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FROM VIENNA TO BROADWAY
2017-2018 SEASON
MOVIE WITH ORCHESTRA :
THU , MAY 10 | 8 PM STRATHMORE FRI , MAY 11 | 8 PM MEYERHOFF SAT , MAY 12 | 8 PM MEYERHOFF SUN , MAY 13 | 3 PM MEYERHOFF
JACK EVERLY , Principal Pops Conductor
Under the baton of Jack Everly , experience Raiders of the Lost Ark like never before as the BSO performs John Williams ' epic score alongside the classic Steven Spielberg film .
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Society Living Legends Award and holds an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Franklin College in his home state of Indiana . He has been a proud resident of the Indianapolis community for over 15 years and , when not on the podium , you can find Everly at home with his family , which includes Max the wonder dog .
Jack Everly last appeared with the BSO in January 2018 conducting Diva to Diva : from Ella to Adele with Ann Hampton Callaway .
Ted Keegan
Ted Keegan is proud to be the 12 th Phantom of Broadway ’ s The Phantom of the Opera . He is a native of Watertown , NY , with an undergraduate degree from Ithaca College and a graduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro . He has been seen as the Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway , the national tour and Phantom : The Las Vegas Spectacular . He has performed the role in over 24 states across the country . He has had the great pleasure of appearing as the Phantom on television , performing live from Rockefeller Center for the Today Show on NBC . He has the distinction of being the actor who has sung the role in front of the largest audience ever , performing at Madison Square Garden singing “ The Phantom of the Opera ” during the half-time show of the NBA All-Star Game .
Keegan was deeply involved in the George Gershwin Centennial Celebration . He performed unpublished works by Gershwin at the opening of the George and Ira Gershwin Room at the National Archives in Washington , D . C ., which The New York Times reviewed as one of the ten best musical events of the year . He has also sung Gershwin with Audra McDonald in New York and with Marin Mazzie at the opening of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival .
Keegan appeared in the Frank Loesser Celebration at Symphony Space in New York City and was a soloist at the Lincoln Center ’ s Avery Fisher Hall . He hosted
the Yuletide Celebration in Indianapolis , singing with the 90-piece Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra . He has given solo performances with the Detroit , Syracuse , Charleston , West Virginia , Portland , Pittsburgh , Ottawa , Baltimore , Las Vegas , Fort Worth , Rockford and Edmonton symphony orchestras ; the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra ; the Omaha Symphony ; and the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center , among others .
Keegan is founding member of The Phat Pack , which was named the “ Best All-Around Performer ” by the Las Vegas Review Journal . He made his Broadway debut in the highly acclaimed revival of Sweeney Todd , where he was seen as Anthony . Other Broadway and national tour credits include Cyrano : The Musical , Mordred in Camelot with Robert Goulet , Kander and Ebb ’ s The World Goes ‘ Round and in the European tour of the Kopit and Yeston production of Phantom .
Ted Keegan last appeared with the BSO in October 2016 , performing in Broadway ’ s Leading Men , Jack Everly conductor .
Ben Crawford
Ben Crawford began his Broadway career when he covered the roles of Javert and Jean Valjean in the original revival of Les Misérables . Since then , his Broadway credits include this season ’ s Charlie & The Chocolate Factory ( Mr . Salt ), Shrek the Musical ( Shrek ), Big Fish ( Don Price and Ed Bloom , understudy ) and On The Twentieth Century ( Bruce Granit , understudy and Max Jacobs , understudy ), starring Kristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher . Other on-stage credits include Evita ( Che ), 110 In The Shade ( Starbuck ), Next to Normal ( Dr . Madden ), Titanic ( Frederick Barrett ), Chasing Rainbows ( Frank Gumm ), Guys and Dolls ( Sky Masterson ), Carousel ( Billy Bigelow ), A New Brain ( Gordon ), Oklahoma ! ( Jud ), Oliver ! ( Bill Sykes ), Jasper In Deadland ( Mister Lethe ), Merrily We Roll Along , 35MM
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