American Songbook Project | 2011

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Mission The mission of The American Songbook Project: The American Songbook Project was founded in 1999 as a 501(c) (3) charitable organization. It brings singers from Broadway and cabaret into New York City schools and community organizations to introduce young people to some of the beautiful melodies and meaningful lyrics of the American songs that are part of their heritage. These one-hour programs include not only American popular standards, but also some of the great new songs being written by today’s talented composers. No matter where these young students travel around the world, American songs will no doubt be playing in the background. These songs are their birthright as American citizens and one of the glories of our country.

Through these programs, we hope to be planting the seeds to develop new songwriters, performers, and if nothing else, new listeners.

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Preserve the heritage of American songs and to foster its artists.

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Promote the art of live performance with a special focus on classic and contemporary popular American songs.

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Present American popular songs in schools, community centers, and other venues with the goal of education and developing new audiences for them.

Advisory Board Lucie Arnaz Anna Bergman Laura Brightsen Charles Cermele Jamie deRoy Malcolm Gets Ralph Guild

Rebecca Luker Rebecca Patterson Ron Pobuda Ian Ralfini Robert M. Safron Frank Skillern Donna Soloway

www.theamericansongbookproject.org

Board of Directors Michael Putman Estwanik P re side n t

Lynn DiMenna

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Sean Patrick Murtagh photo by Shirin Tinati

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Deborah Coughlin Shana Farr Lance Horne Susan Kim-Piazza Pam Laudenslager

Michael Putman Estwanik

November 4th, 2011 Welcome friends of The American Songbook Project, Why do we choose our causes?

In 1980 I was living in spectacular Lake Tahoe so I could ski each winter. But there was little quality entertainment for me to enjoy except for casino shows and I noticed there was nothing for families. So one day I decided to begin a summer musical theatre company. In our second year I was asked by one of our directors to play the role of Snoopy in the musical You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. The business aspect of the company was running pretty well so I thought, what the hell. Because the only water fountain in the facility where we performed was in the lobby (and bottled water had not yet been invented), after intermission I would wait until the very last minute and sneak out there for a quick drink just before going back onstage to face “The Red Baron.”

One afternoon, when the doors to the auditorium were already closed and I was leaning over the fountain, a little five-year-old boy came barreling out of the men’s room, wondering where everybody had gone. I went over to him and said “What’s your name?” He said “Tommy, Snoopy.” “Well Tommy, you’d better hurry back to your seat for the second half.” “Oh, you mean there’s more Snoopy?” and he went skipping off. He started to run back into the auditorium to join his family who must have been wondering where he was. But he suddenly darted back out, tugged on my costume and asked “Snoopy, is the second half going to be in color too?”

That is why I founded that theatre company. And our Board of Directors of The American Songbook Project and the many performers we have taken to our New York schools for the past eleven years could each tell you similar stories that reinforce why we are committed to preserving The American Songbook Project. To sharing it with our youth. With the arts budget cuts in our schools, with the little bit of exposure our youth have to our great songs of beautiful melodies and meaningful lyrics, we all need to do what we can if we expect these treasures to be around much longer. But TASP programs do not include only the “old standards.” We also include many of the great songs being written by our very talented contemporary songwriters whose work also deserves to be shared.

The American Songbook Project does not have all the answers to this challenge. But we are trying and we would love for you to try with us. Soon we will be forming a Guild, a group of volunteers who believe in our mission and who would like to become involved. We need you, and more importantly our young children and our songwriters need you. Please visit our website from time to time for updates on this important next step. www.theamericansongbookproject.org We hope you enjoy this evening and we are most grateful for your support.

Yours truly,

Michael Putman Estwanik President, Board of Directors

Tonight’s Program 6:30 PM Cocktail Reception and Silent Auction

8:00 PM Dinner Welcome Our Tribute to Guild Hall and Award Presentation •

Hosted by Lynn DiMenna, Vice President, TASP Board of Directors

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Performances by Anna Bergman and Anna Bergman

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Presentation to Dr. Ruth Appelhof, Executive Director, Guild Hall; Josh Gladstone, Artistic Director, John Drew Theater; and James Lawson, Associate Artistic Director, John Drew Theater

Costume Judging By: •

Frank Dilella, NY1News “On Stage”

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Adam Feldman, “Time Out New York”

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Cindy Hoddeson, Executive Director, Monaco Government Tourism

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Jane Kaczmarek, Emmy-nominated actress (Malcolm in the Middle)

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William Ivey Long, Tony Award-winning costume designer

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Chris March, star of Bravo’s Mad Fashion

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Tara Rubin, Tara Rubin Casting

Live Auction with Amy Papola Our Tribute to Jerry Herman and Award presentation •

Hosted by Liz Smith

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Performances by James Darrah, Andrea McArdle, and Meredith Patterson

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Mr. Jody Schum, Pianist

The American Songbook Project thanks the following for their generous support to the 2011 Name That Tune Costume Benefit* Hello, Dolly! Ta b l e

Mame Tab l e

Lynn DiMenna Barry Feirstein Kara Unterberg

Jamie deRoy Michael Putman Estwanik Pam Laudenslager Susan and John Piazza

La Cage aux Folles T i c k e t s

Mack and Mabel Ti ck et s

Peter Hanson Troy Heiden Jane Kaczmarek Frank Skillern

Melina Alberti and David Perez Christine Bassett and Carey Alexander Deborah Coughlin Susan James

Milk and Honey T i c k e t s Susan Alschuler Laurie Bodor Belinda Broido Anne and John Connolly Danielle and Tyler DeAngelo Steven T. Ernst Jonathan Farkas Randolph Fishburn Richard Freundlich Ann Froman Jack Gindi Kate Grant William Haas and Bob Stroney

Nancy L. Hayward Ozzie and Mona Hanley Lisa Hendrix Cindy Hoddeson Patti Kenner Dena Kerren Terry Allen Kramer Wesley Kropp Susan and Kevin Leary Fred Lowenfels Patrick and Meaghan Madaus Karl Mueller Marni Mueller

Bud Oddsen Ron Pobuda Judy Putman Robert M. Safron Mary Jane Schilz Steve Shane Liz Smith Eileen Solomon Steve and Eda Sorokoff Rachel Stange David S. Steiner Patricia West and Charles Allen Kris Zavoli

* Names as of October 27, 2011

is pleased to announce

“Joy in Singing” A five-day workshop for students ages 14-18 Summer, 2012

MICHELE PAWK, Program Director Tony Award-winning actress (Hollywood Arms) Faculty, Wagner College Theatre Department Other Broadway appearances include: Crazy for You and Cabaret (Drama Desk nominations), Chicago, Hairspray, Mamma Mia! and many more.

This program will not only teach singing techniques, but will also be an overview of the history of the American Songbook and the various styles of singing (jazz, classical, musical theatre, folk, and more).

Our program is intended not only for professional training, but also for young people who simply wish to enjoy singing well, listening to, and learning about The American Songbook.

It will be taught by some of New York City’s finest Broadway performers and teachers.

For further information, please contact Michael Estwanik michaelsongbook@gmail.com

Thank You Public Relations Laurie Bodor Event Planning Team Bradley Events Ruth Bradley Claire Cashman Social Media Disperse Interactive Al Berrios Sara Alvarez Printer Carmine Nicoletti Belaire Offset Company

Silent Auction Coordinator Alison Sharaf Photographers Stephen Sorokoff Shirin Tinati Maryann Lopinto Corine Cohen

Celebrity Judges Frank DiLella Adam Feldman Cindy Hoddeson Jane Kaczmarek William Ivey Long Chris March Tara Rubin Event Program Design Robert Sokol VIA MEDIA

Event Program Editor Michael Putman Estwanik Event Program Advertising Sales Rick Hinkson Kim Jones Webmistress Shana Farr

Guild Hall PR Barbara Jo Howard NY1’s “On Stage” Friend Frank DiLella NBC Friend Tiffany Zeno Event Invitation Kate Botello Millennium Hotel Hudson Theatre Larry Amato Director of Catering Sales

Jennifer Flaherty

Assistant Director, Catering

Bob Burrichter

Director of Theatre Operations

Stage Manager Richard Aufrichtig

And to the Generous Donors to Our Live Auction, Silent Auction and Gift Bags Actua DMC, Coast Rica The Addams Family Alvear Palace Hotel, Buenos Aires CiCi Baker, The Event Corp.

Deborah Berger Anna Bergman Blue Note Records Bond 45 Restaurant Cap Juluca, Anguilla Len Cariou Century 21 Coach Decca Records Jamie deRoy Diamond Club International Lynn DiMenna Dorkham, Marinette Carlson Hotels Dromoland Castle, Ireland Michael Estwanik and Searchlights, LLC Events

Billy Estwanik Evita Fairmont Monte Carlo Four Seasons Resort Maui Angelo Fraboni and Peter Martin, Celebrity Autobiography (The Triad) The Friars Club Ann Froman Jack Gindi Great Neck Arts Center Hotel Lana’i Hotel Madeline,Telluride Iguazu Grand Resort and Spa, Argentina The Iridium The K Club Ireland Kauai Marriott Resort and Beach Club Christopher Kennedy Hilary Kole Wesley William Kropp Ed Kurtzman

Pam Laudenslager Marilyn Maye Melia Hotels and Paradisus Resort Playa del Carmen Monaco Government Tourism Montage Beverly Hills Mark Nadler New York Pops The Peace Lodge, Costa Rica The Peaks Resort, Telluride Perfekt Makeup Regine Stone Jewelry Shana Farr Jewelry Jennifer Sheehan SONY Records The Springs Resort Spa, Costa Rica Telluride Tourism Board Two and a Half Men Dan Whitten, Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (The Triad)

Dear Jerry, Joy unrestrained. That has been your trademark throughout your long and successful career. But where does the joy come from? This is not cartoon-y surface joy like the foam at the crest of a wave. This is a joy that comes from the core of the human condition, from the depths. Joy fought for and long dreamed of. Joy born out of truth. The joy you give us is the same joy your characters find, and you paint that search with deep insight and truth. Why are we so moved? Because you have created real people with real problems, who are doing their best to make the most out of life. These are not hopelessly sunny characters. These are people who are struggling, like the rest of us and who have serious choices to make. In every Jerry Herman show, the characters must decide how to respond to the challenges life throws at them, and they must choose, as all of us must choose. In their loss, in their grief, in their confusion, what do they do?

They choose life, and abundant life. Jerry, your indelible iconic characters teach us how to pick up and get on with it, and look for the next good thing, and stop grieving over what we lost or what could have been. They move from what if to why not? In living for a short time with the wonderful characters Mame and Dolly Levi, I learned from their resiliance, humor, wit, and strength. Who among us wouldn’t want to be one of those two ladies, for real, if just for an afternoon, to experience their vulnerability, their passion, and their power?

We can’t choose what life gives us sometimes, but we can choose what we give back. And Jerry, we will never be able to thank you enough for the joy that you have given back to us. Thank you for sharing your heart with us.

With deep respect and affection,

Victoria Clark

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A Tribute to Jerry Herman

Jerry Herman was raised in Jersey City and spent his summers from age 6 to 23 at Stissing Lake Camp in the Berkshires, which his parents ran. It is here that he first became involved in musical theatre. He attended Parsons School for Design but transferred to the University of Miami which was known, at the time, for its very avant-garde drama department. Upon graduation he moved to New York and played for musical reviews at various clubs in the village. In 1960 he made his Broadway debut with the revue From A to Z, which also featured contributions from newcomers Woody Allen and Fred Ebb. That same year he was approached by producer Gerard Oestreicher about writing a musical about the founding of the state of Israel. The result was his first full-fledged Broadway musical, Milk and Honey in 1961.

Jerry Herman

In 1964, producer David Merrick asked Mr. Herman to write a musical based upon Thornton Wilder’s The Matchmaker. The show, called Hello, Dolly!, was written for Ethel Merman who turned it down, as did Mary Martin, although both eventually appeared in it. The role went to the indomitable Carol Channing who won a Tony Award (beating Barbra Streisand who did, however, win the film role). Hello, Dolly! swept the Tony Awards, winning ten in all – a record until The Producers won twelve many years later. Only two years later, Mr. Herman’s Mame starring Angela Lansbury opened, another smash hit.

Other shows followed including Dear World (1969) starring Angela Lansbury, Mack & Mabel (1974) starring Robert Preston and Bernadette Peters, and The Grand Tour (1979) starring Joel Grey. Although not commercial successes, each was noted for their interesting concepts and melodic, memorable scores. In fact, Mr. Herman considers Mack & Mabel to be his favorite score. In 1983, Mr. Herman had his third mega-hit with La Cage aux Folles, and earned him another Tony Award for Best Musical.

Unlike the scores of most Broadway shows today, many of Jerry Herman’s show tunes have become pop standards and an important part of The American Songbook. In 2010 he was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honor for exemplary lifetime achievement in the performing arts.

The Guild of The American Songbook Project The Guild is a newly-formed group of supporters and volunteers who believe in our mission of preserving The American Songbook through educational programs in our schools.

Support can be shown in the following way:

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Joining the Guild with a $50 minimum tax-deductible donation Volunteer to help with our annual “Name That Tune” benefit and other events throughout the year.

Help recruit other Guild members by hosting a cocktail party in their homes where TASP would provide a singer and guests would be encouraged to join the Guild Help our School Program Director place our programs in schools by introducing her/ him to any contacts you know in our educational institutions/community organizations Introduce TASP to any foundations or corporate funding organization

Benefits include the following:

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Knowing that you are personally committed to keeping the American Songbook alive and being proud of our mission Reduced or free admission to some concerts and events Free admission to some school program concerts to observe our work

Founding Members STEPHEN SONDHEIM Tier ($2,500) Jamie deRoy Lynn DiMenna Matthew and Katherine Haberkorn

COLE PORTER

Tier ($1,000) Barry Feirstein The Friars Foundation Sunny Hayward Bertram “Buddy” Teich

HAROLD ARLEN

Tier ($500) Laura Brightsen Ralph and Calla Guild Visit Orlando

FRANK LOESSER

Tier ($250) Michael Putman Estwanik Mark Kollar Tom and Robin Lawson Susan Kim Piazza

KANDER AND EBB

Tier ($100) Belinda Broido Emily Conner Deb Coughlin Brian and Marianne Crowe Pamela J. Davis Steven T. Ernst Feinstein’s at the Regency Kate Grant Irving B. Gruber Ozzie and Mona Hanley Susan Irwin and Mark Shehan Susan James Christopher Kennedy Jonathan Kroll Robert E. Mitchell Marnie Mueller Richard and Donna Soloway

BILLY JOEL

Tier ($50) Christopher Benbow Michael Bryan Nancy Buchanan Larry Bunten Christian Campbell Danielle DeAngelo Tyler DeAngelo Lea DeLaria

Susan Diehl Steve Doyle Larry Feinman Louise Forlenza Peter Gallagher Courtney Gibson Sean Harkness Cindy Hoddeson Lance Horne Jeremiah James Phoebe Jensen Marlene Kahan Dena Kerren Lucille Kirk Pam Laudenslager John Malino Diana Marko Nancy McGraw Robert Petkoff Ron Pobuda Jody Schum Barbara Sickman Bob Spiotto Merrill Stone Steve Shane Barbara Sickman Barbara Von Borstel Veronica Wilt Tiffany Zeno

A Memory of Guild Hall One Sunday in 1974 I was kidnapped by Dina Merrill after a matinee performance of Angel Street in which she was starring and I was making my Broadway debut.

When that particular performance finished she insisted I get into her car - so I did - and off we went and I was introduced to the beauty of her life in East Hampton.

Honestly I don’t remember the first time I entered Guild Hall, but I’m sure it was on her arm.

Being my best agent, I was introduced as the best singer that ever lived and at some point found myself on that wonderful stage in that comfortable theatre that seems to hold you in its arms and encourage you to do what you do best.

Now, almost 40 years later - (Good Lord) -I’ve had the opportunity to sing all over the world for every kind of occasion in every kind of venue. Understand, every time you walk on a stage, the space affects you. You can feel the investment in it, and the ghosts. (I felt strangely calm the first time I stepped onstage at Carnegie Hall and terrified on the New York City Opera stage.) It’s a totally intuitive thing.

Guild Hall feels loved. You can feel appreciation in the walls. It travels up onto the stage when you stand there, naked in performance, and keeps you warm. You feel the spirits of the great performers who have walked these boards. You collide with Helen Hayes, Thornton Wilder, Colleen Dewhurst, George C. Scott, Shirley Verrett, George Grizzard, Judith Jamison, Chita Rivera, Joel Grey, John Collum, my beloved Dina...and God bless that crowd that always seems to know that they are in for a good time. Guess that’s an understanding that’s been honored between them and the Hall over the years, and we all benefit.

So, thanks! It’s the greatest feeling to be comfortable with a crowd. You do your best job - it’s pure Stanislavsky! - and you at the Hall have all done YOUR best job creating a warm, nourishing space for community, for artists, for art. Molto, molto grazie!

Christine Andreas

Guild Hall

Guild Hall of East Hampton is a center for the arts, entertainment, and education for the community. Now in its 80th year, Guild Hall began as a summer arts center that primarily served seasonal residents from New York City, offering Broadway tryouts and mounting exhibitions of the prominent artists who had gravitated to this area’s beaches, farmland, and quaint hamlets. Over the years Guild Hall has evolved into a flourishing year-round cultural capital for Long Island’s East End. Among their most popular concerts are those of The American Songbook.

Their bustling arts center provides some 200 cultural programs a year in the visual, performing and literary arts, attended by nearly 40,000 patrons. The arts showcased at Guild Hall are at a level of quality almost unknown for a small American hometown. As soon as Guild Hall opened its doors in 1931, it became a kind of cultural melting pot, the only place in town where artists could work and inspire one another. Early on, talented celebrities such as actors John Drew and Cornelius Otis Skinner and painters Thomas Moran and William Merritt Chase found performing or exhibiting in the relative intimacy of Guild Hall refreshing and rewarding. So over the decades Guild Hall nurtured or showcased innumerable creative artists, including Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Willem de Kooning, Kurt Vonnegut, Alan Alda, Edward Albee, Roy Lichtenstein, Jerome Robbins, Itzhak Perlman, and Billy Joel.

But not every artist who comes to Guild Hall is a star. Another role we play is to give artists their first big chance – a “tryout” on stage, or their first exhibition. Performers such as Elaine Stritch, Tammy Grimes, Ethel Merman and Bob Fosse became famous after their Guild Hall debuts.

Playwrights such as Tennessee Williams, William Saroyan, and Eugene O’Neill credited Guild Hall with helping establish their reputations. For more information and to become a member please visit www.GuildHall.org.

Hudson Theatre

Certainly you have noticed the incredible beauty of this historic Hudson Theatre: the backlit Tiffany ceilings in the foyer, the goldgilded queen’s boxes, the Tiffany mosaic tiles adorning the stage’s proscenium arch and balcony, and the spectacular chandeliers.

The theatre was built

by Henry B. Harris and opened in 1903 with a production of Cousin Kate starring Ethel Barrymore. But in 1912, he and his wife were passengers on the ill-fated RMS Titanic. As “the ship of dreams” sank, Irene Harris was pulled from her husband’s arms and ordered into a life boat. Four months afterward, she decided she would make a go of running the theatre by herself and became the very first female theatrical producer in New York. Famous actors to soon appear on its stage included Barbara Stanwyck, Judith Anderson, Douglas Fairbanks, William Holden, Helen Hayes, Edward G. Robinson, and Dorothy Gish.

The theatre later became home to the CBS Radio Playhouse and then in 1956 it housed the first nationwide broadcast of The Tonight Show starring Steve Allen. Guests included Ernie Kovacs, Bob Hope, Sammy Davis Jr., Milton Berle, and a newcomer named Elvis Presley. Later it housed The Jack Paar Show and it was on his show that Barbra Streisand made her very first TV appearance. After his show ended the theatre was almost demolished but saved by a public outcry and a demonstration led by members of Actor’s Equity. From 1965 until 1968 it housed burlesque shows and then became a movie house (admission was $1). Vacant for five years, it briefly became the Savoy Rock Club. It was then sold to developer Harry Macklowe for its very valuable air rights. He built the 52 story Macklowe Hotel and Conference Center which is now the Millennium Hotel.

The Hudson Theatre was granted landmark status by the Landmark Preservation Commission in 1987. Recently the Hudson Theatre housed the premiers of the HBO series, The Sopranos, along with several tapings by television’s Comedy Central and prestigious events such as the Writers Guild Awards…and of course, now our annual “Name That Tune” benefit - Michael Putman Estwanik

ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES ANNA BERGMAN enjoys an international career, performing in concerts, cabaret, theatre, opera, television, recordings and with symphony orchestras.

Highlights: Lincoln Center American Songbook, Kennedy Center’s Sondheim Celebration (A Little Night Music), Carnegie Hall’s centennial tribute to Ira Gershwin, The White House, Lyrics & Lyricists, The Light in the Piazza in concert (as Margaret), numerous symphony orchestras, PBS Specials, including her own salon concert. In June, Anna was soloist for HRH Prince Edward in honor of Queen Elizabeth’s birthday celebration. Festivals: Aspen, Chicago, Cardiff, Moscow, Brazil.

Cabarets: Kennedy Center, Feinstein’s, Algonquin, 59E59 Theatres, Caramoor, Prince Music Theatre, Le Chat Noir, Colony Hotel, Crest Theatre, Guild Hall, London’s Pizza on the Park. Theatre/opera credits range from Chekhov and Mamet to Porter, Lehar and Mozart. Upcoming engagements include: Asolo Historic Theatre, Sarasota, FL (Dec. 2011); Feinstein’s, NYC (Jan. 2012); Kravis Center, Palm Beach (Feb. 2012) and Anna’s Salon Concerts (Chicago & London). www.AnnaBergman.com.

NICK CORLEY (Director) recently made his West End directing debut with Woody Sez (Evening Standard Best Musical nomination) which he also co-wrote.

As former artistic director of Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma he directed Sweeney Todd (starring Jeff McCarthy and Emily Skinner) The Music Man, The Who’s Tommy, and Steel Magnolias. He has directed many world premieres including Woody Sez for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and European Festival tour; the off-Broadway productions of Tall Grass, Flight (Callaway Award Nomination), and Fables In Slang; and the NY productions of Tim and Scrooge (NYMF and Queens Theatre in the Park), The Overcoat (Fringe Festival), and Tallboy Walkin’. His regional premieres include The Civil War (co-directed with Gregory Boyd at Houston’s Alley Theatre), A Young Lady of Fashion (Fulton Opera House - also co-author) and Eliot Ness...in Cleveland (Denver Theatre Centre - also a co-author).

Other directing credits includeThe

Bomb-itty of Errors (Adirondack Theater Festival and St. Louis Rep.), Mother Russia (Carnegie Hall), The Little Foxes (Fulton Opera House), and The Robber Bridegroom, Man of La Mancha, Bat Boy, A Little Night Music and Lucky Stiff all for The Commons Group in Vermont. Workshop presentations include The Ghost Brothers of Darkland Country by Stephen King and John Mellencamp. He has directed over 100 workshops and readings, many of them for NYU’s Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program. His appearances as a performer include Broadway (Mary Poppins, A Christmas Carol, She Loves Me), off-Broadway, regional theatre, film (Kissing Jessica Stein), recordings, and television.

JAMES DARRAH is thrilled to honor Jerry Herman and to be a part of the American Song Book Project’s “Name That Tune” Benefit. James first met Jerry when cast in the Paper Mill Playhouse production of Mack and Mabel. He played Cornelius Hackl in, Hello, Dolly! opposite Madeline Kahn and Conrad John Schuck.

He was equally lucky to be cast as Ambrose Kemper in the 30th Anniversary Revival of Hello, Dolly! at the Lunt Fontaine Theatre, opposite Carol Channing. Other Broadway credits include: Avenue Q, Boeing Boeing, and Hedda Gabler. Off-Broadway and touring credits include: Silent Laughter, archy and mehitabel, Once Around the City, Billion Dollar Baby, Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know, Winter Wonderland, Bells Are Ringing, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum starring Mickey Rooney, Avenue Q, Little Women, Promises Promises, and 42nd Street. James is a former Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus clown.

ANDREA McARDLE got her break in 1977 when she was pulled from a chorus of orphans to replace the young girl who was originally cast as Annie in the Broadway musical, Annie. She was the youngest performer ever to be nominated for a Tony Award as Best Lead Actress in a musical. She lost to co-star Dorothy Loudon (Miss Hannigan) but Andrea did win the Theater World and Outer Critics’ Circle Awards for her performance.

Not to mention the hearts of the thousands of audiences who saw her performance

and the millions who have listened to the recording. She also performed her role to great acclaim in London’s West End. She appeared several times on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. She soon starred as Judy Garland in the TV biopic Rainbow. Her Broadway and other stage credits include Les Miserables, Jerry’s Girls, Beauty and the Beast, Starlight Express, Meet Me in St. Louis, and Annie Get Your Gun. Andrea has appeared in cabarets and supper clubs across the country and recently appeared in the New York Musical Theatre Festivals (NYMF) production of Greenwood, The Musical.

MARK NADLER is a multi-award winning entertainer, arranger and director. Specializing in the popular music of the first half of the 20th Century, this pianist/singer/ comedian has appeared regularly at New York’s famed Algonquin Hotel and as a soloist with the New York Pops Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, as well as with many prominent Symphony Orchestras around the world. Mark has played principal roles on Broadway and has made numerous guest television appearances. Recordings, videos and more information on Mark can be obtained by going to www.MarkNadler.com.

MEREDITH PATTERSON left home in northern California at the age of 18 for New York, intent on becoming a dancer on Broadway. She was nominated for a Barrymore Award at age 19, starred in two national tours at 20, and hasn’t stopped since. She made her Broadway debut in 2000 in Green Bird, directed by Julie Taymor. The next year she was starring as Peggy Sawyer in the Tony Award-wining revival of 42nd Street. She also starred in a production in Russia, making her the first American actress to star in an English-speaking musical in that country. In 2003, Julie Andrews made her directorial debut with the musical The Boy Friend, and cast Meredith in the same starring role which Ms. Andrews had created some 50 years earlier. She also originated the role of Judy Haynes in the world premiere of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas on Broadway in 2009. Meredith will be starring again in this show for the holiday season at The Paper Mill Playhouse.

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