DAVIS, PRINCE & FELCIANO ADDED TO BROADWAY BY THE YEAR CAST
An all-star cast of nine Broadway stars will perform the music born
on The Great White Way in 1959, in Broadway by the Year: The Broadway
Musicals of 1959, presented by THE TOWN HALL (123 West 43rd Street,
NYC - 212-997-1929 -
http://www.the-townhall-nyc.org/
) on Monday April 30th at 8:00 pm. Hairspray star Mary Bond Davis,
Josh Prince, choreographer of Broadway's upcoming Shrek, and the Tony
Nominated Manoel Felciano will join the previously announced cast
that includes Marc Kudisch (who will be directing his third Broadway
by the Year concert), Emily Skinner, Bruce Vilanch, Mark Jacoby, Sarah
Jane McMahon, and Nancy Lemenager.
This talented cast will be singing some of the greatest
music ever produced on Broadway. 1959 featured Gypsy, The Sound
of Music, Fiorello!, Take Me Me Along, The Nervous Set, Once Upon
a Mattress, and more! Scott Siegel, who created Broadway by the
Year for Town Hall, writes and hosts each concert in this critically
acclaimed, popular series.
The music from 1959 is unusually eclectic, according
to Siegel, so he went to great lengths to assemble a cast with equally
wide-ranging talents. Casting Bruce Vilanch in a year that featured
a Jackie Gleason musical is perfect. The iconic music from Gypsy
and The Sound of Music will be especially featured with Emily Skinner
and Mary Bond Davis getting their respective cracks at Mama Rose,
while Sarah Jane McMahon (late of The Pirates of Penzance at the
New York City Opera) will provide a classic take on the beloved
Rodgers & Hammerstein show.
Tickets for the event are $40 and $45 from TicketMaster
(212-307-4100 or http://www.ticketmaster.com/
), or in person at the Town Hall box office.
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