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Coming soon to a city near you!!!
Shawna Hamic can currently be seen as Madame Thenardier in the new 25th Anniversary National Tour of
Les Miserables. This casting is doubly special to Shawna as it marks her first major
principal role and is the very role in the very show that convinced her performing is what she was meant
to do in life. Growing up in Los Angeles, California national tours WERE Broadway to her. Seeing Les Miserables
with her family as a child, Shawna leaned over to her mother and said, "I'm gonna be HER one day". Her mom asked,
"Little Eponine? Little Cosette?" To which Shawna replied, "NO! I'm gonna be Madame Thenardier!" Well its been
23 years, but that promise has finally been fulfilled.
Currently scheduled cities include:
13-Jun-11 - 31-Jul-1 Los Angeles, CA
1-Aug-11 - 7-Aug-11 Portland, OR
8-Aug-11 - 28-Aug-11 Seattle, WA
29-Aug-11 - 11-Sep-11 Denver, CO
12-Sep-11 - 18-Sep-11 Memphis, TN
19-Sep-11 - 25-Sep-11 Birmingham, AL
26-Sep-11 - 30-Oct-11 Washington, DC
31-Oct-11 - 6-Nov-11 Providence, RI
7-Nov-11 - 13-Nov-11 Toledo, OH
14-Nov-11 - 20-Nov-11 Appleton, WI
21-Nov-11 - 27-Nov-11 Dayton, OH
28-Nov-11 - 4-Dec-11 Grand Rapids, MI
5-Dec-11 - 18-Dec-11 Minneapolis, MN
19-Dec-11 - 1-Jan-12 Dallas, TX
2-Jan-12 - 8-Jan-12 San Antonio, TX
9-Jan-12 - 15-Jan-12 Knoxville, TN
16-Jan-12 - 22-Jan-12 Orlando, FL
23-Jan-12 - 29-Jan-12 Naples, FL
30-Jan-12 - 12-Feb-12 Tampa, FL
13-Feb-12 - 19-Feb-12 Raleigh, NC
20-Feb-12 - 26-Feb-12 Syracuse, NY
27-Feb-12 - 4-Mar-12 Buffalo, NY
5-Mar-12 - 11-Mar-12 Hartford, CT
12-Mar-12 - 1-Apr-12 Boston, MA
2-Apr-12 - 8-Apr-12 East Lansing, MI
9-Apr-12 - 15-Apr-12 Indianapolis, IN
16-Apr-12 - 22-Apr-12 Greenville, SC
23-Apr-12 - 29-Apr-12 Atlanta, GA
30-Apr-12 - 6-May-12 Jacksonville, FL
7-May-12 - 13-May-12 Cincinnati, OH
14-May-12 - 27-May-12 West Palm Beach, FL
28-May-12 - 3-Jun-12 Austin, TX
4-Jun-12 - 11-Jun-12 Albuquerque, NM
12-Jun-12 - 25-Jun-12 Costa Mesa, CA
For more information on the US National Tour of Les Miserables visit www.lesmiz.com
Hope to see you around the country soon!!!
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Shawna was recently named the winner of The New York Musical Theatre Festival's Next Broadway
Sensation. After being narrowed down from hundreds of hopeful singers to the Top 10 competitors,
Shawna participated in 3 weeks of competition. Each week was a different theme and presided over
by celebrity judges from the world of Broadway who were on hand to give advise, praise, and critique
of the performances. Week one was "My Favorite Things" in which the Top Ten chose a song they love
to sing. Shawna decided on "In His Eyes" from the musical Jekyll & Hyde. The judges were Tony Nominee-
Cecilia Keenan-Bolger, Broadway funny man - Barrett Foa & Lead Casting director of the festival -
Michael Cassara. The finalists were narrowed down to the Top 7 contestants via audience texting in
their votes.
Week two's theme was New Works and feature all new songs written by up and coming stars in the musical
theater world. It was hosted by Robin de Jesus if In The Heights fame and featured guest judges Donna
Lynne Champlin, Spamalot's Merle Dandridge, and Broadway Music Director -Tom Kitt. The Top 7 were
narrowed down at last to the Top 3 Finalists again by audience members texting in their votes.
The Grand Finale was held at the Zipper Theater and was webcast live on the competition's sponsor
Theatermania.com who each week featured video highlights of the competition and its contestants.
The final 3 were Shawna M. Hamic, Mike Harrison, & Omar Lopez-Cepero. The finale was hosted by Legally
Blonde's Kate Shindle and guest judges were actors Colin Hanlon and Enrico Rodriguez, casting director
Michael Cassara, and the Executive Director & Producer of NYMF -Isaac Robert Hurwitz. Each contestant
sang two songs. Shawna started off the evening with "How Could I Ever Know" from The Secret Garden.
Next was Mike Harrison and then Omar Lopez-Cepero. Last year's winner George Psomas sang in between rounds.
Round two was in reverse order. Omar was up first, then Mike, then Shawna ended the evening with
"Down With Love" a great old jazz tune made famous by Judy Garland, Barbara Streisand & most recently
Audra MacDonald. After a short break in which the votes were once again cast by audience texting,
Shawna M. Hamic was named the winner of NYMF's Next Broadway Sensation. She won a fully produced one
woman cabaret show which was produced in part by Sh-k-boom Records with Theatermania.com
and was performed on November 2nd, 2009 at
Joe's Pub in NYC.
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Check out the Watch Me section for
video of
some of the songs from that performance!
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