About The Show
The musical comedy, Love is a Many Splintered Thing, is a fast-paced roller-coaster of a show about – what else? – Relationships, looked at through the nostalgic Top-40 hit songs of the past four decades. A company of six takes the audience on a journey from high school through adulthood tracing the paths that each friend eventually follows (all six characters have definite story arcs).
Incorporating established song lyrics to tell a new story in a unique way, Love is a Many Splintered Thing features recognizable hits from Neil Diamond to Cher, Connie Francis to Elton John, Liza Minnelli to Gloria Estefan–universal love songs that touch the soul and tap into those raw emotions that make us human. In the way that You Don’t Bring Me Flowers captures a moment in the life of a disintegrating relationship, Splintered uses many such songs to tell the complete story of the relationships of six characters, from falling in love, to fear of commitment, to breakups and betrayals, to redemption and forgiveness, and falling back into love.
Scenes from the New York production…
Creative Team
Dorothy Marcic (Playwright)
Dr. Dorothy Marcic is a playwright, whose productions have played in 84 cities, including more than nine years of her Off-Broadway musical, SISTAS, which has also aired on BET-TV. She is adjunct professor at Columbia University, and a former professor at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
She was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Economics-Prague, has three masters and a doctorate, and is the author of 15 books, including the best-selling Understanding Management and RESPECT: Women and Popular Music.
In 2003, Dorothy left full-time academia for playwriting. She turned her RESPECT book into a musical (also called This One’s for the Girls), tracing women’s development through Top-40 music with content-analysis research of how women are depicted in popular music lyrics. Dorothy has also been working on several plays, including INTENTIONS, based on a true story of an Iranian immigrant, which is scheduled for a reading in Denver June 2018. She is the writer/story creator of two short films, Great Expectations and Spillings.
Dorothy is originally from Wisconsin and started her career in the arts as a production assistant on the TV program, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, while in graduate school. She has appeared on C-SPAN, CMT, and Bravo Network and is on IMDB.
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Hinton Battle (Co-Writer & Music Arranger)
Hinton Battle is a 3-time Tony winner who is a director, choreographer, and performer. His Broadway credits include The Wiz, Dreamgirls, Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, Sophisticated Ladies, Ragtime, Miss Saigon, The Tap Dance Kid, and Chicago.
He is the winner of numerous awards, including NAACP, Fred Astair and the 2014 Rosie Award for Lifetime Achievement. He choreographed and starred in Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story for ABC and was choreographer for the 65th and 66th Academy Awards, Outkast The Musical film, as well as Idlewild and many others. He has directed Off-Broadway shows including RESPECT: A Musical, The Marvelous Wonderettes and produced SISTAS: The Musical, now in its 9th year Off-Broadway in New York City.
Website: Hinton Battle Dance Academy.
William Franzblau/Franzblau Media, Inc. (Executive Producer/Producer)
Produced on Broadway the TONY Nominated Play SAY GOODNIGHT GRACIE, David Mamet’s AMERICAN BUFFALO and the tour of LITTLE HOUSE on the PRAIRIE the Musical starring Melissa Gilbert. Executive Producer for Broadway’s WONDERLAND and the off-Braodway shows, SISTAS the Musical, THIS ONE’S FOR THE GIRLS, JEWTOPIA, EVIL DEAD the Musical, THE MALE INTELLECT: an oxymoron and ILUMINATE. Recently produced ROCKTOPIA for PBS broadcast and this past April/May on Broadway.
As Chief Executive Officer of the hi-tech company, KATrix he created strategic alliances with Disney, Microsoft, MGM and Intel. He was the co-founder of INTERFILM, a public company partnering with SONY Pictures to make Interactive Films.
Also, Executive Producer of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles touring show, involving 500 performances in 200 cities and 10 countries, three tours of the Moscow Circus and the touring productions of the Broadway hit BEATLEMANIA.
Kenneth Ferrone (Dramaturg)
Kenneth Ferrone was Associate Director of Wonderland on Broadway as well as the Off-Broadway Premiere of In Transit at Primary Stages. Other recent credits include work at the Alley Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Bay Street Theatre, Steppenwolf, and the Straz Center for Performing Arts.
He currently works on SMASH, a new drama series airing Mondays at 10/9c on NBC. Kenneth is a theatre graduate of Northwestern University.
Joshua Quinn (Stage Manager)
Joshua Quinn is currently on tour with The Lightning Thief. Off-Broadway: Sistas, A Loss of Roses, Buyer & Cellar, F#%ing Up Everything. Tour: Fly Guy. New York: Manuel vs the Statue of Liberty, The Travels, The Tenth Floor, POPart. The Farm, Requiem for Sherlock, Thicker than Water, Helicopters, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Yorktown, Sister Myotis’s Bible Camp, Engaging Shaw, Dreyfus in Rehearsal.
Proud member of AEA.
Eric Dozier (Musical Director)
Eric Dozier is a cultural activist, theologian, musician and father. The former musical director for the World Famous Harlem Gospel Choir, Eric is co-founder and National Director of Arts and Education for One Human Family Music Workshops, Inc., an organization devoted to eradicating discrimination by ‘Uniting the World.. One Song at a Time”; and one-half of the duo Moanin’ Sons, which develops a creative context, through music, to address racial inequality.
Through his insightful lyrical stylings, soulful melodies, and interactive workshops, he continues to dedicate his musical, spiritual, and intellectual talents to welding the hearts and minds of a divided humanity into one loving fellowship.
Eric believes, as Dr. King said, that “Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.”
Previous NY Cast Members
Gilbert L. Bailey II
Gilbert is so excited to sing the hits in What We Do For Love or Other Desperate Measures with this great cast and wonderful creative team. A proud graduated of Penn State, Gilbert has performed in New York, internationally, and at several regional theaters. Some favorite venues include The Public, Music Theatre of Witchita, Pennsylvania Centre Stage, and Teatro Montecasion (South Africa) and most recently in the first regional production of The Scottsboro Boys at Philadelphia Theatre Company. Gilbert thanks to God for every blessing! Thank you also to my family and friends for the love, to Hinton and Dorothy for bringing me into this ride, everyone at Harden Curtis, and The Planet Connection Festivity. MTX!
Natalie Hill
Credits include: Broadway: Wonderland, Bye Bye Birdie (Rosie u/s opposite John Stamos) & Grease (Cha Cha). Las Vegas: Jersey Boys (Mary Delgado), Footloose (Rusty).Natnl Tours: Joseph..Dreamcoat (Narrator opposite Patrick Cassidy), Hairspray. Regional: Miss Saigon (Ellen-Pioneer), Romeo and Bernadette (Papermill/Coconut Grove-Best Actress Carbonel Nomination); Camille Claudel & Brigadoon (Goodspeed); WSS (Anita); 2002 Olympic Torch Ceremony (National Anthem). Omaha Symphony soloist, TV, film, commercials, and more. BM:NYU.
Simon Pearl
Credits include: Broadway: LES MISERABLES. Other NYC credits include: DICE HOUSE (Matthew) THE LIBERTINE (Billy), SOCKS THE MUSICAL (Shrunk). UK credits include: LITTLE SHOP... (Seymour), PERSONALS (Sam), HONK! (Drake), ANYTHING GOES (Purser), WHEN MIDNIGHT STRIKES (Alex). Film/TV: NURSE JACKIE, NYC 22.
Thanks his family for all their support, and his training for enabling him to play a variety of characters ranging from a shrunken sock to a philandering duck to a girl in a blue dress.
Training: Guildford School of Acting. BSc Psychology University of London. Check him out in his new webseries “Henry Vs. The Doorman” – you might like it. www.simonpearl.com.
Carla R. Stewart
Carla (Roberta), a native of the windy city Chicago, is overjoyed to be a part of this Production of What We Do For Love And Other Desperate Measures. Stewart is an AMDA graduate, and her recent credits include Ain’t Misbehavin'(Nell) Herb Strauss theatre, Rent (Joanne) Surflight, Grease ( Miss Lynch) Surflight, Hairspray (Dynamite) Eldorado Casino and The Wiz (Dorothy).
Stewart would like to give a special thanks to her family and friends who encourage and support while on this journey. TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOR EVERYTHING HE HAS DONE!
Morgan Weed
Morgan is absolutely thrilled to be a part of this wonderful show! She can currently be seen in the revival of RENT at New World Stages! Recent credits include: Off-Broadway: NEXT TO NORMAL (dir. Michael Greif), SAVED (dir. Gary Griffin), Regional: DANGEROUS BEAUTY (dir. Sheryl Kaller), VENICE (dir. Eric Rosen), IN THE BUBBLE (dir. Michael Greif), THE BOYS ARE COMING HOME (dir. Gary Griffin), WAS (dir. Tina Landau). Workshops: FLY (dir. Jeffrey Seller), PRETTY FILTHY (dir. Steve Cosson, Civilians/Center Theater Group), THE BOY IN THE BUBBLE (dir. Oskar Eustis), THE BOYS ARE COMING HOME (dir. David Petrarca).
Education: Northwestern University.
Ryan Williams
Ryan was last seen Off Broadway as a “rubber faced” Soothsayer in the Sphinx Winx and as a boorish severed hand in the “slash” hit Evil Dead The Musical. National Tour: Les Miserables (Enjolras u/s), Grease! (Danny & Kenickie) Regional: The Full Monty (Jerry Lukowski), Joseph..Dreamcoat (Pharaoh), Bye Bye Birdie (Conrad Birdie), Romance Romance (Alfred). TV: “All My Children”, “Guiding Light.”
Ryan is a graduate of Shenandoah University. Thanks to Hinton, Dorothy and my incredibly supportive parents. All my love to Kristin.
Similar to Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Movin’ Out, and I Love you, You’re Perfect, Now Change, this production was brought to us by Dorothy Marcic, the creator of the international hit RESPECT. Featuring hits from a wide range of artists from Neil Diamond to Cher, Connie Francis to Elton John, and Liza Minnelli to india.arie, and songs such as Hooked on a Feeling, JohnnyAngel, Devil in Disguise, Happy Together and of course Love Will Keep us Together – “LOVE IS A MANY SPLINTERED THING” will have you singing and celebrating long after the stage lights have gone down!
Songs From The Show
LOVE IS A MANY SPLINTERED THING features hits from a wide range of artists from Neil Diamond to Cher, Connie Francis to Elton John, and Liza Minnelli to india.arie, and songs such as Hooked on a Feeling, JohnnyAngel, Devil in Disguise, Happy Together and, of course, Love Will Keep us Together.
Listed below are some of the songs included in the show. Many song verses and lyrics are interwoven in the style of medleys or “mash-ups.”
- Love Is In The Air
- The Look Of Love
- The Shoop Shoop Song (Does He Love Me?)
- You Can’t Hurry Love
- Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me
- It Ain’t Me Babe
- I Think I Love You
- Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing
- The Look Of Love
- Different Drum
- Johnny Angel
- Devil In Disguise
- Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind
- Lipstick On Your Collar
- Lightning Strikes
- That’s The Way Boys Are
- I’m Gonna Make You Love Me
- Wanderer
- Born To Be Wild
- Runaround Sue
- Mr. Big Stuff
- Being With You
- Only Love Can Break A Heart
- Wedding Bell Blues
- Don’t Fall In Love With A Dreamer
- Turn Around Look At Me