BrOAdWAy by THE yEAr®
Created, Written, direCted & Hosted by SCOTT SIEgEL
Mon. February 24 • 8pm: 2000-2004
starring tovah Feldshuh (4X tony Nominee), Emily Skinner (tony Nominee), Max Von essen (tony Nominee), Nicole Henry (soul train Award Winner), danny Gardner (drama desk Honoree), and more!
Mon. March 30 • 8pm: 2005-2009
starring ethan slater (tony Nominee, Spongebob Squarepants), bryan batt (tV’s Mad Men), Karen Ziemba (tony Award Winner), Noah Racey (Never Gonna Dance, Curtains, etc.), danny Gardner (drama desk Honoree, Radio City Summer Spectacular), Quentin Earl Darrington (Ragtime, Cats, Once On This Island), and more!
Mon. May 18 • 8pm: 2010-2014
starring beth Malone (tony Award Winner), Brad Oscar (tony Nominee), Lili Cooper (tony Nominee), danny Gardner (drama desk Honoree, Dames at Sea) and more!
Mon., June 22 • 8pm: 2015-2019
starring Carolee Carmello (4X tony Nominee), Christianne Noll (2X tony Nominee), danny Gardner (drama desk Honore; Dames at Sea), and more!
THE TOWN HALL + MArk COrTALE Present
SETH rudETSky’S Broadway
tONY AWArd WINNer
PATINA MILLEr
IN PerFOrMANCe & CONVersAtION
LARRY ZUCKER , Executive director
M.A. PAPPER , Artistic director
JEFF MANN , Marketing director
MELAY ARAYA , Associate Artistic director & Archivist
BILL DEHLING , technical director
KEITH SHERMAN AND ASSOCIATES , Publicity
CARL ACAMPORA , Production Manager
ALEX KOVEOS , digital Media Manager
LEIA-LEE DORAN , Principal designer
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Patina Miller
Patina Miller, a tony-award winning actress currently starring on the CB s hit drama series Madam Secretary , has a resumé that encompasses Broadway, t V, film, and music. s he is most famously known for her role as Leading Player in the 2012-2013 Broadway revival of s tephen s chwartz’s 1972 musical, Pippin , directed by tony Award-winner d iane Paulus. At the 67th annual tony Awards, the musical won Best r evival, and Patina earned the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading r ole in a Musical. Additionally, she won an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical and received nominations for the d rama League Award and the Fred and Adele Astaire Award. Miller made her Broadway debut as the gutsy nightclub-singer-turned-nun, d eloris Van Cartier, in the stage adaptation of Sister Act . Her outstanding performance led to her first tony nomination as well as a d rama d esk, d rama League, and Outer Critics Circle Award nomination. Additionally, Miller starred in multiple Off-Broadway productions, including Ragtime at Avery Fisher Hall, City Center e ncores! production of Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson’s Lost in the Stars , and the Manhattan t heatre Club’s Romantic Poetry . Patina also appeared in the Public t heater’s pre-Broadway revival of Hair during its 2008 run at the d elacorte t heater in Central Park, also under the direction of d iane Paulus. Her regional theatre credits include First You Dream , a Kander and e bb revue at the Kennedy Center, Sister Act at the Alliance t heatre and Pasadena Playhouse, and the Philadelphia t heater Company production of Being Alive . s he has participated in workshops for Book of Mormon , Nightingale and American Idiot . Prior to her numerous theater credits, Patina appeared in the renowned daytime soap opera All My Children . Miller made her feature film debut as ‘Commander Paylor’ in Lionsgate’s famous trilogy The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 , released in November 2014. Patina reprised her role in the final installment of the series, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 , in 2015. Patina performed her first solo concert at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts during its 2013-2014 theatrical season. s he then made her New York City concert debut in February 2014 as part of Lincoln Center t heater’s American Songbook series. Miller received a degree in musical theater from Carnegie Mellon University. s he currently resides in New York City.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Seth rudetsky | Musical director & Host
seth rudetsky is the afternoon host on sirius/XM satellite radio’s On Broadway as well as the host of seth speaks on sirius/XM stars. As an author, he penned My Awesome/ Awful Popularity Plan and the sequel The Rise And Fall Of A Theater Geek (random House) as well as three volumes of Seth’s Broadway Diary featuring inside scoop and hilarious stories from all of the stars he’s worked with. He co-wrote and co-starred in Disaster! (NY TIMES “critics pick”) which also premiered to rave reviews in London. In June 2016, he and his husband, James Wesley, coproduced a recording of “What the World Needs Now” with stars like Idina Menzel, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Carole King, Audra Mcdonald which went to number one on itunes and raised more than $100,000 for the Orlando shooting victims (and is still raising money. Buy it!). seth and James have a foundation called Your Kids Our Kids that presented Concert For America; a series around the country featuring stars like Barry Manilow, stephanie Mills, Vanessa Williams, tina Fey, randy rainbow and Audra Mcdonald that raised money for 5 non-profits that have been working relentlessly since the 2016 presidential election. they also present Voices for The Voiceless, a yearly star-studded concert for You Gotta Believe which helps older foster children find families, even if they’ve aged out of the system. If you want to hang out with seth and James and a bunch of Broadway stars performing up a storm, come on one of their cruises! In October 2020 their Transatlantic Crossing sails to england, in February 2020 they journey to the Caribbean, and in June 2020 to the Adriatic and Greek Isles. More info at SethsBroadwayVacations.com
Mark Cortale | Producer
Mark Cortale co-produced the new musical Midnight at the Never Get by Mark sonnenblick, at the York theatre this past fall. He produced Deconstructing Patti on Broadway last september at the Nederlander theatre with Broadway Cares/equity Fights AIds, starring Patti LuPone and seth rudetsky. He created the Broadway @ concert series in 2011 at the Art House in Provincetown where he serves as Producing Artistic director. the series, featuring seth rudetsky as music director and host, had its eighth season this past summer and guest artists over the years have included Patti LuPone, Audra Mcdonald, sutton Foster, Megan Mulllally, Christine ebersole, and Jessie Mueller. the Broadway @ series also premiered in 2013 in New Orleans, in Australia (sydney & Melbourne) with Megan Mullally, and in London’s West end with Patti LuPone at the Leicester square theatre. the series has since traveled to cities that include Chicago @ the steppenwolf, Beverly Hills @ the Wallis, Fort Lauderdale @ the Parker Playhouse, san Francisco @ the Herbst theater and scottsdale @ scottsdale Center for the Arts. In the 2018-2019 season, the series launched in Boston @ the Huntington with Chita rivera and continues later this month with Christine ebersole. Mr. Cortale produced the feature film Varla Jean and the Mushroomheads and also produces the singing string quartet Wellstrung, which he co-founded. Info at markcortalepresents.com
1935
Marian Anderson makes her New York operatic debut
1944
Langston Hughes discusses the race question on air at “ America’s Town Meeting ” 1945
Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker debut Bebop in a formal concert hall 1957
Ravi Shanka r performs here 9 years before he meets The Beatles
1961
Bob Dylan holds his first major concert at age 21
1964
Coretta Scott King debuts her Freedom Concerts
THE TOWN HALL FO u N dATION
The Town Hall’s mission is to provide affordable world-class entertainment by new and established artists to a diverse audience; to inspire the youth of our community to appreciate and participate in the arts at The Town Hall and in schools through our Education Outreach Program; and to preserve and enhance The Town Hall as a historic landmark venue for the enjoyment and cultural enrichment of generations to come.
BOA rd OF T ru STEES
President
tom Wirtshafter
P RESIDENT E MERIT u S
Marvin Leffler
E XEC u TIVE V ICE P RESIDENT
susan Zohn
T R u STEES
Jacobo Almuiña
Phyllis Putter Barasch
robert e evanson
Anne Frank-shapiro
Alfred H. Horowitz
Henry Johansson
ted Lambert
Bruce s. Leffler
Marvin Leffler
david F. McCarthy
Andrew t. Miltenberg
rita robbins
Madhu southworth
Nevin steinberg
tom Wirtshafter
susan Zohn
LIFE TR u STEES
Leona Chanin
Mary dettling-Wright
THE TOWN HALL STAFF
E XEC u TIVE D IRECTOR
Lawrence C. Zucker
a rtisti C d ire C tor
M.A. Papper
d ire C tor o F a d M inistration, Su BSCRIPTIONS & M EMBERSHIP
Helen Morris
d ire C tor o F d e V e Lo PM ent
Jacqueline Maddox
D IRECTOR OF E D u CATION
Lauren Noble
d ire C tor oF Marketin G
Jeff Mann
asso C iate a rtisti C
d ire C tor & a r CH i V ist
Melay Araya
d i G ita L Media ManaG er
Alex Koveos
Prin C i Pa L d esi G ner
Leia-lee doran
Vi C e President
Alfred H. Horowitz
Vi C e President
Bruce s. Leffler
T REAS u RER
Andrew t. Miltenberg
s e C retary
Phyllis Putter Barasch
A DVISORy CO u NCIL
Kathleen rosenberg, Chair
Nancy Berman
shauna denkensohn
sandy Horowitz
elizabeth Iannizzi
Zita rosenthal
rhoda rothkopf
A RTS IN E D u CATION
A DVISORy CO u NCIL
dr. Charlotte K. Frank, Chair
Michael Fram
dr. sharon dunn
Gary Hecht
ernest Logan
dr. Lisa Mars
dr. eloise Messineo
dr. Pola rosen
Leona shapiro
George Young
t e CH ni C a L d ire C tor
Bill dehling
b ox oFF i C e ManaG er Angel rodriguez
C H ie F e n G ineer steve Franqui
H O u SE M ANAg ER richard Looney
I NSTIT u TIONAL gIVIN g asso C iate
Barbara Matovu
d e V e Lo PM ent assistant
P. H. Lawson
a d M inistrati V e assistant
Britni Montalbano
E D u CATION A SSISTANT
s ophie s iegel-Warren
E D u CATION A DMINISTRATION
assistant
Kylee Brinkman
WA r NIN g
the photographing or sound recording of any performance or the possession of any device for such photographing or sound recording inside the theatre without the written permission of the management is prohibited by law. Violators may be punished by ejection and violations may render the offender liable for monetary damages.
FI r E NOTICE
the exit indicated by a red light and sign nearest to the seat you occupy is the shortest route to the street. In the event of fire or other emergency please do not run, WALK tO tHAt eXIt thoughtless persons annoy patrons and endanger the safety of others by lighting matches or smoking in prohibited areas during the performances and intermissions. this violates a city ordinance and is punishable by law.
-FIRE COMMISSIONER
d I r ECTO ry OF THEAT r E SE rv
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C e LL PH one P o L i C y
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MAJOR GIFTS, CORPORATE, FO u N dATION & GOVERNMENT S u PPORT
Town Hall’s Education Outreach Program and Global Icons Series are made possible by the New york State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New york State Legislature. Town Hall’s Education Outreach Programs is made possible by the New york State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New york State Legislature. We would like to thank the following foundations, corporations, and government institutions for their support:
the Achelis and Bodman Foundation
Affiliated Advisors
Apple Inc.
Bank of America
the Blakeley Foundation
Consolidated edison Company of New York
Cravath, swaine & Moore
robert evanson
dr. Charlotte K. Frank
Garber Atlas Fries & Associates
the Hearst Foundations, Inc. the Hyde & Watson Foundation
JP Morgan Chase
Jujamcyn theaters
edythe Kenner Foundation
the Kinder Morgan Foundation
the Jacob & Valeria Langeloth Foundation
Lewis QVC trust
Local One
the Mansfield Family Foundation
Morgan stanley
Nederlander Organization
Nesenoff & Miltenberg, LLP
New York City department of Cultural Affairs
New York state Council on the Arts
New York University
stavros Niarchos Foundation
Henry Nias Foundation
Office of the President, Borough of Manhattan, Gale A. Brewer
Pamela and richard rubinstein Foundation
Pricewaterhouse Cooper the reed Foundation
s&P Global the shubert Foundation the shubert Organization, Inc.
theatre refreshments
ticketmaster
Wenner Foundation
As of Jan. 16, 2020
THE TOWN HALL’S YOUNG PATRONS CIRCLE
Join the next generation of Town Hall supporters! town Hall’s Young Patrons Circle is a special membership group, ages 21-40, that engages in social and educational activities through exciting events, performances, and programming. We are brought together by a shared love of the arts, a deep interest in social change, civic engagement, and a desire to become part of a growing group of like-minded individuals that support town Hall.
For more information about the young Patrons Circle, please contact Jacquie Maddox, director of development - development@thetownhall.org
YOUNG PATRONS CIRCLE MEMBERS
Jesse Axelrod*
Kevin Costello
Jenna Clark Embrey
Kate Estes*
James Geoghegan
Ilia Gorodnichev
Anne Heestand
Christina Hoffman
Vincent Iannuzzi
Brice Jones
David P. Leffler
Marley Lewis, Yevgeny Vilensky
Gregory Minogue*
Sheila O’Donoghue
Anna Pappa Wirtshafter
Joseph Reigadas*
Pamela Schoenberg
Jonathan Tulman*
Veronica Underhill
Susan Walsh
Jessie Wirtshafter
Benjamin Wirtshafter*
Natalie Wright
*Young Patrons Circle Executive Committee
TOUR THE HISTORIC TOWN HALL
Town Hall has played an integral part in the electrifying cultural fabric of New york City for more than 90 years. A group of suffragists’ fight for the 19th Amendment led them to build a meeting space to educate people on the important issues of the day. during its construction, the 19th Amendment was passed, and on January 12, 1921 the town Hall opened its doors and took on a double meaning: as a symbol of the victory sought by its founders, and as a spark for a new, more optimistic climate. In 1921, German composer richard strauss performed a series of concerts that cemented the Hall’s reputation as an ideal venue for musical performances. since, town Hall has been home to countless musical milestones: the Us debuts of strauss, and Isaac stern; Marian Anderson’s first New York recital; in 1945, dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker introduced bebop to the world; Bob dylan’s first major concert in ‘63; and much much more.
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tanner Lindsey
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Jean & Ken Malecki*
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richard & Merle Milder
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sean Mooney
James Naughton & Laura richards*
Carol & davis Noble*
James O’sullivan
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shelly Packer**
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tim Peierls**
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susan Zohn**
Anita Jaffe & Lawrence C. Zucker**
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We invite you to support the Hall at any level, and enjoy the exclusive benefits of becoming a Town Hall Member.
Advance Ticket Access notification of Presale & discounts for concerts and Events
Member Discounts at local restaurants
Access to PATRON CIRCLE SEATS
reserved seats to town hall Presents concerts and other select events ( with special pricing, when available )
Complimentary Tickets to select town hall Presents shows & Events
Complimentary Tickets to Town Hall Gala
Special Invitations to Sound Check or Dress Rehearsal
Seat Plaque in The Hall
Complimentary Advertisement in Town Hall Gala Journal
Invitations to an Artist Meet & Greet after a select town hall Presents concert
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