The Town Hall Friend of the Arts Award | 97th Gala Celebration

F R I E N D O F T H E A R T S AWA R D

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2018

A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENTS

Dear Friends, On behalf of everyone at Town Hall, it is our pleasure to welcome you to our 2018 Gala, our annual celebration where we say “thank you” to you, our friends and supporters. We speak for everyone at Town Hall – from our Trustees, Advisory Councils, staff, teaching artists and performers when we say, “thank you for joining us tonight, thank you for your support, and thank you for being part of the Town Hall family.” It is your continued support that inspires us, reinforces our belief in the work and keeps us doing our best year after year.

We hope you will take the time to read our Annual Report on our activities; we know you will share the pride we have in the range of programs, in the work we are doing in the New York City Public Schools and in the myriad of ways we are reaching out to the community.

We are excited to welcome three old friends of Town Hall as recipients of our Friends of the Arts Awards for 2018. These outstanding individuals, each with a long history of involvement with Town Hall, reflect the nature of what it means to be true artists, true visionaries and true givers. We are delighted that they will join our past awardees and their pictures will forever grace the halls of our cherished institution.

Congratulations to Laurie, Bob and Charlie and to our entire Town Hall family.

Tom Wirtshafter President

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Marvin Leffler President Emeritus

The Trustees and Friends of The Town Hall thank you for attending our 97th Gala Celebration

PRINCETON CLUB SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2018, 4:00 PM 15 West 43rd Street, New York City

CONCERT SOFIA REI • ANAT COHEN • EDMAR CASTENADA This virtuosic trio performs together for the first time

Followed by a Cocktail Reception and

DINNER & AWARD PRESENTATION Honoring This Year’s Recipients of The Town Hall Friend of the Arts Award

LAURIE ANDERSON Mutimedia Performance Artist

CHARLES HULL TheaterWorksUSA Co-Founder

ROBERT HURWITZ Nonesuch Records” Long-Time President

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OUR HONOREES Laurie Anderson One of America’s most renowned and daring creative pioneers, Laurie Anderson is as diverse as she is prolific. Laurie has cast herself in roles as varied as visual artist, composer, poet, photographer, filmmaker, electronics whiz, vocalist, and instrumentalist.

In the early ‘70s, Laurie burst onto the New York avant-garde/music/art/performance scene and quickly acquired a fervent following in the underground arts community.

Her recording career took off in 1981, when her song “O Superman” rose to #2 on the British pop music charts, leading to a seven-album deal with Warner Brothers. A deluxe box set of her Warner Brothers output, Talk Normal, was released in the fall of 2000 on Rhino/Warner Archives. The following year, she released her first record for Nonesuch Records, “Life on a String.” A year later, Live in New York, recorded at Town Hall, was released.

Laurie has toured the United States and abroad numerous times with shows that range from simple spoken word performances to highly elaborate multimedia events like United States I-V (1983), Empty Places (1990), The Nerve Bible (1995), and Songs and Stories for Moby Dick (1999-2000). Her visual work has been presented in major museums in the United States and Europe.

As a composer, Laurie contributed music to films by Wim Wenders and Jonathan Demme; dance pieces by Bill T. Jones, Trisha Brown, and Molissa Fenley; a score for Robert LePage’s theater production, Far Side of the Moon; and pieces for National Public Radio, the BBC, and Seville’s Expo ‘92.

Laurie is recognized worldwide as a groundbreaking leader in the use of technology in the arts. In the late ’90s, as a collaborator with Interval Research Corporation—a laboratory founded by Paul 4

Allen and David Liddle—she created the Talking Stick, a six-foot-long MIDI controller that she used in the Moby Dick tour.

In 2002, she was appointed the first-ever artist-in-residence at NASA, a stint that yielded her 2004 solo piece, The End of the Moon. In 2007 she received the prestigious Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize and in 2011, the Pratt Institute’s Honorary Legend Award. Her Habeas Corpus exhibition at the Park Avenue Armory in 2016 garnered Yoko Ono’s annual Courage Award for the Arts.

Laurie’s film and visual projects include numerous videos, the high definition film Hidden Inside Mountains, a series of audiovisual installations, Heart of a Dog and Chalkroom, a virtual reality collaboration with Hsin-Chien Huang which received Best VR Experience at the Venice Film Festival 2017.

Laurie has performed at The Town Hall over four decades.

Robert Hurwitz FOR 32 YEARS, Robert Hurwitz was president of Nonesuch Records, arguably one of the most diverse and influential record labels in the world. In 1984, when Bob took over Nonesuch, it was primarily a classical music label and home of the Explorer series. During his tenure, Bob proceeded to vastly expand the company’s catalogue by adding jazz, rock, folk, bluegrass, musical theater, and modern world music.

Charles Hull Originally from Vienna, Austria, Charles Hull was stationed in England serving in the U.S. Air Force when he accompanied a fellow officer to an audition of Stalag 17 that resulted with scoring his first role in a theatrical production. In 1960, Hull moved to New York and was featured in many TV commercials and off-Broadway productions prior to founding TheaterWorksUSA, with the late Jay Harnick and Bob Adams, in 1961.

Under his 39-year tenure, TheaterWorksUSA grew to become America’s largest and foremost Equity theatre for children and family audiences. Its mission is to create imaginative and sophisticated shows that are both entertaining and thoughtprovoking and to ensure that those shows are accessible to audiences across America. The company has reached over 100 million people in 49 states and Canada, and now performs for over two million young people annually, selecting shows from its ever-growing repertoire of 133 plays and musicals. TheaterWorksUSA has a distinguished history of not only providing young audiences with their first taste of the performing arts, but also giving young actors, writers, directors and designers an early opportunity to work in their field.

Among the many composers, musicians, songwriters, and performers he has signed, produced, or worked with are: John Adams, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Kronos Quartet, Caetano Veloso, Astor Piazzolla, Stephen Sondheim, Adam Guettel, Mandy Patinkin, Audra McDonald, Brad Mehldau, Chris Thile, Pat Metheny, Josh Redman, Bill Frisell, Dawn Upshaw, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Jeremy Denk, Richard Goode, Gidon Kremer, Randy Newman, The Magnetic Fields, k.d. lang, The Punch Brothers, Natalie Merchant, and Lake Street Dive.

As well as this year’s co-honoree, Laurie Anderson.

Now, as Chairman Emeritus of Nonesuch Records, Bob remains closely involved with many of the artists he brought to the company, serving as an Executive Producer for a dozen projects a year.

Bob is the Aaron Copland Chair at the New School College of Performing Arts, where he’s taught for the past 12 years and for the last two years he’s taught as a Visiting Professor at UCLA.

Hull’s most notable achievements for TheaterWorksUSA include initiating a subscription series in a prestigious off-Broadway theater and developing a field trip program, initially at Town Hall, and then spreading across the country, reaching millions of kids every year. Hull was also President of the Producers League of Theatre for Young Audiences, President of Producers Association of Children’s Theatre (PACT), and was awarded the Medal of Honor from the Actor’s Fund.

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PAST FRIEND OF THE ARTS AWARD RECIPIENTS THE TOWN HALL FRIEND OF THE ARTS AWARD is presented annually to individuals in recognition and appreciation of their abiding interest in the development, enrichment and support of the arts.

The award, established in 1981, consists of a hand-lettered certificate of appreciation, a bronze plaque permanently affixed to a seat in the theatre commemorating the occasion, and a photograph of the awardee displayed in The Town Hall Friend of the Arts Gallery.

2017:

2006:

1994:

Roberta Flack Daryl Roth

Barbara Cook Judy & Michael Steinhardt

Anne Jackson & Eli Wallach Vincent Sardi, Jr.

2016:

2005:

1993:

A Prairie Home Companion Jennifer J. Raab

Laurie M. Tisch Peter Yarrow

Tony Bennett Bill Green

2015:

2004:

1992:

Paul Libin K.T. Sullivan

Sheldon Harnick Morris W. Offit

James R. Cherry Dizzy Gillespie

2014:

2003:

1991:

George Wein Bank of America

Paul LeClerc Wendy Wasserstein

Victor Borge

2013:

2002:

Marilyn Horne

Judy Collins Robert E. Wankel

Bobby Short Mortimer B. Zuckerman

1989:

2012:

2001:

Dr. Charlotte K. Frank Marvin Leffler

Theodore Bikel Michael Sovern

1988:

2011:

2000:

1987:

Dr. Joyce Brown Judith Jamison

Jacques d’Amboise Muriel Siebert

Martin E. Segal

1986:

2010:

1999:

Helen Hayes

Barbara & Scott Siegel Elaine Stritch Meryl H. Tisch

L. Jay Oliva George Weissman

1985:

1998:

2009:

Vartan Gregorian Andrea Marcovicci

1984:

Tovah Feldshuh T Phillip J. Smith

2008: Sharon Dunn Fyvush Finkel Lawrence C. Zucker

2007: Lilian Vernon Sir George Shearing

1997: Jane Alexander John W. Kluge

1996: Agnes Gund Lewis Rudin Julie Wilson

1990:

Joseph Papp Beverly Sills

Celeste Holm Dina Merrill

1983: Kitty Carlisle Hart

1982: Gerald Schoenfeld

1981: John Brademas

1995: Betty Comden & Adolph Green Senator Roy M. Goodman 7

2017 18 REPORT WE ARE THRILLED to report that Town Hall’s 97th Presenting Season showcased the talents of artists from around the world. From great Flamenco and Fado artists to renowned writers and musicians, we filled the hall with world-class entertainment and a variety of new and established performers.

As always, we were pleased to be able to present a roster of artists who reflect the diversity of New York CIty and provide educational programming in the arts to thousands of public schoolchildren. We also were able to pilot a new education program on Rikers Island, reaching young men, ages 18-21. None of this would have been possible without the generosity of our loyal trustees, members, and friends as well as corporate, government, and foundation supporters whose confidence in our work reinforces our belief that we are making an impact on the cultural landscape of New York City and its residents.

Familia Habichuela: Legendary Dynasties

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The 2017-18 season offered 19 diverse artistic presentations through musical concerts and literary events.

In September, we presented the David Bromberg Birthday Concert with special guest Bettye LaVette.

In October, we presented John Green: Turtles All the Way Down. Green is the bestselling author of books such as “The Fault in Our Stars.” Joined by his brother Hank Green for this multi-media event, John discussed his latest book and the two brothers performed live music.

We also debuted The Town Hall Ensemble, our all-star collective that celebrates the cultural and musical history of NYC. In “City Suite,” they celebrated the 100th anniversary of the vote for women in New York. Led by Steven Bernstein, the program featured an exciting collection of some of NYC’s greatest musicians and composers. They also celebrated the legacy of Bob Dylan at The Town Hall in “Tomorrow is a Long Time,” a reimagining of his breakout concert at Town on April 12, 1963. With special guests such as Steve Buscemi, Bill Murray, Lisa Fischer, and Laurie Anderson, the Ensemble paid tribute to Dylan and this legendary concert, with new renditions of both timeless and rare Dylan songs.

In December, performance artist Taylor Mac made his Town Hall debut in Taylor Mac’s 24 Decade History: Holiday Sauce. The performance included a band of 8 musicians, dynamic special guests, who reframed classic holiday tunes to celebrate diversity.

In January, we presented Flamenco and Afrobeat performer Buika,

featuring Camila Meza and the Nectar Orchestra.

February included All the Things I Lost in the Flood with Laurie Anderson. The multimedia performances that evening included readings, music, visuals, and electronics based on Anderson’s new book of the same title.

In March, we presented Andrew Lloyd Webber UNMASKED, with special guest host Glenn Close.

Andrew Lloyd Webber introduced and discussed his new memoir in this exclusive literary event.

We next presented The Chieftains. Since 1962, The Chieftains have been highly recognized for reinventing traditional Irish music on a contemporary and International scale. The Town Hall has proudly presented The Chieftains biennially since the 1980’s. We also presented Familia Habichuela: Legendary Dynasties, featuring Pepe Habichuela and Josemi Carmona; with special guests Arturo & Adam O’Farrill. This performance celebrated 60 years of flamenco guitar rooted in tradition and innovation. Finally, acclaimed singer-songwriters Lucy Kaplansky, Richard Shindell and Dar Williams reunited their celebrated folk-pop collaboration, Cry Cry Cry. April began with Carlos do Carmo - with special guest Celeste Rodrigues. It was a historic night for fado music when Portugal’s do Carmo performed for the first time in NYC. This program showcased his career of more than 50 years as the leading male voice of fado.

The month of May brought Django A GoGo 2018 to Town Hall. Acclaimed guitarist, Stephane Wrembel, presented a celebration of the music and spirit of Django Reinhardt. We also presented A Flawless Night: Long Live The Queen! paying tribute to Flawless Mother Sabrina through special 50th Anniversary screening of the film, The Queen, a documentary about the famed drag contest held at Town Hall. Performers and friends then performed a musical tribute.

We continued with the 19th season of our subscription series Broadway by the Year® where Scott Siegel and performers took audiences on a musical tour of Broadway. Performers included Emily Skinner, Carolee Carmello, and more and took place on Feb 26, Mar 26, May 21, & June 18. This culminated with Broadway Rising Stars, which introduced audiences to the next generation of Broadway talent.

Participants included recent graduates from the country’s top performing arts schools.

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GLOBAL ICONS 2018 2019 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2018 • 6PM

Music in Twelve Parts Composed by Philip Glass Performed by Philip Glass and the Philip Glass Ensemble Philip Glass’ Music in Twelve Parts, one of the milestones of contemporary music, returns to The Town Hall, the stage where it premiered in 1974, for a rare performance beginning at 6pm.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2019 • 8PM

SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2019 • 8PM

Farruquito

Django A-Go-Go 2019

Farruquito (Juan Manuel Fernández

French guitarist Stephane Wrembel and

Montoya), is the greatest flamenco

guests celebrate the music of Django

dancer of this new century (The New

Reinhardt. Now in its 12th edition, the

York Times). Farruquito unveils his

festival started by Stephane Wrembel

most personal side – staying true to the

has grown into a major event that

traditional roots, while also presenting

takes the music of Django Reinhardt

the current state of Flamenco. This

as a starting point and celebrates the

performance is an original creation of

constant evolution of Gypsy Jazz.

music, lyrics and choreography.

SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2019 • 7PM

Anoushka Shankar Six-time Grammy® Award nominee, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2018 • 8PM

BELA FLECK, ZAKIR HUSSAIN & EDGAR MEYER

Shankar is a singular figure in the

Three masterful genre-benders and the

nominations. In her new program,

leading virtuosos on their respective

Anoushka Shankar reflects on her

instruments--banjo, tabla and double

journey so far; drawing on classical

bass--Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain and

ragas, referencing some of the

Edgar Meyer move with ease among

experiences she’s built along the way

the worlds of classical, bluegrass and

and experimenting with new ideas.

world music.

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sitar player and composer Anoushka Indian classical and progressive world music scenes six Grammy® Award

CIVIC PRIDE

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2018 • 7PM

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2018 • 8PM

SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 2019 • 8PM

The Lantern Tour Concert for Migrant and Refugee Families

Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce

John Cameron Mitchell + Stephen Trask The Origin of Love

With Emmylou Harris, Jackson Browne, Shawn Colvin, Lila Downs, Graham Nash & Special Guests

Fellow and Pulitzer Prize finalist, Taylor

Christmas as calamity— 2017 MacArthur Mac, is joined by longtime collaborators

50th Pride Edition The Songs and Stories of Hedwig

designer Machine Dazzle, music director

John Cameron Mitchell, the double

An intimate evening of acoustic music

Matt Ray and a band of eight to reframe

Tony Award winning, Golden Globe-

to benefit the Women’s Refugee

the songs you love and the holidays

nominated co-creator of Hedwig & the

Commission and their advocacy on

you hate.

Angry Inch reunites with collaborator

behalf of migrant and refugee families

Stephen Trask and a slew of very

seeking safety at the U.S. border.

special guests for an exclusive 50th Pride Celebration.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2018 • 8PM

KCRW's LEFT, RIGHT & CENTER Hosted By Josh Barro with Ana Marie Cox and Rich Lowry Provocative, up-to-the-minute, alive and witty, KCRW's weekly confrontation

SHOOTS & SCORES: FILMS IN CONCERT THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2019 • 8PM

A Thousand Thoughts

culture proves those with impeccable

A Live Documentary by Sam Green and Kronos Quartet Written and directed by Sam Green and Joe Bini

credentials needn't lack personality.

Oscar-nominated filmmakers Sam Green and Joe Bini have teamed up with Grammy-

Featuring four of the most insightful

winning Kronos Quartet for a wildly creative new live multimedia performance piece

news analysts anywhere, this weekly

that explores the power of music through the lens of Kronos Quartet’s past, present,

love-hate relationship of the air reaches

and future. Transcending the typical live music and film event, this collaboration

about 50,000 of the most influential

quickly becomes a meditation on music itself – the act of listening to it closely, the

radio listeners in Southern California.

experience of feeling it deeply, and the power that it has to change the world.

over politics, policy and popular

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LITERARY EVENTS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 • 7PM

Hank Green | An Absolutely Remarkable Thing with guest John Green In this special multimedia event, Hank Green introduces and discusses his thoroughly

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2018 • 8PM

SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2019 • 8PM

original debut

I Might Regret This

Linda Ronstadt

A Conversation with Abbi Jacobson

"A Conversation with Linda” is a spectacular,

including how the social internet

A hilarious and poignant collection

big screen multimedia journey featuring the

is changing fame, rhetoric, and

about love, loss, work, comedy, and

iconic singer’s personal recounting of her

radicalization; how our culture deals

figuring out who you really are -- all told

four-decade career. Linda shares videos,

with fear and uncertainty; and how

in the sharp, wildly funny, and relatable

music, rare personal photos, and behind-

vilification and adoration spring from

voice that has endeared Broad City co-

the-scenes events that shaped her uniquely

the same dehumanization that follows a

creator and co-star Abbi Jacobson to

eclectic musical style, expanding on her

life in the public eye.

critics and fans alike.

moving autobiography Simple Dreams:

adult novel. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing grapples with big themes,

A Musical Memoir

Congratulations Laurie Anderson & Bob Hurwitz Pioneers in American music and distinguished honorees of Town Hall’s Friends of the Arts Awards 2018 With much affection from Your Nonesuch Family

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The board and staff of TheaterWorksUSA join The Town Hall in celebrating the extraordinary work of our co-founder,

Charlie Hull

whose dedication, tireless spirit, and artistic vision have helped bring exceptional, transformative theater to 100 million children throughout the country.

TWUSA Board of Directors Sally Jacobs Baker Stephanie Beardsley Catherine Bendall Chris Carr Lisa Chanel Suzanne Cohen Jennifer Doyle Lennox Andrew Fisher

Tim Freydberg Michael Harrington Kim Katz David Lo Mastro Alyssa Mack Leslie Monsky Analia Lopez Murphy

Barbara Pasternack Judith C. Prince John Rachwalski Adam Richman Chuck Santoro Tom Smith Cara Talty Heary Tom Toce

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C R E AT E D , W R I T T E N , A N D H O S T E D B Y

BROADWAY

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SCOTT SIEGEL Town Hall's signature series, Broadway by the Year, begins its record breaking 19th season in February, 2019.

This altogether original series, created, written, directed, and hosted by Scott Siegel, has been that rare concert creation: beloved by both critics and audiences throughout its remarkable history as a vehicle for today's great stars to honor the brilliant

and Edythe Kenner Foundation

songs of Broadway's storied past.

Critically acclaimed by the likes of Playblll.com, The Village Voice, and The New York Times, Broadway by the Year has earned

MO NDAY, FEBRUARY 25 , 2019 • 8 P M

accolades while also giving its audiences the chance to see such

THE BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1928 & 1935

stars as Sutton Foster, Marc Kudisch, Jessie Mueller, Stephanie

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!

MO NDAY, MARCH 2 5, 2019 • 8 P M

J. Block, Brian d'Arcy James, Emily Skinner, Robert Goulet, Cheyenne Jackson, Sierra Boggess, and so many other Broadway luminaries at a fraction of the price of a Broadway musical. The combination of talent, entertainment, and Scott Siegel's penchant for extraordinary surprises, has made Broadway by the Year a beloved New York institution.

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!

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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!

MO NDAY, JUNE 17, 2 019 • 8 P M

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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BROADWAY RISING STARS A national showcase that introduces New York audiences to the next generation of up-and-coming talent as chosen by a panel of discerning

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judges from among the most outstanding new graduates from

S E R I E S S U B S C R I P TI O N S AVA I L A B L E

acclaimed institutions.

T H E TOW N H A L L .O R G / B B T Y

With Musical Director and Host SETH RUDETSKY Music director and host Seth Rudetsky welcomes the greatest Broadway performers for an up-close and personal conversation and concert. Join us as Audra McDonald, Kelli O'Hara and Jeremy Jordan chat with Seth and sing a dozen songs from their storied careers and personal journeys. The format of each concert will be a seamless mix of intimate behind-the-scenes stories prompted by Rudetsky’s funny, insightful and revealing questions – and the music from the star’s stellar Broadway career. This new series promises three different evenings of show-stopping songs and hilarity not to be missed.

This series will be raising funds for Sandy Hook Promise. For more info visit sandyhookpromise.org

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AUDRA MCDONALD

holds the record for more Tony Award Best

Performance wins than any other actor in history, earning Tonys for Carousel, Master Class, Ragtime, A Raisin in the Sun, The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, and Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill. She won critical acclaim as the Mother Abbess in NBC’s live telecast of The Sound of Music, and won her first Emmy as the host of PBS’ Live From Lincoln Center. Audra has been named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people and received the National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama.

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KELLI O’HARA

won the Tony Award for The King and I and was nominated

for Tonys for The Bridges of Madison County, Nice Work If You Can Get It, South Pacific, The Pajama Game, and The Light in the Piazza. She appears in the Netflix’s series 13 Reasons Why and has been seen on Sex & The City 2, Martin Scorsese’s The Key to Reserva, Showtime’s Master of Sex, CBS All Access’ The Good Fight, Blue Bloods, Alexander Hamilton, N3mbers, Car Talk, and received an Emmy nomination for The Accidental Wolf. In 2019 Kelli will star in the Broadway revival of Kiss Me Kate opposite Will Chase.

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JEREMY JORDAN

was nominated for a Tony Award for Newsies and has

also starred on Broadway in Rock of Ages, West Side Story and Bonnie & Clyde.

Jeremy starred in The CW drama Supergirl opposite Melissa Benoist as well as NBC's hit series Smash. He also starred in the film adaptation of The Last 5 Years opposite Anna Kendrick, Joyful Noise opposite Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah, and Disney’s live filmed stage production of Newsies. This fall he will star on Broadway opposite Kerry Washington in the drama American Son.

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Bert Kreischer THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2018 • 7PM

Anthony Jeselnik 7PM & 9:4

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Boz Scaggs Out of the Blues Tour WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 14, 2018 • 8PM

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2018 • 8PM

Noel Nights: Rufus & Martha Wainwright and Family and Friends

Emmylou Harris, Loudon Wainwright III, Teddy Thompson, Sloan Wainwright, Sufjan Stevens, Martha Plimpton, Lucy Wainwright Roche & more SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2018 • 8PM

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2018

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2018 • 7PM

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Home for the Holidays

Christmas Classics and the Hits THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2018 • 8PM

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SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM The TOWN HALL SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM provided 28 high school students the opportunity to explore arts-related industries as a career path. Interns were between the ages of 16 and 18 and represented all five boroughs of New York City. The program took place at six performing arts organizations including: The Town Hall, Alvin Ailey Camp, LUX/Future Proof, Jay Michaels Arts and Entertainment, CityKids Foundation, and Theater for the New City. The Town Hall sought to provide an opportunity that was mutually beneficial to both the participating students and our partnering arts organizations, and matched each intern with an organization that aligned with the student’s interests and specific skill-sets. The program

furnished teens with practical and creative skills, which gave them an enriching experience that boosted their self-confidence and eagerness to succeed.

Interns also attended two-hour weekly seminars led by arts professionals, and were given weekly journal prompts and recommended readings by a Town Hall mentor. Over the course of the summer, students showed both emotional and intellectual growth. We are privileged to have worked with these students at a pivotal time in their lives, and are proud to have provided necessary tools for professional and personal success. We believe this program is a valuable stepping stone for young professionals who are determined to achieve and to maximize their potential.

EDUCATION OUTREACH During the 2017-18 school year, Town Hall continued our robust arts in education outreach program (EOP), which placed 31 teaching artists in residency at 21 schools throughout New York City. Skilled in the disciplines of dance, theatre, music, and visual arts, teaching artists led students at each school in classroom workshops that culminated in performances that were attended by their teachers, peers, and families.

This past year, Town Hall brought a Verbatim Theatre program to seniors (age 60+) at Project Find’s Woodstock Senior Center led by Town Hall Director of Education Emma Klauber and Teaching Artist Zoe Watkins. Workshops were designed to include drama exercises, storytelling, group sharing, and individual reflection. A final video was created and presented before an audience with each participant reenacting a peer’s personal history rather than their own. Each participating senior left the program with a better understanding of theatre and its role in creative expression and conversation.

“Feel Me: Find Out Who We Are”: Working with incarcerated youth In June 2018, Town Hall launched a pilot theatre program for incarcerated youth, ages 18-21, who are detained on Rikers Island. Two professional teaching artists worked with 10 young male detainees inside the detention center for 10 hours over a weeks to create theatrical pieces from each participant’s own personal experiences. These young men participated in creative activities such as playwriting, acting, movement & improvisation.

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Youth collaborated to create a book of poetry entitled, “FEEL ME: Find Out Who We Are.” In their culminating presentation, the men expressed what they learned by sharing these pieces with an audience of their peers.

Through this program, these men were able to make their voices heard and reveal their feelings about their life experiences.

WE PROUDLY SALUTE LAURIE ANDERSON CHARLES HULL ROBERT HURWITZ

BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION Stefon Harris shared his insights on the notable jazz artists of the Harlem Renaissance

In our 21st year of partnership with Con Edison and with the generous assistance from the Ford Foundation, The Town Hall presented vibraphone virtuoso and jazz historian Stefon Harris on our stage as our featured Black History Month performer. Almost 4,000 New York City public school children attended four performances and learned about jazz’s cultural significance and the importance of creative expression through an art form.

Prior to the performances, classroom teachers were provided study guides curated by The Town Hall staff to give the students an idea about what to expect from the presentation. For many of the children, this was their first time attending a live concert and visiting a historic landmark in the heart of New York City, as well as their first exposure to improvised music. The study guide detailed the instruments in the quartet, including the lesser-known signature piece, the vibraphone.

Stefon gave a very informative lecture on the scientific workings of the vibraphone and how the sound is shaped within the instrument, as well as a discussion of how jazz improvisers communicate with each other through musical phrasing. The audience of youngsters was incredibly engaged. Also outlined in the study guides were the biographies of Stefon and his bandmates (James Francies, Jonathan Barber and Ben Williams), along with the notable jazz artists of the Harlem Renaissance. These artists included Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker, all of whom gave memorable performances at or had ties to The Town Hall.

Joshua Gastelu, Ms. Arleen Degraffenreid and Maya Sandoval, of PS 197 in Manhattan.

This Year’s Poster and Essay Awardees: Alexandra Gotovtceva 8th Grade | PS 84 Brooklyn Teacher: Ms. Iyer Katheryne Paredes 4th Grade | PS 49 Bronx Teacher: Ms. Goldfine Joshua Gastelu 5th Grade | PS 197 Manhattan Teacher: Ms. Degraffenreid Fatim Fofana 5th Grade | PS 197 Manhattan Teacher: Ms. Degraffenreid Maya Sandoval 5th Grade | PS 197 Manhattan Teacher: Ms. Degraffenreid Anthony Chichay 3rd Grade | PS 81 Brooklyn Teacher: Ms. Goudy WINNING ENTRIES ARE ABLE TO BE VIEWED ON OUR WEBSITE 19

TOWN HALL

In February 2018, Town Hall launched a new membership initiative—the Town Hall Young Patrons Circle.

Since that time, 20 new members have joined the program, and we are continuing to promote the program through special programming and events throughout the year.

Memberships are available at the $180 and $360 level and can be paid on a recurring monthly or quarterly basis.

YOUNG PATRONS

CIRCLE

WELCOME NEW STAFF We are pleased to welcome four new staff members to the Town Hall family.

Jeffrey Mann Director of Marketing

Lauren Noble Director of Education

Our executive YPC committee celebrated one-year of Young Patrons Circle activities on July 19, 2019 at FREEHOLD in Brooklyn. Over 125 guests attended a night of live musical performance, drinks and celebration. We look forward to growing this program and bringing in the next generation of Town Hall supporters over the next year.

Carman Napier Development Associate

Mark Carles Research/Office Assistant

Best Wishes to Town Hall on it’s 97th Anniversary

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Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C. We are delighted to support the 97th Annual

Town Hall Gala Benefit and congratulate honorees

Laurie Anderson Charles Hull Robert Hurwitz frosszelnick.com | 212-813-5900

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2018 SUSTAINING MEMBERS Mr. & Mrs. Louis Aidala* Anonymous Peggy Van Raalte & Barry Abbott Pam Africk** Emerson Allen* Phyllis Barasch** Justine Barrett William Beck Kathleen Begala & Yves-Andre Istel Howard F. Berman** Pat Brown Ralph Buultjens** Claudio Cafengiu Karen & Alexander Callender** Marcy & Leona Chanin Fdtn.** Dr. Stuart Chassen* Gloria & Irwin Cohen* Mindy A. Cohen* Leah Cooper Shauna & Michael Denkensohn* Susan & Rick Derrickson Greg Diamond Sharon Dunn Bruce Van Dusen Robert Dwyer, Jr.* Hon. Betty W. Ellerin* Robert Evanson** Hazel & Russel Fershleiser** Caryl Field Nancy Fisher Joe Flanagan* Dr. Charlotte Frank & Marvin Leffler** Michael & Anne Frank-Shapiro* Bobby & Vicki Freeman Dori Fromer & Harley Frank* Adrienne Frosch* Pete Ganbarg* Mary Ganzenmuller Kathleen Germann Michele Gerstel Matthew Ginsburg* Goldfarb & Fleece** Roanne Goldfein Barbara Gottlieb* Patricia Green** Agnes Gund** Fran and Richard Habib* Kathleen Hagen* Cleo Han* Jill & Martin Handelsman* 22

Alan Harwick Priscilla Hoffman* Sandy & Alfred Horowitz* Fern Hurst & Peter Rubin** Dr. Elizabeth Iannizzi** Vincent Iannuzzi Adam Idleberg* Laura Inge Todd Jick* Henry Johansson* Robert M. Kaufman* Kathleen and Richard Kearns Valerie Fontaine Kempner* Tom King Eric Kransoff* Mr. & Mrs. Paul Kronish* John Kuehn Susan Lampard* John Leahan Jacqueline and Bruce Leffler** Karin & Marc Leffler* John Lewin Daniel R. Lewis** Robin & Jay Lewis** Local One, IATSE* Susan Lyman & Larry Lane Colleen Lynch Carol Marks & Tom Wirtshafter** T. Meadow David Medlar* Keith Meritz Merle Milder Paul Z. Miles** Richard J. Moylan Edy Nathan* James Naughton & Lauren Richards* Carol & Davis Noble* Patrick O’Donnell* Dorinda J. Oliver** Doris & Martin Payson* Leslie Raicer* Catherine Randolph* Rita Robbins** Elaine Roman A. Jeffrey Rosen Kathleen Rosenberg** Zita Rosenthal* Rhoda Rothkopf** Nancy Rubin

Fiona Rudin* Robert & Lynda Safron** Barbara Salmanson* Roberta Schechter* Joan Schiavone Roberta Schleicher* David Schmid Robert & Heidi Schwartz Alan Shabot* Patricia & Brian Shea** Allan Shedlin Foundation, Inc.** Susan & Victor Shedlin** Anthony Shepherd Constance Silver* Melanie Sloan* Kimberly A. Smith** Hansel Smyth, Caitlin Freeman Erik Sonsteby Madhu & Devarj Southworth* Rich Stanton Nevin Steinberg & Paige Price** Judy & Michael Steinhardt** Charlotte Stewart Carolyn A Strecker Jason Stull, Steve Avery Kartik Subramanian, Sireesha Baljepalli** Lara Taubman Steven Trigoboff Tom Toce & Liz Portland Lawrence Unger** Kara Unterberg* Jeffry VonWald* Daniel R. Wacks* Susan Wayne* Weston Willington* Richard Winn Nancy Witson-Rubin Matt Howard & Melissa Wohlgemuth* Mary Wright** Merryl & Charles Zegar** Susan Zohn** Lawrence Zucker & Anita Jaffe Sloan Zuckerman Gary Zych*

*=$500-$999 **= $1,000+

MAJOR GIFTS, CORPORATE, FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT Acción Cultural Española

Lewis QVC Trust

The Achelis and Bodman Foundation

Local One

The Actors Fund

S&P Global

Affiliated Advisors

Mex-Am Cultural Foundation

Apple Inc.

Morgan Stanley

Bank of America

Nederlander Organization

Bruce Weber and Nan Bush Foundation

Nelson Foundation

Cohn Foundation

Nesenoff & Miltenberg, LLP

Consolidated Edison Company of New York Council Member Daniel Garodnick

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council

Daryl and Steven Roth Foundation

New York State Council on the Arts

Robert Evanson

Henry Nias Foundation

Ford Foundation

Office of the President, Borough of Manhattan,

Dr. Charlotte K. Frank

Gale A. Brewer

Garber Atlas Fries & Associates

The Pinkerton Foundation

Anne and Gordon Getty Foundation

Pamela and Richard Rubinstein Foundation

John Gore/Key Brand Entertainment

Pricewaterhouse Cooper

William T. Grant Foundation

The Rudin Foundation

The Hearst Foundations, Inc.

The Shubert Foundation

The Hurst Foundation

The Shubert Organization, Inc.

Israel Consulate

Theatre Refreshments

Jewish Communal Fund

Ticketmaster

JP Morgan Chase

Joyce and George Wein Foundation, Inc.

Jujamcyn Theaters

Wenner Foundation

Edythe Kenner Foundation

Zegar Family Foundation

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2018 BRONZE PLAQUE GIVERS The Agnew Foundation Pam Africk Danielle & Arthur L. Aidala Lori Aidala-Bambina Mr. & Mrs. Louis R. Aidala The Louis R. Aidala Family Foundation Alexander’s Inc. Jane Allison Altier & Barasch Alumnae Club of NYU American Progressive Life Insurance Company of NY Theodore & Paule Anagnostaras Arthur Anderson & Co. Apple Bank for Savings Automatic Data Processing Grace Backman Barbara & Arthur Balik Julianna Rose Bambina Nicholas Arthur Bambina Jane & Lawrence J. Banks Candy & Michael Barasch Marlene Barasch Phyllis Barasch Barbara & Theodore Bartwink Katie Ann Behrens Laurie Bell Gertrude & Meyer Bender Susan & Harvey Berkey & Family Howard Berman Nancy & Evan Berman Lise Bestoff Bialkin Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Frederic S. Bogart William B. & Jane Eisner Bram Carol B. Brener Judith Bronstein Laurie & Richard Brueckner The Bruner Foundation Ralph Buultjens Philip Calabrese Karen & Alexander Callender Century Factors Inc. Leona & Marcy Chanin Carol & Herbert Chase Dr. Stuart Chassen Clarice & Irving Chaykin Mr. & Mrs. Chen Chi Jill & Irwin Cohen 24

Penny & Marvin Cohen Mr. & Mrs. John J. Conley Joseph Cullman, III Cumberland Investment Group Jacques D’Amboise Lew and Judy Tobias Davis Dr. Deborah & Aaron Dean Elizabeth & Charles Digangi Salil Donde Nancy & Bob Downey Doyle, Dane, Bernbach Inc. Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. Querida Duval Dunn Seymour Durst The Durst Organization Pasqua & Edward Dziadul Marilyn & Daniel Eisenberg Honorable Betty W. Ellerin Lawrence Elow Robert Scheffer Ely & Peter S. Ely Vera T. & Nathan Ende Helen & Robert Evanson Scott Evenbeck Mr. & Mrs. Robin L. Farkas Ambassador Ruth Lewis Farkas Eugene & Estelle Ferkauf Foundation Hazel & Russel Fershleiser Mr. & Mrs. Mark I. Finkelstein First City Financial Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Eugene J.T. Flanagan Professor Morris D. Forkosch Anne Francine Andrew Sidney Frank Dr. Charlotte Frank & Marvin Leffler Debra & Matthew Frank Emma Calley Frank Harrison Peter Frank Matilda Frank Matthew Frank Simon Noah Frank Michael & Anne Frank-Shapiro Ellen & Peter Frenkel Ruth G. Fribourg Sue & Evan Friedman Dori Fromer & Harley Frank Adrienne Frosch Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, PC Sylvia H. Fusfeld The Geist Foundation Jurgen Giesbert Gloria & Alvin B. Glaser Eileen Goldblatt The Goldie Anna Charitable Trust Richard Goodman Senator Roy M. Goodman Mr. & Mrs. Harry E. Gould, Jr. Jonathan Gray Honorable Bill Green

Patricia Green Linda & Fred Greenberg Susan & Neil Greenberg Antonia & George Grumbach, Jr. Gulf + Western Foundation Agnes Gund & Daniel Shapiro Llura & Gordon Gund Jill & Martin Handelsman Robert Hansmann Peter O. Hanson George Hecht Hemmerdinger Foundation Geoffrey Hess Mrs. Gavin Hildick-Smith Dupree Hill Herbert H. Hirschhorn Celeste Holm Josephine Lawrence Hopkins Foundation Sandy & Alfred Horowitz Fern Hurst & Dr. Peter Rubin Dr. Elizabeth Iannizzi George Jacobs Anita Jaffe & Lawrence C. Zucker Janet & George Jaffin Susan & Norman Javitt Beatrice & Saul Jeffee Jujamcyn Theaters Laura Kaminsky Kenneth Kansas Adele & David Kanstoren Rita & Stanley H. Kaplan Foundation Sid & Oscar Kapnick Mr. & Mrs. Fred Katz Mr. & Mrs. George Katz Anita & Jay W. Kaufman Bel Kaufman & Sydney Gluck George & Mariana Kaufman Professor Robert A. Kavesh Carmen Webster Kelly Edythe Kenner Helen & Martin Kimmel Ruth & Louis Kizner Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Klosk Alice Koenigsberger Ruth Kogel Mr. & Mrs. Boris Kostelanetz Charlotte & Stanley Kriegel Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Kugler Rosalyn & Howard B. Kutner Robert N. Landes Ambassador & Mrs. Ronald Lauder Barbara & Peter Leavy Jacqueline & Bruce Leffler Karin & Marc Leffler Rita & Robert Leffler Shirley Leffler Adrienne Marsh Lefkowitz

Aphy & Rand Lennon Marjorie & John Leonard Vivien Leone Laurence M. Lerner Diana & Stanley C. Lesser Lever Brothers Betty & John Levin Mary Helen & Jack Levine Charlotte & Harold Levinson Ivy Lewis, IV Fund Jan & Daniel Lewis Jay Lewis Joan M. Lewis Ross Lewis & Peter Herbert Frances & John L. Loeb Foundation Mrs. Robert London Richard H. Low The Joe & Emily Lowe Foundation, Inc. Richard H.M. & Gail Lowe Maidman Grace Lyu-Volckhausen The Mabel Mercer Foundation R. H. Macy & Co. Richard Maidman Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company Carol Marks & Tom Wirtshafter The Brian R. Marlowe Foundation James Massey Jill Matthews Dorothy Maynor Rose & Jerome R. McDougal The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. MDC Corporation Dina Merrill Hartley Vivian Merrin Ruth Meyer Paul Z. Miles Arleen & Justin D. Miller Claire & Seymour Miller Andrew Miltenberg Vivian Milstein Phyllis & Bernard Mittman Honorable Milton Mollen Henry & Lucy Moses Fund Stewart Mott Hon. Thomas S. Murphy The Nash Family Foundation National Bank of North America Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Needle The New Yorker Magazine Carole K. Newman Nancy & Morris W. Offit OFFITBANK Ogilvy & Mather Dorinda J. Oliver Aileen & Meyer Osofsky Gabrielle Palitz Mr. & Mrs. Albert Parker Betsy & Stanley Parman Judy & Herbert Paul

Doris & Martin Payson Grace Kopit Perlman Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Piazza Louise A. Pierot Phoebe Menken Planick Nyna Brael & Theodore Polumbaum Rosalind Posner Henry C. Preston Ruth J. Pugh Diana Ronan Quasha Theodore Racoosin Samuel J. Raiff Rita Rand Susie Raymond & Eva Franklin Reader’s Digest Anne & Harry Reicher Foundation Norman & Susan Reid Melody Sawyer Richardson River Bank America Rita Robbins Edith Roberts Dina Merrill Robertson Nathan Rogers Patricia Brodie Romanoff Vera Rony & Marvin Kristein Mr. & Mrs. Frederick P. Rose Drs. Pola & Herman Rosen Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. Judith & Alfred Rosenberg Kathleen Rosenberg Michael J. Rosenberg Hilda & Irme J. Rosenthal Juliet Rosenthal Foundation Phyllis & Larry Rosenthal Nina Rosenwald Pat & John Rosenwald Rhoda Rothkopf R. Douglas Rothman Robert de Rothschild Arthur Rubin Nancy Rubin Richard P. Rubinstein The Rudin Foundation Robert Safron Saks Fifth Avenue Robert M. Sandelman Steven Sanders Toby & David Schaps Betty & Stanley Schechter Dawn, Hope & Nicole Schefler Joan & Sylvan Schefler Mr. & Mrs. Max Schefler Roberta Schleicher Arnold & Marie Schwartz Fund Peter Scotese Martin E. Segal Company Judith Marcus Shampaine Muriel & Arthur Shapiro Rebecca Amy Shapiro

Sarah Rose Shapiro Brian T. Shea Lilli Shedlin Susan & Victor Shedlin Bobby Short The Shubert Organization Muriel Siebert Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Silverman Pauline Stein Silverman Clarissa & Lloyd Singer Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Slifka Ruth Smadbeck Kimberly Smith Geraldine & Daniel Soba Paige Price & Nevin Steinberg Judy & Michael Steinhardt M. John Sterba, Jr. Isabelle Stevenson Christine & George Stonbely Kartik Subramanian Swig Weiler & Arnow Management Sybase, Inc. Jeanette & Stephen Tabb Vicki & Harold Tananbaum Frieda & Edith Tausner Theatrical Stage Employees Local One Ligia Thompson Barbara & Malcolm Thomson Billie & Laurence Tisch Gloria Title Andrew Tobias Judy & Seth Tobias Friends of Seth Tobias Vicki Stillman-Toomey Dee & Bob Topol Larry Unger United States Trust Company of NY Laura & James Wagstaff Robert Wankel Time Warner Inc. Honorable Ruth V. Washington The Weiler-Arnow Family James A. Wein Lawrence A. Wein Jerome Weinstein Max Weintraub Jonathan Weiss Mildred & George Weissman Ira T. Wender World Challenge Inc. Murray Wortzel Anne & Robert Wright Mary Wright Chas P. Young Company Viacom, Inc. Zegar Family Foundation Susan Zohn

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ThankYou!

Yasmin Abdul-Mikin

Deja Green

Justin Parker

Fodi Ali

Johnny Lee Green

Anderson Arauso Perejra

Mike A. Antoine

Jan Gonzalez Martinez

Jazyman Perez

Ismael Aponte

Bryant Hargrole

Kyron Phillips

Angelo Barreto

Abdul Jihad

Tayra Pope

Ronald Boyd

Jorge Jusino

Cesar Ramirez

Jennifer Bush

Jeff Mann

Christopher Randolph

Mark Aelxander Carles

Ruben Mella, Jr.

Abel Reyes

Justin Carrasquillo

Cole Mileaf

Nelson Richardson

Alvina Chanel Henderson

Ramar Jackson

Angel Rodriguez

Joseph Conway

Alexander Koveos

Edgar Rodriquez

Steven Cruz

Donna Kong

Bryan Roman

Danny DeJesus

Richard Looney

Ramon Sanabria

William Dehling

Edwin Lopez

Leigh Schanfein

Tara A. Donohue

Julian Lugo

Veronica Sipp

Richard Feliz

Jacqueline Maddox

Timothy Spencer

Illiass Fellahi

Cinderella Major

Alexander Then

Stanley Forestal

Britni Montalbano

Rantea Thompson

Joseph Franqui

Helen Morris

Jackelin Urias

Peter Franqui

Carman Napier

Tav’on Williams

Steven Franqui

Lauren Noble

Nathan Yampolsky

Stefanie Garcia

Tashya Ortiz

Joshua Young

Jahi Grant

MA Papper

Lawrence C. Zucker

Nia Grant

Sabrina Paratore

For your never-ending support and dedication to bringing world-class entertainment and education to New York!

With sincere gratitude and appreciation, Tom Wirtshafter, President, Marvin Leffler, President Emeritus, Lawrence C. Zucker, Executive Director, and The Board of Trustees

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SUPPORTING NEIGHBORHOOD RESTAURANTS CAFÉ UN DEUX TROIS 123 W 44th St. Tel: 212/354-4148 Cavernous, cacophonous space: soaring ceiling, colossal columns, faux-antiqued walls, distressed mirrors and trompe l’oeil murals - one of the hottest after-theater hangouts on Broadway. While waiting for a menu, grab a crayon—supplied with the butcher paper tablecloths—and draw.

HEARTLAND BREWERY & CHOPHOUSE TONY’S DI NAPOLI

127 W 43rd St. Tel: 646.366.0235

147 W 43rd St. Tel: 212/221-0100

Voted best brew pub by New York Magazine, and a NY Daily Press People’s Choice Award Winner. Widely known for brewing unique handcrafted beer, Heartland also wins accolades for freshly prepared food and specialties like handmade soda.

Cozy décor, friendly staff, and seasonal menu items and beers make each visit to Heartland a mouthwatering and memorable experience.

Captures the essence of Authentic Old NY Italian cuisine with its ambiance, decor, great value and delicious home-style recipes in platters that comfortably satisfy 2-3 hungry diners.

Individual plates are also available.

BURGER & LOBSTER

SAJU BISTRO

OSTERIA AL DOGE

132 W. 43rd St.

120 W 44th St. Tel: 212/997.7258

142 W 44th St. Tel: 212/944-3643

The name says it all! Hailed by the likes of the New York Times, Business Insider, Zagat, Inside Hook and BroadwayWorld, the visually eyepopping restaurant is all about serving the best burgers and lobster rolls, in various enticing iterations - including The Beast, a burger topped with lobster, Swiss and house made truffle aioli m - along with succulent whole lobsters up to 19 pounds. The B&L featuring any two lobster rolls, any two burgers, two one-pound lobsters, unlimited fries, unlimited salad, any three sauces and four specialty cocktails or a bottle of Cava, is an instant party form up to four and makes any Town Hall outing especially memorable.

Saju breaks the midtown monotony.

Retreat into a modern, elegant oasis for a culinary alternative. The well designed menu will make your pre-theatre, posttheatre experience feel like a trip to St. Tropez en Provence.

A little Milanese, a little Venetian and a lot of fish and pasta. Try the swordfish carpaccio, antipasto spread or luscious pastas. Part of the reason for the pretheatre crowd is a reasonable pretheatre prix-fixe.

BXL CAFÉ 125 W 43rd St. Tel: 212/768-0200 Authentic Belgian bistro serving great Belgian fare and carrying an extensive list of imported beers. Menu features awesome burgers as well as classic delights like mussels accompanied by authentic Belgian frites! Monday is unlimited mussels night.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

STAFF DIRECTORY

President Tom M. Wirtshafter

Executive Director Lawrence C. Zucker

President Emeritus Marvin Leffler

Artistic Director M.A. Papper

Executive Vice President Susan Zohn Vice President Alfred H. Horowitz Vice President Bruce S. Leffler Treasurer Andrew T. Miltenberg Secretary Phyllis Putter Barasch

TRUSTEES Phyllis Putter Barasch Robert E. Evanson Anne Frank-Shapiro Alfred H. Horowitz Stephen C. Jacobs Henry Johansson Ted Lambert Bruce S. Leffler Marvin Leffler Andrew T. Miltenberg Rita Robbins Madhu Southworth Nevin Steinberg Tom Wirtshafter Susan Zohn

LIFE TRUSTEES Leona Chanin Eugene J.T. Flanagan Claire G. Miller ADVISORY COUNCIL Kathleen Rosenberg, Chair Nancy Berman Shauna Denkensohn Sandy Horowitz Elizabeth Iannizzi Claire Miller Melody Sawyer Richardson Zita Rosenthal Rhoda Rothkopf

ARTS IN EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL Dr. Charlotte K. Frank, Chair Dr. Sharon Dunn Michael Fram Gary Hecht Ernest Logan Dr. Lisa Mars Dr. Pola Rosen George Young

Director of Administration, Subscriptions & Membership Helen Morris Director of Development Jacqueline Maddox Director of Marketing Jeff Mann Director of Education Lauren Noble Development Associate Carmen Napier Administrative Assistant Britni Montalbano Digital Media Manager Alex Koveos Research/Office Assistant Mark Alexander Carles Box Office Manager Angel Rodriguez House Manager Richard Looney Technical Director William Dehling Chief Engineer Steven M. Franqui

ADDRESS 123 West 43rd Street (between 6th Ave and Broadway) New York, NY 10036

BOX OFFICE HOURS Monday — Saturday 12pm — 6pm Closed Sundays except for performance dates

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