KISS ME, KATE, BE MORE CHILL, And More Featured At the Sheen Center This Spring

This April The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture presents a line-up of events featuring artists and thought leaders including choreographer Warren Carlyle (Kiss Me Kate, Hello Dolly!), and Paul Gemignani (Kiss Me Kate, Into the Woods); award winning composer/lyricist Joe Iconis (Be More Chill, Broadway Bounty Hunter).

Check out details on the events below:

BACKSTAGE BROADWAY: KISS ME KATE

Monday, April 1 at 7PM in The Loreto Theater

Presented by The Sheen Center

Hosted by Tony-nominated actor, music director, and composer/lyricist Alexander Gemignani, the new Backstage Broadway series offers audiences an inside look into some of Broadway's biggest hits. Through performance and talk with some of Broadway's most respected artists, Gemignani explores the collaborative process and sources of inspiration that ultimately deliver a show to its opening night on the Great White Way.

On April 1, Gemignani will sit down with Kiss Me Kate's Tony Award-winning choreographer Warren Carlyle, Tony Award-winning musical director Paul Gemignani, and dance arranger David Chase for a discussion offering a behind-the-scenes look at the process of bringing this Broadway masterpiece to new life. Company members Preston Truman Boyd, Marissa McGowan, and Christine Cornish Smith will treat The Sheen Center audience to performances of musical numbers from the acclaimed new revival. $20/$30

BACKSTAGE BROADWAY: BE MORE CHILL

Monday, April 15 at 7PM in The Loreto Theater

Presented by The Sheen Center

On April 15, the Sheen Center's new Backstage Broadway series continues when Alexander Gemignani looks at the runaway success of the new musical Be More Chill, which began life as a young adult novel, was converted into a musical that debuted at a regional theater in New Jersey, became a cult phenomenon with teens and young adults when the cast album was released, opened off-Broadway and had a sold-out run, and transferred to Broadway. Guests are stars Will Roland, George Salazar, Stephanie Hsu, and Jason Tam, who will also perform songs from the show, and Joe Iconis ("Smash," The Black Suits, Broadway Bounty Hunter), who wrote the music and lyrics. $30/$40/$50

Visit www.SheenCenter.org for more information about the above events as well as other theater, film, music, poetry, art, and talk events.