Malcolm Gets' "I Happen to Like New York" at Helsinki on Broadway

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Sarah LaDuke

Published December 13, 2012 at 11:35 AM EST

This Sunday, Malcom Gets becomes the next acclaimed artist to perform at Helsinki Hudson in Hudson, NY as part of the Showstoppers New York cabaret series “Helsinki on Broadway.”

Gets’ show, “I Happen to Like New York,” features songs from Rodgers and Hammerstein, Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim, James Taylor, Peter Mills – and more!

Malcolm Gets was nominated for a Tony Award for his work in Amour – other New York credits include Merrily We Roll Along, The Boys from Syracuse, and The Apple Tree. He made his Carnegie Hall debut as a guest star in Barbara Cook’s 2001 concert. The last time we spoke with him, he was appearing at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Ten Cents a Dance – a John Doyle musical with songs by Rodgers and Hart.

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Sarah LaDuke

Sarah has been a public radio producer for over fifteen years. She grew up in Saranac Lake, New York where she worked part-time at Pendragon Theatre all through high school and college. She graduated from UAlbany in 2006 with a BA in English and started at WAMC a few weeks later as a part-time board-op in the control room. Through a series of offered and seized opportunities she is now the Senior Contributing Producer of The Roundtable and Producer of The Book Show. During the main thrust of the Covid-19 pandemic shut-down, Sarah hosted a live Instagram interview program "A Face for Radio Video Series." On it, Sarah spoke with actors, musicians, comedians, and artists about the creative activities they were accomplishing and/or missing.

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