Laura Benanti Is Backed by a Kickline of Rockettes in New York Spring Spectacular, Starting Tonight at Radio City | Playbill

News Laura Benanti Is Backed by a Kickline of Rockettes in New York Spring Spectacular, Starting Tonight at Radio City New York Spring Spectacular, the new multi-media Rockettes stage production that features Tony Award winner Laura Benanti and a host of celebrities who lend their voices and likeness to the celebration of the Big Apple, begins March 12 at Radio City Music Hall.

The multi-media musical spectacular helmed by Tony Award winners Warren Carlyle and Diane Paulus, along with Drama Desk Award winner Randy Weiner, is a completely revamped version of the show Heart and Lights, which was originally planned to open last spring, but was scuttled before performances began.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler lend their voices as the Lion statues that guard the New York Public Library, while Whoopi Goldberg voices the Statue of Liberty puppet, and Bella Thorne voices the Alice in Wonderland statue.

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Laura Benanti

Celebrities who make video cameos include 50 Cent, Odell Beckham Jr., Victor Cruz, Walt Frazier, John Leguizamo, Al Michaels, Kelly Ripa, Mariano Rivera, Sam Rosen, Carmelo Anthony, Henrik Lundqvist, Martha Stewart and Donald Trump.

In addition to Benanti (Gypsy, "Nashville"), the stage production stars Emmy Award-winning choreographer Derek Hough ("Dancing With the Stars"), Lenny Wolpe (Wicked, The Drowsy Chaperone, Bullets Over Broadway) and Jared Grimes (After Midnight, "Boardwalk Empire").

New York Spring Spectacular officially opens March 26 and runs through May 3. The production is jointly produced by Madison Square Garden Entertainment and Weinstein Live Entertainment. Emmy Award winner Mia Michaels, who makes her Broadway debut this season with Finding Neverland, choreographed the show's opening number. New York Spring Spectacular includes original songs, classics and pop hits, including the Taylor Swift single "Welcome to New York."

Joshua Harmon, the young playwright who earned acclaim for Off-Broadway's Bad Jews, has written a new story for the stage show.

Here's how the new production is billed: "New York Spring Spectacular takes audiences on a whirlwind adventure across New York City while telling an inspiring and hopeful narrative about New Yorkers who change each other's lives in unexpectedly wonderful ways. Bernie, played by Wolpe, has been giving old fashioned tours of New York for decades, but his company was just bought by Jenna, played by Benanti, a whip smart techie with plans to fire Bernie and turn his tours into a virtual reality wonderland. Bernie is in trouble. Enter Jack, played by Hough, a spirited young man with a secret agenda of his own: If he can help Bernie keep his job, Jack will get an eternal reward."

For tickets, visit rockettes.com or by phone at (866) 858-0007.

 
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