Emmy, Grammy, SAG, and Tony Award nominee Norm Lewis, and Grammy Award winners Melissa Manchester, Billy Stritch and Dionne Warwick join The New York Pops, led by Music Director and Conductor Steven Reineke, for its 40th Birthday Gala, honoring the Grammy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning Barry Manilow on Monday, May 1 at 7:00 PM in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall.
The evening also includes guest artists from across the recording industry and the Broadway community including Erich Bergen, Betty Buckley, Charo, Deborah Cox, and Max von Essen. The tribute also features appearances by cast members from the off-Broadway cast of Manilow’s musical Harmony, including Sean Bell, Danny Kornfeld, Zal Owen, Eric Peters, Blake Roman, and Steven Telsey.
The celebratory concert will feature music from Manilow’s wide-ranging catalog. His career encompasses virtually every area of music, including performing, composing, arranging, and producing. He is also a Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee who has sold more than 85 million albums worldwide.
Proceeds from the Gala support the organization’s PopsEd music education programs. The concert is followed by a black tie optional dinner and dance at the Mandarin Oriental New York.
Dinner Dance and Parquet Premium concert-only tickets include a tax-deductible donation and can be purchased at https://bit.ly/TNYP40TH or by calling 212-765-7677. Tickets to the full gala evening range from $1,750 (concert and dinner seating for one) to $100,000 (premier concert seating and VIP seating for sixteen). Parquet Premium concert-only tickets, which include a tax deductible donation, start at $225.
Concert-only tickets are additionally available via carnegiehall.org, CarnegieCharge 212-247-7800, or the Carnegie Hall Box Office at 57th and Seventh Ave.