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As baseball Hall of Famer Ernie Banks would say,
let’s play two.
Grab yourself a hot dog and some popcorn and
sit back for some “Orchestra in the Outfield” on May 11 and
12 as the Sarasota Orchestra will play two Outdoor Pops
concerts at Ed Smith Stadium, showcasing Broadway stars
Deedee Magno Hall and her husband Cliffton Hall.
Principal Pops Conductor Andrew Lane said the concerts
will feature a wide range of popular music including songs
from Broadway musicals and movies, scores from Disney
films, samplings from legendary composer John Williams (of
“Star Wars” fame) and some good old American standards.
“The first half of each concert will feature Broadway and
movie songs with our talented singers,” Lane said. “But in
the second half we’ll switch over a little to the pop side as
Deedee will sing ‘I Will Survive,’ made famous by Gloria
Gaynor and Donna Summer, among others. We want to offer
as much variety as we can so the audience can see what the
Sarasota Orchestra is all about.”
Lane added the lineup will feature John Williams’ “Bugler’s
Dream,” “Olympic Fanfare” and his movie score from
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Far and Away along with “La La Land Concert Suite,” “I
Dreamed a Dream” and “Bring Him Home” from Les Miz,
“You’re The One That I Want” from Grease, themes from
Silverado as well as patriotic songs such as “America The
Beautiful” and “Stars and Stripes Forever.” Also, each concert
will end with a spectacular fireworks display.
“We had worked with Deedee before in another program
we played at the Van Wezel called The Leading Ladies of
Broadway,” Lane said. “We wanted to feature her again,
so that was our starting point in plotting out our musical
selections for this concert. We looked for songs she wanted
to sing, songs that really worked well for her and for Cliffton,
then crafted them into a program that had some excellent
variety.”
Both Deedee and Cliffton Hall are no strangers to the stage,
he added. Cliffton appeared on Broadway in the hit Les Miz
and the couple teamed together in the rock musical Next
to Normal and in the touring production of Miss Saigon.
Deedee also appeared as Nessarose in the national tour
of Wicked and as Jasmine in Disney’s Aladdin: A Musical
Spectacular soundtrack. In addition, she currently voices the
role of Pearl in the animated series Steven Universe.