Celebrating Broadway in the Streets!
Photo credit: Playbill
You know summer is beginning to wind down when the new Broadway season starts to heat up.
And to herald this, the third annual Curtain Up! Broadway Festival, a three-day outdoor extravaganza that theatre lovers look forward to and cherish, will take place in Times Square.
Beginning on Friday Sept. 8 and through the weekend, the festival will include interactive events and performances that are live, free and open to all.
Then on Sunday, Sept. 10, the fabulous Curtain Up! Live from Broadway finale concert will be presented, chock full of fabulous and dynamic Broadway talent, featuring performances from numerous musicals and plays. If you can’t make it to the exciting event, you can watch it live on WABC-TV.
And…you might just catch your Three Tomatoes ‘Broadway and Bagels‘ columnist announcing the show and the musical acts. Yes, I am thrilled to return as “Voice of God” (or live announcer) for this always fun concert! Having experienced this live concert for so many years, I have to say it is pretty spectacular and a very special New York City event.
To find out about the three-day festival, and the shows that will be represented at the concert, go to https://playbill.com/CurtainUp
Valerie Smaldone is a 5-time Billboard Magazine Award winner and is well known for her unprecedented success holding the #1 on-air position in the New York radio market on 106.7 Life-FM, an iHeart station. She has hosted, produced, and created several award-winning nationally syndicated programs featuring in-depth interviews with stars like Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Rod Stewart, Elton John and Mariah Carey among others. Her radio talk show "Bagels and Broadway" highlighted theatre and food personalities. She is an accomplished interviewer and voice artist heard on commercials, narrations, promos and audiobooks, as well as a sought after live announcer.
Most recently, Valerie produced and directed a film, The Thursday Night Club, featuring pop diva Gloria Gaynor in her movie acting debut. She is one of the creators and producers of a docu-series, Divine Renovation, starring Erik Estrada, on streaming networks soon.
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