The five-concert series will conclude April 6 with a celebration of the late producer and director Harold Prince, entitled Broadway Maverick: Harold Prince and the American Musical. The 8 PM concert in the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre will feature performances by Kate Baldwin (Hello, Dolly!), Sierra Boggess (School of Rock), Sarah Chapin (The 39 Steps), Britney Coleman (Company), Ben Davis (Dear Evan Hansen), Quentin Earl Darrington (Once on This Island), Jason Gotay (Evita), Bryonha Marie Parham (Prince of Broadway), Elizabeth Stanley (Jagged Little Pill), Rema Webb (The Color Purple), and Tony-winning composer Jason Robert Brown. Andrew Resnick is the music director.
The concert series will also spotlight the collaborations of Ethel Merman, Cole Porter, and Irving Berlin; Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, and Oscar Hammerstein II; and Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, and Terrence McNally as well as an afternoon celebrating some of musical theatre’s works for three singers. Details for these four concerts follow.
Merman & Porter & Berlin
March 30 at 7:30 PM
Leonard Nimoy Thalia
Featuring Klea Blackhurst (Hello, Dolly!), Sarah Chapin (The 39 Steps), Britney Coleman (Company), Jeff Kready (Tootsie), and Rashidra Scott (Company), with music direction by Leo Munby.
Rodgers & Hart & Hammerstein
March 31 at 7:30 PM
Leonard Nimoy Thalia
Adam Gopnik hosts with performances by Melissa Errico (Passion) and Gavin Lee (Mary Poppins) and music direction by Tedd Firth.
Ahrens & Flaherty & McNally
April 2 at 7:30 PM
Hosted by Ted Chapin with performances by Clifton Duncan (The Play That Goes Wrong), Danyel Fulton (Broadbend, Arkansas), Robert Petkoff (Fun Home), Trent Saunders (Aladdin), Steven Skybell (Fiddler on the Roof), and Alexandra Socha (Head Over Heels), with music direction by David Holcenberg.
Transcendent Trios
April 5 at 3 PM
Leonard Nimoy Thalia
An afternoon of favorite musical theatre trios, including “The Airport Song,” “Easy Street,” “Sing for Your Supper,” “Old Friends,” and more. Featuring Lilli Cooper (Tootsie), Drew Gehling (Waitress), Jason Gotay (Evita), Jeff Kready (Tootsie), Storm Lever (Summer: The Donna Summer Musical), Megan Loughran (Falsettos), Heath Saunders (Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812), Trent Saunders (Aladdin), Ryan Silverman (Side Show), and Alexandra Socha (Head Over Heels) with music direction by Leo Munby.
Baldwin, Errico, Boggess, and more are part of the family of guest performers on Playbill Travel’s Broadway on the High Seas cruises. Cabins are now on sale for Broadway in the Great Northwest, Playbill Travel’s first domestic cruise featuring Kate Baldwin, Tedd Firth, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Aaron Lazar, Beth Leavel, Gavin Lee, Kate Shindle and Ambassadors Lucie Arnaz, Ted Chapin, and Tommy Tune (April 26–May 4, 2020), and for Broadway on the Mediterranean (August 31–September 7, 2020), featuring Audra McDonald, Gavin Creel, Santino Fontana, Caissie Levy, John McDaniel, Lindsay Mendez, and Will Swenson and for Broadway on the Nile (December 27, 2020–January 7, 2021) with performers soon to be announced and Broadway on the Caribbean (February 15–22, 2021) featuring Jenn Colella, Corey Cott, Nikki M James, John McDaniel, Laura Osnes, and Faith Prince. To book a suite or stateroom, call Playbill Travel at 866-455-6789 or visit PlaybillTravel.com.