Clark Young News

Fresh off a two-year stint as the standby for Elphaba-one of musical theatre's most vocally challenging roles-in the hit musical Wicked (First National Tour), Merideth Kaye Clark is now releasing a solo album: Young Stellar Object.

Fresh off a two-year stint in the hit musical Wicked (Elphaba standby, First National Tour), Merideth Kaye Clark is releasing a solo album: Young Stellar Object. Performing the leading role over 150 times in 30+ cities, Merideth still spent many hours a week waiting backstage for her chance to be painted green. She put this spare time traveling the country with Wicked to use, writing and recording a folk-pop album that channels her unique experience of a life being lived on the road.

What does a standby do when she's just standing by? This one wrote an album. Merideth Kaye Clark recently finished a two-year run as the standby for Elphaba-one of musical theatre's most vocally challenging roles-in the hit musical Wicked (First National Tour). While she performed the role over 150 times in 30+ cities, she often spent hours a week waiting backstage for her chance to be painted green. With that time on hand, and inspiration from the road, she has written Young Stellar Object. With the help of producer and long-time collaborator Ricky Marson, Merideth has compiled 9 folk-pop songs that highlight her voice, as well as the talent of musicians from across the country and in the traveling orchestra of Wicked.

Fresh off a two-year stint in the hit musical Wicked (Elphaba standby, First National Tour), Merideth Kaye Clark is releasing a solo album: Young Stellar Object. Performing the leading role over 150 times in 30+ cities, Merideth still spent many hours a week waiting backstage for her chance to be painted green. She put this spare time traveling the country with Wicked to use, writing and recording a folk-pop album that channels her unique experience of a life being lived on the road.

What does a standby do when she's just standing by? This one wrote an album. Merideth Kaye Clark recently finished a two-year run as the standby for Elphaba-one of musical theatre's most vocally challenging roles-in the hit musical Wicked (First National Tour). While she performed the role over 150 times in 30+ cities, she often spent hours a week waiting backstage for her chance to be painted green. With that time on hand, and inspiration from the road, she has written Young Stellar Object. With the help of producer and long-time collaborator Ricky Marson, Merideth has compiled 9 folk-pop songs that highlight her voice, as well as the talent of musicians from across the country and in the traveling orchestra of Wicked.

As the Helen Hayes Awards ceremony on April 5th honors performances and productions from the past year, DC theatergoers will be hearing two gorgeous scores by Jason Robert Brown and Jeanine Tesori, and seeing a new opera about a boxer, a splashing pool on stage, Tyne Daley as diva Maria Callas, Maurice Hines tapping his way on the Lincoln Theatre stage, Mrs. Robinson seducing Benjamin, a red balloon thrilling young audiences, Harvey Fierstein wishing he was a rich man, tales and songs from a Scottish Jewish composer, a new children's show with lots of princesses, a little musical with the title in [ ], a triumphant mounting of a short-lived Broadway musical, and a wordless Kafka classic performed in Georgian style. The crocuses, cherry blossoms, and azaleas will be in full bloom, as the nation's capital will be awash in beautiful colors. It's the perfect time to visit and see some great shows in our DC area theatres.

Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers covering New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, is proud to report that Broadway stars Victoria Clark and John Lloyd Young will publicly announce the nominees for the 2006-07 season on Monday, April 23rd