From SOMA Stage:
Join stage favorites Christiane Noll, Jessica Phillips, Elena Shaddow and more, on May 12, 2024, for a Mother’s Day celebration with New Jersey non-profit SOMA STAGE.
SOMA Stage (Dana Spialter, Producing Artistic Director and Founder) is thrilled to announce the return of Broadway in the Park on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 12th at 4:30pm. The concert will take place at the Memorial Park Amphitheater in Maplewood, NJ, just a 35-minute train ride from NYC. More information about SOMA Stage can be found on the website: www.somastage.org.
Coined by the NYTimes “where Broadway comes home to sleep,” South Orange and Maplewood (or, SOMA) has an abundance of Broadway community members from actors and directors to writers and musicians. SOMA Stage was formed by Dana Spialter in order to provide the local professional theater artists with a creative home in their backyard and allow the entire community to support and enjoy the talent of their neighbors. In addition to offering concerts and masterclasses, the company has a primary focus on supporting and developing new works through the SOMA backStage Reading Series presented each Spring (this year taking place May 31-June 2).
“Each year we are overwhelmed by the incredible turn out and are so excited to present our special Mother’s Day Edition of Broadway in the Park this year, the biggest celebration of Broadway in North Jersey,” says Producing Artistic Director and Founder Dana Spialter. She continues, “The Broadway talent in SOMA is like none other and we can’t wait for you to see these incredible Broadway Moms come together to sing songs about motherhood on this special day”.
All of the performers for the concert are local to the SOMA area. The full cast includes: Carol Angeli (Here Lies Love), Haven Burton (How to Dance in Ohio), Kennedy Caughell (Paradise Square), Danielle Ferland (Into the Woods), Leah Horowitz (Follies), Stephanie Martignetti (Tina), Brandi Chavonne Massey (Wicked), Christiane Noll (Dear Evan Hansen), Jessica Phillips (Dear Evan Hansen), Catherine Porter (Next to Normal), Julie Reiber (Jagged Little Pill), and Elena Shaddow (Bridges of Madison County). Musical direction will be by Louis Danowsky, also a Jersey resident.
EVENT DETAILS
SOMA Stage’s Broadway in the Park concert will be presented in partnership with Maplewood Division of Arts and Culture as a free town event on Sunday, May 12th (Mother’s Day) at 4:30pm at the Memorial Park Amphitheater in Maplewood, NJ. In the event of rain, the concert will take place at The Woodland in Maplewood.
There is a suggested donation of $15 per person which will go directly to future programming presented by SOMA Stage.
Broadway in the Park: Mother’s Day Edition is sponsored by The Pollock Properties Group – Keller Williams with Little Apple Arts, Lumie Salon, Marigold Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics, and Studio 509. Sponsors are all local, mom-owned businesses.
BIOGRAPHY
Dana Spialter (Producing Artistic Director, Founder) most recently worked as the Creative Coordinator to acclaimed Broadway producers Barry and Fran Weissler, focusing on developing new works as well as supporting their long-standing shows (Chicago, Waitress, etc.) through casting and other creative endeavors. She has produced concerts of Broadway talent at 54 Below and Webster Hall, and as a performer, was seen across the country as Crissy on the national tour of HAIR. Dana lives in Maplewood with her Broadway actor husband and their three year old daughter.
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