Here's what the critics are saying about Bravo Broadway!
"The three singers each exuded a palpable charisma, actually inhabiting the roles of various stage characteras they soloed, harmonized and sometimes danced on such lovely numbers... And so moving was Maguire and Horvath's achingly romantic duet on Tonight that even members of the orchestra's viola section, which got to sit out during this piece, seemed mesmerized." -Blossom Music Festival
"Soprano Jan Horvath had the audience spellbound with her powerful vocal and dramatic performance of Don't Cry for Me Argentina..." -National Symphony Orchestra
"It was a nostalgic but rousing evening that brought a full house to its feet with shouts and applause."
-Madison Symphony
"The word Bravo was inadequate to salute the trio Bravo Broadway..." -Knoxville Symphony
"How to describe the excitement and enthusiasm that those three projected? Everything, from voices to stage business, was precisely right. They were witty, engaging, charming, and even looked like their publicity photos. Their voices were beautiful and accurate, their phrasing extremely sophisticated and their dynamic range astonishing." -Des Moines Symphony
"Bravo Broadway was bravissimo." -Syracuse Symphony
"Saturday night's show at New London's Garde Arts Center presented three reasons why the Bravo Broadway! series has been one of the year's most popular events: soprano Laurie Gayle Stephenson, bariton Ron Raines and tenor Michael Maguire. People crowded outside nearly a half hour prior to the show, and they were not disappointed. The energy built from within as well-electricity streamed from the orchestra during its warmup for this fun and exciting pops performance." -Eastern Connecticut Symphony
"Nothing against a fully staged Broadway musical, but maybe this is the way to hear these songs. Bravo Broadway!, featuring three veteran Broadway singers, has hit upon a sure-fire crowd-pleasing formula." -Spokane Symphony
"The Nashville Symphony Orchestra's second Pops concert was a major crowd pleaser. Three good looking, talented singers, an orchestra in top form and some of Broadway's best music guaranteed a throughly satisfying evening." -Nashville Symphony
"If the woman next to you at the grocery store today is humming a show tune, you'll have to excuse her. More than likely she was one of the hundreds who spent the evening Saturday reliving Broadway's highlights at Bravo Broadway!" -Redding Symphony
"It indeed was a grand night for singing. The entertaining Bravo Broadway! concerts with the Utah Symphony colorfully garnished the Abravanel Hall stage Friday and Saturday nights. The orchestra...seemed to be having as much fun as the audience with a trip down familiar lane." -Utah Symphony
"Here are three individuals who can really sell a song. We were, understandably, buying big time!" -Colorado Music Fest
"...Cumming and the orchestra, and three excellent vocal soloists, got the weekend started with a Bravo Broadway! concert that was a prototype of how such evenings should go." -Flagstaff Festival of the Arts
"There were wonderful ensemble spirit among both the principal singers as well as the conductor and the orchestra. Here was a whole that was truly larger than the sun of its parts. The show's success-measured by steadily more intense applause and cheers from the 1,500 patrons in attendance- was in no small part due to these singers. It was such a relief and a joy to hear so many songs so well phrased with no notes missed, with no words garbled. It was such a shock to hear so many songs delivered with style, wit and art." -Peoria Symphony
"Mobilians have come to expect great things from Mobile Opera's cash cow franchise, "Bravo Broadway!". Thursday night's performance at the Seanger Theater continued that tradition and added an impressive new voice to the mix. An appreciative crowd of 1,060 enjoyed the program of highlights spanning decades of musical theater history from Cole Porter and Irving Berlin to Marvin Hamlisch and Andrew Lloyd Webber." -Mobile Opera
"All told, this trio had the versatility and talent to transcend a wealth of Broadway's best. On this night it was not to be considered light-hearted Pops, but instead a treasure trove of heart-warming music." -Pittsburgh Symphony
"These three attractive and talented actors-singers from Bravo Broadway! showed what experience and hard work can bring to entertainment when combined with pleasant voices, excellent diction and strong acting ability...The Soliloquy as told by Billy the anti-hero in "Carousel" was given a reading by Raines that was nothing short of brilliant, followed by a medley of songs from "Oklahoma," which a zesty belting of the title song by the three singers." -Richmond Symphony Orchestra
"What a wonderful way to start the Pueblo Symphony season! Our very own orchestra in concert with a dramatic bariton (Ron Raines), the perfect leading lady (Jan Horvath), and a melt-your-heart tenor (Gary Mauer). The symphony and the guest artists presented an evening of crowd-pleasing entertainment to a nearly full house at University of Southern Colorado's Hoag Hall." -Pueblo Symphony