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Coming to the Pantages Theater

NEIL BERG’S 100 YEARS OF BROADWAY

FEATURES FIVE DAZZLING BROADWAY STARS

Sponsored by Columbia Bank & Franciscan Health Care

Tacoma, WA – Neil Berg’s widely acclaimed 100 Years of Broadway, a musical revue of Broadway’s most celebrated shows features a dazzling cast of five Broadway stars accompanied by an all-star New York band is coming to the Pantages Theater on Sunday, October 21, 2007 at 3:00pm.  Tickets for 100 Years of Broadway are available through the Broadway Center Box Office at 253.591.5894 or online at www.broadwaycenter.org.

According to San Francisco’s KABC radio theater critic, Jerry Friedman, “This revue features some of the best songs from the best Broadway shows, all sung by some of the most talented performers working today singing many of the hit songs that they have sung on Broadway.”  

100 Years of Broadway recreates the greatest moments from the finest shows of the century featuring the actual stars of shows such as The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, CATS, Jesus Christ Superstar and Jekyll & Hyde. These amazing performers light up the stage with songs from the hit shows in which they starred. Neil Berg presents brilliantly revived arrangements of Broadway classics as well as thrilling numbers from Broadway’s newest hit shows. 

NEIL BERG is the composer/lyricist of the hit off-Broadway musical The Prince and the Pauper, which ran for two years at the Lamb’s Theater in New York City. The New York Times described it as “...soaring on the wings of theatrical fun.” Berg is currently writing the music for the Broadway bound musical Grumpy Old Men, based on the hit film. Two of Berg’s new musicals have been selected for the prestigious New York Musical Theater Festival: The Man Who Would Be King, a musical realization of Rudyard Kipling’s novella, and Tim and Scrooge, the sequel to A Christmas Carol.

RITA HARVEY starred recently as Hodel in the hit Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof with Rosie O’Donnell and Harvey Fierstein. She made her Broadway debut performing the lead role of Christine Daee in The Phantom of the Opera, after two years performing the role with the second national tour.  She starred off-Broadway as Lady Edith in the hit musical The Prince and the Pauper. Rita has performed as featured soloist around the world with such stars as Robert Evan, Betty Buckley, Ben Vereen, Craig Schulman, Lillias White and Michael Crawford. 

RAYMOND JARAMILLO MCLEOD A Broadway veteran, most recently Mr. McLeod appeared as ‘Wreck’ in the Tony Award winning production of “Wonderful Town”. He has also worked in shows with such stars as Michael Crawford (Dance of the Vampires), Placido Domingo (Metropolitan and Los Angeles Operas), Taye Diggs (The Wild Party) and Will Smith (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air). However, his daughters only know him from his work with Disney on the soundtracks: Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Pocohantas.  

CARTER CALVERT New York credits include starring in the  original Broadway production cast album, and touring productions of It Ain't Nothin' But The Blues. Ms. Calvert toured Europe in Smokey Joe's Café, played Grizabella in the national tour of Cats, and appeared as the title role in Always, Patsy Cline.   

DANNY ZOLLI Best known for his monumental number of performances as Jesus, Judas, and Annas in more than 15 productions of Jesus Christ Superstar throughout the world, Danny's unique and stirring performance of the aria "Gethsemane" is debated among "Jesus Christ Superstar" fans as one of the best.   Danny has just completed and will soon be releasing his second solo album entitled "Sometimes Simple is Best".  Most recently, Danny starred as Jesus in the 20th Anniversary concert of Jesus Christ Superstar.

ROB EVAN (Cast) starred in the original Broadway cast of Jekyll & Hyde, playing the title roles for three years and over 600 performances.  His rendition of This Is the Moment has been performed at numerous prestigious events.  He is currently starring in Tarzan on Broadway and is often found touring around the world in the all-new Jekyll & Hyde: The Concert. Robert also appeared on Broadway as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables, and was chosen to lead the critically acclaimed National Touring Company to its history-making stop on Broadway.  Most recently, he starred as the sadistic Orin Scrivello D.D.S. in Little Shop of Horrors with Joey Fatone from *NSYNC on Broadway.  Robert, also, had the pleasure of singing the role of the Count von Krolock in Jim Steinman's Dance of the Vampires at the Minksoff Theater.  

Tickets are $54, $42 and $32 and may be purchased at the Broadway Center Box Office located on 9th & Broadway or by calling the Box Office at 253.591.5894. To purchase online at any time or for information about upcoming events visit www.broadwaycenter.org.  

The Broadway Center for the Performing Arts gratefully acknowledges the following for support of the 2007-2008 Season: ArtsFund, Ben B. Cheney Foundation, The Boeing Company, City of Tacoma, Forest Foundation, The News Tribune, Pierce County Arts Commission, Sequoia Foundation Pierce County Program, and Washington State Arts Commission.

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