Westport Country Playhouse Presents The Broadway Boys' Holiday Concert

Westport/Weston Natives Justin Paul, Dan Asher, Drew McKeon and Jeremy Goldsmith in Band: The Broadway Boys' Holiday Concert at Westport Country Playhouse

The Broadway Boys, a collection of the hottest male voices currently working on the New York stage, will present a concert of Broadway and holiday favorites, on Saturday, December 18, 8 p.m. and Sunday, December 19, 3 p.m., at Westport Country Playhouse.
Through their dynamic vocal prowess and redefining arrangements, The Broadway Boys add elements of pop, funk, gospel, jazz and folk to show tunes, classic pop and holiday songs and explore harmonies rarely presented by Broadway singers.
Their concert repertoire will include holiday songs such as "Hark!," "Little Drummer Boy" and "All I Want for Christmas," and Broadway show tunes including "Defying Gravity" from "Wicked."

A special event will be offered at the Saturday evening performance. In partnership with Norwalk's Triangle Community Center, The Playhouse will present "LGBT Night Out at The Playhouse," for members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities and allies. The evening will feature a pre-show cocktail party at 6:30 p.m., followed by a performance of The Broadway Boys at 8 p.m. For information on this special event, contact 203.227.5137 x 116 or email marketing@westportplayhouse.org

In addition, a Playhouse 80th anniversary post-performance reception will be on Sunday, December 19, following the 3 p.m. concert. Tickets are $80 and include a premier seat. To reserve 80th anniversary reception tickets, contact 203.227.5137 x 138 or email mmoorlach@westportplayhouse.org
The Broadway Boys were created in 2005 to play a single night at a club in New York City. The overwhelming response forced the club to bring the boys back again for another sold-out evening. Realizing that this group had serious growth potential, The Broadway Boys decided to focus and develop their product into the "symphony of sound" that they have become.
Three members of The Broadway Boys' band are Westport natives: Justin Paul, musical director and keyboard accompanist; Dan Asher, bassist; and Drew McKeon, drummer; and a fourth is a Weston native: Jeremy Goldsmith, guitar.
Broadway Boys board of trustees production partner is Darlene Krenz. 2010 holiday special events sponsor is Hearst Media Services; corporate partner is Pitney Bowes.

In addition to The Broadway Boys on December 18 and 19, The Playhouse's December 2010 events include "The Nutcracker," a holiday ballet presented by Ballet Etudes, on Saturday and Sunday, December 4 and 5; "Seasons" with Tracie Thoms, a concert, on Friday, December 10; "The Clowns and Mr. Beckett," an evening with Bill Irwin and Doug Skinner, on Saturday, December 11; "Season's Greetings," a family festivities afternoon, on Sunday, December 12; and "The Greatest Gift," a Script in Hand playreading with music, on Monday, December 13.
Tickets are $40 and $30. For more information or ticket purchases, call the box office at (203) 227-4177, or toll-free at 1-888-927-7529, or visit 25 Powers Court, off Route 1, Westport. Tickets may be purchased online at www.westportplayhouse.org.

About The Playhouse

Westport Country Playhouse, a not-for-profit theater, serves as a treasured home for the performing arts and is a cultural landmark for Connecticut. Under the artistic direction of Mark Lamos and management direction of Michael Ross, The Playhouse creates quality productions of new and classic plays that enlighten, enrich and engage a diverse community of theater lovers, artists and students. The Playhouse's rich history dates back to 1931, when New York theater producer Lawrence Langner created a Broadway-quality stage within an 1830s tannery. The Playhouse quickly became an established stop on the New England "straw hat circuit" of summer stock theaters. Now celebrating its 80th season, Westport Country Playhouse has produced more than 700 plays, 36 of which later transferred to Broadway, most recently the world premiere of "Thurgood" and a revival of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" with Paul Newman, and in earlier years "Come Back, Little Sheba" with Shirley Booth, "The Trip to Bountiful" with Lillian Gish, and "Butterflies Are Free" with Keir Dullea and Blythe Danner. For its artistic excellence, The Playhouse received a 2005 Governor's Arts Award and a 2000 "Connecticut Treasure" recognition. It was also designated as an Official Project of Save America's Treasures by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and is entered on the Connecticut State Register of Historic Places. Following a multi-million dollar renovation completed in 2005, The Playhouse transformed into a year-round, state-of-the-art producing theater, which has preserved its original charm and character. In addition to a full season of theatrical productions, The Playhouse serves as a community resource, presenting educational programming and workshops; a children's theater series; symposiums; music; films; and readings.

The Playhouse's 81st anniversary season will offer comedies and dramas from April through October, including "Beyond Therapy," a wicked, and wickedly funny, look at the days and nights of the young and single, written by comic master Christopher Durang and directed by Tony Award winner John Rando, April 26 - May 14; "The Circle," the scintillating comedy of manners, written by W. Somerset Maugham and directed by Nicholas Martin, June 7 - June 25; "Lips Together, Teeth Apart," a perceptive comedy about people struggling against their limitations, written by Terrence McNally and directed by Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director, July 12 - July 30; "Suddenly Last Summer," the poetic, sensual and evocative drama, written by Tennessee Williams and directed by David Kennedy, Playhouse associate artistic director, August 23 - September 10; and "Twelfth Night, or What You Will," the beguiling comedy/romance, written by William Shakespeare and directed by Mark Lamos, October 11 - October 29.

For more information or ticket purchases, call the box office at (203) 227-4177, or toll-free at 1-888-927-7529, or visit 25 Powers Court, off Route 1, Westport. Tickets may be purchased online at www.westportplayhouse.org. Stay connected to The Playhouse on Facebook (Westport Country Playhouse) and/or follow on Twitter (@WCPlayhouse).