Barrett Foa Signs On to October 3rd Avenue Q Swings! Concert
By: BWW News Desk Sep. 24, 2005
Barrett Foa has been added to the star-studded cast of Avenue Q Swings!, which will be performed at Birdland (315 West 44 Street, NYC) on Monday, October 3rd at 7 PM.Avenue Q Swings! will be reprised following a sold-out June fundraiser for the Greenwich House Music School. The musical extravaganza will feature very special guest stars singing songs from the Tony Award-winning musical, Avenue Q
in jazz, classical and other surprising arrangements. At press time,
the cast includes Broadway performers Ann Harada (Avenue Q), Stephanie D'Abruzzo (Avenue Q),
Christian Anderson (Rent), Karen Mason (Mamma Mia!, Sunset Boulevard) and Christine Pedi (Forbidden Broadway). The musical director and arranger of the show will be
composer Mary Ann McSweeney, who plays bass each night in the Avenue Q orchestra on Broadway.Foa currently plays Princeton and Rod in Avenue Q, and has also performed as a swing in the original cast of Mamma Mia! Other credits include the Actors' Fund benefit concert of Chess, off-Broadway productions of Cupid and Psyche, John and Paul and Godspell, and regional stagings of Camelot, Much Ado About Nothing, The Fantasticks, Gypsy and Children of Eden.
Avenue Q Swings! will be a benefit for the Jazz Foundation of America and the New Orleans Musicians' Clinic,
both of which have been helping musicians affected by Hurricane Katrina
find temporary and permanent housing, free healthcare, musical
instruments and most importantly, employment. There is a $25 cover and $10 food/drink minimum for Avenue Q Swings! For reservations, call 212-581-3080 or visit www.instantseats.com/birdland1
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