Alice Ripley to Open 2016-17 Broadway @ The Nourse Concert Series

Producer Mark Cortale's acclaimed Broadway @ The Nourse concert series has announced a return to San Francisco for the 2016/17 season.

Kicking off the series this season will be Broadway star Alice Ripley, Tony Award winner for "Next to Normal" on Sunday, November 13 at 3 PM. She will be joined by Jessica Means at the piano. The Broadway @ The Nourse concert series will help raise funds for San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Project Open Hand, and San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus.

Tickets are now on-sale - further information can be found at www.cityboxoffice.com/broadway or by calling (415) 392-4400.

Alice Ripley received the Tony Award and Helen Hayes Award for Best Actress in a Musical for "Next to Normal," as well as Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations. She starred in the original Broadway casts of "Side Show," "The Rocky Horror Show," "James Joyce's The Dead," "Sunset Boulevard," and "The Who's Tommy." She also appeared on Broadway and on National tour in "LES MISERABLES," and in Off-Broadway and regional theatre productions of "Next to Normal," "Five Flights," "James Joyce's The Dead," "The Vagina Monologues," "Tell Me on a Sunday," "Shakespeare in Hollywood," and "Company."

Her recordings include Next to Normal, Little Fish, Skinner/Ripley: Raw at Town Hall, Sondheim: The Stephen Sondheim Album, Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens, The Rocky Horror Show, The Stephen Schwartz Album, Duets. Unsuspecting Hearts, Side Show, and The Who's Tommy. With her band RIPLEY, Alice has written and produced the albums Everything's Fine (2001, Sh-K-Boom Records), Ripley EP (2003), Outtasite (2006).

The Art House in Provincetown, MA, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Mark Cortale, is the original home to the internationally acclaimed Broadway @ The Art House series hosted by Seth Rudetsky. In its sixth season this past summer, the series presented Broadway superstars like Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Patti LuPone, Matthew Morrison, Cheyenne Jackson, Megan Hilty and Vanessa Williams. The Broadway @ series also premiered in 2013 in New Orleans, in Australia (Sydney & Melbourne) with Megan Mullally and in London's West End with Patti LuPone at the Leicester Square Theater. The series has travelled to Fort Lauderdale (The Broward Center), Philadelphia (The Kimmel Center), San Francisco (The Nourse Theatre) and this summer it had its inaugural season at the Martha's Vineyard Performing Arts Center. More information at markcortalepresents.com.

IF YOU GO:

Mark Cortale Presents:

Broadway @ The Nourse

Alice Ripley

featuring Jessica Means at the piano

A Concert Series Benefiting San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Project Open Hand &

San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus

Sunday November 13 at 3:00 PM

At The Nourse Theater, 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA 94117

For tickets and info, visit www.cityboxoffice.com/broadway or call (415) 392-4400.

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