Adrienne Warren, Cast of HANDS ON A HARDBODY and More Join Lilly Awards' Broadway Cabaret at Birdland, 11/10

Additional Performers have been added to The Lilly Awards Broadway Cabaret including Adrienne Warren (Bring It On), Sydney Lucas (Fun Home), David Beach, Adam Guettel, Brooks Ashmanskas and original Broadway cast members Keala Settle, Alison Case, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Kathleen Monteleone, Jim Newman and Dale Soules joining Amanda Green singing a song from her show Hands on a Hard Body.

The Lilly Awards Foundation with the Broadway at Birdland Series proudly presents The Lilly Awards Broadway Cabaret: An evening of showstoppers written by women and performed by Broadway's Best to benefit The Lilly Awards Foundation whose mission is to promote gender parity at all levels of theatrical production, and develop and celebrate the work of women in the theater.

The Lilly Awards Broadway Cabaret is Monday, November 10th beginning at 7pm at Birdland, located at 315 W. 44th Street in NYC. VIP Reception begins at 5:30. Doors open at 6:30. Tickets range from $50 to $250 and can be purchased at www.thelillyawards.org or www.artful.ly/store/events/4245. Follow @thelillyawards and www.facebook.com/TheLillyAwards. The Broadway at Birdland Concert Series takes place every Monday night at 7pm.

From legendary Broadway women songwriters to the brightest new stars, the concert includes: Clyde Alves, Jay Armstrong Johnson and Tony Yazbeck, the leads in the current revival, singing from On The Town (lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green, music by Leonard Bernstein); The Broadway Boys singing from Once On This Island (Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty); Carol Hall singing from her show The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas with special guests Adrienne Warren, Jenn Colella, Lindsay Mendez, and Keala Settle; Debra Monk and Cass Morgan singing from their show Pump Boys and Dinettes; Douglas Sills singing from The Secret Garden (Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon); Gretchen Cryer and Nancy Ford singing from their show I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking it on the Road; Amanda Green and original Broadway cast members Keala Settle, Alison Case, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Kathleen Monteleone, Jim Newman and Dale Soules singing a song from her show Hands on a Hardbody (co-composer Trey Anastasio); Kate Wetherhead and Maria Thayer singing from Bernice Bobs Her Hair (lyrics by Julia Jordan, music by Adam Gwon); Heidi Blickenstaff, Jessica Vosk and Caitlin Kinnunen singing from The Danger Year by Georgia Stitt; Katrina Rose Dideriksen singing from Feral by Rebekah Melocik and Jacob Yandura. David Beach singing from Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich's new musical Hollywood Romance. Adam Guettel and Brooks Ashmanskas will present a tribute to Mary Rodgers. Special appearances by Jason Robert Brown and Valerie Vigoda.

Additional singers and songwriters to be announced. The evening will be directed by Daisy Prince, musical direction by Georgia Stitt and co-produced by Amanda Green and Georgia Stitt.

The Lilly Awards Foundation Inc. is a 501c3 non-profit organization whose mission is to promote gender parity at all levels of theatrical production, as well as develop, celebrate and advocate for the work of women in the theater. To those ends, the Lilly Awards Foundation produces a yearly awards ceremony called The Lilly Awards which recognizes outstanding contributions to the theater made by women writers, composers, directors and designers; designs and initiates programs to raise awareness of gender bias within the hiring and producing practices of theaters; endeavors to change the artistic choices of theaters and residency programs nationally; and conducts a Count (expected to be released this fall) which will determine how many women writers and artists are being hired and produced by American theaters of all sizes.

Photo Credit: Seth Walters