Join host, SCOTT SIEGEL, as he revisits the Broadway musicals of the 1920's, in true Broadway by the Year® style with guests MAXINE LINEHAN ("Fiercely Talented" - NY Times), KENITA MILLER (3X Drama Desk Nominee, Once On This Island, The Color Purple), and BRIAN CHARLES ROONEY (The Three-Penny Opera). Hear music from Stardust, Starlight Express, Les Miserables, and Into the Woods.
Broadway by the Year® is proudly supported by Bank of America. Additional support provided by The Edythe Kenner Foundation.
ABOUT BROADWAY BY THE YEAR®
The critically acclaimed series has blossomed from an idea to what Show Business Weekly deems, "…an invaluable and entertaining jewel in the cabaret crown of New York." Ticket sales have soared and stellar reviews have included The New York Times, which calls it, "Witty, breezily paced. . .informative. . .valuable. . .the right perspective of lighthearted nostalgia..."
Author/Critic Scott Siegel created the series for Town Hall, which he writes and hosts. Siegel takes audiences of all ages on a musical tour of the Great White Way, offering an entertaining verbal account of Broadway’s history. Each evening celebrates the songs from Broadway shows of a selected year, sung by a cast of talented cabaret and Broadway performers. This marvelous program not only highlights favorite show-stopping numbers, it also features lesser-known gems.
ABOUT SCOTT SIEGEL
Scott Siegel has created more than 400 major concerts that have been performed all over the world. He has written/produced/directed concerts for Michael Feinstein, created scores of nightclub acts that have played at major clubs around the globe, but is, perhaps, best known as the creator/writer/director/host of Town Hall's signature series, Broadway by the Year, which is currently celebrating its 20th critically acclaimed season. For more information about all of Scott's shows, please visit Scott's website at http://SiegelPresents.com.
MAXINE LINEHAN
Maxine Linehan, an Irish native, is an international concert and recording artist who has been heralded by the New York Times as “fiercely talented”! Ms Linehan has performed for thousands of fans at some of the world’s most prestigious venues from the iconic Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris to New York’s Lincoln Center and The Town Hall. Linehan’s enormous vocal strength combined with her ability to emotionally engage with her audience is unparalleled. Linehan’s celebrated studio album Beautiful Songs, was a top ten pick by USA Today. She also recorded a cover of U2’s smash hit single “One”, all music available on itunes. Linehan studied at The Inns of Court School of Law in London, The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and is a member of Actors’ Equity. For more information and concert dates please visit http://maxinlinehan.com.
KENITA MILLER
Kenita R. Miller is a Drama Desk Award-winning actor and vocalist who has performed in such notable Broadway productions as The Color Purple, Xanadu, and was most recently seen as Mama Euralie in the Tony Award-winning, Grammy-nominated Once on This Island. Her regional work includes, The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin at New York City Center, an Audelco Awardwinning portrayal of Zora Neale Hurston in Urban Stages’ Langston in Harlem, Cincinnati Playhouse’s world premiere of The Revolutionists, and The Arden Theater Company’s production of Parade in the role of Minnie McKnight, which earned her a Barrymore Award. Film and Television credits include The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Blacklist, Odd Mom Out, Hostages, and Bruce Weber’s short film Liberty City is like Paris To Me.
BRIAN CHARLES ROONEY
Brian Charles Rooney made his Broadway debut as Lucy Brown in “The Threepenny Opera” for The Roundabout Theatre Co., and won The Kurt Weill Foundation’s Lys Symonette Award for Dramatic Excellence. He won the CT Critics Circle Award for Best Actor in a Musical as Candy Darling in “POP!” for Yale Repertory, and was recently lauded by The New York Times for his performance as Dionne Salon in the hit Off-Broadway musical, “Bedbugs!!!” He has won three NYMF Outstanding Performance Awards: “Bedbugs!!!,” “Bayonets of Angst,” and “Miss Blanche Tells It All.” He appeared with Kristin Chenoweth at Lincoln Center in Andrew Lippa’s “I Am Harvey Milk,” & in the Carnegie Hall Concert Production of “Guys & Dolls,” starring Nathan Lane & Megan Mullally. Follow him: on IG @briancharlesrooney & http://briancharlesrooney.com