Tony nominee Elisabeth Withers will join Stephen Beasley, Kwame Remy, and Serina Gin for Broadway Uptown, a new music series presented at Gospel Uptown on Monday, October 26 at 8pm.
Broadway Uptown was created with the intent of melding two music scenes, Broadway and Harlem, into one for a single night. Each of the monthly events will feature a special performer. This week, the concert will showcase Tony nominee Elisabeth Withers, who received the nod and much acclaim for her performance as Shug Avery in The Color Purple.
Tickets are $12 in advance; $15 at the door, and can be purchased by calling 212-280-2110.or visiting gospeluptown.com.
Gospel Uptown ("GU") seeks to bring back the old - the entertainment excitement of an earlier era, and blend it with the new - a state-of-the-art sound stage centering a soul fusion restaurant in the heart of Harlem ("GU Harlem"). Throughout its history, Harlem has served as home and inspiration to generations of residents and visitors - artists, entrepreneurs, writers, politicians, musicians, and activists among them - engendering dynamic contributions as well as trailblazing ideals. This legacy is experiencing revival today. GU Harlem intends not only to create new opportunities for employment and creativity but to take the commercial resurgence of Harlem to new levels of culinary, cultural and spiritual expression.
The founders' goal is to position GU to become the gospel music version of the Hard Rock Café. The vision of GU Harlem is uptown's new hotspot, magnetizing tourists, church-goers and locals alike, becoming both spur and symbol of Harlem's second Renaissance, and through its emphasis on community empowerment, to help redeem dreams long deferred.
