GALAS
A Musical Salute!
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.
MUSICAL PERFORMANCES BY STARS OF BROADWAY, FILM & TELEVISION
Farah Alvin
Klea Blackhurst
Tituss Burgess
Scott Coulter
Kara Lindsay
Lisa Livesay
Karen Mason
Lindsay Mendez
Ron Raines
Karen Ziemba
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ENCOMPASS SINGERS
WITH MARA WALDMAN, MUSIC DIRECTOR/PIANIST:
Marie Anello, Michael Armstrong Barr, Sara Heaton, Adrianne Hick,
Douglas Jabara, Justin Ryan, Lara Ryan, Joseph Peterson
RECOLLECTIONS BY
Jack Feldman
Glenn Slater
Maury Yeston
David Zippel
Musical Director/Pianist: Beth Ertz
Bass, John Miller
Sunday, October 21, 2012
6:00 PM Drinks & Sumptuous Hors d'oeuvres
7:00 PM Entertainment
Champagne and a King's table of delicious Desserts
at The National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Park South
New York, NY 10003
~ TRIBUTE BOOKLET ~ On this evening, Encompass will present a beautiful Tribute Booklet to Mr. Menken.
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For information, please call: 718 398-4675
or email: encompassopera@yahoo.com
GALA HONORARY CHAIRMEN GALA HONORARY COMMITTEE GALA CHAIRS GALA VICE-CHAIRS
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Maury Yeston Read about the Gala honoring Alan Menken and see more photos here.
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4th Annual Jazz-Cabaret Gala
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
7:00 pm
Tribeca, New York CityA 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.”
2011 Gala
Sunday, November 20th 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.
2011 Jazz Gala:
Chip Seelig and Bettye Martin Musham hosted
Encompass New Opera Theatre’s Jazz Gala on June 28thStarring 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.
Encompass 2010 Fall Gala!
Sunday, November 14th at The National Arts Club
A Musical Salute!
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
2010 Jazz Gala:
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.
2009 Gala:
Sunday, October 4th 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).
2009 Jazz Gala:
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.
2008 Gala:
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!
2007 Gala:
Encompass Honored Composer Jerry Herman
Jerry Herman and Angela Lansbury autograph original poster of MAME
at the Gala honoring Mr. Herman
2006 Gala:
Season 2005 Highlights:
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
