Wickedperformer Marty Thomas will host Divas Live! on Monday, May 22 at Club XL in NYC."The
show will feature some of New York's finest talent--both undiscovered
and established," according to press notes. The fourth installment of a
new series, it will feature a cavalcade of singers covering the music
of thier favorite "diva." Alysha Umphress (XL Star Champion Season 1), Emily McNamara (XL Star Champion Season 2), Emily Drennan (Hunka Hunka Burnin' Love, Aida) and Katie Thompson (singer/songwriter) are all slated to perform. Of course, there will be plenty of unannounced surprises as well!Thomas is in the Wicked ensemble. Off-Broadway, he has appeared in Yo Alice, Warm, The Black Nativity and Emma, and regionally in The Wizard of Oz, Mame, The No-Frills Revue, Grease and Merrily We Roll Along. In 2001, Thomas, who made his Broadway debut at the age of 10 in The Secret Garden
and appeared on "Star Search" (beating out Britney Spears for 1992
Junior Vocalist Champion), released his Billboard debut on West End
Records--"Resurrect Me (Lift Me Up);" he earned a Grammy nomination and
won Billboard's Song of the
Year in the gospel/contemporary Christian category. In 2004, he and his
band released a self-titled CD of covers which ranges in style from
country to rock to showtunes.
