There’s Nothing “Little” About Megan Hilty’s Voice

IF YOU’RE LOOKING for a new show to celebrate the festive season, you could hardly do better than Megan Hilty, who joins the Cabaret Series in December with A Merry Little Christmas with Megan Hilty. She’s made herself a firm favorite of Center patrons over the past few years as she has joined us through thick and thin. After her stunning Cabaret debut, Megan returned during the pandemic to the Julianne and George Argyros Plaza with an outdoor performance that reminded us why we need music even at the worst of times. She returned again when the Center was able to open its halls for indoor performances, and what a welcome!

“She is the kind of life-changing talent that latches onto you when you experience it for the first time and never goes away,” says Exeuntnyc.com. Hilty has a talent for molding her voice to fit any song type, be it a hit from Wicked, a Dolly Parton classic, or a favorite song that doesn’t really fall into a category. Her voice is powerful when it needs to be, and powderpuff-soft when the song calls for it.

Of a recent concert, Theaeterpizzazz.com noted, “If anyone in the packed house didn’t actually believe the range of her voice and its operatic beauty, Hilty easily quashed that by singing “I Could Have Danced All Night” [from My Fair Lady] and hitting a high C final note.”

Hilty enjoys working in a concert setting. “I love being in complete control of the playlist,” she told Whatsonstage.com, “and it’s the one time I’m not playing a character. I’ve grown to love sharing my stories and favorite songs with people who only know me through the characters I play—most of which I’m not like at all in real life.” In real life, she has two children, and her husband, Brian Gallagher, is part of her band. While she was pregnant, she would film the audiences so each child could see what they were a part of before they were born.

Megan Hilty’s gorgeous flowing voice takes her audiences to new levels with every song she sings. If you’ve seen her in concert before, you know you need to come back again. If you haven’t, then book your tickets now. You’ll be in for the best holiday present you could give yourself.

SAMUELI THEATER

December 14–16 | Tickets start at $89