The Streicker Center at Temple Emanuel, 1 East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065
The Great American Songbook has a huge subsection: songs written by Jews, from George & Ira Gershwin, to Irving Berlin, Jule Styne, Rodgers & Hart, Stephen Sondheim, Marvin Hamlisch, Carole King...and the list goes on.
The Great (Jewish) American Songbook has been created exclusively for the Streicker Center by Scott Siegel, best known for the Town Hall signature series, Broadway by the Year. Join us for an extraordinary cavalcade of brilliant and beloved songs by our most illustrious Jewish American composers and lyricists, performed by today's great Broadway stars, among them:
FARAH ALVIN Drama Desk Nominee, Nine, Saturday Night Fever
CHRISTINE ANDREAS 2X Tony Nominee, My Fair Lady, Oklahoma!, On Your Toes
CHUCK COOPER Tony Award Winner, The Life
TONYA PINKINS Tony Award Winner, Jelly's Last Jam
BRIAN CHARLES ROONEY The Three-Penny Opera
EMILY SKINNER Tony Nominee, Side Show
JOSH YOUNG Tony Nominee, Jesus Christ Superstar