Robert Klein to Host Berger & London's 'MOSES TO MOSTEL' at The Town Hall

The Town Hall presents From Moses to Mostel: A History of The Jews (According to Musical Theater), a premiere chronological history of the Jewish people as depicted on stage and in song, on Saturday, February 27 at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $45.

Hosted by comedian/actor/singer Robert Klein and written by playwright Glen Berger, From Moses to Mostel also features musical director Frank London and an ensemble of special guests, including The Klezmatics, performing music from Broadway, off-Broadway, Yiddish Theatre and more.

Expect representative songs from Fiddler on The Roof, Cabaret, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Sound of Music, I Can Get It For You Wholesale, History of the World Part 1 and many more! From Moses to Mostel deftly explores the humor, complexity and pain of a celebrated people.

The event will feature Broadway stars ROB EVANS (Tarzan, Little Shop of Horrors, Les Miserables), JOANNE BORTS (Once, Fiddler on the Roof), RACHEL STERN (Shrek, High Fidelity), and STEVE ROSEN (Guys and Dolls, Spamalot).

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For more than 90 years, The Town Hall has played a pivotal role in the cultural and political history of New York City. The Hall was founded in 1921 by a vibrant group of suffragists whose ultimately successful fight for the ratification of the 19th Amendment led them to coordinate the purchase and building of a meeting space with the intent of engaging and educating the public on important social issues of the day. Town Hall was designed to reflect the democratic principles of the nation; box seating was eliminated and the layout of the orchestra and balcony insured every seat had an unobstructed view of the stage. Indeed, the maxim "not a bad seat in the house" was coined in direct reference to Town Hall's still-unchanged-to-this-day layout.

In its first several decades, Town Hall was host to historic programs and debuts featuring Marian Anderson, Paul Robeson, Margaret Sanger, Andres Segovia, Pablo Casals, Sergei Rachmaninov, Eleanor Roosevelt, Isaac Stern, Langston Hughes, Sarah Vaughn, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Nina Simone, Igor Stravinsky, Louis Armstrong and countless more legends and icons. The Town Hall provided a forum for over two decades to the immensely influential America's Town Meeting of the Air, a national weekly radio forum for progressive political discussion.

In more recent years, Town Hall has hosted performances and talks from His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Ravi Shankar, Robin Williams, Depak Chopra, Marianne Faithful, Cyndi Lauper, Rufus Wainwright, Elvis Costello, Eric Idle, Nick Cave, Philip Glass, Hillary Clinton, Steve Martin, Meredith Monk, Wayne Shorter, Joan Baez, Barack Obama and literally hundreds more artists and luminaries in every genre and field imaginable. The Town Hall remains at the forefront of New York City's most prestigious venues, offering an ongoing selection of daring and high-quality programming with a distinctly populist edge. Town Hall was registered as a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 2013 and operates as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization.