THE CAST OF A BROADWAY CELEBRATION 2020
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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). He recently appeared as Fatty Arbuckle in the Encores! production of Mack and Mabel at City Center. 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).
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ROBERT CREIGHTON is currently starring as the Duke of Weselton in the current Broadway production of Disney’s musical Frozen. Other Broadway credits include: The Lion King (Timon), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Durdles), Anything Goes (Purser/Moonface), Chicago (Amos), The Little Mermaid (Chef Louis), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Jackie Mason’s Laughing Room Only. He was co-author and star of the hit Fff- Broadway musical Cagney which ran in 2016-17 for over 500 performances and will play London’s West End in 2021. For that role he won the Fred Astaire Award for Outstanding Male Dancer and was nominated for the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards as best Lead Actor in a Musical. He was a recurring guest star on the CBS series “The Good Fight” as Clarence Kolb. Other guest-starring roles include “Elementary” (CBS), “Law & Order” (NBC), “The Family” (ABC), and “Life on Mars” (ABC). For his cabaret Ain’t We Got Fun! ,he won NYC’s prestigious Bistro Award for “Outstanding Entertainer.” His debut album Ain’t We Got Fun! was released in 2012 on the LML music label. www.robertcreightonnyc.com
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LANA GORDON most recently co-starred as Velma Kelly in the Broadway company of Chicago and made history with Brandy as the first two black co-leads on Broadway, Born in New London, Connecticut, she studied dance at New York City's Alvin Ailey School on a scholarship where she excelled as a dancer. After that, Lana took part in a repertory ensemble directed by Sylvia Walters for over 3 years, before joining Donald Bird's ensemble "The/Group." Lana then played the role of Dionne in the European tour of Hair. In 1997, Lana made her debut on Broadway as an original cast member in The Lion King as Shenzi. She then joined the Broadway cast of Broadway revival of Jesus Christ Superstar. During the past 10 years she has had a very successful career performing all over Europe and the Middle East in various shows such as Chicago as Velma, Sister Act as Deloris, Tarzan as Kala, West Side Story as Anita, Carmen Cubana as Carmen, and at the Jazz at Lincoln Center in Qatar as a guest vocalist.
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ANIKA LARSEN most recently played the mom Elaine in Almost Famous the Musical at the Old Globe Theater, and she will reprise that role on Broadway in the Fall. She has performed on Broadway in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Cynthia Weil-Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award winner), Avenue Q (Kate Monster/Lucy T. Slut), Xanadu, All Shook Up and RENT. Off-Broadway, she was in Zanna, Don’t!; Myths and Hymns; Closer Than Ever; Miracle Brothers; How to Save the World and Find True Love in 90 Minutes; Disaster! and Unbroken Circle. Anika wrote and performed in a musical called Shafrika, The White Girl about her childhood growing up in Cambridge, MA with nine brothers and sisters from different races and countries. She released an album of lullabies for all ages, Sing You to Sleep (Yellow Sound Label), in 2014. Anika majored in theater at Yale University and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA.
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CARRIE ST. LOUIS is currently starring as Allie McAndrews in the brand new musical Between The Lines written by acclaimed author Jodi Picoult and currently running at Second Stage Theater. Broadway: Wicked (Glinda), Kinky Boots (Lauren), Rock of Ages (Sherrie). Off-Broadway: Cruel Intentions (Annette). National Tours/Vegas: Wicked (Glinda), Rock of Ages (Sherrie). TV: “Blindspot” (NBC), “Younger” (TVLand), “Elementary” (CBS). Earlier this year, she just wrapped her first feature film, “The Blonde Experiment”. Graduate of USC’s Thornton School of Music.
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JON BALCORT is pleased to return having appeared here for the last two editions of A Broadway Celebration. He is a NYC-based composer, music director, and orchestrator. Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, The Book of Mormon. National Tours: The Book of Mormon, Avenue Q, Dreamgirls, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Regional: Legally Blonde (MUNY), Disney's The Little Mermaid (MUNY), RENT (John W. Engeman Theatre), The Hidden Sky (Prospect Theater). Orchestrations and arrangements: What We Do For Love (dir. Hinton Battle), Iron Curtain (Prospect Theater, and Seattle's Village Theater) The Night Before/The Morning After (NY Fringe Festival), Prest-o Changeo (Barringon Stage, 2016), and The Clown Parade (currently available on iTunes).
STEPHEN DeANGELIS (Producer/Host) is thrilled to return to the Theatre-By-the-Sea having produced and hosted the 2018 and 2019 editions of A Broadway Celebration. He also appeared here as an actor earlier in his career. 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 over 1000 Broadway Standbys, Understudies and Alternates since October 2003. He has cast over 3600 network television and radio commercials for Manhattan's leading advertising agencies for such clients as DirecTV, Olive Garden, Red Lobster, E*TRADE, Febreze, Cover Girl, Pantene, Advil, Robitussin, Downy 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. 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 including Musicals Tonight!, York Theatre Company, Queens Theatre in the Park, The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport, The Drama League, Casa Mañana, North Shore Music Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Stage One, Studio Arena Theatre, American Stage Company, GeVa Theatre, Starlight Theatre of Kansas City, the St. Louis Municipal Opera (The MUNY) and Dallas Summer Musicals among others as well as numerous festival showcases, 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, the 25th Anniversary National Tour of Hair and the Off-Broadway production of Bring in the Morning. He is a proud member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and has staged musicals in major theatres across the country in Boston, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Dallas and St. Louis and throughout New York and New England. Throughout his career, Stephen has cast over 100,000 actors across all entertainment platforms. Stephen has been named the Producing Artistic Director of the new Pocono Center for the Arts which will open in late 2021. stephen@ stephendeangeliscasting.com
STEPHEN DeANGELIS (Producer/Host) is thrilled to return to the Theatre-By-the-Sea having produced and hosted the 2018 and 2019 editions of A Broadway Celebration. He also appeared here as an actor earlier in his career. 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 over 1000 Broadway Standbys, Understudies and Alternates since October 2003. He has cast over 3600 network television and radio commercials for Manhattan's leading advertising agencies for such clients as DirecTV, Olive Garden, Red Lobster, E*TRADE, Febreze, Cover Girl, Pantene, Advil, Robitussin, Downy 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. 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 including Musicals Tonight!, York Theatre Company, Queens Theatre in the Park, The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport, The Drama League, Casa Mañana, North Shore Music Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Stage One, Studio Arena Theatre, American Stage Company, GeVa Theatre, Starlight Theatre of Kansas City, the St. Louis Municipal Opera (The MUNY) and Dallas Summer Musicals among others as well as numerous festival showcases, 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, the 25th Anniversary National Tour of Hair and the Off-Broadway production of Bring in the Morning. He is a proud member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and has staged musicals in major theatres across the country in Boston, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Dallas and St. Louis and throughout New York and New England. Throughout his career, Stephen has cast over 100,000 actors across all entertainment platforms. Stephen has been named the Producing Artistic Director of the new Pocono Center for the Arts which will open in late 2021. stephen@ stephendeangeliscasting.com
