Feb. 12, 2017 - HALLELUJAH, BABY! at the Alex Theatre

HALLELUJAH, BABY!
Sunday, February 12, 2017 at 7 PM

at the ALEX THEATRE

216 N Brand Ave • Glendale, CA 91203

Musical Theatre Guild continues its 2016-17 season with 1968's HALLELUJAH, BABY!, written Broadway luminaries Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Arthur Laurents. This one-night staged concert reading plays Sunday night at Glendale’s Historic Alex Theatre at 7:00 pm. 

HALLELUJAH, BABY! follows the struggles of a black woman in America over a 60-year period of changing race relations. The show won five 1968 Tony Awards including Best Musical.

Presented by the Musical Theatre Guild of Los Angeles, the performance will star Sharon Catherine Brown as Georgina and Carol Dennis as Momma, Damon Kirsche as Harvey and Trevon Davis as Clem, supported by MTG members Jimmy Gleason, Kelly Lester, and Natalie Wachen, and guest artists Eric B. Anthony, and Anthony Manough.

The 7 PM performance will be directed and choreographed by Gerry McIntyre with musical direction by Gerald Sternbach.

The Alex Theatre is located at 216 N. Brand Blvd in downtown Glendale, CA. Season and single tickets are available by visiting www.alextheatre.org or by calling 818-243-ALEX. Additional information on MTG can be found at www.musicaltheatreguild.com.

Alex Theatre • Musical Theatre Guild

TICKETS: $45
email: tickets@musicaltheatreguild.com,

or call (818) 848-6844.

8/24: APACF's Great Gatsby Weekend

I'll be presenting songs written for the Leading Men of Broadway's Golden Era by Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green this Saturday as I join David Burnham (Broadway: "Wicked," "The Light in the Piazza") and Eden Espinosa (Broadway: "Wicked," "Flora, The Red Menace") as the line-up of live entertainment at the Anaheim Performing Arts Center Foundation's Great Gatsby Weekend.

GREAT GATSBY WEEKEND

Anaheim Performing Arts Center Foundation
Saturday, August 24 at 5:30 PM

Tickets available at 714.554.2711 or gigi@apacf.org.

Mar. 9: American Showstoppers: An Evening with Jule Styne

This Saturday, I return to the "American Showstoppers" series at Pace University, this time presenting the music of Jule Styne. Noted arranger and producer Fred Barton conducts his orchestrations of Styne's Broadway and popular songs, and featuring singers Patrick Boyd, Tari Kelly, Damon Kirsche, Jesse Luttrell, Nora Mae Lyng, Karen Murphy, Pamela Myers and Vivian Reed.

Pace Presents: AMERICAN SHOWSTOPPERS

An Evening with Jule Styne

Featuring The Fred Barton Orchestra

Saturday, March 9 at 7:30 PM

Tickets: $30 to $55

Student rush tickets are available on the day of the performance after 12pm with a valid student ID or use discount code "Friends" for $20 tickets.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the Schimmel Center site or call toll-free (866) 811-4111. More details at BroadwayWorld.com and Playbill.com.

UPDATE: Tony Award-winning writer/director Gerard Alessandrini gives the concert a glowing review; Photos from the evening:

Damon sings "My Fortune Is My Face" from FADE OUT/FADE IN
(Photo: Kevin Yatarola ©)

Damon Kirsche and Tari Kelly: "Call Me Savage" from FADE OUT/FADE IN
(Photo: Kevin Yatarola ©)

Vivian Reed sings "I Wanted to Change Him" from HALLELULJAH, BABY!
with Damon Kirsche (Photo: Kevin Yatarola ©)

"Penniless Bums" from SUGAR: Damon Kirsche, Fred Barton and Jesse Luttrell
(Photo: Kevin Yatarola ©)

Vivian Reed, Damon Kirsche, Fred Barton, Tari Kelly and Patrick Boyd greet the fans. (Photo: Kevin Yatarola ©)

5/20: BELLS ARE RINGING - Reiner Reading Series

This Sunday, I'll appear as Jeffrey Moss in Styne, Comden and Green's BELLS ARE RINGING as part of the Reiner Reading Series at Musical Theatre West.

Ella Peterson, telephone operator at 'Susanswerphone,' is in love with the voice at PLaza 0-4433. Come and remember a time before cell phones and voice mail, where operators were standing by to take messages and maybe even change lives. This classic show originally starred Judy Holliday features the standards “Just In Time” and “The Party’s Over.”

Beth Malone

BELLS ARE RINGING

May 20, 2012, 7 PM

UNIVERSITY THEATRE

California State University

1250 Bellflower Boulevard

Long Beach, California 90840

Tickets: $25 in advance / $30 day of – General Admission seating

Box office: 562.856.1999 x4, Tues – Sat 12:00-6:00

Damon Kirsche

BETH MALONE* (Ella)

DAMON KIRSCHE* (Jeff)

NICK SANTA MARIA* (Sandor)

SUSAN PEAHL* (Sue)

LOUIS PARDO* (Kitchell)

NEIL QUINN (Barnes)

TRACY COX PEDRETTI (Gwynne)

ADAM TRENT (Barton)

BRAD FITZGERALD (Hastings)

JEFFREY SCOTT PARSONS* (Carl)

with

JILL MARIE BURKE*

JULIE CARRILLO

JACKIE COX

PARNELL DAMONE*

WILLIAM MARTINEZ*

KAREN SCHNURR*

CLAY STEFANKI

JENNIFER STRATTAN

ALLIE ROY (Stage Manager)

JULIE FERRIN (Sound Design)

MICHAEL BETTS (Director)

MATTHEW SMEDAL (Musical Director)

JOHN J. TODD (Choreographer)

Produced by Michael Betts and David Lamoureux

as part of Musical Theatre West's Reiner Reading Series

*denotes member of Actor’s Equity Association

3/25: Make Someone Happy: The Happy Songs of Jule Styne

MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY:

The Happy Songs of Jule Styne

Sunday, March 25 at 5 PM

Private Residence

Studio City, California

Renowned music historian Rick Starr and musical director/piano virtuoso Michael Lavine present a "Rick's Pix" Actors Fund Benefit Concert of happy songs by iconic composer Jule Styne (GYPSY, FUNNY GIRL, BELLS ARE RINGING, DO RE MI, GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES, SUGAR...)  Performers include Eydie Alyson, Barbara Deutsch, Nancy Dussault, Joshua Finkel and Julie Garnye. All proceeds will benefit The Actors Fund. Limited seating available - one show only - on Sunday, March 25th, 5PM at a private home in Studio City.

$25 ticket includes beverages and light fare.

Contact: Dianne

Phone: 323-964-9235

Email: diannef@industryentertainment.com

Web: http://www.actorsfund.org