KAREN
MASON CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS AT BIRDLAND
Karen
Mason, one of Broadway and cabaret's most powerful performers, is
bringing her acclaimed yearly holiday concert, Christmas! Christmas!
Christmas!, to BIRDLAND (315 West 44th Street, NYC - 212-581-3080
- http://www.birdlandjazz.com/
) on Monday, December 13th at 7:00 pm. Miss Mason's show has been
a holiday tradition in New York City for over twenty years, and includes
holiday favorites like "I'll Be Home For Christmas," "Santa Claus
is Coming To Town," "Silent Night," "Joy To The World," and Joni Mitchell's
"River." Christopher Denny is musical director, Bob Renino will be
on bass, and Barry Kleinbort directs. Cover charge is $30 with a $10
food/drink minimum.
Ms. Mason
originated the role of Tanya on Broadway in ABBA's MAMMA MIA! for
which she was awarded a 2002 Drama Desk Nomination. Karen is also
known for playing the starring role of "Norma Desmond" in Sunset Boulevard,
which she performed to critical acclaim and standing ovations on Broadway
and in Los Angeles for three years. Other New York theatre credits
include: Jerome Robbins' Broadway (playing Mazeppa and singing "Mr.
Monotony"), Play Me A Country Song, and Torch Song Trilogy on Broadway.
She was seen Off-Broadway in Carnival (1993 Drama Desk Award nominee
for playing Rosalie), And the World Goes Round (Outer Critics Circle
Award) and Karen Mason Sings Broadway, Beatles and Brian.
An acclaimed
vocalist and 7-time MAC Award winner, Karen has headlined at Carnegie
Hall, Lincoln Center, the Russian Tea Room, Rainbow & Stars, the Algonquin,
Eighty Eights and The Ballroom in New York, The Cinegrill and the
UCLA/ASCAP Concert Series in Los Angeles, The Plush Room in San Francisco,
and Davenport's in Chicago. She has shared concert stages with Luciano
Pavarotti, Rosemary Clooney, Liza Minnelli, Michael Feinstein, Jerry
Herman, and John Kander & Fred Ebb, among others. She has given concerts
in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Brazil, Scotland; with John McDaniel
conducting the St. Louis Symphony; with the Chicagoland Pops Orchestra
(as premier artist); and with Skitch Henderson & The New York Pops
in NY & Japan.
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