{"id":1551,"date":"2023-09-08T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2023\/2023\/09\/08\/an-evening-with-lachanze-comes-to-nycs-brand-new-perelman-performing-arts-center\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T17:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T17:45:00","slug":"an-evening-with-lachanze-comes-to-nycs-brand-new-perelman-performing-arts-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2023\/2023\/09\/08\/an-evening-with-lachanze-comes-to-nycs-brand-new-perelman-performing-arts-center\/","title":{"rendered":"An Evening with LaChanze Comes To NYC\u2019s Brand New Perelman Performing Arts Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Three-time Tony Award winner LaChanze announced a solo performance on Oct. 1 for the inaugural season of the Perelman Performing Arts Center, or PAC, titled ‘An Evening with LaChanze.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An Evening with LaChanze was co-written by LaChanze and Daniel \u201cKoa\u201d Beaty, directed by Jerry Dixon, and includes musical direction by Marco Paguia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The evening is the first of PAC NYC<\/a>\u2019s Downtown Sessions series, which seeks to expand the facility\u2019s music program with performances by Tony-winning artists. PAC is one of Manhattan\u2019s newest performing arts spaces, opening this fall in the Financial District\u2019s World Trade Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An Evening with LaChanze will feature original music by Crystal Monee Hall, American Standards, and Broadway favorites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We\u2019ve designed an inspiring evening of music and moments, filling this beautiful new space in lower Manhattan with love, light, and laughter.<\/p>\nLaChanze<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

PAC NYC\u2019s Downtown Sessions will extend throughout the fall, including other performances by Brian Stokes Mitchell and Ben Platt. The series seeks to bring audiences closer to beloved artists in intimate performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LaChanze, as founder and current president of Black Theatre United, will also perform at BTU\u2019s inaugural gala on October 30 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City. Supported by Business for Good, the gala\u2019s theme will be \u201cA Salute to Broadway Legends: Past, Present, and Future,\u201d and will highlight legends such as Common, Billy Porter, and Samuel L. Jackson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets and more information are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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