The annual concert event produced by The Mabel Mercer Foundation plays on Friday, May 18th at 7:30 PM at Weill Recital Hall (part of the Carnegie Hall complex) at 154 West 57th Street. Entitled All the Way: The Music of Jimmy Van Heusen & Friends, the show features thirteen vocalists who will honor Van Heusen as one of America’s classic twentieth-century composers. The singers will also celebrate the work of Rick Jensen and Tom Toce, two present-day songwriters whose compositions have expanded the standard repertoire. All the Way will be hosted by KT Sullivan, artistic director of The Mabel Mercer Foundation, and will feature both established entertainers and newcomers to the cabaret scene. Those scheduled to appear include Joie Bianco, Eric Comstock, Shana Farr, Barbara Fasano, Eric Yves Garcia, Greg Gropper, Jeff Harnar, Nicolas King, Marissa Mulder, Simón Safos, Evan Stern, Amy Friedl Stoner, and Amy Beth Williams.
Born in Syracuse, NY, in 1913, Jimmy Van Heusen received fourteen Academy Award nominations for “Best Song” between 1944-1968 and garnered Oscars for “Swinging On a Star,” “All the Way,” “High Hopes” and “Call Me Irresponsible.” “Love and Marriage,” written for a 1955 TV musicalization of Our Town, won him an Emmy; the melody retained its fame as the latter-day theme song of the television series, Married…With Children. Van Heusen’s other compositions include “Imagination,” “Come Fly With Me,” “Here’s That Rainy Day,” “But Beautiful,” and “Polka Dots and Moonbeams.” A Tony, Grammy, and Golden Globe Award nominee, he died in Rancho Mirage, CA, in 1990.
All the Way: Jimmy Van Heusen & Friends, Friday, May 18th at 7:30 PM. General tickets are $75.00 (Orchestra) and $30.00 (balcony). Purchase at the Carnegie Hall box office, Seventh Avenue at 57th Street, between 11 AM and 6 PM. Monday-Saturday; between 12 PM and 6 PM Sunday; or by calling CarnegieCharge at 212247-7800 between 8 AM and 8 PM. daily.
Patron seat tickets are $150.00 are available directly from The Mabel Mercer Foundation and includes an after-party with the performers and musicians. Call 212 980-3026 or visit www.mabelmercer.org
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