Broadway Actor and Colchester High School Class of 99 Graduate Merritt David Janes is bringing Broadway back to Colchester for two special Holiday performances with lots of talented friends from the big stage!
Join us for an evening of Broadway Actors singing songs and telling stories from the roles they have played with a festive holiday twist featuring songs from many of your favorite Broadway shows including Phantom of the Opera, Beauty and the Beast, Wicked and more!
*A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the music and theatre department at CHS
Performers include:
Merritt David Janes - CHS Class of 99, UMaine (04) and Circle In The Square (07) Graduate from Colchester,VT. Broadway Credits: SCHOOL OF ROCK (Original Cast) GRISWOLDS BROADWAY VACATION - World Premiere, New Album: WAITING IN THE WINGS, National Tours: SCHOOL OF ROCK (Dewey), SWEENEY TODD (Sweeney), BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Lumiere), THE WEDDING SINGER (Robbie Hart), PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 25th Anniversary Tour (Original Cast) SHREK (Farquaad), CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (Hanratty), Regional: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Dentist), TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (The Duke), WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE ABRIDGED (Adam) Instagram: mdjtanner Twitter: @MDavidJanes, merrittdavidjanes.com
Liz Shivener - National Tours: DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Belle), SHREK THE MUSICAL (Fiona), LES MISERABLES (Swing, Fantine u/s) New York: THE UNDERCLASSMAN at The Duke, EINSTEIN’S DREAMS at 59E59. Regional: GHOST (New Premiere, Molly), DISGRACED (Emily), THE WIZARD OF OZ (Dorothy), MANN AND WIFE (World Premiere), MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (Regional Premiere, Greta), COMPANY (Amy), CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION (Lauren). Television: The Blacklist, NBC; Opiod Docudrama, HBO. Owner of itolerateny.com.
Elysia Jordan - Opened the First National Tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's SCHOOL OF ROCK The Musical (Mrs Hathaway, u/s Rosalie Mullins and Sheinkopf). Regional credits/concerts include: The Ogunquit Playhouse, North Shore Music Theatre, 54 Below, Lincoln Center Songbook Series, Feinstein's at The Nikko, MGM Grand Las Vegas. She graduated from Ithaca College (BFA Musical Theatre) and teaches kids around the world via Musical Theatre College Auditions (MTCA). Elysia's especially thrilled to be performing in VT, as she met her future husband in Burlington, and they're getting married here in June! Follow her at www.elysiajordan.com and on Instagram @LysieJordan.
Cooper Grodin is an actor, singer, musician, composer and a big fan of all things Merritt David Janes. Born and raised in New York City, he received his Masters Degree from the Manhattan School of Music. Title role in Phantom Of The Opera National Tour, Les Miserables National Tour, The Bands Visit Lab directed by Hal Prince, Shakespeare In The Parks Into The Woods, Annie at Paper Mill Playhouse, Carbonell nominated Best Actor in the Carbonell winning Best Musical Sunday In The Park With George, Drama Desk Nominated The Golden Land, Henry Award winning Best Musical Oklahoma! at the Denver Performing Arts Center, NBC’s The Blacklist, ABC’s Deception. Cooper’s Original album “It’s The Little Things” is available on iTunes. @CooperGrodinOfficial
Matt Cusack - is a Broadway musician and actor, songwriter, arranger and producer. You can see him regularly perform with the Broadway bluegrass band known as The Playbillies of which he is a founding member. His bass playing can be seen and heard on the show The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. He regularly works as a producer and arranger for theatre, podcasts, and audio books. Broadway: One Man Two Guvnors; Bandstand. Off-Broadway: The Robber Bridegroom; Desperate Measures. National Tours and Regional: Sweeney Todd, Million Dollar Quartet, Buddy Holly Story, Beauty and the Beast. See and hear more at mattcusackmusic.com.
Andy Perterson - is an award-winning New York based composer, musical director, arranger and orchestrator originally hailing from the Land Down Under. He holds a Bachelor of Music (Composition) from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. This year, he was most recently in China setting up shows for the opening of Universal Studios Beijing. Selected Musical Director/Arranger/Orchestrator credits: BROADWAY: Tootsie (Assoc. MD), My One And Only (Rehearsal Pianist - Roundabout) OFF-BROADWAY: Red Roses, Green Gold (Minetta Lane Theatre), Atomic (Theatre Row). NEW YORK/REGIONAL: More Than All The World (Theatre for the New City), Night Tide (NYMF), Shaken, Not Stirred (The Django), Thrill Me (Luna Stage), Grindr: The Opera (CMTF), Baby Fat (La Mama). INTERNATIONAL: Sinbad: The Musical (arranger/orchestrator for the Malaysian Tour), Kiss Me, Kate (conductor for the Chinese Tour), Bare (Sydney), Pippin (Sydney). Composer credits: Razorhurst (Sydney, New Jersey), Stalker: The Musical (New York, Chicago, Sydney), Make America Safe (won the Best Original Music award at the World X Short Film Festival in Rome). Check out my musical audio series: https://www.theworldtocomemusical.com
