I can't tell you how much that means to all of us in the company as well as at the Entertainment Community Fund… Our hope is that we can bring this concert to life in 2023 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Ragtime… We all want to produce the concert that you deserve and come together for a night that we'll never forget.… Thank you all for continuing to support Ragtime and all of the amazing work of the Entertainment Community Fund." Says the Broadway favorite, "As you know, the concert had to be postponed due to the … Yet, you've remained steadfast and held onto your tickets for the last two years. Josh Clayton | Director of Music Administration & Score RestorationĬamille A.The concert version of the Tony-nominated musical Ragtime, originally scheduled for April 27, 2020, to benefit the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund), will now be held in 2023, although no official date has been announced.Įntertainment Community Fund Chairman and original Ragtime star Brian Stokes Mitchell shares an update for those who previously purchased tickets in the video above. With Darlesia Cearcy, Cicily Daniels, Brian Flores, Blair Goldberg, Aaron Kaburick, Eddie Korbich, Josh Lamon, Will Mann, Manna Nichols, Andrea Jones-Sojola, Phumzile Sojola, Jessica Tyler Wright, Franca Vercelloni, Kathy Voytko, and Patrick Wetzel.Ĭlint Ramos | Producing Creative Director Leeīased on The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux as adapted by Maurice Valencyĭirected and Choreographed by Josh Rhodesįeaturing Brooks Ashmanskas, Giuseppe Bausilio, Andréa Burns, Ben Fankhauser, Christopher Fitzgerald, Ann Harada, Kody Jauron, Phillip Johnson Richardson, Stanley Wayne Mathis, Donna Murphy, Caesar Samayoa, and Samantha Williams. On other screens: HBO’s “Someone Had to Be Benny” (Daytime Emmy Award), HBO Max’s “Gossip Girl,” Netflix’ “Inventing Anna,” Starz’ “Power,” “The Blacklist,” PBS’ “Mercy Street.”īook by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. A two-time Tony award winner for her performances in Passion and The King and I, other NY Theater credits include: Wonderful Town (Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle and Astaire Awards, Tony nom.), LoveMusik ( Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards, Tony nom.), The People in the Picture (Tony nom.), Twelve Dreams, Hello Again, and Dolly Levi in Jerry Herman’s Hello Dolly! Film credits include: “The Bourne Legacy”,“Center Stage”, “Star Trek:Insurrection”, “The Nanny Diaries”, “Higher Ground”, “Dark Horse”, Mother Gothel in Disney’s “Tangled” and “Spider Man 2”. She currently co-stars in the HBO hit series The Gilded Age as Mrs. Directed and choreographed by Josh Rhodes-a veteran Herman interpreter who helmed 2019’s Encores! Mack & Mabel-this tuneful fable features zany plotlines, boldly drawn characters, and a deep undercurrent of environmental awareness: a singular revival you won’t want to miss.ĭONNA MUPHY ( Countess Aurelia) is thrilled to return to Encores! where she was seen as Ruth in Wonderful Town, Phyllis in Follies, and Mayoress Cora Hoover Hooper in Anyone Can Whistle. Now, two-time Tony winner Donna Murphy (Encores! Anyone Can Whistle) triumphantly revives this loveable heroine alongside Brooks Ashmanskas (President), Andréa Burns (Constance), Ben Fankhauser (Lawyer 3), Christopher Fitzgerald (Sewerman), Ann Harada (Gabrielle), Kody Jauron (Artiste), Phillip Johnson Richardson (Julian), Stanley Wayne Mathis (Prospector), Caesar Samayoa (Laywer 2), and Samantha Williams (Nina). ![]() But while the names Dolly Levi ( Hello, Dolly!) and Mame Dennis ( Mame) are familiar to all theater lovers, Dear World’s Countess Aurelia-a fabulous relic of fin-de-siecle Paris struggling to save her way of life-might not be as recognizable, despite the fact that the role won Angela Lansbury her second Tony Award after Mame. With its premiere in 1969, Dear World made Jerry Herman the first composer-lyricist in history to have three shows running simultaneously on Broadway, each centered around a uniquely larger-than-life leading lady.
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