ENCOMPASS GALAS
A MUSICAL SALUTE! 2016
Honoring Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty and Terrence McNally
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| This Award-Winning Creative Team, Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, Terrence McNally created: RAGTIME (Tony Award, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Award) CHITA RIVERA: THE DANCER'S LIFE THE MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE (Best Musical, Outer Critics Circle Award) ANASTASIA (Inspired by the Twentieth Century Fox Motion Picture) OPENS ON BROADWAY in April |
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Featuring: Christy Altomare, Marie Anello, Zoe Caldwell, Liz Callaway, Hosted by Midge Woolsey (THIRTEEN/WNET and WQXR Radio) |
| Click here to view photos of the evening: Reception | Performance |
| Thank you so much to all who attended! |
| Jazz Cabaret Gala 2016
Starring LIZ CALLAWAY and JASON GRAAE |
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Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 7 pm 66 Leonard Street, Penthouse, NY, NY 10013 |
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A MUSICAL SALUTE! 2014 Gala Honorary Chairman |
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| Tony and Academy Award Winning Legend JOEL GREY |
Celebrated & Award Winning Composer JEANINE TESORI |
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| CABARET (original Broadway & Film); COME BLOW YOUR HORN, STOP THE WORLD – I WANT TO GET OFF, HALF A SIXPENCE, GEORGE M!, GOODTIME CHARLEY, THE GRAND TOUR, CHICAGO, WICKED, and ANYTHING GOES, THE NORMAL HEART, Broadway Revival and numerous Television and Film appearances. |
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, SHREK, THE MUSICAL, VIOLET, CAROLINE OR CHANGE in collaboration with Tony Kushner, TWELFTH NIGHT at Lincoln Center, FUN HOME, MOTHER COURAGE for the NYSF starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline; Opera scores, and The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning, Mulan II, and Kronk's New Groove film scores for Disney. |
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Jazz Cabaret Gala 2014 |
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| On June 25, 2014, With crackling wit and powerful vocals, Klea Blackhurst honored the songs and sass of Ethel Merman and American Songbook favorites by Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Jerry Herman, Marvin Hamlisch and others, with Music Director and Pianist, Michael Rice. We enjoyed a spectacular musical evening in a unique Tribeca loft with panoramic outdoor views of the Hudson River. | ||
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A MUSICAL SALUTE! 2013 SHELDON HARNICK
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Sheldon Harnick's musical theater career began in the 1950's in New York City with his first song in a Broadway show, "The Boston Beguine," for New Faces of 1952. In 1957 he teamed up with composer Jerry Bock to create the scores for some of the most beloved and memorable musicals on Broadway. His witty and brilliant lyrics caught the attention of many Broadway composers, and he collaborated with Richard Rodgers, Joe Raposo, Michel Legrand, and Cy Coleman. The opera world has heard his librettos for operas by Jack Beeson and Thomas Z Shepard, along with his translation/adaptations of The Merry Widow, Carmen and many other works. |
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| Fiorello, She Loves Me, Fiddler On the Roof, The Rothschilds, The Apple
Tree, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Pinocchio, A Wonderful Life, Free To Be....You and Me |
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| We at Encompass are proud to have been the benefactor of his guidance as Chairman of our Advisory Board for over three decades. | |
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Read about the Gala honoring Sheldon Harnick and see more photos here. |
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| As Stephen Sondheim wrote in 2004 for Encompass's Musical Salute:
"Sentimental or satiric, nimblewitted or symphonic, there is nothing like a lyric from the pen of Sheldon Honic." |
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JAZZ-CABARET GALA 2013
JUDY KAYE
Two time Tony-Award Winning Broadway & Opera Star
and Pianist Dennis Buck
On Wednesday, June 19, 2013 two time Tony Award Winning Broadway & Opera Star, Judy Kaye, currently featured as Duchess Estonia Dulworth in Broadway’s Nice Work If You Can Get It, sings a solo cabaret act in an intimate Tribeca penthouse with panoramic views of the Hudson River.
On the piano will be Dennis Buck, accompanist and collaborator for Jerry Herman, Julie Wilson, Eartha Kitt, K.T. Sullivan, Lucie Arnaz and dozens of other stars.
Judy Kaye's illustrious career has seen her win Tony Awards for the roles of Carlotta in The Phantom of the Opera, and Duchess Estonia Dulworth in Nice Work If You Can Get It, play Rizzo in Grease, create the role of Emma Goldman in Ragtime and garner a Tony Nomination for the lead role of Florence Foster Jenkins in Souvenir.
Judy has also performed leading opera roles with major companies such as The Santa Fe Opera.
Read about the Gala honoring Judy Kaye and see the photos.
A Musical Salute! 2012
Honoring and Celebrating the Music of
ALAN MENKEN
Newsies, Sister Act, Beauty and the Beast,
The Little Mermaid, Little Shop of Horrors
Read about the Gala honoring Alan Menken and see more photos here.
4th Annual
Jazz Cabaret Gala 2012
Tribeca, New York CityJune 6, 2012: A spectacular musical evening hosted by Chip Seelig
and Bettye Martin Musham in a unique Tribeca lo ft with panoramic views
of the Hudson River, surrounded by beautiful plantings and a pool that
aff ords a magni ficent setting for sipping wine and hearing the amazing
talents of the award-winning,
Tony-nominated singers, songwriters, actresses...BACK BY OVERWHELMING POPULAR DEMAND!!
The renowned Callaway Sisters
LIZ CALLAWAY and ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY!
Liz Callaway
Ann Hampton Callaway
“They are fantastic, sensational, entertaining.
They represent everything that a cabaret act can offer.”
A Musical Salute! 2011
November 20, 2011 at The National Arts Club
Encompass Honored
Composer Marvin Hamlisch
Legendary Composer Marvin Hamlisch has won every major award in musical theatre, film and recording: Oscars, Grammys, Emmys, a Tony and Golden Globes. He wrote the music for Broadway's They're Playing Our Song, Seesaw, Sweet Smell of Success, The Goodbye Girl and his smash hit A Chorus Line, which received a Pulitzer Prize. He compsed scores for Woody Allen films Take the Money and Run and Bananas. He won two Oscars for The Way We Were and third for The Sting (his adaptation of Scott Joplin's music). With Carol Bayer Sager, Hamlisch co-wrote Nobody Does It Better, the theme to the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. He arranged and orchestrated music for Liza's at the Palace and Minelli on Minelli, and was Musical Director/arranger of Barbra Streisand's 1994 concert tour. Marvin is principal pops conductor for the Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Dallas, Pasadena, Seattle and San Diego Symphony Orchestras.
"Music makes a difference. There is a global nature to music, which has the potential to bring all people together. Music is truly an international language, and I hope to contribute by widening communication as much as I can."
............................................................................................................................ -Marvin HamlischClick here for photos and more from the wonderful evening.
Jazz Cabaret Gala 2011
Chip Seelig and Bettye Martin Musham hosted
Encompass New Opera Theatre’s Jazz Gala
on June 28, 2011Starring the renowned Callaway Sisters ---
LIZ CALLAWAY and ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY!A spectacular musical evening in a unique Tribeca loft with panaoramic views of the Hudson River, surrounded by beautiful plantings and a pool that affords a magnificent setting for sipping wine and hearing the amazing talents of the award-winning, Tony-nominated singers, songwriters, actresses ---
LIZ CALLAWAY and ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY with Alex Rybeck at the piano!
Solos and duets included such songs as Got To Get You Into My Life, Up, Up and Away,
Bridge Over Troubled Water, That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be,
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? and Downtown.
A Musical Salute! 2010
November 14, 2010 at The National Arts Club
Honoring Academy-Award and Tony-Award winning creators:
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David Shire has composed for theatre, films, television and recordings (winning the Academy Award for Best Song from the film Norma Rae). He and lyricist Richard Maltby, Jr. wrote the scores for the Tony nominated Broadway musicals Baby and Big (book by John Weidman); and the Off Broadway reviews, Starting Here, Starting Now (Grammy nomination for Best Cast Album) and Closer Than Ever.
Richard Maltby, Jr. was the co-lyricist for Miss Saigon, and he conceived and directed Ain’t Misbehavin’ and Fosse, the only two musical revues ever to win the Tony Award for Best Musical. He was director/co-lyricist for the American version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Song and Dance starring Bernadette Peters.
John Weidman wrote the book for Pacific Overtures (Tony Award nominations, Best Book and Best Musical), Score by Stephen Sondheim, and Assassins (Tony Award, Best Musical revival), Score by Stephen Sondheim; and he co-created Contact (Tony Award, Best Musical) with choreographer/director Susan Stroman. Since 1986, he has written for Sesame Street, receiving 11 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing for a Children’s Program.
Stars of Broadway, Television & Film
* Fred Applegate * Liz Callaway * Mario Cantone * Cicily Daniels *
* Michael K. Lee * Julia Lema * Arthur W. Marks *
* James Moye * Michael Rose * Tony Perry *
Amy Jo Phillips * Alexander Scheitinger *
* Lynne Wintersteller * B. D. Wong * Karen Ziemba *
Pianists: Beth Ertz, Paul Ford, Scott Frankel, Alva Nelson, Alex Rybeck
And surprise guests!
Performed a variety of music by David Shire & Richard Maltby, Jr.
and selections from the musicals of Scott Frankel,
Stephen Sondheim & John WeidmanRecollections By Sheldon Harnick * Susan Stroman * Maury Yeston
Jazz Cabaret Gala 2010
Chip Seelig and Bettye Martin Musham hosted
Encompass New Opera Theatre’s Jazz Gala on July 14thfeaturing the renowned
Broadway and Cabaret Singer Liz CallawayTony nominee and Emmy Award winner Liz Callaway has performed on Broadway in Merrily We Roll Along, Baby, Miss Saigon, and Cats, where she played the role of Grizabella (singing Memory).
And as a special treat, The Jill McManus Trio, performed Gershwin to Monk, in free-flowing jazz excursions and originals.
A Musical Salute! 2009
October 4, 2009 at The National Arts Club
Encompass Honored
Composer Maury Yeston
Tony Award winning Composer for
Best Musical and Best Score for NINE and TITANIC!
Tony Award Nominated for GRAND HOTEL.
Encompass Honors Maury Yeston
The Encompass New Opera Theatre honored esteemed BMI composer Maury Yeston at its 2009 Jazz Gala, held Sunday, October 4 in New York. Yeston is the musical force behind the Tony Award-winning Nine and Titanic, both of which garnered Best Musical and Best Score honors, as well as the Tony-nominatedGrand Hotel. The director of the prestigious BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop for two decades, Yeston is also a bold and generous mentor.
Presenting Yeston a lifetime achievement award, Encompass celebrated his career contributions with performances of his work by special guests including Tommy Tune, Karen Akers and Yeston himself.
Encompass New Opera Theatre Presented
The Lifetime Achievement Award
to Bookwriter Joseph Stein
Musical Books written by Joseph Stein include:
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
Tony Award for Best Musical, Best Author of a MusicalPlain and Fancy (1955), Mr. Wonderful (1956), The Body Beautiful (1958), Take Me Along (1959), Juno (1959), Zorbá (1968), The Baker's Wife (1976), King of Hearts (1978), Carmelina (1979), and Rags (1986).
He also successfully dramatized Carl Reiner's comic novel Enter Laughing (1963),
which he later adapted into the musical So Long, 174th Street (1976).
Jazz Cabaret Gala 2009
Chip Seelig and
Bettye Martin Musham
hosted Encompass New Opera Theatre’s Jazz GalaIn celebration of the summer solstice, the renowned jazz & cabaret artist Ann Hampton Callaway sang in a unique Tribeca loft with panoramic views of the Hudson.
Additionally, Trio Jazz Brasil, Flutist Mark Weinstein’s trio played World-based Jazz and Post-Bebop rooted in Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, African, Jewish and Indian traditions.
A Musical Salute! 2008
May 18th Encompass Honored Composer Jerry Bock
Tony Award winning Composer for Fiddler on the Roof, The Apple Tree, She Loves Me, The Rothschilds
and Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner for Fiorello!
A Musical Salute! 2007
Encompass Honored Composer Jerry Herman
Jerry Herman and Angela Lansbury
autograph original poster of MAME
at the Gala honoring Mr. Herman
A Musical Salute! 2006
A Musical Salute! 2005
The Encompass New Opera Theatre paid tribute to composer John Kander of May 15 in a gala performance at the National Arts Club.
After a welcome by Harold Prince, a selection of Kander's songs were performed by stage vets including Chita Rivera, Jason Danieley, Marin Mazzie, Debra Monk, James Naughton, Richard Thomas, Karen Ziemba, Peter Howard, and more. The benefit was chaired by lyricist Sheldon Harnick.
Encompass New Opera Theatre is dedicated to creating, developing and producing imaginative productions of new music theatre and contemporary opera. Striving to discover and nurture emerging artists, premiere groundbreaking new productions, and revive important 20th century operas by outstanding American and international composers, Encompass has produced over 46 fully-mounted operas with orchestra and staged readings of more than 100 new works, from jazz and cabaret to musicals and opera.
Read more:
http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_Encompass_New_Opera_
Honors_John_Kander_20050521#ixzz1kDpEGWJ5View Photo Gallery from the
Encompass Gala honoring John Kander
on BroadwayWorld.com
