A Starry Night Gala w/ Stephen Colbert
As an orchestrator and copyist for Northwestern’s A Starry Night gala, hosted by Stephen Colbert, I had the pleasure of working with Brian d’Arcy James, Adam Kantor, Richard Kind, Ana Gasteyer, Heather Headly, and more!
This wouldn’t have been possible without my mentor Ryan Nelson or Broadway’s Bryan Eng (who also happened to be my roommate in college), the leaders of our music team!
“The variety show included a rousing duet, “Comin’ Together,” with alums Ana Gasteyer ’89 and Stephanie D’Abruzzo ’93, and a powerful medley by three of Broadway’s leading men: Gregg Edelman ’80 singing “Double Talk” from “City of Angels;” Brian d’Arcy James ’90, singing “You’ll Be Back” from the hit musical “Hamilton;” and Kind singing “I Wan’na Be Like You,” from “The Jungle Book.” Edelman and James joined Kind at the end of his number for a spirited finale by the trio.
The show stopper was a performance by Tony and Grammy Award winner Heather Headley ’97 whose rendition of “Home” from “The Wiz” brought the crowd to its feet.”
