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Musical Numbers Announced For Upcoming 'BROADWAY ON BROADWAY' 9/13

By: Sep. 11, 2009
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Musical numbers for the 2009 Broadway on Broadway concert (www.broadwayonbroadway.com) were announced today by The Broadway League and The Times Square Alliance.

Superior Donuts' star Michael McKean will host the 18th annual concert presented by the all new 2010 Buick LaCrosse and Continental Airlines, to be held this Sunday, September 13th at 11:30 a.m in Times Square.

The annual free outdoor concert brings together stars and performances from current and upcoming Broadway productions to celebrate the beginning of the Broadway season.

The following musical numbers are scheduled to perform: (subject to change)

BILLY ELLIOT

"Shine"

BURN THE FLOOR

"Dirty Boogie"

BYE BYE BIRDIE

"One Boy"

CHICAGO

"All That Jazz"

FELA!

"Everything Scatter"

FINIAN'S RAINBOW

"Old Devil Moon"

HAIR

"Easy to Be Hard"

IN THE HEIGHTS

"96,000"

JERSEY BOYS

"My Boyfriend's Back/Walk Like A Man"

MAMMA MIA!

"The Winner Takes It All"

MEMPHIS

"Memphis Lives In Me"

NEXT TO NORMAL

"Superboy & the Invisible Girl"

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

"All I Ask of You"

RAGTIME

"Wheels of a Dream/Ragtime"

ROCK OF AGES

"Don't Stop Believin'"

SHREK THE MUSICAL

"Who I'd Be"

SOUTH PACIFIC

"Wonderful Guy"

THE LION KING

"Can You Feel The Love Tonight"

WEST SIDE STORY

"Tonight"

WHITE CHRISTMAS

"Let Yourself Go"

WICKED

"The Wizard & I"

Special guest performance by Kate Baldwin (Finian's Rainbow), Kerry Butler (Rock of Ages), Daniel Breaker (Shrek the Musical), Ben Crawford (Shrek the Musical), Jennifer Damiano (Next To Normal), Sutton Foster (Shrek the Musical), Anya Garnis (Burn The Floor) Deidre Goodwin (Chicago), Cheyenne Jackson (Finian's Rainbow), Chad Kimball (Memphis), Pasha Kovalev (Burn the Floor), Beth Leavel (Mamma Mia!), Caissie Levy (HAIR), Constantine Maroulis (Rock of Ages), Christiane Noll (Ragtime), Laura Osnes (South Pacific), Alice Ripley (Next To Normal), Aaron Tveit (Next To Normal) and more. (Performers are subject to change).

This year's Broadway on Broadway is part of Back2Broadway Month (www.ILoveNYTheater.com). Back2Broadway Month celebrates Broadway overall and highlights the new season with free events, special ticket offers, great dining deals, talkbacks, concerts, interactive activities and more. Events include: Broadway Salutes special event on September 2nd to celebrate those who have worked over 25 years on Broadway, Insider View Post-Show Talkbacks, Broadway Tweet-ups on September 20th, Broadway Open Call Karaoke, Broadway Open House Theatre Tours, SIRIUS XM Radio "Live on Broadway" hosted by Seth Rudetsky, Broadway Dance lessons in Times Square, Kids' Night on Broadway September 15th + 16th, Kids' Town Hall on September 15th, The BC/EFA Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction on September 27th, "Star Chats" panels, promotions and much, much more!

Broadway on Broadway kicks off the 2009 - 2010 Broadway season and is produced by The Broadway League and The Times Square Alliance. Broadway on Broadway is proudly presented by the all new 2010 Buick LaCrosse and Continental Airlines with official sponsor, The New York Times. Additional support is provided by Theatre Development Fund and the Music Performance Fund. IMG Media, the world's largest packager and producer of sports and live event television, is producing Broadway on Broadway for the third time.

The Broadway League, Inc., founded in 1930 as the League of New York Theatres, is the national trade association for the Broadway industry. The League's 600-plus members include theatre owners and operators, producers, presenters, and general managers in 240 North American cities, as well as suppliers of goods and services to the theatre industry. Each year, League members bring Broadway to nearly 30 million people in New York and across the U.S. and Canada. Visit our website at http://www.broadwayleague.com.

The Times Square Alliance, founded in 1992, works to improve and promote Times Square. In addition to providing safety and sanitation services, the Alliance coordinates many major events in Times Square including New Year's Eve, manages the City's busiest Tourism Center and advocates on behalf of its constituents with respect to a host of public policy, planning and quality-of-life issues. Visit www.TimesSquareNYC.org for more information.

Michael McKean has appeared on Broadway in The Homecoming (2008 Drama Desk, ensemble), The Pajama Game, Hairspray, and Accomplice (Theatre World Award). Off-Broadway, he was in Woody Allen's A Second Hand Memory. Elsewhere: Love Song (London), South Pacific (Hollywood Bowl), On the Razzle (Williamstown). TV: "Laverne & Shirley," "Dream On," "Sessions," "Tracy Takes On," "Saturday Night Live," "Primetime Glick," "Friends," "The X Files," "The Simpsons," "Law & Order," "Alias," "Boston Legal," "The Unit," etc. Film: "This is Spinal Tap," "The Big Picture" (co-wrote both), "Clue," "Coneheads," "The Brady Bunch Movie," "True Crime," "Jack," "Best in Show," "A Mighty Wind," "For Your Consideration," "Whatever Works," many more. Recently toured 30 U.S. cities with Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer ("Unwigged & Unplugged") and appeared with "Spinal Tap" at the 2009 Glastonbury Festival and Wembley Arena in support of the recently released Tap recording, "Back From The Dead." Co-wrote the Grammy-winning theme to "A Mighty Wind" (with Guest and Eugene Levy), and the Oscar-nominated "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow," with his wife Annette O'Toole.




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