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About The Show
Filmed live at New York’s Town Hall in March 2025, this star-studded concert celebrates the women who have defined Broadway and those who are shaping its future. Hosted by Emmy, Tony and Drama Desk Award winner Bebe Neuwirth, the program features an extraordinary lineup of talent and pays tribute to the unforgettable female characters and beloved songs sung by women throughout the decades. Luke Frazier conducts The American Pops Orchestra in this dazzling celebration of song and legacy.
The concert features the following artists:
LaChanze (Tony Award winner, The Color Purple)
Kate Baldwin (Tony nominee, 2009 Broadway revival of Finian's Rainbow)
Jennifer Holliday (Tony Award, Dreamgirls; Grammy Award, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going")
Judy Kuhn (four-time Tony nominee)
Lindsay Mendez (Tony Award winner, Carousel)
Jessie Mueller (Tony Award winner, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical)
Jennifer Simard (three-time Tony nominee)
Mandy Gonzalez (originated the role of Nina Rosario in the Off-Broadway and Broadway productions of In the Heights)
Adrianna Hicks (originated the role of Catherine of Aragon in SIX and Sugar in Some Like it Hot)
Amber Iman (Tony Award nominee, Lempicka)
Solea Pfeiffer (Eliza Hamilton in the first national tour of Hamilton)
Helen J. Shen (originated the role of Claire in Maybe Happy Ending)
McKenzie Kurtz (Glinda in Wicked on Broadway and the national tour)
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