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 Joshua Henry
Dec. 12, 2026
Showtime: 7pm
Joshua Henry is best known for his role as Billy Bigelow in the third Broadway revival of Carousel which earned him a Tony Award nomination, Henry has also received Tony Award nominations for his roles as Haywood Patterson in The Scottsboro Boys and Flick in Violet. In September 2025, he began starring as Coalhouse Walker Jr. in the second Broadway revival of Ragtime, which earned him a 2026 Tony Award.
 Mandy Gonzalez
Jan. 16, 2027
Showtime: 7pm
Mandy Gonzalez has starred on Broadway in the megahit Hamilton as Angelica Schuyler. She also originated Nina Rosario in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, In The Heights, for which Mandy received a Drama Desk Award. Mandy also starred as Elphaba in the Broadway production of Wicked, blowing the roof off of New York’s Gershwin Theatre each night as she belted out the signature song, Defying Gravity.
 Derek Klena
Feb. 13, 2027
Showtime: 7pm
Derek Klena can currently be seen on the viral barnstorming exhibition baseball team, The Savannah Bananas, where he leads the team both vocally and as their pitcher. The Savannah Bananas’s performances blend sports entertainment with high attendance events and a massive digital entertainment presence.
Derek starred on Broadway in Alanis Morissette’s critically acclaimed new musical JAGGED LITTLE PILL, for which he received a Tony Award Nomination for Best Featured Actor. Derek will next be seen on the HBO Max series, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS: ORIGINAL SIN, a reboot of the popular original.
On stage, Derek originated the role of Dmitry in the adaptation of the animated movie ANASTASIA. He first broke onto the NYC theatre scene in the 2012 Off-Broadway revival of CARRIE, where he was quickly noticed and scooped up by Oscar, Grammy, and Tony winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul to originate the lead role of “Eddie Birdlace” in DOGFIGHT. He then made his Broadway debut as Fiyero in the 10th anniversary company of WICKED and followed that up by originating the role of “Michael Johnson” in Jason Robert Brown’s THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY.
On television, Derek had a memorable recurring arc as “DJ Fingablast” on Tina Fey and Robert Carlock’s Netflix hit UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT. Other TV credits include a recurring arc on CBS’s THE CODE and BLUE BLOODS, Showtime’s CITY ON A HILL, ABC’s QUANTICO, NBC’s LAW AND ORDER: SVU, and The CW’s TOMORROW PEOPLE and THE CARRIE DIARIES.
 Kate Baldwin
March 13, 2027
Showtime: 7pm
Kate Baldwin is a 2-time Tony Award and 4-time Drama Desk Award nominee who consistently delights audiences all over the country. She returned to Broadway in November 2025 to star in Broadway’s CHICAGO as Roxie Hart, marking her seventh Broadway musical, but it was her starring role in the 2009 Broadway revival of Finian’s Rainbow, that put her on the map as “a real musical theatre star.” (New York Post)
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