BABY, DREAM YOUR DREAM: Great Women Writers Of The American Songbook Comes to NJPAC

A quartet of Broadway's top leading ladies -- Nancy Anderson, Kenita Miller, Elena Shaddow, and Karen Ziemba -- join forces to pay tribute to immortal women songwriters in this delightful cabaret performance at New Jersey Performing Arts Center 1 Center Street, Newark NJ The Chase Room. Two Shows: 6pm & 8:30pm Tickets Start at $50

Throughout musical theater history, there have been a few bold pioneers-in-heels who crashed the songwriting boys' club: Marilyn Bergman, Dorothy Fields, Mary Rodgers, Jeanine Tesori, Betty Comden and Carolyn Leigh. These are the women behind timeless songs and shows like "On the Sunny Side of the Street," Sweet Charity, On the Town, "Witchcraft," Once Upon a Mattress, and many more.

The work of these women is celebrated in Baby, Dream Your Dream, a musical revue scripted and hosted by Deborah Grace Winer. A leading expert on the classic American Songbook, Winer completed nine seasons as artistic director of the 92Y's Lyrics & Lyricists concert series, where Baby, Dream Your Dream was born.

At NJPAC, the performance will feature Nancy Anderson (A Class Act, Wonderful Town); Kenita Miller (Once on This Island, The Color Purple); Elena Shaddow (The Visit, NBC's The Sound of Music Live!), and Tony winner Karen Ziemba (Curtains, Chicago, Lincoln Center Theater's Contact). Baby, Dream Your Dream is directed by Mark Waldrop (Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly), with music direction and arrangements by John Oddo, who will lead an all-star jazz trio.

"Baby, Dream Your Dream blazes with relevance," says Cabaret Scenes. "This tribute to women writers couldn't be more timely," says Theater Pizzazz.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), located in downtown Newark, N.J., is America's most diverse performing arts center, and the artistic, cultural, educational and civic center of New Jersey, where great performances and events enhance and transform lives every day. NJPAC brings diverse communities together, providing access to all and showcasing the state's and the world's best artists while acting as a leading catalyst in the revitalization of its home city. Through its extensive Arts Education programs, NJPAC is shaping the next generation of artists and arts enthusiasts. NJPAC has attracted nearly 10 million visitors (including over 1.6 million children) since opening its doors in 1997, and nurtures meaningful and lasting relationships with each of its constituents.

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