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Marilyn Maye

NJTV and NJPAC presented a star-studded line-up of performers for the 3rd season of the award-winning American Songbook at NJPAC Series, hosted by Ted Chapin.

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Ted Chapin, Stephen Schwartz (Photo:Maryann Lopinto)

 

 

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Jarrod Spector, Jessie Mueller

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Stephen Schwartz & Cast

The multi-part music series featured performances of American Songbook classics and more by stars of stage, screen and radio. Jessie Mueller and Jarrod Spector from the original cast of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, cabaret great Marilyn Maye, Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz and friends, jazz royal Catherine Russell, SiriusXM Broadway host and entertainer Seth Rudetsky with special guest Christine Ebersole, and award-winning Manhattan cabaret and recording artists KT Sullivan and Jeff Harnar. Performances were followed by a Q&A session conducted by Ted Chapin, president and executive director of Rodgers & Hammerstein: An Imagen Company.

 

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Ted Chapin,KT Sullivan, Jeff Harnar (photo: Maryann Lopinto

 

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Christine Ebersole (Photo: Maryann Lopinto)

Performances were taped before a live audience in NJPAC’s Victoria Theater on Sunday, October 25 and Monday, October 26 for broadcast on NJTV, WLIW and THIRTEEN next year. Each night featured different performers

 

 

 

Photos: Magda Katz/Maryann Lopinto