Broadway's Best Shows announces starry SHOW OF TITLES to stream online next month
Broadway’s Best Shows have announced a musical extravaganza Show of Titles, featuring dozens of Broadway stars, streaming online on 8 June 2021 for a limited time only.
The evening will be a rousing and memorable celebration of title songs from more than two dozen Broadway musicals spanning nine decades, ranging from ‘Lady Be Good’ to ‘The Light in the Piazza’. But is the original title song disappearing from the theatrical map? What used to be the norm has become a rarity. Tony nominees, for example, from the 60’s frequently had title songs. Contrast the 1965-1966-67-68 seasons when 75% of the nominated musicals had title songs, with the three most recent seasons when there was no original title song from a Tony-nominated Broadway musical.
The concert features performances by Annaleigh Ashford, Glenn Close, Len Cariou, Darren Criss, Santino Fontana, Kelsey Grammar, David Alan Grier, Jake Gyllenhaal, Joshua Henry, Isabelle Huppert, Norm Lewis, Patti LuPone, Rob McClure, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Melba Moore, Jessie Mueller, Eva Noblezada, Kelli O’Hara, Laura Osnes, Steven Pasquale, Michael Rupert, Ernie Sabella, Lea Salonga, Phillipa Soo, Will Swenson, Aaron Tveit, Leslie Uggams, Vanessa Williams and Patrick Wilson.
There will also be special appearances by Broadway Inspirational Voices, Candice Bergen, Danny Burstein, Bryan Cranston, Sheldon Harnick, John Kander, Angela Lansbury, John Lithgow, Lindsay Mendez, Phylicia Rashad, Ben Vereen, BD Wong & Florian Zeller.
Show of Titles is directed by Emmy Award winner Lonny Price, with musical direction/supervision by Emmy & Grammy Award winner Jason Howland.
Price said: “Conceived by producer, Jeffrey Richards, Show of Titles is a celebration of the some of the best songwriters of the theatre— from George Gershwin to Jule Styne to Stephen Sondheim, sung by some of the theaters best and brightest stars. It has been my pleasure to be in the company of performers and songs I grew up with, some of which inspired me to be in the theatre in the first place!”
Show of Titles will be livestreamed on Stellar on 8 June at 8pm EST/5pm PST and will be made available for a limited time. Proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to The Actor’s Fund.
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