began her 30 years career in show business on the television series Here’s Lucy. In the theatre she starred in Seesaw, Vanities, Annie Get Your Gun, Educating Rita, Whose Life is it Anyway?, I Do! I Do!, The Guardsman, Social Security and My One and Only, for which she received the Sarah Siddons Award. On Broadway, Lucie starred in They’re Playing Our Song, (winning the Los Angeles Critics Circle Award, a Theatre World Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award), Lost in Yonkers and Grace and Glorie. She has hosted her own radio show, performed the opening number at the 1981 Academy Awards Show and appeared twice at the White House. Lucie’s film credits include The Jazz Singer, Second Thoughts, Who Killed the Black Dahlia, Washington Mistress, The Mating Season, Who Gets the Friends? and Abduction of Innocence. Lucie has toured worldwide with her nightclub act, and released an album, Just in Time. She received an Emmy for producing and directing the documentary Lucy & Desi: A Home Movie and recently published two CD-ROMS—Lucy & Desi: The Scrapbooks, and How To Save Your Family History. Lucie is mother to three children—Simon, Joseph and Katharine—with husband actor Laurence Luckinbill, in addition to being step-mother to his two sons, Nicholas and Ben. It is these credits of which Lucie is most proud.
The Boards: Sylvia (LA premiere, Coronet Theatre and Ogunquit, Cape, Westport Playhouess), AdWars (Court Theatre and Tiffany Theatre, CA—Dramalogue Award), The Crimson Thread (Original production at Seven Angels Theatre, CT and Pasadena Playhouse), The Philadelphia Story (Cleveland Playhouse), The Threepenny Opera (w/Betty Buckley, Williamstown Theatre Festival, MA), The Baby Dance (original production w/Linda Purl, Richard Lineback, Joel Polis and John Bennett Perry, directed by Jenny Sullivan at Pasadena, Williamstown, Long Wharf Theatre, CT and Lucille Lortel Theatre, NY), Love Letters (Canon Theatre, CA), My One and Only (national tour w/Tommy Tune), Barbarians, Summer and Smoke (Williamstown), The Cherry Orchard (Long Wharf), American Mosaic (Aquarius Theater, Mark Taper Forum project), The Tempest (w/Anthony Hopkins, Taper), Festival (Las Palmas Theater). The Big Screen: The Awakening (w/Charlton Heston), The Magic of Lassie (w/James Stewart). The Box: lotsa movies, including The Golden Moment, Centennial, The Gathering, The Story Lady (w/Jessica Tandy), Caroline? (Hallmark—Golden Globe nomination), Incident in a Small Town (w/Walter Matthau and Harry Morgan), and Stop the World—I Want to Get Off for A&E. Ninety-four episodes as Laura Holt in the MTM series, Remington Steele. Stephanie is thrilled to be united and re-united with this wonderful group of minstrels!
is delighted to be returning to the REPRISE! stage, after playing one of the four over-sexed executives in the premier production of Promises, Promises. While he is widely known to TV audiences as “Cliff” from the IHOP commercials, he has an extensive stage background, including seven season with the Cleveland Playhouse, where favorite shows included Tintypes, Tomfoolery, Robber Bridegroom, Cole, and A Funny Thing Happened… He received the Cleveland Critics Circle “Outstanding Performance Award” for playing the title role in Sweeney Todd, and starred in a two and a half year run of Jacques Brel, which ran on Cleveland’s Playhouse Square. That production is acknowledged as the show which saved the historic theatres from the wrecking ball. Film credits include Odd Couple 2, Pink Cadillac, Naked Gun 2 ½, and The Distinguished Gentleman. Numerous television appearances include Gun, Coach, Dream On, Cheers, Newhart and Sisters to name a few. And he was featured in a recent Murder, She Wrote movie of the week starring Angela Lansbury. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Cliff has called LA home for the past 11 years.
As an actor, writer, director, Tony has won numerous LA Weekly and Dramalogue Awards, a Drama Critics Circle nomination and an Ovation nomination for lead roles in Carmaralenta and La Bete, respectively. He has also received two NEA fellowships and the Ted Schmitt Memorial Award for Innovation in Small Theatre from Theatre LA. He directed Julie Harris in Lucifer’s Child on Broadway and again for A&E Cable Network. As an actor he appeared at the New York Shakespeare Festival, The Cherry Lane, Arena Stage and the Folger in DC, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, the ICA in London, the Mark Taper Forum, LATC and on at least ten of LA’s smaller stages. He performed in his own Four Fathers, directed by Don Amendolia, at the Tiffany Theatre in ’91. His feature films include Sleeping With the Enemy, True Believer and the upcoming Music From Another Room. Among his 26 TV guest appearances, Frasier, Profiler and Babylon 5 were most recent. This year he co-starred in the hit show, Sylvia, at the Coronet Theatre. In January of ’98, he will star opposite John Fleck in Charles Ludlam’s hilarious send-up, The Mystery of Irma Vep at the Tiffany Theatre.
Mr. Doney’s career as an Actor, Singer, Dancer has linked him with Broadway, Television Specials, Series, Industrials, Commercials, Nightclub and Film. He has assisted major Choreographers/Directors. He Producers/directs fashion shows for FILA sports wear, Levis and fashionable boutiques like Christian Dior, Giorgio and Battaglia on Rodeo drive, utilizing celebrity models from stage, screen and television. He co-produced an exercise video called Sandy Duncan, the 5 Minute Workout, co-choreographed for the Share Boomtown charity event, and has happily collaborated as Associate Director for Barry Manilow the past 11 years on his acclaimed tours and Television Specials. Associate choreographer for Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus and Superbowl XXVII. He is a board member of the Professional Dancers Society and has produced and directed their Gypsy Award shows honoring Shirley MacLaine, Ann Miller, Cyd Charrisse and Donald O’Connor et al.
Ms. Fahn’s theatrical career began in her native New York: as Grandma/Bielke in Fiddler on the Roof (tour), as a Puerto Rican Rabbi in Frozen Styph and as various princesses with the Periwinkle National Theater for Children. Los Angeles credits include the Kid in the award-winning production of The Roar of the Greasepaint, The Smell of the Crowd (Long Beach Playhouse), Feste in Twelfth Night (Knightsbridge Theater), Lucy Brown in The Threepenny Opera (Friends and Artists Theater), and as the Girlfriend in Twelve Items or Less (Friends and Artists), a play she co-wrote with her husband, Jonathan Fahn. She also made the local comedy circuit with her three-woman sketch group, The Jersey Girls. Television credits include recurring stints as writer and actor on The New America’s Funniest People (ABC), various voices in The New Adventures of Robin Hood (TNT), and several children’s videos. A production of her children’s musical, Cracker Jack Day, received commendation from then-Mayor Tom Bradley. She is proudest of her latest co-production with her husband: their son, Harrison Roy.
Broadway: Cyrano: The Musical. First National Tours: Les Miserables, Premiered in Moscow and Germany as Rum Tum Tugger in Cats directed by Gillian Lynne and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Sir Sagramore in Theater League’s west coast tour of Camelot starring David Birney and Dale Kristien. Lt. Hernadez in Twist of Fate both at the Tiffany and in New York for the Festival of New Musicals. Guys & Dolls at the Desert inn Vegas where he understudied Jack Jones as Sky Masterson. Virgil in Chekhov’s The Witch: HBO Workspace, Estaban in Lynette at 3 AM at the Complex LA. Two workshops of Pilgrim slated for Broadway in 98. East coast premiere of Dracula in Possessed: The Dracula Musical at Jeff Daniels’ Purple Rose Theatre. Lt. Munoz in City of Angels. Theater Leagues’ Evita. Featured singer for Disney’s Special Event Shows. TV: Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Beverly Hills 90210, Diagnosis Murder, Pacific Palisades and Melrose Place. Daniel is honored to be a part of REPRISE! and especially to be working with his beautiful wife to be Melissa.
In Los Angeles, Joe was featured in Forbidden Hollywood and Maxine Lapiduss’ Situation Tragedy. On Broadway, he performed in the Johnny Burke musical, Swinging on a Star, and his Off-Broadway performances include the original cast of Pageant as well as his one-man show 3 Direct Hits. His national company credits are The Mystery of Edwin Drood and La Cage Aux Folles. Television credits include the 1996 Tony Awards, HBO’s Hardcore TV and Mister Rogers Neighborhood. Regionally he has appeared at Cincinnati Playhouse, Pittsburgh Public Theatre and Goodspeed Opera House.
was last seen in the Actors Gangs/Mark Taper Forum production of Lynn Manning’s Private Battle directed by Beth Milles. Lynne made her first appearance on a professional stage at the tender age of 8 in a musical adaptation of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Two years later after seeing the Broadway production of Goldilocks, starring Elaine Stritch and Don Ameche, she was hooked! She spent most of her teen years performing in musicals around the New Jersey—Pennsylvania area (Bucks County Playhouse, Papermill Playhouse, the McCarter Theatre) until a production of Stop the World (I Wanna Get Off) brought her to LA and the Huntington Hartford Theatre (now the Doolittle). Work in film and television soon came to follow, and through the years she has guest starred in over 150 TV shows and more than 20 MOWs and films. Lynne continues to work as a professional singer/songwriter for TV and film, most recently with Citadel Entertainment’s MOW Locked Away, starring Bonnie Bedelia and Annabeth Gish. Lynne is delighted to be part of this Wonderful Town production and is especially happy to be directed by the truly wonderful Don Amendolia.
was most recently seen as Lt. Ralph Clark in the LA Ovation nominated production of Our Country’s Good at The Colony Theatre. Prior to that he played Man #3 in the west coast premiere of Sondheim’s Putting it Together, also produced by The Colony Theatre and nominated this year for four LA Ovations including Best Musical. Todd also received a Dramalogue award for his portrayal of the writer, Stine, in the Ovation award-winning production of City of Angels, which he co-directed with Nick DeGruccio. Other performances include Incident at Vichy, Working, To Culebra, Good Evening and You Can’t Take it With You. LA audiences have also seen Todd in productions of Hopeful Romantic, Me and My Girl, Peter Pan, Sunday in the Park with George, and The Wonder Years. As a director, Todd recently staged The Colony’s hit revival of Thornton Wilder’s The Matchmaker. The recipient of several Dramalogue and LA Weekly awards for his directing work, Todd was nominated for the LA Ovation award two years in a row for The Colony productions of Working and King of Hearts, as well as an LA Drama Critics Circle nomination for his work on the musical Rags.
Originally from the Northeast, Andrew finds himself in Los Angeles by way of New York but secretly covets Seattle’s moist clime. Andrew made his musical theatre debut in a revival of The Reluctant Cannibal, and other shows include Singin' in the Shower, and One-Man Duet. He recently appeared in the independent film Inner Traveler and on the TV show Pacific Blue. Andrew studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York and Playhouse West in LA, and currently studies with David Man.
a recent transplant from New York, is happy to be making his Los Angeles debut with the REPRISE! series. He most recently appeared as Harry in the critically-acclaimed production of Company at the Huntington Theatre in Boston. He also stood by for the roles of Harry, David and Larry in the 1995 Broadway revival of the same show at the Roundabout Theatre. His other Broadway credits include: Officer Pasco in City of Angels and Fosca’s Father in Passion. Andy has appeared Off-Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club, LaMama ETC, the Triangle Theatre Company, and in the workshop production of Marie Christine, directed by Graciela Danielle. He played Lt. Brannigan in the 1st national tour of Guys & Dolls, and was seen as Mr. Harriman in the world premiere of Time and Again at the Old Globe Theatre. Other regional credits include appearances with the American Shaw Festival, Virginia Stage Company, Actor’s Repertory Theatre, South Jersey Regional and Theatre IV where he received a Phoebe Award for his portrayal of Sgt. Toomey in Biloxi Blues. Andy’s television credits include several episodes of Law & Order, The Equalizer, Another World and All My Children. Andy is married to actress Terri Bibb.
REPRISE’S! production of Wonderful Town brings Deborah full circle, for her first performance in musical theatre was at L.A. C.L.O’s production of Wonderful Town starring Nanette Fabray and George Gaynes. Since then she has enjoyed working in musical theatre, television, film and nightclubs. She appeared as Kathy Selden in Singin' in the Rain; Michelle in Bells Are Ringing; Susie in The Love Boat; guest starring on Three’s Company plus many commercials, Award Shows and Variety Shows. Her film credits include Xanadu and New York, New York. Deborah has had the very special honor of working with Jack Albertson, Bing Crosby and Buddy Ebsen.
Melissa comes to REPRISE! again having just completed the much loved Finian’s Rainbow starring Andrea Marcovicci. LA and Regional Theater the world premiere of Tin Pan Alley Rag at the Pasadena Playhouse, originating the role of Dorothy Berlin, Theater League’s Camelot starring David Birney and Dale Kristien, Josie Cohan in The Welk’s George M! (for which she won critical acclaim), Sister/Young Eva in Theater League’s Evita, Burden Ignorance in Pilgrim (Workshop) slated for Broadway ’98, Margie in Landscape Of The Body (Court Theater), Hela in The Survivor (Estelle Harmon Theater), Ela in Charley’s Aunt, Zelda in Making Love to Zelda, Beatrice in Hubie’s Best Friend (all West Coast Ensemble), West Side Story (Opera Pacific), Phoebe in Alterations at Gene Dynarski Theater and more. TV & Film: The soon to be released A Night at the Roxbury, Beverly Hills 90210, Ren & Stimpy, Head of the Class, Say Anything, commercials, voiceovers, TV specials, jingles, studio impersonator and parody singer for the Premeire Radio Network, voice of Betty Boop for Betty Boop’s Hollywood Mystery recently running on the Disney Channel. Melissa is thrilled to be performing not only with her sister-in-law but also her fiancée/angel, Daniel.
Ms. Carr George returns to Los Angeles after starring in the critically acclaimed European tour of Evita. She received rave reviews and was compared with such notables as Celine Dion and Patti Lupone. She has proven herself to be an accomplished actress, singer and dancer performing lead roles in musicals such as the original Los Angeles hit Beauty and the Beast, the original Broadway and Los Angeles revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and the original LA company of Cats. Starring in A Chorus Line has been a personal favorite of hers. Having made countless television appearances in specials with Steve Martin, David Copperfield, and Barbara Mandrell to name a few, a personal highlight was to dance with Mikhail Baryshnikov. Dancing was her away of life for many years appearing in the Academy Awards, Golden Globes and the Grammys. Recording has kept her busy performing in solo act projects as well as recording voiceovers for companies like Dr. Pepper. She is also the proud mother of two and cherishes her family most of all.
Tracy is pleased to be working with REPRISE! in their production of Wonderful Town. Some of her stage credits include: Gigi in Gigi, Kristine in A Chorus Line, Elizabeth in Frankenstein and Polly Brown in The Boyfriend. On television, she has appeared as a vocalist on Real Life and was featured in Real Stories of the Highway Patrol. Tracy has also worked for Mickey Mouse, performing in live stage shows, on tour throughout Japan and on various Japanese television networks.
After completing the National Company of Sunset Boulevard, covering (the leading role of) Joe Gillis, backing-up Bernadette Peters at the Universal Amphitheatre, followed by choreographing Damn Yankees, and playing Will Parker opposite Jodi Benson in Oklahoma! for the Sacramento Music Circus, Timothy returns to LA happy to be a part of the REPRISE! concert series. Other “road” work includes the Broadway and National tours of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Cats, Les Miserables, Evita, A Chorus Line, George Abbott...A Celebration, and My Fair Lady. Southern California audiences have seen Timothy as the Crook in the Ahmanson revival of Candide, featured in the premieres of Jelly’s Last Jam, and Ghetto at the Taper, the Balladeer in Sondheim’s Assassins at LATC, and in leading roles in productions of Can Can, A Chorus Line, Annie, The Wizard of OZ, Hello Dolly!, On the Town, A Christmas Carol, Babes in Toyland, Blame It On The Movies, and three S.T.A.G.E. APLA Benefits, among others. On TV Timothy guest starred on Wings and created the celebrated Niles and Daphne Tango for Fraiser.
is pleased to be making her Los Angeles debut with Wonderful Town. A recent transplant from the east coast, she has enjoyed playing such roles as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, Cassie in A Chorus Line and Nerrissa in The Merchant of Venice. She has discovered a new love in directing, having just completed a new musical based on the myth of Orpheus, in which she both directed and choreographed. Presently, Peggy is involved with staging a piece for an up and coming sketch comedy troupe. She is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan. Much love to Mom, my sister Patti and the Cooper family!