Hello All!

In less than 2 weeks, this exclusive one-night only new show, “RISE UP: THE THEATER SONGS OF NEIL BERG,” will be performing at Feinstein’s Regency; Sunday July 18th at 8:30pm. Mr. Berg, and friends, will perform theater songs from his musicals of the past, present, and future. This dynamic evening will feature songs from “The Prince and the Pauper,” “The 12,” “The Man Who Would Be King,” “Tim and Scrooge,” and his upcoming Broadway musical, “Grumpy Old Men.”

Performing and hosting will be Berg’s longtime collaborator, Broadway star Rob Evan (Jekyll and Hyde, The Prince and the Pauper, Trans Siberian Orchestra), along with current Elphaba from Wicked, Mandy Gonzalez (Wicked, In The Heights), and special guest, Academy Award-winning actor F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus), who will re-create his eleven o’clock song from “Grumpy Old Men.” The cast also includes Rita Harvey (Phantom of the Opera, Fiddler on the Roof), Lawrence Clayton (Dreamgirls, Bells are Ringing, The Civil War), Sophia Ramos (VH1’s Best Undiscovered Artist, featured vocalist with Rage Against the Machine and Soundgarden), Carter Calvert (It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues), and William Michals, who is currently playing the role of Emil de Beque in “South Pacific” at Lincoln Center. Berg will also co-host and play piano.

DATES: Sunday, July 18, 2010: 8:30PM

Children are welcome (under 10 allowed, but not preferred)

BUY TICKETS NOW: http://feinsteinsattheregency.com/performance.php?id=382

(212) 339-4095

Covenant House’s signature event, A Night of Broadway Stars, has helped raise millions of dollars for the over 70,000 homeless youth served by the agency every year. Held in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and California, this event brings the best and brightest of the Broadway community to perform for our supporters and with our kids on stage. An inspirational night filled with music and the spirit of the Covenant House mission, A Night of Broadway Stars is not to be missed! Big Night for 10 Covenant House Youth who will sing in concert at the Time Warner Center with the biggest stars of Broadway (thanks Neil!) in front of First Lady Laura Bush and 1,000 Covenant House supporters in NYC.

Covenant House

The time has come… and tickets are NOW available for Neil Berg’s All-Star Preview performances of a World Premiere concert… “The 12″!

VENUE:
RIVERSPACE Theater in Nyack, NY

DATES!!!
March 19, 2010: 8pm
March 20, 2010: 8pm
March 21, 2010: 3pm

TICKET PRICES!!!
$40: Premium Orchestra
$32.50: Mid Level Orchestra
$25: Rear Orches…tra

TICKETS!!!
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Audiences rave “You gotta see ‘THE 12′ It’s even better than going to Church!”

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The 12

Our Board members, Neil and Dan involved…good luck on Broadway!

Hey Everyone,

What a year! Working with the most amazing co-producer in the country, Adam Friedson, we just finished over 90 concerts all over the USA! It was an amazing time, getting to meet so many wonderful Broadway music lovers in California, Arizona, Florida, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Jersey, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Oregon, Washington, Illinois, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and of course, New York!

We played to over 200,000 people and got to meet most of you after each show. What a treat!

There is plenty more exciting news as well concerning my composing career:

I’m trilled to announce one of my most important shows EVER! Thursday, April 30th at 8pm, we’ll be bringing my show “Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway” to the Hard Rock Café in Times Square for a fundraising concert benefiting World Hunger Year! The concert will feature Broadway’s Rob Evan (Jekyll and Hyde), Rita Harvey (Phantom of the Opera), Steve Blanchard (Beauty and the Beast), Carter Calvert (Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues), Danny Zolli (Jesus Christ Superstar) and Gerard Canonico (Spring Awakening). The show will be introduced by Charles Grodin with more special guests to be announced.

Tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster by clicking here.

I hope to see you all there for a great time, benefiting a truly wonderful cause!

As most of you know I am the composer of the new Broadway musical version of GRUMPY OLD MEN, which just had a major reading in New York this past October, and it went spectacularly well. What a cast!

Academy Award winner, F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus) and Emmy and Tony Award winner George Hearn (Sweeney Todd, La Cage Aux Folles) led the “too good to be true” cast. Also featured was Marilu Henner (Chicago, LA Story, Taxi), Carol Kane (Taxi and a zillion other things), Ken Page (Ain’t Misbehavin’), Vicki Lewis (what a talent!), Josh Molina (The West Wing), and the timeless Conrad John Schuck (MASH, Star Trek) as Grandpa!

We were also fortunate to have some of Broadway’s most incredible character actors rounding out our cast.

David Holcenberg (from Mamma Mia) was our Musical Supervisor and Wendy Bobbitt Cavett (from Mamma Mia as well) was our Musical Director. Both did a phenomenal job! We are currently in negotiations with several theatres for an out-of-town tryout and cannot WAIT to bring it to Broadway!

I also recently finished up my fully-orchestrated CD of my musical version of THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING, which features two of Broadways top leading men, Mark Kudisch and Brian d’Arcy James, in the leading roles.

This CD also stars Mandy Gonzalez (star of the hit Broadway musical In The Heights), and Judy McLane (Drama Desk nominee). The CD is available for purchase here on my website under the “Store” section. I truly believe this is my best work ever up to now, and I can’t wait for people to hear it. Book and Lyrics by DJ Salisbury, arrangements/musical supervision by Wendy Bobbitt Cavett, and Orchestrations by Larry Hochman (Spamalot, Fiddler on the Roof, etc.)

Pulitzer Prize winner, Robert Schenkkan and I have been collaborating on my new show THE TWELVE which begins where Jesus Christ Superstar leaves off. This is a high-energy rock show that should be touring sometime next year!

Many more projects to be announced soon, but in the meantime, please check in from time to time at my website, http://www.neilberg.com. You can check out all upcoming shows, both public and private, and it gets updated all the time.

Please call Joe D’Urso/Leftfield Productions at 845-353-2407 if you think you or your organization would love to bring in the best Broadway talent for an unforgettable evening!

Look forward to seeing you soon!

Best,
Neil

It’s your chance to be a STAR!

How would you like to have the opportunity to win a chance to sing a song with five Broadway Stars in front of family and friends in the major professional performing arts venue in your community?

You can win the opportunity to sing on-stage in an all-star Broadway review and win a pair of tickets for family and friends. To enter the online auditions, you need to upload a 90-120 second video of yourself singing a Broadway show tune to YouTube, MySpace, or Facebook. Our panel of industry professionals will choose a winner and up to four runners-up to participate in the show.

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