On October 20, 2014, Florence Lacey (Broadway's Follies, Evita and Signature's Sunset Boulevard), Megan Lawrence (Broadway's Hair and Signature's Cabaret), Jacquelyn Piro Donovan (Broadway's Les Misèrables and Signature's The Witches of Eastwick), Natascia Diaz (Broadway's Man of La Mancha and Signature's The Threepenny Opera) and Nick Blaemire (Broadway's Godspell and Signature's Glory Days) performed alongside 75 Signature Theatre artists and an 18-piece orchestra as Virginia's Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre celebrated its 25th Anniversary. With performances from 27 shows over the last 25 years, including Sweeney Todd, The Rhythm Club, Urinetown, The Boy Detective Fails, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Dreamgirls, Chess, and many more. Scroll down for photos!
Other performers included Jonathan Atkinson (Chess), Jessica Lauren Ball (Elmer Gantry), Christopher Bloch (LES MISERABLES and Cloak and Dagger), Kurt Boehm (LES MISERABLES), Jennifer Cameron (Hairspray), Evan Casey (Sunday in the Park with George, Urinetown), Austin Colby (Crossing), Carolyn Cole (Hairspray, Company), Matt Conner (Sunset Boulevard, Elmer Gantry), Steven Cupo (Cabaret), Robert Aubry Davis (Hairspray), Erin Driscoll (Assassins, Brother Russia, Urinetown), Parker Drown (Hairspray), Jamie Eacker (Elmer Gantry, Hairspray), Maria Egler (Elmer Gantry, Sunday in the Park with George) Sherri L. Edelen (Gypsy, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), Maria Egler (Sunday in the Park with George, Elmer Gantry), Eleasha Gamble (Into the Woods), James Gardiner (Glory Days, Company), Will Gartshore (Urinetown), Rick Hammerly (Hedwig and the Angry Inch), Diana Huey (Miss Saigon), Anne Kanengeiser (Passion), Ashleigh King (Hairspray), Florence Lacey (Nevermore, Sunset Boulevard), Megan Lawrence (Company), Sean-Maurice Lynch (Dreamgirls), Kevin McAllister (Show Boat), Katie McManus (Chess), Amy McWilliams (Brother Russia), Donna Migliaccio (Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, The Threepenny Opera), Christopher Mueller (Miss Saigon, Brother Russia), Tracy Lynn Olivera (LES MISERABLES, Brother Russia), Nova Y. Payton (Dreamgirls, Hairspray), Kirstin Riegler (Hairspray), Maria Rizzo (Gypsy, Spin), James Hayden Rodriguez (Hairspray), Paul Scanlan (Sunday in the Park With George), Thomas Adrian Simpson (LES MISERABLES, 110 in the Shade), Chris Sizemore (LES MISERABLES, Miss Saigon), Stephen Gregory Smith (The Boy Detective Fails, One Red Flower), Bobby Smith (Spin, Company), Jenna Sokolowski ([title of show]), Russell Sunday (LES MISERABLES, Brother Russia), Nickolas Vaughn (Dreamgirls), Stephanie Waters (LES MISERABLES), Kara-Tameika Watkins (Dreamgirls, Hairspray), Bayla Whitten (Elmer Gantry, Chess) Lauren Williams (Hairspray), Hannah Willman (LES MISERABLES), Harry A. Winter (Hairspray), John Leslie Wolfe (The Threepenny Opera), Weslie Woodley (LES MISERABLES).
Photo Credit: Teresa Wood
Karma Camp and Signature Theatre Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer
Signature Theatre Managing Director Maggie Boland and Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer
Glory Days writers Nick Blaemire and James Gardiner
Elmer Gantry stars Mary Kate Morrissey and Charlie Pollock
Christopher Mueller and the cast of Brother Russia sing "Dolgaya River"
James Gardiner, Nick Blaemire, and students from Signature's Overtures program sing "My Next Story" from Glory Days
Parker Drown and Carolyn Cole sing "You Can't Stop the Beat" from Hairspray
The cast of Hairspray
The cast of Hairspray
The cast of Signature's 25th Anniversary Concert
Managing Director Maggie Boland, Board Chair Bonnie Feld, and Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer
Rick Hammerly and Stephen Gregory Smith
Eric Schaeffer and Iain Armitage
Caroline Bowman and Florence Lacey
Bayla Whitten, Weslie Lynn Woodley, Eleasha Gamble
John Leslie Wolfe and Florence Lacey
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