The New Haven Symphony Orchestra Pops Series will welcome back Tony Award Winning Broadway Star Debbie Gravitte for A Debbie Gravitte Cabaret on Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 2:30 pm at Hamden Middle School and Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 3:00 pm at Shelton Intermediate School.
NHSO Principal Pops Conductor Chelsea Tipton will act as Emcee for this intimate performance of Debbie’s favorite Musical showstoppers, including “Defying Gravity” from Wicked; “All That Jazz” from Chicago; “I Enjoy Being A Girl” from Flower Drum Song; “Surrey With The Fringe On Top” from Oklahoma; “I Got Rhythm” from Girl Crazy; “It Only Takes a Moment” from Hello Dolly!; “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered” from Pal Joey; and more.
Debbie Gravitte won the prestigious Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Jerome Robbin’s Broadway, along with a Drama Desk Award Nomination and the New York Showstopper Award. After making her Broadway debut in the original cast of They’re Playing Our Song, she went on to appear in: Perfectly Frank (Drama Desk Award Nomination), Blues in the Night, Ain’t Broadway Grand, Zorba, Chicago, and Les Misérables.
On television, Debbie co-starred on the CBS series Trial and Error and NBC’S Pursuit of Happiness, and starred in several specials for PBS, including Live from the Kennedy Center, Boston Pops Celebrate Bernstein, Rodgers & Hart for Great Performances, and Ira Gershwin’s 100th Birthday Celebration from London’s Royal Albert Hall and Carnegie Hall. To learn more about Debbie Gravitte, visit DebbieGravitte.com.
Program: “I Enjoy Being A Girl” from Flower Drum Song; “I Can Cook, Too” from On the Town; “Surrey With The Fringe On Top” from Oklahoma; “Mister Monotony” from Easter Parade; “Joint Is Jumpin’”; “My Ship” from Lady in the Dark; “My Heart Belongs To Daddy” from Leave it to Me!; “I Got Rhythm” from Girl Crazy; “It Only Takes A Moment” from Hello Dolly!; “All That Jazz” and “When You’re Good To Mama” from Chicago; “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered” from Pal Joey; “Sing, Sing, Sing”; “Defying Gravity” from Wicked; and “Memory” from Cats; plus medleys from Mamma Mia! and more.
Tickets: Single Tickets are $35 or $49. Student tickets are $10 with ID. KidTix (children ages 7-17) are free with the purchase of an adult ticket. Blue Star Tickets for active military personnel and their immediate families are free. To purchase tickets or for more information, contact the NHSO Box Office at 203.865.0831 x20 or visit www.NewHavenSymphony.org.
The 2015-2016 Hamden Pops Series is sponsored by Whitney Center. The 2015- 2016 Shelton Pops Series is sponsored by RD Scinto, Inc. The Hamden Pops Series media sponsor is WQUN. KidTix and Blue Star Tickets are sponsored by Frontier Communications.
