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Reel Music
By Richard Hopkins, Rebecca Hopkins, and Sarah Durham. Musical Arrangements by Jim ProsserReel Music
By Richard Hopkins, Rebecca Hopkins, and Sarah Durham. Musical Arrangements by Jim ProsserFrom silent films and movie musicals to Casablanca and The Greatest Showman, the silver screen transports us to places and times we dream about. Reel Music celebrates the movies that helped create the soundtrack to the last century, with classics like “Singing in the Rain,” “Circle of Life,” and “My Heart Will Go On.” This lively music revue reminds us that movies and music have always gone hand in hand.
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Cast
Diana Leticia
Joel Newsome
Michelle Rombola
Brandon Wardell
Jim Prosser
DIANA LETICIA is thrilled to be making her FST debut in Reel Music! Recently finished the Off-Broadway production, Rathskeller, which won best new original piece (BroadwayWorld). Diana is a UF theater and Business Masters grad. Other credits include: Nicola U/S, Regional Premiere of Kinky Boots and Recording Artist and Singer-Songwriter with Indie Chameleon and Dream Walker Studios. Repped (LA/NYC) by Stefanie Field and Gina Stoj. dianatruman.com | @dianaleticiatruman
JOEL NEWSOME is thrilled to be back in Sarasota, having performed at FST in Over the Rainbow and All Night Strut. On Broadway, Joel was seen in the Tony-winning productions of The Producers and 42nd Street. Off-Broadway he was seen in the hit show, Cagney!. Joel has toured the country extensively with the Broadway First National tours of The Producers, Billy Elliot, Something Rotten!, and most recently, Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory.
MICHELLE ROMBOLA is so happy to be at FST! She was last seen Off-Broadway as Mary Delgado in Jersey Boys. Tours: Jersey Boys, Sister Act. Regional: Ogunquit Playhouse, The Muny, Forestburgh, Gateway. Recordings: Beauty and the Beast (2017 Disney movie), Hunchback of Notre Dame (cast recording). BFA- CCM. MA- Columbia. Michelle also has a passion for teaching voice, at the university level and at her private studio, in NYC and online! michellerombola.com
BRANDON WARDELL made his Broadway debut in James Joyce’s The Dead beside Christopher Walken. He appeared in the Tony Award-winning
musical Thoroughly Modern Millie opposite Sutton Foster. Other Broadway credits: the Tony Award-winning production of Assassins, Good Vibrations: The Beach Boys Musical, and Catch Me if You Can. He played Scott in the hit Off-Broadway show Evil Dead The Musical and was featured in Rent at the Hollywood Bowl, directed by Neil Patrick Harris.
JIM PROSSER This Winter Season marks Jim’s 27th season as FST’s Resident Pianist. He most recently appeared in The '70s: More Than a Decade, Laughing Matters, The Wanderers, Sophie Tucker: The Last of the Red Hot Mamas, and Vintage POP!. He has arranged and co developed over 50 Cabarets at FST including: The '70s: More Than a Decade, Laughing Matters, The Wanderers, Three Pianos, Light My Fire, Outlaws and Angels, That’s Amoré!, The Wonder Years, Unchained Melodies, and more. He has served as Composer/Music Director for The FST School, writing numerous scores for children’s shows.
Creative
Director | Catherine Randazzo
Music Director | Darren Server
Scenic Designer | Clint Wright
Lighting Designer | Andrew Gray
Sound Designer | Thom Korp
Costume Designer | April Andrew Carswell
Choreographer | Ellie Mooney
Dance Captain | Joel Newsome
Sound and Light Board Operator | Passion Shaffer