NEWS BRIEF

Theatre gala features Broadway star

Enlightened Theatrics will be hosting their Inaugural Gala, Broadway to Salem, on September 7, at 8 p.m. 

Tickets for a dinner and performance are $100 can be purchased online at EnlightenedTheatrics.org. Performance-only tickets are $65.

The event will be catered by Wild Pear. A live auction to support yearly educational summer programs will be held. 

Later in the evening, Franc D’Ambrosio will perform live songs from Broadway hits.

D’Ambrosio is best known of his portrayal of the lead role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award-winning musical, The Phantom of the Opera. He’s performed the role more than 2,000 times.