FIRST YOU DREAM-THE MUSIC OF KANDER & EBB premieres Friday, November 20, 2015 on PBS. The tribute to the legendary songwriting team of Cabaret and Chicago is part of the fifth PBS ARTS FALL FESTIVAL and includes performances by an all-star cast of Tony Award winners and nominees. BroadwayWorld has a first look below!
John Kander and Fred Ebb, the legendary Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Grammy Award-winning songwriting team, is credited with some of the most beloved and well-known Broadway shows of all time - including the aforementioned Cabaret and Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Act, Curtains and The Scottsboro Boys- as well as timeless songs such as "New York, New York," "All That Jazz," and "Money Makes the World Go Around." This special features a stellar cast of Broadway veterans singing the duo's songs and reciting their indelible words, including Norm Lewis (Phantom of the Opera, Porgy & Bess, Les Miserables), Heidi Blickenstaff (The Little Mermaid, The Addams Family, Something Rotten), Kate Baldwin (Finian's Rainbow, Big Fish, Thoroughly Modern Millie), Julia Murney (Crimes of the Heart, First Lady Suite, Evita), Matthew Scott (Sondheim on Sondheim, Jersey Boys, A Catered Affair) and Jim Clow (Peter Pan, Wonderful Town, Company, She Loves Me).
Photo Credit: Michael Brosilow
Matthew Scott, Heidi Blickenstaff, Norm Lewis, Julia Murney, James Clow and Kate Baldwin
James Clow and cast
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