Judy Collins & Friends

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SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2025 • 8PM

THE TOWN HALL PRESENTS

Judy Collins &Friends

85 Years of Music & Protest

WITH

Justin Vivian Bond

Beth Nielsen Chapman

Paula Cole

Ari Hest

Rickie Lee Jones

Oakland Rain

Stephen Stills

Richard Thompson

Stephen Schwartz

Martha Redbone

Molly Jong-Fast

HOST

Sophie B. Hawkins

MUSICAL DIRECTORS

Russ Titelman and Russell Walden

BAND

Thad DeBrock

Zev Katz

Doug Yowell

LIVE SOUND

Sean Loughry

PRODUCER

Katherine DePaul

PUBLICITY BY

Keith Sherman & Associates

Special thanks to Erin Hall.

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A Letter from the President

Welcome! And, may I add, congratulations. You are attending one of New York’s and America’s essential meeting houses, music venues and cultural institutions. I know that you will find the Town Hall Presents programming you are attending tonight to be timely and compelling. And each of our productions is an expression of our commitment to bring you significant, unique, eclectic and down right delightful events throughout the calendar year.

Welcome! And, may I add, congratulations. You are attending one of New York’s and America’s essential meeting houses, music venues and cultural institutions. I know that you will find the Town Hall Presents programming you are attending tonight to be timely and compelling. And each of our productions is an expression of our commitment to bring you significant, unique, eclectic and down right delightful events throughout the calendar year.

There is no place like The Town Hall. Founded “to promote good citizenship, social justice and general enlightenment through the education and expression of public opinion,” our hall’s world-class acoustics quickly became a calling card, and for over a century, playing The Town Hall stage continues to be a ‘must’ for musicians and singers from all genres and backgrounds.

There is no place like The Town Hall. Founded “to promote good citizenship, social justice and general enlightenment through the education and expression of public opinion,” our hall’s world-class acoustics quickly became a calling card, and for over a century, playing The Town Hall stage continues to be a ‘must’ for musicians and singers from all genres and backgrounds.

Whether visiting our storied auditorium for the first time, or returning to experience yet another great night live on our stage, you can feel the vitality in the room. The Town Hall is truly contemporary; purpose-built to open its doors to art, ideas and especially to you.

Whether visiting our storied auditorium for the first time, or returning to experience yet another great night live on our stage, you can feel the vitality in the room. The Town Hall is truly contemporary; purpose-built to open its doors to art, ideas and especially to you.

Upon its dedication in 1921, The League for Political Education opened the building you are now sitting in with the watchwords:

Upon its dedication in 1921, The League for Political Education opened the building you are now sitting in with the watchwords:

“It does not matter who you are, what you are, or from where you come, you are welcome.”

“It does not matter who you are, what you are, or from where you come, you are welcome.”

As president of the non-profit organization that preserves our landmarked auditorium and produces the Town Hall Presents events like the one you are attending tonight, I thank you for coming to The Town Hall. On behalf of the Board of Trustees, and our incredible staff of professionals, I echo the sentiment of our founders and assure you that you are always welcome here.

As president of the non-profit organization that preserves our landmarked auditorium and produces the Town Hall Presents events like the one you are attending tonight, I thank you for coming to The Town Hall. On behalf of the Board of Trustees, and our incredible staff of professionals, I echo the sentiment of our founders and assure you that you are always welcome here.

We invite you to support the Hall at any level, and enjoy the exclusive benefits of becoming a Town Hall Member.

Leonard Cohen’s first show

Pre-Sales & Discounts

Reserved Patron Circle Seats

Complimentary Tickets to select shows

In 1967, Judy Collins to play his first show, a benefit concert for the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy at the Town Hall. In Collins’ words: “He was nervous, and as I introduced him and brought him onstage in front of the enthusiastic full house, I could feel his hands shaking. But when he began to sing, the shaking left his voice and he steadied, and people began to revel in the beauty of ‘Suzanne.’ About halfway through the song, blaming what he later said was a broken string, he stopped and walked offstage. I went back on with him and we finished the song together. People went wild.”

MAR 29

Spring 2025

Yoko Kanno Live!

Kanno’s most revered and personally beloved compositions. feat. Logan Richardson’s Blues People Big Bang and works from Cowboy Bebop.

APR 5

An Evening with T Bone Burnett

T Bone Burnett returns to The Town Hall for a special stop on his first U.S. concert tour in almost twenty years.

APR 19

Philip Glass Ensemble: Naqoyqatsi

Live Scoring of the 3rd and final installment in Godfrey Reggio’s Qatsi trilogy.

MAY 30

Tokyo Ghoul

10th Anniversary Concert

Feat. The Sinfonietta, Led By Macy Schmidt. Beloved tracks from Tokyo Ghoul with new orchestral arrangements and selected clip. In partnership with Crunchyroll.

SUSTAINING MEMBERS SUPPORTERS

Producer’s Circle ($5,000+)

Marvin Leffler

Ellen Miller-Wachtel & Alan Wachtel, M.D.

Torbjoern G. Nygaard, MD & Lisa A. Mellman, MD

Paige Price and Nevin Steinberg

Rita Robbins

Susan Zohn

Partner ($2,500)

Agnes Gund

Dr. Elizabeth Iannizzi

John A. Jenkins & Susan Raleigh Jenkins

Benjamin Lewis

Beth & Tim Stambaugh

Sponsor ($2,000)

Chris Primiano

Joan Rall

Lawrence Unger

National Mah Jongg League, Inc

Seat Holder ($1,000)

Ms. Deborah Barrera & Mr. John Steinbuch

Jessica Boncutter, Sebastian Bauer

Sol & Margaret Berger Foundation

Matt Frank & Lisa Glassner-Frank

Green Charitable Foundation

Fran & Richard Habib

Raymond Hannan Jr.

Rhoda Rothkopf.

Weston Jeffers Wellington

Martha West

Member ($500)

Mr. & Mrs. Louis Aidala

Craig Albert & Adrienne Koch

Charlie & Bonnie Alter

Wanyong & Chris Austin

Patricia Brown

Kim Conner & Nick Groombridge

Michael & Anne Frank-Shapiro

Susan Holmes

Adam Idleberg

Jacqueline & Bruce Leffler

Rev. Dr. Judith C. Lovell

The Madigan Family

Gail Propp

Mahipal Rawat, Shweta Rawat

Zita Rosenthal

Heidi Jo Spiegel

Lisa Venezia

Natalie Wexler

Chester A. Whitlock

Melissa Wohlgemuth & Matt Howard

H. S. Zuboff

Friend ($250)

Anonymous (5)

Phil Alexandre

Karina Byrne & Andrew Delaney

The Covell-Ranheim Family

Miriam Davidson

Leslie De Jesus

Susan & Rick Derrickson

Joseph Feczko, Leighton Gleicher

Anna May Feige, Tim Feige

David Gilbert, Hara Woltz

Dr. Tamara Gillis

Matt Goldman

Helena Grannis

Estelle Haber

James Harrington

Andrew P. Kahn

Elaine Crowley & John Kuehn

John Larson

Paul Levine & Victoria Sweet

Merridith & Robert McCarthy

Julie & David F. McCarthy

Ralph Mosley

Andrew Norton & Nancy Olsen-Norton

David C. Olstein

Nicholas + Michelle

Carol Ann Rabolt

Dr. John Rediske

Dr. Carina Rizzo

A. Jeffrey Rosen

Frederick Rotgers, Jacinta Gauda

Christopher Rousseau

David Ruitenberg

Corrente Schankler

Brandy & Mark Schillace

Amy Seplin

Debbie Sweeney

Meg Torelli

Jeffrey Vernam

Bruce Yablon

Melinda Zito, Michael Cohan

Anita Jaffe & Lawrence C. Zucker

Supporters ($100)

Anonymous (60)

Barry Abramson

Michelle Adams

Jacqueline Ancess

Eleanor Androulidakis

Marc A. Anello

Gary Apple

Rachel Bailey

Andrew Baldwin

Anil & Kumud Bansal

Deb & Jay Baum

Jennifer Baumgardner

Singular Private Wealth, P.C.

Xanthe Benton

April D. Blackwell

KB

Marlena Bocian

Bruce Bosso

Eric Brettschneider

John & Colleen Burke

Elizabeth Wendell Butler

Lloyd & Darcy Campbell

Kathleen Clark

Vincent Cloud

Elisa Cohen

Ashley E. Collins

M. Comparetti

Jim & Laura Coraci

Charles Cummings

Anna Czekaj-Farber

Benoit & Christine Dauchez

Jill C Delaney

Richard DiLallo

Deborah Draving

John Franklin Duckett Jr.

Jackson Dykman

Jay Edelman

Richard & Lora Ellenson

Steph & Bill Ewashkow

Danielle Ferry

Annette Ferstenberg & Jesse Goodman

Angel Love Figueroa

Marc Fink

Michelle Fino

Michael Flanagan

Geoffrey Flick

Joseph Fowler

Eric Friedenthal

Neal S. Friedman

Gregory Gabel

Jeff Garbor

The Garofoli Family

Jan & Tom Geniesse

Jean Golden

Andrew Goldstein

Mike Greenbaum

Matthew & Erin Greenhouse

Jessica Hook

SUPPORTERS

Linda C. Houston

Khara Hutchinson

Fong H

Nina Iventosch

Jay Jantzer

Mark Joy

Tim and Nancy Judd

Wayne Kabak & Marsha Berkowitz

Janice Kambara

The Keenans

Jay Kesslen

Nancy Kete

Brad Kirschner

Lau Annesa

Georgette C. Law

Tina Lawrence

Alan Leader

HyunJu Lee

Dan Levy

Eve Levy and Michael Salvato

Smadar Levy

Mark Lewin

Sara Lilly

Susan Lish

William Low & Hana Ptacnikova

Cornelia Macfadyen

Andrea Madden

Paul Magyar

Dr. Madeleine Mascitti

James McGreevey

Sandy McKelvey

Kelli McMillan

Sara Lynn Michener

Tomoharu Misawa, Norie Misawa

Kate Moore

Mr & Mrs Michael Moran

Elliot Morgan

Stacy Morrison & Ryan Myers

Kara Moskowitz

Anya Nebel

Mathew Neiger

Melanie Nelson

Abigail Newsome

David Nirenberg

Ashling O’Dwyer

Lisa Ostrout

Amanda Oswald Taylor

Russell & PJ Pamulo

Jason Pendrock

Nancy & David Perlstein

Nick Perosino, Marissa Perosino

Rick Picardo

The Powell Family

Mitzi Pratt

Bruce T. Qua

Garth Reese

Scott Rhodes

David Rimmer

William Risch

Vicki Roosevelt, Rob Jorgensen

Neal Rosenberg & Michael Ottaway

Rachel Rosenberg-Shoch

Theresa Rostkowski

Ronald Rotter

Nancy Rubin

Alexa Sage

Faith Salie

James Sall

Aaron Sanders, Kitty Sanders

NallyAnn Scaturro, Stephanie LeBlanc

Isabel B Schiffer

Emily M Sack & Robert J Schloss

Lawrence Shultz

Maxine Schweitzer

Anastasia Mann, Eldar Shafir

Stefan Sherman

James Siokos

Chelsea Sosnowski

Shannon Spezzano, Morgan Nivison, Brittany Schnepel, Bill Irrek

Nina Sporn, Tim Smith

KT Stallings

Michael Steiner

Triple B’s

Anne Sundberg

Victoria Sweet

Angela Tangredi

Abbe Tiger

Sophia Waitword

Scott Weiner, Beth Siegel

Howard Weiss

Kim A. Weiss

Dan Weissman

Judith Wieber

Christine Williams

Stanley Wine, Lillian Tang

Serena Winters

Agnes Xia-Hu

Adnin Zaman, Layla Abushamat

MAJOR GIFTS, CORPORATE, FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

Programs are 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 is 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. We would like to thank the following foundations, corporations, and government institutions for their support.

American Portfolios

Axe-Houghton Foundation Bank of America

Charles D. Fleischman Charitable Trust

Consolidated Edison Company of New York

Edythe Kenner Foundation

Gund Investment Corporation

Howard Gilman Foundation

The Hyde & Watson Foundation

The IV Fund

National Endowment for the Arts

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

New York State Council on the Arts

New York State Senator Liz Krueger

New York State Governor Kathy Hochul

New York City Mayor Eric L. Adams

Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine

New York City Council Member Keith Powers

New York City Council Member Gale Brewer

New York City Council Member Julie Menin

New York City Council Member Sandy Nurse

New York City Council Member Yusef Salaam

New York City Council Member Kalman Yeger

NYC Dept. Cultural Affairs Commissioner

Laurie Cumbo

New York University

Rea Charitable Trust

The Shubert Foundation

Tandon Family Foundation

Ticketmaster

ABOUT THE HISTORIC TOWN HALL

Town Hall has played an integral part in the electrifying cultural fabric of New York City for more than 100 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 won 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. Siance, 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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