The 9th Annual Harvard-Yale Cantata
September 12, 2024
Looking to avenge last year’s defeat, Team Yale will summon some of its formidable musical theater resources to fight Team Harvard in The 9th Annual Harvard-Yale Cantata. This show is a competition of Harvard alumni vs. Yale alumni, as performers and writers. Both schools have renowned songwriter alumni (Harvard: Leonard Bernstein & Alan Jay Lerner, Yale: Cole Porter & Bobby Lopez), although a lot of the appeal comes from younger alums and even current students. Yale leads this series 5-2-1. Last year Harvard scored their second win, in a 32-31 point nail biter.
Derek Speedy returns as the Harvard team captain, and Josh Rosenblum is coming back as the Yale music director. More participants will be announced as the date approaches. Join producer and host Tom Toce for a cutthroat evening of terrific songs and wonderful performers. The critics have raved about past shows. As we always say, you don’t have to have gone to West Point to enjoy the Army-Navy game, and you don’t have to be affiliated with either school to love The Harvard-Yale Cantata.
The Harvard performers include:
Ian Chan
Natalie Choo (Playbill Songwriter Series)
Elio Kennedy-Yoon
Ashley LaLonde (Hamilton tour)
Henry Lynch (Zoomers at the Brooklyn Center for Theater Research)
Lindsay McAuliffe
Maddy Ranalli
Sarah Rossman (Amazing The Change at Atlantic Theater Company)
Derek Speedy (Lifespan of a Fact at Gloucester Stage Company and Asolo Rep)
and more stars to be announced!
The Harvard songwriters include Tony Award® winner Leonard Bernstein (West Side Story, etc.), Ian Chan (1776 rehearsal pianist, 2-time Eugene O’Neill National Theater Conference semi-finalist), Julia Riew (Fred Ebb Award winner, DIVE) and Sarah Rossman (Itchin’ for an Itch at Williamstown and The Emperor’s New Clothes at ART).
The Yale performers include:
Alaina Anderson (Dear Evan Hansen national tour)
Sara Armstrong
Shannon Barr
Kira Berman
Sam Bolen (Midnight at the Never Get at the York Theatre, Assassins at Classic Stage, multiple Encores! productions)
Serena Feniger (A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Sacramento Theatre Co.)
Amy Justman (Titanic at Encores!, Company)
Joanne Lessner (Drama Desk nominee, Cyrano)
Lauren Marut
Isabelle Millman
KG Montes
Aditi Narayanan
Ava Riley-Miles (Doctor Zhivago, Evita)
Janet Noh (Mack and Mabel at Encores!, Rocktopia)
Joshua Rosenblum
Craig Rubano (Les Misérables, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Yale Whiffenpoofs)
Sarah Shapiro
Lori-Ann Wynter
and more stars to be announced!
The Yale songwriters include Brittney Benton (current Yale student), Peter Foley (The Hidden Sky, The Names We Gave Him), Michael Gore (Oscar winner, Fame), Tony Award® winner Robert Lopez (The Book of Mormon, Disney’s Frozen), Janet Noh (Mack and Mabel at Encores!, Rocktopia), Joshua Rosenblum (Fermat’s Last Tango, Einstein’s Dreams, Faculty at Yale), and Tony Award® winner Maury Yeston (Nine, Titanic).
Please note that all artists and acts are subject to change at any time.
