Martin, Gets, Anderson, Etc. Set for Bway Musicals of '28

Tony-winner Bob Martin, currently featured as 'Man in Chair' in The Drowsy Chaperone, will star in "The Broadway Musicals of 1928," which kicks off the seventh season of The Town Hall's acclaimed Broadway by the Year series.  Broadway aficionados will recall that the fictional, Tony-nominated show opened on The Great White Way in 1928. On February 26th, The Town Hall audience will hear the music that was born on Broadway in that illustrious year. 

Some of musical theater's most famous songs first came to light in 1928, such as Rodgers & Hart's "You Took Advantage of Me" (Present Arms), the Dorothy Fields/Jimmy McHugh hit "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Blackbirds of 1928), Cole Porter's "Let's Do It" (Paris), Kalmar & Ruby's "Hooray for Captain Spaulding" (Animal Crackers), Romberg/Hammerstein's "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise" (The New Moon), and many more.    

Conceived and hosted by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall, this one-night-only concert will feature a starry line-up including Drama Desk-nominee Nancy Anderson, Max von Essen, Joyce Chittick, Jeffry Denman, Tony-nominee Malcolm Gets, Drama Desk-nominee Eddie Korbich, Grammy Award-winner Lari White, plus more stars soon to be announced. Direction will be by Joel Froomkin and the evening will feature musical direction by Ross Patterson.   

"I'm constantly amazed at the number of famous songs that were first heard in Broadway shows during the 1920s," said Siegel. "I love presenting these early years in the "Broadway by the Year" series because it so clearly demonstrates the impact Broadway had on American popular culture. The opportunity to have today's stars perform these wonderful classics is a treat for anyone who loves musical theater."  

Tickets are $45 and $40, available through TicketMaster 212-307-4100 (www.ticketmaster.com), or by visiting the Town Hall Box Office, 123 West 43^rd Street, 212-840-2824, or visit www.the-townhall-nyc.org. 

Photo of Bob Martin by Mark Rupp