Broadway Songbook: The Words and Music of Johnny Mercer at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

This new series brings fresh insight, energy and joy to the songs you love, making every show a warm, humorous and moving portrait of musical theater legends. Conceived and directed by the Ordway’s Vice President of Theatrical Programming and Producing Artistic Director, James A. Rocco, each Broadway Songbook program features a dynamic mix of composer life stories, discussion of what made their work so extraordinary, and performances by an ensemble of renowned artists from the Twin Cities musical theater, jazz and cabaret scenes.
The wit and swingin’ songs of Johnny Mercer have become a part of America’s cultural legacy.