Broadway classics captivates park crowd
Music lovers settled into chairs and blankets at Morgan Memorial Park on July 21 for the 65th anniversary of the Morgan Park Summer Music Festival.
The crowd heard “100 Years of Broadway,” produced by prize-winning composer and pianist Neil Berg, “100 Years of Broadway.”
The event featured Richard Todd Adams, known for his roles in “Cats,” “Phantom of the Opera,” and “Les Misérables;” Danny Zolli, who starred as Jesus in “Jesus Christ Superstar” and as Joseph in “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat;”
Carter Calvert, who appeared in “Smokey Joe’s Café,” “Forbidden Broadway;” and Rita Harvey, who played Hodel in the Broadway production of “Fiddler on the Roof” and was also in the Broadway and national touring companies of “Phantom of the Opera.”
The series runs until Aug. 25.
