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DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS

President ... Thomas Schumacher
Executive Vice President ... Stuart Oken
Senior Vice President & General Manager ... Alan Levey

General Management
Vice President, International ... Barbara Darwall
Vice President, Labor Relations ... John Petrafesa, Sr.
Vict President, Domestic Touring ... Tony McLean
Director, Theatre Operations ... Dana Amendola
Director, Tktg. & Box Office ... Jerome Kane
Manager, Booking ... Michele Gold

Production
Executive Music Producer ... Chris Montan
Vice President, Creative Affairs ... Michele Steckler
Director, Creative Affairs ... Michelle Mindlin
Director, Physical Production ... John Tiggeloven
Staff Associate Producer ... Florie Seery
Staff Associate Designer ... Dennis W. Moyes

Marketing
Vice President ... Fiona Thomas
Vice President, International ... Ron Kollen
Executive Director ... Carol Chiavetta
Director, LA ... Trevor O'Donnell
Senior Manger, New York ... Andrew Flatt
Manager, Group Sales ... Jacob Lloyd Kimbro
Manager, New York ... Kathleen Eads
Manager, LA ... Joel Hile
Representative ... Leslie Barrett

Business and Legal Affairs
Senior Vice President ... Kevin Breen
Vice President ... Jonathan Olson
Vice President ... Robbin Kelley
Director ... Harry S. Gold
Senior Attorney ... Raymond Wu
Paralegal/Contract Administration ... Colleen Lover

Finance
Vice President ... David Schrader
Director ... Pauline Callender
Director, Analysis & Planning ... Steve Klein
Manager ... Jodie Granger
Manager, Production Accounting ... Bill Hussey
Senior Business Planner ... Joe McClafferty
Supervisor, Accounting ... James Housler
Senior Analysts ... Vince De Franco, Jason Fletcher,
Justin Gee, Angie Okamura
Production Accountants ... Saundra Berry,
Jamie Cousins, Anslem King,
Barbara Toben
Analyst ... Danielle Pinnt
Finance Coordinators ... Celia Brown, Ronnie Cooper,

Administration
Senior Manager, Human Resources ... June Heindel
Office Manager, New York ... Elisabeth Ford
Manager, Special Events ... Kurt Baker
Computer Support ... Christopher Diamond

Administrative Staff
Elliot Altman, Jodi Armstrong, Tiffany Casanova, Caroline Cazes, Stephanie Chee, Richard Claggett, Kevin Cordova, 
Giovanna Cusicanqui, Beth Du Mont, Holly Ferguson, Carl Flanigan, Brandt Haynes, Jay Hollenback, Stacie Iverson, 
Connie Jasper, Jill Jones, Jennifer Keating, Brett Kristofferson, Jim Lanahan, Barbara LaRosa, Antonia Law, Diane 
Mellen, Janet Noda, Sharon Petti, Roberta Risafi, Susan Rubio, Marianne Virtuoso, Pam Waterman, Dana Zell

BUENA VIST THEATRICAL MERCHANDISE, L.L.C.
Merchandise Manager ... Kathleen Swift
Operations Manager ... Aaron Levin
Retail Manager ... Ray Venezia
Assistant Retail Manager ... Marc Gross

[[image - ATPAM logo]] The Press Agents, Company and House 
Managers employed in this production 
are represented by the Association of 
Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.

[[image -- IATSE/IA logo]] Backstage and Front of the House Employees 
are represented by the International Alliance of 
Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).

[[image -- SSDC logo]] The Director is a member of the Society of 
Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., 
an independent national labor union.

[[image -- IATSE/USA logo]] United Scenic Artists represents the designers 
and scenic painters for the American Theatre.

EMERGENCY RESUSCITATION EQUIPMENT
Resuscitation masks and latex gloves are located at the 
ticket taker's stand in the theatre lobby.
LEARN CPR. For information contact the American Red 
Cross and the American Heart Association.

WARNING
The photographing or sound recording of any performance 
or the possession of any device or such photographing 
or sound recording inside this theatre, 
without the written permission of the management, is 
prohibited by law. Violators may be punished by ejection and violations may render the offender liable for 
money damages.

FIRE NOTICE: The exit indicated by a red light and
sign nearest to the seat you occupy is the shortest route to the street. In the event of fire or other emergency 
please do not run--WALK TO THAT EXIT. 
Thoughtless persons annoy patrons and endanger the 
safety of others by lighting matches or smoking in 
prohibited areas during the performances and intermissions. 
This violates a city ordinance and is punishable 
by law.
FIRE COMMISSIONER

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Among the delights currently on Broadway stages are the laugh-out-loud 
performances of stage & screen vets Kathleen Freeman & Shirl Bernheim

THE GOLD GIRLS OF BROADWAY by Harry Haun

This year the New Faces, who filed 
by to collect their Theatre World 
Awards for best debut performances 
(Off-Broadway or on) in the season just 
ended, had a new wrinkle.

Once recipient had -- prior to this New 
York coming-out -- logged up seven 
decades onstange, screen and TV. This she 
did on that other coast, arriving here (1) a 
full-blown character actress, (2) a household 
face and (3) the oldest performer ever 
to get this prize.

Kathleen Freeman accepted her "newcomer" 
nod with grace, good humor and a 
heartfelt sentiment that made even Lea 
[[pull quote -- "Every year I'm doing something.
I've been in the theatre
forever."--The Full Monty's
Kathleen Freeman]]
DeLaria cry. "I thought, by now, the 
whole thing had gone down the stree flying," 
confessed the happy veteran. "My 
heart is very deeply full for your generosity 
and your inclusion for this. That feels 
good after years of summer stock."

Freeman is one of several senior citizens 
gleaming like gold on Broadway these 
days. She plays den mother and accompanist 
to a pack of male-stripper wannabes in 
The Full Monty -- a role that gives this seasoned 
scene stealer license to kill, and she 
slays away . . .

She has been spending a lifetime getting 
her pre-Broadway act together. 
Every year I'm doing something," says 
Freeman, who has started her own theatres 
in California and even taught acting to a 
few sunbaked Stars of Tomorrow. "I've 
been in the theatre forever."

Actually, she wasn't quite three when 
she first hit the boards with her vaudevillian 
parents. "It was a system that no 
longer existed, so we kept right on going, 
which was typical, and finally made our 

[[image - "Kathleen Freeman in a scene from The Full Monty"]]

strange way to Los Angeles." Her mother 
wanted her to be a serious musician--none
of that presentational stuff--so Freeman 
matriculated to that effect in L.A. High 
and UCLA. "Then, a terrible thing happened. 
I got in a play at UCLA. I came 
onstage and opened my mouth and got a 
laugh, and the whole thing was over."

Her subsequent screen credits span 
two generations of Nutty Professors, Jerry 
Lewis and Eddie Murphy. In between: The 
Greatest Show on Earth, The Blues Brothers, A 
Place in the Sun, Myra Breckenridge, The 
Naked City, The Bad and the Beautiful, et al. 
Is it any wonder taht, in The Full Monty, 
when she swivels around on her piano 
See GOLDEN GIRLS, page 50

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OK, not sure how to interleave images and captions. --ThatKarenB, 1st transcriber