Monday, May 23, 2022
MONDAY, MAY 23, 2022 • 8PM
CREATED, WRITTEN, DIRECTED AND HOSTED BY
SIEGEL
PATTERSON
The Broadway by the Year Dance Troupe
Choreographed & Led by Danny Gardner
Sheet Music Consultant: Michael Lavine
BROADWAY BY THE YEAR® IS PRESENTED WITH THE SUPPORT OF BANK OF AMERICA ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE EDYTHE KENNER FOUNDATION
LARRY ZUCKER, Executive Director
MELAY ARAYA, Artistic Director
JEFF MANN, Marketing Director
KEITH SHERMAN, Publicity
SCOTT KLEIN, Publicity
TED LAMBERT, Chief Operating Officer
BILL DEHLING, Technical Director
CARL ACAMPORA, Production Manager
ALEX KOVEOS, Digital Media Manager
DENNIS RAKAUCKAS, Graphic Designer
Tony Danza
“How About You?”
“Angel Eyes”
Melissa Errico
“Confession”
“Life Upon the Wicked Stage”
John Easterlin
“A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody” “The Girl on the Magazine Cover”
Danny Gardner/BBTY Dance Troupe
“Fascinating Rhythm”
“Dancing in the Dark”
“Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend”
Ryan Knowles
“Brother Can You Spare a Dime?”
Everything Old is New Again” “Sixteen Tons”
Douglas Ladnier
“Both Sides Now”
“Yesterday”
“Forever Young”
Anais Reno
“Stardust”
“Caravan”
Hayley Swindal
“Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” (w/ the BBTY Dance Troupe)
“Losing My Mind” “Cabaret”
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Celebrate the 21st anniversary season of Broadway by the Year® with us, in what is bound to be the most exciting season, ever, in the storied history of this critically acclaimed series. lauded across the board by publications such as Variety, Playbill, The Huffington Post, Time Out NY, and, of course, The NY Times — which called the series “Witty, breezily paced... informative...valuable.. the right perspective of lighthearted nostalgia.”
Author/Critic Scott
Siegel created Broadway by the Year® for The Town Hall, which he writes, directs, and hosts. Tony Award Winner, Macarthur Genius, and Broadway by the Year veteran, Bill Irwin refers to Siegel’s “rumpled charm,” with which the series host celebrates the great songs created for the Broadway stage and recounts, with humor, how they came to be.
SCOTT SIEGEL
Scott Siegel is the author of 48 books, and has created more than 400 major concerts that have been performed all over the world. He has written/produced/directed concerts for Michael Feinstein, created scores of nightclub acts that have played at major clubs around the globe, but is, perhaps, best known as the creator/writer/director/host of town Hall’s signature series, Broadway by the Year®, which is currently celebrating its 21st critically acclaimed season. For more information about all of Scott’s shows, please visit Scott’s website at SiegelPresents.com
ROSS PATTERSON
Ross Patterson’s career in music has been as varied and eclectic as the many styles he loves to play. After completing his studies at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Ross spent two years on the road as Musical Director for the Ice Capades before heading to NYC. There, he quickly became one of the most sought after pianists by singers. This led to musical directing, arranging and recording for many of the top cabaret artists in New York. He has been honored twice with the Backstage Bistro Award for outstanding musical direction. For its entire history, Ross has been the arranger, musical director and band leader for the critically acclaimed Broadway by the Year® concert series at The Town Hall.
TONY DANZA
Tony Danza has been one of the world’s most beloved and iconic entertainers for over 40 years. Perhaps best known for his starring roles on two of television’s most cherished and long-running series, Taxi and Who’s The Boss, Tony has also starred in hit films such as Angels in the Outfield, She’s Out of Control, Hollywood Knights, and Don Jon. Well established as a song and dance man, Tony has also starred on Broadway in The Producers, A View from the Bridge, and Honeymoon In Vegas, with the New York Times calling his performance “sly genius,” and a “career high.” He is currently touring with his hit live show, Standards & Stories. Combining timeless music with wit, charm, storytelling, and a dash of soft shoe and ukulele performances, Danza performs a selection of his favorite standards from the Great American Songbook while interweaving stories about his life and personal connection to the music. The hit live show has entertained audiences around the country with The New York Times raving “Tony’s a live wire who tap-dances, plays the ukulele, tells stories and radiates irresistible charm…He exudes the kind of charisma that can’t be taught!”. Tony and his band will be performing their hit show at the world famous Cafe Carlyle in NYC June 14 through June 25, tickets are on sale now.
Tony recently made a special guest appearance on Blue Bloods, and just wrapped a co-starring role in the upcoming 20th Century Fox feature film, Darby Harper Wants You To Know. He also has a much buzzed about Who’s the Boss sequel in the works.
JOHN EASTERLIN
John Easterlin has rapidly established himself as one of international opera’s most exciting performers. A four time Grammy Award recipient with four listings in the Guinness Book of World Records, his international opera credits include multiple productions with the Metropolitan Opera; New York City Opera; Opéra National de Paris; Wiener Staatsoper; Royal Opera House Covent Garden; English National Opera; Teatro Real, Madrid; Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow; Canadian Opera Company, Toronto; New Israeli Opera, Tel Aviv; Beijing Opera, China; and the Sydney Opera House, Australia; in addition to the Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Seattle Opera, Washington National Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and Dallas Opera. Soloist with the Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, and the American Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, he created the role of Andy Warhol in the world premiere of Philip Glass’ The Perfect American and Larry King in the U.S. premiere of Anthony
Turnage’s Anna Nicole. A Master Puppeteer and Certified Magician, (member of The International Brotherhood of Magicians), his additional opera appearances include the Glimmerglass, Ravinia, Spoleto, Saito Kinen, and Merida festivals. Recipient of the Olivier, Gramophone, and Diapason D’Or L’Année awards, John made his Broadway debut as Ubaldo Piangi in The Phantom of the Opera at the Majestic Theatre..
MELISSA ERRICO
“The Maria Callas of American musical theater,” as Opera News has called her, referencing both her crystalline voice and dramatic, expressive intensity, Melissa Errico is a Tony Award-nominated Broadway star -- an actress, singer and author who contributes regularly to The New York Times, and her album Out Of The Dark: The Film Noir Project was just released by Warner Music/Ghostlight Records. First known for her starring roles on Broadway, including My Fair Lady, High Society and Les Misérables, her recent album, Sondheim Sublime, was called by The Wall Street Journal “The best all-Sondheim album ever recorded.” Errico’s history with Sondheim began when he selected her to star as Dot in Sunday In The Park With George at The Kennedy Center, and she has since co-starred as Clara in Passion at Classic Stage Company and in the NY City Center Encores! production of the Sondheim/Rodgers musical Do I Hear A Waltz? She was also featured on the PBS Poetry in America episode about Sondheim which featured Melissa singing “Finishing the Hat” and she will be performing at Carnegie Hall this fall in their Sondheim tribute concert. In addition to Sondheim, nothing in her work has been more constant than her association with composer Michel Legrand. Having starred in his sole Broadway show, Amour, she went on to collaborate with him on the iconic album Legrand Affair. After his death in 2019, she was asked to write his eulogy by The New York Times and was then invited to be the sole American performer in the extraordinary two-day memorial to Legrand held in April, 2019 at Paris’ Le Grand Rex Theatre. Warner Music/Ghostlight Records also reissued her symphonic album, which Legrand arranged & conducted, as Legrand Affair (Deluxe Edition).
DANNY GARDNER
Danny Gardner is thrilled to be returning to Broadway By The Year at Town Hall. He just finished Flying Over Sunset at Lincoln Center Theater where he was the Understudy to Cary Grant and the Assistant Choreographer to Michelle Dorrance. Other credits include: Dames At Sea on Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theater, Lady, Be Good! (City Center Encores!); The New York Summer Spectacular starring the Rockettes (Radio City); The Decline and Fall of
the Entire World…(York Theatre); Time Step (New Victory Theater), Neurosis (DR2); Room 17B (59E59 - Drama Desk nomination), Lyrics & Lyricists (92nd Street Y). National Tours: White Christmas, 42nd Street, Here to Stay: The Gershwin Experience. Regional Theaters include: Crazy For You (Signature Theatre), Show Boat (Goodspeed), Singin’ in The Rain (Marriott Lincolnshire), The Music Man (Asolo Repertory Theater), Between the Lines (Kansas City Rep.) Education: BFA from Ithaca College. Instagram:@DannyJGNYC. www.danny-gardner.com
RYAN KNOWLES
Ryan Knowles was last seen on Broadway playing nine characters in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, for which he received a spot on the NY Times “Best Of Theatre” 2019 list. On national tour and around the world, Knowles has entertained millions, performing with Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen on the world tour of We Will Rock You, as well as The Lightning Thief, Grinch and OZ. Ryan has played everything on two legs (and occasionally four). From Disney’s Genie to Seuss’ Grinch; Hunchback’s Frollo to Little Shop’s Dentist; Caliban, Bottom, Prospero and Richard III. He starred on TV as host of Nickelodeon’s Me:TV. He has danced with the Rockettes; conjured the Devil repeatedly (he’s played Ol’ Scratch 11 times); grappled in the ring with Lucha Libre wrestlers in Mexico City, and recited Shakespeare while skydiving (without missing a line). IG/Twitter: @ImRyanKnowles. RyanKnowles.com
DOUGLAS LADNIER
A critically acclaimed and award winning singer, Douglas performed 11 roles in the original Broadway production of Jekyll & Hyde and has appeared in more than 60 countries around the world. His solo concerts won the Backstage Bistro Award for Outstanding Vocalist in NYC where he appears regularly in concerts at The Town Hall, Feinstein’s 54 Below and Merkin Concert Hall in addition to performances at Iridium Jazz Club, The Firebird, and The Metropolitan Room. His recent performances as Sweeney Todd have been thrilling audiences and critics alike from Los Angeles to Media, PA. Also in Los Angeles, Douglas headlined the world-famous Viper Room, The Roxy, The El Rey Theater and The Troubadour with his band beat&path.
The New York Times calls him, simply, “The best,” and Rex Reed raves in The New York Observer, “This guy’s melting baritone could single handedly revive the art of the ballad, the love song and the heartbreaker.” Douglas’ new album, Quiet Man, will be released this summer. More info @ www.douglasladnier.com
ANAIS RENO
Anaïs Reno, a NYC-based jazz singer, has been artistically active since age 8. After winning the 2016 Forte International Competition’s Platinum Award at Carnegie Hall, Anaïs placed second at Michael Feinstein’s Songbook Academy Competition in 2018, and First Place at the Mabel Mercer Competition in 2019.
Currently studying at SUNY Purchase with Alexis Cole, Anaïs has had a rapidly growing career, working with highly acclaimed professionals in the field in prominent venues. These include the NY Philharmonic playing her compositions in David Geffen Hall, performances at Carnegie Hall, and Birdland Jazz Club. She has sung with the Birdland Big Band, the Emmet Cohen Trio, and Benny Benack III. Her debut album, recorded with the Emmet Cohen Trio, titled “Lovesome Thing: Anaïs Reno Sings Ellington & Strayhorn” was released earlier this year and received international critical praise, as well as reached #6 on the jazz charts.
HAYLEY SWINDAL
Hayley Swindal: On Broadway: Chicago, Jekyll & Hyde. At Lincoln Center as guest soloist: The Secret Garden At Carnegie Hall with the NY Pops Orchestra. Hollywood: Featured in the upcoming live-action movie version of Anastasia. Nightclub shows include Get Happy: The Songs of Judy & Liza, as well as guest appearances at Feinstein’s/54 Below in Frank Sinatra: The Second Century & 54 Sings Broadway’s Greatest Hits. This is Hayley’s Town Hall debut!
The Broadway by the Year Dance Troupe led by Danny Gardner (Choreography) includes Mary Donnelly, Courtney File, Kelty Ober, Alexis Payton, LaTarika Pierce, Jaclyn Salerno, Emma Schultz, Kelly Sheehan
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Tom Wirtshafter
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Britni Montalbano
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MAJOR GIFTS, CORPORATE, FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Town Hall’s Education Outreach Program, Judy Collins, Darlene Love and Storytellers Lab are made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature. The Centennial Concert Series is funded, in part, by Howard Gilman Foundation. We would like to thank the following foundations, corporations, and government institutions for their support:
American Portfolios
Bank of America
Consolidated Edison Company of New York
Cowen, Inc.
The Hearst Foundations, Inc.
The Hyde & Watson Foundation
Edythe Kenner Foundation
Gund Investment Corporation
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New York State Council on the Arts
Henry Nias Foundation
Howard Gilman Foundation
Office of City Council Member Darma V. Diaz
Office of City Council Member Ben Kallos
Office of City Council Member Kalman Yeger
Office of City Council Member Keith Powers
Office of the President, Borough of Manhattan, Mark Levine
S&P Global
The Shubert Foundation
As of Feb 18, 2022
THE TOWN HALL’S YOUNG PATRONS CIRCLE
Join the next generation of Town Hall supporters! Town Hall’s Young Patrons Circle is a special membership group, ages 21-40, that engages in social and educational activities through exciting events, performances, and programming. We are brought together by a shared love of the arts, a deep interest in social change, civic engagement, and a desire to become part of a growing group of like-minded individuals that support town Hall.
For more information about the Young Patrons Circle, please contact Barbara Matovu, Development Manager - development@thetownhall.org
TOUR THE HISTORIC TOWN HALL
Town Hall has played an integral part in the electrifying cultural fabric of New York City for more than 90 years. A group of Suffragists’ fight for the 19th Amendment led them to build a meeting space to educate people on the important issues of the day. During its construction, the 19th Amendment was passed, and on January 12, 1921 The Town Hall opened its doors and took on a double meaning: as a symbol of the victory sought by its founders, and as a spark for a new, more optimistic climate. In 1921, German composer Richard Strauss performed a series of concerts that cemented the Hall’s reputation as an ideal venue for musical performances. Since, Town Hall has been home to countless musical milestones: The US debuts of Strauss, and Isaac Stern; Marian Anderson’s first New York recital; in 1945, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker introduced bebop to the world; Bob Dylan’s first major concert in ‘63; and much much more.
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