PREVIEW AND LINK: Pasadena Pops adds "special guest" to Saturday's program

By Robert D. Thomas
Music Critic
Pasadena Star-News/San Gabriel Valley Tribune/Whittier Daily News

In each of his first two concerts as principal conductor of the Pasadena Pops Orchestra, Marvin Hamlisch has slipped a “special guest” onto the program. Apparently that’s going to happen again Saturday night as the Pops makes its final appearance at The Lawn Adjacent to the Rose Bowl before moving to the Los Angeles County Arboretum next season.

And who might this special guest be? “Without giving it completely away,” says CEO Paul Jan Zdunek, “as Marvin wants it to be a surprise, here’s a hint: this singer started as the back-up artist for Bette Midler, went on to win a Grammy for Best Female Vocalist and was the first artist in the history of the Academy Awards to have two nominated movie themes in a given year, making Oscar history by performing both on the telecast.”

Actually, the program, “Marvin Does Marvin” (which begins at 7:30 p.m.), which includes vocalist Susan Egan (her Broadway credits include Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Sally Bowles in Cabaret and Millie in Thoroughly Modern Millie as soloist, is worth seeing on its own, but a little icing on the cake never hurts. The program is scheduled to include selections from Star Wars, Cabaret, Gigi, An American in Paris, Casablanca, Gone With the Wind, and Hamlisch’s own score for The Informant. LINK
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