See Tony Award Winner Alice Ripley in Broadway Supports LIHSA

Tony Award winner and two-time Drama Desk Award nominee Alice Ripley (Next to Normal; Side Show; American Psycho; The Rocky Horror Show: Sunset Boulevard; The Who’s Tommy; James Joyce’s The Dead; King David), will be performing this Monday, October 22, 7 p.m. in Broadway Supports LIHSA (Long Island High School for the Arts).

Other Broadway stars set to perform include:

• Laura Darrell (Sweeney Todd)
• Christine DeCicco (Evita; Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark; Sister Act)
• Leo Ash Evens (School of Rock-The Musical; Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed; Jesus Christ Superstar)
• Rona Figuroa (Les Miserables; Nine; Lennon; Miss Saigon)
• Jessica Hendy (Cats; Aida; Amour)
• Drama Desk Award winner Ken Jennings (Urinetown; Side Show; London Assurance; A Christmas Carol; Grand Hotel; Mayor; Sweeney Todd; Present Laughter; All God’s Chillin Got Wings)
• Jesse J.P. Johnson (SpongeBob SquarePants! The Musical)
• Steffanie Leigh (Mary Poppins; War Paint; Gigi)
• Erica Mansfield (Bandstand; Finding Neverland; On the 20th Century; On the Town; Pippin; Evita; How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying; Mamma Mia!)
• Charlie Marcus (A Bronx Tale: The Musical; Peter Pan)
• Nicole Vanessa Ortiz (Smokey Joe’s Café; Spamilton)
• Majeste Pearson (“The Four”; Rocktopia)
• Jon Peterson (Cabaret)
• Rebecca Pitcher (Carousel; The Phantom of the Opera)
• Catherine Porter (Next to Normal)
• Tony Award winner and 2X Drama Desk Award nominee Alice Ripley (Next to Normal; Side Show; American Psycho; The Rocky Horror Show: Sunset Boulevard; The Who’s Tommy; James Joyce’s The Dead; King David)
• Talia Suskauer (Be More Chill)
• Rema Webb (Escape to Margaritaville; The Color Purple; The Lion King; The Book of Mormon and Ragtime)

Get your tickets at www.nassauboces.org/gettickets for this special performance that organizers call, "lightning in a bottle," since the cast is never the same, but always over-flowing with talent. The audience will be treated to a truly once in a lifetime show. There's also an opportunity to purchase tickets for a special meet and greet with the performers after the show.

This is the fourth year that Broadway stars have come together to support LIHSA, which is the only Long Island performing arts high school program that offers world-class training and preparation for students who are interested in exploring and pursuing careers in the arts. Last year's show was a sell-out!

"It is deeply touching for these talented Broadway entertainers to donate their time to put together an unprecedented performance to support LIHSA," said Nassau BOCES District Superintendent Dr. Robert R. Dillon. "The evening will not only help raise awareness of our stellar arts programs, it will also provide our current and future LIHSA students the opportunity to see how successful they can become!"

For 45 years, LIHSA has been a powerhouse for the development of Long Island's creative and cultural sector, offering programs in Theatre, Dance, Music, Special Effects, Digital Media, Fine Arts and Film. LIHSA challenges current thinking and practice while producing graduates who are innovators and leaders. The school's alumni are working all over the world on stage, on screen, behind the scenes and leading major events and organizations.

Broadway Supports LIHSA is being co-produced and co-directed by Jerome Vivona, a Broadway veteran and current artistic director of the American Theater Dance Workshop in Mineola, NY, and Stephen DeAngelis, renowned Casting Director and Producer of over 300 different Broadway concerts at venues in New York and across the United States. DeAngelis has recently been named as Producing Artistic Director of the new Pocono Center for the Arts. This team has been working with the Campaign for LIHSA, which is affiliated with the Nassau BOCES Educational Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c)3 corporation. The campaign was created over three years ago to help raise funds and awareness of LIHSA. Members include educators, artists, students and parents committed to supporting the only public arts high school on Long Island.

To learn more about LIHSA visit www.nassauboces.org/lihsa.

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Photo caption: Tony Award winner Alice Ripley