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| Damon's 2003 scrapbook (click on the images to open each photo) | |||||||||||||
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On the Twentieth Century Reprise! Broadway's Best - Freud Playhouse January and February 2003 |
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| production photos by Tom Drucker caricature illustration by Justin Robertson |
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| All aboard the "Twentieth Century", New York Central Railroad's luxury train, where "life and love and luck may be changed". Set in the early 1930s, the 16-hour journey from Chicago to New York centers on Oscar Jaffee, a flamboyant producer on the skids. With the help of his loyal assistants (Oliver Webb and Owen O'Malley), he tries to maneuver his former protegée/lover-turned Hollywood movie queen (Lily Garland) away from the arms of her preening leading man (Bruce Granit) and back to the stage in his last-chance theatrical venture funded by a wealthy religious eccentric (Letitia Primrose). |
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| Dan Butler as Owen O'Malley Carolee Carmello as Lily Garland Bob Gunton as Oscar Jaffee Mimi Hines as Letitia Primrose Damon Kirsche as Bruce Granit Robert Picardo as Oliver Webb Brooke Aston as Passenger Suzanne Blakeslee as Doctor Johnson Teressa Byrne as Anita, u/s Lily Garland Richard Israel as Max Jacobs David Jennings as Porter Alissa-Nicole Koblentz as Passenger Adam Lambert as Porter Perry Lambert as Maxwell Finch John Lathan as Porter Bob Lauder, Jr. as Conductor Flanagan Don Lucas as Porter Joanne O'Brien as Secretary Justin Robertson as Passenger Mary VanArsdel as Imelda Thornton Diane Vincent as Agnes Greg Zerkle as Congressman Lockwood/Leading Actor Producer: Marcia Seligson Musical Director: Gerald Sternbach Choreographer: Kay Cole Director: David Lee |
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| The Suite from Paradise Lost Berliner Dom - Berlin July 2003 |
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| production photos by Adam Wolf | |||||||||
| Eric Whitacre's "Suite from Paradise Lost" had it's World Premiere at the Berliner Dom, Berlin. Inspired by Milton's classic, "Paradise Lost" follows the battle for heaven and the one angel who breaks divine law in order to follow her heart. Lush melodies combine with dance, trance and ambient electronica using cutting-edge technology. To find out more about upcoming performances and to learn more about this truly original work of music theatre, visit their outstanding website. |
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| Hila Plitmann as Exstasis Damon Kirsche as Logos Composer/Conductor, Eric Whitacre Director/Librettist, David Noroña Visit the clips page to see video from this production. |
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| The Scarlet Pimpernel Music Theatre of Wichita - Century II Convention Center Concert Hall August 2003 |
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| production and rehearsal photos by Jerry Fritchman |
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| France, 1794. As Madame Guillotine feeds upon increasing numbers of the French one man rises with his band of bounders to save the innocent. He is known only as the Scarlet Pimpernel. In England, the beautiful French actress Marguerite St. Just marries Sir Percival Blakeney. She is blackmailed by her former companion and now leader of the Republican movement, Chauvelin, who urges her to spy and help capture the mysterious hero. Despite the fact that her husband, Sir Percy, has turned out to be a ridiculous fop who talks of nothing but fashion and gossip, she continues to love him, though her troubles with Chauvelin worsen as Chauvelin continues to force her hand. In the rousing finale, Chauvelin comes head to head with the Pimpernel, as both he and Marguerite uncover the hero's remarkable disguise. |
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Musical Director: Michael Borth Choreographer/Fight Director: Julie Letsche Producer/Director: Wayne Bryan Book and Lyrics by Nan Knighton Music by Frank Wildhorn Based on "The Scarlet Pimpernel" by Baroness Orczy Visit the clips page for a soundclip from this production. |
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| The Avalon Ball at the Avalon Casino Ballroom Avalon, Catalina Island, CA September 13, 2003 |
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| photos by Maxwell Demille |
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| Damon and Kayre Morrison appeared with Mora's Modern Rhythmists at the historic Avalon Casino Ballroom on Catalina Island, celebrating the 95th birthday of composer and arranger Lyle "Spud" Murphy. The spectacular casino stands twelve stories high and spans 180 feet in diameter. An arched 50-foot domed ceiling that holds five Tiffany chandeliers tops the 10,000 square foot expanse. The parquet dance floor (still the largest circular dance floor in the world) is framed by rose-tinted walls and art deco reliefs. Full-length panoramic windows and a spacious balcony wraps the perimeter giving 360-degree views of the Pacific and the bay below. The elevated stage within was home to the best big bands of the swing era: Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, The Dorsey Brothers, Kay Kyser, Harry James and Artie Shaw, just to name a few. Live radio broadcasts of the concerts brought national attention to tiny Catalina Island and made it a favorite locale of Hollywood filmmakers for years to come. |
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| Parade Musical Theatre Guild The Alex Theatre Glendale, CA September 15, 2003 Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Thousand Oaks, CA September 21, 2003 |
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| production still by Rick Stockwell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Damon appeared as Britt Craig (reporter of "Big News" for the Atlanta Georgian Newspaper) in the West Coast Premiere of "Parade". Winner of 1999 Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Score, PARADE tells the life-affirming story of Jewish businessman Leo Frank, accused of murder in 1913 Atlanta, and the campaign his extraordinary wife launches to save him. |
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| The Rocky Horror Show Performance Riverside Landis Auditorium Riverside, CA October 31-Nov 16, 2003 |
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| Damon appeared as Brad Majors in Performance Riverside's THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, the original stage version of the cult "Midnight Movie" phenomenon. An hilarious cocktail of science fiction, pulp fiction, horror and "beach blanket" films shaken with rock n' roll glam and topped off with a gender-bending twist. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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