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Cast Photos and Bios
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Kelly Briggs (Dar) is a native
of Bordentown New Jersey. He received the Gwen Verdon Scholarship to study musical theater in New York City and appeared in
the films Fame and Hair . After performing in Summer Stock productions and some Regional theater, Kelly
joined the National Tour of Les Miserables as the Bishop of Digne and understudy to Jean Valjean and Mssr. Thenardier.
After 6 years of touring, Kelly joined the Broadway company of Les Mis for 1 year before moving to the Broadway company
of Cats performing with Liz Callaway and Laurie Beechman . Kelly was also the host of the nationally syndicated television
show DEBATES/DEBATES. He has performed his nightclub act throughout the country and on cruise ships and appeared
on many telethons. He received a Bistro Award and MAC nominations for his work. Kelly co-produced with Keith Cooper and directed
a series of concerts at Caesars and Resorts in Atlantic City to benefit the South Jersey Aids Alliance. Broadway On The
Boardwalk featured Andrea McArdle, Melba Moore, Terri White, Julie Budd , Frank Gorshin,Gary Beach and many others .
LOVELY: A Musical Comedy along with Jerry Christakos and John McMahon received the Nightlife Award for Best
Musical Comedy. Kelly is also a casting director for the Cohoes Music Hall in Cohoes New York and TriArts at the Sharon Playhouse
in Sharon Connecticut.
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Jerry Christakos (Christy
Vann deCamp) originated the
role of Gabriel in the Toronto, London and Broadway productions of Kiss of the Spider Woman. He was in
the national tour of Les Miserables where he portrayed the student leader Enjolras, and was a featured soloist
with the national tours of Andrew Lloyd Webber: Music of The Night and A Swell Party: The Cole Porter
Songbook. Off-Broadway he was seen in the long-running hit Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims
Unit and appeared in earlier companies of Forbidden Broadway in Washington,
D.C. and Boston. Regional credits include productions of Candide at Arena Stage, Hot
'n' Cole at Actors' Theatre of Louisville, Niteclub Confidential in Boston, and The All Night Strut
at Detroit's Gem Theatre. Jerry has also appeared as Reverend John Witherspoon in 1776, Wonderful Town and
How to Succeed in Business...all at the Goodspeed Opera House, Billy Flynn in Chicago at the Tri-Arts Theater,
Zaza/Albin in La Cage Aux Folles and Roger DeBris in The Producers at the Coeur d'Alene Summer Theater,
and recently Daddy Warbucks in Annie at The Little Theater on the Square. He is a senior company
member at the Cohoes Music Hall in upstate New York having portrayed Fred/ Petruchio in Kiss Me Kate, Julian
Marsh in 42nd Street, Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady, Tateh in Ragtime, Georges in La Cage Aux
Folles, Henessey/Captain in Dames at Sea and Herbie in Gypsy.
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John McMahon
(Piano/Musical Director) was born in Wildwood, New Jersey
and attended the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. and shortly became musical director for three USO tours,
entertaining troops in Germany and Iceland. John's theater credits include Prince of Central
Park (Broadway), Oh! Kay! (Off-Broadway), Ruthless!, and Whoop Dee Doo!
Review. He was the musical conductor and co-creator of the musical revue Bottoms Up!, and directed
Absolutely Rude! and musical directed the Star Trek parody Space Trek, both penned by Rick Crom.
Also John has composed original music for the spoof musical Below the Valley of the Dolls and
for the musical Satan's School for Girls, which was nominated for a Jeffery Award for its Chicago run at the
Circle Theatre. John can be heard on the soundtrack of the critically acclaimed Japanese made-for-television movie A
Table for Two. A Bistro Award Winner, his original revue, written with lyricist Jay Jeffries, That's My New York won
a 2002 Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC) award for the song "Where's Shirley?". His jazz arrangement
of Sondheim's "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" can be heard on Lea Delaria's CD Play it Cool. As Laura
Bell Bundy's longtime accompanist and musical director, he conducted her acclaimed cabaret acts at Joe's Pub and Feinstein's
in NYC. He has worked as a pianist, vocal coach, composer and conductor with performers such as Lea
DeLaria, Lois Sage, Heather MacRae, Helen Schneider, Phyllis Pastore, Charles Cermele, Liliane Montevecchi, Tommy Femia, Mr.
Ruby Rims, Florence Henderson, Andre De Shields, Jo Anne Worley, Sylvia Miles, Mara Getz, Elaine Brier, Terri White and the
late great Bruce Hopkins. John is currently collaborating with Jay Jeffries on a Broadway musical entitled Aesop
and Company.
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