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Singing Sensation Debbie Wileman
Returns to Carnegie Hall to Star in
“Judy Garland” We Need a Little Christmas
Sunday, December 10, 2023 at 8 p.m.
Featuring Special Appearances:
Chita Rivera and Margaret
O’Brien
New
York, NY: Scott
Stander is thrilled to present Debbie Wileman, the singing
sensation who captured world-wide attention during the
global pandemic with her uncanny recreation of Judy
Garland’s legendary voice, as she makes her return to
Carnegie Hall on Sunday, December 10, 2023 as the star of “Judy
Garland” We Need a Little Christmas.”
Debbie will
be joined by special guests, including the legendary
Tony Award-winning Broadway icon Chita Rivera and Academy
Award winner Margaret O’Brien, the iconic film,
radio, television and stage actress and one of the last
surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema,
with more guests to be announced. (subject
to change)
Debbie will
be accompanied by a live orchestra, conducted by
award-winning musical director and arranger Steve
Orich. She will take to the stage to perform Judy’s
signature Christmas songs as well as newly arranged holiday
hits that Judy may have performed if she were with us today.
For more
information, please visit: https://www.scottstander.com/we-need-a-little-christmas---debbie-wileman.html
Tickets
start at $109 and can be purchased here: https://www.carnegiehall.org/Cart/Event-Seating?itemNumber=45605#/
About
Debbie
Wileman is
a 38-year-old suburban mum from North Essex, England who
rose to fame during the pandemic after receiving worldwide
praise for her impersonation videos of Shirley Bassey,
Marilyn Monroe, Julie Andrews, Billie Holliday and Judy
Garland. As the world was on lockdown, Wileman began posting
“A Song A Day” on Facebook, garnering millions of views,
earning global acclaim, and winning her the 2020
BroadwayWorld Audience Award for Vocalist of the Year.
Shortly after, she embarked on a multi-city United States
tour to celebrate what would have been Judy Garland’s 100th
birthday, performing to sold-out crowds, standing ovations,
and rave reviews in Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, Los Angeles,
Provincetown, and New York City’s iconic Carnegie Hall, the
latter for which she received the BroadwayWorld Award for
Best Solo Special Event. That
June, on Garland’s birthday, she released her debut album I’m
Still Here, a tribute album to Garland conducted and
produced by Grammy Award Winner Steve Orich. The album went
on to receive praise from the likes of Stephen Schwartz and
Carol Burnett, and won the 2022 BroadwayWorld Award for Best
Independent Recording. Ms. Wileman will make her West End
debut next spring.
Steven
Orich is
a Composer, Arranger, and Orchestrator with over 40 years of
experience in Film, Television, Theatre & Recording, best
known for his Tony-nominated orchestrations for Jersey
Boys and the Grammy-winning original cast album. Much of
his work has been as a Musical Director and Orchestrator at
most of the regional theatres around the country. He's also
arranged and/or conducted dozens of recordings, including
original cast albums and solo albums for Helen Reddy, Petula
Clark, and Debbie Gibson. As a composer, he has created
musical scores for numerous television series,
documentaries, specials, sitcoms, movies of the week,
animated series, and game shows. His orchestrations have
been performed by the National Symphony, the Boston Pops,
the BBC Orchestra, the Kennedy Center, the White House and
around the world.
Scott
Stander, Producer has
produced concerts and theatre attractions for over 20 years,
including the Rocky
Horror Picture Show Spectacular Tour with
original stars Barry Bostwick and Patricia Quinn and Judy
Garland's We Need A Little Christmas at
Carnegie Hall starring
internet sensation Debbie Wileman. He has also produced
Wileman’s Happy
100th Birthday, Judy! concert
and her debut album: I'm
Still Here: Judy Garland's 100th Birthday. Past hits
include: An
Evening With Sophia Loren (National
Tour); Dance
To The Movies starring
Shirley Jones and Lesley Ann Warren; Dance
to the Holidays; Ballroom
With Twist starring
TV's Derek Hough, Cheryl Burke, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Karina
Smirnoff, Tony Dovolani and Peta Murgatroyd (National
Tour); If
You Ever Leave Me... I’m Going With You! starring
Renee Taylor and Joe Bologna (Broadway, Chicago Company, and
National Tour); Steve
Allen and Phyllis Diller – Together Again For The First Time (12
city Concert Tour); An
Evening With Shirley Bassey (10
city Concert Tour); Milton
Berle’s 90th Birthday Celebration (13
city tour); Breaking
Legs starring
Frank Gorshin (National Tour); Say
Goodnight Gracie (2nd
National Broadway Tour starring Don McArt – 3 year tour);
Odd Couple – Female Version starring Barbara Eden, Rita
McKenzie, and Georgia Engel (National Tour – 3 seasons); Love
Letters starring
Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman, and Hal Linden (National tour); Bermuda
Avenue Triangle starring
Renee Taylor, Joe Bologna, and Lainie Kazan (National Tour);
and Ethel
Merman’s Broadway starring
Rita McKenzie (Off Broadway - John Houseman Theatre and
National Tour).
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