The Biggest Broadway Music Festival Is Headed To Coney Island This Fall
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Called the “Cochella for Broadway,” the Elsie Fest in its second year, is headed to the new Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk.
The one day only outdoor music event will kick off at 1pm on September 5 to celebrate the biggest Broadway stars on stage and on screen. According to Playbill the festival will “include sets from Tony Award-nominated actress and singer Megan Hilty; actor, singer and Emmy-nominated Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star Tituss Burgess; Emmy-nominated musician and actor Darren Criss; musician and actress Evan Rachel Wood and musician Zach Villa, who perform as Rebel and a Basket Case; musical theatre composer, lyricist, playwright and three-time Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown; Hedwig and the Angry Inch’s Tony Award-winning Lena Hall; Broadway singing actor and Newsies star Corey Cott; Tony-nominated songwriting duo behind Broadway’s upcoming musical Dear Evan Hansen, Benj Pasekand Justin Paul; Broadway personality and SiriusXM Radio On Broadway host Julie James; and a special guest performance by 2016 Tony Award winner of The Color Purple, Cynthia Erivo.”
“Last year’s Elsie Fest was a passion project,” said Elsie Fest creator Criss and talent manager Ricky Rollins in a joint statement. “The support from the public and the success of the festival reinforced what we knew, that people love coming together to watch, hear and sing with their favorite musical stars. Now, we hope to make Elsie Fest bigger and better every year.”
“Musical theater has been going through a wonderful shift in the past few years, from the type of work that’s being produced to the way it’s being consumed by the public,” said Criss. “It’s more than showtunes on Broadway–it’s songs from film, TV and YouTube. Since the rules were already changing, I figured, why not shake up people’s ideas of where to watch the performers they love. Enter Elsie.”
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Tickets for Elsie Fest will be available via a pre–sale code from ElsieFest.com on July 28, and can be purchased by the general public July 29 at 10am on Ticketmaster.com. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Peep a video from Elsie Fest 2015 as Lea Salonga and Darren Criss sing “A Whole New World” from Aladdin.
