This one night only concert celebrates iconic performances by Black actors, highlights iconic roles made famous by Black artists, and lifts up the next generation of Black Broadway stars. Featuring performances of Broadway classics performed by Black Broadway Stars across multiple generations, this performance will be captured for TV Broadcast, including the live audience in the to-be-aired special.
The cast of iconic performers will be joined by multiple guest conductors, a choir of students from Howard University and Morgan State University, and accompanied by The American Pops Orchestra.
Ticketing for this event is general admission orchestra seating and all tickets will be held at will call. Tickets must be purchased in advance and will not be available at the door. Seating is first come first serve and the doors will open at 7:30pm.
Performers include:
APO is honored to be joined by the following guest conductors for this performance:
The American Pops Orchestra has made it a priority to not only maintain Pre-COVID content in a virtual form, but also create new content to keep our audience engaged and our musicians employed. As an organization that strives to break the mold of concerts, we are using COVID-19 to reimagine our normal operations. Since March we have streamed two full original concerts, created solo performances by instrumentalist and vocalists, rethought our Music and Mindfulness series as a more often and virtual event, and partnered with organizations across the country in our virtual trivia series.
In addition, APO has held multiple in-person socially distanced outdoor Porch Concerts that provide our audience with the opportunity to safely see live art despite the current situation around us. Throughout the pandemic, APO has employed hundreds of musicians and artists and in a time when many other organizations couldn’t. In the words of Maestro Luke Frazier, “we never stopped.”
Moving forward, APO is proud to present our NextGen National vocal competition which will include students from across the country competing virtually for the chance to win a monetary prize and the opportunity to perform in a future APO MainStage Show. This will include a virtual audition and semi-finals with a live (COVID permitting) finals in Spring of 2021. APO has also filmed multiple productions that will be broadcast nationally on PBS. APO has been grateful to keep creating and making music despite the limitations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and will keep working to bring you, our valued audience, original and unique content.
To support APO as we keep moving forward you can click here, so that we can continue to employ more artists and musicians. If you have any questions about what APO has been doing during the pandemic, please email hannah@theamericanpops.org. Thank you and stay safe.