100 Years of Broadway revives the greatest show-stoppers of the last century. Stars who lit up the Great White Way in shows like The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, CATS, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Jekyll & Hyde will shine again on the Capitol Theater stage. Revel in well-worn favorites by Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Leonard Bernstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Frank Loesser and Frankie Valli. This isn't just a taste of Broadway — it’s a full sampling of the century.
NEW! Touring Cast Announced!
Rita Harvey recently starred in the role of Hodel in the Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof starring Rosie O'Donell and Harvey Fierstein. She made her Broadway debut performing the lead role of Christine Daee in The Phantom of the Opera, after two years performing the role with the second national tour.
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Brad Little has played the role of the Phantom over 2000 times in theaters across America, on Broadway, and in Asia since 1997. His debut CD, Brad Little UnMasked, is available for purchase in the lobby. Before the tour, he was in the Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera playing the role of Raoul. His other Broadway and National tour credit include Cyrano, the Musical, (Captain De Castel Jaloux); Fiddler on the Roof, with Topol; and Anything Goes. He’s also performed throughout many of America’s regional theaters.
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Carter Calvert was seen Off Broadway in The Thing About Men at the Promenade Theatre. Other New York credits include the Broadway, off- Broadway and touring productions of It Ain't Nothin' But The Blues in a role she originated. Ms. Calvert toured Europe in Smokey Joe's Cafe and appeared as the title role in Always, Patsy Cline. In 1993, she was named Best Female Vocalist of the Year by Starsong Records and Downbeat Magazine named her Best Female Jazz Vocalist.
Robert DuSold's Broadway career spans more than 20 years, beginning with Les Miserables in 1987. Other New York credits include Jekyll & Hyde, Guys and Dolls and Mimi LeDuck.
Lawrence Clayton burst onto Broadway in 1981 in the original production of Dreamgirls, and traveled with the show's first two national tours. He also appeared in the original productions of Romance in Hard Times, The High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club, Saturn Returns and The Civil War, and in revivals of Once Upon a Mattress and Bells Are Ringing. He also appeared as Judas in the national tour of Jesus Christ Superstar.
Pre-Show talk with Robert DuSold and Ray McLeod 6:45 - 7:30 Rotunda Stage - Free - Open to the public.
Sing on Stage in Neil Berg's 100 Years of Broadway
Submit a 90- to 120-second video clip online of yourself singing a Broadway favorite and you can be selected to sing as part of the show.
Up to two winner(s) and up to 10 runner(s)-up will be selected by the show's panel of industry experts (including producers, singers, and managers as well as Neil Berg himself) to perform in the show.
For further information:
http://www.singingwiththebroadwaystars.com/event.php?event=20100313A