Tracee Beazer, Tracy Jai Edwards Lead TOUR DE FIERCE At NYMF

Broadway's Tracee Beazer (Memphis, The Wedding Singer, All Shook Up), Tracy Jai Edwards (Hairspray, Legally Blonde), Hollie Howard (Hairspray, Mamma Mia, Annie Get Your Gun), Robyn Hurder (Grease, Chicago, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), Gabrielle Ruiz (In the Heights, A Chorus Line) and Chelsea Morgan Stock (The Little Mermaid, Baby, It's You!) will make up the cast of the 2011 New York Musical Theatre Festival premiere of The Broadway Dolls in TOUR DE FIERCE! ‘The Broadway Dolls' was created by Broadway veteran (and cast member) Hollie Howard in 2007, and Tour De Fierce is co-conceived, designed, and helmed by Broadway Dolls Artistic Director, Joey Murray. The show will have a six-performance run from October 11th thru October 16th at the 47th Street Theatre.

In The Broadway Dolls in TOUR DE FIERCE, Girl Group meets Broadway in a sassy and entertaining spectacle starring the official Girl Group of Broadway. This ambitious stage production mixes elements of Broadway, Cabaret, Fashion, Performance Art, Music Production, and Comedy in a non-stop song and dance concert starring The Broadway Dolls. The Broadway Dolls is a girl group featuring five of the most ferociously talented, sexy, and intelligent triple-threat ingénues of the Broadway Stage - accomplished and contemporary women who tell the stories of their road to Broadway in a surprising, moving and often hilarious evening of theatrical fabulousness. In a word, FIERCE!

Audiences can expect to hear a range of re-invented and stylized songs including "Toxic" by Britney Spears, "Baby I'm a Star" by Prince, and a medley of female standards from the musical theater cannon. The creative team includes Jordan Fife Hunt (Choreographer), David Kreppel (Music Director), Barbara Helms (Music Coordinator), Nancy Wernick (Production Stage Manager) and Herrick Goldman (Lighting Designer).

The Broadway Dolls in TOUR DE FIERCE will run during the 2011 New York Musical Theatre Festival at the 47th Street Theater (304 West 47th Street) from October 11th thru 16th with performances on OCTOBER 11th at 8PM, OCTOBER 13th at 1PM, OCTOBER 14th at 8PM and 11PM, OCTOBER 15th at 1PM and OCTOBER 16th at 5PM. Tickets are priced at $25 can be purchased online at www.nymf.org or by phone at 212.352.3101.

For more information on The Broadway Dolls, you can visit www.TheBroadwayDolls.com.

Now in its eighth year, the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) is the largest annual musical theatre event in America and is widely regarded as the essential source for new material and talent discovery. NYMF provides a launching pad for the next generation of musicals and their creators to ensure the continued vitality of one of America's greatest art forms. Hailed as the "Sundance of Musical Theatre," NYMF discovers, nurtures, and promotes promising musical theatre artists and producers at all stages of development, and inspires a diverse audience through vibrant, accessible, powerful new work.

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