Berry, Cooper, and Von Essen Join 'Broadway By The Year'

Sarah Uriarte Berry, Tony winner Chuck Cooper, award-winning vocalist Scott Coulter, and Broadway favorites John Tracey Egan, Jason Graae and Max von Essen join Emily Skinner, Jeff McCarthy, Terri Klausner, Noah Racey, Lorin Latarro and Melinda Sullivan as The Town Hall is pleased to present the final production of its 2007-2008 Broadway by the Year series with Broadway By The Year 1979 on Monday, June 16th at 8PM says Executive and Artistic Director Lawrence Zucker.  Broadway By The Year is created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall, now in it's 8th season.

After the first three sold-out concerts, Broadway by the Year continues its year of unparalleled entertainment with this last show of the season. Broadway by the Year 1979 is  directed by Emily Skinner, who also stars in the show with choreography by Noah Racey.
    
The Broadway by the Year concerts have become, in the words of Variety critic Robert L. Daniels, "a proverbial hot ticket." Scott Siegel, the writer and host of The Town Hall program, takes the audience on a musical travelogue, exploring the history of the Great White Way and showcasing the beloved hits and lesser-known gems from yesteryear, starring today's great Broadway talent.
    
The evening will feature excerpts from the Broadway shows of 1979 including Evita, Sweeney Todd, They're Playing Our Song, I Remember Mama, The Grand Tour, Sarava, 1940's Radio Hour and Sugar Babies.   It will also reunite two stars from the cult favorite musical Side Show: Emily Skinner and Jeff McCarthy (Chicago/Urinetown). Some of the songs audiences will hear include Max von Essen sing the haunting "Johanna" from Sondheim's  Sweeney Todd, as well as "A Little Bit More" the last song ever composed for Richard Rodgers for I Remember Mama.  In addition, Terry Klausner will remind audiences why she was hired to play Eva Peron twice a week in the original cast of Evita and will sing "Don't Cry For Me Argentina."
    
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.  Today the hall flourishes as a popular, affordable venue, boasting the hottest acts in rock, pop, folk, cabaret, world music, comedy and dance, including Billy Joel, Blondie, Elvis Costello, Natalie Merchant, Graham Nash, Liza Minnelli, Cyndi Lauper, Norah Jones, Andre Watts, Henry Rollins, Joe Jackson, Pink Martini, Regina Spector, Brian Adams, Aimee Mann and Dawn Upshaw. For over a decade, The Town Hall has hosted live broadcasts of Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion. Over the past two-and-a-half decades, The Town Hall has produced a number of new and critically acclaimed musical series, which include The Century of Change, Not Just Jazz, Broadway By The Year® and The Broadway Cabaret Festival.
 
Scott Siegel has created two acclaimed and popular series for The Town Hall: the critically acclaimed Broadway By the Year, now in its eighth season, and the Broadway Cabaret Festival. Mr. Siegel also conceived and produces both Broadway Unplugged and The Nightlife Awards at The Town Hall, and is currently in his tenth year as host of The Town Hall Feature Film Series. Scott and his wife Barbara are authors (47 books, including the encyclopedia of Hollywood) and critics ("The Siegel Column" and "The Two of Clubs").
 
Tickets are $50 & $45 and are on sale now through TicketMaster, 212-307-4100, www.ticketmaster.com, The Town Hall Box Office between noon and 6 PM (except Sundays) at 123 West 43rd Street, 212-840-2824. For more information:www.the-townhall-nyc.org.
 

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