For the 2018 National Memorial Day Concert on the West Lawn in Washington, D.C., Criminal Minds actors and longtime friends Joe Mantegna (who currently plays David Rozzi) and Gary Sinise (who played Unit Chief Jack Garrett on Criminal Minds Beyond Borders) will co-host the annual event live via PBS. Sinise will also perform with his cover band, Lt. Dan Band (named after his character in Forrest Gump, for which Sinise was nominated for an Oscar). Other musical guests include Charles Esten, Leona Lewis, and Megan Hilty.
Singer Megan Hilty has performed at the National Memorial Day Concert before. But you might recognized her from her roles on The Good Wife (gun-toting Holly Westfall), Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce (Charlene), Sean Saves the World (Liz), or Smash (Ivy Lynn who played Marilyn Monroe, see link above), among others. Hilty, a petite triple-threat (she’s 5’3”), graduated from the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama, and made her Broadway debut as Glinda in the musical “Wicked” in 2005. She’s performing in London next.
