New York's WLIW21 TV will rebroadcast the concert
From Galway to Broadway on Tuesday, December 12th at 8 PM.
The program features tenor Ciarán Sheehan and soprano Gay Willis. Sheehan made his Broadway debut in
Les Miserables, and was later cast as the title character in
The Phantom of the Opera, which he played for over 1,000 performances.
Soprano Gay Willis starred in the world tour of
The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber: A Concert Spectacular with
Michael Crawford and
Sarah Brightman. Gay later starred as Christine in
The Phantom of the Opera opposite both
Colm Wilkinson and later Sheehan.
The concert features emotional classics from the Emerald Isle and Broadway at New York City's historic Marble Collegiate Church. Accompanying the show is The New York Festival Orchestra, conducted by
David Holcenberg.
Filmed in June 2006, the production has toured across America and Ireland for four years. WLIW will distribute the show nationally to public television stations in December 2006.
As an extra incentive, Sheehan and Willis will be live in WLIW21's studio doing commentary and giving away tickets to their February concert at Carnegie Hall.
Irish music fans should also turn into WLIW21 on Tuesday, December 5th at 8 PM when they broadcast
Celtic Woman – A New Journey. The concert features five young Irish women singing a wide variety of classics both old and new.
Please visit
www.wliw.org for more information.
Photo courtesy of WLIW21 New York.
