Photo Coverage: Go Behind the Scenes of BROADWAY UNPLUGGED at Town Hall
By: Genevieve Rafter Keddy Jul. 28, 2016
Broadway Unplugged, the critically acclaimed concert with "Sound Design by God" returned to Town Hall for its record-breaking 14th season last night, July 25. The concert starred Tony Award Winner Chuck Cooper, 2X Tony Nominee Tom Wopat, Olivier Nominee Kyle Scatliffe, 2X Drama Desk Nominee Alix Korey, Drama Desk Nominee Ryan Silverman, downtown diva Molly Pope, and many more award-winning stars.
Scott Siegel, the creator/writer/director and host of Broadway Unplugged, has long been a champion of Broadway show tunes sung without amplification (as they were during the golden years of the Broadway musical). It was fifteen years ago when he first asked a performer to sing unplugged in the series he created for Town Hall,Broadway by the Year. The extraordinary and thunderous applause that performance received, emboldened him to create Broadway Unplugged soon thereafter, and the applause has not stopped yet. Nor has the desire of today's performers to show that they have same vocal chops as the stars of yesteryear. Among the stars who have preformed "unplugged" for Siegel at Town Hall includeSutton Foster, Marc Kudisch, Cheyenne Jackson, Howard McGillin, Michael Cerveris, Stephanie J. Block, Beth Leavel, Ashley Brown, Alice Ripley, Emily Skinner, etc. And the tradition continues this year with the stars mentioned above, as well asJeannette Bayardelle (Celie in the original production of The Color Purple), William Michals (Emile deBeque in the Lincoln Center production of South Pacific), Brian Charles Rooney (The Three-Penny Opera), and more!
Scott Siegel (Creator, Writer Host and Director)
Joseph C. Townsend
William Michals and Bill Daugherty
The Broadway by the Years Chorus: Caleb Adams, Jeanine Bruen, Oakley Boycott, Anne Bragg, Pedro Coppeti, Kristin Dausch, Madeline Hamlet, Pepe Nufrio, Jacob Pressley, Jeff Raab, Clara Regula, Elizabeth Sauter, Sarah Treaner, Matt Weinstein and Chelsea Lee Wheatley
The Broadway by the Years Chorus: Caleb Adams, Jeanine Bruen, Oakley Boycott, Anne Bragg, Pedro Coppeti, Kristin Dausch, Madeline Hamlet, Pepe Nufrio, Jacob Pressley, Jeff Raab, Clara Regula, Elizabeth Sauter, Sarah Treaner, Matt Weinstein and Chelsea Lee Wheatley
Tonights Cast- with The Broadway by the Years Chorus: Caleb Adams, Jeanine Bruen, Oakley Boycott, Anne Bragg, Pedro Coppeti, Kristin Dausch, Madeline Hamlet, Pepe Nufrio, Jacob Pressley, Jeff Raab, Clara Regula, Elizabeth Sauter, Sarah Treaner, Matt Weinstein and Chelsea Lee Wheatley
Jeannette Bayardelle, Alix Korey, Molly Pope and Scott Siegel
Alix Korey, Molly Pope and Scott Siegel
Tom Wopat, William Michals, Kyle Scatliffe, Bill Daugherty, Pepe Nufrio, Douglas Ladnier, Joseph C. Townsend, Jeanette Bayardelle, Alix Korey, Scott Siegel, Molly Pope, Brian Charles Rooney, Chuck Cooper and Ryan Silverman
Scott Siegel and The Broadway by the Years Chorus: Caleb Adams, Jeanine Bruen, Oakley Boycott, Anne Bragg, Pedro Coppeti, Kristin Dausch, Madeline Hamlet, Pepe Nufrio, Jacob Pressley, Jeff Raab, Clara Regula, Elizabeth Sauter, Sarah Treaner, Matt Weinstein and Chelsea Lee Wheatley
Chuck Cooper and Brian Charles Rooney
Chuck Cooper and Brian Charles Rooney
Chuck Cooper, Brian Charles Rooney and William Michals
Chuck Cooper, Brian Charles Rooney and William Michals
William Michals and Rene' Low Atchison
William Michals and Rene' Low Atchison
William Michals and Brian Charles Rooney
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