Cabaret & Concert NewsLiz Callaway Teams Up With Cincinnati Pops for December 8–10 Holiday PopsThe Tony nominee’s voice will fill the renovated Music Hall.
By
Robert Viagas
December 07, 2017
Tony nominee Liz Callaway will be the featured guest soloist with The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra for its December 8–10 Holiday Pops concerts at the refurbished Music Hall in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Pops has returned to the Music Hall after a season at the Taft Theatre while the Music Hall was being renovated.
Holiday Pops, which will also feature Denzal Sinclaire, dancers, and the Cincinnati Pops Chorale, will give four performances, 8 PM December 8, 2 and 8 PM December 9, and 2 PM December 10. Tickets, at $20 to $95, can be ordered at CincinnatiSymphony.org.
Callaway replaces the originally scheduled Laura Benanti, who is appearing on Broadway in Steve Martin’s Meteor Shower.
Callaway made her Broadway debut in Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along, received a Tony Award nomination for her performance in Baby, and replaced as Grizabella during the original run of Cats. She has also starred in the original casts of Miss Saigon, The Three Musketeers, and The Look of Love. She currently maintains a busy schedule as a concert and recording artist.
Here is the balance of the 2017–2018 Cincinnati Pops subscription season: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in Concert (December 28–30) “1812 Overture” and More (January 20–21, 2018) Cirque de la Symphonie (March 9–11, 2018) Grace Potter (April 8, 2018) West Side Story: film with orchestra (April 27–29, 2018)
Conductor John Morris Russell said in a statement, “This building, our Music Hall, has nurtured some of the most significant musical performances in our nation’s history, and as we re-open Cincinnati’s musical treasure with the Pops, we pop the cork on a new era of musical splendor with works by America’s greatest cinematic composer: John Williams. It’s hard to put into words the thrilling anticipation, honor and sheer delight we are all feeling about filling this grand space with the brilliant virtuosity of the Pops during these extraordinarily special concerts. There is no better way to show off the new acoustical resplendence of our home than with the some of the most dazzling and ardently emotive film scores ever created.”
Tickets are now also on sale for the Broadway on the High Seas June-July 2019 Odyssey Through the Greek Isles, with a lineup of top Broadway stars to be announced. Call Judy Perl Worldwide for tickets at (844) 561-3625.