Thursday, September 18, 2014

"Celebrity Karaoke: An Epic Evening with the Stars", Hard Rock Cafe' Times Square - October 6, 2014

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 by September 18http://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Lena-Hall-James-Monroe-Iglehart-Ramin-Karimloo-and-More-Set-for-CELEBRITY-KARAOKE-Event-106-at-NY-Comic-Con-20140918#
Lena Hall, James Monroe Iglehart, Ramin Karimloo and More Set for CELEBRITY KARAOKE Event 10/6 at NY Comic Con
Broadway stars Lena Hall, James Iglehart,Ramin Karimloo will headline Clear Channel Spectacolor & New York Comic Con "Celebrity Karaoke: An Epic Evening with the Stars" on Monday Oct. 6th at Hard Rock Café Times Square.
Hosted and co-produced by Justin Guarini, Comic Con and Broadway fans will have the chance to perform with a live karaoke band and have a front row seat to live performances by Broadway's hottest talent.
Featuring:
  • JUSTIN GUARINI (Host and Co-Producer), American Idol season one runner-up and now starring as Fiyero in Wicked
  • LENA HALL, Tony Award winner and currently starring as Yizhak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
  • JAMES IGLEHART, Tony Award winner and currently starring as Genie in Disney's Aladdin
  • RAMIN KARIMLOO, Tony Award nominee and currently starring as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables
Judges:
  • Darren Bagert, Tony Award winning producer (Side Show, Of Mice and Men)
  • Carl Levin, Tony nominated theater and film producer (Rock of Ages)
  • Blake Ross, Editor-in-Chief of Playbill, official media partner of Celebrity Karaoke
The event is open to the public and tickets are available through TicketWeb (click here). The Hard Rock Café Times Square is located at 1501 Broadway, New York, NY 10036. The concert is set for 7 p.m. Monday, October 6th.
About New York Super Week - Clear Channel Spectacolor is the Official Media Partner of the first-ever New York Super Week, a week-long pop culture festival that will feature themed experiences at venues throughout the city-including concerts, comedy shows, gaming events, lectures, podcasts, storytelling, food tastings and more. The event will take place October 3-12, 2014 leading into the East Coast's biggest and most exciting pop culture convention, New York Comic Con. For more information, please visit www.NewYorkSuperWeek.comor www.NewYorkComicCon.com.
About Clear Channel Spectacolor - Clear Channel Spectacolor is the US market leader in spectacular sign displays and a division of one of the world's leading outdoor advertising companies, Offering innovative out-of-home marketing resources in major pedestrian destinations such as Times Square and The Las Vegas Strip, Clear Channel Spectacolor's inventory includes: spectacular billboards, time-based video screens, wallscapes, sky murals, unique ad panels and experiential marketing events. In-house creative services and start-to-finish project management assist marketers in producing high-impact executions for a growing on-the-go audience. Spectacolor was established in 1976. More information may be found by visiting www.clearchannelspectacolor.com.
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#MyDreamDuet! Enter to Sing With Lena Hall, James Monroe Iglehart, Justin Guarini or Ramin Karimloo
By Michael Gioia
23 Sep 2014 
Clear Channel Spectacolor, a brand division of Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO), in partnership with New York Super Week, New York Comic Con and Playbill, will host Celebrity Karaoke: An Epic Evening with the Stars — in which theatregoers are given a chance to sing alongside Broadway stars — Oct. 6 at New York City's Hard Rock Café in Times Square.

Hosted and co-produced by Justin Guarini("American Idol," Wicked), the event gives Comic Con attendees and Broadway fans the chance to perform with a live karaoke band and have a front-row seat to live performances by Guarini, Tony Award winners Lena Hall (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) and James Monroe Iglehart (Aladdin) and Tony Award nominee Ramin Karimloo (Les Misérables).
"Clear Channel Spectacolor is proud to be partnering with New York Comic Con, Super Week, and Playbill to offer these advertising partners a memorable way to connect with their consumers," said Harry Coghlan, president of Clear Channel Outdoor, New York, in a statement. "Celebrity Karaoke is a uniquely New York entertainment experience for Comic Con attendees that gives theatre fans the opportunity to perform alongside Broadway's superhero talent."
In anticipation of the Epic Evening with the Stars, the #MyDreamDuet contest will give fans the chance to sing alongside Guarini, Hall, Iglehart and Karimloo live at the concert.
To enter, hopefuls are asked to record a performance of themselves singing a song from the show in which their possible duet partner stars in — Wickedfor the chance to sing with Guarini, Hedwig for the chance to sing with Hall,Aladdin for the chance to sing with Iglehart and Les Miz for the chance to sing with Karimloo — and upload it to YouTube. Performances should be under three minutes and submitted to Playbill and Clear Channel Spectacolor via Twitter, using the hashtag #MyDreamDuet and the Twitter handles@playbill and @CCSpectacolor.
Hopefuls should be able to provide their own transportation to New York City's Hard Rock Café in Times Square Oct. 6, and submissions will be accepted through Sept. 27 at 12:01 AM ET. Four winners will be announced Sept. 29, and they will perform at the Epic Evening with the Stars Oct. 6.
Performances will be judged by two-time Tony Award-winning producer Darren Bagert (Side Show, Of Mice and Men), Tony-nominated theatre and film producer Carl Levin (Rock of Ages) and Playbill editor-in-chief Blake Ross.
The event will include red carpet arrivals at 5:30 PM, followed by the live show from 7-10 PM. Tickets can be purchased through TicketWeb by clickinghere.