Photo Coverage: 'Broadway By The Year 1931' at Town Hall

Broadway Musicals of 1931 was directed by Tony Award nominee Brad Oscar (The Producers) and choreographed by Jeffry Denman (White Christmas). As previously announced, the two also starred in the show alongside Tony Yazbeck (Gypsy), David Pittu (Is He Dead, LoveMusik, What's That Smell), Chip Zien (Into the Woods), KendRick Jones (Stairway to Heaven), Melinda Sullivan (High School Musical), special guest star and Tony Award nominee Karen Akers (Nine, Grand Hotel) and Oscar Winner F. Murray Abraham!

This edition of the critically acclaimed series included such famous shows as The Gang's All Here, The Band Wagon, The Cat and the Fiddle, Of Thee I Sing and more.

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.

Scott Siegel has created three acclaimed and popular series for The Town Hall: Broadway By the Year, now in its ninth 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).

Running Order with performer(s) and show origin:

Act 1

Love is Sweeping the Country - Company [Of Thee I Sing]

Gotta Go to Town - Tony Yazbeck [The Laugh Parade]

By Special Permission of the Copyright Office, I Love You - Chip Zien [The Gang's All

Here]

Speak Easy - Mara Davi [The Gang's All Here]

Mad Dogs & Englishman - Jeffry Denman [The Third Little Show]

You'll Do - Kerry O'Malley & David Pittu [You Said It]

Poor Pierrrot - F. Murray Abraham [The Cat and the Fiddle]

Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba - Brad Oscar [The Third Little Show]

Who Cares? - Jeffry Denman & Mara Davi [Of Thee I Sing]

The Thrill is Gone - David Pittu [George White's Scandals of 1931]

As Time Goes By - Karen Akers [Everybody's Welcome]

Of Thee I Sing - Brad Oscar, Jeffry Denman, Chip Zien, David Pittu, Tony Yazbeck[Of Thee I Sing]

Crazy Quilt - KendRick Jones, Melinda Sullivan, Jeffry Denman [Billy Rose's Crazy Quilt]

Intermission
Act II

The Illegitimate Daughter - Tony Yazbeck, Jeffry Denman, David Pittu, Mara Davi, Melinda Sullivan [Of Thee I Sing]

Shadows on the Wall - Barb Jungr [Fast and Furious]

The Torch Song - Barb Jungr [The Laugh Parade

You Said It - Melinda Sullivan & KendRick Jones [You Said It]

I Want A Man - Mara Davi [America's Sweetheart]

I Found a Million Dollar Baby - Chip Zien (& Melinda Sullivan) [Billy Rose's Crazy Quilt]

Miserable With You - Brad Oscar & F. Murray Abraham [The Bandwagon]

To-Night - Tony Yazbeck [Free for All]

Dancing in the Dark - Karen Akers (w/Mara Davi & Jeffry Denman) [The Bandwagon]

Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries - F. Murray Abraham [George White's Scandals of 1931]

Cigarettes & Cigars - Kerry O'Malley [The Ziegfeld Follies of 1931]

Sweet & Hot - Jeffry Denman, Tony Yazbeck, KendRick Jones, Mara Davi, Melinda Sullivan, & Company [You Said It]

As Times Goes By - Company Tag [Everybody's Welcome]