Some of Broadway's brightest will pay tribute to their alma mater in A Night With Northwestern: A Toast to the Past, A Toast to the Future, which will be presented at New York City's Hudson Theatre (145 W. 44th Street) at 7:30pm on Monday, March 20th.
Hosted by
Richard Kind (
The Producers, Bounce), the evening will be directed by
Jen Bender and choreographed by Jessica Redish. It will be headlined by
Kate Baldwin (
White Christmas), Catherine Brunell (
Thoroughly Modern Millie),
Stephanie D'Abruzzo (
I Love You Because, Avenue Q), Brian d'Arcy
James (
The Lieutenant of Inishmore),
Gregg Edelman (
Wonderful Town),
Billy Eichner,
Peter Flynn (
The Scarlet Pimpernel),
Penny Fuller (
Applause), Michael
Greif (director of
Rent, Grey Gardens), Russell Koplin (
Les Miserables), Jason Moore (director of
Avenue Q),
Sally Murphy (
Bernarda Alba),
Denis O'Hare (
Sweet Charity, Assassins), Jenny
Powers (
Little Women), and
Tony Roberts (
Barefoot in the Park).
In addition, the show will feature
Charles Bergell, Evan Brody, Elizabeth Clinard, Tim Dunn, Mark
Ledbetter, Nancy McGraw, Brian Ogilvie, Jessica Scholl,
Kristyn Smith,
Nicole Sterling,
Cheryl Stern, Mackenzie Thomas, Kevin Vortmann, and
Chris Yonan, as well as current Northwestern musical theatre students. The cast will perform numbers by alumni
Jeff Blumenkrantz (
Urban Cowboy),
Larry Grossman (
Grind, A Doll's Life),
Sheldon Harnick (
Fiddler on the Roof, She Loves Me),
Marcy Heisler (
Junie B. Jones, the upcoming
Ever After), Dan
Lipton, Michael Mahler, Curtis Moore, Tom Mizer, Alan Schmuckler,
Cheryl Stern (
Normal), and
Joseph Thalken (
Harold and Maude).
Tickets, which range from $15-$50, are available at:
www.alumni.northwestern.edu/education.
