Kitt and Green heat up Birdland
January 25, 2005
By Craig Brockman
On Monday, January 24th, composer/lyricists Amanda Green & Tom Kitt were
joined by special guest stars Brooks Ashmanskas, Mario Cantone, Jenn Colella,
Jenifer Foote, Jerry Dixon, Matt McGrath, Julia Murney, Greg Naughton, Matthew
Morrison and the Tom Kitt Band for a hot evening at Birdland.
The writing team is currently adapting the popular book and film High
Fidelity for the Broadway stage as a musical, and premiered several songs
from the musical during the concert. Missed the show? You can catch an
encore performance at Birdland. Details are below!
Host Jim Caruso kicks the evening off
Amanda starts things off with a bang backed by the
Tom Kitt Band
Jenifer Foote and Jenn Colella
Julia Murney
Jenn
Amanda and Jenn
Harris Doran and Matt McGrath
Tom at the piano
Matt singing from High Fidelity
Matthew Morrison
Brooks Ashmanskas
Greg Naughton
Greg rockin' out
Mario Cantone gets ready to become "The Boss"
Mario sings as Bruce Springsteen in a number from High Fidelity
Jerry Dixon
Jerry and Jim
Greg and Jenn
Walter Bobbie (currently directing Sweet Charity) and Tom Kitt
Tom and director, Scott Schwartz
(currently bringing Golda's Balcony to the West Coast)
Harris and Julia
Jim, Melissa Errico and Anthony Barrile (currently working with
Ben Stiller on a film in pre-production called "Showstoppers")
The dynamic duo - Amanda Green and Tom Kitt
