This Saturday, April 18 at 3:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, Tony Award winner Jessie Mueller (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) joins musical director and co-host Leslie Stifelman and director and choreographer Melissa Rae Mahon from Chicago: The Musical, co-host Thomas Cabaniss, and The Broadway All-Star Chorus-comprising top performers from the Great White Way-for a fun, interactive Carnegie Hall Family Concert that gives parents and their children the opportunity to sing and dance along with their favorite Broadway numbers. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the company in rehearsal!
Audience members will learn the music and moves from some of the great musicals of all time including Grease, The Sound of Music, Rent, LES MISERABLES, and Hairspray. A lucky few may even make their Carnegie Hall debut if they are selected to join the cast onstage. This Family Concert is presented by Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute and recommended for children ages 7-12.
Broadway All-Star Chorus members include Jonathan Blalock (Opera Orchestra of New York, LA Opera, The Dallas Opera), Matt Boehler (The Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago), Haven Burton (Kinky Boots, Violet, Shrek), Lauren Elder (Side Show, Hair), Lisa Gajda (Catch Me If You Can, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Fosse, Spamalot, Movin' Out), James Harkness (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Chicago: The Musical, The Color Purple, Aida), Carly Hughes (Chicago: The Musical, Pippin, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Ragtime, The Book of Mormon), Robyn Hurder (Nice Work if You Can Get It, Grease, Chicago: The Musical, The Wedding Singer), Joshua Jeremiah (New York City Opera, Glimmerglass Opera), Amy Justman (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Company, White Christmas), James T. Lane (Scottsboro Boys, Chicago: The Musical, A Chorus Line), Tamika Lawrence (If/Then, Matilda, The Book of Mormon), Kate Loprest (First Date, Wonderland, Xanadu, The Drowsy Chaperone, Hairspray), Michael Lowney (La Cage aux Folles), Abby Mueller (Kinky Boots), Denny Paschall (Chicago: The Musical, Shrek, Beauty and the Beast), George Salazar (Godspell, Here Lies Love, Spring Awakening), Kiira Schmidt (The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Follies, Anything Goes, White Christmas), Dennis Stowe (Aladdin, Annie, Leap of Faith, Shrek, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Wonderful Town) and Ryan Worsing (Chicago: The Musical, Shrek, White Christmas).
Take the Stage with Broadway Stars also features Scott Cady (band leader and piano), Dave Riekenberg(woodwinds), Glenn Drewes (trumpet), Bruce Bonvissuto (trombone), Richard Sarpola (bass), Clint de Ganon (drums and percussion), and Carnegie Hall Student Ambassadors.
Photo Credit: Jeremy Daniel
George Salazar, Michael Lowney, James T. Lane
Ryan Worsing, Melissa Rae Mahon
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Denny Paschall, Ryan Worsing, James T. Lane
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Denny Paschall, Robyn Hurder, Melissa Rae Mahon, James T. Lane
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Melissa Rae Mahon, Thomas Cabaniss, Leslie Stifelman
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