Uptown Players presents its annual “Broadway Our Way” fundraiser for 2012

DALLAS – February 23, 2012 – Uptown Players presents its 10th annual fundraiser Broadway Our Way: A Decade of Divas, running March 16 – 25, 2012 at the Kalita Humphreys Theater.

The Uptown divas return for another entertaining evening of Broadway music with plenty of twists, laughs and surprises.  Providing host duties for this year’s festivities will be the incredibly funny and talented Paul J. Williams and Marisa Diotalevi. This year’s divas will sing and dance to 30 songs from recent Broadway hits such as Catch Me If You Can, Xanadu, The Wedding Singer, Memphis and Shrek, as well as classic favorites like Fiddler On The Roof, Sweet Charity, Dreamgirls and Chicago.

This year’s cast includes Michael Albee, Beth Albright, Lon Barrera, Kayla Carlyle, B.J. Cleveland, Coy Covington, Brendan Cyrus, Marisa Diotalevi Sergio Garcia, Whitney Hennen, Jim Johnson, Summer Kenny, Jeff Kinman, Linda Leonard, Sara Martin, Tony Martin, Kelly McCain, Kevin Moore, Arianna Movassagh, Mark Oristano, Chad Peterson, Thomas Renner, Stephanie Riggs, Rick Starkweather, Amy Stevenson, Max Swarner, Angel Velasco, and Paul J. Williams. This year Broadway Our Way is written and directed by B. J. Cleveland with music direction by Kevin Gunter and Adam C. Wright and choreography by John de los Santos.

The evening also features a gallery of nearly 100 terrific auction prizes, including theatre tickets, restaurant gift certificates, hotel stays, artwork and much more!  A reception follows each performance.

The production runs March 16 through March 25, 2012, with shows at 8 p.m. on Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sundays.  Performances take place at the Kalita Humphreys Theatre, 3636 Turtle Creek Blvd (at Blackburn), Dallas, TX 75219.  Tickets are $40-$45, including the post-performance reception, and can be purchased online at www.uptownplayers.org or by phone at (214) 219-2718.

 

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Now in its eleventh season, Uptown Players has gathered a dedicated following with an annual audience base of over 15,000 patrons, including nearly 1000 season subscribers. The response from the community and critics has been remarkable, including over 25 Leon Rabin Awards from the Dallas Theatre League, several hundred “The Column” Awards and 15 Theatre Critics Forum Awards in its first 10 seasons. In recent years, Uptown Players has also been named the best theatre company by the Dallas Voice Readers Awards, and the Dallas Observer, and has appeared on the WFAA-A list and Best of Big D – D Magazine. Uptown Players is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization, presenting plays and musicals that challenge audiences artistically, build cultural bridges, and strive to create greater positive public awareness and acceptance through the performing arts. There is no other theater group with this unique mission in the Dallas area.

 

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