Roundabout Adds New Performers To B'way Karaoke 5/5

New performers have been added to Roundabout's Broadway Karaoke Event including Nellie McKay (The Threepenny Opera), Kerry Butler (Xanadu), John Lloyd Young (Jersey Boys), Sarah Steele (Speech & Debate), Susan Blackwell (Speech & Debate, [title of show]), Lauren Pritchard (Spring Awakening), Tony Yazbeck (Gypsy), Ben Walker (Les Liaisons Dangerouses), Jenny Powers (Grease), Jessica Grové (Sunday in the Park with George), Telly Leung (Rent), Skylar Astin (Spring Awakening), Matt Schreiber with "Nicky" (Avenue Q), and Matt Doyle (Spring Awakening) with more to come!
All celebrity appearances are subject to change.
 
 Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) will host Broadway Karaoke on Monday, May 5th at Arena (135 West 41st Street). Come see some of Broadway's hottest performers – uncensored and unrehearsed like you've never seen them before!
 
The evening begins with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres in Midtown's hottest nightclub, Arena. Next Seth Rudetsky hosts incredible off-the-cuff performances by some of the brightest stars on Broadway! Finally, the audience can get into the act with an hour of open mic karaoke! All proceeds will go to the Education Programs of Roundabout Theatre Company, one of the country's top not-for-profit theatres.
 
Broadway Karaoke will begin at 6:00PM with an open bar and hors d'oeuvres. The Broadway Karaoke performances kick off at 7:00PM followed by open mic at 8:00PM.  The event concludes at 9:00PM.
 
Performers include Nellie McKay (The Threepenny Opera), Kerry Butler (Xanadu), John Lloyd Young (Jersey Boys), Sarah Steele (Speech & Debate), Susan Blackwell (Speech & Debate, [title of show]), Lauren Pritchard (Spring Awakening), Tony Yazbeck (Gypsy), Ben Walker (Les Liaisons Dangerouses), Jenny Powers (Grease), Jessica Grové (Sunday in the Park with George), Telly Leung (Rent), Skylar Astin (Spring Awakening), Matt Schreiber with "Nicky" (Avenue Q), and Matt Doyle (Spring Awakening) with more to come!
All celebrity appearances are subject to change.
 
TICKET INFORMATION:
Tickets are $200 and are available by calling Roundabout Ticket Services at (212)719-1300 or online at www.roundabouttheatre.org . 
 
VIP Tickets are $500 and includes exclusive access to the celebrity VIP Room and VIP seating area, as well as an open, private bar with specialty drinks created by a Cocktail Mixologist. VIP tickets must be purchased by calling Roundabout Ticket Services at (212)719-1300.
 
For more information contact:  Steve Schaeffer, Director of Special Events, at 212-719-9393 ext 312.
 
ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY is one of the country's leading not-for-profit theatres.  The company contributes invaluably to New York's cultural life by staging the highest quality revivals of classic plays and musicals as well as new plays by established writers. Roundabout consistently partners great artists with great works to bring a fresh and exciting interpretation that makes each production relevant and important to today's audiences.
 
Roundabout Theatre Company's 2007-2008 season includes Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Pulitzer Prize winning musical Sunday in the Park with George starring Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell, directed by Sam Buntrock; Christopher Durang's The Marriage of Bette and Boo, directed by Walter Bobbie and Christopher Hampton's Les Liaisons Dangereuses starring Laura Linney & Ben Daniels, directed by Rufus Norris. Roundabout's sold out production of The 39 Steps transfers to the Cort Theatre beginning April 29th, 2008.
 
Roundabout Theatre Company's critically acclaimed Broadway production of Reginald Rose's Twelve Angry Men has extended its multi-award winning touring production for a second year.  Directed by Tony-nominated director Scott Ellis (Curtains) and starring Richard Thomas as "Juror #8," Twelve Angry Men is currently appearing in numerous cities across the country including Hartford, Charlotte, Nashville and Toronto.
 
For more information visit:
 www.roundabouttheatre.org/karaoke
 
 
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