Broadway performers Sal Viviano and Liz Larsen will appear together at the Music & Arts Community Center in Fort Myers on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2026, at 7 p.m. The married couple, whose stage careers span decades, are featured in the December installment of Inside Broadway, a cabaret series built around performers’ music and career stories.
Inside Broadway is hosted by Dr. Andrew Kurtz and pianist Julie Bearden Carver, according to gulfcoastsymphony.org. The Cape Coral Breeze also reported the Dec. 3 date and 7 p.m. start time. The series pairs live performance with stories about the artists’ careers.
A community arts venue
The Music & Arts Community Center is a Gulf Coast Symphony venue. The organization says it opened the center in January 2021 as a home for community and the arts, and describes it as a 300-seat space, according to its venue information.
The center’s programming has included more than cabaret: the Gulf Coast Symphony’s 2024-25 season listing featured Broadway parody, theater and opera alongside other music programming, as shown in its season overview.
A Real-Life Couple Reunites Onstage
Viviano and Larsen have performed in the same musical: Larsen played Dot opposite Viviano in Arena Stage’s 1997 regional revival of Sunday in the Park with George. The role earned Larsen a Helen Hayes Award, according to gulfcoastsymphony.org. She later played the Old Lady, George’s mother, in Pasadena Playhouse’s 2023 production.
The two have been married for more than 30 years and have two children, the symphony’s event page notes. Their shared work and personal history give the cabaret an added dimension beyond a standard recital.
Credits Spanning Decades on Broadway
Larsen made her Broadway debut in Fiddler on the Roof and later appeared in The Most Happy Fella revival, Hairspray, The Rocky Horror Show, Damn Yankees and Starmites, according to the symphony’s page. Her performance in The Most Happy Fella earned her a Tony nomination. She has also played Jessica Reed on Law & Order, performed in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical since its 2014 opening and starred in the 2025 comedy film The Baltimorons.
Viviano made his Broadway debut in The Three Musketeers and has appeared in Chicago, Evita, Pippin and City of Angels. His work beyond Broadway includes more than 900 symphonic pops concerts with over 250 orchestras worldwide, according to the same source.
Part of a Larger Series
The December date isn't a one-off. Gulf Coast Symphony's listings show Inside Broadway installments also planned for October 2026 and May 2027, suggesting the cabaret series will continue across multiple dates. The October show features Doug LaBrecque, who performed as the Phantom and Raoul in Harold Prince's production of The Phantom of the Opera, according to gulfcoastsymphony.org's page for that installment.
