Pittsburgh CLO's 2009 Summer Season will showcase a mix of Broadway blockbusters, bold new shows and musical theater gems, highlighted by casts featuring some of the most critically-acclaimed and respected actors working in theater today.
Beth Leavel returns to Pittsburgh CLO as the witch in Into the Woods (August 4-9). Ms. Leavel won a 2006 Tony® Award for her performance in The Drowsy Chaperone and also has appeared on Broadway in 42nd Street, The Civil War, Showboat and Crazy for You. Ms. Leavel has appeared in two previous Pittsburgh CLO productions, including A Little Night Music and The Pajama Game.
Robert Cuccioli takes the stage as Javert in Les Miserables (July 7-19) and Rico in Barry Manilow's Copacabana (July 21-August 2). He made his Broadway debut as Javert in Les Miserables and earned a Tony® nomination for his role in Jekyll and Hyde. His previous Pittsburgh CLO credits include Guys and Dolls, Bells are Ringing, The Pajama Game, Funny Girl and The Sound of Music. He also directed Jekyll and Hyde for Pittsburgh CLO.
Shoshana Bean will make her Pittsburgh CLO debut as the narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (May 26-June 7). She has previously starred in the Broadway productions of Wicked and Hairspray and the National Tours of Wicked and Leader of the Pack. Ms. Bean has been a back-up singer for superstars such as Whitney Houston, Destiny's Child, Usher, 'N Sync, Ray Charles, Britney Spears and Michael Jackson.
Tony Yazbeck marks his fifth appearance in a Pittsburgh CLO production, starring as Tony/Stephen in Barry Manilow's Copacabana (July 21-August 2). The Point Park alumnus has appeared on Broadway in Gypsy, A Chorus Line, Never Gonna Dance and Oklahoma!. His other Pittsburgh CLO credits include Doctor Doolittle, Crazy for You, West Side Story and the National Tour of Thoroughly Modern Millie. Mr. Yazbeck also appeared locally in La Boheme for The Pittsburgh Opera.
Additional Broadway veterans set to appear this season in Pittsburgh CLO productions include Fred Inkley (Les Miserables), Kevin Earley (Swing!, Les Miserables, Into the Woods), Jennifer Cody (Into the Woods), Jacquelyn Piro Donovan (Les Miserables), Matthew Scott (Les Miserables) and Pittsburgh native Tim Hartman (Les Miserables, Barry Manilow's Copacabana, Into the Woods).
In addition to the productions highlighted above, the 2009 Summer Season also includes the First National Tour and Pittsburgh premiere of Legally Blonde The Musical (June 9-14).
Tickets for Summer Season 2009
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