Ring in the holidays with Tony® Award winner Debbie Gravitte & Friends for an All-Star Holiday Show at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Friday, December 14, at 8 p.m. The star-studded cast includes The Russ Kassoff Orchestra featuring members of The Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra, Sal Viviano, star of the hit off-Broadway show Closer than Ever, international opera star Bill Joyner plus local talent including Carrie Pin & the Macdonald-Pin Dancers, A Cappella 8 of Ridgefield High School and the Holiday Spectacular All-Star Kids Chorus featuring kids who have performed with Debbie in the past.
This Ridgefield Magazine Broadway and Cabaret Series?event is partially underwritten by Adam Broderick Salon & Spa with media sponsor WMNR Fine Arts Radio 88.1fm. A free glass of wine with dinner is being offered at Sarah’s Wine Bar (upstairs at Bernard’s on West Lane in Ridgefield), and Bernard’s will offer a $45 special prix-fixe pre-show dinner when tickets are presented; reservations suggested.
“One of the best voices on Broadway!”, raves Queens Courier Buzz about Debbie Gravitte who, along with her shining cast, will sing holiday favorites -- “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”, “Twelve Days of Christmas” (with audience participation!), “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” plus some of the songs that helped make the stars famous in hit shows such as “Memory” (Cats) and “Defying Gravity” (Wicked). Ms. Gravitte earned a Tony® award for Best Featured Actress in A Musical for Jerome Robbins’s Broadway.
Debbie Gravitte entertains audiences around the globe with her
“… magnetic stage presence”, writes Hollywood critic Rex Reed, in a career that always brings her back to Ridgefield. “It’s a thrill for me to perform at The Ridgefield Playhouse. This year’s event will showcase the best of our holiday shows with some of my very talented friends who share my enthusiasm for celebrating the best of all seasons in Ridgefield!”, commented Ms. Gravitte.
For tickets ($45) and further information about The Ridgefield Playhouse, call the box office at 203-438-5795, or go online at ridgefieldplayhouse.org. The Ridgefield Playhouse is a not-for-profit performing arts center located at 80 East Ridge, parallel to Main Street, Ridgefield, CT.
