BARDWAY BABY! Set for 2013 Utah Shakespeare Festival Tonight

Bardway Baby! is back at the Utah Shakespeare Festival for its fourth annual night of musical entertainment. Bardway, Baby! is a late-night concert event featuring classic Broadway show tunes. Performed by Festival actors, the concert will be held tonight, August 2 at approximately 11:00 p.m. in the Auditorium Theatre. Tickets are $25 for reserved seating and are available now at the Festival ticket office or by calling 1-800-PLAYTIX.

Not only is Bardway, Baby! an evening of delightful show tunes, but it's the largest annual fundraiser for the Festival's Artistic Initiative Fund, which was established by artistic directors David Ivers and Brian Vaughn. The fund serves to increase the size and scope of the Festival's production design aesthetic, as well as increase the Festival's national and international presence.

"This fund was established to help promote the Festival's growth in artistic excellence, and we hope you'll show your support by attending," said Nicole Sterling, Associate Director of Development. Nearly everyone participating in the concert has volunteered his or her time so that revenue may go directly to the Artistic Initiative Fund.

This year's one-night-only concert will feature the music of Stephen Sondheim, one of America's greatest musical theatre composers. Talented performers include Cate Cozzens, Robert Adelman Hancock, Grayson Moulton, Redge Palmer, Aaron Galligan-Stierle, Rhett Guter, Melinda Parrett, Elizabeth Telford, Melinda Pfundstein, and Brian Vaughn. Nicole Sterling will be directing.

Bardway Baby! is a must-see for any show tune lover said Sterling, and will showcase the caliber of talent here at the Festival.

Pictured: Melinda Pfundstein