Town Hall Presents AN EVENING WITH LINDA EDER May 20

The Town Hall presents "AN EVENING WITH Linda Eder" on May 20

WHERE AND WHEN:
Friday, May 20 at 8:00 PM
The Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street, Manhattan
Presented by The Town Hall
Tickets $45 and $50; Ticketmaster 800-982-2787 www.ticketmaster.com, or visit The Town Hall Box Office noon - 6:00 PM (except Sundays); Town Hall info 212-840-2824.

DETAILS AND ARTIST INFO:
The Town Hall (123 West 43rd Street), Times Square's landmark concert venue, will welcome Linda Eder for "An Evening with Linda Eder" on Friday, May 20th at 8:00pm. Considered one of the greatest contemporary voices of our time, she won the Drama Desk award for her leading role as Lucy Harris in "Jekyll & Hyde."

Ms. Eder will be performing songs from her new album, "Now," recently released by SonyMASTERWORKS. She is celebrating her two-decade long recording career. Her diverse repertoire spans Broadway, standards, pop, country and jazz. The concert stage remains a mainstay of Eder's career and she has performed for sold-out crowds across the country.

Linda Eder launched her recording career in 1991 with her self-titled debut album and soon established a vital niche as America's most popular and acclaimed new interpreter of pop standards and theatrical songs. She reunited with composer Frank Wildhorn for her new album, "Now," marking the musical return of this legendary team after six years. Eder's transcendent voice is the perfect complement to Wildhorn's lush, imaginative music. The dozen mostly brand-new songs on her new album elevate the spirit while capturing many moods. Following the release of "Now," she'll begin a series of concerts that will take her coast to coast.

"An evening with Linda Eder" is part of The Town Hall's 2011 90th Anniversary season that will also include "Easy to Love: Andrea Marcovicci & Jeff Harnar sing Cole Porter" (June 9), "Broadway By The Year®: Musicals of 1997" (June 20) and "Dee Dee Bridgewater" To Billie with Love a Celebration of 'Lady Day.'" (June 24).

ABOUT TOWN HALL
Now celebrating its 90th Anniversary Season, The Town Hall (www.the-townhall-nyc.org) was built in 1921 by a group of suffragettes and began as a lecture hall and public forum for debates where "American Town Meetings on The Air was broadcast live for 25 years. Over the decades, the stage has been graced by Eleanor Roosevelt, Carl Sandberg, Margaret Sanger, Billie Holiday, Igor Stravinsky, Bob Dylan and MiLes Davis. Today the hall flourishes as a popular, affordable venue, boasting the hottest acts in rock, pop, folk, cabaret, world music, comedy and dance, including Billy Joel, Blondie, Elvis Costello, Natalie Merchant, Graham Nash, Liza Minnelli, Cyndi Lauper, Norah Jones, Andre Watts, Henry Rollins, Joe Jackson, Pink Martini, Regina Spector, Brian Adams, Aimee Mann, Robin Williams, Dawn Upshaw, Woody Allen, Alec Baldwin, Al Gore, Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Mercer, Jay Leno, Dave Matthews, Vanessa Williams, and Ben Folds. For over a decade, The Town Hall has hosted live broadcasts of Garrison Keillor's "Prairie Home Companion." In its annual show, "Rising Stars," The Town Hall gives recent graduates from the nation's leading performing arts schools a chance to showcase their talents and perform on the legendary stage. The Town Hall Educational Outreach Program helps schools build their arts programs and advance student learning through standards-based, collaborative arts residencies. In addition to offering residencies in drama, technical theatre, music, dance, and fine arts, The Town Hall also customizes its curriculum to meet the needs of each school. Teaching artists bring hands on, interactive workshops to New York City school students of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities. These activities introduce new skills that foster creative expression, self-awareness, and personal discipline. Over the past two-and-a-half decades, The Town Hall has produced the Feature Film Seminar Series and a number of new and critically acclaimed musical series, which include The Century of Change, Not Just Jazz, Broadway By The Year®, The Broadway Cabaret Festival and The Summer Broadway Festival.

TICKETS
"An Evening with Linda Eder" is Friday, May 20th at 8:00pm. Tickets are on sale now for $45 and $50. All tickets for The Town Hall shows are available through Ticketmaster, 800-982-2787, or www.ticketmaster.com, or by visiting The Town Hall Box Office between noon and 6PM (except Sundays) at 123 West 43rd Street, 212-840-2824.

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