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Unchained Melodies
Unchained Melodies
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Under the streetlamps of East Coast cities, doo-wop emerged, bringing tight harmony to the soundtrack of the 1950s.
Beginning with doo-wop groups like The Drifters and The Platters, Unchained Melodies celebrates the swingin’ harmonies of the ‘50s and ‘60s. Featuring songs like “Blue Moon,” “16 Candles,” “Save The Last Dance,” and “Working My Way Back To You.”
Unchained Melodies, created by Richard Hopkins and Rebecca Hopkins with arrangements by Jim Prosser, closed two weeks early due to COVID-19.
Running Time
Fast paced jog down memory lane
Cast
Nick Anastasia
Nathaniel P. Claridad
James LaRosa
David Marmanillo
Scott Michaelsen
NICK ANASTASIA is stoked to be returning to FST for Unchained Melodies! Nick was most recently seen at FST in last year's Burt & Me (Jerry) and 2016's Laughing Matters (vol. 5). Past professional credits also include Hair (Claude, International Tour), Voca People, (Tenoro, Off-Broadway*/National/International Tours, *Lucille Lortel Award), Monster Jam (Host/Announcer, Fox Sports 1), The Love Note (Adam, Original Off-Broadway Cast), In The Heights (Sonny, Regional Premiere), Scab (featuring Alice Ripley), Disney Cruise Line (Disney Fantasy), and bare (Jason, Licensed Premiere). Instagram: @nottherussianprincess
NATHANIEL P. CLARIDAD Off-Broadway/NYC credits include Here Lies Love (The Public Theater), Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music (St. Ann's Warehouse), The Awesome 80’s Prom, work with NYShakespeare Exchange, NYMF, PS122, N.A.A.P.; International: Laser Beak Man (Dead Puppet Society, Brisbane Festival), Taylor Mac’s…(The Forum, Melbourne Festival); National Tour: Alice (The Kennedy Center); Regional: The Kennedy Center, PlayMakers Repertory Company, Folger Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Cape Fear Regional, Imagination Stage, Hangar Theatre, Barrington Stage. Directing credits include The One Minute Play Festival, ShakesBEER, The Drama League. MFA: UNC-CH
JAMES LAROSA FST: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Man #3), Next to Normal (Henry) and Altar Boyz (Abraham). Select theatre: Leo Bloom in The Producers (American Stage), Stewpot in South Pacific (Triad Stage), Gus in Saturday Night Fever (NSMT), Mark Cohen in RENT (BRT), Malone in Mr. Confidential (Signature Center), and his award-winning portrayal of Abraham in Altar Boyz (Zach Scott). TV: NBC’s Saturday Night Live, ABC’s WWYD?, A&E’s Fugitive Chronicles. VO: Rockstar Games, MTV, Nickelodeon, TRW. AEA proud and graduate of NYU Tisch and the High School for Performing Arts. TheJamesLaRosa.com
DAVID MARMANILLO Off-Broadway/NYC Credits: Three Amigos (Jefé) — Lincoln Center, SLAM: A Hip Hop Musical (Geo) — New York Theatre Barn, Through Andrew’s Eyes (Andrew) — INTAR Theatre, Cole Porter’s Mexican Hayride (Lombo) — Musicals Tonight. Regional: Murder Among Friends w/ Loretta Swit (Larry, Alhambra Dinner Theatre), Lincoln In Love (Shields) — Goodspeed Opera House, Man of La Mancha (José, Pioneer Theatre Company), A Cappella Humana (Original Cast. Bass, Delaware Theatre Company), RENT (Benny, Forestburgh Playhouse). Instagram: @davemarm
SCOTT MICHAELSEN Hailing from Bend, Oregon, this is Scott’s first appearance at FST. Recent credits as Music Director include Sister Act and A Year with Frog and Toad at Post Playhouse, Grease and Camelot at Sierra Repertory Theatre. He will serve as a pianist and keyboardist for Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre in Summer 2020. Scott has also frequented as a choir accompanist, Classical pianist, middle school band instructor, and children’s theater Music Director.
Creative
Director | Catherine Randazzo
Music Director | Darren Server
Choreographer | Savannah Holds
Costume Designer | Susan Angermann
Lighting Designer | Thom Beaulieu
Sound Designer | Thom Korp
Sound and Light Board Operator | Elizabeth Adams
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