BROADWAY SINGS Stevie Wonder, starring Tituss Burgess, Corey Cott, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Caissie Levy, and more, took place last night at le Poisson Rouge. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the concert below!
The concert featured over 15 cover songs to celebrate the Motown legend's iconic hits, including "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)", "Superstition", "For Once in My Life", and "Sir Duke". The music will be directed, orchestrated, and arranged by Joshua Stephen Kartes.
Performers included Tituss Burgess (Guys and Dolls, The Little Mermaid), Corey Cott (Newsies), Matt DeAngelis (Hair), Ben Fankhauser (Newsies, Spring Awakening), Melanie Field (Evita, Phantom of the Opera), Russell Fischer (Jersey Boys), Jay Armstrong Johnson (Hands on a Hardbody, Hair), Rebecca Naomi Jones (American Idiot, Passing Strange), Morgan Karr (Spring Awakening), Derek Klena (Dogfight, Carrie), Eric Michael Krop (Godspell), Caissie Levy (Ghost, Hairspray), Corey Mach (Hands on a Hardbody, Godspell), Chelsea Packard (Hands on a Hardbody, Wicked), Zak Resnick (Mamma Mia!), Keala Settle (Hands on a Hardbody, Priscilla Queen of the Desert), Alysha Umphress (On a Clear Day..., American Idiot), Maia Wilson (The Book of Mormon, The Color Purple), Cortney Wolfson (The Addams Family, LES MISERABLES), Margot Bingham (Rent), Lulu Fall (Hair, Rent), and Amber Iman (Rent).
Stevie Wonder has recorded more than 30 Top Ten hits and has sold more than 100 million albums. He has received 22 Grammy Awards (the most ever awarded to a male solo artist) and was awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996. In 2008, Billboard magazine released a list of the Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists with Wonder at number five.
Photo Credit: Kevin Thomas Garcia
Jay Armstrong Johnson and Keala Settle
Jay Armstrong Johnson and Keala Settle
Jay Armstrong Johnson and Keala Settle
Ben Frankhauser and Corey Cott
Ben Frankhauser and Corey Cott
Ben Frankhauser and Corey Cott
Matt DeAngelis and Cortney Wolfson
Matt DeAngelis and Cortney Wolfson
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