Tony Award-winner Debbie Gravitte, along with RK Big Band led by Russ Kassoff, comes to the Playhouse to celebrate the release of her latest studio album, Big Band Broadway! Swinging orchestrations, blaring brass, and “one of the best voices on Broadway” (AP). You’ve never heard “Surrey With The Fringe on Top” sound anything like this!
As one of Broadway’s biggest personalities, Debbie Gravitte has found herself in demand from the Broadway Stage to the concert stage and beyond. She won the prestigious Tony Award for “Best Featured Actress in a Musical” for her performance in JEROME ROBBINS’ BROADWAY, along with a Drama Desk Award nomination and New York Showstopper Award. After making her Broadway debut in the original cast of THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG, she went on to appear in: PERFECTLY FRANK (Drama Desk Award nomination), BLUES IN THE NIGHT, AIN’T BROADWAY GRAND, ZORBA, CHICAGO, and LES MISERABLES. Debbie has appeared in the ENCORE’S series productions of THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE, TENDERLOIN, and CARNIVAL at New York’s City Center. She has appeared as Reno Sweeney in ANYTHING GOES, LOVE LIFE at the Walnut St. Theatre and the West Coast Premiere of THE GOODBYE GIRL. Debbie has performed her nightclub act worldwide, from New York’s RAINBOW AND STARS, 54 BELOW & BIRDLAND to London’s PIZZA ON THE PARK, and back home again to Atlantic City, where she’s had the honor of performing with Jay Leno, Harry Anderson, and the legendary George Burns. A favorite with Symphony audiences, she has sung with over 175 Orchestras around the world.