T H E T O W N H A L L A N D M A R K C O R TA L E P R E S E N T
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IN PERFORMANCE & CONVERSATION
WITH MUSICAL DIRECTOR AND HOST
SETH RUDETSKY BROADWAY@THE TOWN HALL THIS SERIES WILL BE RAISING FUNDS FOR SANDY HOOK PROMISE. FOR MORE INFO VISIT SANDYHOOKPROMISE.ORG
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The Town Hall Presents
Broadway by the Year ® Created, Written, DIRECTED & Hosted by
Scott Siegel
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1 9 4 3 & 1951 Act 1: Oklahoma!, Something for the Boys, 1943 Artists and Models, Carmen Jones, and more! Act 2: The King and I, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Flahooley, 1951 Bagels & Yox, Paint Your Wagon, and more!
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1 9 6 5 & 1978 Act 1: Do I Hear a Waltz?, Flora, the Red Menace, The Roar of the 1965 Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Man of La Mancha, and more!
Act 2: On the Twentieth Century, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Working, 1978 Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Eubie!, Ballroom, and more!
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1 9 87 & 2 015 Act 1: Stardust, Starlight Express, Les Miserables, 1987 Into the Woods, and more! Act 2: An American in Paris, Dames at Sea, Finding Neverland, 2015 It Shoulda Been You, Hamilton, and more!
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A L e tt e r f r o m t h e p r e s id e n t s
Dear Broadway@ guests: Welcome to the final Broadway @ The Town Hall concert for 2019, our debut year. We congratulate Seth and his guests, Audra, Kelly and Jeremy for creating, hosting, sharing and entertaining us. Thank you. We are delighted that all of you have joined us tonight, especially all of you who subscribed for all the shows. What a fun and amazing series it has been. When The League of Political Education opened Town Hall in 1921, they envisioned it as a meeting house for all New Yorkers. It was early on when they discovered the acoustics, designed to carry the human voice, worked equally well for musical performances. So Town Hall became the venue where everyone wanted to have their debuts. Alice Tully has her own hall, but she had her debut here. And Isaac Stern helped save Carnegie Hall, but he too had his debut here. We hope you will visit our Halls of History on the Mezzanine. You will get a glimpse of some of the luminaries who have grace our stage. In 2021, Town Hall will celebrate our Centennial Anniversary. Part of the celebration will be the modernization of the Halls of History, connecting the past to our future. If you’re interested in helping The Town Hall Foundation envision the 21st Century Town Hall, please email info@thetownhall.org with the subject line “Town Hall Centennial” or call (212) 997-1003. Your involvement will help make possible the continuation of Town Hall’s rich tradition of bringing the widest range of voices and performers from all over the world to audiences in New York and beyond. On behalf of the Trustees of Town Hall Foundation, thank you for joining us tonight.
Tom Wirtshafter President
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A B O U T T HE AR T I S T S
JEREMY JORDAN Jeremy is a Tony and Grammy-nominated actor and singer. He most recently starred opposite Kerry Washington in the provocative Broadway play, An American Son, directed by Kenny Leon. Previously, he starred for three years on the CBS and CW hit, Supergirl after being a series regular on NBC’s musical drama, Smash. He also starred opposite Anna Kendrick in the film adaptation of Jason Robert Brown’s beloved musical, The Last 5 Years, for which he was honored with the Rising Star award at the Napa Film Festival. Jeremy starred opposite Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton in Todd Graff’s Joyful Noise for Warner Bros, and he’s the voice of ‘Varian’ in Disney Channel’s animated series, Tangled. He earned Tony, Grammy and Drama Desk nominations for starring as Jack Kelly in the hit Broadway musical, Newsies, reprising the role in Disney’s 2016 film release of the show. Also on Broadway, he starred as ‘Tony’ in the most recent Broadway revival of West Side Story; originated the role of ‘Clyde Barrow’ in Bonnie & Clyde, for which he won the Theatre World Award; and was featured in Rock of Ages.
Seth Rudetsky (musical director & Host) Seth Rudetsky is the afternoon host on Sirius/ XM Satellite Radio’s On Broadway as well as the host of Seth Speaks on Sirius/XM Stars. As an author, he penned My Awesome/Awful Popularity Plan and the sequel The Rise And Fall Of A Theater Geek (Random House) as well as three volumes of Seth’s Broadway Diary featuring inside scoop and hilarious stories from all of the stars he’s worked with. He co-wrote and co-starred in Disaster! (NY TIMES “critics pick”) which also premiered to rave reviews in London. In June 2016, he and his husband, James Wesley, co-produced a recording of What The World Needs Now with stars like Idina Menzel, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Carole King, Audra McDonald which went to number one on iTunes and @TownHallNYC @TownHallNYC | | 33
A B O U T T HE AR T I S T S raised more than $100,000 for the Orlando shooting victims (and is still raising money. Buy it!). Seth and James have a foundation called “Your Kids Our Kids” that presented Concert For America; a series around the country featuring stars like Barry Manilow, Stephanie Mills, Vanessa Williams, Tina Fey, Randy Rainbow and Audra MacDonald that raised money for 5 non-profits that have been working relentlessly since the 2016 presidential election. They also present Voices for The Voiceless, a yearly star-studded concert for You Gotta Believe which helps older foster children find families, even if they’ve aged out of the system. If you want to hang out with Seth and James and a bunch of Broadway stars performing up a storm, come on one of their cruises! In March 2019 they’re sailing to the Caribbean and in July they’re sailing to Alaska! SethsBroadwayVacations.com
Mark Cortale (Producer) Mark Cortale co-produced the new musical Midnight at the Never Get by Mark Sonnenblick, at the York Theatre this past fall. He produced Deconstructing Patti on Broadway last September at the Nederlander Theatre with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, starring Patti LuPone and Seth Rudetsky. He created the Broadway @ concert series in 2011 at The Art House in Provincetown where he serves as Producing Artistic Director. The series, featuring Seth Rudetsky as music director and host, had its eighth season this past summer and guest artists over the years have included Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, Sutton Foster, Megan Mulllally, Christine Ebersole, and Jessie Mueller. The Broadway @ series also premiered in 2013 in New Orleans, in Australia (Sydney & Melbourne) with Megan Mullally, and in London’s West End with Patti LuPone at the Leicester Square Theatre. The series has since traveled to cities that include Chicago @ The Steppenwolf, Beverly Hills @ The Wallis, Fort Lauderdale @ The Parker Playhouse, San Francisco @ The Herbst Theater and Scottsdale @ Scottsdale Center for the Arts. In the 2018-2019 season, the series launched in Boston @ The Huntington with Chita Rivera and continues later this month with Christine Ebersole. Mr. Cortale produced the feature film Varla Jean and the Mushroomheads and also produces the singing string quartet Well-Strung, which he co-founded. Info at markcortalepresents.com.
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NEW SHOW ADDED!
Thursday, J un e 27, 2019 • 8p m OUT ! FRIDAY, 29, ! 2019 • 8pm D OUT S OL DJ UNE 2 8 + Satur day, June S OL
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL + STEPHEN TRASK
THE ORIGIN OF LOVE The Songs & Stories of Hedwig
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T HE T OWN HALL F O U N D A T I ON The Town Hall’s mission is to provide affordable world-class entertainment by new and established artists to a diverse audience; to inspire the youth of our community to appreciate and participate in the arts at The Town Hall and in schools through our Educational Outreach Program; and to preserve and enhance The Town Hall as a historic landmark venue for the enjoyment and cultural enrichment of generations to come.
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TOUR THE HISTORIC TOWN HALL Town Hall has played an integral part in the electrifying cultural fabric of New York City for more than 90 years. A group of Suffragists’ fight for the 19th Amendment led them to build a meeting space to educate people on the important issues of the day. During its construction, the 19th Amendment was passed, and on January 12, 1921 The Town Hall opened its doors and took on a double meaning: as a symbol of the victory sought by its founders, and as a spark for a new, more optimistic climate. In 1921, German composer Richard Strauss performed a series of concerts that cemented the Hall’s reputation as an ideal venue for musical performances. Since, Town Hall has been home to countless musical milestones: The US debuts of Strauss, and Isaac Stern; Marian Anderson’s first New York recital; in 1945, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker introduced bebop to the world; Bob Dylan’s first major concert in ‘63; and much much more. Learn more. Visit thetownhall.org/tours @TownHallNYC | 7
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