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Meet 'The Broadway Boys' |
Feature/June 2007 |
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Barbra with The Broadway Boys:
Hugh Panaro,
Peter Lockyer, Sean McDermott and Michael Arden
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When it
was time for Barbra to take her acclaimed concert tour to Europe, a
new back-up group was needed to replace Il Divo (who were presumably
committed to their own concert tour schedule). Where better to look
than where it all began for Barbra herself: on Broadway. Four
virtuosos of the New York stage were chosen to accompany Barbra on her
whirlwind tour of continental Europe, the UK and Ireland. |
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Broadway Veterans to Tour
with Barbra
June 19, 2007
Each is a leading man
on The Great White Way with his own extraordinarily impressive resume.
To Barbra Streisand's fans, however, these talented performers will
collectively and forever be known simply as The Broadway Boys.
For the current leg of her tour, Barbra invited four of Broadway's
most successful contemporary musical performers to sing with her,
adding a dose of New York style to the gemütlichkeit of her
European venues. She called upon Broadway veterans Sean McDermott,
Hugh Panaro, Peter Lockyer and Michael Arden to accompany her on stage
in joint and solo performances. Fans of the Broadway stage will
certainly recognize several if not each of these performers,
especially if you've seen some of the more commercially successful
Broadway musicals in recent years.
Barbra's tour co-director, Richard Jay Alexander, recently spoke with
Sean, Hugh, Peter and Michael about their upcoming tour with Barbra.
See this insightful discussion, streaming now at
Broadwayworld.com.
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Sean McDermott
"Miss Saigon"
(above)
"Chicago"
"Jekyll and Hyde"
"Carousel"
"Jesus Christ Superstar"
"Showboat" |
Hugh Panaro
"The Phantom of the Opera"
(above)
"Lestat"
"Sideshow"
"Showboat"
"Les Miserables"
"The Red Shoes" |
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Peter Lockyer
"Les Miserables"
(above)
"Miss Saigon"
"LaBoheme"
"The Phantom of the Opera"
"Cyrano"
"Gypsy" (TV with Bette Midler) |
Michael Arden
"The Times They Are A-Changin'"
(above)
"Big River"
"BARE: A Pop Opera"
"Pippin"
"Grey's Anatomy" (TV)
NUMB3RS (TV) |
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