Harbor Lights Theater Company Benefit Honoring Wicked Composer Stephen Schwartz April 29, 2010

A Fundraising Event for The Harbor Lights Theater Company Honoring Oscar and Grammy-Award-Winning Broadway Composer of Wicked, Godspell, Pippin and films Pocahontas, and Enchanted Stephen Schwartz -- MAKING MUSIC Saturday, April 24, 2010, 8 PM The St. George Theater, 35 Hyatt Street, Staten Island Tickets: $35, $50, $75, $125* *VIP tickets include premier seating and artists reception Call Box Office (718/ 442-2900) or Ticketmaster.com. See how Stephen Schwartz Defied Gravity to become an Oscar and Grammy-Award Winning Broadway Composer as Staten Islands The Harbor Lights Theater Company presents a one-night-only benefit: Stephen Schwartz Making Music on Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 8 PM at the St. George Theater, 35 Hyatt Street, Staten Island. Stephen Schwartz Making Music, book by The Harbor Lights Theater Company Co-Founder Tamara Jenkins, chronicles the career journey of an artist whose early success and later disappointment ultimately ends in triumph. Directed and choreographed by Chet Walker (Co-creator of the Tony Award-winning Broadway show Fosse and Founder of WALKERDANCE) and with a cast of more than 35 of Broadways and the dance worlds brightest stars, this dramatic story features some of Schwartzs most memorable music from shows including Godspell, Pippin, The Bakers Wife, Children of Eden, and Wicked. Stephen Schwartz Making Music will feature the following cast: -- Malcom Gets [Dreamgirls, Passion, Amour (Tony and Obie nominations); Two Gentlemen of Verona (Obie); Merrily We Roll Along (Obie); and TVs Caroline in the City and Grey Gardens]; -- Lenora Nemetz (Chicago, Cabaret, Working, and Gypsy); -- Teri Ralston (Company, A Little Night Music, The Baker's Wife); -- Ann Crumb (Aspects Of Love, The Goodbye Girl, Nine, Les Miserables, Chess, Anna Karenina (Tony nomination); -- Pia Glenn [You're Welcome, Mr. President (2009 Astaire Award), The Frogs; Spamalot)]; -- Kristy Cates (Wicked, Jerry Springer The Musical); -- Darius De Haas [Rent, Carousel, Kiss Of The Spiderwoman, Marie Christine, Running Man (Obie)]; -- Ann Kittredge [King David, Pajama Game (Encores), New Moon (Encores)]; -- Jay Montgomery, co-founder of Harbor Lights (Falsettos, Heart Strings); -- Desmond Richardson (Artistic Director and founder of Complexions, former Alvin Ailey star, Fosse); -- WALKERDANCE; -- Surprise guest stars; and -- The Susan Wagner High School Theater Department Choir. Tickets prices range from $35 to $125* (*which includes VIP front orchestra seating and a post-production reception with Mr. Schwartz, Mr. Walker, and the cast). Tickets are available at the St. George Box Office (718/442-2900) or at Ticketmaster.com. Dont miss this rare opportunity to see an amazing cast of award-winning Broadway actors and world-class dancers and meet Stephen Schwartz, Chet Walker (and the entire cast) while supporting The Harbor Lights Theater Company Staten Islands new, not-for-profit, professional performing arts company. For more information go to www.theharborlightstheatercompany.org. ###