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The Broadway Musicals of The 1920’s Created, Written, direCted and Hosted by

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A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENTS Welcome to The Town Hall and thank you for joining us this evening!

You may only know Town Hall as a legendary concert hall, but you might not know that we were founded, in 1921, by a group of women suffragists under the auspices of the League for Political Education. They created Town Hall to be a place where everyone was welcome. Regardless of race, gender, religion, or political learnings, Town Hall became a place where all sides of an issue are heard and discussed, a place where freedom of expression is embraced and honored.

Our Spring Series reflects our founders’ aims – freedom of expression - from music, to dance, to film and literature, to spoken-word and lectures. And as we launch our Spring Series, we are proud to continue to offer programming that is a reflection of the cultural and ethnic diversity that defines New York City.

Our Spring Season includes Gods & Savages, a literary series in partnership with Strand Books; Improvisations, an improv series that partners artists from all genres for exceptional performances never seen or heard before; Shoots & Scores, a new series featuring special live scores to films, including Philip Glass’s masterful interpretive score of La Belle et La Bete, which begins with a conversation between Philip Glass and legendary filmmaker Errol Morris, presented in association with Tribeca on the second night of the Tribeca Film Festival; Global Icons, a series that brings artists from around the world to our stage; and of course our signature Broadway by the Year ® series. For more information on our season, please pick up a brochure in our box office.

In early February, with support from Con Edison and the Ford Foundation, we celebrated Black History Month with 4,500 public school students and the dance collaborative, Black Iris Project. For many of the students, it is their first opportunity to visit a major concert hall, something they will always remember. And this year we are partnering with concert pianist Mona Golabek to bring students to Town Hall on Holocaust Remembrance Day for a free live concert. The concert will be preceded by a reading of Golabek’s book The Children of Willesden Lane, and followed by art-making and appreciation workshops, in which students will have an opportunity to creatively express themselves. Our unique program will reach more than 6,000 students.

On the evening of April 25th, Ms. Golabek will perform a benefit to support the Museum of Jewish Heritage, the International Rescue Committee, and Town Hall. For information on how you can support these programs or attend the benefit concert, please visit us at thetownhall.org We hope you enjoy tonight’s performance, and that you will be back again soon!

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MONday FEBRUaRy 27 • 8PM

The Broadway Musicals of The 1920’s Created, Written, direCted and Hosted by

Scott Siegel FeatUrinG

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ABOUT THE PROGRAM The critically acclaimed series has blossomed from an idea to what Show Business Weekly deems, “…an invaluable and entertaining jewel in the cabaret crown of New York.” Ticket sales have soared and stellar reviews have included The New York Times, which calls it, “Witty, breezily paced. . .informative. . .valuable. . .the right perspective of lighthearted nostalgia...”

Author/Critic Scott Siegel created the series for Town Hall, which he writes and hosts. Siegel takes audiences of all ages on a musical tour of the Great White Way, offering an entertaining verbal account of Broadway’s history. Each evening celebrates the songs from Broadway shows of a selected year, sung by a cast of talented cabaret and Broadway performers. This marvelous program not only highlights favorite show-stopping numbers, it also features lesser-known gems.

Past performances featured stars like Alice Ripley, Liz Callaway, Tom Wopat, Brian D’arcey James, Chuck Cooper, Heather MacRae, Davis Gaines, Sally Mayes, Bryan Batt, Chip Zien, Sharon McNight, Mark Coffin, and Christina Bianco with musical direction by Ross Paterson.

SCOTT SIEGEL SCOTT SIEGEL has created more than 300 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 17th critically acclaimed season. At Town Hall he has also created Broadway Unplugged, which will take place for its 15th year in a row on Monday, May 1 at 8 PM. For more information about all of Scott’s show, please visit Scott’s website at www.SiegelPresents.com

CAROLEE CARMELLO

CAROLEE CARMELLO has appeared in 14 Broadway shows: the original Broadway casts of Tuck Everlasting, Finding Neverland, City of Angels, Falsettos, Parade (Tony nomination & Drama Desk Award), Lestat (Tony nomination & Drama Desk nomination), The Addams Family (Drama Desk nomination & Outer Critics Circle nomination), and Scandalous (Tony nomination & Drama Desk nomination). Broadway audiences also saw her in 1776, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Kiss Me Kate, Urinetown, Sister Act, and Mamma Mia!. Off-Broadway credits include: john and jen, Das Barbecü, I Can Get It For You Wholesale, Hello Again (Obie Award), A Class Act, The Vagina Monologues, and Elegies. Ms. Carmello has appeared on television in Madam Secretary, Smash, Law and Order: SVU, Frasier, Ed, and Remember W.E.N.N. (SAG Award nomination). Her concert appearances have taken her across America and Europe, including engagements at Lincoln Center, Town Hall, and Carnegie Hall. Carolee will soon be seen as “Mrs. Lovett” in Sweeney Todd at The Barrow Street Theatre.

ROBERT CUCCIOLI ROBERT CUCCIOLI will be performing in White Guy on the Bus, by Bruce Graham at 59E59 Theatres as of March 5, through April 16. After which, Robert will be directing The Merchant of Venice at the Shakespeare Theatre of NJ. Broadway: Jekyll & Hyde (Tony nomination, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Award, FANY Award and Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Award), Les Miserables, Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark Off-Broadway: Rothschild and Sons, Temporary Help, Enter the Guardsman, And the World Goes Round (1991 Outer Critics Circle Award), Jacques Brel, Bikeman, Snow Orchid. Regional: The Guthrie, Paper Mill Playhouse, The Shakespeare Theatre of NJ & DC, McCarter, George Street Playhouse, Television: Elementary, White Collar, Sliders, Baywatch, Guiding Light. Film: Impossible Monsters, Celebrity, The Stranger. Original Cast Recordings of Jekyll & Hyde, And The World Goes ‘Round, Jacques Brel, Rothschild and Sons, debut solo album The Look Of Love. www.robertcuccioli.com.

DANNy GARDNER DANNY GARDNER: Dames At Sea (Broadway), Lady, Be Good! (Encores!, Album), The NY Spectacular starring the Rockettes (Radio City Music Hall). He has performed with symphonies nation-wide in Here to Stay – The Gershwin Experience! and toured with the Broadway productions of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas and 42nd Street. He is a company member of the physical comedy troupe “Parallel Exit” which he has created and performed with in New York City at 59E59 Street Theatres, The New Victory Theater, Lincoln Center Institute and abroad in “The Festival of Dreams” in Innsbruck, Austria and in “The Cos Festival” in Rennes, Spain. His choreography has been seen on video installations in Chicago and Washington DC. (Niles Creative Group) as well as the Lincoln Center Dance on Camera Festival (A Tap Dance in a Circle). He has often performed at Town Hall in Broadway by the Year. See more at www.dannyjgardner.com

BETH MALONE BETH MALONE originated the leading role of Alison in the Broadway’s Fun Home which earned her a Tony nomination. Other Broadway credits include: Ring of Fire.

Off-B’way: Bingo, Fun Home, The Marvelous Wonderettes. Regional: The Unsinkable Molly Brown (Denver Center), Sister Act (Alliance Theatre), Annie Get Your Gun (CMT). TV: Claudia on CBS’s BrainDead, The Good Wife, Reno 911!, Judging Amy, What’s On?, One Minute Soaps. Film: soon to be released, The Comedian w/Robert DeNiro, and Hick w/Eddie Redmayne.

WILLIAM MICHALS

WILLIAM MICHALS: Broadway: Emile in South Pacific (Lincoln Center Theater); The Beast, Gaston in Beauty and the Beast. US premier cast of Hunchback of Notre Dame. Title roles: Man of La Mancha, Sweeney Todd, Most Happy Fella, The Music Man, Phantom. Also: Les Miserables (Javert), Chicago (Billy Flynn), Kiss Me, Kate!

(Fred/Petruchio), The Sound of Music (Captain von Trapp), Camelot (Lancelot), The Scarlet Pimpernel (Chauvelin). Operatic favorites: Carmen (Escamillo), Le nozze di Figaro (Figaro), Die Zauberflute (Papageno). Regular appearances with the leading symphonies of New York, Washington, D.C., Cleveland, Colorado, San Francisco, Maui, Taipei, Hong Kong – and everywhere in between!

Multiple Major League sporting events. TV: Law and Order, All My Children, Guiding Light. Michals played the great theatrical and concert venues of the nation, including Carnegie Hall, The Town Hall The Palace, LA’s Ahmanson, and D.C.’s Kennedy Center, The Rainbow Room, Feinstein’s, The Four Seasons, and Feinsein’s/54 Below. www.WilliamMichals.com

JILL PAICE JILL PAICE: Broadway: An American in Paris (Milo Davenport), Matilda (Miss Honey), The 39 Steps (Annabella, Pamela, Margaret), Curtains (Niki Harris) and The Woman in White (Laura). West End: Gone with the Wind (Scarlett), The Woman in White (Laura).

Other Fun Stuff: Death Takes a Holiday (Grazia, Roundabout), Company (Susan, Avery Fisher Hall), Titanic (Caroline, Avery Fisher Hall), Tokio Confidential (Isabella, Atlantic Theater Company), Where’s Charley (Kitty, Encores), Chess (Florence, Signature Theater), Lend Me a Tenor (Maggie, Papermill), A Comedy of Tenors (Mimi), A Little Night Music (Anne, Roundabout), Mamma Mia (Sophie, Vegas), Les Miserables (national tour). TV: Elementary, White Collar, Person of Interest, Unforgettable, Beautiful Life. Graduate of Baldwin Wallace University.

MARy TESTA

MARY TESTA: Two Tony nominations, two Lucille Lortel nominations, five Drama Desk nominations, two Drama League nominations, an Obie Award, and a special Drama Desk award celebrating ‘Three Decades of Outstanding Work.’ Broadway: Wicked, Guys and Dolls, Xanadu, Chicago, 42nd St, Marie Christine, On the Town, …Forum, The Rink.

Off-Broadway: Orange Julius, First Daughter Suite, Caucasian Chalk Circle, Queen of the Mist, Love Loss.., Regrets Only, See What I Wanna See, First Lady Suite, A New Brain, Tartuffe, On the Town. Much film and television. Twelve original cast albums.

Mary’s album with Michael Starobin, Have Faith, is available now (Sh-K Boom, iTunes, Amazon).

2017 CREATED WRITTEN DIRECTED AND HOSTED BY

Scott Siegel

MONDAY FEBRUARY 27 • 8PM

The Broadway Musicals of the 1920’s FEATURING MUSIC BY THE GERSHWINS, IRVING BERLIN, COLE PORTER, RODGERS & HART, AND MORE!

MONDAY MARCH 27 • 8PM

The Broadway Musicals of the 1940’s FEATURING MUSIC BY RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN, COLE PORTER, KURT WEILL, AND MORE!

MONDAY MAY 22 • 8PM

The Broadway Musicals of 1997-2006 FEATURING THE MUSIC OF STEPHEN SONDHEIM, AHRENS & FLAHERTY, ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER, STEPHEN SCHWARTZ, AND MORE!

MONDAY JUNE 19 • 8PM

The Broadway Musicals of 2007-2016 FEATURING THE MUSIC OF LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA, AMANDA GREEN, CYNDI LAUPER, SARAH BAREILLES, AND MORE!

MONDAY JULY 10 • 8PM

Broadway’s Rising Stars CREATED AND HOSTED BY SCOTT SIEGEL DIRECTED BY SCOTT COULTER

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