Posted on November 18, 2014 at 7:54 pm
Bergman and I started working on Honeymoon in Vegas in 2003. In the eleven years between now and then, we have benefited from the assistance, love, time and talent of an intimidatingly large number of people. I want to thank those people now, by name, for everything they brought to the process, because no one is more amazed than I am that we are finally starting previews on Broadway, and it’s not just sentimentality to say that we wouldn’t be here without all of them.
Before I write the whole list, I want to single out Lauren Kennedy, for whom the role of Betsy was written, and who stuck with the show for three readings over five years, and who imprinted every note with her distinctive and amazing gifts, and who I love with all my heart. Thank you, Lolliebear, and thank you to all of the people I name below, as well as all the people I forget to mention.
In more or less chronological order from the very first reading I saw at Musical Theatre Works in 2003 through a 2006 reading at Chelsea Studios, a 2007 reading at New 42 St Studios, a 2009 reading at the Clurman Theatre, a 2011 workshop at 890 Broadway and our production at the Paper Mill Playhouse last year:
Alexander Chaplin
Sherie Rene Scott
Terry Mann
Lonny Price
Rick Steiger
Casey Nicholaw
Marc Platt
Danny Burstein
Donna Lynne Champlin
Nikki Renee Daniels
Laura Griffith
Kevin R. Free
Mark Lotito
Orville Mendoza
Steve Rosen
Bob Walton
Virginia Woodruff
Christy Baron
Bob Boyett
Peter Flynn
Ann Arvia
Norbert Leo Butz
Shawn Elliott
Carla Hargrove
Maurice Murphy
Erin Quill
Sarah Saltzberg
Todd Weeks
Jordan Gelber
Ken Davenport
Alex Timbers
Daisy Prince
Freddie Gershon
Drew Cohen
Fred Lassen
Rob Bartlett
Todd Buonopane
Marc dela Cruz
Gregg Edelman
Danielle Faitelson
Deborah Lew Farrell
David Rossmer
Will Swenson
Lori Wilner
Pam Pariseau
Jim Carnahan
Mark B Simon
Lloyd Davis Jr.
Randy Landau
Paul Staroba
John Ellison Conlee
Mary Faber
Alvin Ing
TR Knight
Matthew Scott
Bridget Berger
Jen Frankel
Pia Glenn
Matt Loehr
Julius Thomas
Jan Kallish
Stanley Bahorek
Daniel J Edwards
Paige Faure
Sarah Jenkins Briedis
Max Kumangai
Mara Greer
and all the other actors, musicians, stage managers and producers who helped bring this show to life.
Here we go! First preview tonight!
2 comments
I saw Honeymoon in Vegas at Papermill and I instantly fell in love with it! I found it so incredibly smart and funny and it brought me back and reminded me of all the old musicals I often listen to. You are brilliant and so is absolutly everyone attached to this wonderful show! I’ll definitely be going to see it again soon!
Best wishes for a long happy run, and hopefully I will be able to see it at some point (I live in Sonoma, CA)! I got to see a screening of L5Y in Napa last weekend and just want to thank you for this amazing piece of work. I have listened to the show for the last five years (not a joke!), as my daughter (an aspiring musical theater student) fell in love with it and has played it over and over. We never tire of it, but seeing it gave even more depth and scope to the story (if that’s possible!). Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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