Cabaret & Concert NewsGuys and Dolls Tony Nominee Josie de Guzman to Debut New Concert Act
Forbidden Broadwaycreator Gerard Alessandrini will direct Back Where I Started.
By
Andrew Gans
August 31, 2023
Two-time Tony nominee Josie de Guzman will bring her new cabaret show to The Green Room 42 next month.
Entitled Back Where I Started, performances are scheduled for September 8 and September 10 at 7 PM. Gerard Alessandrini, the creator of Forbidden Broadway, will direct the evenings with musical direction by Larry Yurman.
De Guzman's show will feature career highlights from her Broadway debut in Liz Swados’ Runaways to her Tony-nominated performances as Maria in West Side Story and Sarah in the hitrevival of Guys and Dolls. The new show will also spotlight her collaborations with Arthur Laurents, Leonard
Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Alan Jay Lerner, and Burton Lane.
De Guzman, who
was born in New York City and raised in Puerto Rico, has also been seen on Broadway in Carmelina andNick & Nora.
A livestream option will also be available. For tickets, visit TheGreenRoom42.com.
Filmed in 2023, the one-night-only event featured Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald, Peter Friedman, and more from the Ahrens and Flaherty musical's original cast.