‘Broadway on Stage’ fund-raiser coming to NMSU; sponsorships available

NMSU Theatre Department students and staff and talented community members are in rehearsal for the two upcoming live performances of “Broadway on Stage: Movie Magic,” Friday and Saturday, April 29-30, at the ASNMSU Center for the Arts, 1000 E. University Ave.

The Friday, April 29, performance is at 7:30 p.m. The Saturday, April 30, performance is at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $25. Call 575-646-4515 or visit theatre.nmsu.edu, click on the Broadway Onstage poster and click on “BUY TICKETS.”

The musical revue is directed by Theatre Department assistant professor Lisa Hermanson and adjunct professor Christa Fredrickson.

The show will include performances by theater students and staff as well as community members.

“This show is our major fundraiser for the year and directly benefits our talented students that you will be seeing in the show,” said NMSU Theatre Department Head Wil Kilroy. “We bring together the community with our students, forming an ensemble of performers of all ages, to give the public the best that NMSU and Las Cruces has to offer.”

Sponsorships

“Broadway on Stage” sponsorships are available for $75, $125, $200 or $250. Wednesday, April 27, is the deadline.

All of the performers and songs listed below will be featured in the show. You can sponsor an individual song, a show and/or a performer for the sponsorship amount listed.

• $200 sponsorship, MVPs: co-directors Lisa Hermanson or Christa Fredrickson, or event host, Wil Kilroy.
• $125 sponsorship, musicians: Lisa Hermanson or Alberto Barajas.
• $125 sponsorship, performers: Bryan Berard, Chris Brooks, Tiffany Brooks, Della Bustamante, Carter Chamberlin, Jonathan Cordova, Eva Cullen, Karlten Friedrich, Alli Glover, Dominique Gomez, Alyssa Gose, JJ Hanley, Meagan Higgins, Brianna Horvath, Shelby McKinney, Riley Samuel Merritt, Francesca Perez-Wright, Benjamin Ramsey, Esther Rogge, Mattie Ruminer, Caitlin Skibyak, Jensen Stell, Melis Derya White, Nolan Winters, Monte Womble, Peyton Womble or Waylon and Marley Yerxa.
• $125 sponsorship, movies and musicals: “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Hairspray,” “Mamma Mia!” “Rent,” “The Land Before Time,” “A Chorus Line,” “Rio 2,” “West Side Story” or “The Greatest Showman.”
• $125 sponsorship, songs: “Masquerade,” “The Music of the Night” of “All I Ask of You” from “The Phantom of the Opera”; “The Nicest Kids in Town,” "(The Legend of) Miss Baltimore Crabs" or “I Know Where I’ve Been” from “Hairspray”; a “Mamma Mia!” medley, including “Dancing Queen,” “I Have A Dream” and “Waterloo”; “Seasons of Love” from “Rent”; “Somewhere Out There” from “An American Tail”; “If We Hold on Together” from “The Land Before Time”; “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” from “Born to Dance”; “You’re the Top” or “Anything Goes” from “Anything Goes”; “I Hope I Get It,” “What I Did for Love” or “At the Ballet” from “A Chorus Line,” a Disney medley, including songs from “The Little Mermaid,” “Aladdin” and more; “The 90’s Medley,” featuring songs from “Titanic,” “Selena,” “The Prince of Egypt” and more; “Beautiful Creatures” from “Rio 2”; “A Sondheim Tribute,” featuring songs from “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” “A Little Night Music” and “Follies”; “Jet Song,” “A Boy Like That” or “Somewhere” from “West Side Story”; and “The Greatest Showman Medley”;
• Special guest sponsorship: Sponsor the Centennial High School Choir, Singing Out Las Cruces or Studio A40 for $250, or sponsor an individual member of any of the three for $75. Provide the name of that individual when you call or email below.

To be a sponsor, contact Melis White at 575-646-5122 or melisd23@nmsu.edu. The earlier you sponsor, the better chance of getting your first choice.