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By Michael Gioia
14 Aug 2012
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</tbody>Tituss Burgess, Chester Gregory II, Morgan James, Saycon Sengbloh and Alysha Umphress are among the performers who will take part in Broadway Sings Michael Jackson, featuring new arrangements of iconic Jackson tunes, Sept. 17 at (le) Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village.
The 10 PM Michael Jackson concert will be the second in the new Broadway Sings… series; Broadway Sings Adele was heldin April 2012.
Performers include Kyle Beltran (In the Heights), Burgess (Guys and Dolls, Jersey Boys), Steel Burkhardt (Hair), Tim Ehrlich (Rent), Gregory (Sister Act, Tarzan), Celisse Henderson (Godspell), James (Wonderland, Godspell), Nicholas Christopher (In the Heights, Rent), Eric Michael Krop (Godspell), Aaron LaVigne (Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark), Corey Mach(Godspell, Wicked), Julia Mattison (Godspell), Tracy McDowell (Rent), Sengbloh (Fela!, Aida), Libby Servais (Lysistrata Jones, Wicked),Marty Thomas (Xanadu, Wicked), Umphress (Priscilla Queen of the Desert, American Idiot), Theresa Kloos, Patty Lohr (Sweeney Todd), Jason Slattery and Arthur Wise, among others.
Broadway Sings Michael Jackson, according to press notes, "will feature over 15 cover songs to celebrate the King of Pop's greatest hits, accompanied by a full band orchestrated, arranged and directed by Joshua Stephen Kartes." Mach, who recently appeared in Broadway's Godspell, produces the event.
Audiences can expect new arrangements of "Man in the Mirror," "Butterflies," "I'll Be There" and "The Way You Make Me Feel" as well as Jackson 5's "I Want You Back" and "I Wanna Be Where You Are."
(le) Poisson Rouge is located at 158 Bleecker Street. For more information and tickets, call (212) 505-34
74 or click here.
http://www.playbill.com/news/articl...ing-Michael-Jackson-Tunes-at-Le-Poisson-Rouge
14 Aug 2012
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The 10 PM Michael Jackson concert will be the second in the new Broadway Sings… series; Broadway Sings Adele was heldin April 2012.
Performers include Kyle Beltran (In the Heights), Burgess (Guys and Dolls, Jersey Boys), Steel Burkhardt (Hair), Tim Ehrlich (Rent), Gregory (Sister Act, Tarzan), Celisse Henderson (Godspell), James (Wonderland, Godspell), Nicholas Christopher (In the Heights, Rent), Eric Michael Krop (Godspell), Aaron LaVigne (Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark), Corey Mach(Godspell, Wicked), Julia Mattison (Godspell), Tracy McDowell (Rent), Sengbloh (Fela!, Aida), Libby Servais (Lysistrata Jones, Wicked),Marty Thomas (Xanadu, Wicked), Umphress (Priscilla Queen of the Desert, American Idiot), Theresa Kloos, Patty Lohr (Sweeney Todd), Jason Slattery and Arthur Wise, among others.
Broadway Sings Michael Jackson, according to press notes, "will feature over 15 cover songs to celebrate the King of Pop's greatest hits, accompanied by a full band orchestrated, arranged and directed by Joshua Stephen Kartes." Mach, who recently appeared in Broadway's Godspell, produces the event.
Audiences can expect new arrangements of "Man in the Mirror," "Butterflies," "I'll Be There" and "The Way You Make Me Feel" as well as Jackson 5's "I Want You Back" and "I Wanna Be Where You Are."
(le) Poisson Rouge is located at 158 Bleecker Street. For more information and tickets, call (212) 505-34
74 or click here.
http://www.playbill.com/news/articl...ing-Michael-Jackson-Tunes-at-Le-Poisson-Rouge