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WOODSTOCK VALLEY — Broadway Live Productions returns to the big stage at the Center for the Arts at The Woodstock Academy April 7 and 8 for a special concert to benefit the Hale YMCA Youth and Family Center called “The Conncert”.
Tickets are now available at the Hale YMCA in Putnam or online at www.theconnecticutconcert.com .
The top corporate sponsors for “The Conncert” production include Gerardi Insurance, Jewett City Savings Bank, Lord Thompson Manor, Putnam Bank, Rectory School, Thomasdoran and Company, Westview Health Care Center, WINY Radio and The Woodstock Academy.
More than 30 local and regional vocalists backed up by a 16-piece orchestra and band will perform songs from Broadway, Classical, Jazz, Rock, Pop, Big Band and more. All music is arranged by Walter Gwardyak from the Hartford Symphony and New England Jazz, Keri Danner is the director and Marc Poitras is the music director.
The Conncert will be led by Mistress and Masters of Ceremony Amanda Kelly, Marc Cerrone and Ronald Coderre, respectively. The performers slated to appear include: Andre Bessette, Donna Bessette, Yvie Bessette, Jonathan Carpentier, Hannah Chubbuck, Tim Deary, Mackenzie Deary, Val Hauptman, James Doran Kellaway, Molly Kellaway, Donna LaHaie, Adam Landry, Paul Lucenti, Patrick McCarthy, Alex Mercier, Carl Mercier, Elena Mercier, Lilly Mercier, David T. Panteleakos, Brenda Pontbriand, Sophia Pontbriand, Rachel Pontbriand, Mike Silvia, Beth Silvia, Izaiah Silvia, Elizabeth Silvia, Simon Silvia, Ted Reynolds and Brooke Zahansky. The production team is rounded out by Christie Deary, Stage Manager, Adam Bumpus, Web Designer, Christine Zadora, Producer and James D. Kellaway, Video Director and Writer.
This is now the 6th philanthropic production that Broadway Live has produced at the 1,000-seat Woodstock theater since 2005. Other productions included Encore…2005, Broadway Live…2008 - Helping Hands, Divas Live in 2011, Follow The Red Dress Divas in 2012 and Les Misérables in 2014.
Broadway Live Productions was created in 2000 by David T. Panteleakos as a company to produce live performances to benefit national and local 501 (c) (3) non-profit organizations like The American Cancer Society, Habitat for Humanity, Doctors Without Borders, The Bradley Playhouse, Day Kimball Hospital, Day Kimball Deary Fund, QVCC Foundation, HealthQuest, The Arc, Daily Bread, TEEG and Eastern Connecticut Performing Arts Association. The production company has generated more than $700,000 in ticket sales and sponsorships, with all net proceeds from their performances benefitting many worthy non-profit causes.