Alex Lyons, Essie Bertain, and April Ball sing 60 minutes of musical theater and popular songs in a culminating capstone project. This performance is in partial fulfillment of their M.F.A. in Musical Theater Vocal Pedagogy degrees.
Audience Advisory: Explicit Language
Program Information
Musical Numbers
RODDY HART/TOMMY REILLY: “Break Away” from Anna and the Apocalypse
Alex Lyons, Essie Bertain, and April Lisette Ball
MARC SHAIMAN/SCOTT WHITTMAN: “Second Hand White Baby Grand” from Smash
April Lisette Ball
MARK MOTHERSBAUGH: “Rugrats Theme Song” from Rugrats
Alex Lyons, Essie Bertain, and April Lisette Ball
TOMMY NEWMAN/GABY ALTER: “Lost in the Brass” from Band Geeks
Essie Bertain
ROBERT LOPEZ/JEFF MARX: “If You Were Gay” from Avenue Q
Alex Lyons and April Lisette Ball
BENJ PASEK/JUSTIN PAUL: “Part of a Painting” from Edges
Alex Lyons
MARVIN HAMLISCH/HOWARD ASHMAN: “Disneyland” from Smile
Essie Bertain
JASON ROBERT BROWN: “Climbing Uphill” from The Last Five Years
Alex Lyons
BRENDA RUSSELL/ALLEE WILLIS/STEPHEN BRAY: “The Color Purple (Reprise)” from The Color Purple
April Lisette Ball, Carol Smith Sparkman, Makayla Collins, and Ekaterina Hicks-Magana
SARA BAREILLES: “Bad Idea” from Waitress
Alex Lyons and Essie Bertain
JASON ROBERT BROWN: “I Can Do Better Than That” from The Last Five Years
Essie Bertain
SARA BAREILLES: “The Negative” from Waitress
Alex Lyons, Essie Bertain, and April Lisette Ball
SARA BAREILLES: Little Voice
April Lisette Ball
JOEY CONTRERAS: Break from the Line
Essie Bertain and April Lisette Ball
TORI KELLY: Daydream
Alex Lyons
TOM KITT: “No More Fear” from Freaky Friday
April Lisette Ball
JOHN KANDER/FRED EBB: “She’s a Woman” from Kiss of the Spider Woman
Alex Lyons
DANIEL MESSÉ/NATHAN TYSEN: “Times Are Hard for Dreamers” from Amelie
Essie Bertain
STEPHEN SONDHEIM: “Our Time” from Merrily We Roll Along
Alex Lyons, Essie Bertain, and April Lisette Ball
Company
Alex Lyons
Essie Bertain
April Lisette Ball
Featuring:
Carol Smith Sparkman
Makayla Collins
Ekaterina Hicks-Magana
Orchestra
Scott Nicholas, piano
Diego Moore, guitar
Blaize Oswald, bass
Jimmy Brents, drums
Concert Services Staff
Senior Manager of Concert Services – Luis Herrera
Concert Production Coordinator – Matthew Carey
Concert Production Manager – Kendall Floyd
Manager of Performance Technology – Wes Fowler
Performance Technology Technicians – Sara Pagiaro, Goran Daskalov
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