Neil Berg's widely acclaimed 100 Years of Broadway, a musical revue of Broadway's most celebrated shows, features a dazzling cast of five Broadway stars accompanied by an all-star New York band is coming to the Fox Theatre on Sunday, November 3 at 3 p.m.; part of the Fifth Third Bank Fox Theatre Series.
Tickets ($19, $27 and $40) go on sale Friday, August 23 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased at
OlympiaEntertainment.com, the Fox Theatre and Joe Louis Arena box offices, Hockeytown Authentics in Troy (without service charge) at all Ticketmaster locations and
Ticketmaster.com. To charge tickets by phone, call (800) 745-3000. For additional information, call (313) 471-6611. Fifth Third Bank Fox Theatre Series season subscription packages and group sales are on sale now. For more information, call (313) 471-3099.
According to San Francisco's KABC radio theater critic, Jerry Friedman, "This revue features some of the best songs from the best Broadway shows, all sung by some of the most talented performers working today singing many of the hit songs that they have sung on Broadway."
100 Years of Broadway recreates the greatest moments from the finest shows of the century featuring the actual stars of shows such as The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, CATS, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Jekyll & Hyde. These amazing performers light up the stage with songs from the hit shows in which they starred.
Neil Berg presents brilliantly revived arrangements of Broadway classics as well as thrilling numbers from Broadway's newest hit shows.
Past productions of this popular show have featured
Betty Buckley,
Liz Callaway,
Ben Vereen, and
Alex Santoriello among others; along with musical director and pianist
Neil Berg. Local cast will be announced at a later date and cast is subject to change based upon possible Broadway and touring developments.
Neil Berg is the composer/lyricist of the hit off-Broadway musical The Prince and the Pauper, which ran for two years at the Lamb's Theater in New York City. The New York Times described it as "...soaring on the wings of theatrical fun." Berg is currently writing the music for the Broadway bound musical Grumpy Old Men, based on the hit film. Two of Berg's new musicals have been selected for the prestigious New York Musical Theater Festival: The Man Who Would Be King, a musical realization of
Rudyard Kipling's novella, and Tim and Scrooge, the sequel to A Christmas Carol.
