Todd Souvignier's THE FRONT MAN

THE FRONT MAN Todd Souvignier's THE FRONT MAN ran during January 2010 at Backyard Ballroom in New Orleans.		RUN EXTENDED by POPULAR DEMAND - Must close January 31st! FINAL SHOWS: Friday Jan 29 / Saturday Jan 30 / Sunday Jan 31 – all showtimes 8PM
DANIEL SCHUBERT-SKELLY as Marty Stein BOBBY FRILOT as Nick Chinchilla BRITAIN VALENTI as Half-Pint Jackson ED CUMMINGS as Swats McKenzie JOSH BENITEZ as Jimmy Lemon-Lime ARIEL MOON as Judy Cook DALE LATINO as Juggy Cohen DAVID ANTHONY COLE as the Tympani Kid and Jose Menendez JAMES VITALE as Bobby Free CLYDE RAYMOND as Hiram Lefkowitz STEVEN SWANSON as Lester McWilliams ED MEYER as Frank Goodrich LEIANNA SEALS as Lee Angel and Agent Christine Spencer CLARA SOUVIGNIER at The Bobbysoxer and featuring ROBBIE TREADAWAY on keyboards Directed by MICHAEL SCOTT MARTIN Stage Manager LINDY BRUNS Technical Director KAITLIN GREATHAM Hair, makeup and costumes by OTTER and ERIC WEBB Video segment LORNE BONI Assistant camera KEVIN COIGNETTE Sound mix CLIFFORD MCPEEK Spotlight WILLIAM BELL Music and Libretto by TODD SOUVIGNIER Co-produced by BACKYARD BALLROOM and frontmanshow.com Todd Souvignier’s THE FRONT MAN is a new original musical about the music business and organized crime. It’s the story of Marty Stein, enterprising New York nightclub owner; he’s the Mafia’s midwife at the births of Be-Bop and Rock & Roll. Mob money and muscle fuel the growth of Marty’s music empire; the more he achieves, the more he’s endangered by his life-long friends and partners in the Romano crime family. From extortion and payola to narcotics and murder, it’s all business-as-usual for these New York gangsters and THE FRONT MAN. Based on the secret history of American music, Todd Souvignier’s THE FRONT MAN is a dark comedy so true it can only be told as fiction. THE FRONT MAN captures the excitement, danger, and scandal of early Rock & Roll with eighteen original songs by New Orleans composer Todd Souvignier, and an energetic, talented cast. Todd Souvignier’s THE FRONT MAN World Premiere final performances are Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, January 29–31, at Backyard Ballroom, 3519 St. Claude Ave, New Orleans LA. Show times are at 8PM. for more information email info@frontmanshow.com
		"Beautiful Me" - ARIEL MOON as Judy Cook, with BRITAIN VALENTI as Half-Pint Jackson and LEIANNA SEALS as Lee Angel. That's ED MEYER on drums; thanks to Dylan James Stansbury for the clip! More video - scroll down below!
DANIEL SCHUBERT-SKELLY as Marty Stein	BRITAIN VALENTI as Half-Pint Jackson	BOBBY FRILOT as Nick Chinchilla	ARIEL MOON as Judy Cook	ED CUMMINGS as Swats McKenzie
"The Cock Lounge"	JOSH BENITEZ as Jimmy Lemon-Lime	DAVID ANTHONY COLE as Tympani Kid	CLYDE RAMOND as Hiram Lefkowitz	"Don Chinchilla"
Josh Benitez with LEIANNA SEALS as Lee Angel	Leianna Seals, Josh Benitez, and CLARA SOUVIGNIER as The Bobbysoxer	"Beautiful Me"	"One Hell of a Joint"	"This what Demon Jazz does to ya?"
The Guy Who Stole Rock & Roll – Sung by Britain Valenti with Daniel Shubert Skelly on backup. With: (in order of exit)Clara Souvignier, Ariel Moon, Michael Scott Martin, Kimberly Cummings, Clyde Raymond, Steve Swanson, David Anthony Cole, Josh Benitez, Bobby Frilot, Ed Cummings.		Sexy Southern Baptist - Josh Benitez as Jimmy Lemon-Lime, with backup singers Britain Valenti and Clara Souvignier. That's Dale Latino on bass and Todd Souvignier on keyboard. Bobby Free Scene - That's director Michael Scott Martin in the red suit, as disc jockey Bobby Free

"Beautiful Me" - ARIEL MOON as Judy Cook, with BRITAIN VALENTI as Half-Pint Jackson and LEIANNA SEALS as Lee Angel. That's ED MEYER on drums; thanks to Dylan James Stansbury for the clip! More video - scroll down below!