Kudisch, Barbour, Gravitte, Gemignani, Alvin Set for Summer Broadway Festival

By Andrew Gans
June 17, 2009

The third annual Summer Broadway Festival will be presented at Town Hall in Manhattan in July.

Created by Scott Siegel, the series will kick off July 13 with Broadway Winners: The Award-Winning Music of Broadway. The 8 PM concert will boast the "music created on the Great White Way that won Tonys, Grammys and Oscars." Siegel will narrate the evening, which will feature the talents of Marc Kudisch, James Barbour, Tony Award winner Debbie Gravitte, Alexander Gemignani and Farrah Alvin. Further casting will be announced soon.

Broadway's Rising Stars is the title of the July 20 concert, also at 8 PM. Emily Skinner and Scott Coulter will co-direct the evening, which will feature students selected from such theatrical institutions as AMDA, CAP 21, Juilliard, CCM, Carnegie Mellon, NYU Steinhardt and Tisch Schools, Marymount and The New School.

The series will conclude July 27 at 8 PM with All Singin' All Dancin'. The evening of song and dance will feature several Broadway favorites and will be choreographed by Shrek The Musical's Josh Prince. Siegel and Prince will co-direct the evening; casting will be announced shortly.

Town Hall is located in Manhattan at 123 West 43rd Street. For tickets call (212) 307-4100 or visit www.ticketmaster.com.