Snow Pond Center for the Arts - Summer Concert Series
Snow Pond Center for the Arts, Bangor Symphony Orchestra , Evan Wilson Viola soloist, NEMC Pops Concert, Broadway Under the Stars, U.S. Air Force Strings, In the Woods,
Snow Pond Center for the Arts, Bangor Symphony Orchestra , Evan Wilson Viola soloist, NEMC Pops Concert, Broadway Under the Stars, U.S. Air Force Strings, In the Woods,
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moved to New York City to make his Broadway debut in<br />
<strong>the</strong> lavish Production of The Three Musketeers and has<br />
since co-starred in <strong>the</strong> Broadway Productions of Romance/<br />
Romance, City of Angels, Falsettos, The Life, and The Full<br />
Monty. Off- Broadway, Viviano co-starred in <strong>the</strong> recent<br />
revival of Closer Than Ever* (Broadway World Award -<br />
Best Actor; Off-Broadway Alliance Award); as well as in<br />
The Big Time; Golf The Musical* (Backstage Award- Best<br />
Actor); Beau Jest; Ca<strong>the</strong>r County*; Weird Romance*;<br />
Catch Me If I Fall*; Broadway Jukebox; and Hamlet, The<br />
Opera (<strong>for</strong> Joseph Papp), among o<strong>the</strong>rs. On tour he’s<br />
starred in Chicago; Evita; Joseph and <strong>the</strong>…Dreamcoat;<br />
Anything Goes!; The Pirates of Penzance; Hair; Sunday in<br />
<strong>the</strong> Park With George (Helen Hayes Award - Best Actor<br />
nom.). On film, Viviano starred in John Fasano’s cult classics<br />
Black Roses* (newly released on a Collector’s Edition<br />
DVD), and The Jitters; and appeared in (and recorded<br />
songs <strong>for</strong>…) Legally Blonde 2*; Spike of Bensonhurst*; and<br />
Life With Mikey*, among o<strong>the</strong>rs. The ‘highlight’ of his couple<br />
dozen primetime guest appearances and daytime television<br />
credits: Vincent VanGogh in Disney’s Out of <strong>the</strong> Box<br />
(Parent’s Choice Award)… Viviano’s recordings include<br />
two LIVE albums recorded with full orchestra: his most<br />
recent, a Solo CD entitled Perfectly Frank- A Century of<br />
Sinatra (a 2-CD set of 40 Sinatra hits), and The Standards<br />
of Love (of which Billboard said: “...a clarion and richlycolored<br />
voice with a mellow, saxophone-like timbre…”) both<br />
on The FRIARecords Label (with a new Christmas Album<br />
also in <strong>the</strong> works). His original cast, compilation, and solo<br />
CD recordings number over 70, on a dozen different labels<br />
(including *’d titles above). A proud 20-year member of<br />
<strong>the</strong> famed FRIARS Club, Sal has also sung our National<br />
An<strong>the</strong>m <strong>for</strong> over 30 seasons <strong>for</strong> NY’s Mets. Sal Viviano resides<br />
in New York City and Culver City, CA with his wife,<br />
<strong>the</strong> extraordinary actress Liz Larsen (currently co-starring<br />
in Beautiful, The Carole King Musical, on Broadway), and<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir boys, Alessandro Gian (18) and Joseph Dante (15)<br />
Visit: SALVIVIANO.COM<br />
Creative Staff<br />
Paul Staroba (Music Director) is currently<br />
<strong>the</strong> music director <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> 2014<br />
Tony Award-Winning Best Musical,<br />
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and<br />
Murder. O<strong>the</strong>r conducting credits<br />
include, Broadway: A Little Night<br />
Music, Next to Normal, Grey Gardens. Off-Broadway:<br />
Carrie, The Blue Flower, Lucky Guy, Happiness, Saved,<br />
Take Me Along. O<strong>the</strong>r selected keyboard credits: Big<br />
Fish, Far From Heaven, Newsies, Sister Act, The Addams<br />
Family, West Side Story, Spamalot, In <strong>the</strong> Heights,<br />
Wicked, Young Frankenstein, Legally Blonde, A Chorus<br />
Line, Les Miserables.<br />
Mary Henderson (Stage Manager) graduated from<br />
The Hill School in Pottstown, PA this year after stage<br />
managing <strong>the</strong>ir production of Brigadoon and working<br />
as an audio technician <strong>for</strong> its productions of Brigadoon,<br />
Anything Goes, and How To Succeed in Business<br />
Without Really Trying, among o<strong>the</strong>rs. She has also interned<br />
<strong>for</strong> Broadway’s Phantom of <strong>the</strong> Opera, Wicked,<br />
and Rock of Ages. She will be attending Franklin and<br />
Marshall College in <strong>the</strong> fall.<br />
Nathan Powell‘s (Sound Designer) professional career<br />
began as a sound engineer <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> United States<br />
Government in <strong>the</strong> early 1980’s. He was on <strong>the</strong> audio<br />
engineers <strong>for</strong> President Reagan and Vice President<br />
Bush’s 1984 Re-Election Tour. Following this tour, he<br />
became a staff audio engineer <strong>for</strong> Opryland Productions<br />
in Nashville, TN (home of <strong>the</strong> world famous<br />
Grand Ol’ Opry & TNN).<br />
During his 7-year tenure with Opryland Productions,<br />
Nathan’s skill in audio production developed<br />
to <strong>the</strong> level where he was responsible <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> audio<br />
engineering and mixing of some of <strong>the</strong> top entertainers<br />
in both <strong>the</strong> Country and Rock music fields.<br />
Additionally, he was contracted to co-design and mix<br />
a number of top Broadway musical productions.<br />
Jeff Bettencourt (Lighting Designer) Jeff is a resident<br />
lighting designer <strong>for</strong> Starlite Productions of Moorestown,<br />
New Jersey. He has been working with live<br />
<strong>the</strong>atre <strong>for</strong> over fifteen years and has designed lights<br />
<strong>for</strong> musicals, plays, fashion and talent shows, and<br />
bands all over Delaware, South Jersey, and Philadelphia.<br />
Jeff is pleased to be returning to NEMC <strong>for</strong> his<br />
second summer and looks <strong>for</strong>ward to <strong>the</strong> many more<br />
to come.<br />
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