Booking: zachbaritone@gmail.com

BEYOND BROADWAY

Beyond Broadway brings Broadway veteran Catherine Ricafort McCreary to the ATC Cabaret Theatre stage along with Tucson vocalist Zach Wetzel. Featuring pianists Jay Melberg and Sly Slipetsky along with a 5-piece band! This will be an evening that explores multiple vocal styles across the years. The heart of this performance is Broadway tunes with a jazzy twist. However, the show will consistently keep you guessing as we venture into pop, classic rock, and even a little country. Sprinkled throughout are your favorite Broadway and classic tunes that you can sing along to, and share with your family, perhaps for the first time. 

Featuring: Sly Slipetsky on keys and tuba, Jay Melberg on keys and trumpet, Carlos Solorzano on drums, Billy Lowry on guitar, and Rafael Carruthers on bass.

CATHERINE RICAFORT MCCREARY has performed in eight Broadway shows as an actor, singer, and dancer. Best known for her featured roles on Broadway as villainess “Karen the Computer" in SpongeBob Squarepants, and "Mahi" in Jason Robert Brown's Honeymoon in Vegas (where she originated the show-stopping number “Friki-Friki”), Catherine’s triple-threat performances across Broadway’s Mamma Mia!, Cinderella, Allegiance, Disaster!, Holiday Inn, and Miss Saigon earned her the historic Legacy Robe. Catherine has recorded vocals on many original cast albums, including Duncan Sheik’s Alice By Heart. TV appearances include The Tony Awards, NBC's The Sing-Off and The Ellen Degeneres Show as an award-winning acappella vocalist of "The Backbeats", The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and The Today Show. Catherine was a featured tap-dancer in the Tony-nominated Broadway cast of Holiday Inn: The New Irving Berlin Musical, where she can be seen tap dancing and jump-roping on TV in PBS Great Performances. Catherine is a software engineer and co-founder of Artists Who Code, an organization featured in the LA Times and Forbes for helping 300+ artists learn to code and pivot into software engineering jobs during the height of the pandemic. Originally born and raised in Arizona, Catherine is excited to be back and bring her stage experience from NYC and international stages full-circle to the AZ arts scene as a director, coach, and performer. Arizona credits: 2024 Zoni-nomination “Reno Sweeney” (Anything Goes @ MCC), Phoenix Theatre Company (asst. Director/Choreographer of Tiananmen; starred in 2024 Festival of New Theatre), Musical Theatre Alliance of Arizona (“Adelaide” in Guys & Dolls, Stage Director of Big Fish), Judge of the Southwest Semifinals of the ICCA (International Championship of College Acappella). @cattricafort