Avenue Q’s Barrett Boa to star in Schwartz tribute on Broadway

Stephanie J. Block, Sebastian Arcelus and Julia Murney - all from the cast of “Wicked” - can be seen in photos from this year’s 21st Annual Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction, along with the new face of Barrett Foa, who will be performing in the upcoming musical “Stephen Schwartz: Magic to Do.” The production,  held as part of the Broadway Up-Close series, will honor the great composer and lyricist, who is responsible for creating not only the Broadway smash hit “Wicked,” but also a myriad of other critically acclaimed productions such as “Pippin,” “Godspell” and the “Baker’s Wife.” Foa, who recently made his network television debut on the ABC seriues “Six Degrees,” has also starred in Broadway’s “Avenue Q” and “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” as well as off-Broadway in Bay Street Theatre’s production of “The Lady in Question,” alongside Julie Andrews.
In an interview with Broadway World, the young New York City native talks about what it’s been like to grow up in Manhattan and end up in the roles he has had the chance to already star in during his short time on Broadway. “I think it is, but it’s the same way that people are like, “I can’t believe you’re from the city.  What’s that like?”  And I’m like, “I can’t believe you’re from the suburbs.  What’s that like?  Because that was my reality, so I have nothing to compare it to.  But, now that I realize that all the world did not grow up on the UES of Manhattan, I mean…first of all, just going to Dalton, which is kind of a fancy-shmancy private school on the UES, for better and for worse.  It was really academically minded.  They had a great arts program.They had a great Modern Dance program, and we would like go to the Joyce and wrote a paper.  And I was a part of this choreographer’s program and it was a great, creative outlet.”

For tickets to any of Schwartz’s or Foa’s productions, or to snag a pair of Wicked tickets, be sure to visit Stubhub.com.

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