Christina Norrup began her professional career with The Joffrey Ballet and made her Broadway debut in The Red Shoes. Her Broadway credits include Putting It Together with Carol Burnett (standby for Ruthie Henshall), The Producers (original cast), and Young Frankenstein (understudy for Sutton Foster). She has toured nationally in A Chorus Line (Judy, Cassie) and internationally in West Side Story (Anita). Film: The Producers. She has also performed as a principal soloist in multiple symphony concerts under maestros Eric Kunzel (Cincinnati Pops) and Steve Reineke (New York Pops). For the past seven years, Christina has found joy in teaching 5th grade and working with middle schoolers in the Drama Club. She is beyond thrilled to reunite with her besties, Kim and John, for this amazing ride! Endless thanks to her incredible family—Anthony, Gia, and her mom, Barbie—for patiently listening to every single rehearsal (on repeat!) Love you so much!!!
John Samorian has been a professional musician for 35 years (he’s older than he looks). He has performed with over 25 Broadway productions and International tours, including A Bronx Tale, the revival of Little Shop of Horrors, Sweet Charity with Christina Applegate, and Grease on Broadway, and as the Musical Director of the first national tour of Jersey Boys, and The Book of Mormon Chicago. He has worked with such notable groups as Blood, Sweat, and Tears, as well as his own groups throughout Europe, Asia, South America, Canada, and across the United States. John has also received both a BA and a Master’s degree in jazz education and performance. He has released a CD of original jazz vocals entitled Out On a Limb, available on itunes. More information about John can be found at www.johnsamorian.com.
Kim Shriver was a Broadway musical theatre performer who toured the US, Europe, Canada, and Japan in many shows including Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Chicago, and Sweet Charity, to name a few. She was in the revival of A Chorus Line on Broadway and was also a Radio City Rockette. Nowadays she’s a hairstylist for the films Complete Unknown, Alto Boys, Smile, Y2K, Babes, and the new Springsteen movie, Deliver Me From Nowhere and on the TV shows The Gilded Age, Hunters, and Elementary. She is thrilled to be performing again, especially with her husband John, and bestie Christina Norrup!
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