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FebRUARY 25 The Broadway Musicals of
1928 & 1935
Act 1: 1928 - Present Arms, The New Moon, Blackbirds of 1928, Animal Crackers, Whoopee, and more! Act 2: 1935 Porgy and Bess, At Home Abroad, Jubilee, May Wine, Jumbo, and more!
MarCH 25 The Broadway Musicals of
1943 & 1951
Act 1: 1943 - Oklahoma!, Something for the Boys, Artists and Models,Carmen Jones, and more! Act 2: 1951 - The King and I, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Flahooley, Bagels & Yox, Paint Your Wagon, and more!
May 20 The Broadway Musicals of
1965 & 1978
Act 1: 1965 - Do I Hear a Waltz?, Flora, the Red Menace, The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Man of La Mancha, and more! Act 2: 1978 - On the Twentieth Century, Ain't Misbehavin', Working, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Eubie!, Ballroom, and more!
June 17 The Broadway Musicals of
1987 & 2015
Act 1: 1987 - Stardust, Starlight Express, Les Miserables, Into the Woods, and more! Act 2: 2015 - An American in Paris, Dames at Sea, Finding Neverland, It Shoulda Been You, Hamilton, and more!
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BROAdWAy RISING STARS Creator, Writer, Director, Host:
Scott Siegel Marymount: Makyra Alexander Maddy Waters CCM: E mily Royer Steinhardt: J oseph Valle-Hoag Stephanie Bacastow Emily Janes Wagner College: Nick Manna
AMDA: B rittneyann Accetta Giancarlo Pinzon Ashley Ryan William Taitel Giliana “Gigi” Encarnacion Dongwoo Kang
NYU - Tisch: Will Brockman E mma Maxwell Circle in the Square Theatre School: Melanie Gettler
CAP 21: H annah Mount
Carnegie Mellon: Christopher J. Essex
Repertory Company HS for Theatre Arts: Kyra Pemberton
UCLA: Kelsey Lee Smith
Musical Director: John Fischer Vocal Performance Coach: Farah Alvin Choreographer: Nili Bassman Assistant Director: Rick Hinkson Movement Coach & Production Assistant: Holly Cruz Production Assistant: Joe Burke
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A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENTS On behalf of everyone at Town Hall, we welcome you to Broadway Rising Stars. This is another great night for us, as it represents the end of The Town Hall Presents season and the beginning of great artistic careers. For many of tonight’s talented performers, this represents their professional debut. We congratulate each and every one of them, and wish them great success in the future. In many ways, tonight’s Broadway Rising Stars’ debuts are in the tradition of all things Town Hall. The League of Political Education, a women’s suffragist organization, built the hall to host their “Town Meetings” to help New Yorkers become informed citizens. However, it became immediately clear that the perfect acoustics not only enhanced the human voice, but music as well. So for the past 97 Years, The Town Hall has been famous for its “debuts” and “breakout” concerts for dozens of legendary performers. This list includes Marian Anderson, Isaac Stern, Alice Tully, Bob Dylan, Glenn Gould, Nina Simone, and Leonard Cohen, as well as the first bebop concert featuring Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, and the first cabaret concert featuring Mabel Mercer and Bobby Short. This season included the debut of the Town Hall Ensemble, a group of phenomenal musicians led by the brilliant Steven Bernstein. The Ensemble performed two outstanding concerts evoking Town Hall’s past and envisioning its future. The first, City Suite, harkened back to the 1958 concert of Paul Robeson with its messages of freedom, hope and equality. Performances included Lisa Fischer singing Coretta Scott King’s songs from her Freedom Concerts, which debuted at Town Hall, and Eric Mingus singing “Freedom,” written and debuted by his father, Charlie Mingus on the Town Hall Stage in 1964. The second Ensemble concert reimagined the 1963 Town Hall concert of Bob Dylan. It was Dylan’s first major concert and included songs of protest, hardship and freedom and became the soundtrack of an entire generation. Guests who performed with the Ensemble included Bill Murray singing “Don’t Think Twice” and Laurie Anderson performing “Talkin New York.” We congratulate The Town Hall Ensemble, it’s creator, M.A. Papper, and we look forward to many great nights with them. We are thrilled for tonight’s concert and thank all of the mothers and fathers, families, teachers and tutors who have worked so hard to help their stars get here. And we thank Scott and Barbara Siegel, John Fischer, Rick Hinkson, Favra Alvin, Holly Cruz, Joe Burke, Nili Bassman and everyone who has worked hard over the past many months to make it possible for each of our Broadway Rising Stars to shine. Thank you for coming, we know you are all in for a special treat,
Tom Wirtshafter President, Town Hall
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TONIGHT’S PROGRAM
Brittneyann Accetta – Don’t Rain on My Parade (Funny Girl) Makyra Alexander – I’m Here (The Color Purple) Stephanie Bacastow – My White Knight (The Music Man) Will Brockman – This is the Moment (Jekyll and Hyde) Gigi Encarnacion – Colored Woman (Memphis) Christopher J. Essex – If I Sing (Closer Than Ever) Melanie Gettler – Be a Lion (The Wiz) Emily Janes – Woman (The Pirate Queen) Dongwoo Kang – I Have Dreamed (The King and I) Nick Manna – How it Ends (Big Fish) Emma Maxwell – But the World Goes ‘Round (And the World Goes ‘Round) Hannah Mount – The Writing on the Wall (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) Kyra Pemberton - Waiting For Life To Begin (Once On This Island) Giancarlo Pinzon – Let It Sing (Violet) Emily Royer – Everybody Says Don’t (Anyone Can Whistle) Ashley Ryan – You’ll Never Walk Alone (Carousel) Kelsey Lee Smith – The Story Goes On (Baby) William Taitel – The Impossible Dream (Man of La Mancha) Joseph Valle-Hoag – Into the Fire (The Scarlet Pimpernel) Maddy Waters – A Way Back to Then [title of show]
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM Town Hall proudly presents Broadway Rising Stars, a national showcase that introduces New York audiences to the next generation of up-and-coming talent as chosen by a panel of discerning judges from among the most outstanding new graduates from schools such as the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, CAP21, Circle in the Square Theatre School, Marymount Manhattan College, The New School, NYU’s Steinhardt Department of Music and Performing Arts, NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and other acclaimed institutions. The 2018 Rising Stars is spearheaded by Scott Siegel, creator/writer/host of Town Hall’s beloved Broadway by the Year® series. In the eleven years since Broadway Rising Stars first began, participants have scored top billing casting in Broadway shows as diverse as Wicked, Beautiful, Jekyll & Hyde, Hair, Les Miserables and Hamilton. Past Rising Stars have appeared on television in The Glee Project, Glee and A Christmas Carol. They have starred on the West End, been nominated for the prestigious Olivier award and played in countless national tours both in the U.S. and abroad.
We are so proud of our rising stars!
will brockman SCOTT SIEGEL Scott Siegel has created more than 300 major concerts that have been performed all over the world. He has written/produced/directed concerts for Michael Feinstein, created scores of nightclub acts that have played at major clubs around the globe, but is, perhaps, best known as the creator/writer/director/host of Town Hall’s signature series, Broadway by the Year®, which just concluded its 18th critically acclaimed season. For more information about all of Scott’s shows, please visit Scott’s website at SiegelPresents.com
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A B O U T T H E A RT I STS
B rittneyann Accetta (AMDA) A native of the East Coast, Brittneyann found her niche in the industry at the early age of 2, when she booked her first commercial for Toys R Us. At 4, she scored a supporting role in the feature film “Dragon Tales; Let’s start a Band.” At 7, she had been in 6 Sesame Street Episodes. By 17, she had sung the National Anthem at venues such as The American Airline Arena, Greensboro Colosseum, Madison Square Garden, The Barclays Center, Citifield, and the Red Bulls Arena. And now at 19, she feels as though tonight is her biggest accomplishment yet.
Makyra Alexander (Marymount) Makyra, who recently graduated from Marymount Manhattan college, is thrilled to be a part of Broadway Rising Stars this season. At MMC, she received her BA in Theatre performance with a musical theatre minor. She would like to dedicate her performance to her family and friends who have always supported her.
Stephanie Bacastow (Steinhardt) Metro-Atlanta Native. NYU: Rosa Bud in The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Young Gertrude in Loving Repeating. Workshops: Life of the Party (Larry O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin), Finding Home (Ricky Ian Gordon). Favorite credits include Mary Poppins, Luisa in The Fantasticks, Johanna in Sweeney Todd, and Cathy in The Last 5 Years. Lotte Lenya Competition Semi-Finalist, 2015. Education: MM - NYU Steinhardt, BM - University of Georgia. Love to mom, dad, and Sam. Thanks to God. www. stephaniebacastow.com / @stephbacastow
Will Brockman (NYU - Tisch) Will Brockman is a recent graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he studied at The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. In the fall of 2017, Will studied classical acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Some of Will’s previous credits include Blake in Millennial Pink Falcon, Tom Watson in Parade, and Cladwell in Urinetown. Upon graduating, Will was honored with the Outstanding Achievement in Studio Award from Strasberg. Will would like to thank his family and friends for all their love and support.
Giliana “Gigi” Encarnacion (AMDA) Born and raised in the Dominican Republic. My mother had a dream, a passion to perform. She would always sing wherever we went. That is probably what drove me to music. I played violin at age 4 and continued until about age 10. One day the school choir caught my attention and I decided to join. Our director assigned me a solo. The day of the Christmas concert at a local mall in Syracuse, NY, was my debut to the world and the first time my mom saw me perform. I don’t think I would have ever pursued musical theater as a career if it wasn’t for the endless love and support I get from my family. Especially my brother Diego, who would stay up late with me to watch Disney movies, and broadway shows on Netflix. I dedicate this performance to him, and all of my family. Giliana Victoria Encarnacion
Christopher J. Essex (Carnegie Mellon)
Christopher J Essex enthusiastically joins “Broadway Rising Stars” as a recent graduate from Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama. As an Actor/Musician from Fort Lauderdale, Fl., he has officially made his BIG move to New York City. While Pursuing Musical theater he plans to branch out to TV/Film, Commercial, Modeling and Voice Over work. While auditioning and working in NYC, he will continue to foster his career as a Country Music Artist, releasing his debut/demo album in the next couple of months. He would like to thank his mom for her continued and unconditional love and support. @TownHallNYC | 6
Melanie Gettler (Circle in the Square) Melanie is from Claremont, California. Melanie is so grateful for the opportunity to sing on this beautiful stage with these incredible people under such great guidance. Past credits include Ado Annie in Oklahoma!, Peter Pan in Peter Pan, and Masha in The Seagull. All the love and thanks go to The Gang and Sara Louise Lazarus, the woman who helped to make this opportunity possible and my favorite cheerleader.
Emily Janes (Steinhardt) Emily Janes just finished playing Stephanie in Saturday Night Fever at Cortland Repertory Theatre. Professional Theatre: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Marion- Piper Theatre Productions). Australian National Tours: The Boy From Oz (Staring Hugh Jackman). University Theatre: Sister Act (Tina), A Little Night Music (Desiree), Amour (Whore), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Ensemble). Concerts/ Readings: Steinhardt Singers (soloist- Radio City), Broadway Smash (soloist). Education: New York University, Bachelor of Music, Vocal Performance (Music Theatre). Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Advanced Diploma in Contemporary Voice. Emily would like to thank Scott and the team at BRS for this opportunity. www.emilyjanesnyc.com @emilyjanes16
Dongwoo “DW” Kang (AMDA) He flew 6,885 miles from his home country. He landed in New York city where he had never been before. Also he had never performed in English. People in New York started calling him “DW” then he started his first journey with his new name in America. He has been chosen to perform at the 12th Annual Broadway Rising Stars Concert. Furthermore, he will be a cast of the 2nd national tour team of The King and I this Fall. Dongwoo Kang is from Seoul, South Korea who wants to sing for brining love and hope to people. He is thankful that he got much support from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. All glory to God.
Nick Manna (Wagner College) Nick Manna is a New York Actor/Singer from Brooklyn, New York. He has always found joy in entertaining and creating characters for as long as he can remember. He just recently graduated as a Senior Theater Performance major at Wagner College. Favorite credits include Random Farm’s production of Shrek The Musical (Shrek), The Broadway Workshop Summer Festival’s Spamalot (King Arthur) and Broadway Workshop’s Xanadu (Danny). Wagner credits include Damn Yankees (Smokey), Avenue Q (Brian), Trojan Women 2.0 (Ray-Bob), Titanic (Isidor Straus), Stupid F@cking Bird (Eugene Sorn), 1776 (Ben Franklin) and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Calhoun).
Emma Maxwell (NYU - Tisch) Emma Maxwell is a proud 2018 graduate of NYU Tisch Drama’s New Studio on Broadway. This May, she received her BFA in Drama. Special thanks to Emma’s amazing family, friends, teachers, and this incredible cast and creative team. www.emmamaxwell.com
H annah Mount (CAP 21) Hannah Mount is from Irmo, South Carolina and is a graduate of the Molloy/CAP 21 BFA Musical Theatre program. Recent performance credits include Carrie (Carrie White) at Nassau Community College, Pippin (The Leading Player), 9 To 5 (Roz Keith) and Footloose (Rusty) with the Molloy Performing Arts Club, Seussical the Musical (Mayzie LaBird) with the Broadway Bound Vista Theatre Project and Into The Woods (Jack) with CAP 21. Recent musical direction credits include Catch Me If You Can, Footloose, and Pippin (MPAC) as well as Snoopy!!! The Musical (BBVTP).
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Kyra Pemberton (Repertory Company HS for Theatre Arts) Kyra is currently entering her senior year at Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts. There she has performed the roles of Annie in Annie and Leading Player in Pippin (recently featured at the historic Apollo Theatre), along with countless classroom projects and performances. She has also worked extensively with Riverdale Children’s Theatre performing in such shows as Sister Act The Musical (Deloris), 42nd Street, The Little Mermaid Jr. and many more. She would like to thank the The Town Hall Theatre and the staff of Repertory Company HS for their continued support and for the opportunity to be considered a “rising star” and take part in this evenings performance.
Giancarlo Pinzon (AMDA) Giancarlo Pinzon is a recent graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. He’s recently worked on readings for Arc Stages Productions in Pleasantville, New York. As a native New Yorker, originally from Queens and as an alumni of the Side by Side program of the Master Voices choir directed by Ted Sperling, he was always exposed to great artists. Performing along side the likes of Tony winners Kelli O’Hara and Victoria Clark, he hopes he can one day produce art to a quality resemblant of the performers he’s had the honor of sharing with.
Emily Royer (CCM) Emily is from Lexington, MA. After graduating Cum Laude from CCM with a BFA in musical theatre, she is now a NYC based actress. She has performed professionally in Cabaret (Helga, Sally Bowles u/s) at Lake Dillon Theatre Company in Colorado, High School Musical (Gabriella Montez) at Enlightened Theatrics in Oregon and The Music Man and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Reagle Music Theatre in Boston. At CCM, her credits include Gertrude McFuzz in Suessical, Yonah in Children of Eden, Melinda in Runaways, Carousel, Jesus Christ Superstar and Blood Brothers. Emily is an Equity Membership Candidate and is represented by The Price Group Talent Agency.
Ashley Ryan (AMDA) Ashley Ryan is a performer based in NYC, originally from New Hartford, CT. A graduate from AMDA, Ashley has created her own business from her skills as a pianist, and has toured several times across the country in The Wright Brothers: Those Daring Young Men and Their Flying Machine. Currently she is immersed in her second season at the Carousel Music Theater in Boothbay Harbor, ME, where she will be playing Sally in You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown. Along with performing, Ashley has a passion for music directing- collaborating presently with Women Who March, celebrating women’s rights through personal storytelling. ashleyryan.biz
Kelsey Lee Smith (UCLA) Graduate of UCLA Ray Bolger Musical Theater Program, Kelsey is ready to begin living her dream! Favorite roles: Adriana in Stephen Schwartz’ World Premier Opera, Seance On A Wet Afternoon, Opera Santa Barbara; Annie in Annie, Casa Mañana Fort Worth, Atlanta’s Theater of the Stars, and Sacramento Music Circus; Katerina in Dr Zhivago, La Jolla Playhouse (directed by Des McAnuff); Wendla in Spring Awakening; Wendy Jo in Footloose; Dancer in the West Coast Premier of Steel Pier. TV: Contestant on X Factor. Proud member AEA, and SAG/AFTRA. Thank you Scott Siegel and the Broadway Rising Stars team for this amazing opportunity!
William Taitel (AMDA) William Taitel is eternally grateful to be a part of this concert. As a recent graduate of college he never expected to make it here, but now that he is he’s glad he spent all that money. Prior credits include: Ragtime, To Be Or Not To Be: The Beyond Workshop Series 2018, Jekyll & Hyde, Les Miserables, and The Grapes of Wrath. He thanks his mother, his father, his sister, and Kurt Weill for all the inspiration along the way! @TownHallNYC | 8
J oseph Valle-Hoag (Steinhardt) Joseph has been featured in several productions at NYU Steinhardt including: Brigadoon (Tommy Albright), Drood (Neville Landless), The Secret Garden (Dr. Craven), A Little Night Music (Frederik Egerman), Kiss Me Kate, and Grand Hotel. Joseph also helped workshop a new musical titled Somebody Please Tell Me Who I Am with the BMI Theater Workshop. In 2017, Joseph helped workshop a new musical, Life of The Party, written by Larry O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin. Education: NYU Steinhardt.
Maddy Waters (Marymount) Maddy Waters is absolutely honored to be part of this incredible group of performers! She is a recent graduate of Marymount Manhattan College, where she appeared in Merrily We Roll Along as Scotty, and in Evelyn: A New Musical as Evelyn. An accomplished singer on stage and in the recording studio, Maddy can also be heard singing backup on several indie albums. Eternal gratitude to mom, dad, those tiny pigs that fit inside a teacup, Ava, Jessica Corbin, and Pat Simon for the roles they have played in helping her find her way.
CONGRATULATIONS! President Kerry Walk and the entire Marymount Manhattan College community warmly congratulate STEPHANIE BACASTOW
EMILY JANES
JOSEPH VALLE-HOAG
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For more information on how to join, contact: Helen Morris Director of Administration, Memberships, and Subscriptions (212) 997-1003 x 10 |Â hmorris@thetownhall.org.
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