"Business Sings Broadway" Takes the Spotlight

Friday, August 22 & Saturday, August 23, 2014 * 7:30 pm

We've asked 32 local journalists, teachers, bankers, realtors, restaurateurs, and more to hang up their suits and ties for a few nights and perform onstage for a fundraiser like no other! These local business moguls are ready to prove that “there’s no business like show business” for Business Sings Broadway, a fundraiser that will be held on the Mainstage at Asheville Community Theatre on Friday, August 22 and Saturday, August 23 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $20 and are available at the ACT Box Office, by phone at 828-254-1320, or online at ashevilletheatre.org.

Business Sings Broadway is a musical revue that features the big numbers you love from the biggest musicals around! We've lined up songs from Gypsy, Cats, Anything Goes, Damn Yankees, and West Side Story alongside reprises of numbers from recent favorites like Spamalot, Cabaret, Annie Get Your Gun, Guys and Dolls, and Kiss Me, Kate.

And we've also lined up some of our town's top talent! In the spotlight will be ACT familiars (all the guys from "Lancelot" in Spamalot, Andre Ellerby of Chicago fame, Jacob Walas, Alan Malpass and Kevin Moxley from Cabaret) along with Asheville stars (including Sheriff Van Duncan, Ashvegas' Jason Sandford, PR powerhouse Blake Butler). Jerry Crouch and Lenora Thom are shaping these performances that range from the silly to the sublime.

And what's an ACT fundraiser without a signature cocktail? For Business Sings Broadway, we're doubling down and unveiling two: “The Spreadsheet” and "The CEO." Cash bar will be open prior to and throughout the performance.

All in all, it will be a great evening of local business supporting local theatre - don't miss it!


AT A GLANCE
What: Business Sings Broadway, a fundraiser for Asheville Community Theatre

Who: Directed by Jerry Crouch with musical direction by Lenora Thom; Starring: Brian Biro, Charles Burchill, Mike Burk, Blake Butler, Dwight Butner, Bradshaw Call, Keith Challenger, Van Duncan, Andre Ellerby, James Fisher, Jaymes Fowler, Isaac Fulk, David Gantt, Skylar Goff, Blaine Greenfield, Doug Hauschild, Luke Haynes, Mark Jones, Mark Knollman, McRae Hilliard, Craig Justus, Pat LaCorte, Jill Lieberman, Corey Link, Alan Malpass, Kevin Moxley, Ben Puckett, Marvin Sadovsy, Frank Salvo, Jason Sandford, Jacob Walas and Waylon Wood; Emcee: Buncombe County Commissioner Holly Jones

When: Friday, August 22 and Saturday, August 23 at 7:30 pm

Where: Asheville Community Theatre
35 East Walnut Street
Asheville, NC 28801

Tickets: $20.00
Asheville Community Theatre Box Office
35 East Walnut Street
Downtown Asheville
828-254-1320 or www.ashevilletheatre.org