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LARRY ZUCKER , Executive director
M.A. PAPPER , Artistic director
JEFF MANN , Marketing director
BILL DEHLING , technical director
KEITH SHERMAN AND ASSOCIATES , Publicity
CARL ACAMPORA , Production Manager
MELAY ARAYA , Associate Artistic director & Archivist
LEIA-LEE DORAN , Principal designer
ALEX KOVEOS , digital Media Manager
Megan Hilty is widely known for her breakout roles on NbC tv’s Smash and Sean Saves The World (starring opposite sean Hayes). she made her broadway debut as Glinda in Wicked and most recently was nominated for a tony Award, drama desk Award, and drama league Award for her critically acclaimed performance as brooke Ashton in the roundabout theater Company’s revival of Noises Off, for which she also won a broadway. com Audience Award for Favorite Featured Actress in a play. In a new lifetime movie Patsy & Loretta, which premiered october 19, 2019, Megan plays patsy Cline opposite Jessie Mueller as loretta lynn.
Megan has also starred on New York stages as lorelei lee in the encores! production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and as doralee rhodes in broadway’s 9 to 5: The Musical, which earned her nominations for the drama desk, outer Critics Circle, drama league Awards. on television, she recurred on bravo’s dramedy Girlfriend’s Guide to Divorce and the final season of Cbs’ The Good Wife. she recently appeared in Hulu’s Difficult People and Cbs’ BrainDead. she has also been seen recently in Rules Don’t Apply, a feature film written, directed and produced by Warren beatty and the tv lANd pilot The First Wives Club alongside Alyson Hannigan.
In 2016, Megan released a live album comprising of songs from her recent concert tour, entitled “Megan Hilty live at the Café Carlyle” after completing a residency at the legendary New York venue. she has performed with the National symphony orchestra at the Kennedy Center, the New York philharmonic at lincoln Center and with the Cincinnati symphony. Her voice was featured as rosetta in disney’s Tinker Bell: Secret of the Wings and also in disney’s The Secret Life of Magic Gourd, Phineas & Ferb, Glenn Martin DDS, American Dad, Tinker Bell and the Pixie Hollow Games, Robot & Monster as well as singing as snow White in the film Shrek the Third, and in summertime entertainment’s Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return with Kelsey Grammer, Hugh dancy and lea Michele. she can also be heard alongside placido domingo on the opera star’s duet album. In 2013 Megan released her debut solo album, It Happens All The Time, which included fresh interpretations of compositions by contemporary songwriters and producers.
Jessie Mueller starred on broadway in the revival of Carousel in her tony-nominated role as Julie Jordan, opposite Joshua Henry. prior to that she originated the role of Jenna Hunterson in composer-lyricist sara bareilles’ hit broadway musical Waitress for which she was nominated for a tony, drama desk and Grammy award. she earned all three awards for her starring role as Carole King in Beautiful - The Carole King Musical. In a new lifetime movie Patsy & Loretta, which premiered october 19, 2019, Jessie plays loretta lynn opposite Megan Hilty as patsy Cline.
she recently starred as Marian in The Music Man with Norm lewis and rosie o’donnell at the Kennedy Center. other major broadway credits include Nice Work If You Can Get It, The Mystery Of Edwin Drood (drama desk nomination), and her broadway debut as Melinda in On A Clear Day You Can See Forever opposite Harry Connick, Jr. (tony and drama desk nominations). she portrayed Carrie pipperidge in the New York philharmonic’s staged concert production of Carousel at lincoln Center, and was a part of Carnegie Hall’s family concert series, Take the Stage with Broadway Stars.
Mueller began her career in Chicago and was named Actor of the Year in 2011 by The Chicago Tribune. Four years later she received Chicago’s prestigious sarah siddons society Award. recently she collaborated on broadway for orlando’s “What the World Needs Now” benefiting our brothers and sisters in orlando.
The Town Hall is searching for:
• Programs & Stagebills
• Photos
• Performance Recordings & Films featuring the Hall
• Ticket Stubs
• Show Posters
• Memorabilia from moments in our history
Please contact: Melay Araya / Archivist 212-997-1003 ext. 22 m.araya@thetownhall.org
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, co-produced 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 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.
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 Educational 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.
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tom Wirtshafter
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eX e C uti V e Vi C e President
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t rustees
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Anne Frank-shapiro
Alfred H. Horowitz
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ted lambert
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Jeff Mann
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Melay Araya
d igita L Media Manager
Alex Koveos
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Alfred H. Horowitz
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t reasurer
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s e C retary
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Kathleen rosenberg, Chair
Nancy berman
shauna denkensohn
sandy Horowitz
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Michael Fram
dr. sharon dunn
Gary Hecht
ernest logan
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leona shapiro
George Young
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Town Hall Presents is supported, in part, by public funds from The New york city department of cultural Affairs in partnership with the city council. 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:
Acción Cultural española
the Achelis and bodman Foundation
the Actors Fund
Affiliated Advisors
Apple Inc.
bank of America
the blakeley Foundation
Consolidated edison Company of New York
Cravath, swaine & Moore
daryl and steven roth Foundation
robert evanson
Ford Foundation
dr. Charlotte K. Frank
Garber Atlas Fries & Associates the Hearst Foundations, Inc.
Jewish Communal Fund
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 the pinkerton Foundation
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
Zegar Family Foundation
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
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*
Jonathan Tulman*
Veronica Underhill
Susan Walsh
Jessie Wirtshafter
Benjamin Wirtshafter*
Natalie Wright
*Young Patrons Circle Executive Committee
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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shari Acebedo**
emerson Allen*
Wanyong & Chris Austin*
phyllis barasch**
Justine barrett
laurie bauman & steve Arnold
William beck
Kathleen begala & Yves-Andre Istel*
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Howard F. berman**
Jane eisner bram*
pat brown*
Katrina browning*
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ralph buultjens**
Karen & Alexander Callender*
Marcy & leona Chanin Foundation**
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Mindy A Cohen*
Gloria & Irwin Cohen*
John & Colleen Cook**
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Kathleen davis-Groener**
Gordon Murray & Katherine deFoyd
Jamie delio**
shauna & Michael denkensohn**
susan & rick derrickson
Mary dettling-Wright**
Greg diamond
Michael & Allison dietz*
sharon dunn
robert dwyer, Jr.*
Hon. betty W. ellerin*
Mike embler & Maria Cilenti**
Charles engros
robert evanson**
Anna May & tim Feige
Hazel & russel Fershleiser**
Alfred Finger*
edmond FitzGerald
peter Flaherty
Matthew Frank*
dr. Charlotte Frank & Marvin leffler**
Michael & Anne Frank-shapiro*
bobby & vicki Freeman
Adrienne Frosch*
Carmen Gaito
Yvette Geary*
lynn & paul George*
Claudia Glasser
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barbara Gottlieb*
patricia Green**
Agnes Gund**
Fran & richard Habib**
Kathleen Hagen*
lisa & tom Hazen
priscilla H. Hoffman*
ryan Holmes
bruce Horten & Aaron lieber**
Mark Houle
Fern Hurst & peter rubin**
dr. elizabeth Iannizzi**
Adam Idleberg
todd Jick*
Henry Johansson*
lucas Katler
Kenneth Kaufman
robert M. Kaufman*
Michael & Jacqueline Kempner
donna & Jeff Knight*
Arthur Koenig**
eric Kransoff*
John Kuehn
Jacqueline & bruce leffler*
Goldfarb & Fleece llp**
Karin & Marc leffler*
Ivy beth lewis**
robin & Jay lewis**
Adam & Melony lewis**
tanner lindsey
Michael loeber
Genevieve lynch
James & susan Maddox
Jean & Ken Malecki*
Jack & Carol Margossian
tanya Marks
Jeff Marowits
Karl Marquardt*
Ingrid Matheson
robert & Merrideth McCarthy
david & Julie McCarthy**
Gavin Mcfarland
lori Mcgoran
richard & Merle Milder
dolores Miller
John Miller
Isaac Mizrahi*
sean Mooney
James Naughton & laura richards*
Chad Newman & Jared stanisci
Carol & davis Noble*
Morris W. offit**
dorinda J. oliver**
Glenn & linda ostrander*
robert ouimette
shelly packer**
Judith parker
tim peierls**
Jennifer poling
patrick pollari*
Catherine randolph* robert rene
dasha rettew**
Christine riley
rita robbins**
theresa rose*
A. Jeffrey rosen
Kathleen rosenberg**
Zita rosenthal**
rhoda rothkopf**
Michael rotter**
Fiona Howe rudin* robert & lynda safron**
Mikelynn salthouse**
sherry & Alan H. salzman** roberta schechter* roberta schleicher* robert score*
Alan shabot*
patricia & brian shea** susan & victor shedlin**
Constance silver** elena skolnick
erik sonsteby*
Madhu r Goel southworth**
Jerry speyer**
CeeCee & eve stein**
Judy & Michael steinhardt*
lera Jewels*
Abbe tiger
tim tompkins*
lawrence unger**
patricia Wallace
Mildred Weissman**
Weston Wellington*
richard Winn
Carol Marks & tom Wirtshafter**
Matt Howard & Melissa Wohlgemuth* dr. Helaine Worrell
Merryl & Charles Zegar**
peter M. Ziemba & terry siegel*
susan Zohn**
Anita Jaffe & lawrence C. Zucker**
sloan Zuckerman
Gary Zych
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
Bank of America applauds The Town Hall for its success in bringing the arts to audiences throughout the community. We commend you on creating an opportunity for all to enjoy and share a cultural experience. Here's to another season of Broadway by the Year! Visit us at bankofamerica.com/arts.