Phantom of the Opera, 2011

When I found out WNMTC was going to do the full version of The Phantom of the Opera in the fall of 2011 I was as excited probably as all of the theatre community in the Carson/Reno/Tahoe area. The opportunity to play and sing The Phantom is the dream role of a lifetime and I was fortunate enough to be cast in the title role.

There were nice articles in the Nevada Appeal and the Entertainment Buzz.

Stephanie also rented billboards up in Reno. It was weird to see my picture on those.

I made a photo montage with a recorded clip I had of "Music of the Night."

Most of the photos were ones I had used to make this collage.

Music of the Night 2011

We were still doing fundraising in the summer of 2011 to purchase the concert grand piano for the Theatre. I had a done a mini-recital of Phantom songs with Maria Arrigotti at WNC that she had called "Music of the Night." I stole her idea and added some songs from Jekyll and Hyde for my own version of Music of the Night.

Chicago 2011

Dave, Rexanne, and I had been talking about doing Chicago for years, but by the time they had released the rights, Dave was gone, and Susan was using Kelly Alvarez as her choreographer. I did the music direction and conducted the band. That was a great group. The program had these newspaper headlines which was also cool.

Ginger Janssen designed an awesome poster with photos by Pat Leonard-Heffner featuring Rhonda Keen and Mitzi Nelson as Velma and Roxie.

The Action gave us a nice featured article.

Loving You: A Musical Valentine 2011

This concert was the second of the "Valentine" fundraisers Susan and I did at LTCC. It featured songs of love from Sinatra to Sondheim sung and danced by some of Lake Tahoe’s most talented performers. This was a fundraiser for the upcoming Theatre Department production of Chicago.