Sarah Uriarte Berry starred as Magnolia in Goodspeed’s, Show Boat and her Broadway and national tour credits include Beauty and the Beast Carousel Cinderella End of the Rainbow Les Misérables Next to Normal Sunset Boulevard Taboo The Boys from Syracuse The Light in the Piazza and Tenderloin.

With a set list that comprises musical theatre’s greatest hits, the evening will include songs from 42nd Street A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum A Little Night Music Annie Get Your Gun Anything Goes Babes In Arms Big River Carousel Gentleman Prefer Blondes Kiss Me, Kate Lady, Be Good! Mame On The Town On the Twentieth Century Promises, Promises Red Hot & Blue The Fantasticks and more. Led by guest conductor Michael O’Flaherty who is now in his 21st year as Resident Music Director for Goodspeed Musicals, the program will feature the talents of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, as well as performances by special guests Sarah Uriarte Berry, Quentin Earl Darrington and James Snyder, plus aspiring professional performers from The Hartt School Musical Theatre Department’s Class of 2013. This special collaboration will feature selections from Goodspeed originals that moved to Broadway including Annie and Man of La Mancha, plus audience favorites from dozens of shows like Brigadoon, Finian’s Rainbow and No, No Nanette.

For 50 years, Goodspeed has been recognized around the world as the “home of the American musical”. at The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford. HARTFORD, Decem– Hartford Symphony Orchestra and Goodspeed Musicals will join to celebrate the music and the magic of Goodspeed’s golden anniversary in a spectacular concert event on Saturday, Februat 7:30 p.m.

Special guest artists include Goodspeed favorites Sarah Uriarte Berry, Quentin Earl Darrington, Lindsay Mendez and James Snyder

Goodspeed’s 50 th Anniversary kicks off with a very special evening featuring the best of Goodspeed and Broadway HSO’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

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