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Kristin Chenoweth, Jonathan Groff, and More to Celebrate Mary-Mitchell Campbell

Transport Group will honor the musician and philanthropist at its annual gala.

Transport Group will honor music director Mary-Mitchell Campbell at its annual gala on February 6, 2016.
Transport Group will honor music director Mary-Mitchell Campbell at its annual gala on February 6.
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Transport Group Theatre Company will honor Drama Desk Award-nominated orchestrator and music director Mary-Mitchell Campbell with the Transporting American Theatre Award at its annual gala, set for February 6, 2017, at the Times Center.

Kristin Chenoweth, Jonathan Groff, Tituss Burgess, Debra Monk, and Raúl Esparza will be among the evening's performers, celebrating Campbell's work in musical theater. The Transporting American Theatre Award recognizes significant contribution to American theater.

Her most recent credits include orchestrations for Sweet Charity starring Sutton Foster and musical direction for Kristin Chenoweth: My Love Letter to Broadway. She has also lent music direction and orchestrations to Tuck Everlasting, Finding Neverland, Company (Drama Desk Award win for Orchestrations), Allegro (Drama Desk Award nomination for Orchestrations), The Addams Family, Carrie, Sweeney Todd, Road Show, and Next to Normal.

For Transport Group, Campbell served as musical director for First Lady Suite and orchestrator for Hello Again (Drama Desk Award nomination). In addition to her musical career, Campbell, the founder of ASTEP-Artists Striving to End Poverty, is passionate about arts education and poverty reduction. She has been featured on the television show Giving, and was NY1's New Yorker of the Week for her philanthropic work. She has served on the faculties of NYU, Boston College, and Juilliard, and holds degrees from Furman University and North Carolina School of the Arts.

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