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FIVE NEW PRODUCTIONS ON THE AXELROD
STAGE
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DR. TOPILOW & BROADWAY VETERAN
DEB LYONS
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On Sunday,
April 24, jazz pianist Dr. Art Topilow and Broadway,
rock and pop vocalist Deb Lyons team up for I
FEEL THE EARTH MOVE, in addition to songs by the great
Carole King, I Feel the Earth Move will
include standards by Johnny Mercer, George & Ira Gershwin, Harold
Arlen, Stephen Sondheim, Irving Berlin, Johnny Burke. Deb Lyons, who
appeared on Broadway and the West End in Smokey Joe’s Café and
starred as Lucy in the first National Tour of Jekyll and Hyde,
will be backed by Dr. Topilow and a jazzy quartet of all-star
musicians.
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VIDEO CLIPS
OF DEB LYONS ACCLAIMED BROADWAY PERFOMANCE IN SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE
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DAVID LAWRENCE & DEBBIE GRAVITTE
TOAST “THE PARENTS”!
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One of
Broadway’s favorite leading ladies, Tony Winner Debbie
Gravitte will appear alongside David Lawrence for A
TOAST TO STEVE & EYDIE. David Lawrence is indeed the son
of Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé, two of the music
industry’s most celebrated recording artists and performers. “I am so
honored to be continuing the legacy of my mother and father and their
music. I am equally honored to share the stage with my friend Debbie
Gravitte. The show we’ve put together embodies all their craft, their
humor and their elegance.”
Backed by a swinging 20-piece band,
conducted by Russ Kassoff, two dazzling concerts take
place on Saturday, May 21 at 8 PM and Sunday, May 22 at 3 PM at the
Vogel Auditorium at the Axelrod PAC.
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TOVAH FELDSHUH RETURNS!
Broadway & TV Legend to Appear in
New Musical
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June
24, 29, 30 at 7 PM, June 25 at 2 PM and 8 PM, June 26 at 3 PM
The Axelrod
is pleased to be premiering a hilarious, high-energy, swinging new
musical, A MONKEY AND ME: Stories I Never Told My
Mother by award-winning Broadway writer, Jonathan
Brielle Holtzman (Foxfire, Himself and Nora),
headlining alongside six-time Emmy and Tony nominee, Tovah
Feldshuh (Golda’s Balcony, Pippin, Becoming Dr. Ruth),
in his semi-autobiographical musical about growing up in Asbury Park,
wrestling with gangsters, two ex-wives, a monkey from his Las Vegas
extravaganza, and, of course, his overbearing theatrical Jewish
mother….all in the name of learning to love yourself to find love.
Directed and choreographed by Kelli Barclay (associate
on 42nd Street), A Monkey and Me may
make you laugh and consider all the things you should tell your
mother!
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THE ACADEMY PLAYERS PRESENT THE ADDAMS
FAMILY
Fun for the Whole Creepy & Kooky
Family
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The Academy
Players—students from the Axelrod Performing Arts
Academy--presents The Addams Family on the
stage of the Vogel Auditorium. America’s favorite
“creepy and kooky” family, The Addams Family was a
hit TV series in the 1960s and the subject of five Hollywood films.
The musical by Tony Award nominee Andrew Lippa is
based on Charles Addams’ original single-panel cartoons and focuses
on an 18-year-old Wednesday who has fallen in love with a “normal”
teenager from Ohio and the chaos that ensues as the Addams face the
possibility of changing their traditional macabre ways. The
Addams Family is directed and choreographed by Michael
LaFleur with music direction by Michael Gilch.
Performances: May 7 and 14
at 2 PM & 7 PM and May 8 and 15 at 3 PM
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GREASE TAKES THE STAGE
CAST TO BE ANNOUNCED … SOON!!
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June 3 – 19,
2022
Celebrating
its 50th anniversary, GREASE is
the word this summer! Rescheduled from spring of 2020, America’s
favorite 1950s musical GREASE is finally
taking the stage at the Vogel Auditorium, under the direction and
choreography of Lisa Stevens (Broadway & West
End’s Chicago, 9 to 5) with music direction by Logan
Medland. When the Broadway musical was transformed into a
Hollywood spectacular starring John Travolta and Olivia
Newton-John, Grease became a cultural phenomenon, and the musical continues to break records in the box office—because
it’s that much fun…and we LOVE every song! The show runs
June 3 through June 19 … stay tuned for the cast announcement later
this week!
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All patrons
are required to provide proof of COVID vaccination and valid ID.
Masks are required for everyone in the arts center. All tickets are
refundable and exchangeable up until the day of performance. The
Axelrod promotes a NO RISK policy for all ticket purchasers.
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