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MCC THEATER'S 'MISCAST 2014' ADDS JEREMY JORDAN, BILLY PORTER & MORE

Posted by:	Official_Press_Release 01:21 pm EDT 03/17/14

NEW PERFORMERS ANNOUNCED BILLY PORTER, JEREMY JORDAN, MEGAN HILTY & RAUL ESPARZA ADDED TO MCC THEATER’S ANNUAL GALA “MISCAST 2014” HONORING AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS ALLISON JANNEY JOINING PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED ZOSIA MAMET, ANIKA NONI ROSE, LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA, STEVEN PASQUALE, SASHA ALLEN, KEALA SETTLE & NICOLE PARKER HOSTED BY VICTOR GARBER TICKETS ON SALE NOW ONLINE AUCTION NOW LIVE MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey and William Cantler, Artistic Directors; Blake West, Executive Director) is thrilled to announce that the annual Miscast 2014 gala has added Billy Porter, Jeremy Jordan, Megan Hilty, and Raul Esparza as performers, joining the previously announced Zosia Mamet, Christian Borle, Anika Noni Rose, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Steven Pasquale, Jesse L. Martin, Sasha Allen, Keala Settle, and Nicole Parker. Phil Reno will serve as Musical Director. Additional performers will be announced at a later date. Miscast 2014 will be held Monday, March 31, 2014 at The Hammerstein Ballroom (311 West 34th Street). The evening will begin with a cocktail hour and gala dinner followed by the Miscast performances. Gala and show-only tickets are now on sale at www.mcctheater.org. “The year’s funniest revue!” – The Huffington Post “One of The Year’s Most Galvanizing Theater Moments!” – The New York Times An online auction is also underway at: www.charitybuzz.com/mcctheater. Among the items available for bid: walk-on roles in the Broadway hits Kinky Boots, All the Way, Beautiful, and The Bridges of Madison County; a singing cameo in Motown the Musical; individual lunches with Jonathan Groff, Christian Borle, Jesse L. Martin and Keegan Allen. Up-and-coming performers may want to bid on: a private dance lesson with Tony® Award winning choreographer Jerry Mitchell; a private session with Bernie Telsey; or an audition coaching session with a top Broadway casting agent and a legendary Broadway performer, among many others; among many others. MCC Theater's annual Miscast gala is one of the most exciting and unique theater events in town. Broadway’s hottest stars perform songs from roles in which they would never be cast. For a video recapping last year’s Miscast, click here. Miscast 2014 will feature musical performances from: Zosia Mamet, star of HBO’s “Girls” and last season’s hit MCC production Really Really; Tony® Award winner Billy Porter, star of the Broadway smash Kinky Boots; Tony® Award nominee Jeremy Jordan, who will next be seen in the film adaptation of The Last Five Years opposite Anna Kendrick; Tony® Award winner Anika Noni Rose, soon to be seen in Broadway’s A Raisin in the Sun; Tony® Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer of In the Heights; Tony® Award nominee Raul Esparza, notably of Company and Taboo; Steven Pasquale of FX’s “Rescue Me” and currently starring in Broadway’s The Bridges of Madison County; stage and screen star Megan Hilty of NBC’s “Smash”; NBC’s “The Voice” finalist and stage actress Sasha Allen; Tony® Award nominee Keala Settle, currently seen in the Broadway revival of Les Miserables; and “Mad TV” and Wicked star Nicole Parker. As previously announced, this year’s Miscast gala will honor award-winning actress Allison Janney. Ms. Janney will be celebrated for her bold, daring, risk-taking spirit and for her extraordinary career on stage, in film, and on television, including memorable roles in the Oscar-winning films American Beauty, The Help, and Juno, among many others, and her unforgettable work on NBC’s “The West Wing” and new hit CBS sitcom “Mom.” Her history with MCC Theater dates back two decades, including a main stage appearance in Alan Ball’s Five Women Wearing the Same Dress in 1993, Annie Evans’ I Can’t Stop Thinking Today, and MCC’s early play marathons. The evening will be hosted by theater veteran and film star Victor Garber, returning as host for the second year in a row. Proceeds from Miscast 2014 will, as always, support MCC Theater’s mission to develop and produce exciting work Off-Broadway, as well as its Youth Company and partnerships with New York City public high schools, and MCC’s literary development work with emerging playwrights. For ticket and table information, visit www.mcctheater.org/galamiscast_tickets.html. To purchase gala tickets, which begin at $600, please contact Kathryn Banas at (212) 727-7722, ext. 232 or via email at kbanas@mcctheater.org. Mezzanine level show-only tickets begin at $79 and are available for purchase beginning on January 28th at 10:00a.m. via OvationTix – (212) 352-3101. The schedule for the evening is as follows: 6:30 p.m. Cocktails and Silent Auction 7:30 p.m. Dinner and Honoree Celebration 8:45 p.m. Miscast 2014 Revue Last year, Miscast 2013 honored Tony® Award winner Judith Light. Hosted by Victor Garber, the roster of performers included Tony® Award winners Christian Borle, Jane Krakowski, and LaChanze; Tony® Award nominees Jonathan Groff and Jeremy Jordan; and Broadway stars Sierra Boggess, Cheyenne Jackson, Michael Mandell, and Nicole Parker. Performers from past years include: Kelli O'Hara, Norbert Leo Butz, Brian D'Arcy James and many others. Special guests have included Julianna Margulies, Andy Cohen, Charles Busch, Helen Mirren, Lewis Black, Chris Noth, Edward Albee, Kathleen Turner, Jerry Stiller, Mo Rocca, Isaac Mizrahi, and many more. MCC is proud to announce that Viceroy New York is the Official Hotel Sponsor of Miscast 2014. Currently onstage: the Off-Broadway premiere of Robert Askins’ Hand to God, directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel and starring Steven Boyer, reprising his Obie Award-winning performance, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, which began on February 19, 2014 and opened to rave reviews on March 10, 2014 and runs through March 30th. MCC Theater - founded in 1986 as Manhattan Class Company - is driven by a mission to provoke conversations that have never happened and otherwise never would. Led by Artistic Directors Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, and William Cantler, and Executive Director Blake West, MCC fulfills its mission by producing new work that challenges artists and rewards audiences, and by nurturing the development of playwrights and students through a variety of literary and education programs that enable nearly 1,200 New York City high school students to find – and use – their own unique voice each year through the creation and performance of original theater pieces. MCC currently produces its annual season at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street) and will open its own two-theater complex on West 52nd Street and 10th Avenue in 2016. Notable productions include Small Engine Repair; The Other Place; Really Really; The Submission, winner of the inaugural Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award for new American plays; The Pride; Fifty Words; Nixon's Nixon; The Grey Zone; the Tony Award-winning Frozen; the Pulitzer Prize-winning Wit; the re-imagined production of the musical Carrie; and eight plays by Playwright-in-Residence Neil LaBute, including Fat Pig, Reasons to Be Pretty and last season’s hit Reasons to Be Happy.

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