Megan Hilty - Nov. 1 in Ars Nova Spotlight

Ars Nova the third season of its acclaimed Broadway Spotlight series with Wicked's Megan Hilty. Join Hilty for an eclectic evening of songs ranging from new composers all the way to old flops, adaptations of 80s pop favs, disco and legit art songs. Monday, November 1st at 8 PM at Ars Nova (511 West 54th Street, just west of 10th Ave.).

Megan Hilty is garnering high praise for her debut role in Broadway's Wicked (standby for "Glinda"). A graduate of Carnegie Mellon's theatre program, she recently appeared in the new musical, Café Puttanesca, at Pittsburgh's City Theatre. Other regional credits include Suds at Oregon Cabaret Theatre.

John Kroner's compositions have been sung by Debbie Gravitte, Randy Graff, Karen Mason, Brian d'Arcy James, Sally Mayes, Nathan Lane, Karen Ziemba among dozens of others. He won the L.A. Weekly Theatre Award for his music in An Elephant Never Forgets (an Evening of Trunk Songs). On Broadway, off-Broadway and regionally, Kroner has musical directed and/or arranged: The Last Session, Tapestry: The Music of Carole King, Little Shop of Horrors, The Lady in Question, Forbidden Broadway and Canterbury Tales. He most recently produced and wrote special musical material for the gala benefit at the 92nd St. Y with Michael Feinstein, Tony Curtis, Michael J. Fox, Hunter and Sutton Foster, to name a few. He is currently at work on a new musical, The Showgirl of 52nd Street.

Broadway Spotlight brings bright new stars of the Great White Way to the intimate 99-seat theater at Ars Nova (511 West 54th Street). Curated by Gordon Greenberg, this season's Broadway Spotlight kicked off with Jesse Tyler Ferguson (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee). Last season's guests included Max von Essen (Dance of the Vampires), Ann Harada (Avenue Q), Celia Keenan-Bolger (The Light in the Piazza) and John Tartaglia (Avenue Q). This wildly successful monthly event has previously hosted Broadway notables such as Felicia Finley, Anthony Rapp, Idina Menzel, Julia Murney and Billy Porter.

Upcoming Spotlights include:

Barrett Foa (Avenue Q)
Monday, 12/6 @ 8 PM
Tickets on sale 11/1

Ticket & Schedule Information

BROADWAY SPOLIGHT: Megan Hilty performs Monday, November 1st at 8 PM. Tickets are $15. To purchase, call SmartTix at 212-868-4444 or go to www.SmartTix.com. Ars Nova is located at 511 West 54th Street, just west of 10th Ave. Subway: C, E, to 50th Street, N, R, Q, W to 57th Street, or 1, 9 to Columbus Circle. Beer, wine and refreshments are available at the bar.

Ars Nova was built in the memory of Gabe Wiener to provide artists a space to develop and perform new works in an intimate audience setting. Ars Nova produces theater, comedy and music events, making premium live entertainment accessible to a New York audience at affordable prices. Ars Nova offers a free play reading series (Out Loud), an alternative music and comedy series (Thursdays at 10), a musical theater series (Broadway Spotlight), a singer/songwriter series (Uncharted) and in-house writers' workshops. For more information, visit www.arsnovanyc.com.