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KELLI O'HARA TO HEADLINE NEW YORK POPS BENEFIT
October 22, 2020, 6:10.57 pm ET
Photo: Kelli O'Hara
The New York Pops is presenting a virtual benefit concert featuring Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 7:30pm. EST hosted by New York Pops Music Director and Conductor Steven Reineke. The concert, with music direction by Dan Lipton, was recorded live at the Riverside Yacht Club in Riverside, Connecticut on September 12.
The show features a selection of Rodgers and Hammerstein favorites; as well as such songs as “To Build a Home,” “Take Me to the World,” “Sun Went Out,” and more. Following the concert is a Q&A with Reineke. Patrons can watch the concert online for a week following the initial broadcast date; the concert is available to patrons for 48 hours once viewing has commenced.
O’Hara won the Tony Award for the Lincoln Center Theater production of “The King and I.” Her numerous stage credits include “The Bridges of Madison County,” “Carousel,” “My Fair Lady,” “South Pacific,” “The Light in the Piazza,” and “The Merry Widow.”
Tickets start at $20 and are available at newyorkpops.org/kelli. Additional ticket levels offer the opportunity to sponsor a PopsEd student as part of the Kids in the "Virtual" Balcony program.
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