Jane Olivor, Karen Akers, Marc Kudisch, Liz Callaway, Lari
White, Scott Coulter, Jason Graae, Lisa Howard, Steven Lutvak, Chris DiCristo,
Julie Garnye, and Carole Schwartz are among today's most talented stars from
the Broadway and cabaret scene to honor famed composer Stephen Schwartz in "A
Tribute to Stephen Schwartz" on Friday, October 19 at 8PM at The Town Hall as
part of the Third Annual Broadway Cabaret Festival October 19-21, 2007. The evening is directed by Scott Coulter with
musical direction by Alex Rybeck.
The acclaimed Town Hall festival will host the first-ever
major New York
gala honoring Schwartz. He will be in attendance to witness the performances of
his greatest songs from a career of extraordinary achievements.
Stephen Schwartz has contributed music and/or lyrics to Godspell, Pippin, The Magic Show, The Baker's Wife, Working (which he also adapted and directed), Personals, Rags, Children Of Eden and the current
Broadway hit, Wicked. Most recently,
he has contributed songs to Mit Eventyr,
a musical about Hans Christian Andersen currently playing in Denmark. He collaborated with
Leonard Bernstein on the English texts for Bernstein's MASS and wrote the title song for the play and movie Butterflies Are Free. For children, he
has written a one-act musical, Captain
Louie. For films, he collaborated with Alan Menken on the scores for the
Disney animated features Pocahontas
and The Hunchback of Notre Dame and
wrote the songs for the DreamWorks animated feature The Prince of Egypt. He provided music and lyrics for the original
television musical, "Geppetto," and has released two CDs of new songs entitled "Reluctant
Pilgrim" and "Uncharted
Territory." Under the
auspices of the ASCAP Foundation, he runs musical theatre workshops in New York and Los
Angeles, and is also a member of the Council of the
Dramatists' Guild. Mr. Schwartz is the recipient of three Academy Awards, four
Grammy Awards, four Drama Desk Awards, and a tiny handful of tennis trophies. www.stephenschwartz.com
The Broadway Cabaret Festival at The Town Hall continues on
Saturday, October 20 with an "An Evening with Betty Buckley" and culminates on
Sunday, October 21 at 3 PM with "Broadway Originals" starring such famous
Broadway names as Len Cariou (Sweeney
Todd), Anita Gillette (Mr. President),
Alan Campbell (Sunset Blvd.), Martin
Vidnovic (Brigadoon), Brad Oscar (The Producers), George S. Irving (Irene), and a total of about twenty
great stars recreating the songs they performed in their original cast
productions.
In The Town Hall tradition as The People's Concert Hall,
tickets are available at $50 for this all-star weekend through TicketMaster,
212-307-4100, or www.ticketmaster.com,
or by visiting the Town Hall Box Office between noon and 6 PM (except Sundays)
at 123 West 43rd Street, 212-840-2824 or visit www.the-townhall-nyc.org.
