Diana DeGarmo, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Levi Kreis, Wesley Taylor, et al. Set for Fleet Week Showcase

By Dan Bacalzo
TM Theater News

Cast members from several Broadway shows will put on special performances for visiting members of the armed forces who are in New York City for Fleet Week at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, on Friday, May 28, 12 Noon-1pm. The event will be hosted by Lend Me a Tenor’s Mary Catherine Garrison & Jennifer Laura Thompson.

The entire cast of Hair — including American Idol veterans Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young — will perform, as will Eddie Clendening, Lance Guest, Levi Kreis, and Robert Lyons from Million Dollar Quartet; Brooks Ashmanskas, Sean Martin Hingston, Ken Land and Matthew Loehr from Promises, Promises; Krysta Rodriguez and Wesley Taylor from The Addams Family; and Rebecca Naomi Jones, Mary Faber, Christina Sajous, Alysha Umphress, Leslie McDonel, and Libby Winters from American Idiot.

In addition, cast members from Broadway’s Wicked will perform as part of the Fleet Week events on Saturday, May 29 at Noon, while the Radio City Rockettes will lead a mini-“Rockette Experience” on Sunday, May 30 at 2pm.