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For years, Maestro Luke has been obsessed with one particular album from 1960: Kay Starr’s Movin’ on Broadway. What makes this album so extraordinary is its creative reimagining of beloved Broadway songs through a jazz lens—transporting listeners to the glamorous, cocktail-soaked world of supper clubs and late-night swing, making listeners feel like we’ve stepped into the sleek, stylish era of Mad Men. These arrangements are irresistibly kinetic, inviting you to hear familiar favorites in a fresh, sultry way that practically demands you get up and move.
To bring this iconic album to life, the American Pops Orchestra is joined by a star-studded cast featuring Ana Gasteyer (NBC’s Saturday Night Live, Broadway’s Wicked, Funny Girl, Mean Girls), Dez Duron (NBC’s The Voice, Broadway’s Maybe Happy Ending), Nic Rouleau (Broadway’s The Book of Mormon, Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Uncoupled), Sara Esty (Broadway’s An American in Paris, The Phantom of the Opera), Darden Purcell (DC jazz icon and recording artist) and APO favorite Hilary Morrow (The Second City, PBS, Birdland Jazz). The performance also features eight top Broadway dancers with choreography by Robbie Fairchild (former principal dancer for New York City Ballet; Tony–nominated star of An American in Paris).
This concert is a rare opportunity to step back into the golden age of music and dance—where Broadway meets jazz, elegance meets energy, and timeless songs swing anew—in a night of style, movement, and unforgettable performances you won’t want to miss.
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.
