Broadway on Broadway is a free concert in the middle of Times Square sponsored by the Broadway community for it's fans and NYC residents. Each Broadway show participated and performed a song. This year the event was on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008. I was actually not planning to go to the event but was heading to the theatre district to get tickets for Title of Show which I wanted to see that night. Out of the Blue, Lisa, my niece and I came out of the subway on 43rd street right smack behind the Broadway on Broadway stage! By some luck, we somehow managed to get through and ended up behind the press area! It was my first time to attend and it was so much fun even with the sweltering heat. Yes, the theatre gods were blessing us that day!
So here are my pics (mostly paparazzi-ish shots though) from Broadway on Broadway 2008:
The back of the Broadway on Broadway stage
The cast of Xanadu heading down the stage after their number - Mary Testa, Kerry Butler, Cheyenne Jackson
Xanadu: Mary Testa, Kerry Butler, Tony Roberts (blue jacket), Patti Murin (pink cami)
Xanadu: Patti Murin, Curtis Holbrook (grey shirt), Andre Ward, Tony Roberts, Mary Testa, Kerry Butler
check out my point of view behind the press area!
the ladies from Spamalot
Xanadu: Mary Testa, Kenita Miller (pink blouse) leaving the press area
Xanadu: Curtis Holbrook
Xanadu: Tony Roberts, Kerry Butler, Cheyenne Jackson leaving the press area
Cheyenne Jackson of Xanadu
Spamalot: Drew Lachey who also hosted the event
Xanadu: here's Mary Testa again!
view of the crowd from my spot
White Christmas: Meredith Patterson and Jeffry Denman being interviewed. They play the Vera-Ellen and Danny Kaye roles from the film
current Elphaba on Broadway: Kerry Ellis
Mamma Mia's Carollee Carmelo
Spring Awakening's new Melchior Hunter Parrish
Spring Awakening: Hunter Parrish and Alexandra Socha who plays Wendla
Carollee Carmelo walks into the "greenroom" which is actually ABC studios
The Jersey Boys getting ready to take the stage
John Leguizamo, who participated in the event
the cast of Title of Show (TOS)
TOS: Larry Pressgrove (who is the music director in the black shirt) and Hunter Bell (green shirt)
my view of the stage
TOS: Hunter Bell
TOS director Michael Berresse (in the black shirt; and incidentally was Zack in the revival of A Chorus Line) and Sierra Boggess of The Little Mermaid
TOS: Jeff Bowen
The Ladies of TOS: Susan Blackwell and Heidi Blickenstaff. Heidi incidentally sounded amazing singing A Way Back to Then with the 30 piece orchestra!
here they area again heading back to the greenroom
Billy Elliot director Stephen Daldry
Wicked's Kerry Ellis waiting for her turn to sing
The Jersey Boys' Michael Longoria
Michael with the Jersey Boys
the Billies of Billy Elliot waiting for their turn to sing
Cheyenne Jackson walks back to the Helen Hayes, Xanadu's theatre
the Billies all done performing
The Billies: David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulish
here's another pic
confetti!!!!!!!!!!!!
more confetti!!!!!!!
wheeeee!!!!!!!
wow check out the stuff on the ground!
the stage after the concert.......see you next year!!!!!
1 comments:
What a wonderful bit of serendipity! Thanks for sharing your pictures. Even though this is a performance event, the opportunity to observe performers as real people is a bit of an antidote to the culture of celebrity. Their humanity comes through.
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