Drama Desk Hosts Panel on Musical Message

I enjoyed an informative Drama Desk panel discussion on "The Music is the Message: Musicals on Topical Subjects" Friday at Sardi's.

The panel was moderated by Scott Siegel, Drama Desk member and critic for TalkinBroadway.com and TheaterMania.com, as well as the creator/writer/host of the acclaimed Broadway by the Year series at The Town Hall. Participating panelists (pictured above) were(in alphabetical order): Christine Andreas, featured in the Drama Desk Award winning revival of La Cage aux Folles; Drama Desk nominee Jeffry Denman, the choreographer of Yank!, who also played Artie in the production; Montego Glover, whose performance as Felicia in Memphis won the 2010 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical (an award she shared with Catherine Zeta Jones); Chad Kimball, the Drama Desk Award and Tony Award nominee for his portrayal of Huey in Memphis; Tom Kitt, Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning composer of Next To Normal; David Thompson, book writer of The Scottsboro Boys musical; and David Zellnik, the Drama Desk nominated author and lyricist of Yank!