Nancy Anderson, Isabel Keating & Garrett Long Join Unsung Jimmy Van Heusen Concert, 6/17

By: Jun. 03, 2013
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Drama Desk nominee Nancy Anderson (Far From Heaven, Wonderful Town), Jannie Jones (The Full Monty), Tony Award nominee Isabel Keating (The Boy From Oz, Hairspray), Drama Desk nominee Garrett Long (South Pacific, Bonnie and Clyde) and Jonathan Rayson (The Fig Leaves Are Falling, Legally Blonde) have joined the lineup of acclaimed artists forUnsungMusicalsCo.'s Unsung Jimmy Van Heusen concert on Monday, June 17 at 8pm at The Cutting Room.

UnsungMusicalsCo. (UMC) will launch its new Unsung Cabaret Series with this intimate evening celebrating the centennial of legendary four-time Academy Award-winning and three-time Tony Award-nominated composer Jimmy Van Heusen (Skyscraper,Walking Happy, Thoroughly Modern Millie).

Hosted by two-time Tony Award nominee Tom Wopat (Catch Me If You Can, The Trip to Bountiful, A Catered Affair), Unsung Jimmy Van Heusen will also feature performances by the previously-announced Rachel de Benedet (Catch Me If You Can) and Christine Pedi (Chicago, Forbidden Broadway).

Interspersed with Mr. Van Heusen's signature standards such as "The Tender Trap", "Call Me Irresponsible" and "Moonlight Becomes You", this jazz-filled evening will showcase the little-known gems from his five Broadway musicals and his fabled Johnny Burke & Bing Crosby song series The Flop Parade!

Unsung Jimmy Van Heusen will be directed by UMC artistic director Ben West (The Fig Leaves Are Falling, At Home Abroad) with musical direction and arrangements by Benet Braun (The Fig Leaves Are Falling) and lighting design by Joe Hodge (The Fig Leaves Are Falling, Make Mine Manhattan).

Tickets ($30 general admission, with limited premium seating available for $60) are available by visiting www.ticketfly.com.

The Cutting Room is located at 44 East 32nd Street in New York City.

For more information, visit www.UnsungMusicals.org.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride


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