Ron Raines, Jackie Burns & Greg Hildreth to Lead MAN OF LA MANCHA in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh CLO's production of MAN OF LA MANCHA will feature performances from Broadway's very best including Tony Award-nominee Ron Raines as Cervantes/Don Quixote, Greg Hildreth as Sancho and Jackie Burns as Aldonza.

MAN OF LA MANCHA, June 23 - 28
Ron Raines (Cervantes/Don Quixote) Broadway credits include: Annie, Newsies, Follies (Tony nomination), Chicago, Teddy and Alice and Show Boat. Tours include The Unsinkable Molly Brown (with Debbie Reynolds) and Can-Can (with Chita Rivera and the Rockettes). He has been featured in four PBS Great Performances: Ira Gershwin at 100: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall, The Rodgers and Hart Story: Thou Swell, Thou Witty, My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs and Evening at the Pops! (with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops). He began his career as a principal baritone in the world of opera, performing the role of Malatesta in Opera Theatre of Saint Louis' opening production of Don Pasquale. Other opera companies include: The Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Dallas Opera, Michigan Opera Theater and Wolf Trap Opera. He starred in Man of La Mancha at London's Covent Garden Festival, and has sung in concert with the BBC Orchestra and London's Royal Philharmonic. Other orchestras include: Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Israeli Philharmonic and Pittsburgh Symphony. His recordings include solo albums: Broadway Passion, So In Love With Broadway and complete cast recordings of Follies (Grammy nomination), Annie, Guys and Dolls, Man of La Mancha, The Pajama Game, 110 in the Shade, Wonderful Town, One Touch of Venus, Sadie Thompson, Her First Roman, The People vs Mona, Night of the Hunter, Leading Men Don't Dance and Celebrating the American Spirit (with Kelli O'Hara). For fifteen years he starred as the nefarious Alan Spaulding on CBS' Guiding Light. He has made guest-star appearances on Person of Interest, Elementary, One Life to Live and Beacon Hill. He can be seen as Linda Lavin's husband in the feature film Wanderlust.

Jackie Burns (Aldonza) Broadway: If/Then, Wicked, Hair; Off-Broadway: Rock of Ages (original cast), Hair (original revival cast), Unlock'd (NYMF), Ripper. National Tour: Wicked (IRNE Award nomination). Regional: A Grand Night for Singing (Connecticut Critics Circle Award), The Full Monty, Singin' in the Rain, Joseph., Sweeney Todd, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Candide and Smokey Joe's Café. TV: "All My Children." Concept Albums: "Swept Away" (Disney), "Tears from Heaven." "Excalibur" (Frank Wildhorn).

Greg Hildreth (Sancho) Broadway: Rodgers and Hammerstein's CINDERELLA, Peter and the Starcatcher, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Off-Broadway: Peter and the Starcatcher, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Regional: The Old Globe, The Paper Mill Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, Center Theatre Group, Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Huntington Theatre. Film/Television: "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver," "The Good Wife," "Royal Pains," "Kings." Mr. Hildreth has a BFA in acting from Boston University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.

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