NY PopsUp Again

On Saturday, April 10, Shuffle Along star Amber Iman performed in a NY PopsUp concert at the Broadway Theatre, offering a set of songs that included covers of “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” “Imagine,” and “Party in the USA.” The free show also featured guests Crystal Monee Hall (Rent) and Marcus Paul James (Ain’t Too Proud), who joined Iman for “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” under the musical direction of Michael O. Mitchell. The socially distanced audience included her fellow performers who have been out of work for the past year. As with the PopsUp event on April 3 at the St. James Theatre, there were numerous health safety protocols, including a pre-show health questionnaire and proof of a recent negative COVID test or completed vaccine cycle.