originally published: 11/05/2024
J. Harrison Ghee
(HOLMDEL, NJ) -- On Saturday, November 9, 2024 – for one night only - SiriusXM radio host Seth Rudetsky brings his Big Fat Broadway LIVE! concert series to Bell Theater at Bell Works in Holmdel featuring J. Harrison Ghee, the Tony Award-winning star of Some Like It Hot. This up-close and personal concert is a mix of the greatest hits from Ghee’s Broadway career plus intimate, behind-the-scenes stories, coupled with Rudetsky’s funny, insightful and revealing questions.
Ghee first captivated Broadway with their appearance as Lola in the Cyndi Lauper musical Kinky Boots. In 2023, Ghee won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Musical for the role of Jerry/Daphne in Some Like It Hot, becoming one of the first two openly nonbinary actors to claim the award (sharing the distinction with Alex Newell, who won for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for their performance in Shucked).
Most recently, Ghee starred as Lady Chablis in the world premiere of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, alongside Tom Hewett and Sierra Boggess. The musical, inspired by John Berendt's non-fiction novel, has a book by MacArthur “Genius” Grant recipient and Pulitzer Prize finalist Taylor Mac and music and lyrics by Tony winner Jason Robert Brown.
Seth Rudetsky
“J. is a literal triple threat - such a fantastic actor AND singer AND dancer!” said Rudetsky, who has played piano for more than a dozen Broadway shows including Ragtime, Les Misérables and Phantom of the Opera and is currently the afternoon host on SiriusXM’s ‘On Broadway’ channel.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil will be transferring to Broadway in 2025. Although a cast announcement has not been formally announced, Rudetsky has his fingers crossed that Ghee will star in the show’s upcoming Broadway run.
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“Catch them at Bell Theater before they win their second Tony Award!” he said.
Tickets are $50 and $65; VIP tickets are $85 and include front row access and post-show reception with the artists. Tickets are available for purchase online or by calling 732-531-9106, ext. 14. Bell Theater is located at 101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel, N.J. (Monmouth County) on the ground level.
Seth’s Big Fat Broadway Live! offers the chance to see Tony Award-winning performers up close and personal without the hassle and expense of a trip to New York City and as a bonus, there is plenty of free parking. The series continues on December 7 with Krysta Rodriguez (The Addams Family, First Date, Into the Woods), who returns to Broadway in April in the long-awaited adaptation of the television musical Smash. On Saturday, March 8, Seth Rudetsky welcomes Adam Pascal (Rent, Aida, Memphis) to Bell Theater.
Housed at the iconic Bell Works complex in Holmdel, Bell Theater is Central New Jersey’s newest home for the arts. With 300 seats and plenty of free parking, the theater offers an electrifying slate of performances that include professional Broadway musicals and plays, concerts, comedy, jazz, and family entertainment. Bell Theater is curated by the Axelrod Performing Arts Center in Deal Park, one of New Jersey’s leading nonprofit arts organizations supported by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
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