Billy Porter, Renee Elise Goldsberry and More to Join Broadway Inspirational Voices in Concert
By: BWW News Desk Dec. 09, 2015
The one night only concert will feature Michael McElroy and The Broadway Inspirational Voices and special guests Billy Porter, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Joshua Henry and Marcus Paul James. The music will be performed with the signature soul and innovative musical arrangements of the Grammy-nominated Broadway Inspirational Voices.
With hits from Broadway shows like Rent, Sunday in the Park with George, Violet, Oklahoma! and Memphis, Tony Award-winner Billy Porter (Kinky Boots), Renee Elise Goldsberry (Hamilton), Tony Award nominee Joshua Henry (Porgy and Bess), Marcus Paul James ("The Wiz - LIVE"), and BIV founder / Tony Award nominee Michael McElroy (Big River) will celebrate the soul of Broadway and BIV's mission to give "hope, inspire, and change" lives with the universal power of inspirational music. This event will help benefit the BIV Outreach Program. Tickets begin at $30, and can be purchased by visiting www.bbkingblues.com.
BILLY PORTER Broadway: Kinky Boots (Tony Award), Miss Saigon, Five Guys..., Grease, Smokey Joe's..., Dreamgirls. Off-Broadway/regional: Angels in America, The Merchant of Venice, Radiant Baby, Birdie Blue, Songs for a New World, Ghetto Superstar (one-man show), Topdog/Underdog, King Lear, The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler. Film/TV: The Broken Hearts Club, Noel, "Shake, Rattle and Roll," "Law & Order," "The Big C." Recording: Untitled, At the Corner of Broadway & Soul.
RENEE ELISE GOLDSBERRY Broadway: Hamilton, Good People, The Color Purple, Rent, The Lion King. Off-Broadway: Hamilton (Lortel and Drama Desk Awards), As You Like It, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Love's Labour's Lost. Select TV: "The Good Wife," "The Following," "Law & Order: SVU," "Masters of Sex," "Younger," "OLTL." Select film: Sisters, Every Secret Thing, Rent: Live on Broadway, All About You.
JOSHUA HENRY Broadway: Violet (Tony nomination), The Scottsboro Boys (Tony nomination), The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, American Idiot, In the Heights (Drama Desk winner), Bring It On: The Musical. TV: "Army Wives," "Kings." Regional: Violet, The Cotton Club Parade, The Wiz, Being Alive. Film: Sex and the City, Winter's Tale. Solo concerts: This Is the Love, Soul Weakness.
MARCUS PAUL JAMES Television: "The Wiz - LIVE." Broadway: Motown the Musical, In the Heights, Rent. Off Broadway: Rent. Film: Rent: Live on Broadway. Albums: Meant To Be.
MICHAEL McELROY Founder/director, Broadway Inspirational Voices (BIV), a multiracial gospel choir. Broadway: Big River (Tony nomination), Rent, The Wild Party, The Who's Tommy, Miss Saigon, Patty LuPone...Broadway, High Rollers..., Hair. National: Sarafina. Off-Broadway: Blue, Violet, Thunder, Knocking...Door, Richard III. Regional: Fences, Angels in America I and II. Television: "All My Children," "Spin City," "Michael Jackson Concert," and the 2002 Grammy Awards.
BROADWAY INSPIRATIONAL VOICES (BIV) is a diverse choir of Broadway artists united to change lives through the power of music and service. BIV's mission consists of providing HOPE to INSPIRE and TRANSFORM youth in need through music and the arts. The company was founded by Michael McElroy in 1994 as the Broadway Gospel Choir and in 1999 reincarnated to its current name. In addition to numerous concerts, the Grammy nominated choir has performed with award-winning artists such as Mariah Carey, the Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Sting, Elton John, Vanessa Williams, Heather Headley and Billy Porter. BIV has been featured on "Late Night with David Letterman," "The Rosie O'Donnell Christmas Special," multiple Tony Awards telecasts, "Smash" and "America's Got Talent."
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