Photo Coverage: Laura Osnes, Santino Fontana & More Sing AMERICAN SONGBOOK at NJPAC
By: Stephen Sorokoff Sep. 22, 2014
Hosted by Ted Chapin and airing on New Jersey's public television NJTV, the American Songbook at NJPAC features live performances of America's finest interpreters of the Great American Songbook. Perfermors include Marilyn Maye, Tommy Tune, Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman, John Pizzarelli, Nellie McKay and Laura Osnes & Santino Fontana, with John Pizzarelli performing an entire show of songs by the great master himself, Johnny Mercer.
Returning for its second season, American Songbook at NJPAC is a words-and-music series co-presented with NJTV, New Jersey's Public Television Network. As an offshoot of NJPAC's success as a live presentation house, each concert is taped for future broadcast on WNET, NJTV and WLIW. Saturday's schedule includes Maye, Tune and Shaiman & Wittman. On Sunday, American Songbook at NJPAC features Pizzarelli, McKay and Osnes & Fontana.
Each musical guest will perform for about 40 minutes, then have a short interview with Ted Chapin. Mr Chapin, viewed by the industry as an expert on the Great American Songbook, is President of Rodgers & Hammerstein: An Imagem Company, and serves on several prestigious boards, including the American Theater Wing, Goodspeed Musicals, and New York City Center.
About American Songbook at NJPAC , noted composer and playwright Jonathan Brielle, Vice President of the Johnny Mercer Foundation said, "because of the fabulous team of people at NJPAC, lead by John Schreiber and his love of Johnny's music, our two organizations will continue to seek new ways of partnering to celebrate and nurture the Great American songbook."
Photo Credit: Stephen Sorokoff
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