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Dateline: 12th January, 2007
1000 Voices Salute Kander and Ebb This year's Night of 1000 Voices (Royal Albert Hall: 6th May at 8pm) will feature Joel Grey. He will be joined by the current Phantom in Las Vegas, Anthony Crivello, a Tony Award Winner for his performance in Kiss of The Spiderwoman, Ruthie Henshall, who will perform in a tribute to Chicago, and members of the cast of Avenue Q as well as special guests, including Teri Bibb, Kenneth Nichols and David Michael Johnson. They will be accompanied by the Sing Live choir, brought together from around the British Isles, and the City of London Philharmonic orchestra. The performance will introduced by former Hear'Say singer Myleene Klass and will be for the benefit of The National Autistic Society. Tickets are available at prices from £17.50 – £60.00; and there are a limited number of special gala packages at £150.00. Tickets can be obtained from the Royal Albert Hall box office on 020 7589 8212. Those interested in buying gala package tickets should phone 020 8398 5513. Joel Grey originated the role of the Emcee in Cabaret on Broadway in 1966, for which he won the Tony Award. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1972 for his performance as the Master of Ceremonies in the movie version. He is one of only seven people who have won both a Tony Award and an Oscar for the same role. He was also one of the first people to guest star on The Muppet Show in its first season, singing Razzle Dazzle and Cabaret. In the 1996 Broadway revival of Chicago, Joel played Amos Hart. Recently, he was part of the original cast of the Stephen Schwartz musical Wicked as the Wizard himself, playing opposite Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth. Anthony Crivello appeared in The News and Les Misérables before achieving prominence as Valentin in the Kander and Ebb musical Kiss of the Spider Woman in 1995, for which he won a Tony Award as Best Featured Actor in a Musical. In 1999 he played opposite Audra McDonald in Michael John LaChiusa's musical Marie Christine. Two years later, he received an LA Ovation Award nomination, a Garland Award, a Robby Award nomination, and a LA Drama Critics Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor in the musical Do I Hear a Waltz? at the Pasadena Playhouse. In August 2005, he appeared at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, California, in a workshop production of Zhivago, a musical version of the Boris Pasternak novel by Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon. He is currently one of two actors rotating in the title role in the Las Vegas production of The Phantom of the Opera. Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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