Company Members From KISS ME, KATE Will Give a Talk and Perform at The Sheen Center as Part of Backstage Broadway Series

On Monday, April 1, The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture will launch its new series, Backstage Broadway with a special event featuring company members from the Roundabout Theatre Company's hit revival of Kiss Me Kate.

Hosted by Tony-nominated actor, music director, and composer/lyricist Alexander Gemignani, the new Backstage Broadway series offers audiences an inside look into some of Broadway's biggest hits. With some of Broadway's most respected artists, Gemignani explores the collaborative process and sources of inspiration that ultimately deliver a show to its opening night on the Great White Way. On April 1, Gemignani will sit down with Kiss Me Kate's Tony Award-winning choreographer Warren Carlyle, Tony Award-winning musical director Paul Gemignani, and dance arranger David Chase for a discussion offering a behind-the-scenes look at the process of bringing this Broadway masterpiece to new life. Company members Preston Truman Boyd, Marissa McGowan, and Christine Cornish Smith will treat The Sheen Center audience to a presentation of musical numbers from the acclaimed new revival.

Visit www.SheenCenter.org for more information about the above event as well as other theater, film, music, poetry, art, and talk events. Events will include the Sheen Center's next Broadway Backstage series featuring Joe Iconis and cast members from Be More Chill; an evening celebrating the 80th anniversary of the film classic The Wizard of Oz; direct from London's West End, the U.S. premiere production of All Our Children featuring Tony Award winner John Glover; as well as special talk events tackling topical national themes including race, faith, the disabled, and more.

The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture (www.sheencenter.org) is a New York City arts center located in NoHo that presents a vibrant mix of theater, film, music, art and talk events. A project of the Archdiocese of New York, The Sheen Center serves all New Yorkers by presenting performances and artists that reflect the true, the good, and the beautiful. Named for the late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, best remembered as an inspirational author, radio host and two-time Emmy Award-winning television personality, The Sheen Center reflects his modern-day approach to contemporary topics. The Sheen Center is a state-of-the-art theater complex that includes the 270-seat off-Broadway Loreto Theater, equipped with five-camera high-definition TV and live-stream capability and a multi-track recording studio; the 80-seat off-off-Broadway Black Box Theater; four rehearsal studios; and an art gallery.

Tickets for "Backstage Broadway: Kiss Me Kate," are $20/$30. Tickets/reservations for all events at The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture are available online at SheenCenter.org, by phone at 212-925-2812, or in-person at The Sheen Center box office (18 Bleecker Street, at the corner of Elizabeth Street, NYC), Mon. - Fri. noon to 5PM. $15 student tickets are available with a valid current student ID.