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American Songbook’s Passion Concert with LuPone, Cerveris, and McDonald Will Be Televised Live

| New York City |

March 4, 2005

The seventh season of Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series will conclude with a concert performance of the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical Passion on March 30 at 7pm, and March 31 and April 1 at 8pm at the Rose Theater, located in Frederick P. Rose Hall in the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle.

The performance will star Tony Award winners Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, and Michael Cerveris. Live From Lincoln Center will present a live national telecast of the concert on Thursday, March 31, 2005 at 8pm EST on PBS. Beverly Sills will host this first-ever American Songbook telecast.

To purchase tickets to any of the three Passion performances, visit the Alice Tully Hall box office (Broadway & 65th St.), phone CenterCharge at 212-721-6500, or visit the www.lincolncenter.org.