Press Release
September 9, 2008
Ultimate Broadway Center Pops Concert - Saturday, September 20
San Diego Chamber Orchestra at the California Center for the Arts
The San Diego Chamber Orchestra will continue the wildly successful Center Pops
Concert
series at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido , with its
Ultimate Broadway concert on Saturday, September 20, at 4:00 p.m. The performance will feature the best from legendary geniuses Rodgers and Hammerstein and Andrew Lloyd Webber.the greatest hits of Broadway!
The repertoire:
The genius of Rodgers and Hammerstein
Carousel: The Carousel Waltz
South Pacific: There Is Nothin' Like a Dame
South Pacific: A Wonderful Guy
South Pacific: Some Enchanted Evening
The King and I: I Have Dreamed
The King and I: Shall We Dance?
Flower Drum Song: I Enjoy Being a Girl
Allegro: A Fellow Needs a Girl
Cinderella: Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?
Oklahoma !: The Surrey With the Fringe On Top
Oklahoma !: People Will Say We're In Love
Oklahoma !: Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'
Oklahoma !: Oklahoma!
The best of Andrew Lloyd Weber
Evita: Don't Cry for Me Argentina (Evita Suite)
Starlight Express: Starlight Sequence
Cats: Jellicle Ball
Cats: Memory
Sunset Boulevard: Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard: With One Look
Phantom of the Opera: All I Ask Of You
Phantom of the Opera: Music Of the Night
Aspects of Love: Love Changes Everything
The concert will feature three fabulous New York Broadway singers: Soprano Susan Egan, Tenor Sal Viviano and Bass Michael Maguire.
Susan Egan, Soprano
Susan starred in Broadway as Thoroughly Modern Millie , won critical acclaim as Broadway's (longest-running) Sally Bowles in Cabaret and received a Tony Award and Drama Desk nominations for Best Actress as the original Belle in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. She has also appeared in film and television.
Sal Viviano, Tenor
Sal, a former high school teacher, began his career opening for the comedy greats of the last generation in Chicago . Moving east, he made his Broadway debut in The Three Musketeers , followed by starring roles in several Broadway hits, most recently as Billy Flynn in Chicago . He has also appeared in film and television.
Michael Maguire, Bass
Michael, a former successful broker on Wall Street, won a Tony Award and other awards for his portrayal of Enjolras in Les Miserables, and was featured on the cover of Newsweek. He was a member of the "Dream Cast" of Les Miserables that was broadcast on PBS and around the world. He has also starred in several roles with the New York City Opera and has sung with over two hundred symphonies.
Tickets are available through California Center for the Arts, Escondido : 800-988-4253 or online at www.artcenter.org .
This concert generously supported by Jean and Bob Will.
Photos of the guest artists are available ( marketing@sdco.org ). For information about Jean and Bob Will or the California Center for the Arts, contact Erika Uhling ( EUlring@ci.escondido.ca.us , 760-839-4147).
