Pure Imagination will be performing at the Atlantic Highlands Arts Council gallery space at 54 First Ave. Saturday February 4 at 7:30pm.
Pure Imagination is a song-filled, story-filled celebration of Academy Award, Grammy Award and Tony Award-winning songwriter Leslie Bricusse and his collaborations with Anthony Newley, Henry Mancini and John Williams.
Performers
Featuring Broadway performers Jeanne Montano, James Patterson and Linda Moshier. Robert Cioffi, the creator and musical director, will be on the piano.
Patterson’s most recent credits include Don Quixote/Cervantes in Man of La Mancha at Stages St. Louis, Georges in La Cage Aux Folles at the Riverside Theatre Company and Pioneer Theatre Company, and Lumiere in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast at Theatre Under The Stars.
James has appeared in the Broadway and National Touring productions of Gigi (Dufresne), Mary Poppins (Park Keeper), The Drowsy Chaperone, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Beast, Gaston, and Lumiere understudy), Cats (Munkustrap), and State Fair.
Joining Patterson, Mosher’s career icludes theater, cabaret, and concerts worldwide. Her first feature film Preparations To Be Together For An Unknown Period Of Time was Hungary’s entry for an Academy Award. She just returned from the Wilson Center in Wilmington, NC where she sang Sinatra favorites in My Way. She debuted her show Simply Starstruck, featuring the music of Barbra Streisand at Lincoln Center and at the Cutting Room recently
Montano has performed both on Broadway and in the National Tour of Cats in the roles of Jellylorum , Jennyanydots and Grizzabella. She has also been performing Forbidden Broadway in New York for the past 10 years, parodying everyone from Idina Menzel to Kristen Chenoweth to Carrie Underwood, Liza, Chita and more. Originally a Jersey Shore girl, she now resides both in NYC and Asbury Park.
Tickets
The evening is the perfect pre-Valentine’s Day treat with favorite songs from Stop the World I Want to Get Off, Doctor Dolittle, Willy Wonka, Victor-Victoria, Goldfinger, Superman and more.
Tickets are $30 and can be purchased at the gallery or through the website aharts.org. Seating is limited, so purchasing tickets in advance is recommended.
The Atlantic Highlands Arts Council is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization whose mission is to strengthen community through the arts.