Best of Broadway
SEASON FINALE!
Saturday, May 30, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
The Palace Theatre, Greensburg
It’s a showstopping finale with the WSO Chorus and soloists! Hear the timeless tunes of Rodgers & Hammerstein from Carousel, Sound of Music, King and I, South Pacific, Oklahoma and more. It’s a high-energy celebration you won’t want to miss. Featuring vocalists Rebecca Kaufman Taylor, Anthony Massetto, Deana Muro, Daniel Nuttall, Becki Toth, Katy Williams and Rich Williams. The childrens’s chorus includes Grace Illar, Evelyn Keenan, Gannon Rodgers, Capri Wojnirowski, Nikolai Zevchak, Lily Stanish and Sofia Ramirez.
If you’ve watched The Sound of Music you already know Rodgers and Hammerstein. The two formed one of the most influential partnerships in American musical theater. Together they created a groundbreaking series of Broadway musicals that helped define the golden age of musical theater.
Across stage and film adaptations, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s works have earned an extraordinary number of honors, including 34 Tony Awards, 15 Academy Awards, two Pulitzer Prizes, and two Grammy Awards, securing their legacy as one of the greatest creative partnerships in theater history.
The Program
Selections from
State Fair, Oklahoma, South Pacific, Carousel, Cinderella, The King and I, Sound of Music and more!
Meet the Vocalists
Rebecca Kaufman Taylor
Daniel Nuttall
Rich Williams
Anthony Massetto
Becki Toth
Deana Muro
Katy Williams
Bios
Rebecca Kaufman Taylor
Rebecca Kaufman Taylor is a professional vocalist and educator from Uniontown, PA. She has performed internationally as a lead vocalist for Disney Cruise Line, NYK Asuka Cruise (Japan), and Crystal Cruises, traveling to six continents. She later held a residency in Las Vegas, performing as a principal vocalist in the final nostalgic showgirl production on the Strip, Donn Arden’s Jubilee!, appearing in the improv production Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding, and earning membership in the Screen Actors Guild through commercial work.
Today, Rebecca is an AP English teacher and Director of the Drama Department at Albert Gallatin High School. She continues to perform professionally as a vocalist at Nemacolin Resort and with Main Street Theatre Company. Recent roles include Anything Goes (Reno), Cats (Grizabella), Mamma Mia! (Donna), and Chicago (Velma). Rebecca also serves on the executive board for the State Theatre Center for the Arts in Uniontown, PA. Her greatest joy is spending time with her husband, Clay, and their two theatre-loving children, Clara and Henry.
Anthony Massetto
Anthony J. Massetto, from Murrysville, PA, is thrilled to be debuting with the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra! He holds a Master of Music in vocal performance from Shenandoah University and a Bachelor of Arts in vocal performance from St. Vincent College.
Massetto has performed in opera and musical theater, withfavorite operatic roles including the title role in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi at Shenandoah University (2021); Germont in Verdi’s La traviata with La Musica Lirica; Figaro in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro and the title role in Don Giovanni with the Saluzzo Opera Academy (2021, 2022); Marcello in Puccini’s La bohème and Dr. Miracle/Dappertutto in Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann with SERIO (2025). He also debuted the role of Young Thomas in Matthew Gillespie’s opera Thomas the Rhymer (2024). In summer 2023, he was a resident artist with Opera North in Lebanon, NH. Other credits include Billy Crocker in Cole Porter’s Anything Goes, Enoch Snow in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, and Bob Gaudio in Jersey Boys with Stage Right!; and Utterson in Jekyll & Hyde with Split Stage Productions. His oratorio credits include the bass soloist in Handel’s Messiah at Saint Vincent Archabbey and with The New Castle Music Club Chorus, plus the role of Jesus in Nancy Galbraith’s Passion According to St. Matthew with the Westmoreland Choral Society in Greensburg (Easter 2025).
With eight years as a voice teacher, Massetto is a voice instructor at Stage Right! in Greensburg, and the Choir Director at Oakland Catholic High School in Pittsburgh.
Deana Muro
Deana Muro has enjoyed a multifaceted career as an actor, writer, performer, conductor, and music director, working primarily in Pittsburgh’s theater community and the New York area. She conducted the orchestra for Paper Mill Playhouse’s The Full Monty starring Elaine Stritch and has been a longtime music director and performer at the Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret. Her work includes numerous CLO productions as well as national tours of Jesus Christ Superstar and Beauty and the Beast. Deana has written, produced, and starred in two acclaimed one-woman shows, So Far and Plenty of Fish. She was the Artistic Consultant for Front Porch Theatricals, where she has music directed productions including Parade, Falsettos, Fun Home, and Bandstand. Her acting credits include Funny Girl, Annie Get Your Gun, A Perfect Wedding, and Sister Act. Deana served as adjunct faculty, vocal coach and accompanist at CMU and Point Park University.
Daniel Nuttall
Daniel Jay Nuttall is a native of Brownsville, Fayette County and alumni of California University of Pennsylvania. This debut performance with the WSO Pops marks Daniel’s first performance “at home” in four years, as he’s been traveling the seas as a lead vocalist on Carnival Cruise Lines Mega-ships (Celebration and Mardi Gras) and Norwegian Cruise Lines (Sky). He’s also had the privilege of performing in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee at Dollywood, where he was part of the premiere cast of “From the Heart, the life and Music of Dolly Parton”. Follow his performance journey on Instagram @daniel.jay.nuttall
Becki Toth
Becki Toth is a professional singer, actor, director, and teacher living in the Pittsburgh area. A familiar face to Pittsburgh’s theater audiences, she is proud to have collaborated with many local and regional theater companies. A few favorite roles include Miss Hannigan in Annie, Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, The Chaperone in The Drowsy Chaperone, and Margaret Johnson in The Light in the Piazza, and recent credits include Arlene in Baby and Yvonne/Blair in Sunday in the Park with George. She also originated the role of Nessa in the world premiere performance of Romero and Juliet. She is the co-lyricist of the musical Abduction!, which won an honorable mention at the 2019 New York Musical Theater Festival. Becki was voted Pittsburgh’s Favorite Actress twice by the readers of Pittsburgh’s City Paper.
In addition to her work in musical theater, Becki is an active member of the Pittsburgh musical community. She is the Managing Director and a founding member of Voces Solis, and has also performed with the Mendelssohn Choir, the Pittsburgh Philharmonic, and the Bach Choir. Becki has performed with such varied acts as Ben Folds, The Chieftains, The Skivvies, and Chris Thile. She’s sought after as a soloist and educator, and teaches Acting Through Song at the CMU Pre-College Program in addition to her work as an Assistant Professor in the Theatre Arts Department at the University of Pittsburgh.
Katy Williams
Currently, Katy is the special guest vocalist for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Fiddlesticks Family Concert Series, a chorister in Pittsburgh Opera and is adjunct music staff at Point Park University, Carnegie Mellon University Pre-College program and Washington and Jefferson College. She is the soprano soloist at Rodef Shalom, Oakland, and the soprano soloist at Westminster Presbyterian church Upper St. Clair, PA. She is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Vocal Performance. For more information, visit Katywilliamssoprano.com
Rich Williams
Rich Williams is an avid singer and has performed extensively in the Pittsburgh area with such groups as Pittsburgh Opera, Voces Solis, Mendelssohn Choir, Resonance Works, River City Brass Band, Aria412, and Believe men’s ensemble. He has been a featured soloist for such major works as Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem and Solemn Vespers, Haydn’s Creation and Lord Nelson Mass, Howard Goodall’s Eternal Light, and Sarah Kirkland Snyder’s Mass for the Endangered. Notable musical highlights include playing one of the River City townsfolk in a semi-staged 2009 production of The Music Man at Heinz Hall, featuring Shirley Jones, and performing as a choral “backup singer” with such internationally acclaimed artists as Sarah Brightman, Andrea Bocelli, and the Chieftains. A chemical engineering graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, Rich is currently the tenor soloist and section leader at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Upper St. Clair. Rich last performed here at the Palace Theatre with River City Brass Band for the “Celtic Connections” concert series in 2025 and is excited to be making his premiere with the WSO!
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