11/29/2009: A Little Night Music additions New page added for the Broadway revival of A Little Night Music. Also added photos from the March 2009 White Plains production of A Little Night Music to the Misc page - back to main - 2/7/2009: Minor Website Tweaks I tried to jazz things up a little bit by tweaking the way the image display works when clicking on the thumbnails on the show pages. Also added some effects to highlight the currently active input field on the guestbook and contact pages. - back to main - 5/31/2008: Grease Photos (Finally) added 2 photos of Stephen as Teen Angel to the Grease page. - back to main - 2/3/2008: Grease Page Added It only took about 6 months, but I've finally added a page here for Stephen's current project, Grease. - back to main - 3/26/2007: Gaston Photo I added my photo of the poster of Stephen as Gaston that is currently displayed in front of the Lunt Fontanne marquee to the Beauty and the Beast page. - back to main - 12/25/2006: Beauty and the Beast Page Added Merry Christmas! A new page has been added for Beauty and the Beast, in which Stephen begins performances tomorrow. Best of wishes to him on his newest role. Since I was already working on the site, I also made some tweaks to various pages including the About page. - back to main - 8/21/2005: Guestbook Update Due to the fact that the guestbook was receiving an incredible amount of spam, it has been reprogrammed so that all entries are reviewed before they are posted live to the site. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but I will approve all legitimate entries as soon as humanly possible. Also, I've done a little updating to the Phantom page, and added a few more links at various pages on the site. - back to main - 10/4/2004: This and That Just jotting down a note so it doesn't look like I've forgotten about the site. I've added the next few stops to the list of Phantom tour venues and I've also updated the text on the Sign the Guestbook page. - back to main - 5/11/2004: Phantom Weather The Phantom of the Opera page now displays the weather for the current stop of the tour, courtesy of weather.com. (As soon as the tour moves on, the location used for the weather display will be changed automatically.) - back to main - 2/22/2004: Phantom Page Added A page has been added for info on Stephen's work in The Phantom of the Opera. Also, the news page has been revamped, various pages have been tweaked, and a lot of work has been done to the site backend to make managing the site even easier. - back to main - 10/4/2003: Harmony Page Added A page for Stephen Buntrock's latest project, Harmony, has now been added to the site. The "Current" link on the site now points here. - back to main - 9/10/2003: New Website Email Address Because I have become fed up with receiving inordinate amounts of spam at the Email address I had been publishing on this site, I have disabled that address and created a new one to use instead. The contact information for the site is always current on the Contact page. - back to main - 8/24/2003: Bio Updated Updated the Bio page to use the bio printed in the playbill for Putting It Together, which recently ended a successful run at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, MA. - back to main - 2/12/2003: New Photos Added 12 new photos of Mr. Buntrock as Curly have been added to the Oklahoma! page. Also, a photo as Curly has been added to the rotation of photos that display on the front page of the site. - back to main - 2/3/2003: New Contact Form I've added a Contact page since it may not have been clear to remove the spam blockers from the various Email links on the site. This simple form is for contacting the webmaster with your questions and comments; feel free to use it! Also, a link to Wayman Wong's terrific PlaybillOnline.com interview has recently been added to the News page. - back to main - 1/24/2003: New interview link posted Check out the News page for a link to a new Broadway.com interview with Buntrock. - back to main - 12/30/2002: New Links There are a couple new links added to the Oklahoma! page which include photos of Stephen as Curly. I've added a graphic to automatically point out which links are new, so be sure to give the Current Project page a glance every now and then if you ever want to see if there are any new links of interest. And a happy and healthy new year to all! - back to main - 10/28/2002: Site Redesign Once again, the site has undergone a slight redesign and renovation. The changes are mainly in the menu bar and in page layouts, as well as in some behind the scenes functionality. Some more minor changes may or may not be implemented in the coming days. - back to main - 9/12/2002: Site Maintenance I am in the process of doing general site maintenance and improvements; so you are not going crazy if you think some pages look slightly different. - back to main - 9/5/2002: New Scroller on Home Page Removed the java applet from the top of the front page and added a JavaScript scroller on the side. This scroller, which highlights quick items of interest, has been verified to work in IE 5.0+, Netscape 4.7+, and Mozilla 1.0+ browsers. - back to main - 5/31/2002: Photo Added Added a photo, which ran in print editions of the 5/24/02 article on understudies, to the Misc. Photos page. - back to main - 5/27/2002: News Article Added Added a link to a new AP article about understudies which features Stephen; Also revamped some of the links on various pages to remove dead links. - back to main - 3/11/2002: Site Redesigned If you've been to the site before, you may notice that it has been revamped and redesigned. This website has evolved in the past 2+ years and so it made sense to work on reorganizing things; while doing so, I decided I might as well try something a bit different with the design. Hope everyone enjoys the new look! Note- many of the file names have changed, so if you've bookmarked any pages other than the main page, you may have to update your bookmarks. - back to main - 2/24/2002: Oklahoma! Page Added Added a page for Stephen Buntrock's current show, Oklahoma! Note that the "Current" link on the menu now points to this page. - back to main - 12/17/2001: Photo Added Added 1 photo to the Miss Saigon page. - back to main - 12/2/2001: Photos Added Added 4 Jane Eyre photos to the Misc. Photos page. (note: these photos are currently located on the Jane Eyre page) - back to main - 11/6/2001: Photos Added Added 7 production photos to the Miss Saigon page. - back to main - 10/14/2001: Link to RealAudio Interview Added Added a link to a 14 minute RealAudio clip of a radio interview with Stephen Buntrock and Emy Baysic. This interview conducted by Dean Richards was broadcast on WGN radio in Chicago on Aug. 26, 2001. The clip is on wgnradio.com, the website of the radio station. - back to main - 8/7/2001: Miss Saigon Info Added Added more cast and performance details to the Miss Saigon page. - back to main - 6/14/2001: Miss Saigon Page Added Added a page for Miss Saigon news and info; This page is now the page that is linked to the "Current" link in the top menu, though the Jane Eyre page still exists. One of the features of the new page is an interactive calendar applet with performance info. I admit there really is little point to the applet other than the fact that I am insanely proud of programming it myself and (finally) getting it to work! :) - back to main - 12/31/2000: Photo Display Revamped Happy New Years! Changed the code on all of the photo pages since they were not displaying correctly on Internet Explorer at high speed connections. The full size photos are now visible only if you have a JavaScript capable browser- this includes all recent versions of IE, Netscape and AOL. If you have a problem viewing the photos, please let the webmaster know and a non-JavaScript version will be added. - back to main - 5/9/2000: Site Moved to Theatrefest.com Moved the site from Tripod.com to the webmaster's new personal domain at theatrefest.com. - back to main - 2/2/2000: Site Opened Site is officially opened. About this site - back to main - 1/31/2000: Site Launched Site is unofficially launched for previews. - back to main -   Stephen R. Buntrock: From Enjolras to Teen Angel Sept 2007 Broadway.com column in which Buntrock wrote some reflections on his Broadway debut in Les Mis 10 yrs ago and on his current show, Grease, which features many performers who are making their Broadway debuts.   HE’S DOIN’ FINE, ‘OKLAHOMA!’ Wayman Wong's 02/01/2003 "The Leading Men" column on Playbill online features a nice interview with Mr. Buntrock. (scroll down)   Fresh Face- Stephen R. Buntrock Broadway.com Jan. 2003 interview   Waiting to go on for the star: The life of an understudy May 2002 AP article on understudies which features Buntrock.   Spotlight On Stephen Buntrock Talkin Broadway's 1999 interview with the actor.   Brief interview from InTheater's article "It's a Beautiful Life" This interview is from the Aug. 14, 1998 issue, which featured 10 people the magazine chose as the most beautiful/sexy performers on Broadway.