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Neil Berg’s 101 Years of Broadway, a musical revue featuring some of the greatest songs from hit Broadway musicals of the past century, will be presented on Friday, November 3, 2023 at William Paterson University in Wayne as part of its WP Presents! series. The performance begins at 8:00 p.m. in the Shea Center for Performing Arts on campus.
This highly anticipated show features a dazzling cast of five Broadway stars accompanied by an all-star New York band. The show recreates the biggest moments from the finest shows of the century featuring the actual stars of shows such as Les Miserables, Evita, CATS, Wonderful Town, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Fiddler on the Roof. These amazing performers light up the stage with songs from the hit shows in which they starred.
Past productions of this popular show have featured Betty Buckley, Liz Callaway, Ben Vereen, and Alex Santoriello among others. Scheduled performers will be announced soon.
Berg is the composer/lyricist of the hit off-Broadway musical The Prince and the Pauper, which ran for two years at the Lamb’s Theater in New York City. He is currently writing the music for the Broadway-bound musical Grumpy Old Men, based on the hit film. Two of Berg’s new musicals have been selected for the prestigious New York Musical Theater Festival: The Man Who Would Be King, a musical realization of Rudyard Kipling’s novella, and Tim and Scrooge, the sequel to A Christmas Carol.
Tickets are $50, Gold Circle; $45 for rear orchestra/front log, and $40 for rear loge. There is a 10 percent discount for William Paterson faculty, staff, students, and alumni, as well as senior citizens. All tickets are an additional $5 on the day of the show. To purchase tickets, or for additional information, call the Shea Center for Performing Arts Box Office at 973-720-2371 or visit wp-presents.org.
