'BROADWAY BY THE YEAR' AT NYC TOWN HALL
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Howard McGillin And Gerald McCullouch Backstage
“Broadway by The Year” is a critically acclaimed musical concert series presented at New York City’s Town Hall right in the heart of Times Square. Or more precisely, the rib cage of Times Square. Show Business Weekly claims the series as "…an invaluable and entertaining jewel in the cabaret crown of New York". And I second that. Bigtime.
Author/critic Scott Siegel created and hosts the series, which takes audiences on a musical tour of the Great White Way, offering an entertaining verbal account of Broadway’s history. Each evening celebrates the songs from Broadway shows of a selected year, sung by a cast of very talented cabaret and Broadway performers. And a pretty snazzy show choir that puts the "Glee" kids to shame.
The final concert of this year’s series, “The Broadway Musicals of 1988”, featured Tony-nominated Howard McGillin, the world's longest running Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber's “The Phantom of the Opera” who garnering a massive standing ovation after singing one of his iconic songs from the show. His was just one of many great musical numbers and performances by artists including Drama Desk nominee Farah Alvin, Lisa Brescia and McGillin's prior "Christine", Jennifer Hope Wills.
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