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Busch, Dale, Errico, Naughton, Strouse, et al. Set for NYPL Programs

New York City
Lynn Ahrens, Charles Busch, Barbara Carroll, Jim Dale, Melissa Errico, Stephen Flaherty, James Naughton, Lee Roy Reams, Steve Ross, Charles Strouse, and Maury Yeston will appear in a series of free public programs in conjunction with a new exhibition, Writing to Character: Songwriters & The Tony Awards, which will be on view February 26-June 14 at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (111 Amsterdam Avenue).

This multi-media tribute to the writer of 70 Broadway musicals — including Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Frank Loesser, Stephen Sondheim, Kurt Weill, John Kander, Fred Ebb, Duncan Sheik, and Steven Sater — will include posters, manuscripts, photographs, letters, recordings, and videos.

As previously reported, the NYPL will also offer Remembering Kate, a series of free public programs celebrating the donation of the Katharine Hepburn Papers to the New York Public Library’s Billy Rose Theatre Division. The series will begin at 6pm on Tuesday, February 19 with readings and reminiscences by Zoe Caldwell and Sam Waterston. Other participants in the series will include Dick Cavett, Anthony Harvey, Katharine Houghton, Charlotte Moore, and Marian Seldes.

For a schedule and more information, call 212-642-0142 or visit www.nypl.org/lpaprograms.