| Playbill & The Broadway League present ¡VIVA BROADWAY! HEAR OUR VOICES | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 10:58 am EDT 08/27/20 | |
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| Playbill & The Broadway League present ¡VIVA BROADWAY! HEAR OUR VOICES IN CELEBRATION OF LATINX HERITAGE MONTH PROCEEDS FROM THE CONCERT WILL SUPPORT BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS AND BROADWAY BRIDGES HOSTED BY DRAMA DESK AWARD WINNER ANDRÉA BURNS DIRECTED & CHOREOGRAPHED BY TONY AWARD WINNER SERGIO TRUJILLO FEATURING APPEARANCES BY LUCIE ARNAZ,GLORIA ESTEFAN, JOHN LEGUIZAMO, LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA, LUIS MIRANDA, CHITA RIVERA AND THALÍA AND PERFORMANCES FROM MELISSA BARRERA, JAIME CAMIL, ARIANA DEBOSE, ROBIN DE JESÚS, RAÚL ESPARZA, MANDY GONZALEZ, RAÚL GONZALEZ, IVAN HERNANDEZ, MAURICIO MARTINEZ, BIANCA MARROQUÍN, KAREN OLIVO, SHEREEN PIMENTEL, DAPHNE RUBIN-VEGA, ANGÉLICA VALE, ANA VILLAFAÑE ANDMEMBERS OF THE ORIGINAL CAST OF IN THE HEIGHTS THURSDAY OCTOBER 1, 2020 at 8PM ET ON PLAYBILL.COM (August 27, 2020-New York, NY) Playbill and The Broadway League are proud to present ¡Viva Broadway! Hear Our Voices, a digital concert in celebration of Latinx Heritage Month, as well as Latinx milestones in theatre, featuring an extraordinary roster of award-winning stage and screen Latinx talent. Hosted by Andréa Burns (In the Heights, On Your Feet!),the concert will premiere on Playbill.com, Playbill's YouTube Channel and on The Broadway League's website (Viva.Broadway) on Thursday October 1, 2020 at 8PM ET and remain available for viewing until Monday October 5 at 8PM ET. ¡Viva Broadway! Hear Our Voices will salute the vibrant, lasting legacy that Latinx artists have contributed and continue to give to Broadway and the entire theatre community while showcasing Latinx talent in an effort to continue to increase representation throughout the industry. Directed and choreographed by Olivier and Tony Award-winning director/choreographer Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys, Ain't Too Proud), this theatrical event will feature appearances by a roster of award winners and nominees, including Lucie Arnaz, Gloria Estefan, John Leguizamo, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Luis Miranda, Chita Rivera and Thalía. The event will include a performance from members of the original cast of In the Heights, including Karen Olivo, Andréa Burns, Janet Dacal, Olga Merediz, Carlos Gomez and Luis Salgado; as well as performances from Broadway-bound musicals and new works including John Leguizamo's Kiss My Aztec; Arrabal; Passing Through; and a look at the first Spanish-language production of A Chorus Line. Additional performers for the concert include Melissa Barrera (In the Heights film), Jaime Camil ("Jane the Virgin"), Florencia Cuenca (A Never Ending Line), Ariana DeBose (Summer: The Donna Summer Musical), Robin de Jesús (The Boys in the Band), Raúl Esparza (Company), Mandy Gonzalez (Hamilton), Raúl Gonzalez ("¡Despierta América!"), Ivan Hernandez (Dear Evan Hansen), Mauricio Martinez (On Your Feet!), Bianca Marroquín (Chicago), Shereen Pimentel (West Side Story), Daphne Rubin-Vega (Rent, Anna in the Tropics), Philippa Stefani (On Your Feet!), Angélica Vale ("La Fea Más Bella") and Ana Villafañe (On Your Feet!). ¡Viva Broadway! is produced by Jack Noseworthy, written by Eric Ulloa, and features arrangements and music direction by Jaime Lozano, sound design by Jorge Muelle and Jessica Paz, and instrumentals by national and international musicians including Tony Award winner Alex Lacamoire, Oscar Hernandez and Michelle Rodriguez & Julio Copello. Luis Salgado is the associate director/choreographer. Viva Broadway is The Broadway League's national audience development partnership with the Latinx community that helps bridge the world of Broadway with Latinx audiences across the country. Proceeds from the concert will support Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Broadway Bridges. Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS ( broadwaycares.org) helps provide healthy meals, lifesaving medication and emergency assistance at social service organizations supporting Latinx communities in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, DC, as well as championing Broadway's own R.Evolución Latina. VIP donor opportunities available at broadwaycares.org/vivabroadway . Broadway Bridges® (BroadwayBridges.org) mission is to give every New York City public high school student the chance to see a Broadway show before graduation. Broadway Bridges is a program of The Broadway League in partnership with the NYC Department of Education's Office of Arts and Special Projects and the United Federation of Teachers. It represents Broadway's commitment to New York City, its students, and Broadway's future audience and workforce. ABOUT THE BROADWAY LEAGUE The Broadway League (Charlotte St. Martin, President), founded in 1930, is the national trade association for the Broadway industry. The League's 700-plus members include theatre owners and operators, producers, presenters, and general managers who present in nearly 200 markets in North America. Each year, League members bring Broadway to nearly 30 million people in New York and on tour across the U.S. and Canada. The Broadway League has recently added a new category for International membership to collaborate with professionals from around the world who produce and present Broadway quality theatre. The Broadway League annually co-presents the Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards®, one of the most coveted awards in the entertainment industry. Key League programs and resources include: Kids' Night on Broadway®, The Jimmy Awards®, Stars in the Alley®, Internet Broadway Database® (ibdb.com), Broadway.org, SpotlightonBroadway.com, Commercial Theater Institute (with Theatre Development Fund), as well as numerous conferences and forums for our members. Broadway Bridges®, with the support of the New York City Department of Education, is aimed at giving every New York City public high school student the opportunity to see a Broadway show before graduation. Careers.Broadway is a one-stop resource for anyone who wants to know what to do, where to look, and how to build a career on Broadway. TheatreAccess.NYC (co-produced with TDF) is the one-stop website of accessible Broadway performances for theatregoers with disabilities. Broadway.org is the League's official on-line headquarters for Broadway in NYC, on tour, and internationally. For more information visit BroadwayLeague.com or follow @BroadwayLeague on Twitter and visit us at Facebook.com/BroadwayLeague. Follow @Broadway on Instagram for more Broadway content. ABOUT PLAYBILL Since 1884, Playbill has been the exclusive publication for Broadway and Off-Broadway theatregoers, providing complete cast and production credits for each show, as well as features and interviews highlighting the many voices that make up the theatre community. Playbill proudly serves New York's most prominent performing arts venues, including multiple venues at Lincoln Center (Lincoln Center Theater, the Metropolitan Opera House, David Geffen Hall, Alice Tully Hall, David H. Koch Theater) and Carnegie Hall; as well as theatres across the country, including the Hollywood Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles and the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. Over the past 25 years Playbill has expanded beyond a print magazine and established itself as a trusted name in the theatre industry, offering audiences new ways to connect to Broadway and Off-Broadway around the world via Playbill.com. With over 3 million unique visitors, Playbill.com is the preeminent site for theatre news, features, videos, and streaming, delivering high-quality, original content to audiences everywhere. Over the past two decades, Playbill has also launched PlaybillStore.com, the one stop Broadway shop for theatre fans, carrying the official souvenir merchandise of Playbill and Broadway shows; PLAYBILLder, which allows school and community theatre productions around the world to build their very own Broadway quality Playbill program; Playbill Vault, a comprehensive online database of Broadway history that provides records of Broadway productions from 1930 to the present; and Playbill Travel, which takes travelers and Broadway royalty around the globe to experience the sights, sounds and tastes of the world's finest cultures, while offering world-class concerts at night. FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.Playbill.com |
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