THEATRE + COMEDY

A joyful tribute to the Great White Way. The Grand 1894 Opera House presents Neil Berg’s 101 Years of Broadway, Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 8pm. Enjoy the vocal brilliance of 5 magnificent singers, accompanied by a great band, as they recreate their signature Broadway roles and showcase 50 of the greatest characters in Broadway musical history. Rodgers and Hammerstein said it best: “It’s a Grand Night for Singing”!

Composer Neil Berg brings together a powerhouse group of Broadway vets for a spectacular tribute to 101 years of great Broadway tunes at The Grand 1894 Opera House on Saturday, March 20. Performance time is 8pm. Sponsored in part by Rudy & Paco’s, Texas First Bank, Texas First Mortgage and Rust Ewing Insurance, 101 Years of Broadway recreates some of the biggest moments from the best known Broadway musical shows of the last century.

Berg, an award-winning composer for Broadway and film, takes audiences on a journey through the history of great Broadway musicals. The show is packed with scores from icons such as Rodgers and Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, John Kander and Fred Ebb. Pebbles Wadsworth, Executive Director for the University of Texas-Austin Performing Arts Center, says, “It is hard to believe that you can set the bar so high for each performer, and that over and over again each one rises above those expectations to deliver extraordinary performances! These five Broadway stars have some of the very best voices performing on Broadway today. Neil Berg has created an immensely entertaining and educational show.”

Performances to date have includes such veteran Broadway stars as Angela Covington (Evita), Glory Crampton (Camelot, Carousel, My Fair Lady), Brian D’Arcy James (Sweet Smell of Success, Titanic, Carousel), William Michals (Beauty and the Beast, Les Miserables, The Scarlet Pimpernel), Jeri Sager (Cats, Les Miserables), John Patrick Schutz (MAC Award nominee) and Danny Zolli (Jesus Christ Superstar, Chess in Concert) just to name a few.

“What Neil Berg and five scintillating and incredibly talented singers/actors hath wrought in 100 Years of Broadway is enough to keep Broadway buffs in a state of bliss for weeks,” exclaims the Napa Valley Register.