Ben Vereen courtesy of VPP March 2015

Tony Award Winner Coming To VPP

By Lee Michaels

March 17, 2015 - 6:16am

Victoria Playhouse in Petrolia has landed a Tony Award winner!

Co-Artistic Director David Hogan says Ben Vereen has agreed to join the cast of "What a Wonderful World that runs for three weeks starting June 9.

Vereen won a Tony award in 1973, was nominated for an Emmy for the TV mini series Roots and played Will Smith's biological father on Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

"What a Wonderful World" features uplifting and inspiring popular songs and Broadway classics.

Tickets are still available but going fast from the VPP Box Office

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