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The American Songbook Association is an arts and educational 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to stimulating and promoting public interest in the legacy of American song.
08/18/2025
REMEMBER THIS ASA GALA? Golden voices. Standing ovations. Unforgettable night. Here’s a glimpse from a past ASA Gala honoring Betty Buckley — where Broadway and the Songbook came alive on one stage.
✨ Be part of this year’s celebration on October 6th as we celebrate Ahrens & Flaherty
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08/16/2025
DREAM MAKER: Jamie deRoy’s work as a performer, host and producer have demonstrated an excellence and generosity that is unparalleled in theatre and cabaret today. Over the years, she has supported performers and productions with a masterful eye and a strong sense of what makes an award winning production. She has long been a supporter of ours, and we are delighted to be honoring her as a Dream Maker.
🎟 Join us Oct 6 at the American Songbook Association Gala celebrating Jamie deRoy along with Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty.
Karen Mason has honed her craft to utter perfection.
08/15/2025
From Ragtime to Anastasia, Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty have given us melodies and lyrics that will last a lifetime.
On October 6, the American Songbook Association celebrates their extraordinary talent.
Our mission is to preserve, protect, and promote the legacies of jazz, musical theatre, and classic song. And no contemporary songwriting team embodies that mission more than Ahrens & Flaherty — the gold standard of American songwriting excellence.
🎟 Reserve your seat
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08/14/2025
Lee Roy Reams: Me and Betty (AKA Lauren Bacall)
The show was filled with smiles and laughter, but its real heart was Reams’ poignant portrait of Bacall.
08/14/2025
Deborah Silver: Basie Rocks!
Silver has a big-belter’s head voice and plenty of onstage charm.
08/13/2025
The American Songbook Association preserves, promotes, and celebrates the rich legacy of the American Songbook — bringing this music to students, seniors, and communities in New York City and Chicago. Your support helps keep these timeless songs alive for generations to come.
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08/11/2025
The American Songbook Association and Cabaret Scenes Magazine are thrilled to announce that tickets to our fifth annual gala, “On the Wheels of a Dream” honoring the multi-award-winning songwriting team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime, Seissical, Anastasia, Once on this Island) for Lifetime Achievement and Jamie deRoy for the Bill Sensenbrenner Dream Maker Award on Monday, October 6th at 7:30 PM, at Merlin Hall at the Kaufman Music Center. Ticket link and information about our all-star cast in bio.
This evening is always a sold-out, heart warming celebration of excellence in American Music. Don’t miss the once-in-a-lifetime experience, for the best cause : preserving, promoting and protecting American musical legacies for future generations and for current enjoyment. Thank you!
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08/11/2025
Ahrens & Flaherty to receive the ASA-Cabaret Scenes Lifetime Achievement Award
Join us as we celebrate Ahrens & Flaherty.
08/06/2025
High Society
Spectacular singing and dancing, laced with comic wit.
08/01/2025
Jeff Harnar: Jeff Harnar Sings Sammy Cahn: The Second Time Around
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The American Songbook Association is an arts and educational nonprofit dedicated to stimulating and promoting public interest in the legacy of American song. Through the talents of composers, lyricists, singers, music directors, arrangers, and other creatives, America has given this gift to the world. The music and songs of our heritage are known, sung, recorded, performed and prized in every corner of the globe.
The American Songbook Association is committed to preserving and promoting this living legacy in the history and the development of the many genres that comprise it, from cabaret, popular song, musical theater, jazz, film, light opera, and more. The appreciation of the impact our musical culture continues to have on a global audience is the engine that drives us. Please join American Songbook Association as we collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret a growing archive of song, and those who created and sustain its lifeblood.
AMERICAN SONGBOOK ASSOCIATION INC.
BOARD OFFICERS
PRESIDENT
Keith Meritz
SECRETARY/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Marilyn Lester
TREASURER
Frank Dain
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Norman Drubner
Carolyn Montgomery
Craig Pomranz
Walter Willison
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
Carolyn Montgomery
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, EDUCATION THROUGH PERFORMANCE
Walter Willison
ADVISORY BOARD
Lucie Arnaz
Jennifer Bassey
Mitchell Bloom
Desmond Child
Jamie deRoy
Mayor David N. Dinkins
Adela & Larry Elow
Peter Hanson
Lee Horwin
Ann Kittredge
Peter Leavy
Joel A. Martin
Marilyn Maye
Evelyn Jones Rich
Steve Ross
Billy Stritch
KT Sullivan
Debbi Whiting
Karen Ziemba