About This Show
The EmelinTheatre’s ’07-08 Fall season will include the Theatre in Concert Festival, featuring Emmy Award-winner Penny Fuller, Tony Award-winner Gretha Boston, and Grammy Award-winner Marcus Hummon.
The fall Theatre in Concert Festival will consist of eight different shows over twenty-one days, beginning Saturday, November 17th with Everyone Expects Me to Write Another Streetcar and culminating Thursday, December 6th with the Emelin’s Broadway Holiday Cabaret, a one-night gala performance featuring the stars and artists from the entire festival.
The fall Theatre in Concert Festival lineup is as follows:
Everyone Expects Me To Write Another Streetcar
Saturday, November 17th, 8pm
Sunday, November 18th, 2pm
Starring Jeremy Lawrence as Tennessee Williams in a performance drawn from interviews with Williams and his memoirs.
Try To Remember: A Look Back At Off-Broadway
Sunday, November 18th, 8pm
Wednesday, November 28th, 8pm
Starring Rita Gardner, who is best known for originating the role of “The Girl” in the longest running musical of all time, The Fantastiks, this acclaimed evening celebrates the musical legacy of the off-Broadway theatre.
An Evening With Penny Fuller
Friday, November 23rd, 8pm
Sunday, November 25th, 2pm
Starring Broadway star and Emmy Award-winner Penny Fuller in a classic musical performance celebrating the songs of composers that she has known during her theatre career.
Politics and Poker and Familiar Love (A Double Bill with Two Acts)
Saturday, November 24th, 8pm
Sunday, November 25th, 5pm
Politics and Poker
Starring Joel Silberman, Steinway artist and Manhattan Association of Cabaret (MAC) Award winner, in a personal performance describing his musical journey from Leonard Bernstein’s protégé to his latest role as a political consultant in Washington.
Familiar Love
Starring Tony Award-winner Gretha Boston in a special musical performance that celebrates her love of family, music and theatre.
The Kleinbort Collection: The Songs of Barry Kleinbort
Thursday, November 29th, 8pm
Friday, November 30th, 8pm
Narrated by Composer/Director Barry Kleinbort, winner of the Edward Kleban Foundation Award, the Gilman-Gonzales Musical Theatre Commendation Award, and ten Manhattan Associate of Cabaret (MAC) Awards, this musical revue of his theatre songs features a cast of eight including Penny Fuller, Rita Gardner and Mr. Kleinbort himself.
A Tribute to the Bluebird Cafe: The Sounds of Nashville
Saturday, December 1st, 8pm
Sunday, December 2nd, 2pm
Starring Grammy Award-winner Marcus Hummon (“Bless the Broken Road,” “Cowboy Take Me Away”) and country recording star Sherrie Austin (“Streets of Heaven”), along with some of Nashville’s most beloved songs and performers, in this celebration of the best new music coming out of Nashville.
Becoming Tennessee
Saturday, December 1st, 2pm
Sunday, December 2nd, 5pm
Starring Tony Award-winner Gretha Boston in a concert reading presentation of a new musical by Clint Edwards and Michael Aman about a young Tennessee Williams, his search for self and his first visit to his city of muses, New Orleans. Brian Charles Rooney stars as Tennessee.
The Emelin’s Broadway Holiday Cabaret
Thursday, December 6th, 8pm
Starring the artists from the entire festival for this one night only gala performance as the Theatre in Concert Festival ends with a holiday celebration.