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BRAINY BEAANIES

Sigmund Freud (shrink)
Born May 6, 1856
He the father of all shrinks
If you tell him your problems
he'll work through your kink

Composer Frank Wildhorn
hits the jackpot with three shows
on Broadway.

the classic Robert Louis Stevenson
story about a backfiring medical exper-
iment that creates an evil alter ego for
an otherwise good person.
he New York casts of Jekyll
William Shakespeare
"Jekyll 6- Hyde has been in my life
6- Hyde, The Scarlet
Born April 23, 1564
for
many years now, and it was my first
The
Civil
and
Pimpernel
The Bard of Avon is
theatrical experience," says Wildhorn,
War — all in costume —
the world's best poet
calling in from an up-in-the-mountains
If you've read his work
recently converged on the stage of the
then you already know it!
ski resort, where he was vacationing
Sr. James Theatre to celebrate the
with
his 13-year-old son, Justin. "It also
composer whose music they perform:
Albert Einstein (physicist)
was
the
first theater experience for my
Frank Wildhorn.
Born March 14, 1879
wife,
Linda
Eder, and for so many of
It
was
a
great
day
among
many
Albert theorized about matter and time
Fine Art Prints • Posters
the creative people involved
great days for Wildhorn,
He changed the world
Custom Framing • Art Inspired Gifts
in the show.
The reason and rhyme.
40, the first American com-
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"It's a source of great
poser in 20 years to have
Composer Frank
pride
to know, after all these
three shows playing simul-
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Wildhorn, whose
years,
that it's become a big
taneously on Broadway.
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7eckyll Hyde" visits success on Broadway, that
Wildhorn, who travels
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the Fisher Theatre
there are so many compa-
back
and forth between
April 21 May 9.
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nies [performing it] around
homes in New York and
the world and that the
California depending on his
album has sold almost a million copies.
current project, found success with pop
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"To watch the passion of the per-
music before moving on to theater.
formances
and the passion that audi-
He's had hundreds of songs recorded
ences
give
back
to the show makes for
and millions of records sold and counts
a
thrilling
evening
for me whenever I
Whitney Houston's "Where Do Broken
get
a
chance
to
see
it.
Hearts Go?" as his biggest hit. It sold
Wildhorn knew he wanted to be a
16 million copies and reached the top
Rated *** by Detroit News
composer as a teenager living in Florida.
of the charts in 43 countries.
"I'm a self-taught musician, and I
The composer looks forward to a
really can't remember a time when I
new great day when he visits Detroit
wasn't playing that I also wasn't writing,"
for the first time to view the Jekyll &
from
includes
he explains. "It was something that was
soup &
r Hyde touring production, which will
rice
just
in me, and I almost felt like I didn't
be performed April 21-May 9 at the
have a choice. I just let the music take
Fisher Theatre. Starring Chuck Wagner
me, and it's been a wonderful journey"
in the title role, the play musicalizes
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