JACKIE MASON: IAN WEHRLE
IAN WEHRLE played Jackie previously OffBroadway at St.Luke's Theater and The Davenport Theatre. He is an active composer and arranger and a founding member of the Ultrasonic rock orchestra. He has recently finished work for the NBC Olympics and various music direction and sound design for theater. He is credited at the Food Network, MTV, and FOX and is continually in development of new musicals and television music. He can be reached at ianwehrle@gmail.com.
GINGER: SHEBA MASON
Sheba is a NY based comedian seen nightly in Comedy Clubs, including The Broadway Comedy Club, Carolines, The Comic Strip, and many others. throughout the USA .She opened for Andrew Dice Clay at The BocaBlackBox Theater and is the daughter of Broadway Comic Jackie Mason and playwright Ginger Reiter. She often appears in the touring version of The Jackie Mason Musical,
MRS. OLIVIER: CHERRILL RAE
Cherrill Rae (Ruthy) was signed by A&M records in 1980 and had a hit single with a remake of the old Doris Day song “Que Sera Sera”. It was arranged with a percussive Latin beat and killer vocals. It climbed to number one on the Canadian top 40 and stayed there for ten consecutive weeks.Her next album "Dancing up a Storm" became a top 40 success in the United States as well as Canada and Europe. The number-one single off that album "A Little Lovin’” went top ten in Cash Box, Record World and Rolling Stone Magazine. She went on to star in her own weekly Canadian Television variety television show called “The Raes” which aired for four consecutive seasons. She appeared as Mrs.Olivier in The Jackie Mason Musical at The Lake Worth Stonzek Theatre Playhouse.
WOOLEY THE SHLEPALONG: MICHAEL KREUTZ
Michael Kreutz is excited to be joining the cast of Jackie Mason… having previously performed the title role in Ginger Reiter’s Mel Schwartz Sleeps with Mae West…. Michael is a singer, actor, pianist, music director and a well-known vocal coach whose students have performed on and off Broadway. Recent roles: Eugene Fodor, Crazy For You (The Wick); Maury, Disaster the Musical and Professor Porter, Tarzan (Slow Burn); Andre, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Stage Door). Favorite stage roles: Isador Straus, Titanic (National Tour); Aimable, The Baker’s Wife (opposite Judy Kuhn); Scrooge, Scrooge, The Musical; Paravicini, The Mousetrap; Markinson, A Few Good Men; Felix, The Odd Couple; Sweeney, Sweeney Todd.
NELSON ZEE: JOSEPH LONG
Joseph Long. Some of his acting credits include: Minister Pau in King Solomon and his 700 Wives, multiple roles in THE LARAMIE PROJECT, Bobby Grossman in the Off-broadway production of THE BOYCHICK AFFAIR; Big Jule in GUYS AND DOLLS, Drake in ANNIE, Carmen Ghia in THE PRODUCERS, Collins in RENT, Voice Of The Plant in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, Marty in DREAMGIRLS, multiple roles in GOD’S TROMBONES and the list goes on. Joseph can also be found singing at Universal Truth Center For Better Living .On his spare time, he likes to volunteer for charities such as The American Heart Association, The American Diabetes Association and the AIDS Walk events.
TRIXIE: JORDANA T. FORREST
Jordana T. Forrest was last seen at Actors Playhouse as Cindy in Waist Watchers the Musical.Favorite roles include Annie Oakley (Annie Get Your Gun), Heather (American Idiot), Yolanda (Cuban Courage) at the FAU Theatre Lab and Maureen (Rent) at the Marquee, and as featured singer (Imagine:A Beatles Review). Her single “little by Little” is available on all platforms now. She wrote and composed #GetWoke The P-OPent (seeking investors). Check out EchoAndTheBand.com for more info and follow at @jordana_forrest on InstaGram for spiritual and musical content.
ROSA:VICKI KLEIN
Vicki Klein recently reprised her role as Grandma Moskovitz with David Goldyn productions. She made her off-Broadway debut as Annie (Annie Looks in the Mirror) flowed by Mamaleh! and A Stoop on Orchard Street. Florida shows include Lenny,;The Sunshine Boys; Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike, The Normal Normal Heart, Cabaret, Fiddler on the Roof, and Generation to Generation. TV credits include South Beach Tow. The role of "Rosa" in the Jackie Mason Musical is her least favorite role of all time even though this is her third time.
COUPLE at the RASCAL HOUSE :AL & CAROLYN MARTIN
Al Martin, comedian, and owner of the Broadway Comedy Club and Greenwich Comedy Club, and his wife, Carolyn, are pleased to join the cast of The Jackie Mason Musical as typical tourists dining at The Rascal House. Al Martin has appeared as Mel Schwartz in Mel Schwartz Sleeps with Mae West at The Friars Club. Carolyn is a former New York teacher.
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GINGER REITER - A former High School English teacher, Ginger is delighted to return to her New Jersey roots for The Jackie Mason Musical. Other musicals she penned : Mel Schwartz Sleeps with Mae West (Musical-Comedy of Errors); King Solomon & His 700 Wives ; A Comedy - The Golden Girls Prequel. Ginger wishes to thank her husband Comedy-
GINGER REITER - A former High School English teacher, Ginger is delighted to return to her New Jersey roots for The Jackie Mason Musical. Other musicals she penned : Mel Schwartz Sleeps with Mae West (Musical-Comedy of Errors); King Solomon & His 700 Wives ; A Comedy - The Golden Girls Prequel. Ginger wishes to thank her husband Comedy-Impressionist Manny Silver, daughter Sheba Mason, and Al Martin. She states: "Jackie Mason was more than a love affair. he was an education - and is a true comedy genius."
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IKE REEVES - Born and raised in New York, Ike Reeves is no stranger to the music of the Broadway Stage and is gifted with instinctive feelings regarding Broadway style musicals. He has been in show business since the age of twelve, and has brought his arranging talents to Florida where he enhances and enriches old songs and - as in The Ja
IKE REEVES - Born and raised in New York, Ike Reeves is no stranger to the music of the Broadway Stage and is gifted with instinctive feelings regarding Broadway style musicals. He has been in show business since the age of twelve, and has brought his arranging talents to Florida where he enhances and enriches old songs and - as in The Jackie Mason Musical - new original music, by creating virtual symphonic orchestras using sophisticated equipment which sounds exactly like their real counterparts. Ike can be reached at IkeReeves@aol.com