Where You Want to Spend Your Summer Vacation: Provincetown's Star-Studded Summer 2015 Season Announced!

Mark Cortale, Producing Artistic Director of The Art House in Provincetown, MA, continues to raise the bar on already superb programming in this idyllic seaside Cape Cod town. Since launching the fledgling Broadway concert-and-interview series in 2011 with artistic partner and series host Seth Rudetsky, the Broadway @ series has become a veritable star-magnet and has exploded beyond picturesque P-Town to launch outposts everywhere from Los Angeles to London. This summer the series expands to encompass both Broadway @ the Art House in its original, intimate theatrical home to the separate and brand new Broadway @ Town Hall concert series in the town's largest venue. Sparked by the success of Kristin Chenoweth's two sold-out concerts last year, the new Broadway @ Town Hall series launches its inaugural full season this summer with a megawatt dream lineup.

Leading off is superstar comedian-actress Rosie O'Donnell, featuring Seth Rudetsky as pianist and host, for one show only on Sunday, May 24 at 9:00 PM. Metropolitan Opera legend Deborah Voigt will star in "Voigt Lessons" by Terrence McNally, Francesca Zambello and Deborah Voigt, with music direction by Kevin Stites and directed by Richard Jay-Alexander, for one show only on Sunday August 2 at 6:30 PM. Tony and Emmy Award winning star Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka, featuring Rudetsky as pianist/host, will perform two shows only August 10th at 6:00 PM and 8:30 PM. History-making Six-time Tony-winner Audra McDonald will perform with special guest Will Swenson, also accompanied by Rudetsky, for one show only on August 24 at 6:30 PM. McDonald will perform in Provincetown on the heels of a Tanglewood engagement in July as well as a Williamstown run in Eugene O'Neill's "A Moon For The Misbegotten" with Will Swenson. Last but not least Tony-winner and "30 Rock" and "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" star Jane Krakowski also joins Rudetsky for one show only on August 30 at 6:30 PM. For Tickets visit www.ptownarthouse.com or call 800-838-3006.

The groundbreaking Broadway @ The Art House series returns to its annual summer home for its fifth season with another stellar lineup of Broadway's brightest stars, each featuring the series' long-time host and Sirius XM radio star Seth Rudetsky at piano, except where otherwise noted. Two Time Tony Nominee and star of Broadway's "Cinderella" Laura Osnes makes her series debut on June 27 and 28 at 7:00 PM. Two-Time Tony-Winner and star of TV Land's new hit series "Younger," Sutton Foster returns to the series on July 3 at 7:00 PM and July 5th at 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM (the star will also be premiering her new art show at A gallery). Star of Broadway, Stand-up Comedy, and TV's "Orange is the New Black" Lea DeLaria performs July 11 and 12 at 7:00 PM. TV's original Star Search winner and Tony-nominated Broadway star Sam Harris returns to the series on July 24 and 25 at 7:00 PM. Cabaret star Roslyn Kind performs with Alex Rybeck at piano and directed by Richard Jay-Alexander on July 31 and Aug 1 at 7:00 PM. Norm Lewis, Tony-nominee for "Porgy and Bess" and star of Broadway's "Phantom of the Opera," will perform August 7 and 8 at 7:00 PM. Broadway and television star Kerry Butler performs August 14 and 15 at 7:00 PM. Cabaret legend and P-town favorite Marilyn Maye returns for her fifth season with Billy Stritch at the piano, on August 25 - 29 at 7:00 PM. Broadway stars Alice Ripley & Emily Skinner who created the roles of Daisy & Violet Hilton in the original production of "Side Show" join forces with Rudetsky on September 1 and 2 at 7:00 PM.

As if that lineup were not impressive enough, The Art House is nothing if not true to its roots and the cultural heritage of its locale. The venue under Cortale's leadership has gained an international reputation for hosting cutting edge comedy and music talent. Memorial Day weekend will kick-off with the one-two punch of Indie Rock star Melissa Ferrick back for her fifth consecutive season with three shows on May 23 at 9:00 PM and May 24 at 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM, and the hysterical brand new drag comedy "Designing Women Meets The Golden Gals" starring Varla Jean Merman and Ryan Landry. Varla Jean, Doyenne of Drag and Provincetown's reigning Queen of Commercial Street, will also debut her brand new solo show "Varla Jean's Big Black Hole" from June 28 through September 7, with Gerald Goode at the piano. Next up, Well-Strung, the singing string quartet return for a fourth consecutive summer to debut their all new show "Summer Lovin'" directed by Richard Jay-Alexander from June 30 through September 2.

RuPaul's Drag Race stars will invade the town all summer long: Drag Race winner Bianca Del Rio will debut her "Rolodex of Hate" for P-town audiences from August 9 through September 3; Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon returns with cohort Major Scales in the all-new show "Jinkx Monsoon's The Inevitable Concert" to run from July 15 through September 18; Drag Race star Courtney Act will present "Boys Like Me" from June 30 to August 20; and Jinkx Monsoon and Peaches Christ will bring their "Return to Grey Gardens" to the venue from August 21 to September 20.

The Art House is Provincetown's premiere entertainment venue and Cape Cod's summer home to top Broadway talent, internationally touring cabaret artists and stand-up comics. The Art House, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Mark Cortale, is the original home to the internationally acclaimed Broadway @ The Art House series hosted by Seth Rudetsky. In its fourth season last summer, the series presented Broadway superstars like Kristin Chenoweth, Megan Hilty, Alice Ripley, Cheyenne Jackson and Gavin Creel. The Broadway @ series also premiered in 2013 in New Orleans, in Australia (Sydney & Melbourne) with Megan Mullally and in London's West End with Patti LuPone at the Leicester Square Theater. This season of 2014-15 in addition to Santa Monica, the series travels to New Orleans @ The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA), Fort Lauderdale @ The Parker Playhouse, San Francisco @ The Nourse Theatre, Dallas @ The Dallas Theater Center, San Antonio @ The Woodlawn Theatre, The Poconos @ The Pocono Community Theatre, Detroit @ The Berman Center for the Performing Arts, Provincetown @ The Art House for its fifth consecutive summer... and at a city near you soon! Additional artists who have participated throughout this season include Vanessa Williams, Chita Rivera, Cheyenne Jackson, Ana Gasteyer, Joanna Gleason and Christine Ebersole. Info at markcortalepresents.com.