The
Music of William Finn Show Features Betty Buckley
The
Kaufman Center presents its annual Broadway Close Up series, opening
on Monday, March 29th, at 8:00 pm at MERKIN CONCERT HALL (129 West
67th Street, NYC - 212-501-3330 - http://www.kaufman-center.org/
), with "More Infinite Joy: The Music of William Finn." The evening
will feature Tony Award-winner Betty Buckley, who will share the stage
with Broadway stars Stephen DeRosa, Raul Esparza, Jesse Tyler Ferguson
and Janet Metz, under the musical direction of Vadim Feichtner, performing
songs from Mr. Finn's latest musical "The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee" as well as music from "Elegies," "Falsettos" and "A
New Brain."
On Monday,
May 10th, Broadway Close Up will celebrate the music of Charles Strouse
in "Welcome to the Theater," featuring interviews and performances
by Mr. Strouse and a star-studded cast, including Penny Fuller, and
Tony Award-winning lyricists Lee Adams and Martin Charnin and book
writer Tom Meehan.
The series
concludes with the fourth annual "Bound for Broadway" concert on Monday,
June 7th, a showcase of the best new works being written for the theater
today, hosted by Broadway legend Liz Callaway.
3-Concert
Subscription: $60; Single Tickets: $25.
Renowned
for its acoustics, accessibility and innovative programming, Merkin
Concert Hall is the recipient of multiple awards for Adventurous Programming,
most recently from ASCAP/Chamber Music America in 2002à03. The Hall
is a division of the Kaufman Center, which also includes the Lucy
Moses School (a community arts school) and the Special Music School
(a New York City public school for musically gifted children). A not-for-profit
organization founded in 1952, the Kaufman Center occupies its own
facility, the award-winning Goodman House, located in the heart of
Manhattan's Upper West Side. Through its three divisions, the Center
is an unsurpassed cultural resource where people of all ages experience
the joy of artistic creation, expression and appreciation.
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