SEE TOMORROW’S
Celebrating a sampler of 15 music from the Bass School of Music Leona Mitchell (BM ’71) Puccini and Verdi specialist, performed for 18 consecutive seasons at the Metropolitan Opera. Ron Raines (BM ’74) Joseph Pulitzer in Newsies, Benjamin Stone in Follies, Billy Flynn in Chicago, Nick Longworth in Teddy & Alice, Gaylord Ravenal in Show Boat) Nominated for a 2012 Tony Award as Best Performance by an Actor in a Musical for Follies. Stacy Logan (BM ’82), Broadway veteran of shows including Sweet Smell of Success, Crazy for You, Beauty and the Beast, Candide, Big and High Society. Marquita Lister (MM ’85), featured as Serena in PORGY AND BESS with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2012, has been cast as Bess in the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2013 concert presentation of the Gershwin classic. Kristin Chenoweth (BM ’91, MM ’93) Actress, Sony recording artist, star of one-woman cabaret special on Live From Lincoln Center and of concerts in venues ranging from Carnegie Hall to the Hollywood Bowl to the Sydney Opera House. Winner of an Emmy for her portrayal of April Rhodes in Glee, a Tony nomination for her depiction of Glinda in Wicked, and a Tony Award for work as Sally in the Broadway premiere of You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown. Katrina Thurman (BM ’97) will debut with Florentine Opera as Musetta in La Bohème for the 2013-2014 season. Other recent performance include the premiere of Mrs. President with Anchorage Opera, Rosabella in The Most Happy Fella with Tulsa Opera, soloist with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra for ‘S Wonderful! ‘S Marvelous! Gershwin!, Oper Bonn in Germany to reprise the role of Mrs. Naidoo in Phillip Glass’ Satyagraha, and headliner at the University Club of New York’s Summer Cabaret. Kelli O’Hara (BM ’98) Four-time Tony Award nominee, for her portrayal of Clara Johnson in Light in the Piazza, Babe Williams in The Pajama Game, Nellie Forbush in South Pacific, and Billie Bendix in Nice Work If You Can Get It).