Uptown Players Presents Annual Broadway Our Way Fundraiser

DALLAS - December 20, 2007 - Uptown Players kicks off its seventh season with its annual fundraiser Broadway Our Way: Valley of the Divas, held January 11 – 20, 2008.  For the past five years, this show has been a complete sell-out and is sure to be a hot ticket for January 2008. By popular demand, a seventh performance has been added to this year’s run.

The Uptown divas return for another entertaining evening of Broadway music with plenty of twists, laughs and surprises. Broadway Our Way: Valley of the Divas will be hosted by Paul J. Williams and will feature nearly 30 songs from new Broadway hits such as Legally Blonde, Jersey Boys, The Drowsy Chaperone, and Grey Gardens, as well as classic favorites like Singing In The Rain, Chess and Chicago.   

This year’s cast includes Beth Albright, Andi Allen, Patty Breckenridge, Coy Covington, Joshua Doss, John Garcia, Jeff Kinman, Linda Leonard, Sara Shelby-Martin, Tony Martin, Cameron McElyea, Kevin Moore, Stacey Oristano, Chad Peterson, John de los Santos, Amy Stevenson and Paul J. Williams. Broadway Our Way is written and directed by Andi Allen with music direction by Kevin Gunter and Buddy Shanahan, with choreography by John de los Santos.   

The evening also features a gallery of over 50 terrific auction prizes, including theatre tickets, restaurant gift certificates, hotel stays and much more! A reception follows each performance.

The production runs January 11 through January 20, 2008, with shows at 8 p.m. on Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Performances take place at the KD Studio Theatre, 2600 N. Stemmons Freeway #180, Dallas, Texas 75207. Tickets are $40 and can be purchased online at www.uptownplayers.org or by phone at 214-219-2718.

About Uptown Players

Now entering its seventh season, Uptown Players has gathered a dedicated following with an annual audience base of nearly 10,000 patrons, including over 750 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 14 Theatre Critics Forum Awards in its first six seasons. Uptown Players has also been named the best theatre company by the Dallas Voice Readers in 2006 and 2007 and by the Dallas Observer in 2004 and 2005. 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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