TICKETS GO ON SALE AT BOX OFFICE FOR 2002 NYC CABARET CONVENTION

The Mabel Mercer Foundation hosts the 13th Annual New York Cabaret Convention from October 21st through October 27th at Town Hall.

Ticket orders have been filled from 37 states and 9 foreign countries for the forth coming Cabaret Convention at THE TOWN HALL (123 West 43rd Street, NYC - 212-997-6661 - http://www.the-townhall-nyc.org/). Seven days celebrating the Great American Songbook. Over 100 performers from across the country and from across "the pond." Curtain rises Monday, October 21st through Saturday, October 26th at 6:00 pm. The final performance is at 3:00 pm on Sunday, October 27th. Remaining tickets are on sale at the Town Hall Box Office. The Box Office hours are 12:00 noon to 6:30 pm.

The Mabel Mercer Foundation is the only performance series devoting three complete evenings to a Rodgers centennial celebration. The Rodgers evenings - the first of which will be hosted by his daughter, composer Mary Rodgers - mark the first time that The Mabel Mercer Foundation has devoted three complete shows to a single songwriter. Among the Rodgers coworkers scheduled to appear: John Raitt (original star of Carousel, 1945), Celeste Holm (star of the original Oklahoma!/1943), Constance Towers (Yul BrynnerÍs "Mrs. Anna" on Broadway in The King and I), Patricia Morison (a Broadway "Mrs. Anna" in The King and I), Tony Award Winner ("Mrs. Anna") Donna Murphy, Margaret Whiting (million-record seller of "It Might As Well Be Spring"), Julie Wilson (star of the West End production of South Pacific), BarBara Luna (original cast member of Broadway's South Pacific/1949), Walter Willison (original cast member of Two By Two/1970), Martin Charnin (lyricist of Two By Two/1970 and I Remember Mama/1979), and Sheldon Harnick (lyricist of Rex/1976).

Among many other performers scheduled to appear during the course of the Cabaret Convention: Karen Akers, Christine Andreas, Tom Andersen, Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, Klea Blackhurst, Ann Hampton Callaway, Barbara Carroll, Eric Comstock, BJ Crosby, Baby Jane Dexter, Christine Ebersole, Jason Graae, Mary Cleere Haran, Jeff Harnar, Judy Kaye, Heather MacRae, Andrea Marcovicci, Karen Mason, Phillip Officer, Craig Rubano, KT Sullivan, Paula West and Wesla Whitfield.

The Mabel Mercer Foundation was founded in 1985 as a not-for-profit arts organization which perpetuates the memory of the legendary Mabel Mercer by stimulating and promoting public interest in American song and the art of cabaret. The Foundation works on a daily basis to develop and solidify a community of artists, producers, and audience members; we also sponsor performances and broadcasts by new and established cabaret artists. The Cabaret Convention is one such forum and, since its inception, it has played host to more than one thousand singers and musicians from around the world.

For more information, see http://www.mabelmercer.org/ or writer THE MABEL MERCER FOUNDATION (160 East 48th Street - #14U, NYC - 212-980-3026)

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