By Andrew Gans
31 Mar 2004

The upcoming Broadway by the Year concert, which will pay tribute to the musicals that opened on The Great White Way in 1949, will be held April 19 at Town Hall.

Noah Racey and Nancy Lemenager, the recent Never Gonna Dance stars who provided one of the show-stopping moments at last month's Broadway by the Year concert, will return for the April 19 event. They will be joined by Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba, Jane Eyre's Marla Schaffel, Urinetown's Jeff McCarthy, The Producers' Cady Huffman, Nightlife Award winner Lennie Watts and MAC Award winner Scott Coulter.

Created and hosted by cabaret critic Scott Siegel, the evening will feature songs from South Pacific, Miss Liberty, Touch and Go, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Lost in the Stars. Concertgoers can expect to hear such tunes as "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," "Some Enchanted Evening," "Younger Than Springtime" and "This Had Better Be Love." Show time is 8 PM.

Tickets for Broadway By the Year: 1949 are priced at $45 and $37.50 and are available by calling (212) 307-4100 or (212) 840-2824. Town Hall is located at 123 West 43rd Street. Visit www.the-townhall-nyc.org for more information.