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Rebecca Luker Moves American Songbook Concert to March 2

Rebecca Luker
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)
Rebecca Luker
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)

Broadway star Rebecca Luker has rescheduled her January 14 Lincoln Center American Songbook concert to March 2.

The series will kick off with a concert by Marianne Faithful on January 13, with highlights also including concerts by Broadway veterans January 14), Martha Plimpton (January 16), Dee Dee Bridgewater (February 17), Nellie McKay (February 18), Leslie Uggams (February 20), Jeanine Tesori (March 5), and Chita Rivera (March 6). In addition, Broadway veterans Norm Lewis, Michael Esper, and de’Adre Aziza will perform composer/lyricist Michael Friedman’s Adventures in Reality (January 30).

Rufus Wainwright, Bill Frisell, Van Dyke Parks, Marc Anthony Thompson, Roy Nathanson, and Steven Bernstein will come together for celebrated music producer Hal Willner’s concert, I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues? (January 27), featuring music and readings from David Lehman’s book, A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs.

Programming will also include David Hidalgo & Louie Perez of Los Lobos (January 15), Suzanne Vega (January 28), St. Vincent (January 29), Dirty Projectors (February 19), Gabriel Kahane (March 3), and Todd Snider (March 4).

For more information, visit www.lincolncenter.org.