The final show in The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center's In Concert series, previously scheduled for Monday, May 21st at 7 PM, has been canceled. The concert was to have starred Michael Rupert and Alison Fraser.
Tony Award-winner Rupert was ordered by his doctor to go on complete vocal rest, other than his commitments to
Legally Blonde. The two original stars of
March of the Falsettos were to have performed songs from the aforementioned show as well as early drafts of now-finished songs, new songs by upcoming voices in musical theatre, and William Finn-written gems cut from the show.
Previous participants in the In Concert series include Tony Award-nominee Sherie Rene Scott (
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,
AIDA),
Douglas Sills (
Little Shop of Horrors, Tony nominee for
The Scarlet Pimpernel), veteran singer
Todd Murray, and
Sally Wilfert (Broadway's
Tom Sawyer and
Assassins)
"Established in 1983, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center is the largest LGBT community center organization on the East Coast. More than 6,000 people visit the Center weekly. Recent Broadway-related programs include
Queer Songbook featuring
Donna McKechnie and
Sandy Duncan, and
Broadway Backwards 1 & 2, featuring gender-reversed songs performed by Broadway stars including
Betty Buckley,
Charles Busch,
Andrea McArdle,
Len Cariou,
Richard Kind,
Tony Roberts,
Michael McElroy,
Cheyenne Jackson,
Matt Cavenaugh and
Pamela Myers," state press notes.
Visit
www.gaycenter.org for more information. Call Ector Simpson at 212-620-7310 for questions about the cancellation.
