ONE House Party
August 2009

Special Events

John Mauceri, Chancellor, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, along with Betty Mauceri, hosting an NYC reception for the cast, crew, and creatives of Midsummer — July 2008

Sonnet Repertory Theatre’s benefit cabaret event, Sonnet Sings the Bard, is an evening of original musical performances inspired by the writings of William Shakespeare. Each year, this highly anticipated event features some of the most celebrated artists in musical theater.

Past composers for Sonnet Sings the Bard include: Tony Award-winner Adam Guettel (The Light in the Piazza, Floyd Collins); Grammy nominee and Tony Award-winner Duncan Sheik (Spring Awakening); Tony, Grammy, Emmy and Drama Desk Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated composers and lyricists Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Hairspray, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Patti LuPone on Broadway); Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award-winner Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime, Seussical, Once on This Island); six-time Grammy Award-winning Alan Menken (Little Shop of Horrors, Disney’s The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast); Tony Award-winner William Finn (Falsettos, Spelling Bee); MAC Award-winner Zina Goldrich; Tony Award-nominated and Grammy Award-winning Henry Krieger (Dreamgirls, The Tap Dance Kid, Sideshow); Amanda Green (High Fidelity) and Tom Kitt (Next to Normal); two time Tony-nominated actor Terrence Mann; Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner Marsha Norman (‘Night Mother, The Secret Garden, The Color Purple); Obie Award-winner Jeff Bowen ([title of show]); Tony Award-winning composers, lyricists, and collaborators Bobby Lopez & Jeff Marx (Avenue Q); Tony, Grammy and Emmy-nominated and Academy Award-winning composer David Shire (Baby, Closer Than Ever, Big, Saturday Night Fever); Georgia Stitt (This Ordinary Thursday: The Songs Of Georgia Stitt with Sara Ramirez, Kelli O’Hara, Faith Prince, and many more); Ray Leslee (Avenue X, Standup Shakespeare, Shakespeare Sings); Karl Mansfield (conductor and keyboardist for Broadway’s Xanadu, La Boheme, 13, Dracula, Corum Boy, Sweet Charity, and Off-Broadway’s Grey Gardens, Toxic Avenger, Shafrika the White Girl and Alter Boyz) with Steve Routman (in Broadway’s latest The Fantasticks); Wade McCollum (composer and lyricist for ONE, and award-winning performance in Hedwig and the Angry Inch).

Past benefit performers include: Susan Blackwell, Heidi Blickenstaff, Jeff Bowen, Tituss Burgess, Matt Cavenaugh, Celina Carvajal, Will Chase, Lawrence Clayton, Marshall Coid, Jenn Colella, Bradley Dean, William Finn, Stephen Flaherty, Amanda Green, Justin Greer, Jonathan Groff, Adam Guettel, Brian d’Arcy James, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Sarah Joy Kabanuck, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Kermit The Frog, Tom Kitt, Henry Krieger, Ryan Link, Bobby Lopez, Rick Lyon, Terrence Mann, Jeff Marx, Steve Marzullo, Liz McKendry, Alan Menken, Lou Meyers, David Miller, Julia Murney, Manu Narayan, Marsha Norman, Christine Pedi, Christy Pusz, Paris Remillard, David Sabella-Mills, Duncan Sheik, Q Smith, Jim Stanek, Kevin Stites, Paul David Story, Rachel Ulanet, Brandon Wardell, Michael Winther, Elisabeth Withers, and Bill Youmans.