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This year's show will feature the following Broadway Stars!
MAJOR ATTAWAY made his joyous Broadway debut starring as The
Genie in the Broadway production of Aladdin, a role he has played for
over three years (more than any other actor). National Tour: Aladdin
(Genie). Regional: The Hot Mikado (Mikado); Stagger Lee (T-Bone);
Hands on a Hardbody (Ronald); Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey II);
Ain’t Misbehavin' (Ken), Frosty the Snowman (Frosty).
Television: “Orange is the New Black” (DeShaun McAdams). Videogames: “Borderlands
3”(Clay); “Battleborn” (Ghalt)
LISA BRESCIA has starred on
Broadway as Heidi Hansen in Dear Evan Hansen, Donna Sheridan in Mamma
Mia!, Elphaba in Wicked, Cleo in Twyla Tharp’s The Times They Are
A-Changin’, Amneris in Aida, and Marion in Woman in White.
Additional New York and regional credits: Roundabout's Ordinary Days
(Claire), Comedy of Tenors (Tatiana), Winter’s Tale (Hermione), Hamlet
(Gertrude), August: Osage County (Ivy), Sister Play (Anna),
The Will Rogers Follies (Betty), Victor Victoria (Victoria), Cabaret
(Sally Bowles), Side Show (Violet), and Evita (Eva Peron). Lisa is on the Acting faculty at Missouri State
University and has her MFA in Classical Acting.
TARI KELLY was most recently seen on the First National Tour of Anastasia
playing the role of Countess Lily. Broadway: Groundhog Day, Something
Rotten!, Anything Goes, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole
Christmas!, The Boy From Oz and Show Boat. She has traveled
the country in the National Tours of Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey), Show
Boat (Ellie), and Beauty and the Beast (Silly Girl).
Some of her favorite regional roles include End of the Rainbow
(Judy Garland - Henry Award), Anything Goes (Reno Sweeney - Carbonell
Award) and Thoroughly Modern Mille (Millie - Jeff Nomination).
She can be heard on numerous Original Broadway Cast recordings such as Groundhog
Day, Anything Goes, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and The
Boy From Oz. In addition, she has appeared on the Tony Awards,
“Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade”, “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”, “The Today
Show”, “Good Morning America”, and “The Late Show with David Letterman”.
GAVIN LEE recently played
Lumiere in the Paper Mill Playhouse production of Beauty and the Beast.
He also played The Grinch in Dr Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas
at Madison Square Garden. Just before this he originated the Squidward Q
Tentacles in SpongeBob SquarePants, the Broadway Musical for which he
received a Tony Award nomination and won the Drama Desk Award. He also played
the role in the Nickelodeon broadcast of the show. He also played Thenadier in
the most recent Broadway revival of Les Miserables. He originated the
role of Bert in the West End and Broadway productions of Mary Poppins
for which he was Olivier and Tony Award nominated as well as winning a Drama
Desk and Theatre World Award. While in NYC Gavin has appeared at Carnegie Hall
in Show Boat and in the World Premier of Holiday Inn at Goodspeed
Opera House. On TV, he has guest starred in “Law and Order: SVU” and
“The Good Wife”. He was seen as a regular in the final season of “White
Collar”. His other London credits include leading roles in Top Hat,
Crazy for You, Peggy Sue Got Married, Me and My Girl,
Over My Shoulder, Oklahoma! and Contact. His regional
theatre credits include Singin’ In The Rain, Snoopy, Noel
Coward’s Masterpieces, Of Thee I Sing, Saturday Night, Alan
Ayckbourn’s Whenever and Chicago. Gavin has performed his solo
cabaret in New York, Chicago and on Disney Cruises.
NIC ROULEAU recently
returned to New York having played the role of Cornelius in the National Tour
of Hello Dolly! with Betty Buckley. Prior to that, completed a
6 ½ year run as Elder Price in The Book of Mormon. He is the
longest running Elder Price, having starred in the show on Broadway, in Chicago
and in the West End in London. Television credits include Daddy’s Boy in Tina
Fey’s “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” (Netflix) and “The
2012 Tony Awards” (CBS). Other credits include Emmett in Legally
Blonde (US National Tour) and Woody in Toy Story: The Musical (Disney). Regional: Les
Miserables (Marius); A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the
Forum (Hero); Cabaret (Cliff); Changing Times
(Reese). Education: Bachelor’s of Music Degree, NYU Steinhardt.
EUGENE GWOZDZ (Musical Director/Accompanist) returns to Columbus for his
third concert appearance. He is originally from Fort Worth, Texas and now
resides in NYC. Eugene is the Music Director/Arranger for the
American Dance Machine 21, and the Duke Ellington Center for the Arts..
MD/Arranger for the Jerome Robbins Awards honoring Chita Rivera, Harold
Prince, and Stephen Sondheim. Music Director and Pianist/Arranger for
Tony Award-winning "Princess and the Frog" star Anika Noni Rose at
the Lincoln Center American Songbook Series and The Drama League Tribute to
Patti Lupone. He has worked with many Broadway stars including Audra McDonald,
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Norbert Leo Butz, James Monroe Iglehart,
Shuler Hensley, Stephanie J. Block, Patti Lupone, Cady Huffman, Chita Rivera,
Leslie Uggams, Donna McKechnie, Andre DeShields, Lee Roy Reams, Ken Page,
Patrick Wilson, Billy Porter, Harvey Fierstein, Shirley Jones, Will Chase,
Betty Buckley, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Will Chase, LaChanze, Nikki James, Victoria
Clark, Kelli O'Hara, Andrea McArdle, Chris Seiber, Rachel York, Norm Lewis,
Megan Hilty, Kristin Chenowith, Brent Barrett, Valisia Lekae, John Tartaglia,
Laura Benanti, Melissa Errico, Karen Ziemba, Randy Graff, Lillias White,
N'Kenge, Mark Kudisch, Petula Clark, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Laura Bell
Bundy.
STEPHEN DeANGELIS is excited to
return having previously produced and hosted the two previous editions of Broadway
Memories. He has produced over 300 different Broadway concerts at venues in
New York and across the United States featuring a multitude of Broadway
stars including many Tony Award and Drama Desk Award winners and nominees,
stars from hit television series and films whose roots are on stage and
Broadway's fastest rising young performers. He is also the Producing
Artistic Director and Host of At This Performance..., the
critically acclaimed concert series that has showcased the talents
of almost 1100 Broadway Standbys, Understudies and Alternates since
October 2003. He has cast over 3600 network television and radio commercials
for Manhattan's leading advertising agencies and has contributed to many
historic and award-winning spots and campaigns including many which have been
recognized with Platinum, Gold and Silver Lions at Cannes. He has provided
over 100,000 acting jobs to performers across all entertainment platforms.
Stephen also cast the six-time Emmy Award nominated Playhouse Disney series
“Johnny and the Sprites” starring Tony Award nominee John Tartaglia which was
seen on the Disney Channel. His work has been seen in New York and regionally
in over 300 theatrical productions for companies across the country as
well as in numerous festival showcases, developmental workshops and readings.
Other credits include The World AIDS Day All-Star Concert Revivals of Pippin and The
Secret Garden, the All-Star production of Elegies
for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens and the 25th Anniversary National
Tour of Hair. He is a proud member of the Stage Directors and
Choreographers Society and has staged musicals in major theatres in Boston,
Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Dallas and St. Louis and throughout New York and
New England. Recent productions include the New York premiere of Unexpected
Joy by two-time Tony Award nominee Bill Russell, the All-Star concert
version of Into the Woods, the 50th Anniversary celebration
of the Tommy album as well as a variety of productions for the Drama
League. Stephen is the Producing Artistic Director of the new Pocono Center for
the Arts which is scheduled to open in 2021.