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For Immediate Release Elizabeth Moore 9734083628 [email protected] BROADWAY STARS PERFORMING AT DREW UNIVERSITY IN CONCERT HONORING COMPOSER JIMMY VAN HEUSEN Famous American composer penned hits for Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. Madison, N.J.—Two of Broadway’s brightest stars are coming to Drew University to perform in a concert honoring composer Jimmy Van Heusen, who is best known for writing many of Frank Sinatra’s hit songs. Norm Lewis and Sierra Boggess, who starred together on Broadway in both The Little Mermaid and Phantom of the Opera are making a special appearance at The Concert Hall on Monday, October 6 in a show titled: Swinging on a Star: The Music of Jimmy Van Heusen. Van Heusen won an Emmy award for the song “Love and Marriage” and won Oscars for four others: “Swinging on a Star,” “All the Way,” “High Hopes,” and “Call Me Irresponsible”. Other wellknown Van Heusen songs are: “Come Fly with Me,” “Love is the Tender Trap,” and “My Kind of Town”. He wrote 85 songs for Sinatra and composed the music for six of the seven Bing Crosby/Bob Hope road pictures. The concert is on Monday, Oct. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the in Concert Hall at the Dorothy Young Center for the Arts on the Drew University campus. Tickets are $50 per person, $40 each for a group of 10 or more and $15 for those with a current educational ID. Tickets may be purchased by calling 9734083917 or www.drew.edu/concerthall/specialevents Famed Musical Director Rob Fisher will serve as the musical director and host for the concert. Fisher, who has won several awards, is a sought after pianist, conductor and musical director. The Swinging on a Star concert is being underwritten by the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation “It is with great pleasure that the Laurie Foundation is able to present this concert to honor one of America’s most prolific composers and to feature two of the most

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For  Immediate  Release  Elizabeth  Moore  973-­‐408-­‐3628  [email protected]    

BROADWAY  STARS  PERFORMING  AT  DREW  UNIVERSITY  IN  CONCERT  HONORING  COMPOSER  JIMMY  VAN  HEUSEN  

Famous  American  composer  penned  hits  for  Frank  Sinatra  and  Bing  Crosby.    

Madison,  N.J.—Two  of  Broadway’s  brightest  stars  are  coming  to  Drew  University  to  perform  in  a  concert  honoring  composer  Jimmy  Van  Heusen,  who  is  best  known  for  writing  many  of  Frank  Sinatra’s  hit  songs.    Norm  Lewis  and  Sierra  Boggess,  who  starred  together  on  Broadway  in  both  The  Little  Mermaid  and  Phantom  of  the  Opera  are  making  a  special  appearance  at  The  Concert  Hall  on  Monday,  October  6  in  a  show  titled:  Swinging  on  a  Star:  The  Music  of  Jimmy  Van  Heusen.      Van  Heusen  won  an  Emmy  award  for  the  song  “Love  and  Marriage”  and  won  Oscars  for  four  others:  “Swinging  on  a  Star,”  “All  the  Way,”  “High  Hopes,”  and  “Call  Me  Irresponsible”.  Other  well-­‐known  Van  Heusen  songs  are:  “Come  Fly  with  Me,”  “Love  is  the  Tender  Trap,”  and  “My  Kind  of  Town”.  He  wrote  85  songs  for  Sinatra  and  composed  the  music  for  six  of  the  seven  Bing  Crosby/Bob  Hope  road  pictures.    The  concert  is  on  Monday,  Oct.  6  at  7:30  p.m.  in  the  in  Concert  Hall  at  the  Dorothy  Young  Center  for  the  Arts  on  the  Drew  University  campus.  Tickets  are  $50  per  person,  $40  each  for  a  group  of  10  or  more  and  $15  for  those  with  a  current  educational  ID.  Tickets  may  be  purchased  by  calling  973-­‐408-­‐3917  or  www.drew.edu/concerthall/special-­‐events      Famed  Musical  Director  Rob  Fisher  will  serve  as  the  musical  director  and  host  for  the  concert.  Fisher,  who  has  won  several  awards,  is  a  sought  after  pianist,  conductor  and  musical  director.      The  Swinging  on  a  Star  concert  is  being  underwritten  by  the  Blanche  and  Irving  Laurie  Foundation      “It  is  with  great  pleasure  that  the  Laurie  Foundation  is  able  to  present  this  concert  to  honor  one  of  America’s  most  prolific  composers  and  to  feature  two  of  the  most  

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talented  performers  on  Broadway,”  said  Gene  Korf,  executive  director  of  the  foundation.  “Jimmy  Van  Heusen’s  songs  have  become  standards  in  the  Great  American  Songbook.”    A  native  of  Syracuse,  New  York,  Van  Heusen  got  his  start  as  a  radio  deejay  and  chose  his  stage  name  from  an  ad  for  Van  Heusen  collars.  He  wrote  his  first  hit  song  for  Benny  Goodman  in  1939  and  was  later  hired  to  write  songs  for  Paramount  Pictures.  He  was  a  well-­‐known  Hollywood  bachelor  and  also  was  a  test  pilot  during  World  War  II.  He  eventually  married  and  lived  until  1990.    It  is  a  rare  treat  that  his  music  will  be  brought  to  life  by  the  tremendously  gifted  and  talented  singers,  Lewis  and  Boggess,  both  winners  of  several  drama  awards.  Boggess,  who  debuted  the  role  of  The  Little  Mermaid  on  Broadway  in  2007  and  performed  in  the  West  End  production  of  Les  Miserables  most  recently  performed  as  Christine  in  Phantom  of  the  Opera  on  Broadway,  opposite  Lewis.    Lewis  has  appeared  in  several  Broadway  productions,  including  Phantom  and  is  particularly  well-­‐known  for  his  roles  in  Porgy  &  Bess,  Les  Miserables  and  Chicago.  Television  fans  will  recognize  him  from  his  recurring  role  in  the  hit  show  Scandal.      

About  Drew  University    

Drew  University  is  a  private,  liberal  arts  university  located  in  Madison,  N.J.,  in  the  New  York  City  metro  area.  Ranked  among  the  top  liberal  arts  institutions  nationwide  by  U.S.  News  &  World  Report,  Forbes  and  Washington  Monthly,  Drew  is  also  listed  in  Princeton  Review’s  Best  379  Colleges.  The  Drew  promise—We  Deliver  Full-­‐Impact  Learning  to  the  World—emphasizes  the  university’s  commitment  to  borderless  education  that  enables  a  student’s  greatest  success  in  a  globally  connected  world.  Drew  has  a  total  student  enrollment  of  more  than  2,000  in  three  schools:  the  College  of  Liberal  Arts,  the  Caspersen  School  of  Graduate  Studies  and  the  Drew  Theological  School.  The  undergraduate  program  offers  degrees  in  30  different  disciplines,  while  Caspersen  and  the  Theological  School  offer  degrees  at  the  master’s  and  doctoral  levels.    

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