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Betty Buckley @ Bay Street

         Betty Buckley: "The Lyricist"

John McDaniel, Betty Buckley

Bay Street Theater presented Tony Award-winner Betty Buckley with "The Lyricist" an evening of song celebrating some of the greatest writers of Broadway songs and the American Songbook. Ms. Buckley especially celebrated lyricist Oscar Hammerstein and also pays homage to contemporary writers including Stephen Sondheim and Mary Chapin Carpenter. Grammy & Tony Award winner John McDaniel accompanied Ms. Buckley on the piano. The evening was collection featuring new arrangements of some of Ms. Buckley’s favorite songs as well as two songs from her awesome new album Ghostlight “Come to Me Bend to Me” and “This Nearly Was Mine.” Betty Buckley was inducted to the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2012.

         Betty Buckley: "The Lyricist"

John McDaniel, Betty Buckley

Bay Street Theater presented Tony Award-winner Betty Buckley with "The Lyricist" an evening of song celebrating some of the greatest writers of Broadway songs and the American Songbook. Ms. Buckley especially celebrated lyricist Oscar Hammerstein and also pays homage to contemporary writers including Stephen Sondheim and Mary Chapin Carpenter. Grammy & Tony Award winner John McDaniel accompanied Ms. Buckley on the piano. The evening was collection featuring new arrangements of some of Ms. Buckley’s favorite songs as well as two songs from her awesome new album Ghostlight “Come to Me Bend to Me” and “This Nearly Was Mine.” Betty Buckley was inducted to the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2012.
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