Performers Announced for NOMINEE NIGHT at Sidetrack, 5/17

Chicago's best musical theatre performers gather on the same stage for one night only when the 2016 Jeff Award Nominees are honored at Nominee Night, May 17 at 7PM at Sidetrack Video Bar in Lake View, Chicago.

Fourteen performers - nominated in the categories of Best Actor/Actress/Supporting Actor/Supporting Actress in a musical - will be featured including triple Jeff Nominee Chris Logan (Boy from Oz, Pride Films and Plays, Murder Ballad, Bailiwick Chicago, and choreography for The Marvin Hamlisch Songbook, Theo Ubique), and double nominee Emily Goldberg (Loving Repeating, Kokandy Productions, and DogFight, BoHo Theater).

The full list of performers, seen L to R in the attached photo:

• Row 1 Justin Adair, Fugitive Songs, BoHo Theater
• Kyrie Anderson, Blood Brothers, Theo Ubique
• Matt Frye, [title of show], The Brown Paper Box Co.
• Amanda Giles, Loving Repeating, Kokandy
• Row 2 Emily Goldberg, both Loving Repeating and DogFight, BoHo Theater
• Stephanie Hansen, The Marvin Hamlisch Songbook, Theo Ubique
• Carl Herzog, My Way, Theo Ubique
• Amanda Horvath, Murder Ballad, Bailiwick Chicago
• Row 3: Michelle Lauto, Boy from Oz, Pride Films and Plays
• Chris Logan, both Boy from Oz and Murder Ballad
• Courtney Mack, Heathers, Kokandy Productions
• Aubrey McGrath, Rent, Theo Ubique
• Row 4: Tommy Novak, Producers, NightBlue Performing Arts Company
• Jordan Phelps, Blood Brothers, Theo Ubique
• Robert Ollis, musical director
• Gerard Salvador, special Guest Host

Robert Ollis is the music director for the evening, and Gerard Salvador, from the cast of Hazel at Drury Lane OakBrook, is our special emcee!

Pride Films and Plays is partnering with Chicago's own Buzz On Stage for the event.

All proceeds from the evening benefit the New Musical Initiative at Pride Films and Plays, including the upcoming free workshop of Adam Mathias and Jonathan Monro's A History of Summer, the story of Fire Island, at Theatre Wit on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 28 and 29, 2016.

Doors open at 6:30PM, with a musical program from 7:00PM to 8:30PM. General Admission tickets are $20. VIP tickets are sold out.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.BuzzOnStage.com/nominee-night, or just search for "Nominee Night".

Door prize tickets will be available for purchase in person and at www.buzzonstage.com for a chance to win prizes such as theatre tickets, a sunset cruise on Lake Michigan and more.

Sidetrack Video Bar is at 3349 N Halsted St., in Lake View, Chicago. For more information, please call 800-737-0984 or visit www.pridefilmsandplays.com.

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