Broadway Inspirational Voices Perform at Little Island on Saturday, June 19 and Sunday, June 20

The Tony Award-winning not-for-profit choir, Broadway Inspirational Voices (BIV), will perform two nights of special events of gospel and Broadway music at New York City’s newest public park, Little Island, on Saturday, June 19 and Sunday, June 20 at 8 PM ET. The performances, presented by Little Island, will bring together choir members for the first time since the beginning of COVID-19 and will celebrate BIV Founder and outgoing Artistic Director Michael McElroy as he prepares to pass the baton to Allen René Louis.

The evenings will include special guest appearances by Tony Award nominee Daniel J. Watts, Ayodele Casel (Artist-in-Residence at Little Island), Tony Award-winner Phylicia Rashad, Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles, Tony Award nominee Norm Lewis and Broadway dancer Garen Scribner.

Directed by Schele Williams (also the Broadway Inspirational Voices Board Co-Chair), these special, live versions of their videos, Broadway Our Way, will bring back some of BIV’s greatest hits, and premiere new arrangements by McElroy, BIV’s new incoming Artistic Director Allen René Louis, and other talented members of the BIV music team. Additionally, the first concert falls on Juneteenth, which commemorates the formal ending of slavery on the United States on June 19, 1865.

BIV was founded by McElroy with a diverse group of Broadway performers, to heal the community through the power of music during the height of the AIDS epidemic. BIV is still deeply committed to music and its power to heal communities 27 years later, coming out of another pandemic .

In accordance with New York State and CDC guidelines Little Island can host ticketed events at full capacity and without social distancing with fully vaccinated audiences. Masks are optional. For entrance to ticketed performances all audience members will be required to show proof of full vaccination.

Tickets for the outdoor events are available now at https://littleisland.org/broadway-inspirational-voices.

For more information about Broadway Inspirational Voices or to donate to The Founder’s Circle Campaign, visit http://www.broadwayinspirationalvoices.org/.