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Some of the highlights of the program include salutes to Frank Sinatra, Liberace, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, and other giants from the history of Vegas entertainment. Songs on the program include “Big Spender,” “Luck Be a Lady,” “New York, New York” and more.
The cast includes Broadway and stage veterans: Joe Cassidy (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Les Miserables), Martin Preston (authorized by the Liberace estate to re-create the legendary pianist’s performances), Mamma Mia! and Law and Order: SVU actress Allison Briner, Scott Beck (Saturday Night Fever, Grease!), choreographer Jennifer Ladner and Anne Beck (Tommy, Evita).
Reineke will begin his tenure as music director of the New York Pops in October. He will conduct the orchestra’s annual concert series at Carnegie Hall as well as tours, recordings and nationwide telecasts, including the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular on NBC Television. Reineke is also principal pops conductor of the Long Beach (Calif.) Symphony Orchestra and the Modesto (Calif.) Symphony Orchestra.
In addition, he holds the title of associate conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, where for thirteen years he has served as a composer, arranger and conducting protege of the celebrated pops conductor Erich Kunzel. As the creator of more than one hundred orchestral arrangements for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Reineke’s arrangements have been performed worldwide, and can be heard on numerous Cincinnati Pops Orchestra recordings on the Telarc label. -- www.nmso.org
Posted April 30th, 2009 by ruzik_tuzik
