Magic Castle and Cabaret at the Castle Presents AN EVENING WITH LEE ROY REAMS

By: Feb. 25, 2010
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The Magic Castle offers yet another great Broadway star to the stage of Cabaret at the Castle with Lee Roy Reams. The man who columnist Liz Smith called "Broadway's Darling" and the New York Times hailed as "Broadway's song and dance man nonpareil" is scheduled to appear for one night only. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Sealed With A Wish Foundation, Inc.

Reams will appear at the Inner Circle at the Magic Castle on Tuesday, April 13th 2010. Doors open at 7pm and the show begins at 8pm. Tickets are $35 for reserved tables and $30 for non-members. To purchase tickets call 323-851-3313 x434. The Inner Circle at the Magic Castle is located at 7001 Franklin Ave., Hollywood, CA 90028.

With one of the greatest pedigrees in Broadway history, Lee Roy Reams won critical acclaim as Roger DeBris in the First National Tour of Mel Brooks' musical hit, The Producers as well as Lumiere in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Albin/ZaZa in La Cage Aux Folles, Cornelius Hackl in Hello Dolly! & Henry Spofford in Lorelei (both starring Carol Channing), Duane Fox in Applause starring Lauren Bacall, Will Parker in Richard Rodgers' revival of Oklahoma! Bob Fosse's Sweet Charity starring Gwen Verdon, and An Evening With Jerry Herman. His regional theatre roles include Captain Hook in Peter Pan, Toddy in Victor/Victoria, Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady, and Phil Davis in White Christmas. On Broadway, he directed Hello, Dolly! (Tony Nomination/Best Revival) and An Evening With Jerry Herman. He also directed Anything Goes starring Chita Rivera and productions of Hello, Dolly! starring Madeline Kahn, Joanne Worley, Michelle Lee, and Nicole Crosille in Paris. He is also the resident director of Theatre Guild's Theatre at Sea whose stars include Patricia Neal, Gena Rowlands, RoseMary Harris, Zoe Caldwell, Ed Asner, Cliff Robertson, Eli Wallach, and Anne Jackson among others. His television credits include: Jerry Herman at the Hollywood Bowl (PBS and Bravo), Showboat (PBS), In Performance at the White House (PBS), three Tony Award Shows, Night of 100 Stars II, and The Tonight Show. Concerts and Cabaret have taken him to the White House and around the world: Venice's Teatro La Fenice, Brazil's Manaus Opera House, The Istanbul Hilton, New York's Carnegie Hall (New York Pops and Cincinnati Pops), New York's Town Hall, Tennessee Williams Fine Arts Center, London's Palladium, Manhattan's Firebird Cafe, and Rockefeller Center's Rainbow & Stars. He's had the honor of performing for four U.S. Presidents: Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. Bush and Bill Clinton.

The Magic Castle is the world's most famous club for magicians and magic enthusiasts and home to The Academy of Magical Arts, Inc. The Magic Castle is the showplace for some of the greatest magicians from around the globe. The magnificent Hollywood landmark known today as the Magic Castle recently celebrated in centennial. For more information, visit http://www.magiccastle.com/.

The mission of Sealed With A Wish Foundation, a nonprofit organization, is to enrich the lives of our soldiers living in combat zones by providing comfort and care items that they would not normally receive. For more information, visit www.sealedwithawish.org.



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