(ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, NJ) -- Pure Imagination will be performed at the Atlantic Highlands Arts Council’s gallery space at 54 First Avenue in Atlantic Highlands on Saturday February 4th at 7:30pm. Pure Imagination is a song-filled, story-filled celebration of Academy Award, Grammy Award and Tony Award-winning songwriter Leslie Bricusse and his amazing collaborations with Anthony Newley, Henry Mancini and John Williams. The show features Broadway performers Jeanne Montano, James Patterson and Linda Moshier. Robert Cioffi, the creator and musical director, will be on the piano.
James Patterson's most recent credits include Don Quixote/Cervantes in Man of La Mancha at Stages St. Louis, Georges in La Cage Aux Folles at the Riverside Theatre Company and Pioneer Theatre Company, and Lumiere in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast at Theatre Under The Stars. James has appeared in the Broadway and National Touring productions of Gigi (Dufresne), Mary Poppins (Park Keeper), The Drowsy Chaperone, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Beast, Gaston, and Lumiere understudy), Cats (Munkustrap), and State Fair.
Linda Moshier's career consists of theater, cabaret, and concerts worldwide. Her first feature film Preparations To Be Together For An Unknown Period Of Time was Hungary’s entry for an Academy Award. She just returned from the Wilson Center in Wilmington, NC where she sang Sinatra favorites in My Way. Linda recently debuted her show Simply Starstruck, featuring the music of Barbra Streisand, to a sold-out Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center and at the Cutting Room. She has performed leading roles in the musicals Cabaret, Little Shop of Horrors, My Fair Lady, South Pacific, Me & My Girl, Finian’s Rainbow, Song of Singapore, Annie and Menotti’s opera, The Consul.
Jeanne Montano has performed both on Broadway and in the National Tour of Cats in the roles of Jellylorum , Jennyanydots and the iconic Grizzabella. She has also been performing Forbidden Broadway in New York, across the country and overseas for the past 10 years, parodying everyone from Idina Menzel to Kristen Chenoweth to Carrie Underwood, Liza, Chita ,Sarah Brightman, Frankie Valli, Lin Manuel Miranda and many, many more. Regional Credits include: Pippin – (Fastrada) The Most Happy Fella (Cleo) Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey), Funny Girl (Fanny), Joseph… (Narrator), Falsettos (Cordelia) and Nunsense (Sister Mary Amnesia) with "Superior Mothers" Alice Ghostly, Pat Carroll and Lainie Kazan. Originally a Jersey Shore girl, she now resides both in NYC and Asbury Park NJ.
This delightful evening is the perfect pre-Valentine's Day treat with your favorite songs from Stop the World I Want to Get Off, Doctor Dolittle, Willy Wonka, Victor-Victoria, Goldfinger, Superman and many, many more. Tickets are $30 and may be purchased at the gallery or through the website aharts.org. Seating is limited, so purchasing tickets in advance is recommended.
The Atlantic Highlands Arts Council is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization whose mission is to strengthen community through the arts.
