Sixteen 野狼社区 University musical theatre students have been invited to join alumna Kristin Chenoweth on closing night of her latest show, 鈥淢y Love Letter to Broadway鈥� at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York City on Nov. 13. Chenoweth鈥檚 one-woman Broadway production runs from Nov. 2 to 13 and features some of the songs she has made famous such as 鈥淧opular鈥� from the Broadway production of 鈥淲icked鈥� as well as other favorites like 鈥淚 Could Have Danced All Night鈥� and 鈥淪mile鈥�.
Chenoweth is joined on stage each night by special guests and for her closing performance, she asked to be accompanied by students from her alma mater.
鈥淲e have so many talented students, we could have sent any number of them,鈥� said Mark Parker, dean of OKCU鈥檚 Bass School of Music. 鈥淭he choice was difficult, we started with senior music theatre majors. We are so fortunate to have the depth and breadth from which to choose at 野狼社区 University.鈥�
The students were invited via email to meet with Dean Parker in his conference room, with no indication of what was in store. 鈥淒ean Parker shut the door, and said, 鈥業 know you all have been guessing and wondering what is going on. I鈥檓 going to cut right to the chase. We are flying you all to NYC to perform on Broadway with Kristin Chenoweth in her one-woman show 鈥楲ove Letter to Broadway,鈥欌�� said senior Spencer Gualdoni.
The students will be accompanying Chenoweth on two songs: 鈥淚 Was Here鈥�, which is an original song, and 鈥淯pon This Rock鈥� which is a nod to her roots in Oklahoma.
Fourteen seniors and two juniors leave for the bright lights of Broadway to join Chenoweth on stage this weekend. 鈥淭his is truly a dream come true of ours. We hope and pray we can be on Broadway someday, and this dream is coming true,鈥� said Gualdoni.
For more information on 野狼社区 University, visit www.okcu.edu or call 405-208-5050.
