Eric Michael Gillett will direct My Broadway!, which will also have musical direction by Ron Abel.
By
Andrew Gans
October 13, 2023
Sean McDermott
Sean McDermott, seen onBroadway in Miss Saigon, Falsettos, Starlight Express, and Grease, will make his 54 Below solo debut next month.
McDermott will offer My Broadway!
at the intimate Manhattan venue November 9 at 7 PM. Eric Michael Gillett will direct the evening with musical direction by Ron Abel.
Attendees can expect to hear tunes from McDermott's Broadway outings as well as anecdotes from his time singing with Barbra Streisand
to rolling off the stage in Starlight Express, playing opposite Mandy Patinkin in Falsettos, and performing with Bernadette Peters at Carnegie Hall. The actor will also perform songs penned by Cy Coleman, Leiber and Stoller, Comden and
Green, Stephen Sondheim, and Rodgers and Hammerstein.
In addition to his Broadway work, McDermott has been seen Off-Broadway in Silence! The Musical, Call the Children Home, and The Boys in the Band.
Silence! The Musical Returns, With New Star Sean McDermott
Silence! The Musical Returns, With New Star Sean McDermott
Following a brief hiatus, the award-winning Silence! The Musical resumed performances Jan. 19 at the Elektra Theatre. The cast is now headed by Broadway's Sean McDermott in the role of Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Read the Playbill.com story.
Filmed in 2023, the one-night-only event featured Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald, Peter Friedman, and more from the Ahrens and Flaherty musical's original cast.
