Since
1994, New York City has been serenaded by New York City
Center's Encores!®, a celebration of the works of
America's most important composers and lyricists. Each
season of Encores!® gives three glorious scores
the chance to be heard as originally intended by their
creators: Rodgers & Hammerstein, Rodgers & Hart,
Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Kurt Weill, George & Ira
Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Burt
Bacharach, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, Vernon Duke,
Kander & Ebb, Jule Styne, Comden & Green... Encores!
brings to life America's music theater heritage.
Originally conceived as "concert versions," Encores!
shows rehearse for just over a week, and each cast takes
the stage with books in hand. But the actors' intimacy
with the audience, the directors' creative staging, and
the choreographers' dazzling contribution have grown each
season.
