Broadway's Greatest Hits

Michael Krajewski, Conductor

Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center for Performing Arts

300 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
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Apr 15-17, 2016
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Featuring
Christiane Noll, vocalist
Doug LaBrecque, vocalist
Dee Roscioli, vocalist
The Philly POPS Festival Chorus

Stroll along America’s “Great White Way”

with The Philly POPS, the 130-member Philly POPS Festival Chorus, and our award-winning Broadway guest vocalists Christiane Noll, Doug LaBrecque, and Dee Roscioli. We’ll delight you with show tunes from Broadway’s storied past and present. Selections from the great musicals of Jerome Kern, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Andrew Lloyd Webber include Make Believe, Oklahoma, All That Jazz, Send in the Clowns, Music of the Night, and Defying Gravity.

Note: Conductor’s Circle seating is not available for this event. 

PROGRAM

Another Openin' Another Show/There's No Business Like Show Business
Christiane Noll, Dee Roscioli, Doug LaBrecque, POPS Festival Chorus

Italian Street Song
Christiane Noll

Showboat Medley
Christiane Noll, Doug LaBrecque

Don't Rain On My Parade
Dee Roscioli

I Could Have Danced All Night
Christiane Noll

Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat
Doug LaBrecque, POPS Festival Chorus

Carousel Waltz

Oklahoma
Christiane Noll, Dee Roscioli, Doug LaBrecque

Climb Ev'ry Mountain
Christiane Noll, Dee Roscioli, Doug LaBrecque, POPS Festival Chorus

INTERMISSION

Chicago Intro/And All That Jazz
Christiane Noll, Dee Roscioli

One
POPS Festival Chorus

Send In the Clowns
Christiane Noll

Bring Him Home

Mamma Mia
Christiane Noll, Dee Roscioli, Doug LaBrecque, POPS Festival Chorus

Defying Gravity
Dee Roscioli

Phantom of the Opera
Christiane Noll

Music of the Night
Doug LaBrecque

Helpful Information

This program, including intermission, is approximately two hours in length. Artists and program are subject to change without notice.

Discounted parking passes are available from select garages. For more information, please call 215.893.1999 or add a parking pass during checkout when purchasing your tickets.

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Enjoy the show!

Guest Artists

Christiane Noll, vocalist

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Christiane Noll starred on Broadway in the Kennedy Center Revival of Ragtime, receiving a Helen Hayes award — and TONY and Drama Desk Award nominations — for her portrayal of Mother. Broadway and national tour appearances include Chaplin, Urinetown (Ovation Award), It Ain't Nothin’ but the Blues, Jekyll & Hyde, Grease, Miss Saigon, and South Pacific (Australia/Thailand). She is a frequent guest soloist with the National Symphony, Cincinnati Pops, Jerusalem Symphony, The Philly POPS, Boston Pops, and Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, with international appearances with Sinfonica Brasileira in Rio, China Philharmonic with concert pianist Lang Lang, and orchestras in Hong Kong, Czech Republic, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She made her Carnegie Hall debut with Skitch Henderson in his last performance with The New York Pops and more recently sang with Steven Reineke for Stephen Sondheim's 80th Birthday Celebration at Carnegie Hall. She made her Hollywood Bowl debut singing with Julie Andrews and her opera debut with Placido Domingo in The Merry Widow. She performed in the Warner Brothers Animated feature film The King and I, and made appearances in Town Hall’s Broadway By the Year and in Lincoln Center's American Songbook Series.

Doug LaBrecque, vocalist

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Doug LaBrecque has thrilled theatre audiences as The Phantom and Raoul in the Harold Prince production of The Phantom of the Opera, as well as Ravenal in the Hal Prince revival of Showboat in Canada and Chicago. He was featured in Oscar Hammerstein’s 100th Birthday Celebration on Broadway at The Gershwin Theatre, and toured nationally with Les Miserables. Regionally, Doug has performed leading roles in Candide, A Chorus Line, and Man of LaMancha, among many others. One of the most prolific concert performers of his generation, Doug has been a soloist with some of the world’s finest symphony orchestras, including The National Symphony, The Korean National Symphony, The Israel Philharmonic, The Shanghai Radio Orchestra, The Vancouver and Calgary Symphonies, The Atlanta Symphony, The San Francisco Symphony, the Minnesota Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, and with Marvin Hamlisch at the Ravinia Festival with The Chicago Symphony and with The Pittsburgh Symphony. In a tribute to Richard Rodgers, Doug made his Carnegie Hall debut as a soloist with the New York Pops, the same season he debuted with The Boston Pops. Doug also recently appeared in Alba, Italy, as the guest soloist in an all-Bernstein concert and returned to the International Music Festival in The Czech Republic.

Dee Roscioli, vocalist

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Dee Roscioli is best known for her portrayal of Elphaba in the smash Broadway hit Wicked on Broadway, in Chicago, and across the United States. In fact, she holds the distinction of having performed Elphaba in more performances than any other actress. Dee has also performed the leading role of Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Additional New York credits include The 24-Hour Musicals, Murder Ballad (Workshop, Manhattan Theatre Club), and Therapy Rocks (NYMF). She has also performed Grizabella in the National Tour of Cats. She recently sang her solo show for a sold-out audience at Birdland in both New York City and Chicago. She was a special guest of Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal at their concert, and appeared opposite Anthony Rapp in a critically acclaimed performance in a new play entitled Dedalus Lounge. Dee has also been invited to sing at the prestigious Broadway on Broadway, accompanied by a 30-piece orchestra.

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