Tony Award nominees Liz Callaway and Susan Egan will give Floridians a taste of the Great White Way March 3–4 with the latest version of Callaway’s Leading Ladies of Broadway concert series.
Performing with Deedee Magno Hall and the Sarasota Orchestra, Callaway and Egan will present an evening of “Tony Award-winning music that celebrates the best of the Broadway stage.“
Six performances are scheduled: 8 and 9:30 PM March 3; 2:30, 4, 8, and 9:30 March 4 at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall in Sarasota.
Callaway has several more concerts scheduled in the coming weeks:
Liz Callaway & Jason Graae: Happily Ever Laughter
March 18 at Palm Springs Art Museum: Annenberg Theater, Palm Springs, California
8 and 9 PM
Sibling Revelry with Ann Hampton Callaway
March 26 at Church of the Palms in Sarasota, Florida
3 and 4:30 PM
The sisters will sing “Get Happy,” “Happy Days are Here Again,” “It’s Today,” “The Sweetest Sounds,” “Friendship,” “Meadowlark,” and other showtunes
Liz Callaway—Broadway and Beyond
April 7 at the Metropolis Performing Arts Center in Arlington Hts, Illinois
7:30 and 9 PM
The Chicago native returns home with a new concert featuring music from Broadway, as well as the pop and film worlds.
Sibling Revelry with Ann Hampton Callaway
May 12 and 13 at The Triple Door theatre in Seattle, Washington
8 and 9:30 PM both nights
Tickets for the concerts can be ordered at lizcallaway.com.
Callaway made her Broadway debut in Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along. She has gone on to star in Baby (Tony nomination), Miss Saigon, The Look of Love, The Three Musketeers, and for five years appeared as Grizabella in Cats. Off-Broadway appearances include The Spitfire Grill (Drama Desk nomination), Marry Me a Little, and Brownstone. Other New York appearances include the legendary Follies in Concert at Lincoln Center, A Stephen Sondheim Evening, and Hair in Concert.
Callaway sang the Academy Award-nominated song “Journey to the Past” in the animated feature Anastasia. Other film work includes Jasmine in the two Aladdin sequels, The Swan Princess, and The Rewrite with Hugh Grant. Her extensive concert and symphony career has included appearances in London, Paris, Iceland, Australia, China, and nearly every major city in the U.S. Callaway has six solo recordings: The Essential Liz Callaway, Passage of Time, The Beat Goes On, The Story Goes On: Liz Callaway On and Off- Broadway, Anywhere I Wander: Liz Callaway Sings Frank Loesser, and her Christmas CD Merry and Bright, as well as two CDs with her sister Ann: Sibling Revelry and Boom! Live at Birdland.
Callaway was a special performing guest on Playbill’s Broadway on the High Seas 6 to the Caribbean in spring 2016. She is scheduled to return for Playbill’s sold-out inaugural river cruise along the Rhône River in May 2017. Cabins are available for the Rhine River cruise in August 2017, featuring Seth Rudetsky, Andréa Burns, Faith Prince, Terrence Mann, Charlotte d’Amboise, and more exciting talent to be announced. Visit PlaybillTravel.com for booking and information.
