(The following is a press release from Bucks County Playhouse)
Bucks County Playhouse will present two intimate cabarets featuring Broadway stars this holiday season.
Tony- and Grammy-nominated, Emmy-winning Broadway star Liz Callaway brings her concert “Broadway and Beyond” to the Playhouse Barn on Sunday, November 23 at 7 p.m. In this career-spanning program, Callaway performs songs from her Broadway and film work — from “Baby” (for which she earned a Tony nomination) and her long-run “Memory” in “Cats,” to her Oscar-nominated original from “Anastasia” — all woven together with selections from her recording catalog. She’ll be accompanied by her longtime collaborator Alex Rybeck on piano.
Then, just ahead of the holidays, Broadway’s Melissa Errico arrives with a special holiday concert: “The Secret Diary of Mrs. Santa” on Friday, December 12 at 6 p.m. She’ll be accompanied by Billy Stritch on the piano. Errico, a Tony-nominated actress and acclaimed concert artist, reimagines the life of Mrs. Claus in an evening of jazz, American Songbook gems, seasonal favorites, clever parodies, and playful storytelling.
About Liz Callaway
Callaway launched her Broadway career in Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along”, and went on to star in “Baby, Miss Saigon,” “Cats,” among others. Across recordings, concert performances, and film voice work (such as in “Anastasia”), she is celebrated for her richness of voice, emotional range, and storytelling presence.
About Melissa Errico
A Tony-nominated Broadway actress (for “Amour”) and consummate concert artist, Melissa Errico has starred in musicals including “My Fair Lady,” “High Society,” “Les Misérables,” and more. In concert she has been praised by Opera News as “the Maria Callas of the American musical theater.”
Tickets to both of these cabarets are $65. Both cabarets have limited table seating (assigned by host). In addition to the ticket price, a $25 beverage minimum is required, payable at the venue. Tickets may be purchased at www.buckscountyplayhouse.org or by calling the box office at 215-862-2121.
ABOUT BUCKS COUNTY PLAYHOUSE
Steeped in a theatrical history that stems back to its founding in 1939 by a roster of theatrical royalty, Bucks County Playhouse is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its 2012 re-opening and restoration. With more than 75,000 patrons walking through its doors every year, the Playhouse is leading the economic resurgence of New Hope and the surrounding community. In 2014, Tony Award-winning producers Alexander Fraser, Robyn Goodman and Josh Fiedler took the helm of the Playhouse, reclaiming its reputation of attracting Broadway and Hollywood artists. Playhouse productions of “Company” starring Justin Guarini, and William Finn’s “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” were named by Wall Street Journal to its “Best of Theatre” list for 2015. In 2018, the Wall Street Journal again hailed the Playhouse and Artistic Associate Hunter Foster in its Best of the Year listings for its production of “42nd Street” and in 2019 labeled the Playhouse “one of the best regional theaters on the East coast.” Box office records have been repeatedly broken by signature productions of “Steel Magnolias” directed by Marsha Mason, “Mamma Mia!” directed by John Tartaglia and “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story,” “Million Dollar Quartet,” “42nd Street,” and “Guys & Dolls” (all directed by Hunter Foster). In 2021, the team developed and presented Candace Bushnell’s “Is There Still Sex in the City,” which the Playhouse then partnered to move to New York. The creative teams who come to create new productions at the Playhouse are among the most talented artists working in the professional theatre today and relish the opportunity to work on the historic stage where Grace Kelly, Robert Redford, and Jessica Walter began their careers.
