MERKIN CONCERT HALL AT KAUFMAN CENTER AND
NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG PRESENT
GREAT AMERICAN SONGWRITING TEAMS
NOVEMBER 17 AND 19 AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL
featured will be:
JASON GRAAE, SYLVIA McNAIR, MARY TESTA, STEVEN BLIER
NOVEMBER 13 AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
featuring:
JASON GRAAE, LIZA FORRESTER, MARY TESTA, STEVEN BLIER
MUSIC OF BOCK & HARNICK, BOLCOM & WEINSTEIN, DIETZ & SCHWARTZ, GEORGE & IRA
GERSHWIN, MALTBY & SHIRE, KANDER & EBB, LEIBER & STOLLER, LERNER & LOEWE,
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN, RODGERS & HART
NYFOS¹s Fats and Fields program caused Talkin¹ Broadway to say “What can
make you smile for two hours? New York Festival of Song”
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center and New York Festival of Song (NYFOS,
www.nyfos.org
Songwriting Teams, an evening of famous and rarely-heard songs honoring the
genius of America¹s classic collaborators, on Tuesday and Thursday November
17 and 19 at 8 PM at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center. Merkin Concert
Hall is at 129 West 67th Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenues),
New York, NY 10023. Tickets, $40 – $55 are available by calling
212-501-3330, or visitingwww.kaufman-center.org
and special $15 student discounts available by calling New York Festival of
Song at 646-230-8380.
The artists for Great American Songwriting Teams will be: Jason Graae,
deemed ³A master of humorous song² by The New York Times; two-time Grammy
Award-winning theater/cabaret star Sylvia McNair, who the New York Observer
called ³Thrillingly adept at exploring the subtext of song²; and Broadway¹s
popular Mary Testa, the Tony Award-nominee recently called ³Absolutely fab²
by Entertainment Weekly. NYFOS co-founder and Artistic Director Steven
Blier, ³A national treasure when it comes to the art of song (The New York
Times) will serve as pianist, host and arranger.
Great American Songwriting Teams will also be presented November 13 at
7:30pm at the Terrace Theater at The Kennedy Center, under the auspices of
The Vocal Arts Society of Washington, D.C. For this performance, the
exciting young mezzo-soprano Liza Forrester, soon to make her New York City
Opera debut in L¹Etoile, will replace Ms. McNair. Please visit the Kennedy
Center¹s website, www.kennedy-center.org/calendar
for details about tickets.