METRMAG Spotlight On: Broadway in Worcester Presents Tony Award Winner SANTINO FONTANA
(Cover Photo: SANTINO FONTANA. Photo Courtesy of Broadway in Worcester)
By Kevin T. Baldwin
METRMAG Reviewer
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METRMAG Spotlight On:
BROADWAY IN WORCESTER
Presents
TONY AWARD-WINNER
SANTINO FONTANA
One Night Only!
March 1, 2024 at 8:00pm
TONY AWARD-WINNER SANTINO FONTANA LIVE IN CONCERT
Jean McDonough Arts Center’s BrickBox Theater, Worcester, MA.
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Tickets are $50, $75 and $100 depending on seating location. Contact the ticketing office for more information at 877-571-7469.
To purchase tickets visit: www.broadwayinworcester.com.
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BROADWAY IN WORCESTER announces Tony Award Winner SANTINO FONTANA on Friday, March 1, 2023 at 8:00pm at the Jean McDonough Arts Center’s BrickBox Theater, both in Worcester, MA.
Tickets are $50, $75 and $100 depending on seating location. Contact the ticketing office for more information at 877-571-7469.
(Photo: SANTINO FONTANA. Photo Courtesy of Broadway in Worcester)
ABOUT SANTINO FONTANA
With his rich voice, dynamic versatility and charisma, SANTINO FONTANA has cemented himself as one of Broadway's favorite leading men.
FONTANA was last seen starring on Broadway in his tour de force dual role in "Tootsie" for which he received the 2019 Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, and Tony Awards.
He is perhaps best known to audiences as the voice of villainous "Prince Hans" in the Academy Award Winning Disney film "Frozen."
Television audiences have seen FONTANA on "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" and recognize him from "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," "Shades of Blue," "Mozart In The Jungle," "Fosse/Verdon," "Royal Pains," "Nurse Jackie" and more.
SANTINO FONTANA'S other Broadway credits include "Hello Dolly," "Act One," "Cinderella," "The Importance of Being Earnest" (Clarence Derwent Award), "Brighton Beach Memoirs" (Drama Desk Award), "Billy Elliot," and "Sunday in the Park with George."
He also received Lortel and Obie Awards for his off-Broadway performance in Stephen Karam’s "Sons of the Prophet."
As an interpreter of the American Songbook, FONTANA won the renowned Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival when he was 18 and has sung with orchestras, big bands, and smaller ensembles including the New York Philharmonic, NY Pops, National Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Master Voices, Westchester Philharmonic, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Sesame Street Muppets, Phoenix Symphony, and at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Birdland, and the Bravo Festival at Vail.
One Night Only!
March 1, 2024 at 8:00pm
SANTINO FONTANA LIVE IN CONCERT
Jean McDonough Arts Center’s BrickBox Theater, Worcester, MA.
**TICKETS ON SALE NOW**
BUY TICKETS
TICKETS
Tickets are $50, $75 and $100 depending on seating location. Contact the ticketing office for more information at 877-571-7469.
To purchase tickets visit: www.broadwayinworcester.com.
Kevin T. Baldwin is a member of the American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA)
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ABOUT THE BRICKBOX
With its industrial aesthetic and intimate seating, THE BRICKBOX THEATER AND THE JEAN MCDONOUGH ARTS CENTER is perfect for fresh, sophisticated stagings of classic works.
THE BRICKBOX THEATER AND THE JEAN MCDONOUGH ARTS CENTER
20 Franklin Street
Worcester, MA. 01608
508-413-JMAC/877-571-SHOW (Box Office)
boxoffice@jmacworcester.org
ABOUT BROADWAY IN WORCESTER
BROADWAY IN WORCESTER was founded in 2022 by Worcester native Eric Butler. BROADWAY IN WORCESTER is committed to providing Central Massachusetts’ audiences with the opportunity to see Broadway’s most celebrated talents perform locally. Past performers have included Tony Award winners Laura Benanti and Kelli O’Hara, as well as Broadway legend Chita Rivera. In addition to providing local access to Broadway celebrity performances, BROADWAY IN WORCESTER fosters collaboration between Broadway talents and the area’s local high school and college students and their arts educators through educational programming. Each artist will participate in a free masterclass or workshop for students and educators prior to their performances. More information about BROADWAY IN WORCESTER'S free educational workshops can be found on www.broadwayinworcester.com. This initiative is supported by the George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Foundation, The Fletcher Foundation, and UniBank. BROADWAY IN WORCESTER looks forward to bringing an exciting line-up of stars to the City of Worcester in the years to come!
