In the fourth CTV Pops concert of the NAC Orchestra’s 2010-11 season, NAC Principal Pops Conductor Jack Everly returns to the podium to lead the National Arts Centre Orchestra and special guests directly from Broadway. This spectacular songfest takes place in Southam Hall on Thursday April 7, Friday April 8, and Saturday April 9, 2011 at 8 p.m. Be wowed by the glitz and glamour of Broadway as you enjoy some of the most popular musical highlights from West Side Story, Gypsy, The Music Man, The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Oliver!, La Cage aux Folles,Victor/Victoria, Jekyll and Hyde, The Boy from Oz, and more!

The Saturday Night Performance Sponsor is Milestones Grill + Bar.

Headlining Broadway’s Leading Men are Ted Keegan, Heath Calvert, Ben Crawford, and Jacob Clemente, and leading lady Brynn O’Malley. Ted Keegan is a Broadway veteran, having appeared in Cyrano—The Musical, Camelot, Sweeney Todd, and The Phantom of the Opera. Heath Calvert performed in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and Good Vibrations. Ben Crawford appeared in Shrek the Musical and Les Misérables. Jacob Clemente  appeared in Gypsy and performed the title role in Billy Elliott. And Brynn O’Malley has appeared on Broadway in Sunday in the Park with George, Wicked, Hairspray, and Beauty and the Beast.

Also onstage -- highlighting up-and-coming Ottawa talent -- will be a 22-voice young men’s chorus drawn from Canterbury High School (James Caswell, director), known for its specialized Program of the Arts, and De La Salle High School (Robert Filion, director), a proud promoter of Canadian composers and arrangers. They will be joined by singers from the Calixa-Lavallée Ensemble, the University of Ottawa’s premier vocal ensemble (Laurence Ewashko, director). Professor Ewashko also serves as the chorus master for the entire male choir.

The NAC Orchestra performs Broadway’s Leading Men in Southam Hall of the National Arts Centre on Thursday April 7, Friday April 8, and Saturday April 9, 2011 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20.45, $31.21, $42.51, $53.81, $64.57, $75.33, and $94.17 for adults and $11.38, $16.76, $22.41, $28.06, $33.44, $38.82, and $48.24 for students (upon presentation of a valid student ID card). Tickets are available at the NAC Box Office (in person) and through Ticketmaster (with surcharges) at 613-755-1111; Ticketmaster may also be accessed through www.nac-cna.ca.

Subject to availability, full-time students (aged 13-29) with valid Live Rush™ membership (free registration at www.liverush.ca) may buy up to 2 tickets per performance at the discount price of $12 per ticket. Tickets are available online (www.nac-cna.ca) or at the NAC box office from 10 a.m. on the day before the performance until 6 p.m. on the day of the show or 2 hours before a matinee. Groups of 10 or more save 15% to 20% off regular ticket prices to all NAC Music, Theatre and Dance performances; to reserve your seats, call 613-947-7000, ext. 634 or e-mail grp@nac-cna.ca.

Our latest web offering -- coming soon -- NACmusicbox TIMELINE 200 orchestral works, 80 Canadian compositions, 1 interactive TIMELINE. Explore unlimited music connections and discover Canada's contribution to orchestral history. The interactive TIMELINE includes the addition of 65 Canadian works thanks to financial investment by the Virtual Museum of Canada at the Department of Canadian Heritage. We also acknowledge our partner CBC Radio 2 for providing broadcast-quality recordings of the NAC Orchestra’s archival performances.

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Information:   
Gerald Morris
Communications Officer, NAC Music
613-947-7000, ext. 335
[e-mail]  gmorris@nac-cna.ca