Trumbull native and Broadway producer Van Dean (right) and Connecticut native Brett Boles announced today that they have collaborated on a benefit “From Broadway with Love” that will present many notable theater artists in performance on Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. at the Palace Theater in Waterbury.
The show will benefit United Way of Western Connecticut’s Sandy Hook School Support Fund.
The Tony Award-winning producer Dean and the emerging musical theater writer Boles say they decided to put together this concert as a way to lift the spirits of a town so close to their hearts and show that Broadway cares.
“The outpouring of love and support from the Broadway community has been incredibly heartwarming,” noted Dean, “and everyone was looking for a way they could use their talents to bring something positive to the community. ‘From Broadway with Love’ provides them with the perfect outlet to do so.”
Broadway performers scheduled to appear include Brian Stokes Mitchell (Tony Award winner: Kiss Me Kate, 3-time Tony Award nominee), Linda Eder (Jekyll & Hyde), Stephen Schwartz (6-time Tony Award nominee, Wicked, Godspell), Micky Dolenz (Aida, member of The Monkees), Marc Shaiman (Tony Award winner: Hairspray, TV’s SMASH), Michael Cerveris (Tony Award winner for Assassins, 4-time Tony Award nominee, Evita, Sweeney Todd), Christine Ebersole (Tony Award winner: Grey Gardens), Frank Wildhorn (Tony Award nominated: Bonnie & Clyde and Civil War, Jekyll & Hyde), Philip Boykin (Tony Award nominee: The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess), Richard Kind (The Producers, TV’s Mad About You), Andrea McArdle (Tony Award nominee: Annie, Les Miserables), Nikki Blonsky (Hairspray movie), Alan Muraoka (Pacific Overtures, TV’s Sesame Street), Jan Maxwell (5-time Tony Award nominee including Follies), Robin de Jesus (Tony Award nominee: La Cage Aux Folles and In The Heights), Seth Rudetsky (The Ritz), Julia Murney (Wicked, Lennon), Isabela Moner (Evita), as well as members from various casts of Million Dollar Quartet: Lance Guest, Erik Hayden, Randy Redd, Dan Mills, and Victoria Matlock. More performers will be announced soon and artists are subject to change.
Tickets, which range from $50 to $250, are on sale now online. For information on how to become a corporate sponsor, contact Ken Mahoney at 914-419-3762 or sponsorship@frombroadwaywithlove.org.
