Dreamland & Mark Cortale present
Broadway @ Dreamland
Tony Nominated Star of Wicked & NBC's Smash
MEGAN HILTY
with Sirius XM Star SETH RUDETSKY as music director/host
Tony
nominated star of Wicked, Noises Off and NBC's Smash makes her
Nantucket debut along with Sirius XM Radio host and creator/star of
Broadway's Disaster! Seth Rudetsky as pianist and host.
This unscripted evening will be a seamless mix of intimate,
behind-the-scenes stories of her career through insightful, funny and revealing
questions posed by Rudetsky.
MEGAN HILTY
Megan Hilty is most recognizable for her portrayal of
seasoned triple-threat Ivy Lynn in NBC’s musical drama “Smash.” She followed up
the series with a starring role on the comedy “Sean Saves the World.” This
spring, Hilty received critical acclaim for her role of Brooke Ashton in the
Roundabout Theater Company’s revival of “Noises Off.” She earned
nominations for a Tony Award, Drama Desk Award and Drama League Award and won a
Broadway.com Audience Award for Favorite Featured Actress in a Play. Earlier
this year, she recurred on Bravo’s dramedy “Girlfriend’s Guide to Divorce” and
the final season of CBS’ “The Good Wife.”
This May, Hilty
released a live album comprising of songs from her recent concert tour,
entitled “Megan Hilty Live at the Café Carlyle.” She also completed a residency
at New York’s Café Carlyle, where she previously performed the last two years. This summer, she appeared in Hulu’s “Difficult People”
and CBS’ “BrainDead” and made her Australian debut as part of the Adelaide
Cabaret Festival.
This November, she co-stared in “Rules Don’t Apply,” a
feature film written, directed and produced by Warren Beatty. In December, she
released a Christmas album entitled “A Merry Little Christmas,” while
continuing to tour across the country.
In March 2013, Hilty released her debut solo album, “It
Happens All The Time,” which included fresh interpretations of compositions by
contemporary songwriters and producers. Earlier, Hilty starred as Lorelei
Lee, the diamond-loving blonde made famous by Carol Channing, in the Encores! production
of “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” to which she earned rave reviews. Additionally,
her voice was featured as Rosetta in Disney's
“Tinker Bell: Secret of the Wings.” She has also recorded vocals in Disney's
"The Secret Life of Magic Gourd," "Phineas & Ferb,"
"Glenn Martin DDS," "American Dad," “Tinker Bell and the
Pixie Hollow Games,” “Robot & Monster” as well as singing as Snow White in
the film "Shrek the Third." Hilty can be heard in the animated film
"Dorothy of Oz" with Kelsey Grammer, Hugh Dancy and Lea Michele. She can also be heard alongside Placido Domingo on the
opera star’s duet album.
A native of Seattle, Hilty moved to New York City after
graduating from the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University, and quickly made
her Broadway debut as Glinda in “Wicked.” She went on to perform the
role in both the national tour and in Los Angeles.
After receiving high praise for her portrayal of Doralee
Rhodes in Broadway’s “9 to 5: The Musical,” Hilty was honored with nominations
for Lead Actress in a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards, Outer Critics Circle
Awards, the Drama League Awards and L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Awards. Hilty
has previously performed at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops, the National
Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln
Center, the Boston Pops, the Cincinnati Pops, the Houston Symphony, the Phoenix
Symphony among many others. She was also featured on TNT’s 2012 Christmas in
Washington special and continues to perform at prestigious venues nationwide.
Megan is a frequent guest on PBS’ televised Live from Capital Hill
concerts. Her solo concert concerts continue to sell out and receive
critical acclaim across the country.
Her television credits include guest-starring roles in
“Melissa & Joey,” “Bones,” “The Closer,” “Desperate Housewives,” “CSI,”
“Shark,” “Ugly Betty,” “Eli Stone” and “The Suite Life of Zach &
Cody.” Among Hilty’s film credits are “The Bitter Feast” and the short
film “The Happiest Man Alive,” opposite Justin Chambers.
Seth Rudetsky is the afternoon host on
Sirius/XM Satellite Radio's On Broadway as well as the host of
Seth Speaks on Sirius/XM Stars. As an author, he penned My
Awesome/Awful Popularity Plan and the sequel The Rise And Fall
Of A Theater Geek (Random House) as well as three volumes of Seth's
Broadway Diary featuring inside scoop and hilarious stories from all
of the stars he's worked with. He co-wrote and co-starred in Disaster! (NY
TIMES “critics pick") last season on Broadway. Disaster! which also
premiered to rave reviews in London's West End. In June 2016, he and his
husband, James Wesley, co-produced a recording of What The World Needs
Now with stars like Idina Menzel, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Carole King,
Audra McDonald which went to number one on iTunes and raised $100,000 for the
Orlando shooting victims (and is still raising money. Buy it!). On Inauguration
Day 2017, he and James started Concert For America, a monthly
series around the country (including S.F.!) helping 5 non-profits being hurt by
the current administration. Stars such as Kelli O'Hara, Barry Manilow,
Stephanie Mills, Vanessa Williams, Andy Cohen and more have performed and you
can watch the next one streamed live on ConcertsForAmerica.com. For more information
visit www.sethrudetsky.com.