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Ashley Brown -- Holiday POPS!
Ashley Brown recently reprised her title role in "Mary Poppins" on Broadway for which she received Outer Critics, Drama League and Drama Desk nominations for Best Actress. Ms. Brown also starred as Mary Poppins in the national tour of Mary Poppins where she garnered a 2010 Garland award for "Best Performance in a Musical". Ms. Brown's other Broadway credits include Belle in "The Beauty and The Beast", and she has starred in the national tour of Disney's "On The Record". Ms. Brown has performed with many orchestras including the Boston Pops, the New York Philharmonic, The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra at Disney Hall, The Pittsburgh Symphony, the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall (three times), Fort Worth Symphony, the Cincinnati Pops, Philadelphia Orchestra (two times), the Indianapolis Symphony (three times), Vancouver Symphony, and the BBC orchestra opposite Josh Groban. She also recently made her solo concert debut at The Kennedy Center as part of Barbara Cook's Spotlight Series and made her cabaret debut to great acclaim at the renowned Feinstein's at the Regency in New York City. Recent projects include a star turn at the La Jolla Playhouse in a production of "Limelight", "Sound of Music" at the St. Louis MUNY which garnered her a 2011 Kevin Kline award, and her own PBS special called "Ashley Brown: Call Me Irresponsible" which received a 2011 PBS Telly Award. Upcoming appearances include Magnolia opposite Nathan Gunn in Francesca Zembello's "Showboat" at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Ms. Brown's long awaited debut album of Broadway and American Songbook standards was recently released nationwide on Ghostlight/Sony. Read More |
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Jodi Benson -- A Night at the Oscars
Jodi Benson, a native of Rockford, Illinois, has received worldwide recognition and critical acclaim as the voice of "Ariel" in the Academy Award-winning Walt Disney animated feature film The Little Mermaid (1989), as well as the bubbly voice of "Tour Guide Barbie" in Disney's Toy Story 2 (1999), winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture. She also gave life to the spirited "Weebo" in Disney's live action Flubber (1997) starring Robin Williams. For Warner Brothers, she created the spirited voice of "Thumbelina", a Don Bluth animated feature, Thumbelina (1994), with songs by Barry Manilow. Jodi's recent projects include The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (2008) (V), The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea (2000) (V) as "Ariel", Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001) (V) as "Lady", 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003) (V) as "Anita", Dreamwork's animated movie Joseph: King of Dreams (2000) (V) as his wife "Asenath" starring Ben Affleck and in Balto: Wolf Quest (2002) (V) and Balto III: Wings of Change(2004) (V) as "Jenna" for Universal Studios. She appears as "Sam" (Patrick Dempsey's assistant) in Disney's feature film Enchanted (2007) as a real person - with legs! |
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Sal Viviano -- A Night at the Oscars
A Detroit native, Sal began his career opening for Comedy Greats of the last generation. After completing degrees (Eastern Illinois University), he taught High School, while earning Union cards as an actor in Chicago. Moving East, Sal made his Broadway debut in THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1984); followed-by starring roles in the Broadway hits ROMANCE / ROMANCE, CITY OF ANGELS, FALSETTOS, THE LIFE, and THE FULL MONTY. Off-Broadway, Mr. Viviano's co-starred in THE BIG TIME, as well as GOLF, THE MUSICAL * (Backstage Award), BEAU JEST, CATHER COUNTY, WEIRD ROMANCE *, CATCH ME IF I FALL *, BROADWAY JUKEBOX, and HAMLET, THE OPERA for Joseph Papp. |
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Papa Doo Run Run -- Symphonic Surfin' Safari
Formed in 1965, the now legendary California band, PAPA DOO RUN RUN, quickly discovered their forte - they sounded like the Beach Boys! That sound led them to surf music icons, Jan & Dean, and from 1976-80 Papa toured North America with the duo. In the 80s Papa graduated from J&D to the Beach Boys, and toured and recorded with members of that band throughout the next 2 decades. The group also had an unprecedented 15-year run as the "Celebrity House Band" at Disneyland from 1975-90! Read More |
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Alli Mauzey -- Broadway Showstoppers
ALLI MAUZEY most recently starred as Glinda in the final San Francisco company of Wicked. She also starred as Glinda in Wicked on Broadway. Other Broadway credits include the love-crazed Lenora in the new musical Cry-Baby, for which she won the Theatre World Award and was nominated for a Drama League Award. Alli also originated the role of Lenora in the Pre-Broadway production of Cry Baby at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, where she won the Theatre Critics Circle Award. She played Brenda in Hairspray on Broadway and the first national tour. Last spring she played the title role in Cinderella alongside the Nashville Symphony Orchrestra benefiting Steven Curtis Chapman's charity Show Hope. In Los Angeles, Alli has appeared as June in The Musical of Musicals: The Musical at the Colony Theatre, Mallory in City of Angels for Reprise!, and Snookie in 110 in the Shade at the Pasadena Playhouse. She will be appearing in Wicked Divas with the Charlotte Symphony, Maryland Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Sarasota Symphony, Tuscan Symphony, Kalamazoo Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Arkansas Symphony, Idaho State Civic Symphony, Akron Symphony and Calgary Symphony. Among many voiceover credits, her voice can be heard as a series regular on the animated television series Alpha Teens on Machines. Alli is also the other half of the band 2AM with her brother, Andrew.( www.2AM-music.com ). She has a BFA from New York University 's Tisch School of the Arts in drama and a minor in music. |
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Nicole Parker -- Broadway Showstoppers
This past spring, Nicole created the role of Red in The People in the Picture with Donna Murphy on Broadway. Other Broadway credits include Elphaba in Wicked, and Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me. Nicole has also appeared as Rosemary in How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying with Reprise! in Los Angeles, and Juliet in The Second City's Romeo and Juliet Musical at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Upcoming performances in Wicked Divas include Peter Nero and the Philly Pops, Fresno Philharmonic and Idaho State Civic Symphony. For six years, Nicole was a cast member and contributing writer on Fox's MADtv. Her films include Funny People, directed by Judd Apatow. |
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Ryan Silverman -- Broadway Showstoppers
Ryan Silverman most recently starred in the Broadway and Las Vegas productions of "The Phantom of the Opera" as Raoul. With a beautiful voice and extraordinary range, Ryan has moved smoothly across various genres including opera, pop musicals, traditional music theater , big band, and symphony concerts. Other Broadway/NYC credits include Music In The Air (Karl)Encores!, Cry baby (Cry Baby u/s), Most Happy Fella (Al)-NYC Opera. His portrayal of Tony in the Oliver nominated 2008 West End production received universal raves. Concert work includes the Cincinnati Pops, NY Pops (Carnegie Hall), Philadelphia Orchestra, Utah, Vancouver, Edmonton, Modesto, Hartford, and Fort Worth symphonies. Cabaret appearances include Feinstein's and the Café Carlyle.Touring credits include: Phantom (Raoul)-Las Vegas, Mamma Mia (Sky) 1st National Tour, Wicked (Fiero u/s) Chicago. He is featured in the upcoming feature film "Five Minarets" with Danny Glover and Gina Gershon. Ryan's next project is to star in a new theatrical musical entitled "The Secret Life of Nora" which opens in Malaysia opposite Malaysian superstar, Tiara Jacqueline, in Fall 2011. Ryan originally hails from Alberta, Canada. |
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