7 December 2012
For Immediate Release
Contact: P.J. Prokop
(401) 574-3103
Caitlyn DiPompo
(401) 574-3112
TONY® AWARD NOMINEE
CONSTANTINE MAROULIS
TO STAR IN DUAL TITLE ROLE OF
DR. HENRY JEKYLL AND EDWARD HYDE
ALONGSIDE GRAMMY® AWARD NOMINEE AND R&B SUPERSTAR
DEBORAH COX
AS LUCY
IN NEW PRODUCTION OF
FOUR-TIME TONY® AWARD NOMINATED MUSICAL
at the Providence Performing Arts Center
January 1 – 6, 2013
Part of Taco/The White Family Foundation Broadway Series
Providence, RI – The international musical sensation JEKYLL & HYDE performs at the Providence
Performing Arts Center (PPAC) for a limited engagement, January 1 – 6, 2013, before returning to
Broadway in April 2013. Tony® Award nominee Constantine Maroulis will star in the title dual role
of Dr. Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde, alongside Grammy® Award nominee and R&B superstar
Deborah Cox as Lucy.
JEKYLL & HYDE is part of Taco/The White Family Foundation Broadway Series.
Conceived for the stage by Tony® and Grammy® Award nominee Frank Wildhorn and Steve
Cuden, the four time Tony® Award Nominated musical JEKYLL & HYDE features a book & lyrics by
two-time Oscar winner, Emmy winner and four-time Tony® Award Nominee Leslie Bricusse, music
by Frank Wildhorn, and will be directed and choreographed by Tony® Award Nominee Jeff
Calhoun.
Also starring in the production will be Teal Wicks (Wicked) as Emma Carew, Laird Mackintosh (Mary
Poppins) as John Utterson, Richard White (Most Happy Fella) as Sir Danvers Carew and David Benoit
(Avenue Q, Les Misérables) as Bishop/Spider.
Rounding out the cast are Stephen Mitchell Brown, Jerry Christakos, Dana Costello, Wendy Fox,
Brian Gallagher, Sean Jenness, Mel Johnson Jr., James Judy, Ashley Loren, Courtney Markowitz,
Aaron Ramey, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Rob Richardson, Blair Ross, Doug Storm, Haley Swindal
and Jason Wooten.
JEKYLL & HYDE features scenic & costume design by Tobin Ost (Newsies), lighting design by Jeff
Croiter (Newsies, Peter and the Starcatcher - Tony® Award), sound design by Ken Travis (Newsies) and
projection design by Daniel Brodie (Godspell). Orchestrations are by Kim Scharnberg. Musical
supervision and arrangements are by Jason Howland.
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After four years on Broadway and multiple world-wide tours, this dark and dangerous love story
from Oscar® and Grammy® winner Leslie Bricusse and Tony® and Grammy® Award nominee Frank
Wildhorn returns in a stunning new production that includes all the classic songs (This is the Moment,
A New Life, Someone Like You) that captivated audiences and transformed JEKYLL & HYDE into a
theatrical phenomenon.
The musical is based on the acclaimed novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by
Robert Louis Stevenson, about a London doctor who accidentally unleashes his evil alternate
personality in his quest to cure his father’s mental illness.
JEKYLL & HYDE was first introduced as a concept album in 1990 featuring Colm Wilkinson and
Linda Eder, and shortly thereafter had its world premiere at the Alley Theatre in Houston starring
Chuck Wagner as Jekyll/ Hyde and Linda Eder as Lucy. Following a 30-city National Tour, the
Broadway production opened at The Plymouth Theatre on April 28, 1997 and earned four Tony
Award nominations. Directed by Robin Phillips and choreographed by Joey Pizzi, the production
starred Robert Cuccioli, who earned a Tony Nomination as well as Joseph Jefferson, Outer Critics
Circle and Drama Desk Awards for his portrayal of Jekyll/ Hyde, Linda Eder, who won the Theatre
World Award for her Broadway debut, as Lucy and Christianne Noll as Emma Carew. After 1,543
performances, and featuring such replacements as Sebastian Bach and David Hasselhoff in the title
role, the production played its final performance on January 7, 2001. The show’s popularity
catapulted well beyond the Great White Way and, within the subsequent decade of its world
premiere, JEKYLL & HYDE became an international sensation with multiple tours in the U.K. and
North America, and over a dozen recordings from Germany, Spain, Austria, Hungary, Sweden, the
Czech Republic, Japan and South Korea, among others.
For more information about JEKYLL & HYDE, please visit www.JekyllandHydeMusical.com and
www.ppacri.org
The performance schedule for JEKYLL & HYDE is
Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 7P
Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 7P
Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 7:30P
Friday, January 4, 2013 at 7:30P
Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 2P & 8P
Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 1P & 6:30P
Tickets are on sale NOW at the PPAC Box Office, online at www.ppacri.org and by phone at (401)
421-ARTS (2787). The PPAC Box Office is located at 220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence.
Tickets are $66 - $41; all ticket prices include a $3 per ticket restoration charge and are subject to
change without notice.
Discounted admission is available for groups of 20 or more; for more information and to order, please
contact Group Sales Representative Paul Hiatt at phiatt@ppacri.org or call (401) 574-3162.
Media
For photography and interview requests, please contact Marketing Projects Coordinator Caitlyn
DiPompo at cdipompo@ppacri.org or (401) 574-3112.
BIOGRAPHIES
CONSTANTINE MAROULIS (Dr. Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde) played the lead role in a three-year
run in Broadway’s Rock of Ages and received a Best Actor Tony® nomination and a Drama League
nomination for his performance. Constantine made his Broadway debut in the Tony®-Nominated
production of The Wedding Singer and was recently seen in the title role of the hit production of Toxic
Avenger at the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas. Constantine was a finalist on the fourth season of
American Idol. He played the role of Roger Davis in the national tour of RENT. Constantine costarred in the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway production of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living
in Paris. He was a series regular on the CBS daytime drama The Bold and The Beautiful, which featured
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original songs from his debut album “Constantine,” released on his own label, Sixth Place Records.
Other television credits include Law & Order, The Tonight Show, America’s Got Talent, Dancing with the
Stars, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Conan, Ellen, Regis & Kelly, MTV and many more. In
2011, he was presented with both The Gabby Award and The Elios Award, which recognizes the
excellence Greek Americans have achieved in various fields. Constantine appears in the Warner
Brothers feature film, Rock of Ages starring Tom Cruise. Constantine graduated from the Boston
Conservatory and apprenticed at The Williamstown Theatre Festival. @ConstantineM
DEBORAH COX (Lucy) A multi-platinum selling and a multi-talented entertainer, Cox has
conquered the R&B and pop charts, including six top-20 Billboard R&B singles, an impressive eleven
(11) #1 hits on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart and the lead role in Elton John and Tim Rice's
Broadway musical, Aida. Cox will return to Broadway in Jekyll & Hyde as Lucy in 2013 and Josephine
as Josephine Baker in 2014. While singing with Celine Dion, Cox was discovered by the infamous
Clive Davis and instantly signed to Arista records. Her platinum selling debut album Deborah Cox
was released in 1995 and earned her an American Music Award nomination. She won her first of 3
Juno Awards including a Female Vocalist of the Year nomination. In 1998 she followed up with the
release of her second CD One Wish. From this, came the double platinum “Nobody’s Supposed To Be
Here” which held the record for being the longest running #1 R&B Single for 14 consecutive weeks
and earned her an NAACP Image Award nomination, a Soul Train Award, A Lady Of Soul Award,
Best Female vocalist Juno nomination and a Billboard Music Award Nomination for R&B Single Of
The Year. Her second single “We Can’t Be Friends” also went to #1 on Billboard's singles chart.
Deborah has performed all over the world including The World Music Awards in 2010. She has sung
with Andrea Bocelli, toured with David Foster and Friends, The Isley Brothers, Cyndi Lauper, Josh
Groban and Sarah Mac Lachlan with Lilith Fair. She was also invited to perform for First Lady
Michelle Obama and most recently asked to perform for President Obama. In 2000, Deborah
collaborated with Whitney Houston to record the duet “Same Script Different Cast” for Houston’s
Greatest Hits CD. Deborah’s third album, The Morning After was released in 2002 with “Up & Down
(In & Out)” co-written with Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. In 2002, Deborah received another Juno
nomination for Best Dance recording. In 2003, her fourth album Remixed was released featuring her
Billboard chart- topping dance remixes. In 2012, Deborah garnered her 11th number one Billboard
Dance single with “If It Wasn’t For Love.” In addition to roles in both film and television, Deborah
released her fifth album, Destination Moon, the Grammy® nominated tribute to the legendary Dinah
Washington in 2007 (Universal). That same year she also received The Civil Rights Award from the
New York Senate for her efforts in the fight for Human Rights and equality. In 2008, she formed
Deco Recording Group and released her sixth studio album The Promise. This album was nominated
for Best Soul Recording at The Junos and gave her another #1 on the Billboard Dance Chart with the
international hit “Beautiful U R.” Behind the scenes, Deborah received two Genie Award nominations
for songs she’d written in the film Love Come Down which she also starred in alongside Larenz Tate.
She has recorded singles for several film soundtracks including Akeelah and the Bee, Hotel Rwanda,
Kingdom Come, Money Talks, A Good Man is Hard To Find and Tyler Perry’s “Meet the Browns.”
FRANK WILDHORN (Co-Conceiver and Music) Multi-Grammy® and Tony® Award nominated
composer/producer Frank Wildhorn's works span the worlds of popular, theatrical, and classical
music. In 1999, Frank became the first American composer in 22 years to have three shows running
simultaneously on Broadway: Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Civil War. Also for Broadway:
Dracula, Victor/Victoria, Wonderland, and Bonnie & Clyde (Tony Award nominated for Best Score).
Frank produced Harlem Song at the famed Apollo Theatre. International: Cyrano, The Count of Monte
Cristo, Carmen, Rudolf, Mitsuko, Never Say Goodbye, Camille Claudel, and Tears of Heaven. Frank served
as music director for the Goodwill Games in New York City (1998). He wrote the song “Gold”, the
opening number for the 2002 Winter Olympics. Received the prestigious Charles Dickens Award
from USC, where there is a scholarship under his name. Among the artists who have recorded and
performed Frank’s works: Whitney Houston (#1 international hit “Where Do Broken Hearts Go?”),
Natalie Cole, Kenny Rogers, Sammy Davis, Jr., Liza Minnelli, Julie Andrews, Hootie & the Blowfish,
The Moody Blues, Johnny Mathis, Linda Eder, Freddie Jackson, Trisha Yearwood, Stacy Lattisaw,
Molly Hatchet, Blues Traveler, Trace Adkins, Patti LaBelle, Jeffrey Osborne, BeBe Winans, Amy
Grant, Anthony Warlow, to name a few. Associate artist at the Alley Theatre in Houston. Father to
Justin Samuel and Jake Ryan.
LESLIE BRICUSSE (Book and Lyrics) is an author-composer-lyricist who has contributed to many
musical films and plays during his career earning him two Oscars and a Grammy® Award. At
Cambridge University, he co-authored, directed and performed in his first two musical shows, Out of
the Blue and Lady at the Wheel, both of which made their way to London’s West End. While performing
in An Evening with Beatrice Lillie at the Globe Theatre, he wrote his first musical, Boy On The Corner,
and the screenplay and score of his first motion picture, Charley Moon, which won his first Ivor
Novello Award. His subsequent stage musicals include Stop The World - I Want To Get Off; The Roar Of
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The Greasepaint - The Smell Of The Crowd; Pickwick; Harvey; The Good Old Bad Old Days; Goodbye, Mr.
Chips; Henry’s Wives; Scrooge; Sherlock Holmes; Noah’s Ark; Sammy; Cyrano De Bergerac; Kennedy;
Victor/Victoria and It’s a Dog’s Life! He has written songs and/or screenplays for such films as Doctor
Dolittle; Scrooge; Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory; Goodbye, Mr. Chips; Superman; Victor/Victoria;
Santa Claus – The Movie; Home Alone I & II; Hook; Tom & Jerry – The Movie; various Pink Panthers and
The Great Music Chase. He has been nominated for ten Oscars, nine Grammys and four Tonys, and has
won two Oscars, a Grammy and eight Ivor Novello Awards, the premiere British Music Award.
Bricusse’s songs have been recorded by many major artists, including Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole,
Judy Garland, Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Sammy Davis, Jr. (who recorded 60 Bricusse songs),
Tony Bennett, Tom Jones, Julie Andrews, Liza Minnelli, Andy Williams, Bobby Darin, Bette Midler,
Nina Simone, Dionne Warwick, Johnny Mathis, Robert Goulet, Ray Charles, Ethel Merman, Placido
Domingo, Jennifer Holliday, Robbie Williams, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Linda Eder, Diana Krall,
Maroon 5, Michael Bublé, The Black-Eyed Peas, Muse, Jennifer Hudson and Queen Latifah. In 1989
he received the Kennedy Award for consistent excellence in British songwriting, bestowed by the
British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, and was inducted into the American
Songwriters’ Hall of Fame - only the fourth Englishman to be so honoured – after Noel Coward, John
Lennon and Paul McCartney. H.M. the Queen conferred on him The Order of the British Empire in
2001.
JEFF CALHOUN (Director and Choreographer) Broadway: Disney's Newsies (director, 2012 Tony
nomination for Best Direction), Bonnie & Clyde (director/choreographer), Grey Gardens (musical
staging), Deaf West’s Big River (director/choreographer; 2004 Tony Honor for Excellence in Theatre),
Brooklyn (producer/director/choreographer), Annie Get Your Gun (co-choreographer with Graciela
Daniele; 1999 Tony Award, Best Revival), Grease (director/ choreographer; 1994 Tony nomination,
Best Choreography), Tommy Tune Tonite! (directing debut), The Will Rogers Follies (associate
choreographer). West End/ international: Disney’s High School Musical 1 & 2: On Stage! (director).
Regional/ national tour: Disney's Newsies (Director: World Premiere), Paper Mill Playhouse; Jane
Austen’s Emma: A Musical Romantic Comedy (director/choreographer), The Old Globe; Bonnie & Clyde
(director/musical staging; 2009 San Diego Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Musical and
Outstanding Director of a Musical), Asolo Rep Theatre and La Jolla Playhouse; Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5:
The Musical (director/ choreographer), first national tour; Deaf West’s Pippin
(director/choreographer), Mark Taper Forum; Disney’s High School Musical: On Tour! (director),
Disney Theatrical; The Civil War (director), Ford’s Theatre. Jeff is an Associate Artist at Ford’s Theatre.
NEDERLANDER PRESENTATIONS, INC. (Producer) Nederlander Presentations is the producing
arm of a family company that is currently celebrating its 100th anniversary. Under the aegis of
Chairman, James M. Nederlander and President, James L. Nederlander, the company owns/operates
nine Broadway theatres in New York and a chain of legitimate theatres and amphitheaters around
America and in London. The Nederlanders are also award-winning producers of Broadway and
touring productions currently including Evita, Priscilla Queen of the Desert and the upcoming revival of
Annie.
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