Hadary, Baker, Carmello and More Set for Carnegie Hall's Show Boat Benefit

Becky Ann Baker and Jonathan Hadary have joined the cast of Carnegie Hall's gala benefit performance of Show Boat, to be held on June 10. Baker will be Parthy Ann Hawks, and Hadary will be Cap'n Andy, joining Carolee Carmello as Julie LaVerne, Nathan Gunn as Gaylord Ravenal, Gavin Lee as Frank Schulz, Alvy Powell as Joe, Celena Shafer as Magnolia Hawks and Marilyn Horne as the Old Lady on the Levee. More additions will be announced.

Directed by Francesca Zambello The Little Mermaid with musical direction by Paul Gemignani and musical staging by Robert Longbottom, the concert will benefit Carnegie Hall's artistic and music-education initiatives. Zambello previously directed a fully staged production of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's epic masterpiece at London's Royal Albert Hall in the summer of 2006.