Join Ogunquit Playhouse and Ogunquit’s Mainestreet nightclub as they come together for their first online collaboration with Broadway Gives Back to the Playhouse, a free hour-long virtual benefit featuring Playhouse stars and Broadway veterans in a cabaret-style celebration of the historic Ogunquit Playhouse.
Broadway Gives Back to the Playhouse is a star-studded night of music and memories, live streamed from both the Ogunquit Playhouse stage with Executive Artistic Director Bradford T. Kenney, and from Mainestreet's cabaret room with drag co-hostess Minerva Maine.
Together they'll welcome the musical stylings of Broadway and Playhouse stars, including:
F. Michael Haynie and Sydney Morton
from 2016’s The Hunchback of Notre DameReed Campbell and Michele Ragusa
from 2017’s Bullets Over BroadwayNicole Vanessa Ortiz
from 2018’s Smokey Joe's CafeDarnell Abraham and Lindsay Roberts
from 2017’s RagtimeMatthew Marks and William Selby
from 2016’s Priscilla, Queen of the DesertJeffry Denman
from 2019’s Annie at The Music Hall - Portsmouth, NHAmanda Lea LaVergne and Joey Sorge
from 2016’s Nice Work If You Can Get ItDiana Huey
from 2018’s Elf The Musical at The Music Hall - Portsmouth, NHDwayne Cooper, John Edwards, Jelani Remy,
and Max Sangerman
from 2018’s Smokey Joe's Cafe
Plus, there will be memories shared by treasured members of the Playhouse family, including Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor Hal Linden (from 2018’s Grumpy Old Men, and star of the hit television series Barney Miller), and by television star Cindy Williams (from 2019’s Menopause The Musical, and known for her role as Shirley Feeney on the hit TV comedy series Laverne and Shirley).
For years, Mainestreet and Ogunquit Playhouse have collaborated on Broadway Gives Back, a series of high-energy evenings featuring show tunes and jam sessions from cast and crew in a cabaret setting, generating thousands of dollars for local charitable and service organizations.
This year, the community is returning the favor with Broadway Gives Back to the Playhouse, a free benefit concert helping to bridge a $3.5M financial gap until Ogunquit Playhouse is able to return for its 2021 season with the fantastic shows audiences have loved for 88 years.
To watch live and participate in Broadway Gives Back to the Playhouse, visit the Ogunquit Playhouse YouTube channel, or Facebook page, Thursday, September 24 at 7:00PM ET. Throughout the concert, you will be able to share memories and messages of support, as well as make donations via text and online.
For those unable to join live, the video will live on in archive format for all to enjoy.