Front of the House Employees

are represented by the International Alliance of

Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).

United Scenic Artists • Local USA 829

of the I.A.T.S.E represents

the Designers & Scenic Artists

for the American Theatre

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST

BROADCAST ADVERTISING &

MEDIA PRODUCTION

Fresh Produce Productions

Frank Basile

Used with permission of WB Music Corp.

(ASCAP), Hipgnosis Songs/Kobalt Music

Publishing Ltd (PRS), PB Songs Ltd/Universal

Polygram Int. Publishing Inc. (ASCAP), BMG

Rights Management (UK) Limited (BMI).

“Da Doo Ron Ron” Written by Jeffy Barry,

Ellie Greenwich, Phillip Spector. Used with

permission of Universal Songs of Polygram

Intl. (BMI), Mother Bertha Music Inc. (BMI),

ABKCO Music Inc. (BMI). “Half Breed”

Written by Al Capps, Mary Dean. Used with

permission of Blue Monday Music (BMI). “I

Got You Babe” Written by Sonny Bono. Used

with permission of Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI).

"It Don't Come Easy" Written by Richard

Starkey. Used with permission of BMG

Platinum Songs (BMI) obo Startling Music Ltd.

“I Like It Like That” Written by Christopher

Kenner EMI Longitude Music (BMI). Used by

permission of Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

“If I Could Turn Back Time” Written by Diane

Warren. Used with permission of RealSongs

(ASCAP). “Little Man” Written by Sonny Bono.

Used with permission of Cotillion Music Inc.

(BMI). “Songs For The Lonely” Written by

Paul Barry, Mark Taylor, Steve Torch. Used

with permission of Metrophonic Music Ltd.

(ASCAP)/Universal Music Publishing Ltd.

(ASCAP), BMG Platinum Songs (BMI). “The

Beat Goes On” Written by Sonny Bono.

Used by permission of Warner Chappell.

“The Shoop Shoop Song” Written by Rudy

Clark. Used by permission of By The Bay

Music (BMI)/Trio Music Company (BMI).

“Vamp” Written by Walter Earl Brown. Used

by permission of EBA Music (ASCAP). “You

Better Sit Down Kids” Written by Sonny Bono.

Used by permission of Cotillion Music Inc.

(BMI). “You Haven’t Seen The Last of Me”

Written by Diane Warren. Used by permission

of RealSongs (BMI). “A Different Kind of Love

Song” Written by Johan Par Aberg, Michelle

Robin Lewis, Sigurd Heimdal Roesnes. Used

with permission of Wannabite Music (ASCAP)/

Universal Music MGB Songs (ASCAP). “A

Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes” Written

by Mack David, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston.

Used with permission of Walt Disney Music

Company (ASCAP). “Baby Don’t Go” Written

by Sonny Bono. Used with permission of

Mother Bertha Music (BMI), Ten-East Music

(BMI), Warner Chappell Music Publishing.

“Dark Lady” Written by Johnny Durrill. Used

with permission of Universal Music - MGB

Songs (ASCAP). “Gypsies, Tramps and

Thieves” Written by Bob Stone. Used with

permission of Universal Music Careers

(BMI). “Heart of Stone” Written by Andrew

Gerard Hil, Peter John Sinfield. Used with

THE USE OF ANY RECORDING DEVICE, EITHER

AUDIO OR VIDEO, AND THE TAKING OF PHOTOGRAPHS,

EITHER WITH OR WITHOUT FLASH, IS

STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

permission of BMG VM Music Ltd. (PRS). “I

Found Someone” Written by Michael Bolton,

Mark Mangold. Used with permission of But

For Music Ltd./EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP),

Is Hot Music Ltd./EMI Blackwood Music Inc.

(BMI). “Just Like Jesse James” Written by

Desmond Child, Dianne Warren. Used with

permission of Universal Polygram International

Inc. (ASCAP), RealSongs (ASCAP). “Living In

A House Divided” Wriitten by Tom Bahler.

Used by permission of Universal Music

Careers (BMI). “Midnight Rider” Written by

Greg Allman and Robert Payne. Used with

permission of Unichappell Music Inc and

Elijah Blue Music. “Rambling Man” Written

by Richard Betts. Used with permission of

Unichappell Music Inc. Forest Richard Betts

Music (BMI). “Save Up All Your Tears” Written

by Desmond Child, Dianne Warren. Used with

permission of Universal Polygram International

Inc. (ASCAP), RealSongs (ASCAP). “Strong

Enough” Written by Paul Michael Barry,

Market Phillip Taylor. Used with permission of

PB Songs Ltd/Universal Music Publishing Ltd.

(ASCAP). “Take Me Home” Written by Michele

Aller, Bob Esty. Used with permission of

Rick’s Music Inc/ (BMI), Rightsong Music Inc.

(BMI). “The Beat Goes On” Written by Sonny

Bono. Used by permission of Cotillion Music

Inc. (BMI). “The Way of Love” Written by

Jaccques Dieval, Al Stillman, Mariano Ruiz.

Used by permission of Chappell-Co. Inc.

(ASCAP), Music Sales Corp. (ASCAP). “This

Is A Woman’s World” Written by Matt Morris,

Paul Oakenfold, Anthony “TC” Crawford and

Joshua “J.D.” Walker. Used with Permission

of BMG Blue, Mass Transit Music, Music of

Big Deal. “When The Money’s Gone” Written

by Bruce Roberts, Donna Weiss. Used by

permission of Reservoir Media Management,

Donna Weiss Music, Inc. (BMI).