Ruthie Ann Miles, Dez Duron, 50th Anniversary For Colored Girls… Concert Set for Lincoln Center American Songbook Series
The upcoming season has been programmed by Artist-in-Residence Clint Ramos.
Ruthie Ann Miles
Rebecca J Michelson
Lincoln Center has dropped its upcoming American Songbook concert series, programmed by Artist-in-Residence Clint Ramos. As perhaps could be expected from the Tony winner (and seven-time nominee), the world of theatre features heavily.
Kicking that off will be Tony winner Ruthie Ann Miles, with Perfectly Imperfect March 19, 2026. Currently starring Off-Broadway in The Seat of Our Pants at The Public, Miles’ evening of songs and stories will be at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s The Appel Room.
The series also includes a concert from composer Natalie Brown and director Ellenore Scott, celebrating the 50th anniversary concert of Ntozake Shange‘s for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, April 6 at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s The Appel Room. Additionally, the series includes concert evenings for Maybe Happy Ending’s Dez Duron (All My Tomorrows, March 20) and The Notebook songwriter Ingrid Michaelson (The Time and Space Between Us, April 3), along with a karaoke battle pitting Korean and Filipino Broadway stars against each other with Asia Decides: Korea vs. Philippines May 21.
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Filling out the season are Sandra St. Victor and Mark Batson’s Ella Fitzgerald-Duke Ellington tribute Ella & The Duke March 18, Revival: The Gospel According to Donald Lawrence April 4, a staged concert of Mark Bennett and Jessica Hagedorn’s Most Wanted May 22, and Diva Factory (featuring DJ Lina, Anthony Roth Constanzo, and Kangmin Justin Kim) May 23.
“Every program in this season starts with an inherited idea, whether an iconic work, sound, or musical tradition, and interprets it in a new light. This year, we are looking at the American songbook as a question, rather than a menu,” says Ramos in a statement. “It’s in this exploration of the past where we can begin to imagine what the next chapter of the American songbook can be.”
Tickets for the entire series are at AmericanSongbook.org.