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Ed originated the role of Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and continued in the newspaper-set drama Lou Grant which earned him five Emmys and three Golden Globe Awards. He has received seven Emmy Awards and 16 nominations, five Golden Globe Awards, and served as National President of the Screen Actors Guild for two terms. He was inducted into the TV Academy Hall of Fame in 1996 and received the Ralph Morgan Award from S.A.G. in 2000. Other honors: The Life Achievement Award from S.A.G., The Anne Frank Human Rights Award, ACLU's Worker's Right's Committee Award and the National Emergency Civil Liberties Award. Over 100 TV credits include: Off the Rack, The Bronx Zoo and Thunder Alley. Guest appearances include: Curb Your Enthusiasm, ER, Arliss, The Practice, and Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip. Voiceover: The Simpsons, Spiderman, Boondocks, and commercials and numerous books on tape. Films include: They Call Me Mister Tibbs!, Fort Apache the Bronx, JFK, Elf with Will Farrell and James Caan,and the European production of Giovanni XXIII - the highest rated television mini-series in the history of Italian TV. He was nominated for another Emmy for The Christmas Card and for a guest appearance on CSI/NY. He was the lead voice of Carl Fredricksen in Pixar's 2009 award-winning and box office hit UP!
Annie is thrilled to make her Reprise debut. Recent theater credits include: Clea in Ensemble Theatre Company’s The Scene, Third Witch in Macbeth and Curley’s Wife in the award-winning production of Of Mice and Men at Theatre Banshee, Estella in Great Expectations at the Odyssey Theatre, Sybil Vane in A Picture of Dorian Gray and Aura in Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings at the Theatre @ Boston Court, Serenity in And the Winner Is. . . at the Laguna Playhouse, Ela in Charley’s Aunt at International City Theatre, Cécile in Les Liaisons Dangereuses with the Blank Theatre Company, and Myrrhine in Lysistrata at Stanford Summer Theater. TV credits include roles on Veronica Mars, Joan of Arcadia, The King of Queens, Cold Case, How I Met Your Mother, and, most recently, a guest starring role on Without a Trace. Annie graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Drama and is a native of Los Angeles. Love to my family. Thank you Nick!
Stuart is delighted to be working with Reprise again after last being seen in the 2005 concert production of A New Brain starring Malcolm Gets. A year ago Stuart was serving with Coast Guard Reserve Port Security Unit 311 in Kuwait in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM and he is extremely happy to be back home and part of the Los Angeles theatre community once again. Other theatre credits include: The National Tour of Camelot starring Michael York (Lionel/Lancelot); Cabrillo Music Theatre’s Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Adam); The Ten Commandments at the Kodak Theatre (Ensemble/Ramses); Pasadena Playhouse’s 110 In the Shade (Ensemble/Starbuck) and Annie Get Your Gun at Stages St. Louis (Frank Butler). Concert appearances with: The Hollywood Bowl Orchestraalongside Dick Van Dyke and Alan Menken; The Atlanta Pops; The Indianapolis Symphony and the Salt River Brass Orchestra. Recorded and produced critically-acclaimed solo album, Making It Through, in 2006. TV credits include: Disney’s I’m in the Band; As the World Turns and Guiding Light. Stuart is a proud member of AEA, Musical Theatre Guild and the Coast Guard Reserve. Love always to the most wonderful wife, Megan! www.stuartambrose.com.
Bradley is thrilled to be back at Reprise after having recently appeared in Carousel as well as in past productions of My One & Only, On the Town, and Brigadoon. Bradley has appeared on Broadway in the revival of Oklahoma! and in the 1st National Tour of Thoroughly Modern Millie. Other credits include: The 75th Annual Radio City Christmas Spectacular at RCMH, a workshop for the Broadway revival of Brigadoon, along with the Las Vegas productions of Hairspray and Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular. Regional credits include: West Side Story, Hello Dolly!, and Kiss Me Kate at Sacramento Music Circus, The 50th anniversary of The Music Man as Zaneeta Shin at The Bushnell Center, The Merry Widow at Los Angeles Opera, Grease at South Bay Civic Light Opera, and My Fair Lady at La Mirada Theater. Love and many thanks to my family. www.bradleyquinnbenjamin.com
Erich recently completed a three year run starring as Bob Gaudio in the Tony-winning Best Musical Jersey Boys as part of the Los Angeles, National Tour, and Las Vegas companies. Other recent credits include Gossip Girl (CW Network) White Christmas (Pantages Theater), and The Three Musketeers (Chicago Shakespeare Theater). In 2009, he co-produced, directed, and musically-directed Las Vegas Celebrates the Music of Michael Jackson, a benefit concert which raised $118,000 for Music Education in Nevada public schools. As a songwriter for himself and others, Erich is currently at work on his debut album which is scheduled for release this summer. Thank you to Steve, Jason, David, and Amy for this opportunity, and the amazing folks at Buchwald Talent Group and Lori Danziger for their continued support. Mom & Dad, as always, thanks for the money. For more information, please visit www.erichbergen.com
Matthew is pleased to return to Reprise Theatre Company, having previously appeared in Sunday in the Park with George directed by Jason Alexander. Other theatre credits include four national tours of LA Theatre Works’ The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial starring Ed Asner, Biloxi Blues, Work Song, and The Physicists, also with LA Theatre Works, As You Like It with the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company (directed by Brendon Fox), tours of Love Sweet Love and Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story with Theater League, Twelfth Night with New Village Arts,and 1776 with Lambs Players. Television credits include: The Sarah Silverman Program, recurring roles on Greek and Days of Our Lives, Veronica Mars, Joan of Arcadia, and appearances in national commercials. Visit www.matthewpatrickdavis.com for all your Matthew Patrick Davis needs.
Meg is thrilled to be back at Reprise! She was last seen here as Lola in Damn Yankees and A Grand Night for Dancing. Her Broadway credits include Cats (Cassandra), Fosse, and The Frogs starring Nathan Lane. She can also be seen on the PBS broadcast of Fosse performing "Steam Heat," "Nowadays," and "Big Spender" with Ann Reinking. Other credits include: the first national tour of Fosse and the Los Angeles company of The Producers starring Jason Alexander and Martin Short. Regional credits include Lola in Damn Yankees (Helen Hayes Award) and Sally Bowles in Cabaret (Helen Hayes Nomination), both at Arena Stage and Gladys in The Pajama Game at Baltimore Center Stage. Film credits include The Producers, directed by Susan Stroman, and Every Little Step. She is a graduate of New York University. Her most treasured roles are Mom to Cooper Jack and Wife to Jay. It's nice to be back on stage.
Tonya is a pure renegade from Michigan farmlands. At age 4, she began tap classes and from there, the performer blossomed. Starting at Detroit's Fisher Theatre and Chicago resident theatre, NYC's experimental scene gifted Tonya Kay STOMP - touring 3 years in her dream gig. She has danced in NY's Peggy Spina Tap Co, L.A.'s Mark Goodman Tap Co and has performed live in Vegas's aerial De La Guarda. Touring with Panic At The Disco and Kenny Rogers, her TV credits include recurring guest spots on Comedy Central's Secret Girlfriend and co-stars on House, Glee, Criminal Minds, NUMB3Rs and Hallmark's Wish List. Her whip cracking, knife throwing, and other danger arts have been guested on The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien, Showtime's Live Nude Comedy and History Channel's More Extreme Marksmen. Look for Tonya Kay playing a lead in feature film, Bold Native, and starring in the Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose issue #59 comic book. This magical raw vegan writes a green column for http://ecohearth.com magazine, volunteers with the endangered Asian elephant at Thailand's Elephant Nature Park, and smiles remembering practicing swing dancing with her mom, dad, and little brother back home - that's what matters. www.tonyakay.com
Laura is thrilled to be back at the Forum after performing the role of Gymnasia in the Goodspeed Opera House production this past fall. Other favorite regional credits include La Cage Aux Folles, On The Town, and The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas. Laura is a graduate of the Rock School for the Pennsylvania Ballet, and currently resides in New York City. Love and thanks to friends and family!
Michael is honored to join such deliciously demented friends and colleagues for this, his fifth trip to the Forum. Other stage credits include national tours of The Producers (Max Bialystock understudy) and Les Misérables (Thenardier), Li’l Abner (Marryin’ Sam) for Reprise, Guys and Dolls (Benny Southstreet) for Sacramento Music Circus, Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Milt) for San Jose Rep and Laguna Playhouse, and The Producers (Max Bialystock) for Long Island’s Gateway Playhouse, Music Theatre of Wichita, and Musical Theatre West in Long Beach, opposite Larry Raben. Kostroff was recently nominated for a 2009 L. A. Drama Critics Circle Award for the latter. On TV, he’s best known for his five-years as unscrupulous gang attorney Maury Levy on HBO’s acclaimed series, The Wire and his current role on The Disney Channel’s Sonny with a Chance. Other TV appearances: Studio 60, The Closer, Without a Trace, The Middle, Brothers and Sisters, ER, West Wing, Boston Legal, Life, Cold Case, Party Down, Eli Stone and Sons of Tucson. Kostroff is a member of L.A.’s Musical Theatre Guild and the author of the popular book Letters from Backstage, a funny, behind-the-scenes chronicle of life on the road.
Mercy’s eclectic talents were honed in her home town of Las Vegas, where she grew up singing in a gospel choir, and began her professional acting career at the age of 8. She later recorded a full length CD of original music for Conqueroot Records, with two accompanying east coast tours, as well as contributing two tracks to a Norah Jones compilation on Koch Records. On stage, she originated the roles of “Tiffany” in the TheatreLeague premiere of Love, Sweet Love, and “Pfeiffer” in the premier of Nymphony in 12D (a performance for which the L.A. Times labeled her “a tireless stand-out”). Television credits include: Trust Me, Worst Week, Scrubs, and the new sci-fi series Trenches, in which she plays “Cpt. Racine”, the female lead. Film credits include the multi-award-winning feature film adaptation of her critically acclaimed stage play Tales from the Catholic Church of Elvis!, a dark comedy detailing “the shocking true story of a Catholic school girl in Las Vegas!” For more info, visit CCofE.com or IMDB.
Alan is a founding member of the famed San Francisco Actor’s Workshop in 1954, Alan, A Beckett scholar, has a distinguished 75-year acting career and is an accomplished voice-over actor. Broadway: Impossible Marriage. Off-Broadway: The Beard of Avon, Waiting for Godot. National: Twelve Angry Men. Regional: The Cherry Orchard (Center Theatre Group); Trying (Colony Theatre Company), Ovation Award. Features: The Marrying Man, Endgame, Midnight Witness, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Shortbus, A Serious Man. National Public Radio: Broadway Bound. Alan was nominated for a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his recent performance in No Man’s Land (Odyssey Theatre).
Russ is thrilled to be making his Reprise debut in one of his favorite shows. Over the past few years he has appeared on many television shows and over fifteen national commercials. Some favorite regional theater credits include: Will Parker in Oklahoma, Benny Southstreet in Guys and Dolls, Vladimir in Waiting for Godot, the Nurse in Romeo & Juliet and Saturninus in Titus Andronicus. Russ currently plays the Genie in Disney’s Aladdin: The Musical Spectacular at the Disneyland resort, a role he has enjoyed playing for nearly six years. He would like to thank his beautiful wife Kelly for her love and support and his beagle Pixie for being adorable.
Candy is an LA native and proud member of AEA. National Tours: Spamalot Las Vegas and NT, Pippin, Evita, Phantom of the Opera and Celine Dion’s A New Day. Regional credits: The Music Man (Bushnell), The Most Happy Fella (NYCO), Carousel and A Grand Night for Dancing (Reprise), Showboat and Carousel at the Hollywood Bowl, and several productions with the Los Angeles Opera. Dance companies: The National Choreographer’s Initiative, Diavolo, MOMIX, New Jersey Ballet, and Columbia City Ballet. Love to my family!
Broadway: Laughter On The 23rd Floor, Dance Of The Vampires, Never Gonna Dance, Chicago. Off-Broadway: The God Committee, Neil Simon’s Hotel Suite (Roundabout), Harry Chapin: Lies And Legends (NY, Chicago and LA - 1988 LADCC Award). Regional/Touring: Tevye in Fiddler at Sacramento Music Circus (Directed by Glen Casale), Pseudolus in Forum at the Denver Center, Enter Laughing (Mr. Foreman/Marlowe) at Berkshire Theatre Festival, David O. Selznick in the world premiere of Moonlight and Magnolias at the Goodman (directed by Steven Robman), multiple roles in Turn Of The Century at the Goodman (starring Jeff Daniels and directed by Tommy Tune), Louis Goldman in The Gershwins’ An American In Paris (The Alley, Houston), Road To Nirvana (1991 LA Weekly Award) at the Odyssey (directed by Ron Sossi), Chicago (Amos Hart; 1997 Jeff Award/1998 LA Ovation nomination), and the original cast of The Producers (Franz Liebkind) at the Cadillac Palace. TV: Flash Forward, NUMB3RS, Without a Trace, Law and Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Third Watch, Platypus Man, and more. Film: Clueless. Ron is also an acting coach and a director (1996 LA Ovations Award for Jim McGrath's The Ellis Jump). Currently, Ron is the voice of Toadhog in the new animated series Jungle Junction on The Disney Channel. He resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Kathleen Eads.
The marks Justin's first show for Reprise and he is uber excited to be joining such a wonderful company. He most recently finished Bark! at CLOSBC where he played Sam the Mutt. He was blessed with the experience of working with Choreographer Tyce Diorio of SYTYCD in the Fulton Opera House production of Oklahoma as Ali Hakim. You also may have seen him romping the stage in the Welks production of A Christmas Carol this past holiday season. Justin has toured the world with many productions and the last one took him all the way to China for Guys and Dolls where the show took Best Production in American Theater Magazine. National tour credits include: A Chorus Line (Mike), Cameron Mac’s Oliver! (Noah Claypole) and A Christmas Carol (Marley & Fred). Regional Credits: The Apple Tree (Adam, best actor nom for New Hampshire Theater Award), The Return to the Forbidden Planet (Capt. Tempest), NYC Premier of A Kiss From Alexander and many more. Film/TV: Saturday Night Live, Guiding Light, General Hospital, Melrose Place and several short films. He recently finished working on the film Love Star...look for it this year at Comic-Con. Justin would like to thank his friends and family for all of their love and support! AND most of all...you! For supporting live theater!
Lee made his Reprise debut last season in Man of La Mancha. He has appeared in the Broadway productions of The Odd Couple, Democracy, The Boys From Syracuse, Kiss Me Kate, She Loves Me, The Front Page, and Sweet Charity. Off-Broadway, he was in the original productions of Little Shop Of Horrors and Assassins. His New York stage appearances also include Chaucer in Rome at Lincoln Center Theater, Mizlansky/Zilinsky or Schmucks at MTC, June Moon, and The Underpants, to name just a few. Regionally, he has appeared at the Yale Repertory Theater, Baltimore Center Stage, The McCarter Theater and 5 seasons at the Williamstown Theater Festival. On television, he has appeared in over 100 episodes and movies of the week including Law And Order, The West Wing, Ally McBeal, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Max Headroom, An Early Frost, Hart To Hart, Newhart, Cop Rock, The Tonight Show and The Gong Show. Films include: The Grey Zone, Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead, School Of Rock, This Boy’s Life, Route 30, and The Entity. Future films include Leaves Of Grass and Yellowbrickroad. Lee is the recipient of an Obie and a SAG award. He has received a Tony and three Drama Desk Award nominations.
This is Ruth’s fifth show with Reprise, having appeared in Strike Up The Band, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, No Strings, and a staged reading of Working.Broadway: White Christmas, La Cage Aux Folles, The Music Man (Outer Critics Nomination), Epic Proportions, Little Me (with Martin Short), Guys & Dolls (with Nathan Lane), Smile, Musical Comedy Murders, and Annie. Off-Broadway: The Green Heart (Drama Desk Nomination), The Good Times Are Killing Me, Queen Amarantha, and Preppies. Regional: The Hollywood Bowl(The Music Man, Les Miserables, and Guys and Dolls), Sacramento Music Circus (Mame and Thoroughly Modern Millie), Music Theatre West (Mame)Arena Stage (Merrily We Roll Along), Old Globe (The Women), Long Wharf (Let’s Do It!), Goodspeed, Barter Theatre, and the MUNY, among others. Film: Evan Almighty, The Producers, Legally Blonde II, Family Man, Malcolm X, Foreign Student, Double Parked, Easy Six, Psycho Beach Party and as Charles Busch’s singing voice in Die Mommie, Die! TV: Monk, Medium, The O.C., The Practice, ER, Star Trek: Enterprise, Law & Order, What I Like About You, Hannah Montana, and the recurring role of Mrs. Grubman on Nip/Tuck.