Produced, directed, and hosted by John Znidarsic, the free evening will spotlight the songs of Michael Finke. Robbie Rozelle will serve as creative consultant, and Nils-Petter Ankarblom will serve as music director. Show time is 6 PM.
Interpreting the songs of Finke will be Emily Afton, Robert Lenzi, Laura Galindo, Rachael Duddy, Amanda Savan, Danielle Eden, Sarah Naughton, JJ Parkey, Christina King, Daniel Patrick Smith, Elanna White, Trey Wolfe, and Matt Wood.
Michael Finke is a New York-based composer, lyricist, and librettist. He has had songs, concerts, and full productions of his work performed at 54 Below, Joe's Pub, The Laurie Beechman Theater, NYU, the Bowery Poetry Club, Off-Broadway at St. Luke's, NYMF, L.A.’s Rockwell: Table & Stage, the Christmas Day telecast on ABC, and more. He is a member of ASCAP, the Dramatist Guild, and is a winner of the 2015 New Voices Project with Disney Imagineering and New Musicals Inc. He has been a musical director for the Lovewell Institute since 2007, having music-directed Lovewell workshops in Ohio, New York, Florida, Kansas, Nevada, Sweden, and Italy.
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center is located at 111 Amsterdam Avenue and 65th Street.