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Montego Glover & Harbor Lights Theater Directors Set for BROADWAY DOWNLOAD

By: Aug. 01, 2016
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Broadway Download, the live, weekly digital radio show, is set to welcome Tony Award-nominee Montego Glover as well as the company directors of Staten Islands' Harbor Lights Theatre Company to its broadcast.

Broadway's Montego Glover was born in Macon Georgia and raised in Chattanooga Tennessee. A graduate of Florida State University with a BFA in Music Theatre. Montego made her Broadway debut in the original production of "The Color Purple" in the roles of 'Celie' & 'Nettie'. She originated the role of 'Felicia Farrell' in the Broadway hit Musical "Memphis" and received a Tony Award Nomination for Lead Actress in a Musical, as well as a Drama League Nomination and won both the Outer Critics' Circle Award and the Drama Desk Award for her performance. Recently, she enjoyed a critically acclaimed run as 'Nina' in the New York debut of "The Royale" at Lincoln Center Theater, which garnered her a Special Drama Desk Ensemble Award for her work. She gave a delightfully comedic turn as 'Annie Shepard' in the Musical comedy "It Shouda Been You," and was seen in the current revival cast of "Les Miserables" as 'Fantine'. Ms. Glover has served on the Artists' Committee for the Kennedy Center Honors, and recently joined the community efforts of the New York Pops by becoming a PopsEd Ambassador.

Harbor Lights Theater Company, based on New York's Staten Island, is an integral part of the ever emerging "theatre scene" outside of Manhattan.

Tamara Jenkins, founder and Executive Artistic Director, is also an accomplished, Producer, Writer, Director and Broadway Actress: "Chicago," "Les Miserables," "Cats" and 'Eliza' cover in the Richard Chamberlain revival of "My Fair Lady." As Producer, she was mentored by the great Alan Delynn and has produced "Steps In Time" and "50 Years of UNICEF" at Carnegie Hall. She made her Harbor Lights directing debut in the acclaimed 2011 production of "Amahl And The Night Visitors." Ms. Jenkins has been awarded by United Nations' affiliated organizations for her Peace through Culture activities.

Jay Montgomery is co-founder and co-Artistic Director, made his Broadway debut as 'Whizzer' in the Tony Award-winning "Falsettos" (National Tour and LA Company). He toured the USA in "Heart Strings," the landmark AIDS benefit, with Christopher Reeve, Sandy Duncan, Tommy Tune, Lou Gossett, Jr. and Nell Carter. ??Regionally, Mr. Montgomery has appeared in over seventy productions, among them 'Antony' in Sweeney Todd, starring George Hearn and Judy Kaye. His Harbor Lights directing credits include: "The Empress," "An O. Henry Christmas" and "My Way."

Broadway Download is a live, weekly digital radio broadcast, Wednesdays 5:00-5:55 PM, City World Radio Network. Kendall serves as host /producer with Richard E. Waits as co-host /associate producer. The content is Music, Industry, Talk and Hot Topics. For more, visit www.cityworldradio.com.

Upcoming guest include: Carly Huges and Tony Award Nominee Tony Yazbeck. Past guests: Stu James, Frederick B. Owens, Felicia Finley, Paul Stancato, Nathan Lee Graham, Emily Skinner Alice Ripley, Henry Krieger, Chad Kimball, Timothy Ware, James Monroe Iglehart, Clint Ramos, Kathy Brier, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Capathia Jenkins.

Waits (Buffalo State College Theatre Major /Dance Minor) is an active, civic minded New Yorker whose acting and showmanship have led him to stages the world over. He is the writer and star of his edgy one man show, "Mama Rose."

Kendall is a mid-westerner (B.A., University of Missouri-Columbia) who studies Radio, TV, and Theater. He graduated and emerged as a Broadway actor, writer/producer and recording artist who has also toured nationally and starred on London's West End. In College, Kendall briefly enjoyed hosting his own weekly jazz radio show. City World Radio Network, "broadcasting from the city to the world,' is a return to an early love.

"Showtune-in" to Trent Armand Kendall Broadway Download Wednesdays, 5:00-5:55 PM, City World Radio Network. Call in and chat live 212-631-7553. Weekly broadcasts are archived for four weeks and available for streaming. Visit www.cityworldradio.com and www.trentkendall.com for more.




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