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AMERICAN SONGBOOK ASSOCIATION
ANNOUNCES ITS FOURTH ANNUAL GALA
HONORING
BETTY BUCKLEY
TONY AWARD WINNING STAR OF BROADWAY
AND LONDON THEATER, FILM, AND TELEVISION
FEATURING SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMANCES BY*
BRYAN BATT, SANDRA BERNHARD, JASON ROBERT BROWN
SHARON CATHERINE BROWN, ELLEN BURSTYN, MARIO CANTONE
CAROLEE CARMELLO, VEANNE COX, ELIZABETH DAVIS, PAUL HECHT
RUPERT HOLMES, JOE ICONIS, MARSHA MASON, HOWARD McGILLIN
BONNIE MILLIGAN, JESSIE MUELLER, ORFEH, KEN PAGE
CHRSTINE PEDI, KURT PETERSON, SETH RUDETSKY, SCOTT SCHWARTZ
STEPHEN SCHWARTZ, JENNIFER SIMARD, MICHAEL WILSON
*subject to change
Artistic/Music Director
SETH RUDETSKY
MONDAY, OCT 2, AT 7:30 PM
MERKIN HALL AT KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER
129 WEST 67th STREET, NYC
Betty Buckley received the Tony Award for her portrayal of Grizabella in Cats. She has appeared on Broadway in 1776, Pippin, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Song and Dance, Carrie (Outer Critics Circle Nomination), Sunset Boulevard, Triumph of Love (Tony Nomination); in London in Promises, Promises (Evening Standard Nomination), Sunset Boulevard (Olivier Nomination), Dear World; on television (Eight Is Enough, Oz, Preacher, Law & Order: SVU), two Daytime Emmy Nominations; in films in Carrie, Frantic, Another Woman, Wyatt Earp, Tender Mercies, The Happening, Split (Saturn Award Nomination); and in concerts and cabaret. Betty has released 18 solo albums and is a two-time Grammy Award nominee. She was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2012, and has been awarded two honorary doctorates of fine arts for her contribution to the musical theater by Marymount College and the Boston Conservatory of Music. She’s been a guardian of the Great American Songbook and has championed new songwriters. Not only has she mastered the many fields in which she has performed, she has generously shared her expertise with aspiring performers through her master classes. She is the ideal recipient of this ASA Lifetime Achievement Award.
Seth Rudetsky
American Songbook Association (ASA) also bestows its Bill Sensenbrenner Dream Maker Award to Seth Rudetsky, also on the evening of October 2nd.This award is given annually to a leader in the art and business communities who exhibits a passion for investing in the cultural capital of our youth.
Seth is the host on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio’s On Broadway as well as the host of Seth Speaks on Sirius/XM Stars. As a pianist, Seth has played for more than a dozen Broadway shows including Ragtime, Les Misérables, and The Phantom of the Opera. He was the Artistic Producer/Music Director for the first five annual Actors Fund Fall Concerts including Dreamgirls and Hair.
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American Songbook Association Inc. (ASA)—a 501(c)(3) nonprofit incorporated in New York State—seeks to preserve, promote, and advance the legacy of American popular music, the Great American Songbook (classic and new), and the unique art form of cabaret. The ASA publishes the long-established Cabaret Scenes magazine, conducts educational programs in New York City public schools, and creates performances serving its audience of seniors, students, and others. We strive to inspire, transform, empower, and create torchbearers for future generations so they may understand, appreciate, and embrace the historical and cultural importance of America’s rich musical heritage. Please visit us online at AmericanSongbookAssociation.org for more information.
