SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY — Broadway legends Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp hit UPH Jan. 9 — and have bragging rights to the first sold-out show of the year.
(If you can’t quite place the names, they were two of the original cast members of Rent.)
For performing arts nuts, living Upstate is sometimes an embarrassment of song-and-dance riches, as Broadway folks love to do little tours between their big headliners — and our theaters are just so darn close to their NYC stomping grounds. And these two performers are especially popular.
Pascal and Rapp super-fan Kathleen McGrath, who bought her tickets the day they went on sale, explains. “Their individual voices are beyond amazing, but their combined sound is sheer perfection,” she says. “Their shows weave together life lessons, funny anecdotes and pure joy through engaging storytelling and beautiful sound.”
And she would know.
“I have been fortunate enough to see both of them in Broadway productions, on national tours, at individual shows, and even through Cameo gifts,” she says. “In every show, it is readily apparent that they are genuine friends who have appreciated each other throughout the course of their lives and careers.”
“Bingo Lingo” — billed as the “most outrageous bingo party in the USA” — on Jan. 31 is also sold out. So if you’ve got holiday fatigue, it’s time to snap out of it and start planning the rest of your winter. You don’t want it to pass you by, just because you were “too tired” to do some online digging for shows ahead of time.
See what else catches your eye at atuph.org.