The Island Today: Great White Way to come to Landmark

Grace McQuade

Broadway on Main Street is an all-new event created exclusively for the Jeanne Rimsky Theater that will take place on Friday, March 10 at 8 p.m.

Producer Stephen DeAngelis brings five of Broadway’s finest vocalists to recreate their signature musical moments from their long-running roles in the Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals you know and love.

They’ll also share backstage stories and take questions from the audience.

Where else can you find a cast with a veritable encyclopedia of credits that include Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional and London productions like:

* Jeanna De Waal: “Kinky Boots,” “American Idiot,” “Finding Neverland,” “Waitress,” “Wicked,” “Carrie” and “Orwell In America.”

* Rona Figueroa: “Miss Saigon,” “Les Miserables” (she played both Fantine and Eponine), “Nine,” “Lennon,” “The King and I,” “Rent,” “The Boys From Syracuse,” “Jesus Christ Superstar” and “We Will Rock You.”

* Gavin Lee: “Les Miserables,” “Holiday Inn,” “Top Hat,” “Mary Poppins” (Olivier and Tony Award nominations; Drama Desk and Theatre World award wins), “Showboat,” “Crazy For You,” “Peggy Sue Got Married,” “Me and My Girl,” “Oklahoma!,” “Contact,” and “The SpongeBob Musical.”

* Alysha Umphress: “On the Town,” “Broadway: American Idiot” (original Broadway cast), “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever,” “Priscilla Queen of the Desert,” and “Bring It On.”

* Alton Fitzgerald White: “The Lion King” (a record-setting 4,308 performances as King Mufasa), “The Color Purple,” “Ragtime,” “Smokey Joe’s Cafe,” “Miss Saigon,” “The Who’s Tommy,” and “Smokey Joe’s Cafe.

Tickets for Broadway on Main Street are on sale now to Friends of Landmark and to the general public starting Friday, Jan. 20 through Landmark’s Box Office (516-767-6444) and online at www.landmarkonmainstreet.org.

Premium $50 (Friends $45), Select $45 (Friends $40), Standard $40 (Friends $35).

All ticket prices include a $2 facilities fee for capital improvements.

There will be a bonus VIP post-show cast party.

Mingle, munch, sip and take selfies with the cast.

$50 added to any ticket.

Limit 30 people.

Landmark’s Dim the Lights series is sponsored by Jane & Martin Schwartz, Judy and Morton Sloan, Susan Isaacs and Elkan Abramowitz, and Capell, Barnett, Matalon & Schoenfeld.

The 2016-17 season is made possible thanks to Partners in Performing Arts: Harding Real Estate, Peter & Jeri Dejana Family Foundation, Peter A. Forman Charitable Foundation, Town of North Hempstead and Winthrop University Hospital.

Share this Article