Past Shows
LIZA MINNELLI & CHITA RIVERA
in
THE BEST OF JIM CARUSO’S CAST PARTY
A Benefit for BC/EFA
The Town Hall on Thursday, Feb. 17th at 8 PM
Also Starring:
LARRY GATLIN, KAREN ZIEMBA, LUCIE ARNAZ, MARILYN MAYE, CHRISTOPHER SEIBER, COUNTESS LUANN from HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK, SALLY MAYES, “MIRANDA SINGS,” NATALIE DOUGLAS, HILARY KOLE, AARON WEINSTEIN, KLEA BLACKHURST, WILLIAM BLAKE, JENNA ESPOSITO, RUDI MACAGGI, DUELING FIDDLERS, AND SURPRISES!
Hosted by the multi-award winning Jim Caruso
with Billy Stritch at the piano, Steve Doyle on bass, and Daniel Glass on drums
Town Hall Box Office is located at 123 West 43rd Street
Tickets are $25 -$50 – $75
And can be purchased NOW by visiting TicketMaster.com
or calling 800-982-2787. or at The Town Hall Box Office,
open noon to 6 PM every day but Sunday.
For more information email SiegelEntertainment@msn.com
THE SIEGEL SEASON at The Town Hall is supported, in part, by The Edythe Kenner Foundation, ASCAP, Jill & Irwin Cohen, Peter & Barbara Leavy, TheaterMania.com, The Berkshire Theatre Festival, Steve & Eda Sorokoff, Thoroughbred Records, Peter Hanson, and Steven T. Ernst.
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Chita Rivera, Marilyn Maye, Sally Mayes, Christopher Sieber Set for Jim Caruso’s Cast Party at Town Hall
Andrew Gans – Playbill.com
17 Jan 2011
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A special edition of Jim Caruso’s Cast Party, which will benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, will be presented Feb. 17 at Town Hall in Manhattan.
Produced by Scott Siegel, the 8 PM benefit will feature Broadway legend Chita Rivera and host Jim Caruso.
Also scheduled to perform are Marilyn Maye, YouTube sensation “Miranda Sings,” Tony nominee Christopher Sieber, two-time Tony nominee Sally Mayes, jazz singer Hilary Kole, R&B tenor William Blake, jazz violinist Aaron Weinstein, Natalie Douglas, Klea Blackhurst, acrobat and comedian Rudi Macaggi and the Dueling Fiddlers.
Billy Stritch will hold court at the piano with bass player Steve Doyle and percussionist Daniel Glass.
Town Hall Box Office is located at 123 West 43rd Street. Tickets are $25, $50 and $75 and can be purchased by visiting TicketMaster.com or by calling (800) 982-2787.
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BROADWAY BY THE YEAR
Created/Written/Hosted for The Town Hall by Scott Siegel
THE TOWN HALL PRESENTS THE 11TH SEASON OF BROADWAY BY THE YEAR®
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Lillias White, Chuck Cooper, Karen Ziemba, Jekyll & Hyde Stars Sing
BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1997
MONDAY, JUNE 20TH AT 8PM
The 11th season of the acclaimed Broadway By The Year concert series concluded June 20 with The Broadway Musicals of 1997. The evening featured the Tony-winning stars of The Life, Lillias White and Chuck Cooper; Contact Tony winner Karen Ziemba, also a Tony nominee for 1997′s Steel Pier; The Scarlet Pimpernel‘s Christine Andreas; Christina Bianco (Forbidden Broadway, Newsical, The Musical); David Burnham (The Best is Yet to Come: The Music of Cy Coleman, Wicked); Erin Denman (42nd Street); Drew Humphrey (Irving Berlin’s White Christmas); Jennifer Rias (Broadway by the Year: 1921); Tyler Maynard (Mary Poppins); and the three stars of Jekyll & Hyde, Robert Cuccioli (Tony nominee), Linda Eder (Drama Desk nominee) and Christiane Noll; the latter also directed the evening with choreography by Jeffry Denman.
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Liz Callaway, Karen Akers, etc. sing
BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1982
MONDAY, MAY 16TH AT 8PM
The Town Hall (123 West 43rd Street), New York’s landmark concert venue presents The Broadway Musicals of 1982 on Monday, May 16th at 8PM. Now in its 11th season, The Broadway By The Year ® Series is created written and hosted by Scott Siegel and produced by The Town Hall. Tickets are $55 & $50 and are on sale through TicketMaster at 800-982-2787, www.ticketmaster.com, or The Town Hall Box Office between noon and 6 PM (except Sundays) 212-840-2824
Scott Siegel takes the audience on a musical travelogue, exploring the history of the Great White Way and providing social anecdotes while showcasing the beloved hits and lesser-known gems from the golden age of Broadway.
The cast will sing and dance the songs that made 1982 a stellar year on Broadway. Karen Akers, Tony nominated star of the original cast of Nine, The Musical will join fellow cast member and Tony nominee Barbara Walsh to perform songs from the show. Cats original cast member Stephen Mo Hannan, who played Gus, the theater cat, will recreate his role from the famously long-running show. Liz Callaway who played Grisabellla in Cats for five years, will reprise her role. Also featured in the cast is Drama Desk nominee and Broadway By The Year® favorite, Kerry O’Malley. The evening will offer something brand new to the series, as well, with the Mark Stuart Dance Theater making their Broadway by the Year debut. Craig Carnelia, the composer of the 1982 cult classic Is There Life After High School? is a special guest. Additional cast members are soon to be announced. The concert will also be celebrating songs from The First 5000 Years of Rock n’ Roll and Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, among others.
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NOLL, DENMAN, AND MORE SING
BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1932
MONDAY, MARCH 21ST AT 8PM
The Town Hall’s critically acclaimed Broadway by the Year’s®11th Season continues with The Broadway Musicals of 1932 a year that brought us famous shows by musical theater icons such as Kern and Hammerstein (Music in the Air), Irving Berlin (Face the Music), Cole Porter (Gay Divorce) and Dietz and Schwarz (Flying Colors), among others. Produced by The Town Hall, The Broadway Musicals of 1932 is created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel. Siegel takes the audience on a musical travelogue, exploring the history of the Great White Way and providing social anecdotes while showcasing the beloved hits and lesser-known gems from the golden age of Broadway. The show is directed by Scott Coulter and choreographed by Jeffry Denman, who both perform in the show as well. Ross Patterson is the musical director.
Some of the legendary songs on the bill are “April in Paris,” “Night and Day,” “Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee,” It’s Only a Paper Moon,” ”Brother Can You Spare a Dime,” “Soft Lights and Sweet Music” and “I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues.” Featured in the cast are Christiane Noll (Tony Nominee for Ragtime), Jeffry Denman (Drama Desk nominee for Yank!), Meredith Patterson (White Christmas), William Michals (South Pacific), Kendrick Jones (Scottsboro Boys), Jason Graae (Nightlife Award winner), Scott Coulter (Nightlife Award winner), Bill Daugherty (multi-award winning vocalist) and Carole J. Bufford (11 O’clock Numbers at 11′O Clock at Feinstein’s).
Tickets are $55 & $50 and are on sale through TicketMaster at 800-982-2787, www.ticketmaster.com, or The Town Hall Box Office between noon and 6 PM (except Sundays) at 123 West 43rd Street, 212-840-2824.
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ERIN DAVIE, STEPHEN MO HANAN, KEVIN EARLEY, AND LIZ LARK-BROWN JOIN THE CAST OF
THE BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1921
IN THE FIRST SHOW OF THE SEASON
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH AT 8 PM
Executive and Artistic Director Lawrence Zucker is pleased to announce that Erin Davie (A Little Night Music), Stephen Mo Hanan (Cats) Kevin Earley (Thoroughly Modern Millie) and Liz Lark-Brown (2011 Nightlife Award Winner), join the cast of The Town Hall’s (123 West 43rd Street) THE BROADWAY MUSICALS of 1921 on Monday, February 14th at 8PM, kicking off The Town Hall’s 90th Anniversary Season. This concert features one of the largest casts in the history of The Town Hall’s acclaimedBroadway By The Year® series, now in it’s 11th season. The show created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall will also feature Tony® Award nominees Bobby Steggert (Ragtime), Kate Baldwin (Finian’s Rainbow), Jeffry Denman(Drama Desk Nominee, Yank!), Erin Denman (42nd Street), and Kendrick Jones (The Scottsboro Boys). Also featured are the 10 “Siegfeld” Follies Girls that will help recreate the look and style of a Broadway that existed 90 years ago, the year when Town Hall, itself, was built. Tickets are just $45, $50 and $55 and are available at The Town Hall Box Office, 123 West 43rd Street, 212-840-2824 or www.the-townhall-nyc.org or Ticketmaster, 800-982-2787 or www.ticketmaster.com.
THE BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1921 features songs from The Ziegfeld Follies of 1921, The Music Box Revue, The Scandals and more,including “I’m Just Wild About Harry” by Eubie Blake, “Say It With Music” by Irving Berlin, and the Al Jolson hits “April Showers,” “Toot Toot Tootise,” “California, Here I Come,” among others.
“We’re thrilled to add four wonderfully different talents to our February 14th musical valentine to the Broadway Musicals of 1921,” said Scott Siegel, the series creator/writer/host. “Erin Davie is one of Broadway’s newest young stars, having made her mark in Gray Gardens and then, again, more recently in A Little Night Music. And what a treat for us to get Stephen Mo Hanan, one of the original stars of Cats and the man who played Al Jolson in Jolson & Company to considerable critical acclaim. Kevin Earley, a star in Los Angeles theater, is making his mark now in New York and we are delighted to him in our cast. Finally, having the opportunity to introduce Nightlife Award-winner Liz Lark-Brown to the Broadway musical theater community will be our very great pleasure.”
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Bank of America
Proud to support Broadway By the Year
also supported by the Edythe Kenner Foundation
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PREVIOUS SEASON of Broadway Cabaret Festival
October 15th, 16th and 17th, 2010
Judy Kaye Completes the Cast of
Broadway Melody Makers on October 15th
Tony Award ® winner Judy Kaye (Phantom, Souvenir, Mama Mia) completes the cast of THE TOWN HALL’sBroadway Melody Makers on Friday, October 15th. The evening celebrates legendary composers of The Great White Way and is the first concert in THE TOWN HALL’s 5th Annual Broadway Cabaret Festival. This three-concert series, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for THE TOWN HALL, takes place over one weekend and includes Betty Buckley in Concert on Saturday, October 16 at 8PM and Broadway Originals on Sunday, October 17th at 3PM. Tickets are $55 and $50 at Ticketmaster.com, (800) 982-2787, or at The Town Hall Box Office (123 West 43rd Street) between noon and 6PM (except Sundays), 212-840-2824. For more information, visit www.the-townhall-nyc.org.
BROADWAY MELODY MAKERS on October 15th, is directed by Scott Coulter, with musical direction by Ross Patterson. The cast also includes Tony Award ® winners , Alice Ripley (Next to Normal, Sideshow) and Michael Cerveris (Assasins), along with Nellie MacKay (Threepenny Opera), Tom Wopat (Annie Get Your Gun, A Catered Affair), and Mary Testa (Xanadu, On the Town). The concert will feature songs by Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, and so many others down through the decades to the likes of Jule Styne and Cy Coleman, among others.
BETTY BUCKLEY on Saturday, October 16, 2010 at 8:00 PM is one of only a handful of women who can be referred to as a real Broadway star and a true legend. Tony Award® winner and three-time Grammy® nominee, she has acted in films, starred on television, and on Broadway. Buckley made her Broadway debut in 1969 and has been called “The Voice of Broadway” by New York Magazine. Her rendition of “Memory” in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats established her reputation. She has recorded 12 solo albums and now tours extensively across the U.S. each year. She is also a composer; her first recording contains mostly songs she wrote.
BROADWAY ORIGINALS! on Sunday, Oct 17th , 2010 at 3:00 PM is directed by Michele Lee, (Seesaw, Bravo Giavonni) who also performs in the show, with musical direction by John Fischer. The afternoon features songs and memories with performers reprising songs they introduced either in the original Broadway production or revival. The cast includes Tony Award® nominees Christiane Noll (Ragtime), Stephanie D’Abruzzo and John Tartaglia (Avenue Q), Christa Moore (Big, Gypsy), Lucie Arnaz (They’re Playing Our Song), and Maureen Silliman (Is There Life After High School?, I Remember Mama), joined by the legendary Jo Sullivan Loesser (The Most Happy Fella) and more to be announced.