An Intimate Evening with Frank Wildhorn & Friends At Asolo Rep

Asolo Repertory Theatre ANNOUNCES
AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH Frank Wildhorn & FRIENDS

December 21st concert added to Asolo Rep Extras series

Asolo Repertory Theatre today announced adding a new title to its Asolo Rep Extras series, An Intimate Evening with Frank Wildhorn & Friends.

The starry concert features composer Frank Wildhorn at the piano along with some of
Broadway's finest voices. Further details will be announced soon. The show, to be held on
December 21st at 8 p.m. in the Mertz Theatre, replaces the Holiday concert originally
scheduled. Details and prices will soon be released later this month.

Call the box office for more information at 941-351-8000; toll free 800-361-8366, or go online at www.asolorep.org.

Returning to his musical roots in Florida where his production of Svengali appeared on
the Asolo Rep stage in 1992, Wildhorn comes back to Sarasota for this concert after a great run
of Bonnie & Clyde and as rehearsals for Wonderland start at the Straz Center in Tampa. Multi-
Grammy and Tony Award nominated composer/producer Frank Wildhorn's works span the
worlds of popular, theatrical, and classical music. In 1999, Frank became the first American
composer in 22 years to have three shows running simultaneously on Broadway: Jekyll & Hyde,
The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Civil War. Also for Broadway: Dracula and Victor/Victoria. Frank
produced Harlem Song the famed Apollo Theatre. International: Cyrano, The Count of Monte
Cristo, Carmen, Rudolf, Mitsuko, Never Say Goodbye, Camille Claudel, and Tears of Heaven.
Television: produced Broadway's Best and Linda Eder's Christmas concert special, both for
Bravo TV. Frank created and ran Atlantic Theatre, a division of Atlantic Records.

He currently has his own label deal (Soul Bear Records) with Sony Masterworks. International recording partnership, MWB (Music Without Borders), with MG-Sound/Vienna. Frank served as music
director for the Goodwill Games in New York City (1998). He wrote the song "Gold", the
opening number for the 2002 Winter Olympics, sung by Linda Eder. Received the prestigious
Charles Dickens Award from USC, where there is a scholarship under his name. Over 65
million records sold: Whitney Houston's international #1 hit "Where Do Broken Hearts Go?",
Natalie Cole, Kenny Rogers, Sammy Davis, Jr., Liza Minnelli, Julie Andrews, Hootie & the
Blowfish, The Moody Blues, Johnny Mathis, Linda Eder, FrEddie Jackson, Trisha Yearwood,
Stacy Lattisaw, Molly Hatchet, Blues Traveler, Trace Adkins, Patti LaBelle, Jeffrey Osborne,
BeBe Winans, Stanley Turrentine, Amy Grant, Anthony Warlow, to name a few. Associate artist
at the Alley Theatre in Houston. Upcoming projects: Havana, Casanova, Excalibur, Mata Hari,
Ali, Zelda, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and Wonderland (opening on Broadway in April
2011). He is father to Justin Samuel and Jake Ryan.

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