Liz Callaway, Kevin Kern, et al. Set for 'Love Changes Everything: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber' 7/8-14

Experience a spectacular night of song and dance when Pittsburgh CLO presents Love Changes Everything, July 8-14 at the Benedum Center. Highlighted by a magnificent orchestra and a full company of singers and dancers, this dynamic production will feature songs from the emotionally-charged scores of The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Evita, Variations and many more in a celebration of one of the world's most accomplished composers, Andrew Lloyd Webber. Tickets are available at pittsburghclo.org, by calling 412-456-6666 or visiting the Box Office at Theater Square.

ABOUT THE CAST & PRODUCTION STAFF
Liz Callaway (Female Vocalist) is a Broadway veteran making her Pittsburgh CLO debut. Her impressive list of credits include: Cats, Baby (Tony® Award Nomination), Miss Saigon, Merrily We Roll Along, The Three Musketeers and The Look of Love. She also starred in the off-Broadway production of The Spitfire Grill, for which she received a Drama Desk Nomination. Her list of television and film credits include: Ready to Go (Emmy Award), Inside the Actor's Studio: Sondheim, Anastasia, The Swan Princess and Aladdin. Ms. Callaway's solo recording albums are: "Passage of Time," "The Story Goes On," "Anywhere I Wander," "The Beat Goes On," "Sibling Revelry" and "Boom!"(with Ann Hampton Callaway).

Franc D'Ambrosio (Male Vocalist) is returning to Pittsburgh CLO after his thrilling performance in Pittsburgh CLO's production of Barry Manilow's Copacabana in 2000. He has toured successfully since 2004 in his one-man shows Broadway, Hollywood and I'll Be Seein' YOUNZ...A Bronx Boys Musical Perspective of WWII. This multifaceted vocalist's resumé also includes six years as the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway; an Academy Award nominated film, The Godfather III; three Emmy award nominated television shows; two Grammy considerations and a National Theatre Award nomination.

Kevin Kern (Male Vocalist) makes his Benedum Center debut after starring on Broadway in WICKED, The Wedding Singer and Les Miserables. He also appeared in the West End production of Hair. Mr. Kern's additional credits include the pre-Broadway presentation of 9 to 5: The Musical in Los Angeles and the National Tour of Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber as well as off-Broadway appearances in Next to Normal, Finians Rainbow and the original company of Altar Boyz.

Laurie Gayle Stephenson (Female Vocalist) made her Broadway debut in The Secret Garden and starred for two years in The Phantom of the Opera. She toured the U.S. singing opposite Michael Crawford in the original Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber in Concert and has sung with major symphonies across the country, including The National Symphony at the Kennedy Center with Marvin Hamlisch; Phantom in Concert with the late Skitch Henderson; The Royal Philharmonic in London's West End Palladium, as well as The Bolshoi Symphony In Moscow. She can currently be heard on "Bravo Broadway" I and II, as well as her solo recordings of "Till You Find Your Dream" and "I Believe My Heart." Love Changes Everything will also be her Pittsburgh CLO debut.

Love Changes Everything is complete with an exceptional ensemble including: Aliane Baquerot, Michael Campayno, Corey Cott, Jason Lee Garret, Ashley Park, Alison Rose, Mike Schwitter and Lauren Zapko.

Louanne Madorma (Director/Choreographer) has amassed an extensive list of choregraphy credits including: BRATZ Passion 4 Fashion World Premiere Tour, Jesus Christ Superstar National Tour, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat National Tour, Starlight Express US and UK National Tours, Love Changes Everything; The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Angry Housewives, Peter Pan; Washington Performing Arts Center, Evita National Commercial, Saturday Night Fever National Commercial and the Starlight Express National Commercial. Artistic Supervision / Project Development: National Tours of: Evita, Cats Thoroughly Modern Millie, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar and Fiddler on the Roof.
THE ORIGINAL CREATIVE TEAM
Andrew Lloyd Webber (Composer) is an English composer who has written 13 musicals, two movie scores, a song cycle, a set of variations and a Requiem. Many of his musicals have also run for more than a decade on Broadway and the West End, but his success in composition can best be measured by the recognition that he has received including seven Tony Awards®, seven Oliviers, a Golden Globe®, an Oscar®, two International Emmy® Awards, the Praemium Imperiale, the Richard Rogers Award, a knighthood in 1992 and was made an honorary life peer shortly thereafter. Now he is the owner of The Really Useful Group, which is one of the largest theater companies in London, and owns seven London theaters including Drury Lane and the London Palladium. The New York Times has called Andrew Lloyd Webber "the most commercially successful composer in history."

TICKETS FOR LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING
Tickets for Love Changes Everything start at $27 and are available online at pittsburghCLO.org, by calling 412-456-6666 or at the Box Office at Theater Square. Special discounts and packages are available for groups. Groups of 10 or more may call 412-325-1582.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE FOR LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING:

July 8
Friday
8pm

July 9
Saturday
2pm & 8pm

July 10
Sunday
2pm & 7:30pm

July 12
Tuesday
8pm

July 13
Wednesday
8pm

July 14
Thursday
8pm

Pittsburgh CLO gratefully acknowledges the generosity of BNY Mellon for its sponsorship of Love Changes Everything. Pittsburgh CLO is also proud to recognize our Season Sponsors: American Airlines, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and WTAE-TV.

 

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