LEWISTON — “A Broadway Noel II,” featuring Maine professional artists performing
Broadway, opera and Christmas music, will be presented Saturday, Nov. 28, at the Franco-American Heritage Center. There will also be a spirited reading of “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,”
by L/A Arts Executive Director Andrew Harris, and a new classical piano
arrangement of “I Wander as I Wonder.”

The evening’s Broadway,
operatic and contemporary fare includes “Juliet’s Waltz”
from Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet;” “When the Children are
Asleep” from “Carousel;” “Lullaby of Broadway” from “42nd
Street;” and “Show Me” from “My Fair Lady.”

Christmas songs for the second half of the concert include
“Marshmallow World,” “Please Come Home for Christmas,”
“The Christmas Song,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little
Christmas” and “O Holy Night/Minuit Chretien.” Besides these favorites, audience members can expect to hear some new humorous renditions.

Starring in and producing the concert is Dennis St. Pierre, who has been a professional actor-singer for more than 20 years and recently portrayed Jean Valjean in Maine State Music Theater’s “Les Miserables.” Joining him on stage besides Harris will be opera singer Devin Dukes; musical and cabaret singer Jason Hersom; and classical concert pianist Rodney Waters of Houston, Texas. They will be accompanied by an 11-piece orchestra.

St. Pierre, a member of Actors Equity and Screen Actors Guild, has performed on six Broadway national and international tours,
starred in an Off-Broadway show and worked for more than 30
theater companies throughout the United States. On television, he has appeared on “The
Practice,” “Ally McBeal,” “NYPD Blue,” “Passions,” “Ed”
and the “Bette Midler Show.”

As a
singer, St. Pierre appeared as a soloist throughout Europe at such venues as the Grande Concert Hall
in Copenhagen, the Xora Theater in Athens
and the Hilton Palace Hotel in Thesoloniki, Greece. He has sung for
Cherry Lane Publishers, recording demo songs written by Freddi Curci,
Rick Polumbo and Donny Hackett for artists such as Josh Grolban,
Elton John and Celine Dion. He is the voice of Arronax, the
professor, on Walden Family Playhouse’s recording of the
children’s musical “Nautilus, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.”

Dukes performed with Donald Pippin’s
Pocket Opera and with West Bay Opera as Alice in “Le Comte Ory” and Annina in “La Traviata” while living on the West Coast. Shortly after moving to New York City, she became affiliated
with the Amato Opera. Now
a resident of Portland, she performs primarily in New England.

Harris has worked with the Royal Shakespeare
Company, the Globe Theater and the Royal National Theater in England.
In Maine, he currently serves as an Affiliate Artist at Portland
Stage Company. Professional work in Maine theaters includes the
Public Theatre, Portland Stage Company and on screen for the History
Channel.

From
Central Maine, Hersom
was last seen as
Mr. Snowe in “Carousel” at the Theater at Monmouth. He has also
performed at the Maine State Music Theater and at Gaslight Theater. He is a graduate of the Hartt School of Music.

Waters
is assistant artistic director of Divas World Productions, a
concert series in Houston, Texas. He also performs regularly with the Houston Symphony and at
chamber music concerts presented by River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, Da
Camera, Musiqa, and St. Cecilia Friends of Music. He has
performed as soloist and chamber musician at venues in New York, Detroit, Tokyo and Prague.

Tickets are $16 in advance, $18 at the door;
students and seniors, $14. Premium seating is $25. For
reservations, call 689-2000 or purchase tickets online at
www.francoamericanheritage.org.

“A Broadway Noel II” will also be presented at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 29, at the Boothbay Opera House in Boothbay Harbor.