Emily Skinner

Emily Skinner recently starred on Broadway as Miss Mona in the Actors’ Fund concert of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas at the August Wilson Theater. She also starred in the original Broadway productions of Side Show (Tony Award® nomination, Drama League Award), Jekyll& Hyde, JAMES JOYCE'S The Dead, The Full Monty, and Dinner At Eight (Outer Critics Circle nomination); a National Tour with Disney's On The Record; with City Center's Encores in  No Strings, Pardon My English, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, Broadway Bash; Off-Broadway, leading roles at the WPA Theater, Playwright's Horizons, Manhattan Theater Club, York Theater, and The Paramount Theater at Madison Square Garden.  Regionally, Emily has acted in multiple shows at The Kennedy Center, McCarter, Long Wharf, The Old Globe, Ford's Theater, St. Louis MUNY, Theater Virginia. In concert, she has appeared with New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, the Pittsburgh Symphony, Virginia Symphony, Jerusalem Symphony, Merkin Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Symphony Space.  She has directed and performed in numerous Broadway by the Year concerts at NYC's acclaimed Town Hall.  Recordings include Duets, Unsuspecting Hearts, Skinner/Ripley Raw at Town Hall (all with Alice Ripley),  Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens, The Stephen Sondheim Album, Wall to Wall Sondheim, Believe: The Songs of The Sherman Brothers, The Stephen Schwartz Album, 20th Century Fox's animated feature Anastasia, and her self- titled solo CD.

BROADWAY, HER WAY
starring Tony-Award® Nominee, EMILY SKINNER

The Broadway musical has given the world some of the greatest songs ever written, while introducing some of the most electrifying performers ever to grace the stage. Music and mastery come together in Broadway, Her Way, as Emily Skinner pays tribute to the former, while flawlessly representing the latter. Since her Broadway debut in Side Show, the Tony-nominated star has transported audiences again and again with her rich, expressive voice and magnetic presence. Now, for the first time, you can experience this "true Broadway great"(USA Today) in a special solo concert celebration. Broadway, Her Way is an unforgettable evening filled with music by landmark composers Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, as well as theatre's hottest up-and-comers. By lovingly honoring the past (Gypsy, Funny Girl) and present (Into the Woods, Nine), while looking toward the future (The Little Mermaid), Emily takes the audience on a musical journey through the best of the Great White Way.


"Skinner is simply sublime....She seduces you in one minute and breaks your heart in the next."    …Liz Smith, NY Post

"Miss Skinner is a blissfully improbable hybrid of Merman and Dietrich, a steamroller vamp who sizzles and belts in one breath."  …Ben Brantley, New York Times

"A standout performer, Skinner shows both the remarkable range and the stage savvy of a true Broadway great."   …USA Today

"Emily Skinner delivers one memorable showstopper after another with impeccable timing and a magnetic presence."    …NY Daily News