“DIRTY BLONDE demonstrates that this immortal sinner, who started life with little traditional beauty or classic talent, is a worthy saint for those seeking the divinity in their own mortal clay.” — NY Times.
CADY HUFFMAN
Jo / Mae
CADY HUFFMAN – Broadway: THE PRODUCERS (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards) , THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES (Tony nom.), THE NANCE (OCC nom), LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, CHICAGO, STEEL PIER, DAME EDNA: THE ROYAL TOUR, and Bob Fosse’s last original musical BIG DEAL. Television: recurring roles on The Good Wife, One Life To Live, Days of Our Lives and Blue Bloods, Younger, Madam Secretary, Master of None, Difficult People, several Law&Order franchises, Frasier and Mad About You. Film: “The Sixth Reel”,“The Company Men”, “Dare”, “The Nanny Diaries”, “Romance and Cigarettes” and “Hero”. Cady co-created and stars in “CADY DID” which took home 5 -2021 Indie Series Awards. She has been nominated for 2 Daytime Emmy Awards and won an Indie Series Award for the digital drama After Forever. During the pandemic Cady directed Veanne Cox in The First Anti-Vaxxers, for TRUSpeak and the original musical Electric Island. Her directing credits include Season’s Greetings, The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time, the Jerry Herman tribute at 92Y and the original musical City Of Lights at SHE NYC. She is also half of the popular Jazz duo Cady & Mary Ann. @cadyhuffman on Insta, FB and Twitter. AEA, SAG-AFTRA.
WILLIAM RYALL
Ed Hearn | Frank Wallace | others
William Ryall is a veteran of 15 Broadway Shows, 8 Original Broadway Cast Recordings, and 5 Tony Awards Broadcasts. Favorite Broadway appearances include AMADEUS, GRAND HOTEL, HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS (With Matthew Broderick), ANYTHING GOES (With Sutton Foster) and HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS. Mr. Ryall sang “You’re A Mean One” on the NBC 2006 Macy’s Parade Presentation of HOW THE GRINCH.… (View on YouTube) He can currently be seen on the HBO Series THE GILDED AGE as Mrs. Astor’s immensely grand Butler, Mr. Hefty. On Netflix he appears as the German Artist, Wilhelm Munsch, in Season One of UNCOUPLED. Other Televison credits include MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL, LITTLE VOICE, LIMITLESS, and QUANTICO. Film Credits include RICKI AND THE FLASH, THE INTERN, SYNECHDOCHE NEW YORK, ASCENT TO HELL, and RICK. He is a graduate of The American Academy Of Dramatic Arts (NYC).
JOSHUA MORGAN
Charlie | others
JOSHUA MORGAN – BROADWAY: Ain’t Too Proud, Les Miserables. OFF-BROADWAY: Stiff. REGIONAL: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Arena Stage, Theatre Under the Stars, Folger Theatre, Triad Stage, Olney Theatre Center, amongst many others. FILM/TV: Law and Order, FBI, Law and Order: SVU, Law and Order: Organized Crime, Lincoln Rhyme (NBC), Paterno (HBO). BFA: University of North Carolina School of the Arts. @jmorganarts
About the director
Philip Wm. McKinley
Director
For full biography, please see philipwmmckinley.com
PHILIP WM. MCKINLEY has directed record-breaking productions from Broadway to Salzburg to Tokyo. His production of SPIDERMAN: TURN OFF THE DARK with music by Bono and The Edge is one of the top 20 all-time box office grossing productions in Broadway history. After his taking over the reins, the production earned the top box office record, taking in nearly $3 million dollars in one week.
In New York City, McKinley also directed the five-time Tony nominated Broadway musical THE BOY FROM OZ starring Hugh Jackman, the revival of THE MOST HAPPY FELLA starring Paul Sorvino at the New York City Opera, the Drama Desk-nominated hip comedy THWAK, and the cult Off-Broadway musical ZOMBIE PROM.
At the Salzburg Music Festival, McKinley directed WEST SIDE STORY starring Cecilia Bartoli with Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela. The opening night of WEST SIDE STORY received a standing ovation, which is unheard of for the Salzburg Music Festival. McKinley holds the distinction of being asked to be the director of the first musical to be presented by the festival in its almost 100 year history.
McKinley has worked with award winning theater, film and TV notables such as Hugh Jackman, Stephanie J. Block, Betty Buckley, Reeve Carney, Phyllis Diller, Val Kilmer, Katrina Lenk, and Patrick Page, as well as opera divas Beverly Sills and Cecilia Bartoli.
He directed the first televised and one of the most successful Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS events featuring 342 Broadway performers including Bea Arthur, Petula Clark, Judy Kaye, Bebe Neuwirth, Joe Mantello, Andrea McArdle, K.T. Oslin, Chita Rivera, Gwen Verdon, B.D. Wong and Rachel Welch.
Projects in development include THE BIBLE: IN THE BEGINNING, a musical spectacular version of the Old Testament with Matt Rollings and Ryan Beveridge composing music, lyrics by Maribeth Derry and a book by Shaun McKenna.
He is also developing the verbal-sparring dramedy THE GUEST with New York Times #1 internationally best selling author Gregg Hurwitz; and with Pulitzer and Tony Nominated playwright Anna Deavere Smith a new biographical musical about the life of Ella Fitzgerald titled ELLA. A.
Michael Reno
Musical Director
For full biography, please see www.michaelrenomusic.com
Michael Reno is a Southern California-based Music and Theatre Professional whose career has spanned over 40 years. He has composed music for numerous theatre, film, television and corporate productions. His work includes arranging for Disney Animation, Hallmark, Elton John, Tim Rice, the Kennedy Center, Miss America, Lawrence Welk, and many others. He was the producer of “Sister Act the Musical” which premiered at the London Palladium in June of 2009.
His work has taken him all over the world to numerous theaters and other venues ranging from Montreal’s Place des Artes and the Vienna Concert House to New York’s Madison Square Garden, L.A.’s Universal Amphitheater, the White House, the Kennedy Center, and practically every major hotel in Las Vegas.
He spent a number of years in San Francisco doing local cabaret and theatre, where he became known for his song “San Francisco Bye-Bye,” which became an unofficial anthem of the city at the time. He made his mark in Los Angeles with the West Coast Premiere of “Working” for which he won the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Musical Direction.
His film credits include “The Lion King” (as arranger), and as composer he wrote scores and music for “North ‘Cross Jordon”, “Time on Their Hands,” “Coming to Ametrica”, and the Hallmark seasonal favorite “Twice Upon a Christmas.” His television credits also include “The Miss America Pageant”, and various projects for NBC including “An Evening at the Improv” and “The Great American Laugh Off.”
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