Broadway leading lady Rachel York, most recently seen in the world premiere musical Turn of the Century at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, has added several new engagements to her symphony concert schedule. Now through July, the versatile stage, screen, and recording artist will be a guest soloist performing the works of Bernstein, Sondheim, Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber and more with major orchestras across the country.
On April 24, York appears with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra in Broadway Salutes Bernstein and Sondheim. For this concert she is joined by Debbie Gravitte and Doug LaBrecque singing favorites from Sweeney Todd, Company, Follies, and West Side Story. On May 1 and 2, she guest stars with the Utah Symphony in a program called Bravo Broadway. For this concert she, LaBrecque and Lisa Vroman reunite to perform all-time favorites from the Great White Way. Songs include Herman's "Before the Parade Passes By," Porter's "Anything Goes," Flaherty and Ahrens' "Back to Before," and Schwartz's "Defying Gravity." Finally, on July 30, York concludes her tour with a return to the Lake Tahoe Music Festival in California. She and last year's co-star Sal Viviano are back by popular demand to sing a program of Rodgers and Hammerstein favorites with the Reno Philharmonic.York is best known for her Broadway performances in City of Angels, Les Misérables, Victor/Victoria (Drama Desk Award) with Dame Julie Andrews, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Sly Fox with Richard Dreyfuss, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels co-starring Jonathan Pryce. Additionally, York has starred in The Odd Couple with Jason Alexander and Martin Short, the national tour of Camelot (Carbonell Award) opposite Michael York, Putting It Together (Drama Desk Nomination) also with Julie Andrews, the national and London tours of the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Kiss Me, Kate (Helen Hayes Nomination), Dessa Rose at the Lincoln Center Theater (Drama Desk Nomination), Anything Goes (Ovation Nomination), Ragtime, Evita, Summer of '42, Summer and Smoke, and Crucifer of Blood with Billy Crudup.Videos