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At Home with Amy Sedaris
I will be appearing on At Home with Amy Sedaris later this fall on TruTV. There will be a screening of the episode on Thursday, October 19 at The Bowery Ballroom.
Falling Water on the USA Network
Here is a short scene that I did for the show Falling Water on the USA Network.

Broadway Bound on Oct 25 at 54 Below
I’ll be performing a song called “Time Goes By” from Grover’s Corner, which is a musical adaptation from the play Our Town by Thornton Wilder.
And I’m also adding Emily’s monologue from the end of the original play. I’d love to see you there!

Masterclass at Duke University
I taught a Master Class at Duke University in September of 2017. It was so interesting and enjoyable! And the students were so receptive. It couldn’t have been a better couple of days.
Rita Gardner at Cape May
Here are some photos from Rita’s one-woman show in Cape May.
Rita Performing October 25th in Broadway Bound: The Musicals That Never Came to Broadway
Rita will perform a song from Grover’s Corners by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt based on the classic play Our Town by Thornton Wilder. The performance is part of the series Broadway Bound: The Musicals That Never Came to Broadway.
More information and tickets here.
Rita Gardner to Play Cape May Stage August 14
Rita will perform Much More…A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Jones and Schmidt as part of the PNC Arts Alive Broadway Series.
For more information and tickets click here.
Rita performs in Broadway Bound: The Musicals That Never Came to Broadway at 54 Below
Rita Gardner will be performing in the revue Broadway Bound: The Musicals That Never Came to Broadway at 54Below on Tuesday, March 21, 2017.
Rita Gardner Interview on “Behind the Curtain” Podcast
Rita was interviewed on the Behind the Curtain: Broadway’s Living Legend podcast. You can listen to the episode below:
Here is the description from the Behind the Curtain website:
In a career that spans sixty years, Rita Gardner is the epitome of the word “legend”. While she is best known to audiences as The Girl in The Fantasticks, or as the hip hopping Grandma in The Wedding Singer, Rita’s career has gone from radio to television to theatre to cabaret and now to podcast!
Rita joins Rob & Kevin to discuss such topics as what it was like debuting The Fantasticks, standing by for legends like Barbara Harris, Linda Lavin, and Constance Towers, and how she has quickly become one of the world’s greatest cabaret artists.