NEIL BERG is the composer/lyricist of the hit Off-Broadway musical The Prince and the Pauper, which ran for two years at The Lamb’s Theatre Company in New York City. The New York Times raved, “. . . (Berg’s) music soars on Angel’s wings.” The original cast CD is released internationally on JAY Records, with sheet music published by Hal Leonard, and licensing by Samuel French, Inc. Neil is the composer for the Broadway-bound musical Grumpy Old Men, based on the movie starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. In January 2008, Berg’s The Twelve, billed as a theatrical concert event, premiered atThe China Club, NYC. His musical Tim and Scrooge was voted “one of the best musicals” of the inaugural NYMF festival in NYC. It opened at The Queens Theater in the Park in December of 2006 and has toured several US cities. The Man Who Would Be King also played at the inaugural NYMF festival in NYC. The fully orchestrated CD recording, starring Brian d’Arcy James, will be released this year. Berg also composed the musical Heidi, commissioned by the Walden Family Theater in San Francisco, which ran for over 80 performances in its regional premiere. Other commission works include: Percy Penguin for the Penguin Repertory Theater (Joe Brancato, Artistic Director), Threads for the Helen Hayes Theatre, and Fiona: The Mother Goose Musical. He received the 1995 Bistro Award for Best Musical for Other Asylum in the Night. As owner of Leftfield Productions, Inc., Neil has produced over 1000 Broadway concerts across the world with such stars as Michael Crawford, Rita Moreno, Bernadette Peters, Ben Vereen, Betty Buckley, Donna McKechnie, Liz Callaway, Eden Espinosa and many other greats. He will be touring over 80 cities in 2008-2009 with his hit show Neil Berg's 100 Years of Broadway. For the past 15 years, Neil has been the musical director/entertainment coordinator for The Leukemia Society of America and Covenant House. He has produced countless corporate events all across the world for such organizations as UBS/Paine Webber, Goldman Sachs, Deloitte Touche, John Hancock, Marriott Corporation, IBM, The United Hospice Organization, The American Red Cross, YMCA, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Retired Officers Association of America, Jewish Family Services, The Archdiocese of NYC, BC/EFA, and many others. For his charitable contributions, Neil was honored in 2001 as The American Red Cross Man of the Year. He was honored again in 2003 by The United Hospice Foundation. Please visit: www.neilberg.com.

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Broadway: Madame DeFarge in A Tale of Two Cities,
Eponine in Les Miserables, Sally in A Christmas Carol.

Off-B'way: Ginger in Zombie Prom, Maria in The Audience.

National Tours: Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar, Eva Peron in the 20th Anniversary Tour of Evita (Jeff Award nomination) Grizabella in Cats, and Rosalia in West Side Story (Japan).
Regional: Serena in Everything’s Ducky at Cincinnati Rep./ St. Louis Rep., Tina McCoy in The Fix at The Signature Theater produced by Cameron Macintosh, Renee in Frances of Guernica at The Tennessee Rep by Gammy award winner Marcus Hummon. Other credits: Mrs. Johnstone in Blood Brothers, and The Narrator in Zorba.

Television/Film: Law and Order (twice), Law and Order SVU. She lent her voice for two supporting characters on the animated feature Santa Baby for FOX Television and played Linda in Eleven for RIPEST movie musicals, 2006. Ms. Toro has performed as a solo artist at Carnegie Hall, and at the National Concert Hall in Dublin, Ireland. She has also performed her own concerts in New Jersey and Massachusetts and sang with the Kentucky and Buffalo Symphony Orchestras. She sings with a Big Band periodically with Tony Fusco at The Iridium Jazz club in NYC. Her CD, Bailando En La Luz, is a series of Broadway tunes set to Latin Salsa arrangements. www.cdbaby.com Look for Natalie in the Broadway bound, A Tale of Two Cities.

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Previously Ms. Calvert was seen in the World Premiere of Forbidden Vegas in a role she originated. New York credits include the Broadway, Original Cast Album and touring productions of It Ain't Nothin' But The Blues. Off-Broadway she appeared in Forbidden Broadway and The Thing About Men at the Promenade Theatre. Ms. Calvert toured Europe in Smokey Joe's Café, played Grizabella in the national tour of Cats, and appeared as the title role in Always, Patsy Cline.
Regional: Denver Center Theatre Company, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Arena Stage, Cleveland Playhouse, Crossroads Theatre Company, New Victory Theatre, San Diego Repertory Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse at the Park, Theatre By The Sea (Rhode Island) and Theatre Under The Stars (Houston).

Television: The David Letterman Show, Rosie O'Donnell Show, and The Today Show. She has opened for Liza Minnelli, The Temptations, Chubby Checker and for Marilyn McCoo. In 1993, she was named Best Female Vocalist of the Year by Starsong Records. Downbeat Magazine named her Best Female Jazz Vocalist while she was still in high school. Ms. Calvert is also an accomplished voice-over artist and can be seen in numerous national commercials including Wendy’s, Voom, MTV and Ditropan.

Ms. Calvert has a debut Jazz CD called Fever available at www.cartercalvert.com

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Broadway: Fame Becomes Me (The Martin Short Musical) Look of Love, Caroline Or, Change, Civil War
Off Broadway:Caroline Or, change, Godspell
Regional: Children of Eden (Papermill) Eliot Ness In Cleveland (Denver Center Performing Arts), Civil War (Alley), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Alliance, Arizona Theatre Co.)
Original Cast Recordings: Children of Eden, Godspell-Revival, Bubblin’ Brown Sugar
European Television: The Practice, Law and Order, The Sopranos, Third Watch, Law and Order-S.V.U.
Film: marci X, Corn, Dead Sexy
Movie Soundtracks: Chicago, Mission to Mars, Legally Blonde 2.

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Broadway: Legally Blonde (Vivienne Kensington), Cabaret (Sally, also national tour), Jekyll and Hyde (Lucy).
Other NYC: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Helena), Children of Eden concert (Yonah, NYC premiere), The Woman Upstairs (Kassan).
Regional: First Lady Suite (Amelia Earhart), Gypsy (Louise), Joseph...Dreamcoat (Narrator), Into the Woods (Witch).
Recordings: Till Today (solo album), Christmases to Come, First Lady Suite (cast album).
Film/TV: The Stepford Wives (Beth Peters), As The World Turns.
Random crown-related celebrity: Miss America 1998.

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Rita Harvey starred as Hodel in the recent Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof starring Rosie O'Donnell and Harvey Fierstein. She made her Broadway debut performing the role of Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera.
Nat’l tour credit: The Phantom of the Opera (Christine Daaé).
Off-Broadway credit: The Prince and the Pauper (Lady Edith).
Regional and stock credits include: Oklahoma! (Laurey) Sweeney Todd (Johanna) both at Marriott's Lincolnshire Theater, Carousel (Julie Jordan), Yeston's Phantom (Christine), She Loves Me (Amalia), Brigadoon (Fiona), 1940's Radio Hour (Ann Collier), I Remember Mama (Katrin), Street Scene (Rose). She can be heard on recordings of The Prince and the Pauper, Tim and Scrooge, A Tale of Two Cities, Big: the Musical, Frankenstein, the Musical and Fiddler on the Roof. Rita has performed as featured soloist in numerous concerts around the world with such stars as Robert Evan, Liz Callaway, Betty Buckley, Ben Vereen, Craig Schulman, Lillias White, Rita Mareno and Michael Crawford. Her solo cabaret Letting Go played to rave reviews and is now available on CD. Please visit: www.ritaharvey.com.

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Kimilee Bryant played Christine/ The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, Switzerland, Toronto , and to critical acclaim on the US National tour and recently added the diva, Carlotta to her repertoire from Phantom.
NY City Center: Mabel/ The Pirates of Penzance, Josephine/ H.M.S.Pinafore , Casilda/ The Gondoliers and "Encores" Bye, Bye Birdie. Lincoln Center: Soloist: National Chorale ( Avery Fisher Hall) and Messiah ( John Jay Auditorium).
Other NYC: Elsie/ The Yeomen of the Guard, Aline/ The Sorcerer , Phyllis/Iolanthe, Bianca /The Taming of the Shrew ( Giannini), Betty/ Landscape of the Body, Stage Manager/ Our Town.. Master of Music / Manhattan School of Music.
Regional: Met Opera Auditions winner. Current cast member (Elizabeth I u/s) of The Pirate Queen ( coming to Broadway March 2007)
Recent regional Opera includes: Zerlina /Don Giovanni (NJ), Mabel (Pirates), Susanna/ Le Nozze di Figaro (TX)More @ www.kimileebryant.com
Kimilee as "Zerlina" for Boheme Opera, NJ 2004

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Broadway: Darius de Haas has appeared on Broadway in Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Carousel, Rent, The Gershwins' Fascinating Rhythm, Marie Christine, and Dreamgirls In Concert .
Off-Broadway, regional, and touring credits include: his Obie winning performance in Running Man (Music-Theater Group), Children of Eden (Papermill Playhouse), Saturn Returns (Public Theater), Cry The Beloved Country (Goodman Theater), The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (Playwrights Horizons), Once On This Island (1st National Tour) and I Was Looking At The Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky. TV appearances include Only Heaven, My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs, and In The Life. His film work includes Anastasia, Malcolm X, Martin and Orloff, and Chicago, Larry Flynt: The Right To Be Left Alone.
As a concert artist, Darius' singular abilities have served him in a wide assortment of repertoire. The New York Times called him "an astonishing vocal acrobat, combining the timbre of a pure instrument with a fearless but disciplined theatricality and the swinging authority of a jazz powerhouse." He premiered his tribute to composer Billy Strayhorn in sold-out concerts for Lincoln Center's American Songbook Series, followed by a critically acclaimed concerts of Stevie Wonder's music. Darius has been a featured soloist at Carnegie Hall, London's Royal Festival Hall (with Elvis Costello and Deborah Harry), Kennedy Center (with Marvin Hamlisch and Roberta Flack), Disney Concert Hall (with The Los Angeles Master Chorale and the Luckman Jazz Orchestra), Birdland and The Blue Note (Japan), and is proud to be a frequent duet partner of Vanessa WIlliams on her concert tours. He has performed as a special guest with symphonies such as The National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke's and the Cincinnati Pops. Darius is featured on numerous recordings including his solo debut CD, Darius de Haas: Day Dream, Variations on Strayhorn (on PS Classics). Other recordings include Children of Eden (RCA Victor), Marie Christine (RCA Victor), I Was Looking at the Ceiling…(John Adams, both Nonesuch and NAXOS recordings), Myths and Hymns (Nonesuch), Dreamgirls In Concert (Nonesuch), Roy Nathanson's Fire at Keaton's Bar and Grill (6 Degrees), Bright Eyed Joy (Nonesuch), The Century Men: Anthems In Disguise, Grace: The Broadway Inspirational Voices, Only Heaven, Hair, and The Bubbly Black Girl...
Please visit his website at www.DariusdeHaas.com

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Ted Levy's professional training began in Chicago with Mr. Finis Henderson II, Master Tap Dancer and former manager of Sammy Davis Jr.. Mr. Henderson encouraged Ted to pursue a professional career in the performing arts, which began at The Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago. Mr. Levy made his Broadway debut in the smash hit Black & Blue. He collaborated with George C. Wolfe and Gregory Hines on the Choreography of Jelly's Last Jam, for which he received a TONY NOMINATION, DRAMA DESK NOMINATION and the 1993 OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD. Ted was awarded an EMMY AWARD for his television debut performance in the PBS Special Precious Memories, and appeared in Spike Lee's Malcolm X for his film debut. His production of Ted Levy and Friends, directed by Gregory Hines, celebrated Ted as one of America's premier Tap Dance Artists. Influenced by Mr. Hines, Ted acquired his directorial debut as Director of Savion Glover's, Dancing Under The Stars at the New York Shakespeare Festival's Delacorte Theater. He also assisted in the choreography of Broadway's Tony Award winning hit Bring In 'Da Noise! Bring In 'Da Funk! Ted appeared in the movie Bojangles with Gregory Hines, returning to Broadway as Papa Jack in Susan Stroman & Harry Conick Jr.'s Thou Shalt Not; and as The Mikado in The Ford Theater's production of The Hot Mikado. For which he won a HELEN HAYES AWARD. Most recently Ted performed with the Sammy; a production based on the musical life of Sammy Davis Jr.

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Broadway: Rob Evan starred in the original Broadway cast of Jekyll & Hyde, playing the title roles for three years and over 600 performances. His rendition of This Is the Moment has been performed at numerous prestigious events including the 2001 Inaugural Gala for President George W. Bush, the Millennium Independence Day US Naval Revue aboard the USS JFK for President Clinton, the Millennium World Forum Conference with guest speaker Mikhail Gorbachev, the 1998 Goodwill Games, the New York City Mayor’s Inaugural Gala, the 1998 and 1999 NY Yankees World Series Celebration at City Hall, The Georgia Music Hall of Fame Awards Telecast, the Today Show, and Monday Night Football. Rob regularly stars around the world in the all-new Jekyll & Hyde: The Concert, where he returned from a 16-show run in Seoul, South Korea’s Olympic Hall last spring.
Most recently Rob starred on Broadway in Disney’s Tarzan playing the role of Kerchak at the Richard Rodgers Theater. Rob also appeared on Broadway as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables, and was chosen to lead the critically acclaimed National Touring Company to its history-making stop on Broadway. Most recently, he starred as the sadistic Orin Scrivello D.D.S. in Little Shop of Horrors with Joey Fatone from *NSYNC on Broadway. Rob, also, had the pleasure of singing the role of the Count von Krolock in Jim Steinman’s Dance of the Vampires at the Minksoff Theater.
Off-Broadway, Rob created the roles of The Dancin’ Kid in Johnny Guitar and the hero Miles Hendon in The Prince and the Pauper.
As a vocalist and recording artist, Rob is a member of the platinum selling rock band, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and has played in arenas across the country for up to 20,000 people. He, also, is lead vocalist for Jim Steinman’s The Dream Engine and is currently recording their debut album.
In concert, Rob has appeared in the current touring production of The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, which originated at the Kennedy Center in 2004. He is a regularly featured performer in Neil Berg’s 100 years of Broadway now touring the US. Rob has performed throughout the US for numerous corporate audiences including Paine Webber, Pfizer, AXA, IBM, KPMG, and Seagram’s, among others. He made his cabaret debut with The Kid Inside at NY’s Arci’s Place to great reviews from the New York Times. He headlined with his big band at the Mohegan Sun’s Cabaret Theater in March 2002. Rob has been featured with many leading symphonies across the nation and is a recipient of the Georgia Music Hall of Fame Talent Award in 1989. He was awarded the 1999 “Shining Star” award by the Leukemia Society of America and honored by the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America for charitable support.
Regionally, Rob portrayed the role of the Southern Captain in Frank Wildhorn’s For the Glory at the Majestic in historic Gettysburg. He, also, originated the role of Nanki-Poo in the TUTS/Pittsburgh CLO premiere of the Hot Mikado. On tour, he has been seen in Les Miserables as Valjean, Jekyll & Hyde (title roles), Hello, Dolly! with the late Madeline Kahn, and By George! Rob has played MacHeath in Three Penny, Jesus in Superstar, Tommy in Brigadoon, the Red Shadow in Desert Song, and Anatoly in Chess. Rob produced and starred in the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids NY Benefit Concert of Chess at the John Houseman Theater and at the Helen Hayes PAC. His TV credits include All My Children on the ABC network.
Recordings include Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s The Lost Christmas (Lava/Atlantic), Jekyll & Hyde (OBC, Atlantic), The Civil War (Atlantic), The Broadway Musicals of 1940 (BayView), The Prince and the Pauper (OOBC, JAY), Johnny Guitar (OOBC), Jekyll & Hyde: Resurrection (KOCH/Globalvision), and The Dream Engine’s upcoming debut album (Ravenous). This spring will mark the release of his long awaited solo debut album on Legacy Records!
A native of Monticello, Georgia, Rob is a former varsity athlete at the University of Georgia, where he majored in Finance. His favorite roles continue to be that of husband to Beate and father to Johan, Max, and Birk. Thanks Linda!
www.robevan.com

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Broadway: Beauty & the Beast, Camelot, The Three Musketeers, and A Christmas Carol. National Tours: Camelot, Phantom of the Opera, West Side Story, A Funny Thing Happened..., and Hans Christian Andersen.
Off-Broadway: Johnny Guitar, Frankenstein, An Oak Tree, and Moby Dick.
Television: Law & Order, Ed, Third Watch, Police Story, Sunset Beat, The Guiding Light, One Life to Live, Another World, Superior Court, and Rapmaster Ronnie for HBO. Steve can be heard on original recordings of Johnny Guitar, Sundown, Frankenstein, and his own debut CD North Bound Train. Visit online at www.steve blanchard.net

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Brad Little is most famous for his portrayal of the Phantom in “The Phantom of the Opera”. In 2007, he celebrated his 2,100 performance of playing the Phantom from Broadway to Asia and the US National Tour. His other Broadway and National tour credits include: “Cyrano, the Musical,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” and “Anything Goes”. Brad won international acclaim for his portrayal of Jesus in the European Tour of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” and Tony in “West Side Story”. Some of the shows he's starred in across this beautiful nation are: “Les Miserables” (Javert), “The Scarlet Pimpernel” (Percy), “Beauty & the Beast” (The Beast), “Jekyll & Hyde” (Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde), “Evita” (Che), “Kiss Me Kate” (Fred/ Petruchio). Brad also stared as Miles Hendon in a production of “The Prince and the Pauper” composed by Neil Berg. But, his finest performance was on Labor Day of 1992, when at sunset on a beach at Cape May, NJ, he married his long-time sweetheart, actress Barbara McCulloh, in a ceremony performed by his dad, Dr. Paul J. Little. Brad dedicates this and every performance to his friends in Battalion 9 of the New York Fire Department who lost 15 men on 9/11. If you don't get a chance to buy Brad's CD tonight, please visit www.bradlittle.com to do so and find out so much more.

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