BROAWAY ORIGINALS Concert To Close Town Hall Festival, Featuring FALSETTOS Tribute

The Broadway Originals Concert, part of the three-day Broadway Cabaret Festival next month at Town Hall, will feature a tribute to William Finn's Tony-winning FALSETTOS on October 18 at 3:00pm. Broadway Originals Concert will mark the finale of the Cabaret Festival weekend.

This three-concert series, taking place over the weekend of October 16 - October 18 is written and hosted by Scott Siegel. 

Original FALSETTOS stars Michael Rupert, Stephen Bogardus, Barbara Walsh, Chip Zien and Jonathan Kaplan will perform.

Joining them are Stephanie J. Block, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Julia Murney, Kerry O'Malley and Sharon McNight, each of whom will perform numbers they once made famous Song by Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz, Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg will additionally be performed.

The Festival kick off with a tribute to David Merrick on Oct. 16 at 8:00pm by Tony Award nominees Robert Cuccioli, Stephen Bogardus, Lee Roy Reams and MAC Award winner Jim Caruso. The evening honors Merrick's sixty-year career which spawned the original productions of Gypsy, Oliver!, Hello, Dolly!, 42nd Street, Mack & Mabel, and I Do! I Do!.

Also featured is a performance by Linda Eder, who will take the stage on October 17, coinciding with the release of her new CD, Soundtrack. With signature songs like "Vienna" and "Someone Like You," the concert will treat audiences to new arrangements of popular classics, as well as performances of original material from Soundtrack, which will be released on Tuesday, October 13th.

Tickets are $55 and $50 and went on sale July 24th at Ticketmaster.com, 212-307-4100, or The Town Hall Box Office between noon and 6PM (except Sundays), 212-840-2824. For more information, visit www.the-townhall-nyc.org.

Scott Siegel has created for The Town Hall, three acclaimed and popular series: Broadway By The Year®, now in its tenth season, the Broadway Cabaret Festival and the Broadway Summer Festival. Mr. Siegel also conceived and produces both Broadway Unplugged and The Nightlife Awards at The Town Hall. Scott and his wife, Barbara, are authors (47 books, including The Encyclopedia of Hollywood) and critics ("The Siegel Column" and "The Two of Clubs" on Talkin' Broadway).

Built in 1921 by a group of suffragettes, The Town Hall began as a lecture hall and public forum for debates. Over the decades, Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Sanger, Billie Holiday, Igor Stravinsky, Bob Dylan and Miles Davis have graced the stage. Today the hall flourishes as a popular, affordable venue, boasting the hottest acts in rock, pop, folk, cabaret, world music, comedy and dance, including Billy Joel, Blondie, Elvis Costello, Natalie Merchant, Graham Nash, Liza Minnelli, Cyndi Lauper, Norah Jones, Andre Watts, Henry Rollins, Joe Jackson, Pink Martini, Regina Spector, Brian Adams, Aimee Mann and Dawn Upshaw. For over a decade, The Town Hall has hosted live broadcasts of Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion. Over the past two-and-a-half decades, The Town Hall has produced a number of new and critically acclaimed musical series, which include The Century of Change, Not Just Jazz, Broadway by the Year® and The Broadway Cabaret Festival. Lawrence Zucker is the Artistic and Executive Director.

LISTING INFORMATION

The 5th Annual Broadway Cabaret Festival runs October 16th - 18th at The Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street. Via subway, take the 1/2/3/A/C/E/N/R/Q/F/B/D/Q trains to 42nd Street. Subscriptions are available now by mail order only. Tickets are $55 and $50 and went on sale July 24th through Ticketmaster.com, 212-307-4100 or The Town Hall Box Office between noon and 6PM (except Sundays), 212-840-2824. For more information, visit www.the-townhall-nyc.org.