April 2015

Richard Edgcomb | March 1, 2015

The McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, NJ will present two of Broadway’s biggest stars in March and April. Chita Rivera performs in the Berlind Theatre 3/14 and Audra McDonald takes the stage at the Matthews Theatre 4/17. The New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark will host Tony Award winner Jessie Mueller and Tony Award nominee Jarrod Spector from the smash hit show Beautiful: The Carole King Musical in the Victoria Theater 3/1 & 2. Later in the month, Stephen Schwartz and Friends: Defying Gravity takes the Victoria stage 3/14 with Debbie Gravitte, Scott Coulter and Kelli Rabke performing songs by the musical theater legend. Audra McDonald is also at NJPAC 4/19. Swinging on a Star: The Songs of Jimmy Van Huesen with Norm Lewis and Rebecca Luker can be seen 4/25. The Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown welcomes Patti LuPone 3/21 in Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda—Played That Part. Herb Alpert and Lani Hall appear at the venue 3/26.

Across the Delaware River, the RRazz Room in New Hope, PA presents Maureen McGovern with Sing My Sisters Sing, celebrating women singer/songwriters 3/7. Jeff Harris is M.D. Linda Purl’s Midnight Caravan, saluting the great women singing stars of the ’40s and ’50s—from Ella Fitzgerald to Judy Garland to Rosemary Clooney, is 3/14. Croon: When a Whisper Became a Song featuring Todd Murray is 4/12. Sarah Dash of LaBelle fame takes the stage 4/18 with members of the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Choir. Later in the month, Tony and Drama Desk winner Beth Leavel makes her Bucks County debut 4/19. The State Theatre in Easton hosts Four Bitchin’ Babes with a 25th anniversary celebration 4/16 and Danny Aiello 4/18. Elsewhere in PA, jazz singer/songwriter Curtis Stiger is at the Zoellner Art Center on the Lehigh University campus in Bethlehem 3/29. Cabaret at Theater Square in Pittsburgh has Norm Lewis 3/16 and Ann Hampton Callaway 4/13.

World Café Live in Wilmington, DE will showcase Cassandra Wilson–Celebration of Billie Holiday on 3/28. The Grand in Wilmington features a stop on Diana Krall’s Wildflower World Tour 3/11 and hosts Herb Alpert and Lani Hall 3/27.

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