Encores!
Encores! is a Tony-honored concert series dedicated to performing rarely heard American musicals, usually with their original orchestrations.[1] Presented by New York City Center since 1994, Encores! has revived shows by Irving Berlin, Rodgers & Hart, George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim, among many others. The series has spawned nineteen cast recordings and numerous Broadway transfers, including Kander and Ebb's Chicago, which is now the second longest-running musical in Broadway history.[2] Videotapes of many Encores! productions are collected at the Billy Rose Theater Collection of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The series was led by artistic director from 2001 to 2020; in October 2019, City Center announced that will take over as artistic director beginning with the 2021 Encores! season.[3]
From 2000 to 2001, City Center presented a short-lived sister series, Voices!, devoted to staged readings of infrequently-produced American plays and produced by Alec Baldwin. From 2007 to 2009, the spin-off series Encores! Summer Stars featured fully-staged productions of classic Broadway musicals, beginning with a production of Gypsy starring Patti LuPone, Boyd Gaines, and Laura Benanti. Gypsy received unprecedented attention for an Encores! show and eventually transferred to Broadway; LuPone, Gaines, and Benanti all won Tony Awards for their performances.
In 2013, City Center launched Encores! Off-Center!, a sister series devoted to groundbreaking Off-Broadway musicals. Led by founding artistic director Jeanine Tesori for its first four seasons,[4] Encores! Off-Center was subsequently led by Michael Friedman (2017), Tesori and Anne Kauffman (2018), and Kauffman (2019–present).[5][6]
Encores! Productions[]
Title | Music | Lyrics | Year | Encores! run | Stars | |
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1 | Fiorello! | Jerry Bock | Sheldon Harnick | 1959 | February 9–12, 1994 | Adam Arkin, Philip Bosco, Liz Callaway, Gregg Edelman, Donna McKechnie, Faith Prince, Jerry Zaks |
2 | Allegro | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | 1947 | March 2–5, 1994 | Stephen Bogardus, Christine Ebersole, Celeste Holm, Karen Ziemba |
3 | Lady in the Dark | Kurt Weill | Ira Gershwin | 1941 | May 4–7, 1994 | Patrick Cassidy, Christine Ebersole, Tony Goldwyn, Edward Hibbert, Carole Shelley |
4 | Call Me Madam | Irving Berlin | Irving Berlin | 1950 | February 16–18, 1995CD | Peter Bartlett, Walter Charles, Jane Connell, Tyne Daly, Christopher Durang, Melissa Errico, Ken Page |
5 | Out of This World | Cole Porter | Cole Porter | 1950 | March 30–April 1, 1995CD | LaChanze, Gregg Edelman, Andrea Martin, Marin Mazzie, Ken Page, Ernie Sabella, Peter Scolari |
6 | Pal Joey | Richard Rodgers | Lorenz Hart | 1940 | May 4–6, 1995CD | Peter Gallagher, Vicki Lewis, Patti LuPone, Bebe Neuwirth |
7 | DuBarry Was a Lady | Cole Porter | Cole Porter | 1939 | February 15–17, 1996 | Liz Larsen, Dick Latessa, Michael McGrath, Robert Morse, Burke Moses, Faith Prince, Donald Trump |
8 | One Touch of Venus | Kurt Weill | Ogden Nash | 1943 | March 28–30, 1996 | Kevin Chamberlin, Marilyn Cooper, Melissa Errico, David Alan Grier, Jane Krakowski, Danny Rutigliano |
9 | Chicago | John Kander | Fred Ebb | 1975 | May 2–4, 1996BWAY | Michael Berresse, Joel Grey, Marcia Lewis, James Naughton, Bebe Neuwirth, Ann Reinking |
10 | Sweet Adeline | Jerome Kern | Oscar Hammerstein II | 1929 | February 13–16, 1997 | Gary Beach, Stephen Bogardus, Patti Cohenour, Dorothy Loudon, Hugh Panaro, Tony Randall |
11 | Promises, Promises | Burt Bacharach | Hal David | 1968 | March 20–23, 1997 | Christine Baranski, Dick Latessa, Eugene Levy, Jenifer Lewis, Terrence Mann, Mike O'Malley, Martin Short, Samuel E. Wright |
12 | The Boys from Syracuse | Richard Rodgers | Lorenz Hart | 1938 | May 1–4, 1997CD | Sarah Uriarte Berry, Danny Burstein, Mario Cantone, Davis Gaines, Malcolm Gets, Debbie Gravitte, Rebecca Luker, Michael McGrath, Marian Seldes |
13 | Strike up the Band | George Gershwin | Ira Gershwin | 1927 | February 12–15, 1998 | Philip Bosco, Kristin Chenoweth, Jason Danieley, Judy Kuhn, Lynn Redgrave |
14 | Li'l Abner | Gene De Paul | Johnny Mercer | 1959 | March 26–30, 1998 | Danny Burstein, Lea DeLaria, Katie Finneran, Jonathan Freeman, Cady Huffman, Dana Ivey, Dick Latessa, Burke Moses, Julie Newmar, Alice Ripley, David Ogden Stiers |
15 | St. Louis Woman | Harold Arlen | Johnny Mercer | 1946 | April 30–May 3, 1998CD | Charles S. Dutton, Stanley Wayne Mathis, Wendell Pierce, Vanessa Williams |
16 | Babes in Arms | Richard Rodgers | Lorenz Hart | 1937 | February 11–14, 1999CD | Kevin Cahoon, David Campbell, Don Correia, Erin Dilly, Christopher Fitzgerald, Priscilla Lopez, Donna McKechnie, Thommie Walsh |
17 | Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 | Vernon Duke | Ira Gershwin | 1936 | March 25–29, 1999CD | Kevin Chamberlin, Christine Ebersole, Ruthie Henshall, Peter Scolari, Mary Testa, Karen Ziemba |
18 | Do Re Mi | Jule Styne | Betty Comden, Adolph Green | 1960 | May 6–9, 1999CD | Marilyn Cooper, Tovah Feldshuh, Randy Graff, Heather Headley, Nathan Lane, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Brad Oscar |
19 | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | Burton Lane | Alan Jay Lerner | 1965 | February 10–13, 2000 | Brooks Ashmanskas, Brent Barrett, Roger Bart, Kristin Chenoweth, Peter Friedman, Nancy Opel, Louis Zorich |
20 | Tenderloin | Jerry Bock | Sheldon Harnick | 1960 | March 23–27, 2000CD | Sarah Uriarte Berry, Debbie Gravitte, David Ogden Stiers, Patrick Wilson |
21 | Wonderful Town | Leonard Bernstein | Betty Comden, Adolph Green | 1953 | May 3–7, 2000BWAY | David Aaron Baker, Laura Benanti, Stephen DeRosa, Gregory Jbara, Donna Murphy |
22 | A Connecticut Yankee | Richard Rodgers | Lorenz Hart | 1927 | February 8–11, 2001 | Christine Ebersole, Henry Gibson, Ron Leibman, Jessica Walter |
23 | Bloomer Girl | Harold Arlen | E.Y. Harburg | 1944 | March 22–25, 2001 | Philip Bosco, Kathleen Chalfant, Donna Lynne Champlin, Anita Gillette, Kate Jennings Grant, Michael Park, Jubilant Sykes |
24 | Hair | Galt MacDermot | Gerome Ragni, James Rado | 1967 | May 3–7, 2001 | Kevin Cahoon, Luther Creek, Gavin Creel, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Brandi Chavonne Massey, Idina Menzel, Miriam Shor |
25 | Carnival! | Bob Merrill | Bob Merrill | 1961 | February 7–10, 2002 | Debbie Gravitte, Anne Hathaway, David Margulies, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Douglas Sills |
26 | Golden Boy | Charles Strouse | Lee Adams | 1964 | March 21–24, 2002 | Anastasia Barzee, Norm Lewis, Alfonso Ribeiro |
27 | The Pajama Game | Richard Adler | Jerry Ross | 1954 | May 2–6, 2002 | Mark Linn-Baker, Brent Barrett, Deidre Goodwin, Daniel Jenkins, Ken Page, Karen Ziemba |
28 | House of Flowers | Harold Arlen | Harold Arlen, Truman Capote | 1954 | February 13–16, 2003 | Roscoe Lee Browne, Brandon Victor Dixon, Stacy Francis, Maurice Hines, Nikki M. James, Armelia McQueen, Tonya Pinkins |
29 | The New Moon | Sigmund Romberg | Oscar Hammerstein II | 1928 | MArch 27–30, 2003CD | F. Murray Abraham, Rod Gilfry, Simon Jones, Brandon Jovanovich, Burke Moses, Christiane Noll, Danny Rutigliano, Lauren Ward |
30 | No Strings | Richard Rodgers | Richard Rodgers | 1962 | May 8–11, 2003 | Len Cariou, Penny Fuller, Marc Kudisch, James Naughton, Emily Skinner |
31 | Can-Can | Cole Porter | Cole Porter | 1953 | February 12–15, 2004 | Charlotte d'Amboise, Patti LuPone, Michael Nouri, Reg Rogers, Eli Wallach |
32 | Pardon My English | George Gershwin | Ira Gershwin | 1933 | March 25–28, 2004 | Rob Bartlett, Brian d'Arcy James, Emily Skinner , Don Stephenson, Jennifer Laura Thompson |
33 | Bye Bye Birdie | Charles Strouse | Lee Adams | 1960 | May 6–9, 2004 | Walter Bobbie, Victoria Clark, Jessica Grové, Daniel Jenkins, Keith Nobbs, Doris Roberts, Karen Ziemba |
34 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Arthur Schwartz | Dorothy Fields | 1951 | February 10–13, 2005 | Jason Danieley, Emily Skinner |
35 | Purlie | Gary Geld | Peter Udell | 1970 | March 31–April 1, 2005 | John Cullum, Doug E. Doug, Anika Noni Rose, Blair Underwood, Lillias White |
36 | The Apple Tree | Jerry Bock | Sheldon Harnick | 1966 | May 12–16, 2005BWAY | Michael Cerveris, Kristin Chenoweth, Malcolm Gets, James Earl Jones (voice only), Tony Yazbeck |
37 | Kismet | Alexander Borodin | Robert Wright, George Forrest | 1953 | February 9–12, 2006 | Tom Aldredge, Danny Gurwin, Marcy Harriell, Randall Duk Kim, Marin Mazzie, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Danny Rutigliano |
38 | 70, Girls, 70 | John Kander | Fred Ebb | 1971 | March 30–April 2, 2006 | Carleton Carpenter, Ronn Carroll, Mary Jo Catlett, Carole Cook, Bob Dishy, Olympia Dukakis, Anita Gillette, George S. Irving, Charlotte Rae |
39 | Of Thee I Sing | George Gershwin | Ira Gershwin | 1931 | May 11–15, 2006 | Wayne Duvall, Jonathan Freeman, Victor Garber, Jefferson Mays, Jenny Powers, Lewis J. Stadlen, Jennifer Laura Thompson |
40 | Follies | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim | 1971 | February 8–11, 2007 | Christine Baranski, Philip Bosco, Victoria Clark, Yvonne Constant, Colin Donnell, Victor Garber, Mimi Hines, Michael McGrath, Donna Murphy, Jenny Powers, Jo Anne Worley |
41 | Face the Music | Irving Berlin | Irving Berlin | 1932 | March 29-April 1, 2007CD | Walter Bobbie, Judy Kaye, Meredith Patterson, Lee Wilkof |
42 | Stairway to Paradise | Various | Various | May 10–14, 2007 | Kristin Chenoweth, Christopher Fitzgerald, Jennifer Gambatese, Michael Gruber, Ruthie Henshall, Capathia Jenkins | |
43 | Applause | Charles Strouse | Lee Adams | 1970 | February 7–10, 2008 | Kate Burton, Mario Cantone, Erin Davie, Christine Ebersole, Tom Hewitt, Michael Park, Chip Zien |
44 | Juno | Marc Blitzstein | Marc Blitzstein | 1959 | March 27–30, 2008 | Michael Arden, Victoria Clark, Tyler Hanes, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Rosaleen Linehan |
45 | No, No, Nanette | Vincent Youmans | Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach | 1925 | May 8–12, 2008 | Michael Berresse, Mara Davi, Sandy Duncan, Charles Kimbrough, Beth Leavel, Rosie O'Donnell |
46 | On the Town | Leonard Bernstein | Betty Comden, Adolph Green | 1945 | November 19–23, 2008 | Christian Borle, Jessica Lee Goldyn, Leslie Kritzer, Andrea Martin, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Tony Yazbeck |
47 | Music in the Air | Jerome Kern | Oscar Hammerstein II | 1932 | February 5–8, 2009 | Sierra Boggess, Walter Charles, Kristin Chenoweth, Dick Latessa, Marni Nixon, Douglas Sills |
48 | Finian's Rainbow | Burton Lane | E.Y. Harburg | 1947 | March 26–29, 2009BWAY | Kate Baldwin, Jeremy Bobb, Philip Bosco, Christopher Fitzgerald, Cheyenne Jackson, Jim Norton, Ruben Santiago-Hudson |
49 | Girl Crazy | George Gershwin | Ira Gershwin | 1930 | November 19–22, 2009 | Chris Diamantopoulos, Ana Gasteyer, Wayne Knight, Becki Newton |
50 | Fanny | Harold Rome | Harold Rome | 1954 | February 4–7, 2010 | George Hearn, Priscilla Lopez, Elena Shaddow, James Snyder |
51 | Anyone Can Whistle | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim | 1964 | April 8–11, 2010 | Raúl Esparza, Sutton Foster, Edward Hibbert, Donna Murphy |
52 | Bells Are Ringing | Jule Styne | Betty Comden, Adolph Green | 1956 | November 18–21, 2010 | Bobby Cannavale, Will Chase, Judy Kaye, Kelli O’Hara, Brad Oscar, Danny Rutigliano |
53 | Lost in the Stars | Kurt Weill | Maxwell Anderson | 1949 | February 3–6, 2011 | Daniel Breaker, Chuck Cooper, Patina Miller |
54 | Where's Charley? | Frank Loesser | Frank Loesser | 1948 | March 17–20, 2011 | Sebastian Arcelus, Rebecca Luker, Rob McClure, Howard McGillin, Jill Paice, Lauren Worsham |
55 | Merrily We Roll Along | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim | 1981 | February 8–19, 2012CD | Colin Donnell, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Betsy Wolfe |
56 | Pipe Dream | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | 1955 | March 28 - April 1, 2012CD | Will Chase, Laura Osnes, Leslie Uggams, Stephen Wallem, Tom Wopat |
57 | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Jule Styne | Leo Robin | 1949 | May 9–13, 2012CD | Megan Hilty, Rachel York, Aaron Lazar, Clarke Thorell, Stephen R. Buntrock |
58 | Fiorello! | Jerry Bock | Sheldon Harnick | 1959 | January 30 - February 3, 2013 | Kate Baldwin, Jeremy Bobb, Erin Dilly, Jennifer Gambatese, Shuler Hensley, Danny Rutigliano, Emily Skinner |
59 | It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman | Charles Strouse | Lee Adams | 1966 | March 20–24, 2013 | Alli Mauzey, David Pittu, Jenny Powers, Will Swenson, Edward Watts |
60 | On Your Toes | Richard Rodgers | Lorenz Hart | 1936 | May 8–12, 2013 | Christine Baranski, Walter Bobbie, Joaquín De Luz, Irina Dvorovenko, Randy Skinner, Karen Ziemba |
61 | Little Me | Cy Coleman | Carolyn Leigh | 1962 | February 5–9, 2014 | Christian Borle, David Garrison, Judy Kaye, Lewis J. Stadlen, Lee Wilkof, Rachel York |
62 | The Most Happy Fella | Frank Loesser | Frank Loesser | 1956 | April 2–6, 2014 | Laura Benanti, Heidi Blickenstaff, Shuler Hensley, Cheyenne Jackson |
63 | Irma La Douce | Marguerite Monnot | Various | 1956 | May 7–11, 2014 | Malcolm Gets, Rob McClure |
64 | Lady, Be Good! | George Gershwin | Ira Gershwin | 1924 | February 4–8, 2015CD | Colin Donnell, Erin Mackey, Douglas Sills, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Tommy Tune |
65 | Paint Your Wagon | Frederick Loewe | Alan Jay Lerner | 1951 | March 18–22, 2015CD | Keith Carradine, Justin Guarini, Alexandra Socha |
66 | Zorba! | John Kander | Fred Ebb | 1968 | May 6–10, 2015 | Adam Chanler-Berat, Santino Fontana, Marin Mazzie, John Turturro, Zoë Wanamaker |
67 | Cabin in the Sky | Vernon Duke | John Latouche | 1940 | February 10–14, 2016 | Chuck Cooper. Marva Hicks, LaChanze, Norm Lewis, Michael Potts |
68 | 1776 | Sherman Edwards | Sherman Edwards | 1969 | March 30 - April 3, 2016 | John Behlmann, André De Shields, Santino Fontana, Alexander Gemignani, John Larroquette, Christiane Noll, Bryce Pinkham, Jubilant Sykes |
69 | Do I Hear a Waltz? | Richard Rodgers | Stephen Sondheim | 1965 | May 11–15, 2016 | Claybourne Elder, Melissa Errico, Nancy Opel, Karen Ziemba |
70 | Big River | Roger Miller | Roger Miller | 1985 | February 8–12, 2017 | Annie Golden, Kyle Scatliffe, Christopher Sieber, Lauren Worsham |
71 | The New Yorkers | Cole Porter | Cole Porter | 1930 | March 22–26, 2017 | Kevin Chamberlin, Scarlett Strallen |
72 | The Golden Apple | Jerome Moross | John Latouche | 1954 | May 10–14, 2017 | Ashley Brown, Lindsay Mendez |
73 | Hey, Look Me Over! | Various | Various | February 7–11, 2018 | Vanessa Williams, Carolee Carmello, Judy Kuhn, Marc Kudisch, Reed Birney, Bebe Neuwirth, Nancy Opel, Douglas Sills, Alexandra Socha | |
74 | Grand Hotel | Robert Wright, George Forrest, Maury Yeston | Robert Wright, George Forrest, Maury Yeston | 1989 | March 21–25, 2018 | Brandon Uranowitz, Heléne Yorke, James Snyder, Irina Dvorovenko, John Dossett |
75 | Me and My Girl | Noel Gay | Douglas Furber, L. Arthur Rose | 1937 | May 9–13, 2018 | Christian Borle, Laura Michelle Kelly, Harriet Harris, Edward Hibbert |
76 | Call Me Madam | Irving Berlin | Irving Berlin | 1950 | February 6–10, 2019 | Carmen Cusack, Darrell Hammond, Carol Kane, Lauren Worsham |
77 | I Married an Angel | Richard Rodgers | Lorenz Hart | 1938 | March 20–24, 2019 | Mark Evans, Ann Harada, Nikki M. James, Sara Mearns |
78 | High Button Shoes | Jule Styne | Sammy Cahn | 1947 | May 8–12, 2019 | Kevin Chamberlin, Michael Urie, Betsy Wolfe |
79 | Mack and Mabel | Jerry Herman | Jerry Herman | 1974 | February 19–23, 2020 | Lilli Cooper, Douglas Sills, Alexandra Socha |
80 | The Tap Dance Kid | Henry Krieger | Robert Lorick | 1983 | February 2–6, 2022 | Alexander Bello, Joshua Henry, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Trevor Jackson |
81 | The Life | Cy Coleman | Ira Gasman | 1997 | March 16–20, 2022 | Alexandra Grey, Antwayn Hopper, Ledisi |
82 | Into the Woods | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim | 1987 | May 4–15, 2022 | Sara Bareilles, Christian Borle, Heather Headley, Ashley Park |
Two Encores! productions scheduled for the spring of 2020 were canceled due to COVID-19. Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner's 1948 musical Love Life was to have starred Kate Baldwin and Brian Stokes Mitchell; Jeanine Tesori and Dick Scanlan's 2002 musical Thoroughly Modern Millie was to have starred Ashley Park.
Voices![]
Title | Playwright | Year | Voices! Run | Stars | |
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1 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Joseph Kesselring | 1941 | November 11, 2000 | Alec Baldwin, Celeste Holm, Joanne Woodward |
2 | Little Murders | Jules Feiffer | 1967 | January 30, 2001 | Blythe Danner, Jules Feiffer, Christopher Fitzgerald, Joel Grey |
3 | The Devil and Daniel Webster | Stephen Vincent Benét | 1939 | March 13, 2001 | Eric Bogosian, James Naughton |
Encores! Summer Stars[]
Title | Music | Lyrics | Year | Encores! Summer Stars Run | Stars | |
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1 | Gypsy | Jule Styne | Stephen Sondheim | 1959 | July 9–29, 2007BWAY | Laura Benanti, Alison Fraser, Boyd Gaines, Leigh Ann Larkin, Patti LuPone, Nancy Opel, Tony Yazbeck |
2 | Damn Yankees | Richard Adler | Jerry Ross | 1955 | July 5–27, 2008 | Randy Graff, Sean Hayes, Cheyenne Jackson, Jane Krakowski, Megan Lawrence, Michael Mulheren |
3 | The Wiz | Charlie Smalls | Charlie Smalls | 1975 | June 12 - July 5, 2009 | Tichina Arnold, Ashanti, Joshua Henry, James Monroe Iglehart, Orlando Jones, LaChanze, Dawnn Lewis |
Encores! Off-Center[]
Title | Music | Lyrics | Year | Encores! Off-Center Run | Stars | |
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1 | The Cradle Will Rock | Marc Blitzstein | Marc Blitzstein | 1937 | July 10–13, 2013 | Danny Burstein, Raúl Esparza, Judy Kuhn, David Margulies, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Anika Noni Rose |
2 | Violet | Jeanine Tesori | Brian Crawley | 1997 | July 17, 2013BWAY | Sutton Foster, Joshua Henry, Christopher Sieber |
3 | I'm Getting My Act Together... | Nancy Ford | Gretchen Cryer | 1978 | July 24–27, 2013 | Renée Elise Goldsberry |
4 | Tick, Tick... Boom! | Jonathan Larson | Jonathan Larson | 2001 | June 25–28, 2014 | Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr., Karen Olivo |
5 | Randy Newman's Faust | Randy Newman | Randy Newman | 1995 | July 1, 2014 | Michael Cerveris, Randy Newman, Laura Osnes, Vonda Shepard, Tony Vincent |
6 | Pump Boys and Dinettes | Various | Various | 1981 | July 16–19, 2014 | Hunter Foster, Mamie Parris, Randy Redd, Katie Thompson, Jordan Dean |
7 | A New Brain | William Finn | William Finn | 1997 | June 24–27, 2015CD | Dan Fogler, Ana Gasteyer, Jonathan Groff, Aaron Lazar |
8 | Little Shop of Horrors | Alan Menken | Howard Ashman | 1982 | July 1–2, 2015 | Ellen Greene, Jake Gyllenhaal, Marva Hicks, Taran Killam |
9 | The Wild Party | Andrew Lippa | Andrew Lippa | 2000 | July 15–18, 2015 | Brandon Victor Dixon, Sutton Foster, Steven Pasquale, Miriam Shor |
10 | Runaways | Elizabeth Swados | Elizabeth Swados | 1978 | July 6–9, 2016 | Sophia Anne Caruso, Mj Rodriguez |
11 | Off-Center Jamboree | Various | Various | July 16, 2016 | Sutton Foster, Jonathan Groff | |
12 | God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater | Alan Menken | Howard Ashman | 1979 | July 27–30, 2016CD | Skylar Astin, Santino Fontana, James Earl Jones |
13 | Assassins | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim | 1990 | July 12–15, 2017 | Steven Boyer, Alex Brightman, Victoria Clark, Shuler Hensley, Steven Pasquale |
14 | The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin | Kirsten Childs | Kirsten Childs | 2000 | July 26–27, 2017 | Nikki M. James |
15 | Really Rosie | Carole King | Maurice Sendak | 1980 | August 2–5, 2017 | Taylor Caldwell |
16 | Songs for a New World | Jason Robert Brown | Jason Robert Brown | 1995 | June 27–30, 2018CD | Shoshana Bean, Colin Donnell, Mykal Kilgore, Solea Pfeiffer |
17 | Gone Missing | Michael Friedman | Michael Friedman | 2003 | July 11–12, 2018 | Taylor Mac |
18 | Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope | Micki Grant | Micki Grant | 1971 | July 25–28, 2018 | |
19 | Working | Various | Various | 1978 | June 26–29, 2019 | Helen Hunt, Christopher Jackson, Javier Muñoz, Tracie Thoms |
20 | Promenade | Al Carmines | María Irene Fornés | 1965 | July 10–11, 2019 | |
21 | Road Show | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim | 2008 | July 24–27, 2019 | Raúl Esparza, Brandon Uranowitz |
Special Events[]
Title | Music | Lyrics | Year | Run | Stars | |
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1 | Cotton Club Parade | Duke Ellington | Various | November 18–22, 2011BWAY | ||
2 | A Bed and A Chair | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim | November 13–17, 2013 | Jeremy Jordan, Norm Lewis, Bernadette Peters | |
3 | The Band Wagon | Arthur Schwartz | Howard Dietz | November 6–16, 2014 | Michael Berresse, Michael McKean, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Laura Osnes, Tony Sheldon, Tracey Ullman | |
4 | Annie Get Your Gun | Irving Berlin | Irving Berlin | 1946 | October 27–28, 2015 | Megan Hilty, Andy Karl, Judy Kaye, Brad Oscar, Ron Raines |
5 | Sunday in the Park with George | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim | 1984 | October 24–26, 2016BWAY | Annaleigh Ashford, Carmen Cusack, Jake Gyllenhaal, Phylicia Rashad |
6 | Brigadoon | Frederick Loewe | Alan Jay Lerner | 1947 | November 15–19, 2017CD | Stephanie J. Block, Robert Fairchild, Aasif Mandvi, Kelli O'Hara, Patrick Wilson |
7 | A Chorus Line | Marvin Hamlisch | Edward Kleban | 1975 | November 14–18, 2018 | Jay Armstrong Johnson, Robyn Hurder, Tony Yazbeck |
8 | Evita | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Tim Rice | 1978 | November 13–24, 2019 | Enrique Acevedo, Jason Gotay, Solea Pfeiffer |
Notes
References[]
- ^ Corliss, Richard. "That Old Feeling: Bravo! Encores!", Time 12 June 2004.
- ^ Cox, Gordon. "Broadway’s Chicago Turns 20: Stars Reflect on Show’s Success", Variety 14 Nov. 2016.
- ^ Paulson, Michael (29 October 2019). "New Curator of Old Musicals: Lear deBessonet is to Lead Encores!". The New York Times.
- ^ Weinert-Kendt, Rob. "Musical Revivalists With a Cause", The New York Times 3 July 2013.
- ^ Paulson, Michael. "Michael Friedman to Be Artistic Director of Encores! Off Center" The New York Times 18 Apr. 2016.
- ^ "Stage Directions: Anne Kauffman Reveals Her Plans for Encores! Off-Center 2019". 4 September 2018.
External links[]
- Encores! on the New York City Center website
- 2005 American Theatre Wing interview with Jack Viertel
- 2007 American Theatre Wing panel "The Evolution of Encores!", featuring Ted Chapin, Judith Daykin, Rob Fisher, David Ives, and Jack Viertel
- Musical theatre companies
- Theatre in New York City
- 1994 establishments in New York City