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ELIZABETH STANLEY (Clio/Kira). Broadway: created the roles of Dyanne in the rock-n-roll musical Million Dollar Quartet, Allison in the John Water’s musical Cry-Baby and April in the Tony Award®-winning revival of Company; also starred as Kira on the first National tour of Xanadu. Off-Broadway: The Nurse in Hello, Again (Transport Theatre Group). TV: “Fringe,” “The Chappelle Show,” and “PBS Great Performances - Company.” Regional: leading roles (Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Pioneer Theatre Company, O’Neill Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis). Indiana University School of Music Alum. Follow her on twitter: @ECStans
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DARREN RITCHIE (Sonny) comes directly from starring in the new Broadway musical, Wonderland, as the White Knight/Jack. Other credits include, Broadway: Bells Are Ringing, Les Misérables, Dracula, Little Shop of Horrors and Thoroughly Modern Millie. National tours: Fame The Musical and Little Shop of Horrors. Original workshops: The 60’s Project, Altar Boyz, Me and Mrs. Jones and Ghost the Musical, opening on the West End this Spring. Television: “Law & Order SVU,” Fox News “Half Hour News Hour,” “Days of Our Lives,” “Guiding Light” and starred in the CBS pilot, “Stroller Wars,” opposite Tiffani Amber Thiessan. Numerous regional theatre credits, TV commercials and voiceovers. Vocal recordings for award-winning composers Glen Ballard, Dave Stewart and Alan Silvestri. Much Love to my Sipo and family. Follow him on twitter: @42deeznutz
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ALIX KOREY (Melpomene, Medusa). Bway: All Shook Up, Chicago, Neil Simon’s 45 Seconds From Broadway, Triumph of Love, An Evening with Jerry Herman, Ain’t Broadway Grand, Cinderella (NYCO), Is There Life After High School? and Pirates of Penzance. Off-Bway, she received Drama Desk nominations for The Wild Party and Listen to My Heart, received an Outer Critics Circle nomination for No Way to Treat a Lady and won a DramaLeague award for Suburb. Films: Anything but Love, Dummy, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Anastasia, Elmo in Grouchland etc. TV: “House,” “Numbers,” “Law & Order,” “State of Mind” and “The Closer.” She has recorded two award-winning solo CDs: Songs You Might Have Missed and Gifts of Love. For fifteen years, Alix was a master teacher at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Married to sound designer Randy Hansen for 29 years, they dote on their adorable bichon, Lizzibeth. For more, please go to www.alixkorey.com.
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ANNIE GOLDEN (Calliope, Aphrodite) just finished creating a new musical for its NY off-Broadway debut back home in NYC at Playwrights Horizons called The Shaggs. She was discovered by Milos Forman and cast as Jeannie in his 1979 film, Hair. Other stage credits include: Xanadu (National tour as well), The Full Monty, Assassins (created Squeaky Fromme for Sondheim), Ah! Wilderness, On The Town, Little Shop of Horrors; and on the big screen: I Love You, Phillip Morris!, Twelve Monkeys, Baby Boom, Brooklyn Rules, Adventures of Power, The Pebble and the Penguin. Television: “Law & Order,” “L&O SVU,” “Cheers,” “Miami Vice,” “Third Watch.” Visit her facebook fan page to keep up on her progress!
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KIP NIVEN (Danny Maguire, Zeus), a Kansas City native and KU graduate, has appeared on Broadway, off-Broadway, in regional theatres, as well as in a dozen feature films and over a hundred network television shows and commercials. His appearances at Starlight include Anything Goes, Annie, The Wizard of Oz, and most recently, Cinderella. His work at other Kansas City theatres includes: The New Theatre Restaurant (Cactus Flower and Rumors); Kansas City Repertory Theatre (Into the Woods and A Christmas Story); The Coterie (Lucky Duck and Between Land and Sea); Musical Theatre Heritage (Gypsy and Big River); American Heartland Theatre (Affluenza! and The Nerd); and Kansas City Actors Theatre (Absurd Person Singular). Kip is a member of the company of the award-winning radio comedy show Right Between the Ears and is the Project Coordinator for EARTh (Equity Actors’ Readers’ Theatre). Up next: August: Osage County at The Rep, opening in September.
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CURTIS HOLBROOK (Thalia, Siren, Young Danny, ‘80s Singer, Cyclops, u/s Sonny) starred as Sonny Malone in the Broadway company of Xanadu after having originated the role of Thalia/Young Danny. But most importantly, Curtis found his Xanadu through that experience. On the first day of rehearsal a girl walked into the room and his life changed. Thalia and Euterpe forever!!! 10/4/09....Oh yeah! Broadway: West Side Story, The Addams Family, Xanadu, All Shook Up, The Boy From Oz, Taboo, Fosse, Footloose. Off-Broadway: 3... Film: 2... TV: 7...
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PATTI MURIN (Euterpe, Siren, ‘40s Singer, Thetis, Dance Captain, u/s Clio/Kira) is thrilled to return to Xanadu after journeying with it from start to finish on Broadway (Euterpe/Kira u/s). Favorite credits include the title roles in Lysistrata Jones (Off-Broadway, Transport Group), Emma (Old Globe Theatre, San Diego) and most recently, Ariel in The Little Mermaid at the St. Louis MUNY. BFA in Musical Theatre from Syracuse University. Most of all, love to my husband, Curtis Holbrook, together again in the show that started it all.
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KENITA R. MILLER (Erato, Siren, ‘40s Singer, Eros, Hera). B’way/Off-B’way: Xanadu (Erato/Kira Cover), The Color Purple (Celie), Dessa Rose (Dessa), Langston In Harlem (Zora Neale Hurston, Drama Desk Nom./Audelco Award). National Tours/Regional: The Color Purple, The Civil War, Woody Guthrie American Songbook, Ragtime (Sarah), Once On This Island (Timoune), Ragtime in Concert in Cardiff, Wales (Sarah). Film/TV: Liberty City Is Like Paris To Me (Sundance), “Sesame Street.” www.kenitamiller.com
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JULIUS THOMAS III (Terpsicore, Siren, ‘80s Singer, Hermes, Centaur) created the role of Roy for Kander & Ebb’s The Scottsboro Boys on Broadway (12 Tony Nominations). Nat’l tours: Xanadu (Terpsicore), 25th...Spelling Bee (Mitch/Chip), Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Feat. Soloist), Shrek The Musical (Donkey u/s). Regional: Lyric Theatre OK., Guthrie, West Virginia Public, Music Theatre Wichita (nine productions), Stage One, NYMF. Thx: Ann Steele, Morgan Freeman! Wichita State Univ. ThunderCats HO! www.juliusthomas3.com
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BRETT STANG (Featured Skater) is from San Diego and has been skating all his life. He appeared in Xanadu in 2008, and has done commercials for Washington Mutual and Lucozade. Brett has also done TV and music videos, was a jam skater from 2006-2009, and now focuses on roller derby.
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