Tony Award winners Nikki M. James and Sutton Foster and Tony Award nominees Jeremy Jordan and Josh Young are among the lineup of performers set for composers Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk’s American Songbook Series concert April 19 at Lincoln Center.
Joining James (The Book of Mormon), Foster (Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Drowsy Chaperone, Anything Goes), Jordan (Newsies, Bonnie & Clyde) and Young (Jesus Christ Superstar) at the 8 PM concert will be Michael Arden (Big River, The Times They Are A-Changin’), Jennifer Cody (Shrek, Taboo, The Pajama Game, Urinetown), Carrie Manolakos (Mamma Mia!), Andy Mientus (“Smash,” Carrie) and Laura Michelle Kelly (Mary Poppins, Fiddler on the Roof).
The evening will be held at the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse.
Audiences can expect to hear tunes from the duo’s coming-of-age musicals The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown and Tales from the Bad Years as well as new material from Republic, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry IV set in Northern Ireland in the 1970s.
For more on the composing team, including an exclusive track from Republic, read Playbill.com’s Contemporary Musical Theatre Songwriters You Should Know.
Playbill.com has learned that song titles in the evening will include “The World Is Ending,” “Avalanche,” “Not a Love Story,” “Vegas” and “My Party Dress,” among others. New orchestrations are by Bruce Coughlin, Alex Lacamoire and Andy Einhorn.
Ticket availability is limited; call (212) 721-6500. For more information, visit AmericanSongbook.org/Kerrigan-Lowdermilk.
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