Lenox — The Boston Pops Orchestra will present a program of Broadway music on Saturday, July 6, that puts the spotlight on a new generation of modern Broadway masters. Keith Lockhart, the Boston Pops, and cast members of current Broadway shows will perform songs from such Tony-winning musicals as:
- Hamilton
- In the Heights
- The Light in the Piazza
- Kimberly Akimbo
- A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder
- The Band’s Visit
- Dear Evan Hansen
The Boston Pops Orchestra has been playing Broadway hits since the early 20th century. So if you are a mature aficionado of such music, you may be thinking of people like Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Lorenz Hart, and Leonard Bernstein.
But kids these days have fashioned their own 21st-century Broadway sound from the traditions of bluegrass (“Bright Star”); jazz (“Chicago”); hip-hop (“Hamilton”); R&B and Soul (“The Color Purple”); Electronic and EDM (“Jagged Little Pill”); Reggae and Ska (“Lion King”); and rock (“American Idiot”). (Meanwhile, good old-fashioned showtunes are still in vogue.)
The cast members for Saturday’s show are listed below, along with some of their Broadway credits:
Victoria Clark: “Kimberly Akimbo,” “The Light in the Piazza,” “Gigi,” “Cinderella,” “Sister Act,” “The Snow Geese,” “Titanic,” “How to Succeed,” “Urinetown,” “Cabaret,” “Guys and Dolls,” “A Grand Night for Singing,” and “Sunday in the Park with George.”
Mandy Gonzalez: “Hamilton,” “The Heights,” and “Wicked.”
Joshua Henry: “Carousel,” “The Scottsboro Boys,” “Violet,” “Hamilton,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Into The Woods,” “In the Heights,” “Waitress,” “Shuffle Along,” “American Idiot,” “Porgy and Bess,” and “Bring It On: The Musical.”
Darius de Haas: “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” “Carousel,” “Rent,” “The Gershwins’ Fascinating Rhythm,” “Marie Christine,” “Shuffle Along,” “Running Man,” “Children of Eden,” and “I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky.”
Bryce Pinkham: “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder,” “The Heidi Chronicles,” “Ohio State Murders,” “The Great Society,” “Holiday Inn,” “Ghost,” and “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.”
Scarlett Strallan: “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder,” “The Heidi Chronicles,”
“Travesties,” and “The New Yorkers.”
Director Jason Danieley is best known to Tanglewood patrons for writing, directing, and producing such Boston Pops performances as “Remembering Sondheim” and “Symphonic Ragtime.” He has collaborated extensively with the composing team of Ahrens & Flaherty.
Music supervisor, composer, lyricist, arranger, and conductor Georgia Stitt started her New York City career directing and conducting “Little Shop of Horrors,” “Avenue Q,” “Sweet Smell of Success,” “The Music Man,” “Titanic,” “Annie,” and the national tour of “Parade.”
The Boston Pops Orchestra has entertained audiences for more than 135 years, in Boston and beyond, with conductor Keith Lockhart leading the orchestra since 1995.
Hear Keith Lockhart lead the Boston Pops Orchestra and an all-star cast of singers in a program of modern Broadway masters on Saturday, July 6, at 8 p.m. Tickets are available here.
