Photo Coverage: Tonya Pinkins, Brian d'Arcy James, and More in BROADWAY BY THE YEAR 1937

The Town Hall just presented the first of four concerts of their acclaimed series BROADWAY BY THE YEAR last night, February 11th. The season begins with 1937, a year that witnessed the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge, the sudden death of George Gershwin, the Hindenburg disaster and a world on the brink of war. BroadwayWorld was there for the concert and you can check out full coverage below!

The 13th Season of Town Hall's signature series, Broadway by the Year, featured an all-star cast led by two-time Tony Nominee Brian d'Arcy James (Shrek), Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins (Caroline or Change), Drama Desk Nominee Kevin Earley (Death Takes a Holiday), Elizabeth Stanle y (Million Dollar Quartet), and Nightlife Award Winner Carole J. Bufford. Among the classic Broadway shows that were revisited from 1937 were Babes in Arms, Hooray For What?, and I'd Rather Be Right.

Broadway By The Year takes the audience on a musical journey through the best of the Great White Way, featuring show-stopping numbers as well as lesser- known gems and little known facts and humor about our favorite shows.

Since its inception thirteen years ago, Broadway by the Year, created, written, and hosted for Town Hall by author/critic Scott Siegel, has offered a total of 50 concerts that have celebrated the rich and varied history of The Great White Way. In a statement, Scott Siegel said, "Broadway by the Year has offered its stars the opportunity to sing the greatest songs in the history of American musical theater. We start this season with one of the finest casts in recent memory. Having such major stars as Brian d'Arcy James and Tonya Pinkins together with such bright stars as Elizabeth Stanle y, Kevin Earley, and Carole J. Bufford will be a Broadway by the Year concert that will surely be remembered."

Photo Credit: Stephen Sorokoff

The Town Hall

Sound Check

Brian d'Arcy James & Ross Patterson, music director

Tonya Pinkins

Kevin Earley & Elizabeth Stanle y

Intermission

Music Director Ross Patterson

Stephen DeRosa & Company

Elizabeth Stanle y

Brian d'Arcy James & Elizabeth Stanle y

Stephen DeRosa

Carole J. Bufford, Elizabeth Stanle y, Tonya Pinkins

Nobody Makes a Pass at Me

Brian d'Arcy James

Carole J. Bufford

Tonya Pinkins

Brent McBeth, Derek Roland, Danny Gardner

Brent McBeth, Derek Roland,Danny Gardner

Brent McBeth, Derek Roland, Danny Gardner

Scott Siegel & Cast

BWW Hi-Res Gallery - Original Version

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Stephen's life seems to have always revolved around a camera and a piano. He studied at Manhattan School of Music and performed in the "Borsht Belt" during college vacations, where in the true DIRTY DANCING tradition he met his wife Eda. Stephen was a Board Member of the First All Children's Theater and his wife, a classical pianist, is a Board Member of Barrington Stage Co. In between he made time to be CEO of a multi national machinery company and President of a domestic Textile Mfg. Co. In retirement, he now takes pictures of his 5 grandchildren and various other performers.

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