"Fractured Broadway 2" produced by Ronn Goswick, Executive Producer and Director of the Valley Musical Theatre (which just completed its second year of operation), was a sold-out success on June 11, 2007 at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood, CA. Joining forces, the Los Angeles theatre community packed the historic 354 seat El Portal to support the Valley Musical Theatre's upcoming 2008-2009 programming season and its continuing educational work program with the L.A. Unified School District to present the arts to their schools by bringing students to the theatre for a "free" performance of shows presented by the Valley Musical Theatre.
The 90 minute spectacular, with musical direction by Los Angeles Ovation Award winner Gerald Sternbach, featured 35 theatre stars performing roles in which they would never, ever be cast. Among the performers were Kristoffer Cusick (co-starring as "Fiyero" in the current Los Angeles production of Wicked; a role he also performed on Broadway and in Chicago); Chad Doreck (from NBC's hit 2007 series "Grease: You're the One That I Want"); Broadway stars Kevin Earley (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Les Miserables), Christina Saffran Ashford (Singin' in the Rain, A Chorus Line, Drood, The Music Man), Tony Award nominee Brian Lane Green (for Broadway's Starmites, plus co-star of Broadway's Big River and The Life), and Ruth Williamson (La Cage Aux Folles, The Music Man, Little Me, Guys and Dolls, Annie). Two-time Emmy Award winner Bruce Vilanch (one of the entertainment industry's most sought after jokesmiths who also starred as Edna Turnblad in the national tour of Hairspray) and Emmy nominee and television and film star Adrian Zmed ("T.J. Hooker," Passions, Grease 2, Bachelor Party, The Final Terror) also lent their unique talents to the evening. Los Angeles musical theatre stars Leslie Margherita (cast as Paris Hilton singing "If I Only Had a Brain") and Joan Ryan (singing a medley of "This is The Moment" and "Being Alive") were two of many highlights during the evening.Visit www.valleymusicaltheatre.com for more information.
Photos by Ed Krieger
Gerald Sternbach and guest Henry Pollic
Mark W. Smith and Kevin Earley
Chad Doreck (right) and performers
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