Entitled A Child's Garden of Verse: Songs By, About, For, and With Children, the afternoon will be hosted by Tudor City resident, Broadway and cabaret performer Raissa Katona Bennett. Those scheduled to perform include Mimi Bessette, Julie Reyburn, Joshua Desjardins, Peter Haas, Christine Reisner, Connor Shatto, Peter Charney and Eric Michael Gillett. The performers will be accompanied by Tex Arnold, David Caldwell, Cindy Gooden, Sean Harkness and Bill Zeffiro. The concert will be presented in the South Park of Tudor City Greens Park. Concertgoers should enter at Tudor City Place between East 41st and 42nd Streets, between First and Second Avenues.
The series will continue Aug. 3 with A Night at the Opera: Vocal and Instrumental Classics, Sept. 7 with Love Grows Here: Contemporary Pop, Rock & Theatre and Oct. 5 with Jazz!
The concerts are being produced in association with the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs; visit www.MACNYC.com.