CANCELLED: The New York Pops Variety Hour
CANCELLED: The New York Pops Variety Hour
Since the remainder of our 2019-2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19, we have sincerely appreciated the continued support and generosity of our loyal New York Pops audience during this difficult time.
We had hoped to proceed with our 2020-2021 season as planned. However, due to the ongoing restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Carnegie Hall has made the difficult decision to cancel all in-person events through April 5, 2021.
For more information, please visit Carnegie Hall's website.
Thank you for your understanding. We look forward to the day we can all share in the joy of music again.
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Friday, March 5, 2021
8:00 PM
Steven Reineke, Music Director and Conductor
Isaac Powell, Guest Artist
Ali Stroker, Guest Artist
About the Artists
Isaac Powell is currently starring as Tony in the contemporary Broadway revival of West Side Story, directed by Ivo van Hove and choreographed by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. Powell returns to the Broadway stage after starring as Daniel in the 2018 Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Once on This Island, a role he earned only two months after graduating from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He received a Grammy Award nomination for his work on the Once On This Island cast album. Born and raised in Greensboro, North Carolina, Powell currently resides in New York.
Groundbreaking performer Ali Stroker won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as ‘Ado Annie’ in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! She made history as the first actor in a wheelchair to appear on Broadway when she originated the role of ‘Anna' in Deaf West's acclaimed 2015 revival of Spring Awakening.
Ali's also the first actress in a wheelchair to graduate from NYU's Tisch drama program. She starred in 12 episodes of the talent competition, The Glee Project, which led to a guest role on Fox's Glee. She then recurred in the Kyra Sedgwick ABC series, Ten Days in the Valley, and she guest starred on Fox’s Lethal Weapon, CBS’ Instinct, and Comedy Central's Drunk History.
Ali earned a Barrymore Award nomination for starring as Olive in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. In addition to her work on and off-Broadway, she's soloed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, New York's Town Hall, and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
Stroker has been a co-chair of Women Who Care, which supports United Cerebral Palsy of New York City. She co-founded Be More Heroic, an anti-bullying campaign which tours the country connecting with thousands of students each year. She’s led theater workshops for South African women and children affected by HIV and AIDS with the group, ARTS InsideOut.
Ali’s dedication to improving lives through the arts, disabled or not, is captured in her motto: “Making Your Limitations Your Opportunities.”
Photo of Isaac Powell by Cody Chandler. Photo of Ali Stroker by Jenny Anderson.