Previous Occupations: Assistant General Manager, Company
Manager, Human Resources / Recruiting Manager, Assistant
Treasurer / Banking Office Manager, Investment Specialist
Currently Residing: Morningside Heights, New York
City
Hometown: Carroll, Ohio (near Columbus)
Did you get an allowance growing
up? If so, how much? A whopping $10 a week (which was a lot back then!)
What did you have to do to get
your allowance? Well,
we used to clean the house to The Sound of Music. I
usually had to mow the grass and then we (my two brothers
and I) would rotate our sheep-feeding schedule, i.e.
who would carry the water, grain etc. out to the barn.
What was your first paying job? I worked at the local
jewelry store.
Why the Jewelry store? It was the only one in town.
What did you do at the jewelry
store? Sold jewelry,
but my favorite was selling class rings and signet
bracelets as I got to do the engraving on them.
What was your first paying theatre
job? Assistant
Company Manager on the national touring company of
Carousel.
How did you get the job on Carousel? By interviewing.
What is the first thing you remember
saving up for? My high school class ring.
P.S. I haven’t worn it since.
What made it worth saving for? It was solid gold!
Do you remember what crests you
choose on either side? Yes, on one side it was music and then the comedy/tragedy
mask on the other. I think the stone was blue.
Are you currently saving for
anything special? Retirement!
When would you like to retire? How about tomorrow.
No matter how much money you have or don’t have,
is there something you can’t live without?
2 dogs Rudy and Fergie (Springer Spaniels)
If you were to treat yourself to a nice meal out,
where would you go?
The Olive Garden….seriously!
What is your favorite
meal at The Olive Garden? Whole Wheat linguine with
Bolognese
sauce because it is the
cheapest thing on the menu. Of course, you can’t
forget the salad and breadsticks.
Do you have a specific
story about when you first realized you had “made it” in
NYC?
Meeting Shirley Jones at the opening of Carousel in
Los Angeles.
How long were you on the Carousel
tour? A year and
a half.
Do you remember how much you
made back then? I think
it was $500 or maybe I got a raise and it was $600
a week.
What is your favorite free thing to do in NYC?
Ride my bike in Riverside Park
Why? Not only is it beautiful but it is only _ block
from my house. I enjoy Central Park too, but it is
further away.
How did you learn the value of a dollar?
My parents were very influential in my ability to pinch
a penny (which, by the way, drives my partner crazy
J).
How were your parents
influential? We didn’t
have any money, but we never knew that. We thought
we had all the money in the world. Both my parents
were teachers and they saved enough to put all three
of us through college.
Charlie started his
career as a company manager working on such shows
as Carousel,
The Scarlet Pimpernel and
The Wild Party. Then he decided to change things up
and try his hand at stage management. He set out for
the Bahamas working on Jimmy Buffets Musical Don’t
Stop the Carnival. Since then, he hasn’t looked
back. He has continued building his resume as a Stage
Manager working on Thoroughly Modern Millie, Bombay
Dreams, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The History Boys and
now the revival of Les Misérables.
