Heather Headley, Sutton Foster & More Enlisted for Lincoln Center's American Songbook Series

Tony winners Heather Headley and Sutton Foster, Tony nominee Santino Fontana and more have been tapped for Lincoln Center’s 18th season of the American Songbook series next year. The event celebrates the best in American singing and songwriting, with established and rising singers and singer-songwriters across a range of genres—Southern soul, bluegrass, folk, R&B, indie rock, pop, musical theater and more.

In The Appel Room, Andrew Lippa & Friends will kick off the series on February 1, 2017 which will be followed by Headley on February 4, The Story Goes On: Liz Callaway Sings Maltby & Shire on February 15 and Fontana on February 18. The Songs of Elizabeth Swados is to play on March 8 and our favorite Oscar and Tony-winning duo will appear on March 11 with We Never Do This: An Evening with Kristen & Bobby Lopez.

Over at Alice Tully Hall, Foster will take center stage on April 14.

Other artists tapped for the series include India.Arie, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Laura Mvula, José González, William Bell, Five for Fighting, Okkervil River, Jamie Lidell & The Royal Pharaohs and Tanya Tagaq.