Tony and Grammy-nominated Broadway luminary, Jeremy Jordan, returns by popular demand to the Jones Hall stage as Principal POPS Conductor, Steven Reineke, leads the Houston Symphony in hit songs from Jordan’s signature Broadway roles in NEWSIES! and Waitress, plus selections from fan-favorite musicals like West Side Story, Carousel, Oklahoma!, Rock of Ages, and Les Misérables, February 24, 25, and 26, 2023.
This decade-spanning journey through Broadway’s greatest hits includes Henry Mancini’s Overture to a Pops Concerti, followed by Jimmy Bryant’s “Something’s Coming” from West Side Story (1961), which Jordan performed in the 2009 Broadway revival. Fans can also look forward to “Broadway, Here I Come” from the renowned American musical drama series Smash (2012), which starred Jordan as Jimmy Collins. Other tracks include “She Used to Be Mine” from the Broadway adaptation of the film Waitress (2007), “Bring Him Home” from Les Miserables, “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’” from Oklahoma (1955), and the song Jordan is perhaps best known for, “Santa Fe” from Newsies.
Guests can look forward to a Broadway themed cocktail served in the Jones Hall Lobby. For tickets and more information, please call 713.224.7575 or visit houstonsymphony.org/jeremyjordan.
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HOUSTON SYMPHONY PRESENTS THE BEST OF BROADWAY WITH JEREMY JORDAN
Friday, February 24 and Saturday, February 25 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 26 at 2:30 p.m.
Jones Hall for the Performing Arts
Steven Reineke, conductor
Jeremy Jordan, vocalist
About Steven Reineke
Steven Reineke has established himself as one of North America’s leading conductors of popular music. In addition to his role as Principal POPS Conductor of the Houston Symphony, this season, he celebrates his 10th anniversary as music director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. Additionally, he is principal pops conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Steven is a frequent guest conductor with The Philadelphia Orchestra and his extensive North American conducting appearances include Atlanta, Cincinnati, Edmonton, San Francisco, and Sarasota.
On stage, he has created programs and collaborated with a range of leading artists from the worlds of hip hop, Broadway, television, and rock, including Common, Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Sutton Foster, Megan Hilty, Cheyenne Jackson, Wayne Brady, Peter Frampton, and Ben Folds, among others. In 2017, he was featured on NPR’s All Things Considered leading the National Symphony Orchestra, in a first for the show’s 45-year history, performing live music excerpts between news segments. In 2018, Steven led the same orchestra and hip hop legend Nas performing his seminal album, Illmatic, on PBS’s Great Performances.
As the creator of more than 100 orchestral arrangements for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Steven’s work has been performed worldwide, and can be heard on numerous Cincinnati Pops Orchestra recordings on the Telarc label. His symphonic works Celebration Fanfare, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Casey at the Bat are performed frequently in North America, including performances by the New York Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic. His Sun Valley Festival Fanfare commemorated the Sun Valley Summer Symphony’s pavilion, and his Festival Te Deum and Swan’s Island Sojourn were debuted by the Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Pops Orchestras. His numerous wind ensemble compositions are published by the C.L. Barnhouse Company and are performed by concert bands worldwide.
A native of Ohio, Steven is a graduate of Miami University of Ohio, where he earned Bachelor of Music degrees with honors in both trumpet performance and music composition. He lives in New York City with his husband, Eric Gabbard.
About Jeremy Jordan
Jeremy Jordan is best known for his Tony and Grammy-nominated portrayal of Jack Kelly in NEWSIES! on Broadway, as well as his many roles on television, including series regulars on CW’s Supergirl, NBC’s Smash and Disney’s Tangled. Most recently, he starred as Seymour in the New York production of the iconic Little Shop of Horrors. Next up, Jeremy will star as the tenacious record industry giant, Neil Bogart, in the new feature film, Spinning Gold.
Other films include The Last Five Years opposite Anna Kendrick, Joyful Noise with Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton, American Son with Kerry Washington, and NEWSIES! live on stage. Additional Broadway credits include Bonnie & Clyde (Theatre World Award), West Side Story, Waitress, American Son, and Rock of Ages. He has guest starred on numerous television shows, including The Flash, Elementary and Law and Order: SVU. Jeremy’s concerts and cabaret shows have won awards and acclaim worldwide. He is also the lead singer of Age of Madness, a new rock band which launched earlier this year.
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