About the Performance
Ravinia is grateful for the support of
The Dancing Skies Foundation
Concert Sponsor
Jazz Scholars Performance Sponsor
Media Support
Two of Broadway’s most celebrated stars, Tony Award winners Sutton Foster and Kelli O’Hara, join Chief Conductor Marin Alsop and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for a spectacular evening of music and storytelling.
Making her CSO and Ravinia debut, Sutton Foster brings her signature charisma, impeccable comedic timing, and powerhouse vocals to the stage. A two-time Tony Award winner, she has dazzled audiences with her unforgettable performances as Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes and Millie Dillmount in Thoroughly Modern Millie.
Kelli O’Hara, celebrated for her luminous soprano, has enchanted audiences in some of musical theater’s most iconic roles. Her Tony-winning portrayal of Anna Leonowens in The King and I and her breathtaking performance in The Light in the Piazza have solidified her status as one of Broadway’s most beloved leading ladies.
Together, Foster and O’Hara offer an evening of songs that inspired them and proved their mettle as two of musical theater’s greatest performers.
Gala Benefit Tickets
Surrounding this special concert is the annual Gala hosted by the Women’s Board to support Ravinia’s Reach Teach Play education programs, which provide transformative musical experiences for young minds. Premium reserved seating locations are available with Gala tickets, but many reserved seats, as well as Lawn tickets, are available for simply enjoying the concert!
Performers
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Sutton Foster, vocalist
Kelli O’Hara, vocalist
Ensemble:
Lilly Dorton
Delaney Hunter
Joey Fontana
Eric Sciotto
Program
George Gershwin: Overture to Girl Crazy
Various: Medley
Jeanine Tesori: “Great Adventure” from Kimberly Akimbo
Stephen Sondheim: “What More Do I Need?” from Saturday Night
David Yazbek: “Answer Me” from The Band’s Visit
Dan Lipton/David Rossmer: “How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?”
Cole Porter: “Anything Goes” from Anything Goes
Adam Guettel: “Fable” from The Light in the Piazza
Emmanuel Séjourné: Losa Performed by Wanye Williams (Reach Teach Play alum), Patricia Dash & Doug Wassell, percussionists
George Gershwin: Overture to Of Thee I Sing
Frank Loesser: “Big D” from The Most Happy Fella
Dan Lipton/David Rossmer: “They Don’t Let You in the Opera (If You’re a Country Star)”
Various: 1990s Medley
Joni Mitchell: “A Case of You”
Artie Butler/Phyllis Molinary: “Here’s to Life”
–No Intermission–
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