The Broadway at Birdland partnership with multi-Grammy and Tony nominated composer
Frank Wildhorn continues with another "Frank & Friends" concert tonight, February 4 at 7pm. The series of very special one-night-only concerts celebrates the songs and favorite performers from the composer's wide range of work in popular, theatrical and classical music. All profits will go to The Actors Fund, anationwide human services organization that helps all professionals in the performing arts and entertainment.
Multi-Grammy and Tony Award nominated composer/producer
Frank Wildhorn's works span the worlds of popular, theatrical, and classical music. In 1999, Frank became the first American composer in 22 years to have three shows running simultaneously on Broadway:
Jekyll & Hyde, The
Scarlet Pimpernel, The Civil War. Also for Broadway:
Dracula,
Victor/Victoria,
Wonderland, and
Bonnie & Clyde (Tony Award nominated for Best Score). Frank produced
Harlem Song at the famed
Apollo Theatre. International:
Cyrano,
The Count of Monte Cristo,
Carmen,
Rudolf,
Mitsuko,
Never Say Goodbye,
Camille Claudel, and
Tears of Heaven. Frank served as music director for the Goodwill Games in New York City (1998). He wrote the song "Gold", the opening number for the 2002 Winter Olympics. He received the prestigious
Charles Dickens Award from USC, where there is a scholarship under his name. Among the artists who have recorded and performed Frank's works:
Whitney Houston (#1 international hit "Where Do Broken Hearts Go?"),
Natalie Cole, Kenny Rogers,
Sammy Davis, Jr.,
Liza Minnelli,
Julie Andrews, Hootie & the Blowfish, The Moody Blues,
Johnny Mathis,
Linda Eder,
FrEddie Jackson, Trisha Yearwood, Stacy Lattisaw, Molly Hatchet, Blues Traveler, Trace Adkins, Patti LaBelle, Jeffrey Osborne, BeBe Winans, Amy Grant, Anthony Warlow, to name a few
The Actors Fund is a national human services organization that helps everyone - performers and those behind the scenes - who works in performing arts and entertainment, helping more than 12,000 people directly each year, and hundreds of thousands online. Serving professionals in film, theatre, television, music, opera, radio and dance, The Fund's programs include social services and emergency assistance, health care and insurance, housing, and employment and training services. With offices in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, The Actors Fund has - for nearly 130 years - been a safety net for those in need, crisis or transition.
"Frank & Friends"
Monday, February 4 at 7pm
Birdland, 315 West 44 Street, NYC
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