Photo Coverage: Broadway by the Year: 1978
By: Genevieve Rafter Keddy Jun. 22, 2006
Some
of Broadway's brightest were featured in the cast of "The
Broadway Musicals of 1978." In fact, the closing night concert of
Broadway by the Year's sixth season, which took place at Town Hall on Monday, June 19th, included the most performers in
the series' history.
The concert was directed by Broadway veteran Bryan Batt (La Cage aux Folles), who also performed. The cast included Tony-nominee Carolee Carmello (Lestat), Joyce Chittick (The Pajama Game), Chuck Cooper (The Life), Mary Bond Davis (Hairspray), Felicia Finley (The Wedding Singer), Julie Garnye (Hair: Actor's Fund), Sean Martin Hingston (Contact), Nancy Opel (Fiddler on the Roof), Noah Racey (Never Gonna Dance), Christine Pedi (Forbidden Broadway), Lennie Watts (Nightlife Award Winner), and Lari White (Ring of Fire).
For
the first time in the series' history, the concert was graced by the presence of several of the songwriters whose work will
be featured twenty-eight years after their shows opened on Broadway. In the audience on Monday night at Town Hall were Stephen
Schwartz (Working), and Billy Goldenberg (Ballroom). Songs from shows like Ain't Misbehavin', Ballroom, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Eubie, On the Twenthieth Century, Runaways, Working, and more were featured.
The concert was directed by Broadway veteran Bryan Batt (La Cage aux Folles), who also performed. The cast included Tony-nominee Carolee Carmello (Lestat), Joyce Chittick (The Pajama Game), Chuck Cooper (The Life), Mary Bond Davis (Hairspray), Felicia Finley (The Wedding Singer), Julie Garnye (Hair: Actor's Fund), Sean Martin Hingston (Contact), Nancy Opel (Fiddler on the Roof), Noah Racey (Never Gonna Dance), Christine Pedi (Forbidden Broadway), Lennie Watts (Nightlife Award Winner), and Lari White (Ring of Fire).
Mary Bond Davis and Bryan Batt
Stephen Schwartz and Lari White
Stephen Schwartz, Billy Goldenberg and Marge Champion
Stephen Schwartz and Bryan Batt
Irving Drake, Edith Drake and Christine Pedi
Barbara Siegel and Julie Garnye
Bryan Batt and Christine Pedi
Scott Coulter and Lisa Howard
Chuck Cooper and Mary Bond Davis
Ross Patterson--Musical Director
Joyce Chittick and Sean Martin Hingston
Marge Champion and Noah Racey
Bryan Batt
Julie Garnye and Chuck Cooper
Barbara Siegel, Sean Martin Hingston, Bryan Batt and Scott Siegel
Lennie Watts, Lari White and Bryan Batt
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