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Broadway's Chilina Kennedy, Billy Porter, and More to Perform the Work of Women Songwriters

”The Lilly Awards Broadway Cabaret” will feature the songs of ”Frozen”’s Kristen Anderson‐Lopez, ”Fun Home”’s Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori, and more.

Chilina Kennedy as Carole King in Beautiful — The Carole King Musical.
Chilina Kennedy as Carole King in Beautiful — The Carole King Musical.
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The Lilly Awards Foundation will present the Lilly Awards Broadway Cabaret, an evening of musical numbers written by women and performed by Broadway's best, on November 9 at the Cutting Room. The event will benefit the Lilly Awards Foundation, whose mission is to promote gender parity at all levels of theatrical production and develop and celebrate the work of women in the theater.

The concert will feature the works of women songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Barbara Anselmi, Carmel Dean, Lisa DeSpain, Bridget Everett, Jenny Giering, Julie Gold, Micki Grant, Amanda Green, Carole King, Lisa Kron, Lisa Lambert, Cyndi Lauper, Amy Powers, Lauren Pritchard, Brenda Russell, Lucy Simon, Jenny Stafford, Georgia Stitt, Elizabeth Swados, Shaina Taub, Jeanine Tesori, and Allee Willis. Musical numbers will include hits from Beautiful — The Carole King Musical, Kinky Boots, Fun Home, The Color Purple, The Drowsy Chaperone, Runaways, Dr. Zhivago, It Shoulda Been You, and more.

Scheduled performers include Kate Baldwin (Big Fish), Kelli Barrett (Dr. Zhivago), Bridget Everett (Rock Bottom), Gina Ferrall (She Loves Me), Amanda Green (Hands on a Hardbody), Julie Gold (Grammy Award winner for "From a Distance"), Joshua Henry (Violet), Joaquina Kalukango (The Color Purple), Chilina Kennedy (Beautiful — The Carole King Musical), Lesli Margherita (Dames at Sea), Kenita Miller (The Color Purple), Bonnie Milligan (Jasper in Deadland), Tam Mutu (Dr. Zhivago), Billy Porter (Shuffle Along…), Emily Skeggs (Fun Home), Shaina Taub (Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812), and Sally Wilfert (Assassins). They will be joined by Young Broadway stars Grace Capeless (The Lion King), Bonale Fambrini (The King and I), Akira Golz (Matilda The Musical), Sydney Lucas (Fun Home), Jake Lucas (The King and I), and Alexandria Suarez (On Your Feet!), who will perform a number together. Additional singers and songwriters will be announced shortly.

The Lilly Awards Broadway Cabaret is coproduced by Georgia Stitt and Amanda Green, with associate producer Tessa LaNeve. The Cabaret Committee includes Mary Mitchell Campbell and Laura Pietropinto, with the Benefit Committee chaired by Susan Rose and Renee Landegger.

For tickets to the Lilly Awards Broadway Cabaret, click here.

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