Photo Coverage: A Night of Operetta
By: Genevieve Rafter Keddy Jul. 18, 2007
The Town Hall's first-ever Summer Broadway Festival presented "A Night at the Operetta," on Monday, July 16, at 8pm. Created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall, with musical direction by Fred Barton, "A Night at the Operetta" featured the great melodies of Sigmund Romberg, Rudolf Friml, Victor Herbert and other beloved composers from such classic operettas as The Student Prince, The Enchantress, Rose Marie, Sweethearts, The Desert Song, and The New Moon. The opening night party was held at Tony's DiNapoli.
The cast included: Marc Kudisch and Christiane Noll (fresh from their acclaimed performances in The Witches of Eastwick); Gavin Lee (Tony-nominee for Mary Poppins), Mark Jacoby and Sarah Jane McMahon (NYCO's The Pirates of Penzance), Paul Schoeffler (Sweet Charity), Manu Narayan (Bombay Dreams), Rebecca Eichenberger (The Phantom of the Opera), Douglas Ladnier and Ludmilla Illieva (award-winning cabaret stars), William Michals (The Scarlet Pimpernel), Karen Murphy (All Shook Up), and opera star John Easterlin.
Tickets for upcoming Summer Broadway Festival events are available through TicketMaster, 212-307-4100, or www.ticketmaster.com, or by visiting the Town Hall Box Office, 123 West 43rd Street, 212-840-2824, or visit www.the-townhall-nyc.org. Visit www.tonysnyc.com for more on Tony's.
Paul Schoeffler and Karen Murphy
Millie Ilieva
Rebecca Eichenberger and William Michals
John Easterlin (NYCO, Metropolitan Opera)
Scott Siegel (Creator, Writer, Host)
Mark Jacoby and Sarah Jane McMahon
Mark Jacoby and Sarah Jane McMahon
Mark Jacoby and Paul Schoeffler
Mark Jacoby and Paul Schoeffler
John Easterlin and Christiane Noll
(Back row) John Easterlin, Mark Jacoby, Douglas Ladnier, Paul Schoeffler, William Michals, Gavin Lee, Marc Kudisch, Manu Narayan; (front row) Christiane Noll, Milla Ilieva, Karen Murphy, Rebecca Eichenberger and Sarah Jane McMahon
Gavin Lee and Dylan Riley Snyder (young Tarzan in Tarzan)
Gavin Lee, Jonathan Pate (Manhattan Theatre Club)
Gavin Lee and wife Emily Harvey
Director Dan Foster and Milla Ilieva
Rebecca Eichenberger and musical director Fred Barton
Bruce Wang, Dana Ianculovici and Roxanne Bergman (musicians)
Karen Murphy and her husband Marvin
Manu Narayan, Christiane Noll and Karen Murphy
Jonathan Pate and Christiane Noll
Sarah Jane McMahon and William Michals
Karen Murphy and William Michals
Sarah Jane McMahon, Marc Kudisch and Milla Ilieva
NYCO Pirates of Penzance alumni Mark Jacoby, Sarah Jane McMahon and Marc Kudisch
Milla Ilieva, William Michals and Jamie deRoy
William Michals with his mother
Christiane Noll and John Easterlin
Robert R. Blume (Executive Producer, The Drama Desk Awards), Michael Portantiere (BroadwayStars.com) and Scott Siegel
Fred Barton and Merle Louise (Kiss of the Spider Woman)
Sarah Jane McMahon, Scott Siegel and Christiane Noll
Ellis Nassour (BroadwayStars.com), Marc Kudisch and Jamie deRoy
Ellis Nassour and Christiane Noll
Scott Coulter ("Southern Comfort" and Barbara Siegel
William Wolf (Drama Desk President), Robert R. Blume, Scott and Barbara Siegel
William Wolf and Robert R. Blume
Douglas Ladnier, Scott Siegel, Barbara Siegel and Gavin Lee
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