Lilly Awards Foundation to Present Broadway Cabaret

9/7/2016 1:33pm


The Lilly Awards Foundation will present its fourth BROADWAY CABARET: BROADWAY STARS PERFORMING THE WORK OF WOMEN SONGRWITERS on Mon Oct 17 at The Cutting Room (44 East 32nd Street). The Lilly Awards Foundation promotes and celebrates women artists by promoting gender parity at all levels of theatrical production.  The evening will include songs from some of the hottest new musicals on and off-Broadway, all written or co-written by women and sung by Broadway stars, including Anastasia, Waitress, Sweet Charity, In Transit, Bella: An American Tall Tale, Southern Comfort, Hadestown and previews of songs from new shows by Susan Birkenhead and Nell Benjamin. Additional performers and songwriters will be announced shortly. The evening will be directed by Leigh Silverman, with musical direction by Georgia Stitt, and is co-produced by Georgia Stitt and Amanda Green. Monica Moore serves as the Production Manager. The Lilly Awards Benefit Committee is chaired by Susan Rose and Renee Landegger. The Lilly Awards Broadway Cabaret begins at 8:00pm. A special VIP Cocktail Reception begins at 6:00 PM, with a light supper at 7:00 PM. Individual tickets can be purchased at thelillyawards.org/broadway-cabaret. Press contact: DKC/O&M Co (212/695-7400)...