Broadway performer and 2006 MUAA Distinguished Award Winner Mark McVey, along with his wife, Christy Tarr-McVey, will perform in concert at the Renaissance Art Center on Friday April 21, 2006. The concert will benefit the Center.

The Mcveys will be singing Songs from the Heart of Love and Romance. The concert begins at 8 p.m. and the cost is $25 per person with open seating. For tickets call (304) 733-ARTS or (304) 733-2787. 

McVey will receive the MUAA Distinguished Alumni Award April 22 at the 69th Annual Awards Banquet.

McVey, a native of Huntington, currently performs with the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra. McVey is best known for his theatre work, making his Broadway debut as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables, after having won the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Actor while in Washington, D.C., with the show. He was the first American to perform that role in London's West End. Other Broadway credits include Captain Walker in The Who's Tommy, Tommy Tune's The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public and The Show Goes On, with Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt. National tours and regional works include Carousel, My Fair Lady, South Pacific, Seven Brides and Showboat.

He made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1997 and has performed with numerous symphonies across the world including Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, New York, The National Symphony, Montreal and numerous others.

McVey also performs solo and with his wife, Christy, and has been featured in industrial shows all over the country, including The Adventure of the Sea, one of the RCC’s super cruise liners.