NewsPHOTO EXCLUSIVE: On the Road with Broadway-Bound Jekyll & Hyde Cast Member Aaron RameyFollowing a 25-week national tour, the new revival of Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse's Jekyll & Hyde will arrive on Broadway in April. Aaron Ramey, who plays "General Lord Glossop" and understudies the title roles, shares exclusive photos from the road.
By
Matthew Blank
March 14, 2013
The actor — who has been seen on Broadway in Curtains, Young Frankenstein and Thoroughly Modern Millie — offers snapshots from backstage and around town in several of the tour's earlier stops. Join Ramey as he acts, sings and eats his way across America!
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PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: On the Road With Broadway-Bound Jekyll & Hyde Cast Member Aaron Ramey
PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: On the Road With Broadway-Bound Jekyll & Hyde Cast Member Aaron Ramey
Following a 25-week national tour, the new revival of Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse's Jekyll & Hyde will arrive on Broadway in April. Aaron Ramey, who plays "General Lord Glossop" and understudies the title roles, shares exclusive photos from the road. Read the Playbill.com story.
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A sensible, slightly-posed costume piece and souvenir program shot.
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My green screen recording as Hyde for a very climactic scene in the show.
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Portrait of General Glossop. I'm tall, but I'm not THAT tall.
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Embarrassing. They attempted to turn a onesie into a twosie. Didn't quite work. We figured it out eventually.
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Opening night at La Mirada. L-R Stephen Mitchell Brown, Dana Costello, me, Brian Gallagher
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A view of the grotto at the McCoy-Rigby compound. Or as I like to call it, "The House that Peter Pan Built"
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While in La Mirada with my friends Gaby Zapata and Angela Dallas, I got to stop by my buddy Tony Danza's book signing in Los Feliz.
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Yesterday's - our favorite budget drinking hole in La Mirada. Sadly, it closed about a month after we left town.
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The lovely Emmy Raver-Lampman at our opening night party in Tampa. Testing out my new iPhone 5's camera.
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Tour is hard on luggage.
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A friend sent me a gift basket full of things I shouldn't eat. Don't worry, there are actors around. Watch it disappear!
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The Kennedy Center in Washington DC commissioned Bernstein to write this piece for its grand opening. My dear friend and Broadway vet, Ed Dixon, was in this production.
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An exceptionally detailed miniature of Congress somewhere in Disneyland.
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Cast mate Jason Wooten and the….ahem…Washington Monument.
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Henna. The adorable pup I got to spend some time with while housesitting in Detroit.
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This one time, we had some automation difficulties. And cast mate Sean Jenness got his foot run over by a very large tower. Three broken toes.
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Me and Henna. She likes to nap. I may steal her.
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Mel Johnson Jr. plays Proops in our show, but he's most super famous for playing Benny the cabbie in the original "Total Recall." It happened to be on cable in our hotel!
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The Chesterfield in Dallas became a regular hang out for me. They made all their juices fresh and used every kind of bitters you can imagine. Great food and drink spot for your next visit to Dallas.
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The Chesterfield brunch menu. SO good! I had the Pretty Lawyer. So to speak...
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One of a kind J&H cupcakes. They were quite tasty.
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My first time on as John Utterson!
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Some cast members flew home for the day off. Their plane needed a part!
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Our drummer, Hoagy, doing some parlor tricks above the lovely head of Teal Wicks. She had no idea.
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Emmy Raver-Lampman's adorable pup, Luna, got to hang out with us for a couple weeks in Philly and Providence.
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The amazing mussels and chorizo appetizer at the Trinity Brewhouse in Providence. Go to there!
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A panoramic shot of urban art by Shepard Fairey, the creator of Obey clothing.
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Sometimes on tour you miss out on important moments, like the birth of your best friend Damian's first child - Xavier!!
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Tour = unending hotel remodeling.
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With my massive chops in the show, I needed to find some quality beard maintenance products. Check out Blue Beards Original for the hirsute man in your life!
An artsy shot of fancy LED footlights and speakers.
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Our stage manager's call desk. LOTS of switches.
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Our live monitor mixer, Brett, at work. Hopefully we'll have him on Broadway. He's a good guy. Short, but good.
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The typical tour hotel room. I think this one belongs to Doug Storm.
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The house of the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. My first big Equity job, the National Tour of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, opened here in the fall of 1999. I'm old.
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Artsy shot of our tour trunks. Kelly and Steven ruined the composition, but you see what I was going for.
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Bowling night in Tulsa! I didn't win, but I held my own.
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Ashley Loren. So graceful. You can't really tell from this pic, but she was recently voted one of 2013's 10 Hottest Broadway Chorus Girls. Trust me.
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Really cool retro arcade bar I found in Tulsa called The Max. The old TVs were constantly playing "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and "The Warriors." Great old video games all over the place!
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Got BBQ from the joint next to The Max. Amazing dry rub ribs and deviled potato salad!!
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Haggis is illegal to make in the US, but we got ourselves some canned stuff for our celebration of Robbie Burns Day.
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Men's dressing room costumes. Jason Wooten broke this pipe trying to do pull-ups on it.
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Jason Wooten playing Temple Run 2. He currently holds the cast record at somewhere around 70 Million points.
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Some serial killer on TV evidently wanted to be just like me. At least in the facial hair department. Creepy!
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The front of house board on a night when I got to play John Utterson!
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Typical plane behavior. Hats, buried in our devices before they shut the doors. With Sean Jenness and Wendy Fox.
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I like to entertain my cast mates on travel day. Headband courtesy of The Max. It was my consolation prize for being a first time visitor.
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Stephen Mitchell Brown showing the Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots who's boss. In the lobby of The Curtis hotel in Denver.
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Our orchestra pit setup in Denver.
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Hoagy's drum cave.
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Sound check. We do it in every city before the first show.
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Almost all the theaters we play have murals for the various shows that come through town, signed by cast and crew. How many shows do you recognize on this wall?
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The ever popular Keurig station in the Company Management office. It's how they get us to visit with more than just complaints. It works.
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We are competitive. This was the new high score in the Flow Free time trial. I think it belongs to Stephen Mitchell Brown. I've equalled it, but not beaten it.
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Day off, went to the movies. It actually wasn't nearly as bad as I was expecting.
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Found this great Polish tavern in Denver that I stopped into for lunch in honor of my Grandpa, who used to listen to Polish radio in the car when I was a kid.
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Richard White and I after a particularly grueling bootcamp class that I put together. The altitude in Denver sure didn't help.
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My dressing station. All the essentials.
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A panorama of the Buell Center stage in Denver. Just a few more tour stops and we'll see ya soon on Broadway!
The 13-week limited Broadway engagement of Jekyll & Hyde will begin previews at Broadway's Marquis Theatre April 5 prior to an official opening April 18.
Performances will continue at Broadway's Marquis (1535 Broadway) through June 30.
Rounding out the cast are David Benoit, Stephen Mitchell Brown, Jerry Christakos, Dana Costello, Wendy Fox, Brian Gallagher, Sean Jenness, Mel Johnson Jr., James Judy, Ashley Loren, Courtney Markowitz, Aaron Ramey, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Rob Richardson, Blair Ross, Doug Storm, Haley Swindal and Jason Wooten. Conceived for the stage by Tony and Grammy nominee Frank Wildhorn and Steve Cuden, the four-time Tony-nominated musical Jekyll & Hyde features a book and lyrics by two-time Oscar winner, Emmy winner and four-time Tony Award nominee Leslie Bricusse and music by Wildhorn.
The touring production also features scenic and costume design by Tobin Ost, lighting design by Jeff Croiter, sound design by Ken Travis and projection design by Daniel Brodie. Orchestrations are by Kim Scharnberg. Musical supervision and arrangements are by Jason Howland.
Jekyll & Hyde is based on the novella "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson, about "a London doctor who accidentally unleashes his evil alternate personality in his quest to cure his father’s mental illness," according to press notes.
Following a 30-city tour, the original Broadway production opened at The Plymouth Theatre April 28, 1997, and earned four Tony Award nominations. Directed by Robin Phillips and choreographed by Joey Pizzi, the production starred Robert Cuccioli, Linda Eder and Christiane Noll. After 1,543 performances and featuring such replacements as Sebastian Bach and David Hasselhoff in the title role, the production played its final performance Jan. 7, 2001.
The current tour is produced by Nederlander Presentations, Inc., Independent Presenters Network, Chunsoo Shin, Luigi Caiola and Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley.
"American Idol" finalist Maroulis earned a 2009 Best Actor Tony Award nomination for portraying Drew, an aspiring musician with pipes of steel in the Tony-nominated musical Rock of Ages. He originated the role in the Off-Broadway production at New World Stages in 2008. He has also appeared on Broadway in The Wedding Singer, Off-Broadway in Jacques Brel… and the national tour of Rent.
For more information visit www.JekyllandHydeMusical.com.
