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The Dramatic Work of Rich and Joyce Swingle

Holy Week Services

04.20.11 01:16 AM Comment(s) By Rich

Our church, ( http://WestchesterChapel.org) be celebrating Holy Week at The Crowne Plaza in White Plains, NY:
Maundy Thursday, April 21, 7pm
Good Friday, April 22, 7pm
Easter, April 24, 11am
Live in the full memorial and celebration of what Christ did for us this Holy Season.

The Good Friday service will feature a concert version of Judah Ben Hur, the musical in which Rich Swingle performed in Singapore in 2001/2002.

JUDAH BEN-HUR is a magical tale of romance, comedy and adventure.  Relive the legend of Rome's great charioteer, the hate that nearly destroyed him and the love that transformed him.

Under the helm of Andrew Lloyd Weber's former G.M., Judah Ben-Hur held its world premier at Singapore's NUS Cultural Centre, where it ran for 56 performances. Its creators, David & Ellen Sanborn, and four other seasoned actor/singers are touring with a 70-minute theatrical concert version of the musical in similar fashion to the anniversary concert of Les Miserables.

David M. Sanborn has performed for hundreds of thousands of people in roles like "Tony" in West Side Story. His one-man show, King David, recently ran 12 straight weeks off-Broadway. Ellen Sanborn has shared the marquee with such legends as Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, as well as contemporary singers like Paul Baloche and Darlene Zschech.
 
Ellen & David have also been successful co-writing such musicals as Little Lord Fauntleroy, King David and Anne of Avonlea. The New York Times has called their work "spot-on" and "a seeming endless well of feeling." MTV (Asia) said the songs they've written for Judah Ben-Hur "are so catchy and memorable that you'll be humming them on the way out of the auditorium."

"JUDAH BEN-HUR boasts a memorable soundtrack full of catchy tunes! Ellen Sanborn has a clear, confident voice that brims with emotion…honed from a career that began on London's West End some 30 years ago." – GET ASIA Magazine

"A razzle-dazzler like MISS SAIGON ... and PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. Charlton Heston may have...charisma, but David M. Sanborn definitely makes a more delectable Judah Ben-Hur, and a more multi-talented one at that." - The New Paper
The Crowne Plaza is located at 66 Hale Avenue in White Plains. Click here for directions.   
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