Hofstra Entertainment Summer Season 2012

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HOLLYWOOD

LIVE!

TiltheEndofTime~PerryComoat100~

YouMayBeRight

ABillyJoelExperience

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Hofstra EntErtainmEntpresents

SUMMER SEASON 2012

Let the Music Play!


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New York area premiere!

HOLLYWOOD LIVE!

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Starring Broadway performers

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Special guest vocalist: Bob Spiotto

Barry Levitt, piano

Join us or cinematic romance and humor rom thepast and present, including the 1940s with Fredand Ginger, The Road to movies o Hope and

Crosby, The Wizard of Oz, Mickey Rooney andJudy Garland, Danny Kaye, Elvis, Disney, and aspecial tribute to Gene Kelly in celebration o his100th birthday. Also, enjoy unorgettable songsrom movies that also became Broadway shows,including Sweet Charity; Damn Yankees; Kiss Me,Kate; West Side Story; Grease; Guys and Dolls;

Pal Joey; Hairspray; and Chicago.Hoora or Hollwood Le!


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Saurda, June 23,2 p.m. and 8 p.m.

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tiCkEts: $35 adult; $30 senior citizen (over 65)$20 matriculated non-Hostra student with ID$15 Hostra aculty/sta/student with current

HostraCard (one-ticket maximum)$25 group rate or 20+ individuals

Tickets currently on sale.

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RACHEL BAy JONES recently toured with the Broadway-boundnew musical version o the 1980s classic flm A Christmas Story,playing the leading role o Mother. O-Broadway she appeared inTransport Groups acclaimed revival o Michael John LaChiusasHelloAgain and in the Broadway revival oHAIR(Mother / Buddadalirama),and also on Broadway as Patti LuPones standby, where she thriceperormed the role o Lucia in Women on the Verge o a Nervous

Breakdown. Other Broadway and large-scale tour credits includeroles in: Meet Me in St. Louis; Grand Hotel; Fiddler on the Roo;Rent(Berlin Company; in German).

GARy MAUER most recently starred in the Broadway productionoThe Phantom o the Opera, playing the Phantom. Broadway/national tour credits: Les Misrables and The Music o AndrewLloyd Webber. He was cast opposite his wie, Elizabeth Southard, inthe national tour o Harold Princes Show Boat. Other avorite rolesinclude: Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar, Anthony in Sweeney Todd

and Frederick in Pirates o Penzance. He has traveled with MarvinHamlisch and the Chicago and Pittsburgh Symphonies.

CHRiStiNA BiANCO is currently starring O-Broadway in Newsical:The Musicaland received a Drama Desk award nomination or herwork inForbidden Broadway Goes To Rehab. Christina originated therole o Dora in the long-running national tour oDora The ExplorerLive, including a sold-out run at Radio City Music Hall. New Yorkcredits include: Raf On Broadway (Gershwin Theatre), ForbiddenBroadway Dances With The Stars, and Tony & Tinas Wedding (Tina).A MAC award-nominated cabaret artist, Christina perormed weeklyin an unprecedented eight-month run o 11 OClock Numbers atFeinsteins at Loews Regency. She requently perorms in concert asa soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.

BARRy LEvitt is an award-winning pianist, musical director,composer, conductor and producer. He has been an active presencewithin the New York musical community or more than threedecades, participating in every style o music rom rock to R&Bto theatre, cabaret and jazz. He was musical director/arranger orCatskills on Broadwayand Swinging on a Star, and O Broadways

Little Shop o Horrors, Taking My Turn and Match Made in Heaven.He has worked with Ben Vereen, Bernadette Peters, Faith Prince,Eartha Kitt, Nell Carter, Rosemary Clooney, Connie Francis, MarilynMichaels and Carol Woods, among others. He has conducted theNew York, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles, St. Louis and IndianapolisPops Orchestras. Mr. Levitt is the ormer artistic director o the 92ndStreet Ys world-renowned Lyric and Lyricists series.


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Til the End of Time~ Perry Como at 100 ~

Celebrating the 100th birthday of Perry Como

Featuring the world premiere othe Bg apple Bg Bd

with special guest vocalists

World Premiere!

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Saurda, Jul 21, 8 p.m.Sunda, Jul 22, 2 p.m.

Jh Cd ad Plyhue, suh Cpu

tiCkEts: $30 adult; $25 senior citizen (over 65)$20 matriculated non-Hostra student with ID$15 Hostra aculty/sta/student with current HostraCard(one-ticket maximum); $23 group rate or 20+ individuals

Tickets on sale beginning June 19.

Perry Comos career spanned more than 50 years. Born in 1912, hesold millions o records or RCA and pioneered a weekly musical variety

television show, which set the standards or the genre and proved tobe one o the most successul shows in television history. The pop

ballad Till the End o Time was the frst song that Perry Como soldmore than one million copies o and marked the beginning o his verysuccessul recording career. He went on to become the frst artist to

have 10 records sell more than one million copies. Join us or a lovingand memorable musical tribute to the one and only Perry Como.


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You May Be RightA Billy Joel Experience

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You May Be Right is a retrospectivelook and listen at not only the music oBilly Joel, but also the history o the

band rom the Broadway productionoMovin Outand its genesis. Unliketypical Billy Joel tributes, this bandhad the unique experience o creatinga Broadway show with the masterhimsel rom the music that hasbeen the soundtrack or so many or

more than 40 years. Some o themembers o the Movin Out Bandeven went on to become parto Billys touring band. Join usor a true Billy Joel experience,

complete with unorgettable musicand exciting images. Wade Preston tells the

story o the history o what was really going on backstageon Broadway, rom the unique perspective o the piano man. Humor,history, and great music rom one o Long Islands greatest composers,as told and played by Wade Preston and the original Movin Out Band.

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At 16 years o age Robbie Rosen made all o New Yorkproud when he made it to the top 16 on Season 10oAmerican Idol. Since returning home rom Idol, hehas been busy writing, recording, and perormingthroughout the tri-state area and has shared the

stage with Kenny Rodgers, Deborah Gibson, DariusRucker, Martina McBride, and Rascal Flatts. He isalso looking orward to starting his reshman year atHostra University in the all, but you can hear him sing his avoriteBilly Joel songs this August!

Saurda, Augus 18, 8 p.m.Sunda, Augus 19, 2 p.m.Jh Cd ad Plyhue, suh Cpu

tiCkEts: $30 adult; $25 senior citizen (over 65); $20 matriculated

non-Hostra student with ID; $15 Hostra aculty/sta/student with currentHostraCard (one-ticket maximum); $23 group rate or 20+ individuals

Tickets on sale beginning July 17.

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Special guest appearance byRobbie Rosen

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presents (From Italy with Love)

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Uncle Floyd Vivino, comedian

Bob Spiotto, Master of Ceremonies

Saurda, Sepember 22, 8 p.m.the Helee fu thee, me Lecue Cee

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Please return to Hostra University on sudy, sepebe 23, 2012,

or the 20th Annual Italian Experience Festival! For inormation call516-463-6582 or visit h.edu/evl.

tiCkEts: $50 VIP (includes post-show reception and VIP seating)$35 adult; $32 senior citizen (over 65), Hostra aculty/sta with current

HostraCard (one-ticket maximum) and OSIA members; $15 Hostra andnon-Hostra students with ID; $30 group rate or 20+ individuals

Tickets on sale beginning August 21.

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MRuPRESIDENT

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Presented with ull orchestra along with the entire original book andmusical score, Mr. President, Irving Berlins fnal Broadway musical, is

sure to get your vote this year!

This perormance is presented in celebration o the 50th anniversary othe original Broadway production oMr. President.

Saurda, Ocober 6 and 13, 8 p.m.

Sunda, Ocober 7 and 14, 2 p.m.Jh Cd ad Plyhue, suh Cpu

tiCkEts: $30 adult; $25 senior citizen (over 65)$20 matriculated non-Hostra student with ID

$15 Hostra aculty/sta/student with current HostraCard(one-ticket maximum)

$23 group rate or 20+ individuals

Tickets on sale beginning September 4.

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Hofstra EntErtainmEntandThe Gray Wig Alumni Theater Company

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tcke inormaon(no rEfUnDs or EXCHanGEs. aLL sEats rEsErVED.)

v Call the John Cranord Adams Playhouse Box Ofce at516-463-6644and purchase ticket(s) using MasterCardor Visa or an additional $3 convenience ee per order.The John Cranord Adams Playhouse Box Ofce isopen Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.

v Visit the John Cranord Adams Playhouse Box Ofce,South Campus, and pay with cash or check.

v Order tickets online (or an additional charge) athosra.edu/HosraEneranmen.

v Mail a check, made payable to Hostra University, to:

John Cranord Adams Plahouse Box Ofce

118 Hosra Uners

Hempsead, Ny 11549-1180

Include your name, address and daytime phonenumber. Indicate the event, date and time you wouldlike to attend, and the number o adult, senior citizenand/or student tickets. Please enclose a business-sized,sel-addressed, stamped envelope with your order.

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