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BRIGADOON

Role: Charlie Dalrymple

Production Info: Aug. 29-Sept. 8, 1996 @ Mac-Haydn Theatre
Director/Choreographer: Dennis Edenfield
Musical Director: Kep Kaeppeler

Brigadoon was a tough show for me — it was our last production of the season (so we were all naturally tired), but it had the most difficult music. As the ever-perky Charlie Dalrymple, I had some of the craziest songs to sing (“Bonnie Jean” and “Come to Me, Bend To Me”), and some nights were better than others! I remember one matinee early in the run when my worst nightmare came true . . . the music started and I had NO IDEA what the lyrics were. So . . . I made ’em up. I was singing lyrics from Les Miserables, Meet Me In St. Louis, anything that would come to my head. Eventually I got back on track, but when I finished the song and went back to the dressing room, there was a note from the director posted to my mirror . . . “Ron — Alan Jay Lerner called and asked that you not change his lyrics — Dennis.” I kept the note and put it in my scrapbook to keep me humble!

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BRIGADOON Role: Charlie Dalrymple Production Info: Aug. 29-Sept. 8, 1996 @ Mac-Haydn Theatre Director/Choreographer: Dennis Edenfield Musical Director: Kep Kaeppeler
*Brigadoon* was a tough show for me — it was our last production of the season (so we were all naturally tired), but it had the most difficult music. As the ever-perky Charlie Dalrymple, I had some of the craziest songs to sing (“Bonnie Jean” and “Come to Me, Bend To Me”), and some nights were better than others! I remember one matinee early in the run when my worst nightmare came true . . . the music started and I had NO IDEA what the lyrics were. So . . . I made ’em up. I was singing lyrics from *Les Miserables, Meet Me In St. Louis*, anything that would come to my head. Eventually I got back on track, but when I finished the song and went back to the dressing room, there was a note from the director posted to my mirror . . . “Ron — Alan Jay Lerner called and asked that you not change his lyrics — Dennis.” I kept the note and put it in my scrapbook to keep me humble! Click on this link to read more information about the Mac-Haydn Theatre.
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