Spamalot's John Bolton To Star in 'Five Course Love' At Minetta Lane
By: BWW News Desk Aug. 19, 2005
Casting is now set for "Five Course Love" - a new musical by Gregg Coffin slated for an open run at the Minetta Lane. Opening night is October 16th.
The show had its world premiere at the Geva Theatre Center in 2004 and is set in five different restaurants, where three actors (John Bolton, Heather Ayers and Jeff Gurner) portray fifteen characters whose "amorous combinations are served up with spicy seasonings and sassy trimmings." according to a press release. Five hysterical dates in five different style restaurants are followed and the style of each restaurant dictates the music the actors sing ranging from a honky-tonk rib joint to a Mafioso Italian establishment. Choreography will be created by Mindy Cooper with Emma Griffin directing.About John Bolton
John Bolton will leave his post at "Spamalot" where he was the standby for five roles to play five in the production. He's also appeared on Broadway in Contact and Titanic. He made his Broadway debut as one of the hapless ballplayers in Damn Yankees and understudied and performed the starring role of Finch in the revival of How to Succeed… He was featured in the 20th Anniversary Annie and in the Broadway concerts of Chess, Funny Girl and Dreamgirls. He recently originated leads in the world premieres of Robert Jess Roth and Douglas J. Cohen's The Opposite of Sex at San Francisco's Magic Theatre, Frank Loesser's Senor Discretion Himself at Arena Stage and John Bucchino's It's Only Life Off-Broadway. TV: roles on "Ed", "Raven's World", "The Late Show", "All My Children", "As the World Turns" and "Guiding Light."
Heather has appeared Off-Broadway in Forbidden Broadway and in the City Center Encores! productions of A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, Bye Bye Birdie and Pardon My English. She has worked with John Caird in Jane Eyre, Marni Nixon and Spiro Malas in Cabaret, Marion Ross in Steel Magnolias and Robert LuPone (Rattlestick Productions). Regionally, she has taken on the roles of Sunny in The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Aldonza in Man of La Mancha and the title role in Sylvia.About Jeff Gurner
Jeff Gurner made his Broadway debut in The Lion King (Ed & u/sTimon, Zazu); Off Broadway: The London Cuckolds, The Man of Destiny (Protean Theatre Company), The Water Coolers (Dillon's), Harrigan & Hart (The York Theatre), The Normal Heart (Clark Studio Theatre at Lincoln Center) The Comedy of Errors, Much Ado About Nothing (DBTC), Regional: Silver Dollar (Goodspeed Opera House), Brimstone (The Berkshire Theatre Festival), Pump Boys & Dinettes (Cherry County Playhouse), Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Ordway Music Theatre), and Henry V (Los Angeles Classic Rep). His film credits include Amy's Rules, A Bedtime Story, and The Field Guide to White People. Jeff has recorded voice-overs for several television and radio commercials as well as animated television series and CD-ROM games. He also played bass/guitar on over a dozen albums for various bands and recording artists and is the bassist for the infamous, NYC-based punk/pop band Lisa Jackson & Girl Friday.
Director Emma Griffin's Salt Theatre was awarded an OBIE (Off-Broadway's version of the Tony Awards) Grant in 2001/2002, citing Griffin as a director whose "…actors will follow her anywhere. And why shouldn't they, when their leader demonstrates not only trust in their tales but such shoestring panache as well." She has also worked at such regional theatres as New Orleans' Southern Rep, Virginia Stage, Actor's Express in Atlanta and Williamstown Theater Festival. She is adjunct faculty at New York University, where she teaches directing.
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