About Capathia Jenkins

Capathia Jenkins can definitely act, but all those who know her also know that this diva can blow and blow and blow you right off this planet.

This Brooklyn-born and raised actress most recently starred as ‘Medda’ in the hit Disney production of Newsies’ on Broadway. She made her Broadway debut in The Civil War, where she created the role of Harriet Jackson. She then starred in the Off-Broadway 2000 revival of Godspell, where she wowed audiences with her stirring rendition of ‘Turn Back, O Man’ which can still be heard on the original cast recording. She returned to Broadway in The Look of Love and was critically acclaimed for her performances of the Bacharach/David hits. Ms. Jenkins then created the roles of ‘The Washing Machine’ in Caroline, Or Change and ‘Frieda May’ in Martin Short-Fame becomes me where she sang ‘Stop the Show’ and brought the house down every night.

In 2007 she went back to Off-Broadway and starred in (mis) Understanding Mammy-The Hattie McDaniel Story for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. She was also seen in Nora Ephron’s Love, Loss, and What I Wore.

An active concert artist, Ms. Jenkins has appeared with orchestras around the world including the Cleveland Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony (with Marvin Hamlisch), National Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Utah Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, San Antonio Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Memphis Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Toledo Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Edmonton Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Kansas City Symphony, San Diego Symphony and the Hong Kong Philharmonic. She was a soloist with the Festival Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic. In 2011 Capathia had the great honor of performing in the ‘Broadway Ambassadors to Cuba’ concert as part of the Festival De Teatro De La Habana. Ms. Jenkins was a guest soloist with Peter Nero and the Philly Pops and with the Cincinnati Pops.

Her Television credits include 30 Rock, the Practice, Law & Order SVU, the Sopranos, Law & Order. She can be seen in the 2012 film ‘Musical Chairs’ directed by Susan Seidelman. She can be heard on the following film soundtracks: Nine, Chicago, Legally Blonde 2.

About Capathia Jenkins

Capathia Jenkins can definitely act, but all those who know her also know that this diva can blow and blow and blow you right off this planet.

This Brooklyn-born and raised actress most recently starred as ‘Medda’ in the hit Disney production of Newsies’ on Broadway. She made her Broadway debut in The Civil War, where she created the role of Harriet Jackson. She then starred in the Off-Broadway 2000 revival of Godspell, where she wowed audiences with her stirring rendition of ‘Turn Back, O Man’ which can still be heard on the original cast recording. She returned to Broadway in The Look of Love and was critically acclaimed for her performances of the Bacharach/David hits. Ms. Jenkins then created the roles of ‘The Washing Machine’ in Caroline, Or Change and ‘Frieda May’ in Martin Short-Fame becomes me where she sang ‘Stop the Show’ and brought the house down every night.

In 2007 she went back to Off-Broadway and starred in (mis) Understanding Mammy-The Hattie McDaniel Story for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. She was also seen in Nora Ephron’s Love, Loss, and What I Wore.

An active concert artist, Ms. Jenkins has appeared with orchestras around the world including the Cleveland Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony (with Marvin Hamlisch), National Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Utah Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, San Antonio Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Memphis Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Toledo Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Edmonton Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Kansas City Symphony, San Diego Symphony and the Hong Kong Philharmonic. She was a soloist with the Festival Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic. In 2011 Capathia had the great honor of performing in the ‘Broadway Ambassadors to Cuba’ concert as part of the Festival De Teatro De La Habana. Ms. Jenkins was a guest soloist with Peter Nero and the Philly Pops and with the Cincinnati Pops.

Her Television credits include 30 Rock, the Practice, Law & Order SVU, the Sopranos, Law & Order. She can be seen in the 2012 film ‘Musical Chairs’ directed by Susan Seidelman. She can be heard on the following film soundtracks: Nine, Chicago, Legally Blonde 2.

About Lindsay Mendez

Lindsay Mendez received a 2018 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, as well as the Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award, for her performance as Carrie Pipperidge in the 2018 Broadway revival of Carousel. Other Broadway credits include: Significant Other, Wicked (Elphaba, 10th Anniversary company), Godspell, Everyday Rapture, Grease. Off-Broadway/regional credits include:The Golden Apple (City Center Encores!), Dogfight (Second Stage; Drama Desk, Drama League, and Outer Critics Circle nominations), The Rose Tattoo (Williamstown Theatre Festival), 35mm, The Winter’s Tale (Delacorte Theater). Television: “Smash.” Debut album: This Time. Her concert work includes appearances with Lincoln Center’s American Songbook, the Library of Congress, Lyrics and Lyricists, and the American Pops Orchestra. In 2012, she co-founded Actor Therapy, a training and mentorship program that she runs in New York City, with composer Ryan Scott Oliver.

About Lindsay Mendez

Lindsay Mendez received a 2018 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, as well as the Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award, for her performance as Carrie Pipperidge in the 2018 Broadway revival of Carousel. Other Broadway credits include: Significant Other, Wicked (Elphaba, 10th Anniversary company), Godspell, Everyday Rapture, Grease. Off-Broadway/regional credits include:The Golden Apple (City Center Encores!), Dogfight (Second Stage; Drama Desk, Drama League, and Outer Critics Circle nominations), The Rose Tattoo (Williamstown Theatre Festival), 35mm, The Winter’s Tale (Delacorte Theater). Television: “Smash.” Debut album: This Time. Her concert work includes appearances with Lincoln Center’s American Songbook, the Library of Congress, Lyrics and Lyricists, and the American Pops Orchestra. In 2012, she co-founded Actor Therapy, a training and mentorship program that she runs in New York City, with composer Ryan Scott Oliver.

About Joshua Henry

JOSHUA HENRY most recently appeared as Billy Bigelow in Scott Rudin’s Broadway revival of Carousel. Henry also appeared as Aaron Burr in the Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles companies of the hit musical, Hamilton. On his turn as Burr, Entertainment Weekly wrote “Undoubtedly, this production, stellar as it is, belongs to its would-be villain Aaron Burr. . . no one will play this role better.” After graduation from the University of Miami he made his professional acting debut as Judas in a regional production in Godspell, where he went on to join the original off-Broadway and Broadway companies of of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning Best Musical, In the Heights. He continued to appear in the off-Broadway production of Serenade; as the Tin Man in New York City Center’s production of The Wiz, and originating the role of Favorite Son in Green Day’s American Idiot on Broadway.

Henry earned his first Tony-nomination (Best Actor in a Musical) in 2011 for his role as Haywood Patterson in The Scottsboro Boys. The New York Times praised his, “Performance of keen intensity,” while the Los Angeles Times wrote that his, “Powerhouse performance… gives this dazzling, envelope-pushing show a beautiful gravity.” He appeared in American Repertory Theater’s production of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, opening in Cambridge, Massachusetts before moving to Broadway.

In 2014 he portrayed aspirational soldier Flick in the Roundabout Theatre production of Violet, earning his second Best Actor Tony-nomination. For Joshua Henry, 2016 would be a watershed year. It began with his casting as Noble Sissle in Music Box Theatre’s Shuffle Along or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed.

In addition to performing songs in myriad galas, benefits and other special events, Henry contributed original music to the 2009 off-Broadway musical Shafrika, The White Girl at the Vineyard Theatre. Beyond the stage, he has been seen in television guest spots on Kings, Nip/Tuck, the Lifetime series, Army Wives, and in feature films such as The Lake, Sex and the City, and Winter’s Tale.

About Joshua Henry

JOSHUA HENRY most recently appeared as Billy Bigelow in Scott Rudin’s Broadway revival of Carousel. Henry also appeared as Aaron Burr in the Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles companies of the hit musical, Hamilton. On his turn as Burr, Entertainment Weekly wrote “Undoubtedly, this production, stellar as it is, belongs to its would-be villain Aaron Burr. . . no one will play this role better.” After graduation from the University of Miami he made his professional acting debut as Judas in a regional production in Godspell, where he went on to join the original off-Broadway and Broadway companies of of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning Best Musical, In the Heights. He continued to appear in the off-Broadway production of Serenade; as the Tin Man in New York City Center’s production of The Wiz, and originating the role of Favorite Son in Green Day’s American Idiot on Broadway.

Henry earned his first Tony-nomination (Best Actor in a Musical) in 2011 for his role as Haywood Patterson in The Scottsboro Boys. The New York Times praised his, “Performance of keen intensity,” while the Los Angeles Times wrote that his, “Powerhouse performance… gives this dazzling, envelope-pushing show a beautiful gravity.” He appeared in American Repertory Theater’s production of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, opening in Cambridge, Massachusetts before moving to Broadway.

In 2014 he portrayed aspirational soldier Flick in the Roundabout Theatre production of Violet, earning his second Best Actor Tony-nomination. For Joshua Henry, 2016 would be a watershed year. It began with his casting as Noble Sissle in Music Box Theatre’s Shuffle Along or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed.

In addition to performing songs in myriad galas, benefits and other special events, Henry contributed original music to the 2009 off-Broadway musical Shafrika, The White Girl at the Vineyard Theatre. Beyond the stage, he has been seen in television guest spots on Kings, Nip/Tuck, the Lifetime series, Army Wives, and in feature films such as The Lake, Sex and the City, and Winter’s Tale.

About Norm Lewis

Norm Lewis continues to be one of Broadway’s most sought-after leading men. He spent much of this year downtown in Mrs. Lovett’s pie shop at the Barrow Street Theater in Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd alongside Tony nominee Carolee Carmello. You can currently see Lewis on Broadway in the hit revival of Once on This Island.

Lewis recently made history as the first African American to play the Phantom in Phantom of the Opera. He received a Tony nomination for his performance as Porgy in the Broadway production of The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess opposite Audra McDonald. Other Broadway credits include Sondheim on Sondheim, The Little Mermaid, Les Misérables, Chicago, Amour, The Wild Party, Side Show, Miss Saigon, and The Who’s Tommy.  In London’s West End, he has appeared as Javert in Les Misérables and Les Misérables: The 25th Anniversary Concert, which aired on PBS.

He was seen on PBS in the Live From Lincoln Center productions of Norm Lewis: Who Am I?, New Year’s Eve: A Gershwin Celebration with Diane Reeves, American Voices with Renée Fleming, and the Live From Lincoln Center production of Showboat.

Lewis is a regular on VH1’s Daytime Divas, which stars his good friend, Vanessa Williams, playing her hot (and conniving) doorman, William. His additional television credits include The Blacklist and Blue Bloods, as well as his recurring role as Senator Edison Davis on the hit drama Scandal.

About Norm Lewis

Norm Lewis continues to be one of Broadway’s most sought-after leading men. He spent much of this year downtown in Mrs. Lovett’s pie shop at the Barrow Street Theater in Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd alongside Tony nominee Carolee Carmello. You can currently see Lewis on Broadway in the hit revival of Once on This Island.

Lewis recently made history as the first African American to play the Phantom in Phantom of the Opera. He received a Tony nomination for his performance as Porgy in the Broadway production of The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess opposite Audra McDonald. Other Broadway credits include Sondheim on Sondheim, The Little Mermaid, Les Misérables, Chicago, Amour, The Wild Party, Side Show, Miss Saigon, and The Who’s Tommy.  In London’s West End, he has appeared as Javert in Les Misérables and Les Misérables: The 25th Anniversary Concert, which aired on PBS.

He was seen on PBS in the Live From Lincoln Center productions of Norm Lewis: Who Am I?, New Year’s Eve: A Gershwin Celebration with Diane Reeves, American Voices with Renée Fleming, and the Live From Lincoln Center production of Showboat.

Lewis is a regular on VH1’s Daytime Divas, which stars his good friend, Vanessa Williams, playing her hot (and conniving) doorman, William. His additional television credits include The Blacklist and Blue Bloods, as well as his recurring role as Senator Edison Davis on the hit drama Scandal.

About Kate Baldwin

Two time Tony nominee, Kate Baldwin, is currently co-starring opposite Bette Midler, David Hyde Pierce in the hit Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly.  Her starring role in the 2009 revival of the hit classic musical Finian’s Rainbow, put her on the map as “a real musical theatre star.” (New York Post)  She has also starred on Broadway in The Full Monty, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Wonderful Town.

She starred in the 20th Anniversary revival of John & Jen, Big Fish on Broadway and earned accolades and a Drama Desk Award nomination for her work in Giant at The Public Theater. She also garnered critical acclaim as in a newly revised production of Can-Can at Paper Mill Playhouse.  She starred in The King and I at Lyric Opera of Chicago, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (San Francisco, Detroit, Toronto), The Women at The Old Globe, Henry V at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, I Do, I Do at Westport Country Playhouse, She Loves Me at the Willliamstown Theatre Festival, and The Music Man and South Pacific at Arena Stage, earning a Helen Hayes Award nomination.

She has performed with the New York Pops, in the American Songbook series at Lincoln Center, at the Kennedy Center and the legendary New York nightclubs Feinstein’s, Birdland and 54 Below. Her concert work also includes several appearances with Stephen Sondheim as a featured performer in his critically acclaimed evening, “A Conversation with Stephen Sondheim.”  She has two acclaimed albums on PS Classics, Let’s See What Happens and She Loves Him.

About Gunhild Carling

Gunhild Carling is a Swedish jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist. She is famous for playing three trumpets at the same time. Carling became known for her performance at Allsång på Skansen on July 20, 2010. The same year, she became an expert commentator for Dansbandskampen at SVT. Gunhild plays trombone, bagpipes, trumpet, recorder and harp, and will often showcase all of her skills in one song, sometimes casually breaking into a tap dance or singing lyrics. Carling competed as a celebrity dancer in Let’s Dance 2014 on TV4, placing third.

In 2013, she performed with her ‘Carling Big Band’ at the Royal Palace in Stockholm in the celebration of King Carl XVI Gustaf’s Ruby Jubilee.In 2016, Carling performed at King Carl XVI Gustaf’s 70th birthday celebration.

She is featured in several of Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox’s adaptations of pop songs, including their version of ‘Never Going to Give You Up’ sampling multiple instruments, a 1920s jazz swing version of ‘Material Girl’, a vintage jazz version of Europe’s ‘The Final Countdown’ and a jazz cover of Pharrell Williams’ Happy’.