Bway's Rising Stars Features NYC Musical Theatre Students

Presented as part of The Town Hall's first-ever Summer Broadway Festival, "Broadway's Rising Stars," will be performed on Monday, July 23, at 8pm. 

Created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall, with direction by Joel Froomkin and musical direction by Tedd Firth, "Broadway's Rising Stars" features the best and brightest from College/University and Performing Arts Schools across NYC.  The show is "designed to launch the careers of tomorrow's Broadway superstars who'll be singing both classic and contemporary Broadway show tunes," state press notes.
 
The cast of fresh new faces that has been assembled includes Alexander Arroyo (AMDA), Michael August (NYU Tisch/CAP 21), Katie Babb (NYU), Stephanie Barnum (NYU/Steinhardt), Abby Baum (NYU), Stephen Bel Davies (Juilliard), Kirby Burgess, Darcie Champagne (The New School), Mike Cruz (NYU/Steinhardt), Laura D'Andre, Elizabeth Daniels (NYU), Chris DiCristo Jr., Dayna Garber (NYU), Stacie Greenwell (New School), Natalie Hall (AMDA), Reggie Headen (AMDA), Paige Hutchison (NYU/Tisch), Erica Jacob, Lauren Marcus (NYU), Justin McConnaughy (New School), Sara Sawyer (AMDA), and Jared Weiss (NYU) and will perform over 2 dozen showtunes, including "Don't Rain on My Parade," "Gimme, Gimme," "Love Look Away," and "Being Alive."
 
"Many great classical artists began their career with a Town Hall debut. In keeping with that spirit of discovery, The Town Hall and I are committed to Broadway's future and the idea of presenting talented newcomers to The Great White Way was irresistible," said Siegel. "I'm pleased that we can give these future stars their New York debuts, while also providing our audience with a rich and rewarding night of entertainment."

Over the past two and a half decades, The Town Hall has produced a number of new and critically acclaimed musical series which include "The Century of Change," "Not Just Jazz," "Broadway By The Year" and "The Broadway Cabaret Festival."
 
The Town Hall's Summer Broadway Festival, concludes on Monday, July 30th at 8 PM with "All Singin'! All Dancin'!, choreographed and directed by Noah Racey featuring more than thirty extraordinary performers from The Great White Way in an exciting and original display of Broadway dance.  Noah Racey's choreography will be set to songs as diverse as "Cool" from West Side Story and Irving Berlin's classic What'll I Do? This full, two act song and dance concert will feature more of Broadway's greatest dancers on one stage, for one night only, than any other single concert in recent memory. 

In The Town Hall tradition as The People's Concert Hall, tickets for "Broadway's Rising Stars" are available at $30 and $25 for this all-star show through TicketMaster, 212-307-4100, or www.ticketmaster.com, or by visiting the Town Hall Box Office between noon and 6 PM (except Sundays) at 123 West 43rd Street, 212-840-2824.