Our Mission 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 in our community to appreciate and participate in the arts at The Town Hall and in schools through our Education Outreach Program; to preserve and enhance The Town Hall as an historic landmark venue for the enjoyment and cultural enrichment for generations to come.
Our History Built by The League of Political Education, a women’s suffragists group, The Town Hall was envisioned as a meeting house for all New Yorkers. A public forum for the free discussion of political and civic matters, where all sides would have equal privileges and where any lawabiding person could voice their opinion on the affairs of the day. When the hall opened, they quickly realized that the acoustics designed for the human voice was also perfect for music as well. The Town Hall is a 1,500-seat National Historic Landmark venue in the heart of New York City, and host to countless cultural and musical milestones. Margaret Sanger was arrested for talking about birth control, Mailer and Greer debated the woman’s movement, and protests and rallies have been part and parcel of Town Hall for over 97 years. From 1935 to 1956, Town Hall hosted America’s Town Meeting of the Air, radio’s most popular public access program, featuring guests as diverse as Eleanor Roosevelt, Norman Thomas, Langston Hughes, Joseph McCarthy, Pearl Buck and Carl Sandburg. Strauss, Stravinsky and Isaac Stern made their US debuts at Town Hall. Marian Anderson gave her first New York recital there. Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Bob Dylan had their first major concerts, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker debuted bebop, and Mabel Mercer & Bobby Short staged the “Woodstock of Cabaret” from the Town Hall stage.
As We Look To The Future The Town Hall’s mission is ever evolving, but we never lose sight of our founders’ vision. We endeavor to keep their principles in mind with every facet we add to the jewel that is Town Hall. In 2021, Town Hall will be celebrating 100 years of bringing art, culture, and conversation to the people of New York. We are in the midst of planning our Centennial Anniversary and are cultivating new supporters to participate in this campaign. In celebration, The Town Hall Foundation will modernize for the 21st century by honoring its history as a gathering place for New York and its status as a National Historic Landmark. As a New York City beacon of culture, Town Hall’s renovations and enhancements will ensure it is relevant for future generations. This project will make it possible for us to continue our rich tradition of bringing the widest range of performers and points of view from all over the world to New York audiences.
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Our Programs 2019-20 Presenting Season The Hall produces over 30 productions as part of its critically acclaimed presenting season, celebrating the diversity of this great city with programs for all audiences–unique voices from around the world, new collaborations, public affairs and education, social progress and political discourse. A diverse audience of over 200,000 visits The Hall each year for the presenting season.
The Town Hall Ensemble In 2017, we presented the debut performance of the Town Hall Ensemble, an All-Star collective that celebrates the cultural and musical history of New York City. Led by renowned musical director and trumpeter Steven Bernstein, the Town Hall Ensemble features a diverse lineup of some of the city’s greatest musicians. We are planning for many Town Hall Ensemble performances to come.
SCHOOL PROGRAMS Since 1998, when our Education Outreach Programs were founded, The Town Hall has impacted the lives of over one million children throughout New York City. Our programs offer arts education and enrichment activities to students, and as a result, they encourage students to understand subjects in the core curriculum while applying their classroom knowledge to real-world situations. Skilled in the disciplines of music, dance, theatre, visual arts, and technical theatre, Teaching Artists lead students at each school in classroom workshops that culminate in performances or displays that are attended by their teachers, peers, and families. Workshops introduce new skills that foster creative expression, critical thinking, self-awareness, personal discipline, and build self-esteem. Town Hall’s arts education programs infuse children’s lives with experiences in the arts to help them grow into confident, creative, and compassionate young adults. Town Hall annually provides over 8,000 students throughout New York City access to arts education programs.
SENIOR CENTERS Town Hall curates programming in arts disciplines such as visual art, theatre, and storytelling at three different senior centers; two of which are located in Brooklyn, and the other center is just a few doors down from Town Hall itself in Manhattan. Project FIND Senior Center: Theatre Program Town Hall’s residency at Woodstock Senior Center takes place in the spring on Saturdays and is led by a Town Hall Teaching Artist who facilitates weekly sessions involving theatre games, storytelling, script-writing, and singing. The culminating event brings everyone together at the center to view the recorded video the seniors create at the Manhattan Neighborhood Network studio.
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Our Programs SENIOR CENTERS cont’d SU-CASA Programs: Boro Park Y and Council Center for Senior Citizens My Voice: A Storytelling and Visual Art Making Series In March of 2019, Town Hall launched My Voice: A Storytelling and Visual Art Making Series at two Brooklyn senior centers: Boro Park Y and Council Center for Senior Citizens. This program features an interdisciplinary approach to providing a creative learning and performance opportunity for senior citizens. The Teaching Artists leading the program provide lessons in both visual art and theatre, and foster a space for the seniors to explore their individual identities while cultivativating new relationships with one another through their artistic expression and group work. At the conclusion of these programs, the seniors share their work with their communities through visual art displays and theatrical performances.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION Each year, since 1997, Town Hall presents a series of concerts, in celebration of Black History Month for public school children. Black History Month in February brings celebrated Black artists to The Town Hall stage, not just to entertain, but also to educate New York City public school children from all 5 boroughs about the cultural significance of contributions by African-American artists. Town Hall invites over 4,500 New York City public school children to attend four performances—free of charge—to students, many of whom are seeing a live show for the first time. Before the concert, we send classroom teachers study guides with information about the show along with a classroom vocabulary and activities that correlate to the concert. Past guests have included The Ebony Hillbillies, Stefon Harris, Urban Bush Women, The Young Hoofers, The Persuasions, Women of the Calabash, and many more. Following the February performances, Town Hall holds a Poster and Essay Contest for children who attended the performances. The contest encourages children to think critically about the performance, as well as express themselves through words and pictures.
SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM Town Hall’s Summer Internship Program, in collaboration with the NYC Department of Education and NAF, provides 30 New York City high school students (students, ages 1618, who are representative of all five boroughs) the opportunity to explore arts-related industries as a career path, including administration, production assistance, technical and design skills, and critical writing. The internship provides teens with practical skills which gives them an enriching experience that boosts their self-confidence and a sense of accomplishment. It allows students to earn minimum wage as they gain substantive work experience at a young age. Interns develop a professional resume, participate in weekly job readiness workshops with working arts professionals, and engage in career exploration activities. The goal of the Summer Internship Program is to provide teens with practical skills which give them a competitive edge upon entering the workforce for the first time, in any industry.
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Our Programs RIKERS ISLAND: STORYTELLERS LAB The Town Hall Education Department works with detained young men on Rikers Island, ages 18-21. Two distinguished teaching artists collect stories about their experiences prior to their detainment. Our program gives these young men an outlet to express their feelings, concerns and anger in a meaningful way. On the last day, there is a final presentation in which these young men bravely share their stories with their peers. In 2019, Town Hall expanded the program to three residencies. This allowed for more time and space for the young men articulate their thoughts and feelings, and shape their writing skills. At the culmination of each residency on Rikers Island, Town Hall designs a booklet of the participants’ work, which is distributed to each of them on the last day.
Broadway’s Rising Stars The most anticipated event in The Town Hall’s presenting season is Broadway’s Rising Stars. Every July, talent agents and Broadway aficionados fill our house to catch a glimpse of tomorrow’s favorite triple threats. The Broadway’s Rising Stars concert features top talent from nationally celebrated musical theater programs. The Rising Stars are handpicked by Broadway impresario Scott Siegel, who creates a concert to showcase each individual’s unique talents through some of Broadway’s biggest hits, and some of its lesser known gems. Now approaching its seventh year, this program has launched the careers of its alumni who star in national tours (including Legally Blonde and Wicked), Broadway shows (Hair and Wicked), off-Broadway performances (Carrie, Abingdon Theatre, 59E59th, and Second Stage Theatre, among others), and make their return to The Town Hall stage throughout our season in the signature Broadway by the Year® series.
Young Patrons Circle The Town Hall’s Young Patrons Circle (YPC) is a special membership group that engages in social and educational activities through exciting events, performances, and programming. Brought together by a shared love of the arts, deep interest in social change and civic engagement, and a desire to become a part of a growing group of like-minded individuals, members of the YPC are provided with a meaningful opportunity to develop a closer relationship with Town Hall and its integral role in the fabric of NYC’s arts community. As we look toward the future, we want to bring the next generation together to mix, mingle, and raise awareness about this historic landmark as a crucial part of the cultural landscape of New York City.
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Education Outreach Programs The Town Hall has been an integral part of New York City’s cultural life since 1921 with music, dance and educational programs for people of all ages. Through our Education Outreach Programs we provide high quality arts programming for New York City public schools and community groups throughout the city. Teaching artists lead interactive art workshops that introduce new skills to foster creative expression, critical thinking, self-awareness, personal discipline and build self-esteem. Our staff is available to work with all age groups in various community settings.
Available Programming (for all ages) Music:
Visual Arts / Technical Theatre:
• Percussion with instruments and found objects • Songwriting • Chorus • Musical theatre revues
• Set construction and design • Intro to art making • Mixed media - painting, drawing, sculpture, collage • Creative writing • Costume design • Lighting design and application
Theatre / Storytelling: • • • •
Playwriting Improv Scene work Devised theatre
Dance: • • • •
Creative movement Tap • Modern • Hip Hop Latin • African • World Square • Jazz
New Offerings! Art and Social Justice for all community groups Our programs aim to raise awareness of the world around us and examine notions of equity and equality through the artistic parallels that shaped and defined social movements of the last 100 years. Immigrants' Rights | What does it mean to be an American on paper and in practice? Teaching artists will guide discussion and artistic exploration of complex stories about immigration and current legislation directly impacting the lives of immigrants and their families. Suffrage | How has voter participation been shaped, expanded or suppressed in the last century? Teaching artists will lead an exploration of identity politics and how it has informed and continues to inform political participation. Human Rights | What social movements directly advocate for the basic human standards of dignity, freedom, equality, justice and peace? Teaching artists will investigate the artistic response to significant social movements such as Civil Rights, Gay Rights, Black Lives Matter, Women's Rights and more. The Art of Public Speaking for high school students What inspirational speakers influenced and led social justice movements in the last 100 years? Teaching artists will prepare students for public speaking through the analysis of social movement leaders.
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Board of Directors
Officers
Affiliation
Joined THe TOwn Hall
President
Tom M. Wirtshafter
Director, American Portfolios; Producer, Barrow Street Theatre
2002
President Emeritus
Marvin Leffler
Town Hall Foundation
1978
Retired Partner, Ernst & Young
2015
Alfred H. Horowitz
President, Alsand, Inc.
1980
Bruce S. Leffler
Partner, Goldfard & Fleece, Attorneys
2007
Executive Vice President
Susan Zohn
Vice Presidents
Treasurer
Andrew T. Miltenberg
Partner, Nesenoff & Miltenberg, LLP
2012
Trustee, NYU
2010
Jacobo AlmuiĂąa
Executive Director, Santander
2019
Robert E. Evanson
Retired President, McGraw-Hill Education
2013
Anne Frank-Shapiro
Chief Compliance Officer, Pegasus Capital Inc.
2013
Henry Johansson
Retired Management Consultant, Coopers & Lybrand
2015
David F. McCarthy
Principal, DF McCarthy LLC
Ellen Miller-Wachtel
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Major League Baseball Properties
Secretary
Phyllis Putter Barasch
Trustees
2019 2020
Rita Robbins
President, Affiliated Advisors, Inc.
2013
Madhu Southworth
Sr. Vice President, Legal & Business Affairs AMC Entertainment
2016
Nevin Steinberg
Sound Designer
2013
Life Trustees
Advisory Council
Leona Chanin
Kathleen Rosenberg
Eugene J.T. Flanagan
Nancy Berman Shauna Denkensohn Sandy Horowitz Elizabeth Iannizzi Zita Rosenthal
Arts in Education Advisory Council
Dr. Charlotte K. Frank
Dr. Lisa Mars
Michael Fram
Dr. Eloise Messineo
Dr. Sharon Dunn
Dr. Pola Rosen
Gary Hecht
Leona Shapiro
Ernest Logan
George Young
Rhoda Rothkopf
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Education Partners 2019-2020 Bronx
Manhattan
Queens
Department of Corrections Rikers Island Tennille Anthony, Director of Program Development and Partnerships Partner since 2018
PS 158 Upper East Side Dina Ercolano, Principal Partner since 2014
PS 384 Long Island City Christine Britton, Principal Partner since 2019
Baruch College Campus High School Gramercy Alicia Perez-Katz, Principal Partner since 2017
Q166 Astoria Jessica Geller, Principal Partner since 2014
Brooklyn JHS 227 Bensonhurst Dr. Edwin Hernandez, Principal Partner since 2018 PS 309 Bedford-Stuyvesant Tanya Bryant, Principal Partner since 2019 PS 682 Gravesend Josephine Sportellagiusto, Principal Partner since 2010 Borough Park Y Neighborhood Senior Center Borough Park Judy Liff, Senior Center Director Partner since 2019 Brooklyn Environmental Exploration School (BEES) Bedford-Stuyvesant Craig Garber, Principal Partner since 2019
Churchill School and Center Kips Bay Dr. Timothy Madigan, Head of School Partner since 2018 Gramercy Arts High School Gramercy Pamela Mudzingwa Makin, Interim Acting Principal Partner since 2015
Small Wonder PreSchool, Inc. Glendale Ursula Salih, Executive Director Partner since 2019
Staten Island PS 39R Mid-Island Tracey Wright, Principal Partner since 2014
Neighborhood School East Village Dyanthe Spielberg, Principal Partner since 2019 Woodstock Senior CenterProjectFIND Midtown David Gillcrist, Executive Director, Project FIND Chenal Thompson, Director, Woodstock Senior Center Partner since 2016
Council Center for Senior Citizens Sheepshead Bay Rosemarie Riola, Executive Director Partner since 2019
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History October, 2018 The Beastie Boys Book: Live & Direct with Adam Horowitz and Michael Diamond. October, 2018 The Lantern Tour with Emmylou Harris, Jackson Browne, Shawn Colvin, Lila Downs, Graham Nash, Jerry Douglas & others in concert for Migrant and Refugee Families. May, 2018 Tomorrow is a Long Time. The Bob Dylan birthday celebration with songs from his 1963 Town Hall Debut concert. January, 2018 People’s State of The Union. Mark Ruffalo, Cynthia Nixon, Michael Moore and many more celebrities came together in resistance to President Trump’s State of the Union. October, 2017 The Town Hall Presents: Town Hall Ensemble: City Suite. The inaugural performance by the Town Hall Ensemble. June, 2017 This Fight Is Our FIght, the new title released by Progressive Senator Elizabeth Warren with Q&A. June, 2017 How Music Works - Presented by David Byrne in celebration of his book release How Music Works. March, 2017 And Then Yo La Tengo Turned Itself Inside Out where YLT mixed it up with horn, string, and percussion improvisers. February, 2017 Neil Gaiman: Norse Mythology. The bestselling author released his new book Norse Mythology and a discussion with Ophira Eisenberg. February, 2017 Laurie Anderson & Christian McBride considered one of the best live Jazz Shows of 2017 by The New York Times. April, 2016 Aliens and a Conversation with Sigourney Weaver. On “Alien Day”, 4.26, we celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of the release of Aliens. March, 2016 Jackson Browne & Raúl Rodríguez: Song Y Son. Blending of American sounds and Spanish rhythms. December, 2015 Steve Earle and The Dukes host a benefit concert for children diagnosed with autism.
November 2015 TED TALKS LIVE. A series of TED TALKS broadcast live from our stage with topics on education, War & Peace, and Science & Wonder. April, 2015 Gilberto Gil performs ‘Gilbertos Samba’ mixing Brazilian pop with old bossa-nova. September, 2013 Another Day, Another Time A celebration concert for the release of the new film, Inside Llewyn Davis. June, 2011 Sandra Bernhard debuts her, “I Love Being Me, Don’t You?” with special guest Liza Minnelli. November, 2009 Robin Williams presented his latest show, Weapons of Self Destruction, as an HBO special. March, 2008 Jerry Lee Lewis. The last living legend from Sun Studios’ Million Dollar Quartet, Lewis was Rockin’ and Rollin’ along with Ken Lovelace. May, 2007 Bright Eyes begins a 7 night run at Town Hall. From May 25 to June 1, Bright eyes welcomed special guests such as; Lou Reed, Norah Jones, and Ben Gibbard during his week stay at the hall. September 2004 Gilberto Gil and David Byrne share a bill. The revolutionary of Brazilian pop met the character of David Byrne for a truly interesting show. March, 2004 Marianne Faithful performs off her new album, “Before the Poison”. September, 2003 Elvis Costello begins three nights at Town Hall promoting his North album with Steve Nieve on piano. September 11, 2002 Town Hall’s Brave Brave New World, a Sept. 11 Theatrical Remembrance. Designed to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Sept. 11, fifty new plays and songs were created and presented by our nation’s most talented performers and directors. March, 2002 Joan Baez makes her Town Hall Debut and plays off her Farewell Angelina album. June, 2000 Eddie Izzard does three nights for his one-man comedy show after selling out his UK tour.
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History August, 1999 Joan Armatrading. Making her first New York appearance in three years, this three-time Grammy Award-nominee performs to a phenomenal critical success.
March, 1987 Harolyn Blackwell, soprano, as part of Town Hall’s Select Debut series. Switching from the Broadway style to opera style, Harolyn went on to be one of the brightest stars on the stage.
March, 1998 70’s Jazz Pioneers Live at the Town Hall. Randy Brecker, Dave Liebman, Pat Martino, Joanne Brackeen, Buster WIlliams, and Al Foster playing the best jazz from the 1970’s.
1985 The Town Hall Concert Live Recording. Among the special guests were Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, James Newton, and Tony WIlliams.
June, 1997 Natalie Merchant, the lead singer of the 10,000 Maniacs, performs from her first solo album Tigerlily, which was a commercial success.
1981 Philip Glass Ensemble performs 3 concerts: Einstein on the Beach, 1st Complete Version, Music with Changing Parts, Music with Similar Motion, and Music in 12 Parts, which would go on to be presented in the 2018 Season.
October, 1996 A Tribute to Oscar Peterson. After this legend’s stroke in 1993, he was right there behind the piano, and backed with an all-star line-up. December, 1995 Wayne Shorter performs his first New York Concert in 5 years from his “High Life” album. June, 1992 JVC Jazz Festival presents a night of Chesky Jazz Live. Tom Harrell, Phil Woods, Jim McNeely, Peter Washington, Bill Goodwin, Fred Hersch, Ana Caram, and Paquito D’Rivera perform a show for the ages. December 1991 Scott Joplin’s TREEMONISHA an Opera in 3 acts. Part of the Century of Change series, this opera was presented with the Harlem School of the Arts Chorus. September, 1989 Gene Harris and the Philip Morris Superband Live at Town Hall. a great jazz performance which was recorded and documents one of the first concerts by Gene Harris’ star-studded big band. March, 1989 The Town Hall’s Century of Change series presented the back alley musical, Archy & Mehitable, starring Taylor Dane and Lee Wilkof. December 1988 The Town Hall Not Just Jazz series featuring Meredith Monk with Nurit Tilles. November 1988 Sharon Isbin on guitar. The American classical guitarist and founding director of the Guitar Department at Julliard.
April, 1973 Joan Crawford in the Legendary Ladies Series. February, 1973 Legendary Ladies Series launches with Bette Davis: a screening of some of her greatest scenes and a lecture from Bette Davis herself. May, 1969 Mabel Mercer & Bobby Short. The pairing of two generations of cabaret singers on a single stage fared well for the audience with musical renditions of Cole Porter and Cy Coleman. April, 1964 Pete Seeger Children’s Concert at Town Hall. Pete Seeger plays all the classic childrens favorites in his classic folk style. March, 1964 The Judy Collins Concert. The twenty-four-year-old folk singer performs on March 21, 1964 as her first major music hall performance. April, 1963 Bob Dylan’s Town Hall Debut on April 12, 1963, his first ever major concert. Over a thousand were in attendance as he played his unknown and original work. December, 1959 Igor Stravinsky Concert, joined with four other composers; Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Lukas Foss, and Roger Sessions. September, 1959 Nina Simone at Town Hall. The recorded and celebrated album showcases Simone’s impeccable skills as both a singer and a pianist. In 2006, Simone’s daughter performed a tribute concert on Town Hall’s stage to honor her mother.
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History February, 1959 The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall. This famous performance introduced Monk’s new band of ten musicians and cemented him as a big band leader. February, 1958 American Opera Society presented The Coronation of Poppea. The greatest soprano of her time, Leontyne Price, the girl with the golden voice headlined the stage. January, 1958 Betty Allen makes her New York Debut at the Town Hall. She was in the First Wave of African American opera singers to break down racial barriers. October, 1957 Carlos Montoya, the leading flamenco guitarist performs.
April, 1942 Billie Holiday performs at the Fourth Town Hall Jazz Concert. February, 1936 Eleanor Roosevelt, the then First Lady appears on America’s Town Meeting of the Air where the topic was “Young America Looks Forward”. December 1935 Marian Anderson performs her operatic debut after being refused at every other music hall. November 1935 Eight Year Old Prodigy Ruth Slencynska makes her debut at Town Hall and is acclaimed by European critics. The book, Forbidden Child recounts her troubled life. May, 1935 America’s Town Meeting of the Air performs its first radio broadcast. The weekly radio program runs for 21 years.
April, 1957 Duke Ellington for the Fresh Air Fund benefit concert. December, 1954 Billy Taylor Trio performed many well-known standards with bassist Earl May and drummer Precy Brice. March, 1949 Burl Ives plays to a sell-out audience and performs seven encores.
February, 1932 Sergei Rachmaninov plays at Town Hall during the Town Hall Endowment Series. August, 1929 Sacco & Venzetti Memorial. The Sacco-Venzetti Memorial Committee and the ACLU hold a memorial for these political radicals.
April, 1947 Joseph R. McCarthy in America’s Town Meeting of the Air with the question of “Should the Communist Party be Outlawed in the United States.”
May, 1927 Paul Robeson & Lawrence Brown: A Program in Negro Music. The son of a former slave, Robeson became famous performing leading roles in Black Boy, Porgy & Bess, The Hairy Ape, and Othello.
November, 1947 Sarah Vaughan and Lester Young perform in a recorded concert that was not released commercially until 1997.
February, 1923 Ruth St. Denis performs on the stage in Ted Denishawn & Denishawn Dancers. She went on to promote dance as a sacred art.
June, 1945 Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker are joined by Max Roach in a recorded concert that was a pioneering bebop experience.
December 1921 Richard Strauss performs three recitals in the month of December.
May, 1946 Former mayor of New York Fiorello LaGuardia discusses: “What Can We As Individuals Do To Help Prevent World Famine?” September, 1944 Eddie Condon leads a series of recordings that were broadcast weekly on the radio.
November, 1921 Margaret Sanger’s Famous Arrest on our stage during a public lecture on birth control. January, 1921 The opening of Town Hall. Founded by a group of suffragists (The League for Political Education) seeking to build a space where people could be educated.
February, 1944 Langston Hughes discusses in a Town Meeting: “Let’s Face the Race Question”
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