Past Shows
An Evening with Megan Hilty
September, 2024 / Jean McDonough Arts Center / BrickBox Theater
Stage and screen star Megan Hilty opened Broadway in Worcester’s 2024-2025 season in style. Just days before beginning rehearsals in Broadway’s highly anticipated musical comedy Death Becomes Her, Hilty performed a final concert entertaining audiences with selections from Wicked, 9 to 5: The Musical, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Smash.
Full of warmth, humor, and old-fashioned star appeal, Hilty won over audiences with both her triumphant Broadway belt and the intimacy of her ballads. We couldn’t think of a better way to kick off our season than with Megan Hilty blowing the roof off the BrickBox.
Tony Award Winner Santino Fontana
March 1, 2024 / Jean McDonough Arts Center / BrickBox Theater
Tony Award winner Santino Fontana performed live at Worcester’s BrickBox Theater providing a celebratory, spontaneous, intimate, and bespoke evening of his and your favorite songs- intermixed with hilarious showbiz tales about everything from James Earl Jones to Ryan Gosling.
With his rich voice, dynamic versatility, and charisma, Santino Fontana demonstrated to Worcester audiences why he has cemented himself as one of Broadway’s favorite leading men.
Tony Award Winner Jessie Mueller and Seth Rudetsky
September 22, 2023 / Prior Performing Arts Center / Luth Concert Hall
Tony Award winner Jessie Mueller (Beautiful, Waitress, Carousel, and The Minutes) teamed up with host and pianist Seth Rudetsky for a one-night-only special-event concert presented by Broadway in Worcester that was filled with intimate, funny, behind-the-scenes stories mixed with incredible performances of the songs Mueller has performed on Broadway and beyond. The evening will took place at the brand new, state-of-the-art Prior Performing Arts Center on the campus of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA.
Tony Award Winner Jessie Mueller and Seth Rudetsky
September 22, 2023 / Prior Performing Arts Center / Luth Concert Hall
Tony Award winner Jessie Mueller (Beautiful, Waitress, Carousel, and The Minutes) teamed up with host and pianist Seth Rudetsky for a one-night-only special-event concert presented by Broadway in Worcester that was filled with intimate, funny, behind-the-scenes stories mixed with incredible performances of the songs Mueller has performed on Broadway and beyond. The evening will took place at the brand new, state-of-the-art Prior Performing Arts Center on the campus of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA.
Tony Award Winner Jessie Mueller and Seth Rudetsky
September 22, 2023 / Prior Performing Arts Center / Luth Concert Hall
Tony Award winner Jessie Mueller (Beautiful, Waitress, Carousel, and The Minutes) teamed up with host and pianist Seth Rudetsky for a one-night-only special-event concert presented by Broadway in Worcester that was filled with intimate, funny, behind-the-scenes stories mixed with incredible performances of the songs Mueller has performed on Broadway and beyond. The evening will took place at the brand new, state-of-the-art Prior Performing Arts Center on the campus of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA.
Tony Award Winner Kelli O’Hara in Concert
January 6-7, 2023 / Jean McDonough Arts Center / Brick Box Theater
Kelli O'Hara, star of stage and screen, has established herself as one of Broadway's greatest leading ladies. With seven Tony Award nominations and a Tony Award win for her portrayal of Anna Leonowens in The King and I, Kelli has been hailed by The New York Times as “Broadway musical’s undisputed queen.”
Kelli’s other notable Broadway credits also include: Kiss Me, Kate, The Bridges of Madison County, Nice Work If You Can Get It, South Pacific, The Pajama Game, and The Light in the Piazza - performances all of which garnered her Tony nominations.
Broadway. Carnegie Hall. The Metropolitan Opera. And now Worcester. Kelli’s concerts enchanted Central MA audiences over two blissful performances.
An Evening with Chita Rivera and Seth Rudetsky
September 23, 2022 / Jean McDonough Arts Center / Brick Box Theater
This unscripted evening featured the legendary Broadway icon Chita Rivera in intimate conversation and song alongside host and musical director Seth Rudetsky at the piano. Together they performed many of Rivera’s signature songs from her vast musical theatre repertoire. Ms. Rivera is perhaps best known for her now legendary roles of Anita in West Side Story, Rose in Bye Bye Birdie, and Velma in Chicago, among many others.
The evening was a seamless mixture of intimate and behind-the-scenes stories of Rivera’s career through insightful, funny and revealing questions posed by Rudetsky at the piano. An acclaimed actress, singer and dancer, Rivera has earned ten Tony nominations for her beloved Broadway roles, winning twice.
This spontaneous evening of hilarity and show-stopping songs was not to be missed.
An Evening with Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
March 18, 2022 / Jean McDonough Arts Center / Brick Box Theater
“Supreme command, a thrilling voice and a wild sense of humor combines to make Laura Benanti’s show a sensation” - The New York Times
“Benanti’s ridiculous range and exuberant talent lets her roam seamlessly through the musical landscape in a way that few other performers working today can.” - The Daily Beast
An Evening with Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti featured songs from Laura’s career (My Fair Lady, She Loves Me, among others) along with humorous anecdotes and experiences that she has encountered on and off the stage and screen.
Laura and celebrated music director and accompanist Grammy Award winner Billy Stritch provided a sold-out Worcester audience an unforgettable night.
