Peter Nero News

Encore Series, Inc./Peter Nero and the Philly Pops® elected five new members to its Board of Directors at its Annual Meeting on Wednesday, August 19, 2009. D. Walter Cohen, D.D.S., of Philadelphia, PA, began his tenure as chairman of the Board immediately following the Annual Meeting. Salvatore M. DeBunda, shareholder and co-managing partner of Archer & Greiner, P.C., of Blue Bell, PA, was also nominated as vice chairman of the Board.

Broadway leading lady and three-time Tony nominee Kelli O'Hara will open fall season at the legendary Café Carlyle. Before returning to the Broadway stage in the revival of South Pacific (October 13) following the birth of her first child this summer, Ms. O'Hara will offer encore performances of her sold out debut in a two-week engagement beginning Tuesday, September 15th (and playing through September 26th).

John Cameron Mitchell's and Stephen Trask's smash hit, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, will storm the set of the Gazillion Bubble Show on Stage 2 of New World Stages at Worldwide Plaza.

Marilyn Maye returns to San Francisco in a rare West Coast appearance of the 'Supreme Goddess of Music' at the Rrazz Room.

Peter Nero and the Philly Pops opens its 2009-10 season with its signature show, Broadway Showstoppers! Celebrating its ninth year, Broadway Showstoppers is, without a doubt, Philadelphia's unparalleled Broadway show. Broadwayworld.com called it '... the envy of any New York production.'

Broadway leading lady and three-time Tony nominee Kelli O'Hara will open fall season at the legendary Café Carlyle. Before returning to the Broadway stage in the revival of South Pacific (October 13) following the birth of her first child this summer, Ms. O'Hara will offer encore performances of her sold out debut in a two-week engagement beginning Tuesday, September 15th (and playing through September 26th).

Marilyn Maye returns to San Francisco in a rare West Coast appearance of the 'Supreme Goddess of Music' at the Rrazz Room.

Broadway leading lady and three-time Tony nominee Kelli O'Hara will open fall season at the legendary Café Carlyle. Before returning to the Broadway stage in the revival of South Pacific (October 13) following the birth of her first child this summer, Ms. O'Hara will offer encore performances of her sold out debut in a two-week engagement beginning Tuesday, September 15th (and playing through September 26th).

The 2009 Regional Theatre Tony Award winning-Signature Theatre presents the world premiere theater event First You Dream': The Music of Kander & Ebb, September 10 through 27, 2009. A tribute to Broadway's most celebrated songwriting partnership - from Cabaret to Chicago to Curtains - Signature pulls out the stops with Broadway's Heidi Blickenstaff, James Clow, Norm Lewis, Julia Murney, Matthew Scott, and Eleasha Gamble and a 19-piece orchestra, plus staging and set design by Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer and choreography by Karma Camp.

The anticipated new Broadway production of Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's Tony Award® winning musical RAGTIME has announced complete casting of its 40 member company.

The 2009 Regional Theatre Tony Award winning-Signature Theatre presents the world premiere theater event First You Dream': The Music of Kander & Ebb, September 10 through 27, 2009. A tribute to Broadway's most celebrated songwriting partnership - from Cabaret to Chicago to Curtains - Signature pulls out the stops with Broadway's Heidi Blickenstaff, James Clow, Norm Lewis, Julia Murney, Matthew Scott, and Eleasha Gamble and a 19-piece orchestra, plus staging and set design by Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer and choreography by Karma Camp.

Marilyn Maye returns to San Francisco in a rare West Coast appearance of the 'Supreme Goddess of Music' at the Rrazz Room.

Rubicon Theatre Company has announced the cast and creative team for the World Premiere of THE BEST IS YET TO COME: THE MUSIC OF CY COLEMAN, which began previews July 9 at Rubicon's intimate 200-seat home at 1006 E. Main Street in Ventura's Downtown Cultural District. The show continues Wednesdays through Sundays through August 2, 2009.

?She's got a voice that I would kill to have,? says Dame Julie Andrews of her Victor/Victoria co-star. Broadway star and television's Lucy delights with an evening of stories and song including favorites from the stage, screen, and American Songbook. Critically acclaimed for Broadway's City of Angels, Les Misérables, Victor/Victoria, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Kiss Me, Kate, Sly Fox and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. The event is set to take place Sunday, July 26th, 2009 & Monday, July 27th, 2009 - Doors 7pm - Show 8pm at The Inner Circle at the Magic Castle, 7001 Franklin Ave., Hollywood, CA 90028.

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.

Rubicon Theatre Company has announced the cast and creative team for the World Premiere of THE BEST IS YET TO COME: THE MUSIC OF CY COLEMAN, which began previews July 9 at Rubicon's intimate 200-seat home at 1006 E. Main Street in Ventura's Downtown Cultural District. The show continues Wednesdays through Sundays through August 2, 2009.

Peter Nero and the Philly Pops celebrate the summer with two exciting concerts this July-the sixth annual 'Pops on Independence' free concert at Independence Hall (July 3) and 'The Best of Bernstein and the Riches of Rodgers' at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts (July 22). Join Peter and the POPS for two spectacular evenings of music under the stars!

?She's got a voice that I would kill to have,? says Dame Julie Andrews of her Victor/Victoria co-star. Broadway star and television's Lucy delights with an evening of stories and song including favorites from the stage, screen, and American Songbook. Critically acclaimed for Broadway's City of Angels, Les Misérables, Victor/Victoria, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Kiss Me, Kate, Sly Fox and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. The event is set to take place Sunday, July 26th, 2009 & Monday, July 27th, 2009 - Doors 7pm - Show 8pm at The Inner Circle at the Magic Castle, 7001 Franklin Ave., Hollywood, CA 90028.

Peter Nero and the Philly Pops celebrate the summer with two exciting concerts this July-the sixth annual 'Pops on Independence' free concert at Independence Hall (July 3) and 'The Best of Bernstein and the Riches of Rodgers' at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts (July 22). Join Peter and the POPS for two spectacular evenings of music under the stars!

Peter Nero and the Philly Pops® announces upcoming auditions for its volunteer vocal ensemble, the POPS Festival Chorus, on June 22 and June 23, 2009. The POPS Festival Chorus is a 125-voice volunteer chorus that joins Peter Nero and the Philly Pops for their annual Holiday POPS! performances.