Two Broadway veterans will join the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra and guest conductor Carl Topilow for the orchestra's final pops concert of the 2012-13 season.
"Symphony Valentine" will showcase Gershwin ballads and romantic songs from Broadway and beyond.
Topilow is the the founder of the Cleveland Pops Orchestra and is in his 32nd year as conductor of the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestras. He also had guest conducted more than 100 other orchestras.
Performing with the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra will be Lisa Vroman and J. Mark McVey.
Vroman made her Broadway debut in the musical "Aspects of Love," and she spent several years on Broadway playing Christine Daae in "The Phantom of the Opera."
McVey played Jean Valjean in the Broadway production of "Les Miserables," and he was the first American actor to sing the role in London's West End. His other Broadway credits include "The Who's Tommy" and "The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public."
The concert starts at 8 p.m. Saturday at Powers Auditorium, 260 W. Federal St., Youngstown. Tickets range from $40 to $54 and are available at the DeYor Performing Arts Center box office and by calling 330-744-0264.