WHO’S WHO in the CAST
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DAVID RUTTURA (Associate Director). As
associate director, Broadway: Spider-Man,
Follies, Lombardi, Million Dollar Quartet, White
Christmas, A Man for All Seasons. Tour: The
Phantom…. Regional: Kennedy Center, La Jolla
Playhouse, Old Jews Telling Jokes. Directing
projects with Gateway Playhouse, Araca Project,
Ars Nova, 2g, Joe’s Pub, Fordham University.
MARTYN AXE (Music Director) is very happy
to be touring with the youngest and best rock
band in America. Thanks to John, David and the
team. Love as always to Sienna.
STUART ANDREWS (Keyboard Programmer).
Broadway/West End: The Phantom of the
Opera, Les Misérables, Evita, Mary Poppins,
Jesus Christ Superstar. West End: Miss Saigon,
Stephen Ward, The Wizard of Oz, Betty Blue
Eyes, Love Never Dies, Oliver!, Joseph and the
Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Sound of Music.
TALITHA FEHR (Music Coordinator).
Broadway: A Christmas Story. 2010 Vancouver
Olympics ceremonies. National tours: Sister Act,
Mamma Mia!, Priscilla Queen of the Desert,
West Side Story, Evita, Catch Me If You Can, The
Wizard of Oz, Annie, Come Fly Away, Fiddler…,
JCSS, Cats, Chicago, Movin’ Out. International:
West Side Story, Swing!, Cinderella, The King and I.
TARA RUBIN CASTING (Casting). Selected
Broadway: Dr. Zhivago, It Shoulda Been You,
Gigi, Bullets Over Broadway, Aladdin, Les
Misérables, Big Fish, How to Succeed…, A Little
Night Music, Billy Elliot, Shrek, Guys and Dolls,
Young Frankenstein, Mary Poppins, Spamalot,
Jersey Boys, …Spelling Bee, The Producers,
Mamma Mia!, The Phantom of the Opera. Off-
Broadway: Here Lies Love; Old Jews Telling
Jokes; Love, Loss, and What I Wore. Regional:
Yale Repertory, Paper Mill Playhouse, La Jolla
Playhouse, the Old Globe.
ALLIED TOURING (Tour Marketing & Press)
is a full-service engagement management agency
representing Broadway tours and other live
touring events across North America. Current
tours: An American in Paris, The Book of
Mormon, Bright Star, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s
Cinderella, Elf The Musical, The Humans, Kinky
Boots, Motown The Musical, Rent, School of
Rock, Something Rotten!, and Irving Berlin’s
White Christmas. Upcoming tours: Charlie and
the Chocolate Factory, Groundhog Day and The
Scenario.
THE BOOKING GROUP (Tour Direction)
(TBG) has represented 24 Tony Award-winning
Best Musicals and Plays since its inception in 1996.
In addition to School of Rock, TBG also currently
represents the touring productions of An American
in Paris; Anastasia; The Book of Mormon; The
Color Purple; Come from Away; The Curious
Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; Dear Evan
Hansen; Escape to Margaritaville; Fiddler on the
Roof; Finding Neverland; Fun Home; Groundhog
Day; Hello, Dolly!; The Humans; On Your Feet!;
The Play That Goes Wrong; Something Rotten!;
Waitress; and Hamilton.
TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT LLC (Tour
Management) has been an innovator in touring
musical theater productions for over two decades,
producing shows throughout North, Central and
South America, Europe and Asia. Additionally,
the company is experienced in casino and leisure
markets. Current and upcoming productions
include An American in Paris, The Bodyguard,
Love Never Dies, On Your Feet!, School of Rock,
The Color Purple, Kinky Boots and the Asian tour
of Sister Act. With strong ties to the Broadway
community, Troika prides itself on delivering
top quality productions to audiences worldwide.
Please visit us at troika.com.
JIM LANAHAN (General Manager) has spent
20+ years managing and marketing Broadway
tours. First national tours: The Color Purple, The
Bodyguard, Footloose, Titanic, Elton John and
Tim Rice’s Aida, The Lion King, War Horse and
Jersey Boys. Additional selected: Disney’s Beauty
and the Beast, Les Misérables, Billy Elliot and
The Phantom of the Opera. Most recently, Jim
served as marketing director for all domestic and
international tours of Blue Man Group. #TLJL.
MAIA SUTTON (Company Manager).
Broadway: Baby It’s You, Finian’s Rainbow. Off-
Broadway: Stomp. National tours: Motown The
Musical, Kinky Boots, Million Dollar Quartet.
M.F.A. in theater management and producing
from Columbia University; B.A. from the
University of Kentucky in arts administration.
LARRY SMIGLEWSKI (Production Stage
Manager). Tours: White Christmas, The Sound of
Music (Chinese national tour). Recent regional:
The Little Mermaid, Mamma Mia!, The Wizard of
Oz (The Muny); The King and I (Dallas Summer
Musicals); Ragtime on Ellis Island. Off-B’way:
Sex Tips..., Cagney. Always for Nettie and Smigs!
AMANDA KOSACK (Stage Manager). Tours:
White Christmas, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story,
Fela! Recent Off-Broadway: Old Hats, Cost of
Living, Wakey Wakey, Cloud Nine. Regional:
Long Wharf Theatre, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City University graduate. Love and
thanks to Mom and Dad.