'ARTrageous: An Evening on Broadway' to Feature Marvin Hamlisch, Linda Eder and J. Mark McVey, 12/3

Legendary composer Marvin Hamlisch will perform An Evening on Broadway along with Linda Eder and J. Mark McVey at Scottsdale Cultural Council's annual ARTrageous benefit gala and concert on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 8:30 p.m. at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts.,

Concert tickets are available for $95 through the Patron Services Box Office at (480) 499-TKTS (8587). A limited number of premium tickets to the gala dinner, concert and pre- and post-show receptions also are available for $350 and $500. For more information visit www.ScottsdalePerformingArts.org.

ARTrageous is presented with support from the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust and SRP. Proceeds benefit the dynamic and diverse performances, exhibitions and arts education and outreach programs at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts and Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art.

Marvin Hamlisch is one of only a handful of artists to have won all of the major awards for music, theater, film and television. His extraordinary career spans more than four decades and includes three Oscars, four Grammys, four Emmys, a Tony and three Golden Globe awards. For Broadway, he has written the music for the groundbreaking musical A Chorus Line, which received the Pulitzer Prize, as well as They're Playing Our Song, The Goodbye Girl and Sweet Smell of Success. Hamlisch also composed the Oscar-winning score and song for The Way We Were and adapted Scott Joplin's music for The Sting, for which he received a third Oscar.

Showcasing one of the most beautiful voices of our time, Linda Eder's diverse repertoire spans Broadway, standards, pop, country and jazz. After performing on television's Star Search and on Broadway as Lucy Harris in Jekyll & Hyde, Eder launched her recording career in 1991 with her self-titled debut album, quickly becoming one of America's most acclaimed new interpreters of popular standards and theatrical songs. The concert stage remains the mainstay of Eder's career, and she has performed at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center and Radio City Music Hall, among many other venues.

J. Mark McVey made his Broadway debut as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables after having won the Helen Hayes Award for "Outstanding Actor" while in Washington, D.C., with the show. He also was the first American to perform that role in London's West End and is currently starring in the 25th-anniversary tour of Les Mis. A celebrated Broadway tenor, McVey has performed with symphonies around the world and made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1997 with Marvin Hamlisch, with whom he regularly performs.