Colm Wilkinson Performs at the Kimmel Center on June 11th

By: BWW News Desk May. 24, 2005

Colm Wilkinson will perform at the Kimmel Center's Verizon Hall in Philadelphia on June 11th at 8 PM.

Wilkinson originated the role of Jean Valjean in both the London and Broadway productions of Les Miserables, and also created the role of the Phantom in the Sydmonton workshop of The Phantom of the Opera; he would star in the show in Toronto for four and a half years, and won two Dora Mavor Moore Awards for his performances in the two roles. A concert and recording artist, he sang the title role(s) in the Highlight album of Frank Wildhorn's Jekyll and Hyde and the many albums on which he has sung include his solos Stage Heroes and Some of My Best Friends Are Songs.

As described on its website, the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts "includes Verizon Hall, Perelman Theater, Innovation Studio and the Merck Arts Education Center. Kimmel Center, Inc. also manages the Academy of Music, owned by the Philadelphia Orchestra Association. The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts and the Academy of Music serve as home to eight Resident Company performing arts organizations, including The Philadelphia Orchestra, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ballet, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, American Theater Arts for Youth, PHILADANCO, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and Peter Nero and the Philly Pops®. Kimmel Center, Inc.'s mission also includes arts in education, community outreach and a rich diversity of programming through its Kimmel Center Presents and Citizens Bank Broadway at the Academy series of performances."

For more information, visit www.colmwilkinson.com or www.kimmelcenter.org

Tickets to Colm Wilkinson's concert can be ordered through http://www.kimmelcenter.org/events/event.php?event=10445. or by phone at (215) 893-1999.

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