Carol Hall Joins 'Eclectic Evening of Short Work'

Award-winning Playwright/Composer Carol Hall joins Kia Corthron, Jeffrey Sweet, Gary Garrison, Roland Tec, Hilary Chaplain & David Engel, Kristine Niven and Margo Hammond in Artistic New Directions' presentation of "An Eclectic Evening Of Short Works" 
 
The eight original plays will premiere at the 78th Street Theatre (236 West 78th Street) on March 27th where they will run for a very short time through March 30th.

Carol Hall's play The River Jordan Lamp is the story of an unexpected friendship between a woman living alone in a trailer and a young man who arrives out of the blue to do her yard work.
 
The plays will be directed by Bob Berky, Tlaloc Rivas, Maggie Lally, Janice Goldberg, John Monteith, Kathryn Long, Michael Rock, Mark Robinson and choreographer Wendy Seyb,
 
The casts include: Scotty Watson (Sam Walton, Walmartopia), Kaitlin Hopkins (Noises Off, Bat- Boy, Drama Desk Nomination), Jim Price (Les Miz, Ring of Fire), Carol Lempert  (Dot, And Somewhere Men Are Laughing), Hilary Chaplain, David Engel (Bindlestiff Family Circus), Jim Ewing, Margo Hammond,  Frank Hankey, and Jackie Jenkins .
 
The first person ever to record one of Carol Hall's songs was the young Barbra Streisand. Subsequently, her songs were performed by such extraordinary singers as Tony Bennett, Barbara Cook, Margaret Whiting, Julie Wilson, Chita Rivera, Michael Feinstein, Mabel Mercer, Amanda McBroom, Lari White, Olivia Newton-John, Maureen McGovern, RuPaul, Miriam Makeba, David Campbell, Frederica von Stade, Kermit the Frog and Big Bird.  Among others.  She's also one of the few songwriters to have a hit Broadway show.   Her classic musical The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas entertained Broadway audiences for almost five years, received a Grammy nomination for its cast album, and became a popular film starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton.  Dolly's recording of Carol's song "Hard Candy Christmas" won an ASCAP Most Performed Country Song Award, and the film generated an Academy Award nomination for Charles Durning, singing "The Sidestep" as the slippery Governor of Texas. A recent national tour of Whorehouse starring the entertainment legend Ann-Margret enjoyed a run for over a year and a half. Carol also does a lot of writing for children.  Her "It's All Right To Cry," and "Parents Are People" continue to be favorites of generations of children.  Recently she created the score to the theatrical version of the popular children's series MAX AND RUBY.   Four tours of the show are presently playing across the country, after a successful debut opening Off-Broadway in December 2007. However, her recent delight has been the making of her CD "Hallways", The Songs of Carol Hall which features many of her most loved and wonderful songs – both old and brand new — such as the hit "Hard Candy Christmas," as well as the timeless classic "Jenny Rebecca."In addition, it features her musical collaborations with Bill Evans, Steven Lutvak, Robert Burke, Lesley Gore and Tex Arnold.  But as Carol says in the CD's booklet, "a song is not a song until somebody sings it…"  And what an array of singers she has here!   In addition to CAROL, performing on the CD are Farah Alvin, Tom Andersen,  Hubert "Tex" Arnold,  Susannah Blinkoff,  Scott Coulter,  Tim Di Pasqua,  Lesley Gore,  Bobby Gosh, Rick Jensen,  Steven Lutvak,  Laurel Massé,  Sally Mayes, Amanda McBroom, Johnny Rodgers, Carol Woods and the Broadway Inspirational Voices.
 
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