The first musical I remember watching was when my sister Debi was in a show in Elementary School called The Electric Sunshine Man. The music still lives in my head all these years later, as I still know the first song’s chorus. In 1982, GB took Deb and me to see the movie version of Annie, and I was hooked. The music, the choreography, and Carol Burnett, who could ask for anything more. The movie inspired me to do something in the arts, and I knew I did not want to be an actor; I felt a pull to be the behind-the-scenes guy, which would last me the rest of my life. I fulfilled my passion when I started to volunteer with The Blue Devils in 1987 and continued until 2016.

Live Productions I’ve seen:

Cats

Les Misérables (3 times)

Phantom of the Opera (2 times)

Miss Siagon

Wicked

Hamilton (2 times)

Book of Mormon

Jersey Boys

Annie

Movie Versions

Top 5:

1. A Chorus Line
2. West Side Story
3. Hamilton
4. Moulin Rouge
5. The Greatest Showman

Other favorites:

Newsies

Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Fiddler on the Roof

The Sound of Music

Grease

La La Land

Mamma Mia

Chicago

Hairspray

Sweeney Todd

Rocketman

Rent

Tommy

The Music Man

Evita

In the Heights

Into the Woods

Annie

Les Miserables

Phantom of the Opera