they are honored to be working
with him. “Every performance he
turns in is crackling with boundless energy and startling poise.
You add Jeff with the choreographer Dann Dunn, music direction
by Trevor Pierce, and filmmaker
Ian Kimble alongside our resident
designers and it almost feels as
though it’s a project filled with a
Rat Pack dream team!”
Coon says he was drawn to this
production for two reasons. One,
because he’s excited about working with The Eagle Theatre and
loves its goal of becoming a regional and national presence in
Hammonton. The other is because he loves the story of Catch
Me If You Can and thinks the play
is not only wonderful, but underrated.
“This show didn’t get a whole
lot of attention when it played
on Broadway and I think, having not seen that production but
knowing something about it, that
it collapsed a bit under its own
weight,” said Coon. “It was overproduced because it was sup-
A video of The Eagle Theatre Celebrating 100 Years in 2014
New Jersey Stage
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