On Monday, July 11 at 8pm at The Town Hall, in honor of the 10th Anniversary of the Broadway Rising Stars Concert Series (which features the brightest talent selected from some of the nation's finest theatrical institutions), for the very first time, previous Rising Stars from the last nine years will be returning to join the show -- all of whom have gone on from being launched on the Town Hall stage in this concert to have their dreams fulfilled, making it to Broadway! Here are just some of the former Rising Stars that will be returning to perform on July 11th:
Kyle Scatliffe (currently starring as "Harpo" in The Color Purple, an Olivier Nominee for The Scottsboro Boys, also appeared in the most recent Broadway revival of LES MISERABLES); Emmy Raver-Lampman (currently in Hamilton, starred in Broadway revivals of Jekyll & Hyde and Hair); Jon Hacker (currently starring in Jersey Boys); Stephanie Torns (currently in Waitress, has played Elphaba in Wicked); Rebecca LaChance (currently in Beautiful & understudied the show's star Jessie Mueller & played the role over 30 times); and Gyu Jin Lim (featured as Tup Tim in the Lincoln Center Production of The King & I).
They will join this year's group of Broadway Rising Stars which are chosen by a panel of discerning judges and represent the next generation of up-and-coming talent who are the most outstanding new graduates from schools such as the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, CAP21, Circle in the Square Theatre School, Marymount Manhattan College, NYU's Steinhardt Department of Music and Performing Arts, NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Northwestern, Wagner College, Wright State and other acclaimed institutions:
Megan Lione (Wagner), Joseph O'Malley (Wagner), Jeanine Bruen (Wagner), Chelsea Lee Wheatley (Circle in the Square), Clare Regula (Circle in the Square), John Battagliese (CCM), Emma Camp (Tisch), Joshua Israel (Tisch), Alex Getlin (Northwestern), Rachel Dickson (AMDA), Pedro Coppeti (AMDA), Caleb Adams (AMDA), Hayley Lampart (Marymount), Ashton Corey (Marymount), Sarah Treanor (Steinhardt), Ross Brown (Steinhardt), Mary Claire Miskell (Pace), Law Dunford (Wright State) and Ben Naftaly (Lipper Musical Theatre Academy, Tel Aviv).
The 2016 Rising Stars is headed by Scott Siegel, creator/writer/host of Town Hall's beloved Broadway by the Year series. Director is Scott Coulter, Musical Director is John Fischer & Choreographer is Vibecke Dahle.
Tickets are $25-$40 & can be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com or by phone at 800-982-2787.
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