NewsBee Stars, Chitty, Chicago and Wicked Perform at "Broadway in Bryant Park," July 28Sara Saltzberg and her two Spelling Bee dads Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Derrick Baskin will appear with cast members from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Chicago and Wicked at "Broadway in Bryant Park," July 28.
By
Ernio Hernandez
July 27, 2005
From Top: Sara Saltzberg, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Derrick Baskin
Radio station 106.7 Lite FM presents the free lunchtime series "Broadway in Bryant Park," featuring current and upcoming stageshows and artists performing showtunes at the midtown green. Continuing every Thursday through Aug. 18, the series plays at the park from 12:30 PM to approximately 1:30 PM.
The 2005 schedule (subject to change) is as follows:
July 7 - Musical of Musicals – The Musical!, Mamma Mia!, STOMP
July 14 - The Phantom of the Opera, Hairspray, Beauty and the Beast, Altar Boyz
July 21 - Once Around The Sun, Sweet Charity, Rent, Drumstruck
Aug. 4 - A Dancers Responding to AIDS special presentation (featuring Broadway performers) - Spamalot's Christopher Sieber hosts.
Aug. 11 - The Lion King, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, All Shook Up
Aug. 18 - Cookin', Lennon, Actors Fund: On The Twentieth Century Concert Preview The HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival 2005 — which screens free movies on the lawn starting at dusk on Monday nights — will feature Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple" (a revival of which starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick is expected for Broadway in the fall) and Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (which currently runs on Broadway).
For more information on Bryant Park event scheduling, visit www.bryantpark.org.
Seating for "Broadway in Bryant Park" is on a first come-first serve basis. In case of severe weather, the outdoor event will be canceled. For up-to-the-minute changes, check www.1067litefm.com.
