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THE TOWN HALL PRESENTS
Broadway
by the Year® THE BROADWAY MUSICALS OF
1988 & 2017
CREATED, Directed, WRITTEN, AND Hosted BY
SCOTT SIEGEL
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
ROSS PATTERSON
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BROADWAY RISING STARS Created, Written & Hosted by Scott Siegel 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 acclaimed institutions. MARYMOUNT: Makyra Alexander Maddy Waters CCM: Emily Royer STEINHARDT: Joseph Valle-Hoag Stephanie Bacastow Emily Janes
AMDA: Brittneyann Accetta Giancarlo Pinzon Ashley Ryan William Taitel Giliana “Gigi” Encarnacion Dongwoo Kang
CAP 21: Hannah Mount
CIRCLE IN THE SQUARE THEATRE SCHOOL: Melanie Gettler
NYU - TISCH: Will Brockman Emma Maxwell
CARNEGIE MELLON: Christopher J. Essex
WAGNER COLLEGE: Nick Manna
UCLA: Kelsey Lee Smith
Tickets Available at Ticketmaster.com & The Town Hall Box Office (Mon-Sat, 12-6pm)
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THE TOWN HALL PRESENTS
Broadway by the Year® THE BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1988 & 2017 CREATED, DIRECTED, WRITTEN, AND Hosted BY
SCOTT SIEGEL MUSICAL DIRECTOR
ROSS PATTERSON Featuring
Farah Alvin Rebecca Faulkenberry Danny Gardner Marina Jurica Brian Charles Rooney WILLIAM MICHALS Matt Weinstein Also Featuring
The Broadway by the Year Chorus and The Broadway by the Year Dance Ensemble (directed & choreographed by Danny Gardner)
Assistant Director: Rick Hinkson Movement Coach & Production Assistant: Holly Cruz Production Assistant: Joe Burke
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A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENTS
Thank you for joining us this evening as we conclude the 19th season of Broadway by the Year®. The support of our subscribers makes this series not only possible but fun. And a special thanks to our Charter Subscribers, those individuals who have been with us for all of the 19 years: season by season, year by year, show by show. While some of us remember Broadway from the 30’s and 40’s going forward, we think it is safe to assume that most all of us remember Broadway from 1988 and 2017. Talk about two years of amazing musicals and plays. Phantom of the Opera went to the Tony Awards with 10 nominations and walked away with six. In 2017, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 led the pack with 12 nominations, but it was Dear Evan Hansen that walked away with the Best Musical Award and six wins. Dear Evan Hansen continues as an unqualified hit now in its 2nd year, and Phantom is still packing the house after 30 years. Trying to imagine what musicals will look like in 2048, thirty years from now is probably futile, but we know two things for sure. First, Town Hall, a National Historic Landmark, will still be singing the songs of Broadway. And to make sure that happens, we have begun a series of projects with the Rockwell Group (beginning with the cleaning and lighting of our façade) that will help us celebrate our 100th Anniversary in 2021 and help us envision the 21st Century Town Hall for many, many years to come. Later this fall, we will be announcing our future plans and we hope you will stay tuned. In the meantime, if you are interesting in helping celebrate our centennial, please give us a call at (212) 997-1003. And the other thing we are fairly sure of in 2048, the marquee at Majestic Theatre on 44th Street will read – “Now in its 60th Year - The Phantom of the Opera.” Thank you all,
Tom Wirtshafter Marvin Leffler President, Town Hall President Emeritus, Town Hall
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TONIGHT’S PROGRAM Act 1 - 1988 My Name in Lights (Legs Diamond) Danny Gardner w/ Emily Blake Anderson, Bryan Hunt, Lily Lewis, Claire Logan, Andrew Metzgar, Michael J. Verre, Daniel Plimpton, Emilie Renier The Phantom of the Opera (The Phantom of the Opera) Brian Charles Rooney & Marina Jurica Wishing You Were Somewhere Here Again (The Phantom of the Opera) Marina Jurica Music of the Night (The Phantom of the Opera) Brian Charles Rooney I’m Not Alone - (Carrie) Farah Alvin All I Wanted Was the Dream (Legs Diamond) Danny Gardner I Know Him So Well (Chess) Farah Alvin & Rebecca Faulkenberry Pity The Child (Chess) Brian Charles Rooney Nobody’s Side (Chess) Farah Alvin w/ Emma Camp, Lauren Kolas, Philippa Lynas, Ryan McConville, Sophie Rapiejko, and Matt Weinstein Anthem (Chess) William Michals
Act 2 - 2017 Tonight (Prince of Broadway/West Side Story) Marina Jurica & Brian Charles Rooney Love Will Come and Find Me Again (Bandstand) Rebecca Faulkenberry Answer Me (The Band’s Visit) Matt Weinstein w/ Emma Camp, Lauren Kolas, Philippa Lynas, Ryan McConville, and Sophie Rapiejko It Must Be Believed to be Seen (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) Brian Charles Rooney Playing Nancy (Groundhog Day) Rebecca Faulkenberry Kiss of the Spider Woman (Prince of Broadway / Kiss of the Spider Woman) William Michals Me and the Sky (Come From Away) Farah Alvin Journey to the Past (Anastasia) Marina Jurica & BBTY Chorus + Company Best Day Ever (Spongebob Squarepants) Danny Gardner w/ Danielle Aliotta, Emily Blake Anderson, Mandie Black, Matthew Borchers, Jake Corcoran, Tessa Grady, Bryan Hunt, Lily Lewis, Sarah Lichty, Claire Logan, Andrew Metzgar, Michael J. Verre, Corinne Munsch, Daniel Plimpton, Kristyn Pope, Emilie Renier, Joseph Sammour, Michael Santora, Britte Steele, Peter Surace [Program Subject to Change]
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A B O U T T H E P R OG R A M The critically acclaimed series has blossomed from an idea to what Show Business Weekly deems, “...an invaluable and entertaining jewel in the cabaret crown of New York.” Ticket sales have soared and stellar reviews have included The New York Times, which calls it, “Witty, breezily paced... informative ... valuable... the right perspective of lighthearted nostalgia...” Author/Critic Scott Siegel created the series for Town Hall, which he writes, directs, and hosts. Siegel takes audiences of all ages on a musical tour of the Great White Way, offering an entertaining verbal account of Broadway’s history. Each evening this season celebrates the songs from Broadway shows from two different years, divided only by an intermission. The songs are performed by a cast of handpicked Broadway and nightclub stars.
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 is currently celebrating its 18th critically acclaimed season. For more information about all of Scott’s shows, please visit Scott’s website at SiegelPresents.com
Ross Patterson Ross Patterson’s career in music has been as varied and eclectic as the many styles he loves to play. After completing his studies at The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Ross spent two years on the road as Musical director for the Ice Capades before heading to NYC. There, he quickly became one of the most sought after pianists by singers. This led to Ross musical directing, arranging and recording for many of the top cabaret artists in New York. He has been honored twice with the Backstage Bistro award for outstanding musical direction. For the past eighteen years Ross has been the arranger, musical director and band leader for the critically acclaimed Broadway by the Year® concert series at The Town Hall. 5 | @TownHallNYC
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Farah Alvin
Broadway: It Shoulda Been You, Nine, The Look of Love, Saturday Night Fever, Grease! Off-Broadway: The Last Smoker In America (cast album), The Marvelous Wonderettes (Drama Desk Nominee, cast album), I Love You Because (cast album), and many others. Other New York: Stars of David at the 92nd Street Y, regularly seen in the series Broadway Close Up (Kaufman Center), Broadway By the Year and Broadway Unplugged (Town Hall), 54 Sings… (54 Below). Regional credits include: Goodspeed, Papermill, Signature (Helen Hayes Award), TheatreWorks Silicon Valley and many others. Follow Farah on Instagram and Facebook.
Rebecca Faulkenberry Rebecca Faulkenberry has worked on broadway and in the west end in a variety of shows. Leading roles on broadway include; Groundhog Day (Nancy Taylor) Spiderman turn off the dark (M.J.), and Rock of Ages (Sherrie). In the U.K. she has worked at the Royal Court, the Hammersmith Apollo and West Yorkshire Playhouse. Tv/film credits include; Madam Secretary, Doctors (BBC), The Heart She Holler, Cut, Shoot, Kill and most recently Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, due for release in 2019. She received her bachelors from Indiana University, and her masters from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Danny Gardner Danny Gardner - Broadway: Lucky in Dames At Sea. Radio City Music Hall: Dad / George M. Cohan in The NY Spectacular starring the Radio City Rockettes. City Center Encores!: Dick Trevor in Lady, Be Good! (Subsequent Album). National Tours: White Christmas, Here to Stay – The Gershwin Experience! and 42nd Street. Off-Broadway: Time Step (New Victory Theatre), Room 17B and Everybody Gets Cake (59E59th Street Theatres), Danny is a regular at the Broadway By The Year concert series at Town Hall. Regional Theatre: Bobby Child in Crazy For You (Helen Hayes Nomination - Washington DC’s Signature Theatre). Don Lockwood in Singin’ in the Rain (Chicago’s Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre). Frump in the world premiere of Between The Lines (Kansas City Rep). Bert in Mary Poppins (Houston’s Theatre Under The Stars). Danny is currently playing Don Lockwood in Singin’ in the Rain at the Engeman theatre on Long Island. dannyjgardner.com @TownHallNYC | 6
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Marina Jurica Marina Jurica is the Chief Meteorologist for CBS47, but is no stranger to the stage. She studied both opera performance and meteorology at UCLA, and has been very lucky to pursue both her passions in life! Favorite roles nationwide include Maria in The Sound of Music, Amalia in She Loves Me, Polly in Crazy for You, & Nellie in South Pacific. She has also performed as a soloist with orchestras across the nation such as the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, & the Orlando Philharmonic. She is making her NYC nightclub debut with Seasons of Love on August 4th at Feinstein’s 54 Below and hopes to see you there! She is honored to be making her Broadway by the Year debut tonight.
WILLIAM MICHALS
Broadway: Bright Star, Emile in South Pacific (Lincoln Center Theater); The Beast, Gaston in Beauty and the Beast. Title roles: Man of La Mancha, Sweeney Todd, Most Happy Fella, The Music Man, Phantom. A l s o : Le s M i s e ra b l e s ( J a ve r t ) , C h i c a g o ( B i l l y Flynn), Kiss Me, Kate! (Fred/Petruchio), The Sound of Music (Captain von Trapp), Camelot (Lancelot), The Scarlet Pimpernel (Chauvelin). Operatic favorites: Carmen (Escamillo), Le nozze di Figaro (Figaro), Die Zauberflute (Papageno). Regular appearances with the leading symphonies of New York, Washington, D.C., Cleveland, Colorado, San Francisco, Maui, Taipei, Hong Kong – and everywhere in between! Multiple Major League sporting events. TV: Law and Order, All My Children, Guiding Light. Michals played the great theatrical and concert venues of the nation, including Carnegie Hall, The Palace, The Town Hall, LA’s Ahmanson, and D.C.’s Kennedy Center, The Rainbow Room, Feinstein’s, The Four Seasons, and 54 Below. WilliamMichals.com
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Brian Charles Rooney Brian Charles Rooney made his Broadway debut as Lucy Brown in The Threepenny Opera (Roundabout Theatre Co.); and won the CT Critics Circle Award for Best Actor in a Musical as Candy Darling in POP! (Yale Repertory). He was recently lauded by The New York Times for his performance as Dionne Salon in the hit Off-Broadway musical, Bedbugs!!! & won raves in the one-man musical Miss Blanche Tells it All, for which he won the NY Musical Festival Award for Outstanding Performance in a Lead Role. Brian has won two other NYMF Outstanding Performance Awards: (Bedbugs!!! - 2008 & Bayonets of Angst - 2014). He appeared with Kristin Chenoweth at Lincoln Center in Andrew Lippa’s I Am Harvey Milk, an oratorio celebrating the life of the famous activist; and in the Carnegie Hall Concert Production of Guys & Dolls, starring Nathan Lane & Megan Mullally. Other credits include: Featured Soloist in The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (N. American Tour); Homer in Floyd Collins (Actors’ Playhouse; Carbonell Award Nom.). Television credits: Camelot, Live from Lincoln Center & Sondheim! The Birthday Concert (both for PBS at Lincoln Center). Brian won The Kurt Weill Foundation’s Lys Symonette Award for Dramatic Excellence, and has appeared in sold out engagements at Feinstein’s / 54 Below & Joe’s Pub, and as a soloist with the Oregon, Seattle, & Albany Symphony Orchestras. briancharlesrooney.com
Matt Weinstein Matt Weinstein is thrilled to be back at Town Hall where he performed in Broadway’s Rising Stars 2014. He has recently finished playing Henry in the national tour of TheaterWorksUSA’s Henry and Mudge. Additionally, he was on the 2015 national tour of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Young Max). He appeared Off-Broadway in Sgt. Stubby (Stubby), and at the Secret Theatre in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Linus). He’s performed in concerts at Feinstein’s/54 Below, The Metropolitan Room, NJPAC, Carnegie Hall, Don’t Tell Mama, and the Laurie Beechman. Also a playwright, his original work the boy in the high heel shoes had its NYC-debut in February 2014. Matt is a proud AMDA-NY alumnus. He’d like to thank Scott and Barb (without whom he’d have no career) and Deb. As always, for Linda Katz. matt-weinstein.com @ MattWeinstein10
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2 0 1 9 S U B S C R I P T I O N R E N E WA L S AVA I L A B L E !
THE TOWN HALL PRESENTS
Broadway
by the Year® 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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