The New York Pops, led by Music Director and Conductor Steven Reineke, today announces artist and programming updates for its 40th anniversary season with concerts in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall.
Heather Headley (Tony Award winner for originating the title role in Aida on Broadway, original Nala in Broadway’s The Lion King, Netflix’s Sweet Magnolias) will now be featured in a solo concert with The New York Pops on Friday, February 10, 2023 at 8:00 p.m., performing highlights from her career. Headley’s performance replaces the previously scheduled appearance by Adrienne Warren, who had to withdraw due to a scheduling conflict.
Jordan Donica (Broadway’s My Fair Lady, The Phantom of the Opera; San Francisco and Los Angeles companies of Hamilton) will join previously announced guest artists Nikki Renée Daniels, Matt Doyle, and Melissa Errico, together with The New York Pops and Judith Clurman’s Essential Voices USA on Friday, November 18, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. for a concert now entitled Broadway Blockbusters featuring iconic works by Leonard Bernstein, Alan Menken, Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and more.
Additional concerts in The New York Pops 2022-23 Carnegie Hall season include The Music of Star Wars on October 21, 2022; Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree with Ingrid Michaelson and Judith Clurman’s Essential Voices USA on December 16, 2022; Winter Song: A Holiday Evening with Ingrid Michaelson on December 17, 2022; and The Marvelous Marilyn Maye on March 24, 2023. On Monday, September 19, 2022, Betsy Wolfe performs at The New York Pops Underground cabaret event at 54 Below.
