ARCI'S PLACE Debuts Melba Moore "Once More with Love"

AT ARCI'S PLACE MARCH 20th through MARCH 30ths

Melba Moore becomes the latest Tony Award-winning diva extraordinaire to grace the stage at ARCI'S PLACE (450 Park Avenue South, NYC - 212-532-4370 - http://www.arcisplace.com/). Melba makes her cabaret debut in "Once More with Love" which will run for ten performances only from March 20th through March 30th - Wednesdays through Fridays at 8:00 pm and Saturdays at 8:30 and 11:00 pm. (The performance on March 20th will begin at 9:00 pm). Known for her astonishing five-octave range, Melba will include standards by Cole Porter, George Gershwin and Harold Arlen, as she traces her amazing career highs as well as her much publicized lows. No Melba Moore show would be complete without a "Hair" medley (she was in the original cast) or her inimitable performance of "I Got Love" from her Tony winning performance in "Purlie." Ms. Moore will be accompanied by The Levi Barcout Trio.

Melba Moore began her career as a backup singer for Valerie Simpson, Nick Ashford, Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, Liza Minnelli and Patti Austin. She was in the ground-breaking rock musical HAIR, where she originated the role of Dionne. During her 18 months with the show she played a variety of roles and eventually, as one critic described it "changed the color of HAIR" by becoming the first black actress to replace a white actress (Diane Keaton) in the female lead in a Broadway show. From HAIR came the role of Lutiebelle, the innocent Southern domestic who falls in love with a fast-talking preacher, in the long-running musical "PURLIE." Melba's show-stopping performance in "PURLIE" won her the Tony Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical. She was also honored with the prestigious Drama Desk and New York Drama Critics Award.

Melba has performed at New York's Waldorf-Astoria, the Riviera, Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, The Cannes Film Festival, the Olympia Theatre in Paris, and in a nationwide tour of the best concert and symphony halls, and the poshest hotels and supper clubs. Melba's big R&B hits include "I Am His Lady," "Falling," and the Grammy Award nominated "Read My Lips."

Melba's 1990 recording of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was instrumental in having the song entered into the Congressional Record as the official African-American National Anthem. In 2002, she's back with a new version.

In 1996, Melba returned to the stage when she took over the role of Fantine in the milestone Broadway production of "LES MISERABLES."

Melba has embarked on yet another adventure by releasing her first recording in 12 years entitled "I'm Still Here." The project features the writing and production talents of Herb Middleton, Dale DeGroat and Shirley Murdock. "I'm Still Here" is musical testimony to Ms. Moore's trials and triumphant return to the world of entertainment. Melba is a co-founder of HUSH, an organization that manages single artists with careers spanning all areas of entertainment.

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