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 The Music Theatre Performance class of 2017 will share the stage with theatre royalty Patrick Cassidy for this annual cabaret event!

Patrick Cassidy is truly theatre royalty.  He is the son of Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy. His brothers are Ryan and Shaun Cassidy, and his half-brother is David CassidyCassidy played Frederic in the 1981 national tour of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance before taking over the role on Broadway in 1982. Cassidy's next Broadway role was Jeff Barry in Leader of the Pack. In 1990, he originated the role of The Balladeer in the original off-Broadway production of  Assassins at Playwrights Horizons. In 1993, Cassidy starred as Bobby opposite Carol Burnett in a Los Angeles production of Sondheim's musical Company. In 1995, he portrayed John Wilkes Booth in the Los Angeles Repertory staging of Assassins. In 1998, he was Macheath in an L.A. production of The Three Penny Opera; he was nominated for the Garland Award for Best Actor for his work in the role. In 1999, he played the title character in a national tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. In 2000, Cassidy co-starred with Cheryl Ladd in Annie Get Your Gun on Broadway as Frank Butler. He later reprised his role of Frank Butler alongside Patti LuPone and George Hearn in a 2010 concert presentation at the Ravinia Festival in Illinois, directed by Lonny Price. In 2001 he played Radames in the national tour of the musical Aida; he won the 2002 National Broadway Theatre Award for Best Actor in a Touring Musical before bringing the role to Broadway in 2002. In 2004-05 he was back on Broadway in 42nd Street as Julian Marsh playing opposite his mother as Dorothy Brock.
Currently he is engaged in numerous projects including serving as resident director for a Vegas show and opening Have You Met Miss Jones, a biographical musical co-starring his iconic mother.
 

  Williams Theatre

December 1-3: 7:30p.m. 

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