March 17, 2026 by South Shore Conservatory
South Shore Conservatory (SSC), in partnership with Duxbury producer Mickey White, presents Voices of Broadway on Saturday, April 25, with shows at 4 pm and 7 pm, at SSC’s Ellison Center for the Arts, 64 St. George Street, Duxbury.
This Duxbury Music Festival (DMF) preview concert features New York City Broadway singers Mickey White and Jeanna de Waal performing selections by some of the most influential composers for the stage. Voices of Broadway showcases favorites from Stephen Sondheim, Jason Robert Brown, and Leonard Bernstein, among others. Soaring melodies to richly expressive storytelling makes this intimate concert a celebration of the artistry and depth of Broadway’s greatest voices and serves as a thrilling glimpse of what’s to come at DMF 2026.
Mickey White is a multidisciplinary producer whose work spans commercial theatre, not-for-profit organizations, television, and corporate entertainment. A graduate of Boston Conservatory, he collaborates with industry leaders in live entertainment to deliver creatively ambitious productions that connect top-tier talent with broad and diverse audiences. In addition to being Artistic Director of Harbour Lights Theatre, White’s past performance credits include: National Tour: Hairspray (Sketch), Disney Cruise Lines: Fantasy (Bert, Lumiere), Slowburn Theatre: Newsies (Davey), Weathervane Theater: Kinky Boots (Charlie Price), Goodspeed Opera House: Peculiar Tale of the Prince of Bohemia…(Prince of Bohemia), and Maine State Music Theatre: The Who’s Tommy (Tommy).
Jeanna de Waal is a British stage actress and singer known for playing the title role of Princess Diana in the 2021 Broadway showDiana: The Musical. In 2012, she portrayed Glinda in the national tour of Wicked. Her Broadway appearances included Heather in American Idiot (2010) and Lauren in Kinky Boots (2014). In 2014 and 2015, she originated the roles of Dawn in Waitress and Mary Barrie in Finding Neverland at the American Repertory Theater. In 2017, de Waal and her sister founded Broadway Weekends, a theater summer camp for adults led by Broadway artists. De Waal was cast as the standby for Mrs. Lovett and the Beggar Woman in the 2023 Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and, for a short time, performed the role of Mrs. Lovett. In August 2024, she played Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes at The Muny. In August 2025, De Waal portrayed Myrtle Wilson in the Asian premiere of The Great Gatsby in Seoul, South Korea.
Music Director Brendon Shapiro is a pianist, vocal coach, and conductor. A regular member of the music staff at Boston Lyric Opera, Shapiro is a champion of vocal music of the 20th and 21st centuries. He is has served as pianist and coach for Eurydice, The Anonymous Lover, Omar, Bluebeard’s Castle, The Rape of Lucretia, Pagliacci, and Cavalleria Rusticana. He also was the pianist for BLO’s video series entitled ‘B.’ which features music written by Asian composers and/or inspired by Asian cultures, as well as the world premiere of Omar Najmi’s song cycle, ‘my name is Alondra,’ as part of BLO’s Poetry in Music initiative.
In addition to Shapiro on piano, Boston Pops’ percussionist George Darrah on drums and Adam Shulman on bass will collaborate with White and de Waal.
Tickets for Voices of Broadway are $40 and may be purchased at https://give.sscmusic.org/voices-of-broadway. For a full list of South Shore Conservatory Premier Concerts, visit https://sscmusic.org/premier-concerts/.
Duxbury Music Festival 2026 runs from Wednesday, June 24 through Friday, July 3.