A Tribute to Bob Dylan | A Town Hall Centennial

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THE TOWN HALL & T BONE BURNETT PRESENT

A TRIBUTE TO BOB DYLAN

T Bone Burnett Producer

FEATURING

Sara Bareilles

Bill Frisell

Margaret Glaspy

Joy Harjo

Joe Henry

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Julian Lage

The McCrary Sisters

Mumu Fresh

Punch Brothers

Lizz Wright

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BOB DYLAN CENTER

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY AMERICAN PORTFOLIOS, BROADHAVEN, THE DURST ORGANIZATION, TICKETMASTER

TONIGHT’S PROGRAM

Running by Joy Harjo

Blowin’ in the Wind

Masters of War

Gotta Serve Somebody

Positively 4th Street

Every Grain of Sand

The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll

Tangled Up in Blue

All Along the Watchtower

It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)

Mississippi

A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall

What Good Am I?

Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door

Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right

Not Dark Yet

THE 1963 PROGRAM

Ramblin’ Down Thru The World

Bob Dylan’s Dream

Talkin’ New York

Ballad Of Hollis Brown

Walls Of Red Wing

All Over You

Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues

Boots Of Spanish Leather

Hero Blues

Blowin’ In The Wind

John Brown

Tomorrow Is A Long Time

A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall

Dusty Old Fairgrounds

Who Killed Davey Moore?

Seven Curses

Highway 51

Pretty Peggy-O

Bob Dylan’s New Orleans Rag

Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right

Hiding Too Long

With God On Our Side

Masters Of War

Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie

Photo: © Don Hunstein

A Letter From The Presidents

With this motto, The League of Political Education opened the Town Hall in 1921. The Hall was built to be New York’s community house to host the League’s already famous “Town Meetings,” where all sides of important issues were illuminated and discussed. It took a community to make Town Hall and it takes a community to run this legendary venue. Our gratitude goes out to our sponsors, members, friends and everyone who purchased tickets to this benefit. The proceeds from this evening will allow us to continue to refurbish the Hall, a National Historic Landmark.

We are often asked, what do we imagine the Hall will look like one hundred years from now? While we can report that the trustees and staff are engaged in a strategic planning initiative to help shape our future, we can only be certain that with our National Historic Landmark status, the Hall will look much the same but continue to evolve and grow with the demands of the times.

To that point, shortly after the Hall opened, the League received a knock on the door from a musician who wanted to perform on the Town Hall stage. This was great, as the League had spent all of the funds they had building the auditorium and the future would only be secured by the income from other organizations and individuals.

Only one problem remained: this glorious Hall, built for conversation, did not have a doorway big enough to bring a piano onto the stage. Fortunately, a crew was hired, a new door was fashioned and the Hall went on to become one of New York’s finest performance venues. Most notably, as the “Hall of debuts” for several generations, The Town Hall is the place where great talents got that all-important exposure to a wider audience.

It is one particular debut we are honoring tonight. On April 12, 1963, Bob Dylan had his breakout concert at The Town Hall, a headlining solo performance in front of about eight hundred people. The concert introduced to the world a young genius forecasting a new era of folk music and a legacy to come.

So, as we think about Town Hall’s next one hundred years, we dedicate ourselves to making as many great nights possible, like tonight and that one in the spring of 1963, by ensuring that Town Hall thrives.

Wirtshafter Marvin Leffler President President Emeritus

“It does not matter who you are, what you are or from where you come, you are welcome.”

Tom

Bob

Bob Dylan is one of our culture’s most influential and groundbreaking artists. In the decades since he first burst into the public’s consciousness via New York City’s Greenwich Village folk music scene in the early 1960s, Bob Dylan has sold more than 125 million records around the world and amassed a singular body of work that includes some of the greatest and most popular songs the world has ever known. He continues to traverse the globe each year, performing nearly 100 concerts annually in front of audiences who embrace his new music with the same fervor as they do his classics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016 – the first songwriter to receive such a distinction – cited by the Swedish Academy “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.” In recent years, his work as an author and visual artist has further burnished his popularity and acclaim; a worldwide best-selling memoir, Chronicles Vol. 1, spent 19 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List, in 2004, and several major exhibitions of his paintings have been shown in recent years at some of the world’s most prestigious museums and galleries.

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Dylan

Born in Duluth, Minnesota on May 24, 1941, most of Bob Dylan’s childhood was spent in the iron-mining town of Hibbing. Dylan taught himself piano and guitar and played in several bands, attending the University of Minnesota for one year in 1959. He moved to New York in 1961 – heavily influenced by Woody Guthrie and other American folk artists -- and began to play at various clubs in the burgeoning folk music scene of Greenwich Village. Signed to Columbia Records by renowned A&R executive John Hammond in 1961, he released his self-titled debut album in 1962.

Many of Dylan’s early songs were made famous by other artists, such as Joan Baez and Peter, Paul & Mary, whose versions of his classic compositions “Blowin’ In The Wind” and “The Times They Are A Changin’” helped bring the young artist to a larger audience. From his earliest performances in Greenwich Village coffee houses, folk festivals and rallies in the early 1960s to his stadium rock concerts of the 1970s and subsequent annual international tours, Dylan established an enduring reputation as one of the world’s great live performers. He has released more than

50 albums and has written more than 600 songs, some of the most famous being the aforementioned “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “Like A Rolling Stone,” “All Along The Watchtower,” “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” and “Make You Feel My Love.” His songs have been covered more than 6,000 times by artists as diverse as Duke Ellington, Jimi Hendrix, Guns N’ Roses, Stevie Wonder, Rod Stewart, the Staple Singers, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bob Marley, Pearl Jam, Neil Young, Adele and U2.

Dylan’s contributions to worldwide culture have been recognized and honored with many awards. He received an honorary doctorate of music from Princeton University, New Jersey, in 1970 and another from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, in 2004. President Clinton presented him with a Kennedy Center Honor at the White House in 1997, recognizing the excellence of his contribution to American culture. Dylan’s song “Things Have Changed” from the film Wonder Boys (2000) garnered an Academy Award in 2001. In 2007 Dylan received Spain’s Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts

and in 2008 a Special Citation Pulitzer Prize “for his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power.” He was the recipient of France’s Officier de la Legion d’honneur in 2013, and was bestowed with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama in 2012.

In addition to winning 11 Grammy Awards, Dylan has achieved six entries in the Grammy Hall of Fame, which honors recordings of “qualitative or historical significance” at least 25 years old.

His most recent album, 2020’s Rough and Rowdy Ways, debuted in the Top Ten in 13 countries, including #1 chart entries in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Germany and Switzerland; #2 positions in The United States, Australia and Belgium; #3 in Sweden, and #4 in France and Italy. The album’s #2 entry in the U.S. was Dylan’s highest chart debut in this country since 2009 and marked the artist’s 18th studio album to debut in the U.S. Top 10.

Anchored by a permanent exhibit on the life and work of Bob Dylan, the Bob Dylan Center® is committed to exploring the myriad forms of creativity that enrich the world around us. The Center serves to educate, motivate and inspire visitors to engage their own abilities as creators. Through exhibits, public programs, performances, lectures and publications, the Center aims to foster lively conversations about the role of creativity in our lives.

As the primary public venue for the Bob Dylan Archive® collection, the Center curates and exhibits a priceless collection of more than 100,000 items spanning Dylan’s career, including handwritten manuscripts, notebooks and correspondence; films, videos, photographs and artwork; memorabilia and ephemera; personal documents and effects; unreleased studio and concert recordings; musical instruments and many other elements.

Tickets and membership are available at bobdylancenter.com.

With 50-years’ experience in music and entertainment, T Bone Burnett has earned an unparalleled reputation as an innovative artist, songwriter, producer, performer, film and concert producer, record company owner and artists’ advocate. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Burnett grew up in Fort Worth, Texas where he first began writing songs and making records as a teenager. In the mid-1970s, Burnett was traveling the country as a musician and record producer when he was asked by Bob Dylan to play guitar in his band on the now-legendary Rolling Thunder Revue tour. That experience led Burnett to form the Alpha Band with David Mansfield and Steven Soles, making three acclaimed albums with the trio before releasing a string of critically acclaimed solo records in the 1980’s. Toward the end of that decade, Burnett displayed his unique abilities to effectively meld music with film, producing the groundbreaking all-star music special, Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night.

T Bone Burnett

Burnett has won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and 13 Grammy Awards. He’s worked and collaborated with musicians spanning many genres, such as the aforementioned Bob Dylan, Elton John, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, B.B. King, Tony Bennett, k.d. lang, Elvis Costello, The Civil Wars, Taylor Swift, Ryan Bingham, Steve Earle and Leon Russell. Burnett’s highly successful and acclaimed work in film throughout the past 30 years includes his collaboration with the Coen Brothers on The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Cold Mountain, The Hunger Games, Walk The Line, Inside Llewyn Davis and Crazy Heart, for which he also served as one of the film’s producers. In 2014, Burnett staged the all-star concert event, Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating The Music Of Inside Llewyn Davis, at New York’s Town Hall. The show was inspired by music from the Coen Brothers’ film, set in the 1960’s Greenwich Village folk music scene, and the event reunited the trio behind O Brother, Where Art Thou? and the highly successful concert events launched in conjunction with that film.

His extensive work in television includes serving as the Executive Music Producer and Composer for the HBO series True Detective, and the first season of the ABC television series, Nashville. In 2014, T Bone hand-picked a diverse group of artists to form a band and compose music for newly-unearthed Bob Dylan lyrics written at the time of the artist’s historic Basement Tapes recordings. These sessions resulted in the Burnett -produced Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes album and the accompanying Lost Songs documentary on Showtime. Burnett was nominated for a 2017 Emmy Award for his work with Jack White and Robert Redford on American Epic: a multipart, multimedia project that explores the history of music in America, as well as its global roots.

His work as a recording artist continues with an ambitious three-album series in collaboration with drummer Jay Bellerose and keyboardist Keefus Ciancia, The Invisible Light. The first volume, Acoustic Space was released in 2019 and the second volume, Spells was released last month.

THE TOWN HALL PRESENTS

Fri, Sep 30 • 8pm

Centennial Benefit

The Town Hall and T Bone Burnett present A Tribute to Bob Dylan in partnership with the Bob Dylan Center®

Curated by multiple Grammy- and Oscar-winning producer, songwriter and artist T Bone Burnett, the show will feature performances by a diverse array of artists, each performing songs written by Dylan spanning the Nobel laureate’s illustrious career. This concert event will commemorate Dylan’s landmark 1963 debut at the Hall, and all proceeds will benefit The Town Hall. Artists scheduled to perform at A Tribute to Bob Dylan include Sara Bareilles, Bill Frisell, Margaret Glaspy, Joy Harjo, Joe Henry, Julian Lage, The McCrary Sisters, Mumu Fresh, Punch Brothers, Lizz Wright, plus special guests.

Comedy Series

Sat, Jan 28 • 8pm

Romesh Ranganathan

Multi award-winning comedian Romesh Ranganathan returns to New York for this one-off show at the Town Hall, his last trip saw him play a sell-out run at SoHo Playhouse.

Sat, Feb 4 • 8pm

Joanne McNallyn

The Prosecco Express.

Described as ‘a truly gifted stand up’ by The Sunday Times. Join Joanne as she revisits her irreverent and critically acclaimed show The Prosecco Express

Tickets & info at thetownhall.org/thp

Fri, Jun 2 • 8pm

Alan Carr

BAFTA winning star of Ru Paul’s Drag Race, Alan Carr: Chatty Man, and Interior Design Master - Alan Carr makes his American debut at the world renowned Town Hall in New York City.

Sat, Apr 22 • 8pm

Mariza

In the last 20 years, Mariza has risen from a local phenomenon, known only to a small circle of admirers in Lisbon, to one of the most widely acclaimed stars of the global music circuit. Her repertoire, while firmly rooted in classical and contemporary Fado, has grown to include occasional Cape Verdean mornas, Brazilian and Spanish classics and other themes she holds dear to her heart.

Fri, May 5 • 8pm

Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer

There’s a bit of the sorcerer in Béla Fleck (banjo), Zakir Hussain (tabla), Edgar Meyer (double bass), and their special guest Rakesh Chaurasia (bansuri – Indian flute). Most musicians hope at most for proficiency in their chosen form, but these gentlemen move from bluegrass to Western classical to Indian classical to jazz, transmuting genres into something uniquely their own.

Global Icons Series

Fri, Apr 14 • 8pm

Mariza + Ney Matogrosso

Brazilian singer noted for his uncommon countertenor voice. “The third greatest Latin American singer of all time.” - Rolling Stone

Sat, Apr 15 • 8pm

Mariza + Matias Damasio

Angolan musician, singer and songwriter in popular and romantic music, and in Kizomba. He enjoys great popularity in Portugal.

Fri, Apr 21 • 8pm Mariza +

Cesaria Evora

Orchestra

A virtuoso homage to a unique performer, so greatly loved, admired and missed.

Sat, May 6 • 8pm

Django

a GoGo 2023

French guitarist Stephane Wrembel and guests celebrate the music of Django Reinhardt. Now in its 14th edition, the festival started by Stephane Wrembel has grown into a major event that takes the music of Django Reinhardt as a starting point and celebrates the constant evolution of Gypsy Jazz. The concert's repertoire follows the Django canon and veers into re-interpretation, improvisation and interplay between musicians from various backgrounds.

Sat, Oct 15 • 8pm

Meredith Monk & Bang on a Can All-Stars: Memory Game

Meredith Monk returns to The Town Hall 50 years after her first appearance on its stage, this time for the New York debut of her latest work MEMORY GAME with Bang on a Can All-Stars. MEMORY GAME is both a look back at a pivotal point in Meredith Monk’s storied career, and a richly layered portrait of how vocal music, under the guidance of an indefatigable master, can play with our expectations in poignant and compelling ways.

Sat, Nov 5 • 8pm

Hometown to the World - An opera by Laura Kaminsky & Kimberly Reed

The Town Hall presents the New York premiere of the Kaminsky/Reed chamber opera Hometown to the World, about the impact of the largest workplace ICE raid in US history that took place in Postville, IA in 2008. This searing work is conducted by Tania León, directed by Kristine McIntyre and presented in association with Santa Fe Opera, as one of its Opera For All Voices commissions. Performers include Cecile Duarte, Blythe Gaissert, and Michael Kelly, and a chorus comprised of 100+ public high school students from LaGuardia/Music & Art and Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts.

Fri, Jan 20 • 8pm

A Celebration of Twinkie Clark featuring Karen Clark

Sheard and Damien Sneed

A celebration of Grammy Award-winning Gospel legend Twinkie Clark. Curated in partnership with musical polymath Damien Sneed, the evening will honor Clark aka the “Mother of Gospel Music” and the “Queen of the B3 Hammond Organ” with a program of performances of her compositions. Widely regarded as one of the most important gospel composers in history, Twinkie Clark will take to the Hammond to perform her own compositions solo and with special guests including Grammy Award-winner Karen Clark Sheard. Damien Sneed to conduct.

Fri, Mar 24 • 8pm

Sweet Honey in the Rock

The Grammy-nominated, iconic, women-led African-American vocal ensemble SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK® marks its 50TH ANNIVERSARY at The Town Hall. The evening will honor its storied past and set the course for the future of the group, which has been called “one of the most dynamic, versatile and still relevant musical collectives in music today.”

Sat, May 13 • 8pm

Judy Collins: Wildflowers with the Harlem Chamber Players

In her 6th decade as an artist—and as prolific as ever, having released her 55th album earlier this year—Grammy Award-winning singersongwriter Judy Collins is taking a rare moment to look back on her landmark 1967 album, Wildflowers. The cultural icon will perform an exclusive series of shows bringing to full bloom her chamber-folk masterwork supported by a 15-piece orchestra. The show will also feature Judy’s most beloved songs from her decades-spanning oeuvre.

THE TOWN HALL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PEOPLES’ SYMPHONY CONCERTS PRESENT

Sun, Oct 30 • 2pm

Septura Brass

Sun, Feb 19 • 2pm

Celebrating Valentine’s Day with Roderick Williams, baritone & Myra

Huang, piano

Sun, Mar 26 • 2pm

Dover Quartet - Beethoven Cycle #6

Sun, Apr 16 • 2pm

Camille Thomas, cello and Julien

Brocal, piano

Sun, May 7 • 2pm

Jonathan Biss, piano

Sun, May 14 • 2pm

Celebrating Joseph Kalichstein with Jaime Laredo, violin; Sharon Robinson, cello; Anna Polonsky, piano & Nokuthula Ngwenyama, viola

Literary Series

Wed, Sep 14 • 8pm

I’m Glad My Mom Died: A Conversation with Jennette McCurdy

Jennette McCurdy makes her first and only New York public appearance since the release of her book I’m Glad My Mom Died. A New York Times bestseller, I’m Glad My Mom Died tells the story of McCurdy's life of child stardom, grief and recovery.

Tue, Nov 15 • 8pm

Number One is Walking: A Conversation with Steve Martin and Harry Bliss

Number One is Walking is Steve Martin’s cinematic legacy—an illustrated memoir of his legendary acting career with stories from his most popular films and artwork by New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss.

Best Wishes

The Dr. Charlotte K. Frank Lounge

Earlier this year, Town Hall lost one of its true friends, Dr. Charlotte K. Frank. Charlotte made her mark on the world, on New York and on Town Hall. Dr. Frank began her career as a 4th grade teacher and went on to become a school administrator, director of curriculum, a member of the NYS Board of Regents and finally a senior adviser for research and development at McGraw Hill.

Earlier this year, Sam Roberts of the New York Times, reflected on Charlotte’s storied career and her impact on education. He called her a policymaker, as she codified ambitious curriculums for millions of students. He credited her with bringing new thinking to the teaching of reading and math, helping to modernize sex education and supporting the instruction of evolution. Charlotte argued for universal full-day kindergarten and initiated programs to instruct teachers how to counter racial prejudice. For all of her efforts and the results for both students and teachers, Charlotte received over 70 awards.

Charlotte’s hands are all over Town Hall, as she worked side-by-side with her husband Marvin Leffler, our President Emeritus, as they guided Town Hall over the last 40 years. She created Town Hall’s Education Committee that supported our educational outreach into the NYC public school system, as well as its expansion into senior centers and the incarcerated community. With her help, Town Hall has been the home for The Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts, a NYC public high located on the 2nd and 3rd floor of Town Hall, for more than 20 years. Her generous contributions have been instrumental in making our recent renovations and restoration possible.

For her dedication to the Arts, to Education and to Town Hall, the Trustees of the Town Hall Foundation are pleased to name its newly opened patron lounge The Dr. Charlotte K. Frank Lounge.

EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS

Although our work bringing vital arts education programs to New Yorkers was suspended in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are thrilled to be back in person as of Spring 2022. The Town Hall’s Education Department offers programs in all disciplines, for New Yorkers of all ages, in every borough.

School Programs

From dance for students with disabilities in Queens, to rock band on the Upper East Side, to Caribbean musical theater in Brooklyn, The Town Hall’s school programs embed culturally diverse, highly skilled teaching artists in school communities that depend on the arts for students’ wellbeing.

“Our school’s partnership with Townhall/CASA…meant the most vulnerable families in our community received support and music programming they wouldn’t have otherwise received. As we brace ourselves for the impact of impending budget cuts, we want to make sure we continue to advocate for these families that need us the most.”

- Serena Antoniewicz, Co-President, Parents’ Association

Brooklyn

Environmental Exploration

Middle School student performing in Once On This Island

Through virtual and in person programming, The Town Hall Education Department supports dedicated, artistic older adults who continue to invest in themselves and build community through an arts practice.

“I’m pleased to tell you that this experience I’m having has brought me such a peaceful and creative happiness.”

“Essentially I have learned HOW to paint. This course has been so very therapeutic and relaxing for me. Not only has it been an incredible learning experience but it has allowed me to realize I CAN paint something halfway decent (I never thought I was artistic at all!) Additionally and importantly, my observation skills and ways of looking at a “subject”have markedly improved as a result of Sarah’s teaching.”

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“I can’t tell you how much l have grown, learned and enjoyed Sara’s playwriting Class that she has been teaching on zoom since February. It has broadened my horizons beyond my wildest dreams. If there could be a part 2 in the near future I would jump for joy.”

- Council Center for Senior Citizens Playwriting Program Participant

For more information, visit thetownhall.org/education

- Boro Park Y Painting Program Participant

Boro Park Y Painting Program Participant

The Painting Program final showcase at Boro Park Y, with teacher Sarah Scholl (black mask, center)

EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS 2022

Black History Month Celebration

For the 25th year, The Town Hall engaged students and teachers to celebrate Black history through artistic excellence. Our 2022 effort celebrated Black Classical Composers, and as a virtual/in-person hybrid, touched 139 teachers representing 110 schools and hundreds of New York City middle and high school students.

Black history and artistry was woven into the entire process of producing our 2022 celebration. Dorothy Maynor, like many other Black classical singers who were not allowed on other stages due to racist beliefs, gave her debut at The Town Hall, and went on to an illustrious career. The Harlem School of the Arts, which she founded in 1964, continues to be inspired by her fervent belief that world-class training in the arts stimulates the child, strengthens the family and gives pride of ownership to the community.

The educational performance video produced by The Town Hall Education Department featured a performance by The Harlem Chamber Players, hosted by Terrance McKnight, performing the works of Black composers at the Harlem School of the Arts. It was a beautiful full-circle moment.

On the program for 2023: Black Poets and Poetry, hosted by aja monet.

Students at Edward B. Shallow middle school in Brooklyn. Students in this class received an in-person visit from a Ashley Horne, violinist for the Harlem Chamber Players.

“Working with Town Hall’s Education Department was an absolute pleasure. Whenever I stumbled into a challenge it was solved immediately. I felt seen and appreciated in every step of the process.”

- Town Hall Teaching Artist

I felt like the organization trusted me as an educator.”

- Town Hall Teaching Artist

For more information, visit thetownhall.org/education

Art by middle school student Flora Chen

Poet aja monet

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REFLECTIONS

I first came to Town Hall with a successful young theatre producer with plans to revitalize the Hall as part of a much larger Times Square area restoration project. After months of preparation, we announced our proposal at a NYC Landmarks Committee hearing. Unfortunately, our plan didn’t get approved, and we walked away. I was asked to stay and be the Executive Director for The Town Hall, and with that my life changed forever.

The full story of this legendary theatre and cultural center I will leave to archivists and historians, however I must call out a few personal highlights that I witnessed and helped to produce. Whether Frank Salomon’s Peoples’ Symphony Concerts, offering premier classical artists for less than the cost of a movie ticket, or 40-plus years of welcoming schoolchildren via Charlie Hull and Jay Harnick’s TheaterworksUSA, the Hall’s programs left an indelible imprint on audiences (and on me, too). From the Cabaret Convention to Ted Talks, from Prairie Home Companion to Live From Here, from Folk to World Music, from Yiddish Theater to Black Broadway, from thoughtful debates to razorsharp comedy, we have proudly presented some of the greatest artists, influential thinkers, and most important works ever seen or heard.

For my part, I was truly inspired by the great impresarios from the Hall’s past, to showcase remarkable talents wherever I found them. As I look back now, there are hundreds of artists and presenters I’m not mentioning here, for whom I have great respect and affection. Their contributions are all cherished memories, so I hope they will forgive me.

Our commitment to education, equality, and representation continues to reflect the vision of our founders, a group of courageous women who fought the limitations placed on them (and others) by a society that failed to recognize their rights and their full worth. Carrying the ideals of the founders forward was a responsibility and an honor for me. Above all, I am thrilled that hundreds of thousands of people came to our shows with the assurance that, in some small measure, we could provide the ingredients to heal their hearts and lift their spirits or help them imagine a better, more peaceful world.

During my tenure, I had the privilege of working alongside a cadre of personnel as committed as anyone could hope for. I must mention Helen Morris, who has been by my side for over 30 years, and Bill Dehling, for nearly 40 years of making sure that things run smoothly backstage. To all those currently working with me, they should know that I love them dearly and how proud I am of them, and to those who I worked with in the past, thank you for your dedication. I am deeply grateful to both my Board Presidents and to have served all these years as Town Hall’s Executive Director.

LARRY ZUCKER

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William Clement

Peggyann Cohen

Michael T. Crane

Charles Cummings

Jeffrey J Cyronek

G.D. Czachowski

Michael DeMirjian

Leah Desole

Mary Patricia Devine

Michael J Donlon

Dale Dueland

Jay Edelman

David Eiaenhardt

Phyllis Elkind

Chad Graff & Joann Falkenburg

Bernard Feigen

Daniel Figueroa & Carolyn Ritter

Peter E. Fisch

Paul Fishman

Brigid Foster

Tom Gallagher

Thomas Garbutt

Daniel L. Dolgin & Loraine F. Gardner

Judith Mary Gee

Beth Gelfond

Peter Gilligan

John Gleeson

Miriam & Paul Gold

Rachel Goldstein

Joshua Goodman

Kenny Gordon

Chad Graff

Dr. Marc Gurtman

Amanda Guzman Molina

Elizabeth Hartman

David Hechler

Imirse Hidalgo

Mary Beth Hubbard

Craig Jenness

Brandy Johnson

Robert Kaplan

Jason Karameros

Jedd Katrancha

Kenneth Kaufman

Linda L. Kelly

David B Killalea

Kevin Krause

Dan & Helene Lacoff

John Lancaster

Leslie & John Lehman

David Leibowitz

Paul Levine & Victoria Sweet

Steve Levitan

Elizabeth Levy

Chris Lipton

Dan Longhi

Colleen, Kimberly & Shannon Lovisi

Dennis Lynch

Drew Davis

Steven & Patricia Madsen

Paul Magyar

Gideon Mark

Kevin McMahon

David Medlar

Gloria Mendez

Paul Millen

Mr. & Mrs. David Milone

Peter Mishu

Barbara Mohan

Michael F. Money

Michele & Mark Montague

Elliot Morgan

Richard J Moylan

House Casting

Kerin Nash

Matthew Neiger

Rick Nelson

Peter Palle

Ken & Susie Ng

Gerard O’Connor

Desmond O’Brien

Roger Olson

David C. Olstein

Rozzi Osterman

Clare Palazzo

Jason Pendrock

Jack Raslowsky

William Redmond

Michael Reidy

David Rimmer

Vicki Roosevelt & Rob Jorgensen

Kim Rothenberger

Ronald Rotter

Jess & Sammy Rubin

Roger Sadowsky & Robin Phillips

Morty Schiff

Ellen Schorr

Joseph Schott

Marilyn T Schwartz

Richard G Schwartz

Stefan Sherwood

Dave & Clare Sievers

Adam Stepansky

Victoria Sweet

Lori VanKluyve

Steve Varvaro

Lynn Vassar & Tom Vassar

Erica Ventley

Jeffrey Vernam

Nancy & Paul Vincent

Jeffrey Weisbord

David Weller

Marc Whiten

Chester Whitlock

Stanley Wine

Jaime Wolf & Meg Cimino

Thomas Wood

David A Wright

Natalie Wright

Tsurugi Yamazaki

Evelyn Yanatos

Scott Ziegler

as of 09/19/22

MAJOR GIFTS, CORPORATE, FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

Town Hall programs are supported, in part, by public funds from The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Town Hall’s Education Outreach Program is made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature. The Centennial Concert Series is funded, in part, by Howard Gilman Foundation.

We would like to thank the following foundations, corporations, and government institutions for their support:

American Portfolios

Bank of America

Bob Dylan Center

Broadhaven Capital Partners

Consolidated Edison Company of New York

The Durst Organization

The Hearst Foundations, Inc.

The Hyde & Watson Foundation

Edythe Kenner Foundation

Gund Investment Corporation

National Endowment for the Arts

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

New York State Council on the Arts

Henry Nias Foundation

Howard Gilman Foundation

New York State Governor Kathy Hochul

New York City Mayor Eric L. Adams

Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine

New York City Council Member Keith Powers

New York City Council Member Gale Brewer

New York City Council Member Julie Menin

New York City Council Member Sandy Nurse

New York City Council Member Kalman Yeger

NYC Dept. Cultural Affairs Commissioner Laurie

Cumbo

S&P Global

The Shubert Foundation

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Town Hall’s History

The history of The Town Hall and the history of 20th Century

The League for Political Education was founded by suffragists in 1894, in response to the crushing defeat at the New York Constitutional Convention, where they fought for an amendment granting women the right to vote. They founded the League because they believed that low or no-cost adult education would raise political consciousness and that an educated electorate was integral to the fight for the 19th amendment. The six women founders of the League met for the first time at the home of Eleanor Butler Sanders and in the two decades that followed built up a cultural institution that could no longer jump from hall to hall for programming and needed a permanent home.

The League for Political Education brought on Robert Erskine Ely to run the education programming for the League. A Presbyterian minister with an impoverished congregation, he co-founded Prospect Union, where Harvard students and professors would provide courses to the Cambridge community in the afternoons and evenings, at the cost of $2 per year.

The Hall was designed by renowned architects McKim, Mead & White to reflect the democratic principles of the League. They consulted the greatest acoustical engineers of the time, who after years of experiments with various materials and formulas created the ideal acoustics so every audience member experienced the warm sounds. Box seats were eliminated and no seats had an obstructed view giving birth to the term “not a bad seat in the house.”

The Town Hall’s place in history is cemented by some of the events that occurred here.

Margaret Sanger’s arrest on stage in 1921 made her a cause célèbre. The Town Hall hosted the Sacco and Vanzetti memorial when no hall in Massachusetts would.

Emma Goldman made her return to the United States, speaking at a memorial for her mentor.

Over its first hundred years Town Hall has attracted speakers across disciplines and political affiliations including Will Rogers, Diego Rivera, Joseph McCarthy, James Baldwin, Anita Hill and Elizabeth Warren.

The Town Hall was recognized as a New York City and National Historic Landmark in large part due to its program America’s Town Meeting of the Air. The topics were thought-provoking, wide-ranging and did not shy from controversy.

The first show, “Which Way America: Fascism, Communism, Socialism or Democracy?” (1935), featured speakers energetically advocating each of these alternatives. Topics were timely and timeless, from political trends to personal liberties and social issues: “What System of Medical Care Should We Have?” (1937), “How Should Democracies Deal with Dictators?” (1938), “What Can We Do to Improve Race and Religious Relationships in America?” (1947), “How Can We Break Down Community Prejudices?” (1954). Guests included Langston Hughes, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Robinson, Frances Perkins, Mary McLeod Bethune, and hundreds more Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, political and social leaders, education and science pioneers, authors, poets and civil rights leaders.

The Town Hall’s warm acoustics opened the Hall up to music immediately. Spanish violinist Juan Manen performed a recital on February 12, 1921, one month after the opening of the Hall. Three months later the Washington Conservatory of Music and School of Expression presented a concert, which began The Town Hall’s reputation as being the New York home for Black classical musicians.

For the next few decades, The Town Hall would serve the world of classical music as the New York venue to make your debut. Isaac Stern, Pablo Casals, Andres Segovia, Glenn Gould and Joan Sutherland are just a few of the giants who made their recital debuts at the Hall. Sergei Rachmaninoff, Igor Stravinsky, Aaron Copeland, Béla Bartók and Samuel Barber all held important concerts at the Hall.

New York are inextricable.

The Hall holds an important place in American classical music history as one of the only spaces to welcome African American classical musicians. In the first few decades of the Hall, over 500 concerts featured African American classical musicians including performances by Paul Robeson and Coretta Scott King, and the debuts of Marian Anderson, Roland Hayes, Dorothy Maynor and Leontyne Price.

The Town Hall has held many jazz concerts and was an early home to bebop. Beginning in the 1940s, Dizzy Gillespie took to The Town Hall stage with many of his peers, including AfroCuban percussionist Chano Pozo and Charlie Parker. The rise of jazz at the Hall coincided with the proliferation of live albums. The Louis Armstrong All-Stars, Thelonious Monk Orchestra, and Sarah Vaughn/ Lester Young Sextet recorded their only live albums at the Hall. Many more jazz greats recorded live albums including Gillespie and Parker, Charles Mingus, Eddie Condon, Bill Evans and Cecil Taylor.

The live recordings from The Town Hall are a guide through the history of performing arts over the last eight decades. John Cage, Leontyne Price, Sammy Davis Jr., Odetta, Pete Seeger, Judy Collins, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Blondie, Laurie Anderson, Chris Cornell, The Klezmatics, Wanda Sykes and Robin Williams are just some of the artists who released recordings of their shows at The Town Hall. And many more from the archives have yet to be heard by the public.

The Town Hall has served as the home and landing space for many artists from around the world, many of whom have made their U.S. debuts at the Hall. Artists like Ravi Shankar, Lord Invader, Miriam Makeba, João Gilberto, Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Amalia Rodrigues and more recently, Buika, Anoushka Shankar, Mariza, Zakir Hussain, Baaba Maal, and Fatoumata Diawara are all inscribed in the annals of the Hall’s history. Perhaps the most important feature of The Town Hall’s history is its diversity in programming. It is possible to see some combination of literary events, comedy shows, musical concerts and

live film scores all in the same week at the Hall. Over the course of one week in 1959, one could see the oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau present his films stateside for the first time and watch Nina Simone’s debut with Horace Silver and Redd Foxx on the bill. In one week in November 2016, one could watch Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA perform a live DJ set to the Shaw Brothers’ The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) and watch Seu Jorge perform a tribute to David Bowie. This January, one can come to the Hall to see a tribute to Gospel legend Twinkie Clark, a rare stateside performance from English comedian Romesh Ranganathan and Shangela, a RuPaul’s Drag Race’s alumnus.

As The Town Hall celebrates its first hundred years, the institution is pledging itself to the digitization of its archives. The restoration, conservation and preservation of our archives are of utmost importance. The Town Hall has 2,000 recordings to preserve and digitize, among them America’s Town Meeting of the Air episodes with Langston Hughes and Orson Welles, and recordings of performances by Uta Hagen, Don Shirley, Meredith Monk and Barbara Hendricks. The digitization project is in progress, with a rare 1971 recording of Dick Gregory as the first completed digitization effort.

The Town Hall’s history is the story of culture in New York City. The Town Hall pledges itself to the preservation of this history and commits itself as the home to new, adventurous programming for its home city and the world.

A Selection of Evenings in The Town Hall’s History

1921 The Town Hall held its formal opening. Henry W. Taft presided and leaders such as General John J. Pershing and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson spoke to a reported 1,600 people. Rev. Dr. Henry M. Sanders, widower of the League for Political Education’s founder Eleanor Butler Sanders, told of his wife’s vision that women have an institution where they can meet and study.

1921 On November 13, Margaret Sanger and Mary Windsor were arrested at the First American Birth Control Conference on The Town Hall stage. Protestations of the audience members included singing “My Country Tis of Thee.” Sanger later wrote that The Town Hall raid provided her and the cause free publicity.

1924 Marian Anderson made her recital debut at The Town Hall. Nine years later, after great success in Europe, Anderson returned to The Town Hall as a star. Anderson went on to perform on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1939.

1935 America’s Town Meeting of the Air. NBC Radio and The League of Political Education (which renamed itself The Town Hall in 1937), decided to conduct a six-week experiment. The program took on issues like, “Should We Plan for Social Security?,” “Personal Liberty and the Modern State,” and “Which Way Forward for America—Communism, Socialism, Fascism or Democracy?”

The experiment, broadcasted live from Town Hall, lasted more than twenty years. It was, for a time, the most popular public access radio program.

1936 Eleanor Roosevelt appears on America’s Town Meeting of the Air in a program titled “Young America Looks Forward.”

1937 A young Rabindra Shankar performed at The Town Hall as a dancer in his older brother Uday Shankar’s performance group. Now known to the world as Ravi Shankar, the sitar master made his New York solo concert hall debut at Town Hall in 1957. Shankar went on to become an international icon, one of the few acts to perform at Monterey Pop and Woodstock. He is the only artist to perform at both Woodstock and Monterey Pop.

1944 Langston Hughes’ “Let’s Face the Race Question.” Langston Hughes, John Temple Graves II, Carey McWilliams, and James E. Shepard strived to face the race question. Each side of the debate was represented by both a black and a white speaker, through which Hughes and McWilliams stated that segregation must end.

1946 Billie Holiday’s Concert Debut. Holiday performed two sold-out concerts with such a large overflow that dozens of audience members had to be placed on the stage.

1964 João Gilberto, long considered the “father of Bossa Nova” whose hit “The Girl from Ipanema” won Record of the Year made his New York solo concert debut at Town Hall on October 25, 1964.

August 22, 1964, Fannie Lou Hamer testified before the Credentials Committee at the Democratic National Convention and changed the course of voting rights history. The day before her historic speech in Atlantic City, the voting rights activist spoke at a meeting at The Town Hall: “I only have one question. Is this America, where we can go along and be beat up without any Federal intervention in the State of Mississippi?”

1964 Soprano Coretta Scott King debuted her Freedom Concerts to fundraise for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). She based the format of her concert on a show she had seen during her university studies. Songs interspersed with campaigning--she learned that from Paul Robeson, who also has a history at our Hall, performing several times with pianist Lawrence Brown. They made their concert hall debut at The Town Hall in 1926.

1967 Miss All-America Camp Beauty Contest. Drag performers gathered at The Town Hall to compete in the Miss All-America Camp Beauty Contest. Flawless Sabrina was mistress of ceremonies while icons such as Andy Warhol and Terry Southern served as judges. Though not the winner, Crystal LeBeija was arguably the most influential of the queens.

1971 Town Bloody Hall. Shortly after the publication of his controversial Harper’s article “The Prisoner of Sex,” Norman Mailer took the stage at Town Hall for a debate against a diverse grouping of feminists: Jacqueline Ceballos, Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston and Diana Trilling.

1974 The Philip Glass Ensemble debuted Glass’s “Music in 12 Parts” at The Town Hall. The four hour cycle is now considered one of his greatest achievements. Written over the course of four years, “Music in Twelve Parts” is now considered one of Philip Glass’s greatest achievements. Performed by the Philip Glass Ensemble over the course of six hours, the avant-garde piece took inspiration from Indian ragas, utilizing repetition and mantra-like vocals in parts that could be performed in any sequence. Glass cites Music in Twelve Parts as a breakthrough work for him; a work with ideas that he would continue to explore for years.

1980 Black Broadway. From Elisabeth Welch who made her Broadway debut 50 years earlier in Cole Porter’s The New Yorkers to Tony winner Gregory Hines, Black Broadway brought together several generations of the nation’s greatest stage performers. The performers included tap royalty like Cookie Cook, John W. Bubbles and Bubba Gaines, one of the “Aristocrats of Tap.” Town Hall regular Bobby Short led a bare-bones, cabaret style production where Adelaide Hall, Edith Wilson, Nell Carter and the aforementioned Elisabeth Welch sang the songs that brought them fame, whilst also performing tributes to their deceased predecessors Florence Mills and Ethel Waters.

1990 Amália Rodrigues performed at The Town Hall in what would become her last New York City concert. Rodrigues helped popularize fado around the world and is the highest selling recording artist in Portugal’s history. Rodrigues passed away in 1999. Portugal gave her a state funeral and made her the first woman interred at the National Pantheon.

1991 The Town Hall “Century of Change” series presented a landmark production of Scott Joplin’s opera Treemonisha, in association with the Harlem School of the Arts and Opera Ebony, under the baton of Tania León.

2001 One of the first concerts in New York City after 9/11, Laurie Anderson opened her show with a statement on peace and followed with a performance of “Statue of Liberty.” A longtime representative of New York’s downtown avantgarde, the Tribeca resident performed songs from her new album Life on A String, her first in seven years.

2016 Jackson Browne and Raúl Rodríguez brought their cross-cultural project “Song y Son” to The Town Hall. Together they filled the hall with a blend of flamenco, Afro-Caribbean and American roots music.

The Town Hall has hosted over 25 years of Broadway by the Year® and over 50 years of the People’s Symphony Concerts.

We honor

Marvin, Tom, the Board of Trustees and the entire Staff for the success of The Town Hall!

We are proud to be part of this historic theater with its extraordinary mission.

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J.P. Morgan is proud to support The Town Hall’s Centennial Anniversary and its ongoing mission to provide world-class entertainment and inspire diverse communities to participate in the arts for generations to come.

CONGRATULATIONS

CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY

"Here's to another century of enabling freedom of expression and breaking down barriers!"

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Established in 1981, The Town Hall Friend of the Arts Award is presented annually to individuals in recognition and appreciation of their abiding interest in the development, enrichment and support of the arts.

2019

Evan R. Chesler

Mona Golabek

2018

Laurie Anderson

Charles Hull

Robert Hurwitz

2017

Roberta Flack

Daryl Roth

2016

A Prairie Home Companion

Jennifer J. Raab

2015

Paul Libin

K.T. Sullivan

2014

George Wein

Bank of America

2013

Judy Collins

Robert E. Wankel

2012

Dr. Charlotte K. Frank

Marvin Leffler

2011

Dr. Joyce Brown

Judith Jamison

2010

Barbara & Scott Siegel

Elaine Stritch

Meryl H. Tisch

2009

Tovah Feldshuh

T. Phillip J. Smith

2008

Sharon Dunn

Fyvush Finkel

Lawrence C. Zucker

2007

Lillian Vernon

Sir George Shearing

2006

Barbara Cook

Judy & Michael Steinhardt

2005

Laurie M. Tisch

Peter Yarrow

2004

Sheldon Harnick

Morris W. Offit

2003

Paul LeClerc

Wendy Wasserstein

2002

Bobby Short

Mortimer B. Zuckerman

2001

Theodore Bikel

Michael Sovern

2000

Jacques d’Amboise

Muriel Siebert

1999

L. Jay Oliva

George Weissman

1998

Vartan Gregorian

Andrea Marcovicci

1997

Jane Alexander

John W. Kluge

1996

Agnes Gund

Lewis Rudin

Julie Wilson

1995

Betty Comden & Adolph Green

Senator Roy M. Goodman

1994

Anne Jackson & Eli Wallach

Vincent Sardi, Jr.

1993

Tony Bennett

Bill Green

1992

James R. Cherry

Dizzy Gillespie

1991

Victor Borge

1990

Marilyn Horne

1989

Joseph Papp

1988

Beverly Sills

1987

Martin E. Segal

1986

Helen Hayes

1985

Celeste Holm

1984

Dina Merrill

1983

Kitty Carlisle Hart

1982

Gerald Schoenfeld

1981

John Brademas

on its Centennial Anniversary! A Beacon For Free Speech and a Rich History for Entertainment. Looking forward to the next 100 years.

We

Patricia and Brian Shea

Thank you to our Suffragette Sisters who, 100 years ago, built this home to free speech, education and diversity.

Thank you to our our Sisters and brothers who preserved it for these first 100 years, and to our Sisters and Brothers who will grow and cherish these traditions for the next 100 years!

ongratulates Town Hall on its Centennial.

Congratulates Town Hall on its Centennial.

We are excited to be part of the celebration and look forward the next 100 years.

Broadhaven Capital Partners, LLC

Shauna and Michel Denkensohn

are excited to be part of the celebration and look forward the next 100 years.

Broadhaven Capital Partners, LLC

ThankYou!

Jay Symon Abrera

Amir Ali

Andy Aponte

Glenn Angelino

Melay Araya

Arsha Attique

Anthony Baez

Michael Bloomer

Jocelyn Bonadio-de Freitas

Jennifer Bush

Lemuel Callender

Alexis Cantirino

Justin Carrasquillo

Erin Contreras

Rafael Cortes

William Dehling

Florentino Diaz

Tara Donahue

Iliass Fellahi

Kai Fletcher

Stanley Forestal

Joseph Franqui

Steve Franqui

Seth Garrett

George Gee

Jose Gill Jervey

Jan Gonazalez Martinez

Angel Gonzalez

Jahi Grant

Deja Green

Johnny Lee Green

Lisa Harding

Paul Cameron Hardy

Kevin Jervey

Abdul Jihad

Karen Jimenez

Jorge Jusino

Donna Kong

Matt Konklin

Alexander Koveos

Ted Lambert

Tavares Lawson

Penelope Leonardo

Amber Levine

Andrew Lopez

Edwin Lopez

Josmeryi Lora

Cinderella Major

Jeff Mann

Oscar Maradiaga

Naida Matos

Kayana Maynard

Devante Meran

Britni M. Montalbano

Helen Morris

Mike Murphy

Tim Newsome

Tashya Ortiz

Sabrina Paratore

Scott Picone

Olivia Pizano

Tayra Pope

Eric Ramirez

Yamilett Ramirez

Melvin Ramos

Tiffany Reyes

Kevin Robles

Angel Rodriguez

Edgar Rodriguez

Ramon Sanabria

Timothy Spencer

Hady Toribio

Jacqueline Urias

Unique Valdez

Wilfredo Vilorio

Chris Wendt

Joshua Young

Lawrence Zucker

For your never-ending support and dedication to bringing world-class entertainment and education to New York!

With sincere gratitude and appreciation, Tom Wirtshafter, President, Marvin Leffler, President Emeritus, Lawrence C. Zucker, Executive Director, and The Board of Trustees

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Tom M. Wirtshafter President

Marvin Leffler

President Emeritus

Susan Zohn

Executive Vice President

Alfred H. Horowitz

Vice President

Bruce S. Leffler

Vice President

Ellen Miller-Wachtel General Counsel

Andrew T. Miltenberg Treasurer

Phyllis Putter Barasch Secretary

TRUSTEES

Teniola Adedipe

Shauna Denkensohn

Anne Frank-Shapiro

John A. Jenkins

David F. McCarthy

Natalie Moreno

Rita Robbins

Madhu Southworth

Timothy Stambaugh

Nevin Steinberg

LIFE TRUSTEES

Leona Chanin

Mary Dettling-Wright

ADVISORY COUNCIL

Kathleen Rosenberg, Chair

Nancy Berman

Sandy Horowitz

Elizabeth Iannizzi

Candace Leeds

Zita Rosenthal

Rhoda Rothkopf

ARTS IN EDUCATION

ADVISORY COUNCIL

Dr. Sharon Dunn

Michael Fram

Gary Hecht

Ernest Logan

Dr. Eloise Messineo

Dr. Lisa Mars

Dr. Pola Rosen

Leona Shapiro

George Young

THE TOWN HALL STAFF

Lawrence C. Zucker

Executive Director

Ted Lambert

Chief Operating Officer

Melay Araya

Artistic Director

Jocelyn Bonadio-de Freitas

Director of Education

Jeff Mann

Director of Marketing

Helen Morris

Director of Administration, Subscriptions & Membership

Alex Koveos

Digital Media Manager

Paul Cameron Hardy

Production Associate

Britni Montalbano

Administrative Assistant

Bill Dehling

Technical Director

Angel Rodriguez

Box Office Manager

Steven M. Franqui

Chief Engineer

Johnny Lee Green

House Manager

PRODUCTION TEAM

Carl Acampora

Production Manager

Steven Ehrenberg

Production Manager

Susan Jacobs

Production Advisor

Dave Silko

Production Consultant

Keith Sherman

Publicity

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A Very Special Thanks to Larry Jenkins

ADDRESS

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