THE TOWN HALL PRESENTS I GOT RHYTHM: MICKEY & JUDY'S HOLLYWOOD
THE TOWN HALL (123 West 43rd Street, NYC - 212-997-1929 -
http://www.the-townhall-nyc.org/
) will present "I Got Rhythm: Mickey and Judy's Hollywood," a musical
feast of songs from films starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland,
on Saturday June 9th at 8:00 pm. Starring the multi-award-winning
cabaret performer Jeff Harnar and Shauna Hicks, leading lady of Broadway's
Blood Brothers, the show will feature such classics as "Embraceable
You, " "I Wish I Were In Love Again," "But Not For Me," "I Got Rhythm"
and other memorable songs.
Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland played opposite each
other as pals and love interests in 10 lighthearted musicals from
1937 to 1949, which were major hits and premiered songs that endure
to this day. Their films include Babes in Arms, Strike Up the Band,
Girl Crazy, Thousands Cheer, Life Begins for Andy Hardy and Babes
on Broadway.
Jeff Harnar has twice won the Manhattan Association
of Cabaret Award (MAC) as Best Male Vocalist and three Back Stage
Bistro Awards. He has appeared at Carnegie Hall in both the Cole
Porter and Noel Coward Centennial Galas, and at other major cabaret
venues in New York, around the United States and in Europe. His
The 1959 Broadway Songbook, has been recorded live on CD (Original
Cast Records) and broadcast on PBS. His second solo recordings Because
of You: Fifties Gold, is a collection of pop classics from the songbooks
of Tony Bennett, Nat "King" Cole, Doris Day, Johnny Mathis and Johnny
Ray. Other TV credits include "Gershwin On Ice" starring Dorothy
Hamill, for which he was the singing narrator, and a PBC Holiday
concert co-starring K.T. Sullivan. He has performed I Got Rhythm
with Shauna Hicks throughout the United States and in London.
Shauna Hicks, praised by New York Magazine as "gifted
and winning," was featured in Broadway's Meet Me In St. Louis, and
co-starred as Rosemary in a national tour of How To Succeed In Business
Without Really Trying opposite Ralph Macchio. Her one-woman show
Shauna Hicks and Her 60's Chicks has won MAC and Bistro Awards.
Her followup show was Shauna Hicks and her 70's Mix, and her recordings
include Unsung Berlin and Broadway Sings Bacharach.
Tickets are $37.50 and $40.
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