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Friday Evening, April 5, 2013, at 8:00

Cristin Milioti (Lincoln Center debut)

David Abeles, Musical Director, Piano, Guitar, and Vocals Will Connolly, Guitar, Ukulele, Glockenspiel, and Vocals Rob Preuss, Bass Liam Hurley, Drums

This evening’s program is approximately 75 minutes long and will be performed without intermission.

Major support for Lincoln Center’s American Songbook is provided by Fisher Brothers, In Memory of Richard L. Fisher; and Amy & Joseph Perella. Additional corporate support is provided by Bank of America and PVH Corp. Wine generously donated by William Hill Estate Winery, Official Wine of Lincoln Center. This performance is made possible in part by the Josie Robertson Fund for Lincoln Center. Steinway Piano Please make certain your cellular phone, Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse pager, or watch alarm is switched off. 04-05 Milioto:GP 3/28/13 9:50 AM Page 2

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Additional support for Lincoln Center’s American Upcoming American Songbook Events in the Songbook is provided by The DuBose and Dorothy Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse : Heyward Memorial Fund, The Shubert Foundation, TopPatch, Inc. , Jill and Irwin Cohen, The G & A Saturday Evening, April 6, at 8:00 Foundation, Inc., Great Performers Circle, Green Sneakers, for Baritone, String Quartet, Chairman’s Council, and Friends of Lincoln Center. Empty Chair, and Piano Ricky Ian Gordon , Composer Public support is provided by the New York State Jesse Blumberg , Baritone Council on the Arts. Voxare String Quartet

Artist catering is provided by Zabar’s and Friday Evening, April 19, at 8:00 Zabars.com . Kerrigan & Lowdermilk Featuring Michael Arden , Nikki M. James , MetLife is the National Sponsor of Lincoln Center . Carrie Manolakos , Josh Young , and more

Movado is an Official Sponsor of Lincoln Center . Saturday Evening, April 20, at 8:00 Ben Sollee United Airlines is the Official Airline of Lincoln Center . Note: All performances have limited availability.

WABC-TV is the Official Broadcast Partner of The Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse is located at Lincoln Center. 165 West 65th Street, Tenth Floor. William Hill Estate Winery is the Official Wine of Lincoln Center . For tickets, call (212) 721-6500 or visit AmericanSongbook.org. Call the Lincoln Center Info Request Line at (212) 875-5766 or visit AmericanSongbook.org for complete program information.

We would like to remind you that the sound of coughing and rustling paper might distract the performers and your fellow audience members.

In consideration of the performing artists and members of the audience, those who must leave before the end of the performance are asked to do so between pieces. The taking of photographs and the use of recording equipment are not allowed in the building. 04-05 Milioto:GP 3/28/13 9:50 AM Page 3

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Meet the Artists T N A I

G Will Connolly L R

A Will Connolly (guitar, ukulele, glockenspiel, K Cristin Milioti and vocals) is an actor and singer-songwriter. Cristin Milioti just concluded her star turn He was most recently seen in the Tony- as Girl in the Broadway smash-hit musical win ning production of on Broadway. Once , for which she received a Grammy He has also worked with New York Theatre Award as well as a Tony nomination for Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, Man- Best Performance by a Leading Actress in hattan Theatre Club, Roundabout Theatre a Musical. Ms. Milioti’s next project is play - Company, Center Theatre Group, Yale ing opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in the Repertory Theatre, Southern Rep, the Old upcoming film The Wolf Globe, A.R.T., and Amsterdam Fringe of Wall Street , due out later this year. She Festival. Mr. Connolly is a Carbonell Award lives in Brooklyn. recipient. As a musician he has performed at 54 Below, Ars Nova, the Bitter End, and many others. He is a cowriter of the musi - cal Fly by Night (world premiere at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley; Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award), which will receive its next production at David Abeles Dallas Theater Center later this year. He is a founding member of the NOLA Project Actor/musician David Abeles (musical and a resident artist with Studio 42. Mr. director, piano, guitar, and vocals) is an orig - Connolly received a bachelor of fine arts inal company member and music captain of degree from NYU and a master of fine arts the hit Broadway musical Once . He is also degree from the Yale School of Drama. the musical director of the Martin Lowe- down, recently seen at 54 Below and Ars Nova. As a singer-songwriter, Mr. Abeles has performed in Atlanta, London, and New York and is currently working on an EP of original songs. He performed the role of Jerry Lee Lewis in Million Dollar Quartet on Rob Preuss Broadway and at New World Stages. Mr. Abeles will appear in John Carney’s upcom - Rob Preuss (bass) is from Burlington, ing film, Can a Song Save Your Life? , star - Ontario, and is honored and excited to be ring Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo. playing bass guitar tonight with Cristin Milioti. He has played piano since age five and synthesizer since age 11, and although he is first and foremost a keyboard player, some of his favorite and most influential musicians have been bass players. John 04-05 Milioto:GP 3/28/13 9:50 AM Page 4

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Deacon, Dee Murray, and Gene Simmons early roots in Tin Pan Alley and Broadway to were early influences, along with Liberace the eclecticism of today’s singer-songwrit ers. and George Carlin. Mr. Preuss is associate American Songbook also showcases the musical director for Mamma Mia ! on outstanding interpreters of popular song, Broadway and assistant music supervisor for including established and emerging concert, Broadway’s Once . cabaret, theater, and songwriter performers. American Songbook presentations include Liam Hurley major concert programs in venues around Liam Hurley (drums) has performed around Lincoln Center. the world with the New York Philharmonic and the Boston Pops, County Cork , and Lincoln Center for the Minnesota orchestras, all while backing up Performing Arts, Inc. notables like Josh Ritter, Joan Baez, Glen Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Hansard, Ed Helms, and former poet laure - (LCPA) serves three primary roles: presen - ate Robert Pinsky. His television appear - ter of artistic programming, national leader ances include Late Show with David Letter- in arts and education and community rela - man , Jimmy Kimmel Live , Later… with tions, and manager of the Lincoln Center Jools Holland , and Live from the Artists campus. A presenter of more than 3,000 Den . Also a trained puppeteer, his past pro - free and ticketed events, performances, ductions include Compulsion (Yale School tours, and educational activities annually, of Drama), The Fortune Teller (HERE), and LCPA offers 15 programs, series, and festi - 69° S (BAM). Mr. Hurley currently runs vals including American Songbook , Great the music video production company Performers , Lincoln Center Festival , Shutter & String. Lincoln Center Out of Doors , Midsummer Night Swing , the Mostly Mozart Festival , American Songbook and the White Light Festival, as well as the In 1998, Lincoln Center launched American Emmy Award –winning Live From Lincoln Songbook, dedicated to the celebration of Center , which airs nationally on PBS. As popular American song. Designed to high - manager of the Lincoln Center campus, light and affirm the creative mastery of LCPA provides support and services for the America’s songwriters from their emer - Lincoln Center complex and the 11 resi - gence at the turn of the 19th century up dent organizations. In addition, LCPA led a through the present, American Songbook $1.2 billion campus renovation, completed spans all styles and genres , from the form’s in October 2012. 04-05 Milioto:GP 3/28/13 9:50 AM Page 5

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Lincoln Center Programming Department Jane Moss, Ehrenkranz Artistic Director Hanako Yamaguchi, Director, Music Programming Jon Nakagawa, Director, Contemporary Programming Lisa Takemoto, Production Manager Bill Bragin, Director, Public Programming Charles Cermele, Producer, Contemporary Programming Kate Monaghan, Associate Director, Programming Jill Sternheimer, Producer, Public Programming Mauricio Lomelin, Associate Producer, Contemporary Programming Nicole Cotton, Production Coordinator Regina Grande, Assistant to the Artistic Director Julia Lin, Programming Associate Ann Crews Melton, Programming Publications Editor John Ng, Programming Assistant

For American Songbook Rocky Noel, Lighting Design Scott Stauffer, Sound Design Kyle Moore, Sound Engineer