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Tony Award winner
Debbie Gravitte has
been called “one of
the best voices on
Broadway” (Associated
Press). A Grammy
Award and Emmy
nominee, she most
recently starred on
Broadway in Chicago.
Other Broadway
credits include
They’re Playing Our
Song, Perfectly Frank (Drama Desk nomination), Blues
in the Night, Ain’t Broadway Grand, Zorba, Les Miserables,
and Jerome Robbins’ Broadway (Tony Award,
Drama Desk nomination, NY Showstopper Award).
A favorite with symphony audiences, she has sung
with over 175 orchestras around the world including
the Boston Pops, Lang Lang and the Chinese Philharmonic,
Philly Pops, National Symphony, New York
Pops, and Moscow Philharmonic, among others.
On television, Gravitte co-starred on the CBS
series Trial and Error, NBC’s Pursuit of Happiness,
and PBS’ Live from the Kennedy Center,
The Boston Pops Celebrate Bernstein, Rodgers
and Hart for Great Performances, and
Ira Gershwin’s 100th Birthday Celebration.
Gravitte has four solo CDs: Big Band Broadway, Defying
Gravity, The MGM Album, and The Music of Alan
Menken. She can also be heard on Mack and Mabel:
Live From London, Jerry Herman’s Miss Spectacular,
Unsung Sondheim, and Calamity Jane, along
with many other recordings. She has appeared
with the New York City Ballet, Bette Midler in the
feature film Isn’t She Great?, and as one of the voices
in Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Gravitte is the proud
mother of three beautiful children. She is also
founder and president of group5productions.
www.debbiegravitte.com
Scarlett Strallen
has starred in
productions on
Broadway and London’s
West End and
is a frequent soloist
on the concert
stage. She recently
starred on Broadway
as Gwendolyn
in Travesties and has
appeared in the title
role of Mary Poppins,
a role she also played in the West End, and as Sibella
Hallward in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.
Additional theater credits include Mabel in Pirates
of Penzance at Barrington Stage Company, Lady
Macduff in Macbeth at the Armory in New York, Cunegonde
in Candide at the Menier Chocolate Factory,
Cassie in A Chorus Line at The London Palladium,
Kathy Selden in Singin’ in the Rain at Chichester
Festival Theatre and The Palace Theatre London
(Olivier Award Nomination for Best Actress in a Musical),
Amalia in She Loves Me at the Chocolate Factory,
and Clara in Passion at Donmar Warehouse.
A frequent soloist with orchestras around the
world, Strallen made her German debut at the Philharmonie
in Berlin with the John Wilson Orchestra
in A Celebration of the MGM Film Musicals. Recent
and upcoming engagements include the Philly
Pops, The Florida Orchestra, and the symphonies
of Phoenix, Utah, Harrisburg, Colorado, Anchorage,
Long Beach, Pacific, Seattle, and Orlando, among
many others. Strallen has recorded with Simon
Keenleyside, Something’s Gotta Give, for Chandos
conducted by David Charles Abel. Film and television
credits include Beyond the Sea and the title role
in the BBC production of Mary Poppins celebrating
Queen Elizabeth’s 80th birthday.
DEBBIE GRAVITTE
Vocalist
SCARLETT STRALLEN
Vocalist
/www.debbiegravitte.com