Side Show's Tony-nominated lyricist and librettist Bill Russell will return to Birdland September 30 with his newest show, Divas I Love Singing Lyrics I Wrote.
Special guests for the 7 PM concert will include Tony winners Lillias White (The Life, Hadestown) and Alice Ripley (Next to Normal, Side Show), Erin Davie (Side Show, Grey Gardens), and Charity Ang茅l Dawson (Side Show, & Juliet).
The Broadway guest stars will perform songs from Side Show; Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens; Pageant; and other musicals with Russell talking about how those songs came to be.
Music director Mark Hartman will be featured on piano with Jeff Potter on drums and John Loehrke on bass.
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The Hilton Sisters, Daisy and Violet
The Hilton Sisters, Daisy and Violet
Side Show marquee
Emily Skinner and Alice Ripley
Joan Marcus
Emily Skinner and Alice Ripley in the 1997 Broadway musical Side Show
Joan Marcus
Emily Skinner and Alice Ripley in the 1997 Broadway musical Side Show
Emily Skinner, Alice Ripley and Hugh Panaro in the 1997 Broadway musical Side Show
Emily Skinner and Alice Ripley in the original production of Side Show
Emily Skinner and Alice Ripley in the 1997 Broadway musical Side Show
Jeff McCarthy, Emily Skinner, Alice Ripley and Hugh Panaro in the 1997 Broadway musical Side Show
Emily Skinner and Alice Ripley
