Orange County Native Directs Porchlight’s Latest Virtual Concert

Orange County native Adrian Abel Azevedo is the director of New Faces Sing Broadway 1947 at Porchlight Music Theatre, which highlights the next generation of talent, alongside host Robin DaSilva and nine other up and coming talents. Audiences can expect to be taken on a 90 minute musical journey of the 1947 Broadway season through song, historic information, trivia and sing alongs. New Faces will be available for streaming beginning Friday, April 8 at 12 p.m. CDT through Thursday, May 5 at 11:59 p.m. CDT.

Adrian Abel Azevedo currently resides in Uptown Chicago and is a native of Orange County, California. He is a graduate of Orange County School of Arts and Columbia College Chicago. Azevedo will direct New Faces alongside music direction by Linda Madonia.

New Faces Sing Broadway 1947 and was filmed on-site at The Ruth Page Center for the Arts where Porchlight Music Theatre is an in-resident organization. Now in its 27th season, Porchlight Music Theatre is the award-winning center for music theatre in Chicago. Porchlight has built a national reputation for boldly reimagining classic musicals, supporting new works and young performers, and showcasing Chicago’s most notable music theatre artists, all through the intimate and powerful theatrical lens of the “Chicago Style.” Porchlight’s commitment to the past, present and future of music theatre led the company to develop this New Faces Sing Broadway program series.

Tickets for New Faces Sing Broadway 1947 are $25 - $50 and are on sale now. For more information, visit PorchlightMusicTheatre.org or call the Porchlight Music Theatre box office at 773.777.9884