Barrett, Benanti, Finn, Rees, Tune, et al. to Perform at Williams College

Brent Barrett, Laura Benanti, William Finn, Roger Rees, and Tommy Tune are among the celebrities who will be performing this month at the recently opened ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance at Williams College.

On October 7 and 8 at 8pm, Williams’ alum William Finn, the Tony Award-winning composer of Falsettos, will present his song cycle Songs of Innocence and Experience. Along with Finn, the performers include fellow Williams alumni Michael Winther and Sebastian Arcelus, as well as Malcolm Gets, Darius De Haas, Lee Zarrett, Megan Lawrence, and Sally Wilfert.

On Sunday, October 9 at 2pm, Tony Award winner Roger Rees, the artistic director of the Williamstown Theater Festival, will put on a one-man show titled Roger Rees Acts Up. That evening at 7pm, members of the New York City Ballet will perform works by George Balanchine, Peter Martins, Christopher Wheeldon, and Jerome Robbins.

On October 10, Barrett, Benanti, and Tune will join fellow Broadway veterans Jim Borstlemann, Charlotte d’Amboise, Judy Kuhn, Terrence Mann, James Naughton, Billy Porter, and ballet greats Damian Woetzel and Jenifer Ringer in a special evening of song and dance put together by Rees and Ann Reinking.

For tickets and information about the rest of the 2005-2006 season, call 413-597-2425 or visit www.williams.edu/go/62center.