Stay Golden: Jessica Vosk's My Golden Age at Mercyhurst University

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Broadway starlet Jessica Vosk will grace the Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center stage for one night only. Expect powerful songs and hilarious storytelling during this performance, brought to you by MIAC.

THURSDAY, FEB. 29

Every so often a star comes along that shines a little brighter than all the other lights in the firmament. Jessica Vosk is one such star, a darling of the stage and doyenne of Broadway — if it weren't for an anxious tussle with impostor syndrome following several promotions at a Wall Street investor relations firm, it might never have happened.

At 27, Vosk left her 9-to-5 and decided to pursue her dreams of singing and performing, and Broadway has been better for it ever since.

The singer and actress, who is perhaps best known for her turn as Elphaba in Wicked, both in the Second National Tour and at the Gershwin Theatre, is bringing her delightful talents to the Mary D'Angelo stage on the campus of Mercyhurst University, as part of the Mercyhurst Institute for Arts and Culture's (MIAC's) 2023-2024 Live season.

Jessica Vosk: My Golden Age is 90 minutes of electric singing, and witty, sometimes laugh-out- loud storytelling (including personal anecdotes).

Said Dr. Brett D. Johnson, artistic director of MIAC, "I cannot think of a better way to launch our spring 2024 series than with another Broadway luminary — the sensational Jessica Vosk, whose powerhouse voice, magnificent interpretive skills, effortless humor, and charismatic presence are certain to dazzle Erie audiences."

Featuring music by the greats like Andrew Lloyd Webber and Stephen Sondheim, she pays tribute to fellow songbird starlets like Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand.

Dr. Johnson concludes, "Jessica Vosk's upcoming concert epitomizes what MIAC brings to the Erie region: dynamic performers, both familiar and new, in a beautiful venue that enhances the energy and intimacy of live performance."

MIAC, in bringing Vosk to Erie, is yet again giving this city and its inhabitants a delectable taste of the Great White Way right in our hometown. 

7:30 p.m. // Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center, 501 E. 38th St. // $35-$45 // For info and tickets: miac.mercyhurst.edu