Kerry Butler Joins ‘Rock of Ages’ in September

The very talented Kerry Butler, who scored a Tony nod for her standout performance as “Kira” in the production Xanadu, has been announced as the newest addition to the Broadway rock musical Rock of Ages, which she will join starting September 21 on a sixth-month limited engagement. Butler will take over the role of “Sherrie” in six performances a week during the Rock of Ages run, yielding the Sunday performance of the role to the character’s understudy. Lead producer Carl Levin welcomed Butler to the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, where she will soon begin performing, saying, “Kerry is one of my favorite Broadway performers and I cannot tell you how lucky we feel to have her. She’s funny, she’s beautiful, and most importantly she can sing like a rock star.”

Though she’s coming from a prior engagement with Xanadu, Kerry Butler will now transition into the music of ’80s rockers like Journey, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Whitesnake, Pat Benatar, Foreigner and the like, as Rock of Ages presents an ’80s-themed love story with rock music at its forefront. The cast of Rock of Ages also features Constantine Maroulis as “Drew”, James Carpinello as “Stacee Jaxx”, Mitch Jarvis as “Lonny”, Don Stephenson as “hertz” and Wesley Taylor as “Franz”. Rock of Ages premiered on Broadway on March 17, 2009 with an official opening on April 7, and now the famed production will run through this fall at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.

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Posted in General on August 27, 2009

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