Bronx Tale’s Ariana DeBose Will Salute Aretha Franklin With American Pops September 16 | Playbill

Classic Arts News Bronx Tale’s Ariana DeBose Will Salute Aretha Franklin With American Pops September 16 The Washington, D.C., orchestra‘s 2017–18 season also includes Liz Callaway in a salute to Cole Porter.
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A Bronx Tale and Hamilton star Ariana DeBose will perform with The American Pops Orchestra in Washington, D.C., September 16 in Respect: The Music of Aretha Franklin, a salute to the soul singer who celebrated her 75th birthday this year.

DeBose’s Broadway credits also include Pippin, Bring It On The Musical, and Motown The Musical, in which she understudied the role of Diana Ross.

Also taking part in the 8 PM concert: Moya Angela (In Transit, Dreamgirls), Nova Payton, Bria Skonberg, and Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child.

Franklin, known as the “Queen of Soul,” has won 18 Grammy Awards and charted 112 singles on Billboard magazine’s charts, including “Respect,“ “A Natural Woman,” and “Who’s Zoomin’ Who?”

Read: Why Hamilton Was Ariana DeBose’s Last Time in the Ensemble

American Pops Orchestra has lined up a 2017–18 season that will include performances by Broadway’s Liz Callaway in special salute to songwriter Cole Porter, and the premiere of a family musical based on the book Around the World in 80 Days.

Luke Frazier is scheduled to conduct all the performances at APO’s new home, Arena Stage at The Mead Center for American Theater (1101 Sixth Street SW).

Here are the upcoming scheduled concerts of interest to theatre folk:

Around the World in 80 Days, 2 and 5 PM January 6, 2018
Actor-playwright Claybourne Elder’s (Sunday in the Park With George) musical based on Jules Verne’s adventure novel, using songs from the Great American Songbook. Performed by Hilary Morrow, Tiara Whaley, Nurney Mason, and others to be announced.

Let’s Misbehave: Cole Porter After Dark, 8 PM May 19, 2018
Tony Award nominee Liz Callaway, Kevin McAllister (Anything Goes), Mary Michael Patterson, Mo Rocca, and others salute the Broadway composer of Anything Goes; Kiss Me, Kate; Silk Stockings; and many other shows. Musical selections include “So in Love,” “You’re the Top,” “Anything Goes,” and “Love for Sale.”

Callaway has been a special guest performer on three of Playbill’sBroadway on the High Seas cruises. Cabins are available for Broadway on the Danube River with Michael Feinstein for November 3–13, 2017, also featuring Rachel Bay Jones, Julia Murney, Christopher Fitzgerald, Marc Kudisch, Christopher Sieber, Brandon Uranowitz, and Seth Rudetsky, as well as other exciting talent to be announced.

Tickets are also now on sale for Playbill’s Broadway on the High Seas July 2018 cruise to Iceland, accompanied by Judy Kuhn, Christine Ebersole, Rob McClure, Jarrod Spector, Carmen Cusack, and Sierra Boggess. Visit PlaybillTravel.com for booking and information.

 

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