“Broadway Unplugged at the Ford,” a benefit event to raise funds for San Fernando Valley theatre programming in the Los Angeles Unified School District, will feature up close performances from cast members of the Broadway and Los Angeles productions of “Wicked” the musical, according to a story posted Sept. 5 on BroadwayWorld.com.
Actresses Eden Espinosa (Elphaba), Jenna Leigh Green , Julie Reiber, Emily Rozek, Melissa Fahn, Shoshana Bean and Linda Kerns, as well as actors Kristoffer Cusick and Adam Lambert will be present at the event to talk to audiences in the intimate Ford Amphitheater, which seats all its spectators no further than 90 feet from the stage and allows viewers to partake in an extremely personal experience with the cast. The stars will also be joined by special Broadway friendsSean McDermott, Jack Noseworthy and Chad Kimball.
San Fernando Valley’s Valley Musical Theatre is a new professional theatre company that launched its very first production in 2006 and hopes to become one of the nation’s most accomplished company’s and bring full-length Broadway musicals to the region. “Broadway Unplugged” will be used as a stepping stone for the company to grow and gain national recognition and it promises to attract a prestigious crowd, with the Ford Amphitheater’s cozy, 1,200-seat atmosphere and the backdrop of cypress and chaparral trees as background at this Hollywood Hills location.
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