A BROADWAY BIRTHDAY
- By KEN WERTHER
Listen up, lovers of Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber! Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa is presenting A Broadway Birthday: Sondheim, Lloyd Webber, and Friends for one night only on Thursday, March 28, at 8pm, in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. This special birthday bash will honor and celebrate the shared birthday (March 22) of two of the most well-regarded and loved musical theatre composers in the world (Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park with George, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, The School of Rock, Evita) with performances by some of today’s top Broadway talent. Celebrating and honoring Sondheim and Webber and their unparalleled contributions to the Broadway canon will be a glittery array of Broadway stars including Tony Award-winner Betty Buckley (Cats, Sunset Boulevard, 1776, The Mystery of Edwin Drood), Liz Callaway (Merrily We Roll Along, Baby, Miss Saigon), Alex Joseph Grayson (recent revival of Parade), Aaron Lazar (Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, The Last Ship, A Little Night Music, The Light in the Piazza), Kerry O’Malley (Into the Woods, White Christmas, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Annie Get Your Gun, Billy Elliot), and Glee star Matthew Morrison (The Light in the Piazza, Hairspray, Finding Neverland). This is going to be one birthday party you don’t want to miss! And Costa Mesa is a lovely place to spend an evening — grab dinner first!
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