Adelphi's Best of Broadway Celebrates the Anniversaries of Classic Musicals

Adelphi University's Departments of Music and Theatre will be celebrating 100th, 75th, 50th and 25th anniversaries of beloved musicals in this season's Best of Broadway. End Quote

New York, NY (1888PressRelease) October 17, 2013 - Under the direction of Music Program Coordinator Michael Hume, the students from Adelphi University's Departments of Music and Theatre will be back again with the Best of Broadway: Anniversaries. The program celebrates the 100th, 75th, 50th and 25th anniversaries of musicals including songs from Sweethearts, The Boys from Syracuse, 110 in the Shade and Phantom of the Opera. The shows take place on Saturday, October 19 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, October 20 at 3:00 p.m. in the Concert Hall in the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center (AUPAC) located at 1 South Avenue, Garden City, NY.

The biennial concert, which started in 1997 as Michael Hume's initiative, has been an audience-favorite every semester. The vocal music students have won accolades from the audience for demonstrating a wide range of talents. In this concert, the students are ready to bring to stage the romance of Victor Herbert (Sweethearts), the jazzy energy of Rodgers and Hart (The Boys from Syracuse), the lyricism of Jones and Schmidt (110 in the Shade) and Lloyd Webber's sweeping melodies from The Phantom of the Opera, to name just a few of the Broadway favorites featured in Anniversaries.

Joining the cast will be Adelphi alumnus, Corrado Alicata, who will sing the haunting music composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber for the title role in Phantom of the Opera. Mr. Alicata appeared regularly in Adelphi's Best of Broadway from 2007 to 2011 in addition to many productions by the Department of Theatre.

The tickets for the concert are on sale for $20. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit aupac.adelphi.edu.

Information and tickets are also available by calling The Lucia and Steven N. Fischer Box Office at (516) 877-4000 or by emailing boxoffice ( @ ) adelphi dot edu dot Regular box office hours are Tuesday through Friday from 1:00 p dot m dot to 6:00 p dot m dot The box office is also open 2 hours before most scheduled performances dot

About Adelphi University:
Adelphi is a world-class, modern university with excellent and highly relevant programs where students prepare for lives of active citizenship and professional careers. Through its schools and programs-College of Arts and Sciences, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Honors College, Robert B. Willumstad School of Business, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, College of Nursing and Public Health and the School of Social Work-the coeducational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. Adelphi University currently enrolls nearly 8,000 students from 43 states and 45 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and its centers in Manhattan, Suffolk County, and Poughkeepsie, the University, chartered in 1896, maintains a commitment to liberal studies, in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship.

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