Playbill News: Lachey, Lemenager and [title of show] Stars to Launch "Broadway in Bryant Park" Series July 10

Lachey, Lemenager and [title of show] Stars to Launch "Broadway in Bryant Park" Series July 10

By Ernio Hernandez
July 8, 2008

Spamalot's Drew Lachey, Chicago's Nancy Lemenager and the full cast of [title of show] will kick off the "Broadway in Bryant Park" summer series July 10.

Radio station 106.7 Lite FM presents the midday series, which highlights current and upcoming musicals on and Off-Broadway. The performances will launch July 10 at the midtown park and continue Thursdays, 12:30 PM-1:30 PM on The Lawn.

Scheduled to perform July 10 are Monty Python's Spamalot's Stephen Collins, Drew Lachey, Jenny Hill and Bradley Dean; Stomp's Jason Mills, Sean Edwards, Marivaldo Dos Santos, Joell Jackson, Joe Russomano, Brad Holland, Yako Miyamoto and Fritz Opare; Russian on the Side's Mark Nadler; [title of show]'s Hunter Bell, Jeff Bowen, Susan Blackwell, Heidi Blickenstaff and musical director Larry Pressgrove; and Chicago's Nancy Lemenager, Donna Marie Asbury, Michelle DeJean, Eric Jordan and more.

The seventh annual series line-up (subject to change) follows:

July 10 - Chicago, Monty Python's Spamalot, Russian on the Side, [title of show] and Stomp

July 17 - Avenue Q, The Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia!, In the Heights and Pure Country

July 24 - The Lion King, Passing Strange, Hairspray, Godspell and A Catered Affair

July 31 - The Little Mermaid, Altar Boyz, Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy, Jump and A Tale of Two Cities

Aug. 7 - Spring Awakening, Gypsy, Xanadu, Mary Poppins and Wicked

Aug. 14 - Grease, Young Frankenstein, Rent, Legally Blonde and 13

Bryant Park is located just behind the New York Public Library on Sixth Avenue between 40th and 42nd Streets. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

For more on "Broadway in Bryant Park," visit 1067newyork.com.