An American Celebration — The Best of Broadway

Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Cary, NC
Evan Feldman, conductor
Sunday, May 28, 2017    7:30pm

This year's An American Celebration concert features selections from many of Broadway's most famous musical theatre shows. Come listen to works from Beauty and the Beast, Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story, South Pacific, Wicked, Les Miserables, and Lin-Manuel Miranda's smash hit, Hamilton. This outdoor concert offers a perfect opportunity to picnic under the stars with the family while listening to some truly wonderful music. Doors open for picnicking at 6pm, and the concert begins at 7:30.

Featured vocalists for the concert include Minji Kim, Wade Henderson, and Rowdy.

Program:

• Overture to Candide — Leonard Bernstein
• "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miserables — Claude-Michel Schönberg

​​                      Minji Kim, vocals

• South Pacific: Symphonic Scenario — Richard Rogers
• "Gee, Officer Krupke" from West Side Story — Leonard Bernstein 

​                      Wade Henderson, vocals

• Andrew Lloyd Webber: A Concert Celebration — Andrew Lloyd Webber

                      Minji Kim & Wade Henderson, vocals

• Esprit de Corps — Robert Jaeger 
• "Send in the Clowns" from A Little Night Music — Stephen Sondheim

                      Minji Kim, vocals

• Beauty and the Beast Highlights — Alan Menken

                      Minji Kim & Wade Henderson, vocals

• "My Shot" from Hamilton — Lin-Manuel Miranda

​                      Rowdy, vocals

• "Popular" from Wicked — Stephen Schwartz 

​                      Minji Kim, vocals

•  Symphonic Dances from Fiddler on the Roof — Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick