[Capdist-announce] Betsy Riley One-Woman Cabaret Oct. 27

[jwmhickman at nycap.rr.com]

	BETSY RILEY, POPULAR AREA SINGER, BACK ON STAGE OCT. 27 

	IN ONE-WOMAN CABARET OF MUSICAL THEATER SONGS 

	 _HOW DID I GET HERE? (AN EVENING ON BROADWAY)_, Betsy Riley’s
one-woman cabaret of musical theater songs, with Michael Clement on
piano, plays Saturday, October 27, at Schenectady Civic Players’ 12
South Church Street Playhouse in Schenectady’s historic Stockade
district. Proceeds benefit Civic Players’ Centennial Fund.  

	 Show time for _HOW DID I GET HERE?_ is at 8 P.M. on the Players’
main stage, with a dessert reception to follow in the Green Room.
Tickets are $25 each and can be reserved on-line at
www.civicplayers.com [1]. Or by cash, check or credit card at the
door.  

	 Area fans will recall Betsy Riley with Gary Aldrich as a popular
cabaret duo, with the late George Harris at the piano, that played the
Capital region for many years before Gary moved out West on his
professional career, They performed together as recently as two years
ago when Gary returned to the area for an acclaimed reunion
performance at the Dance Museum in Saratoga.  

	 Betsy’s musical cabaret features music by Rodgers and Hammerstein,
Bock and Harnick, Lerner and Loewe, and Stephen Sondheim. She will
sing old favorites like “It’s Today” from _Mame_, “I Could
Have Danced All Night” from _My Fair Lady_, “Almost Like Being in
Love” from _Brigadoon_ as well as more recent songs such as
“Vanilla Ice Cream” from _She Loves Me_ and “Leave You” from
_Follies_.  

	  Betsy Riley spent many years working in local theaters of the
tri-city area appearing as Laurey in _Oklahoma_, Kate in _Kiss Me
Kate_, Guinevere in _Camelot_, Margot in _Applause_, and Phyllis in
_Follies_. She has sung in three productions of _Jacques Brel Is Alive
and Well and Living in Paris_ and two productions of _Side by Side_
_by Sondheim_.  

	 Ms. Riley’s professional career includes a New York City concert
series and multiple appearances as soprano soloist with oratorio and
choral societies throughout the northeastern United States, numerous
churches and temples, the New York City Ballet’s production of _A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, _the Alvin Ailey Dance Company’s
signature piece _Revelations, _and director/musical director of
William Finn’s Falsettos.  A Philadelphia career included three
years at the Prince Music Theater, and eight years in the mayor’s
office as executive assistant to the chief cultural officer of
Philadelphia.  

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	_(Betsy Riley photo attached)_ 

 

Links:
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[1] http://www.civicplayers.com/

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