Colm Wilkinson, Returns To NY Stage On 10/18

Colm Wilkinson, the world's original Jean Valjean, returns to the New York stage for one day more on Saturday, October 18th at 8PM in Broadway & Beyond.  Presented by New York's famed Town Hall (123 West 43rd Street), This one-night only event is one of three weekend concerts created, written and hosted for The Town Hall by Scott Siegel.  The festival launches with A Tribute to Lerner & Loewe on October 17th at 8PM and concludes with Broadway Originals, where stars recreate the roles they originated in Broadway productions or revivals, on Sunday, October 19th at 3PM .

Wilkinson will sing an eclectic program ranging from Broadway favorites by Rodgers & Hammerstein and Andrew Lloyd Webber to popular standards by Ray Charles, Leonard Cohen, Muddy Waters and John Lennon. Les Miserables' Susan Gillmor will reunite with Wilkinson as his special guest star.  Wilkinson will be backed by a nine-piece orchestra lead by music director Steve Hunter.

Beginning his career in his native Ireland in the 1970's, Wilkinson has become an internationally recognized vocalist. The celebrated Broadway star has spent years on the stage starring in Les Miserables and The Phantom of the Opera.  His latest solo album Some of My Best Friends Are Songs (EMI Music Canada) is a selection of some of his favorite songs of all time.   It includes three songs written by Wilkinson and a duet with his own son Aaron. Between musicals, solo albums, compilations and singles, Wilkinson has appeared in over 60 titles including Stage Heros (BMG), a solo album, where he performed with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and recorded at the historic Abbey Road Studios, in London, as well as the celebrated Highlight album of Jekyll and Hyde (BMG). This concert marks Mr. Wilkinson's Town Hall debut and his return to the New York stage.

The Town Hall's Fourth Annual Broadway Cabaret Festival will take place from October 17th through 19th, with A Tribute to Lerner & Loewe on October 17th at 8PM, An Evening With Colm Wilkinson on October 18th at 8PM and Broadway Originals on Sunday, October 19th at 3PM.  In the Town Hall tradition of affordable entertainment, concert hall tickets are only $55 per show for this all-star weekend.  Subscriptions for all three concerts are $150 and are available through mail order only. Single tickets can be purchased though Ticket Master (212) 307-4100 or www.ticketmaster.com and also by visiting The Town Hall Box Office between noon and 6PM (except Sundays) at 123 West 43rd Street, (212) 840-2824 or log on to

www.the-townhall-nyc.org

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