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Megan Hilty is a Tony- and Grammy Award-nominated actress and singer, best known for her portrayal of triple-threat Ivy Lynn in the NBC Musical Drama Smash. Immediately after graduating from the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama, she joined the Broadway company of Wicked and spent 4.5 years playing Glinda the Good. She originated the role of Doralee Rhodes in 9 to 5 The Musical and went on to play Brooke Ashton in Noises Off, earning her first Tony Award nomination. Other stage credits include Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors (Kennedy Center), Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun (Encores/NY City Center), Lily St Regis in Annie (Hollywood Bowl) and Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Encores/NY City Center). Most recently, Hilty originated the role of Madeline Ashton in Death Becomes Her, The Musical, earning two Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards, a Tony Award nomination and a Grammy nomination for her performance.
Join us for a 35mm screening of 1941’s “The Maltese Falcon,” director John Huston’s landmark 1941 film starring Humphrey Bogart as private detective Sam Spade, whose investigation into his client’s murder becomes a dangerous search for a legendary jeweled statue.
The Silkroad Ensemble is ecstatic to announce GRAMMY-winning vocalist and composer Cécile McLorin Salvant as the special guest for a limited run of performances that promise to be rich, surprising, and full of musical discovery.
This bold collaboration began in 2023 with Salvant’s hauntingly original composition “Have You Seen My Man?” — a standout track on Silkroad’s American Railroad album, featuring Rhiannon Giddens and released on Nonesuch in 2024. The piece showcases Silkroad’s signature boundary-blurring artistry and group vocals—elements that will take center stage in this new program.
Expect a powerful fusion of improvisation, tradition, and unexpected musical turns as Salvant joins the Ensemble to explore connections across cultures and histories. With family roots in Haiti and France, she brings a deeply personal perspective to the idea of cultural exchange—shaped by a lifelong experience of moving between languages, identities, and stories. For Salvant, Silkroad offers an exciting opportunity to engage with musical traditions beyond her own ones she’s eager to learn from, challenge, and reimagine.
Salvant, a multi-disciplinary visual artist, notes "I make large hand-embroidered drawings on silk organza, which has influenced the way I make and think about music and the interplay between disciplines and mediums. I’m thinking about the ‘silk’ in ‘Silkroad’, about the connections between textile and song across cultures and throughout history."
FEATURING ARTISTS
• Cécile McLorin Salvant, vocals
• Maeve Gilchrist, harp
• Mazz Swift, violin
• Niwel Tsumbu, guitar
• Francesco Turrisi, frame drums, accordion
• Kaoru Watanabe, Japanese flutes and percussion
Devised by the Kean Theatre Collective Directed by Karen Lee Hart and Charles Del Risco A devised work based on classic tales of psychological horror
Ludovic Morlot conductor
Liv Redpath soprano
J’Nai Bridges mezzo-soprano
Montclair State University Chorale | Heather J. Buchanan, director
New Jersey Symphony
