THE WINTER SEASON OF BROADWAY/CABARET AT BIRDLAND ANNOUNCED
Jim Caruso and TheaterMania.com are proud to announce "The Winter
Season" of concerts featuring top Broadway performers and songwriters
at BIRDLAND (315 West 44th Street, NYC - 212-581-3080 -
http://www.birdlandjazz.com/
). The season will include Victoria Shaw (November 14th), Charles
Busch & Julie Halston (November 28th), Susan Egan (December 5th),
Natalie Douglas (December 12th), Christine Ebersole & Billy Stritch
(December 20th), Mylinda Hull (January 2nd), Ann Harada, Leah Hocking
& Michele Pawk (January 9th), and Darius DeHaas (January 30th). All
shows start at 7:00 pm. The cover charges range from $25 - $40, plus
a $10 food/drink minimum. Jim Caruso's Cast Party, the Broadway open-mic
extravaganza, will follow each Monday night concert. A full dinner
menu is available at Birdland until 1:00 am.
November 14th - Under the Covers With Victoria Shaw
- $25
Victoria, along with composers Gary Burr and Bob
DiPiero celebrate Country Music week in NYC!!! Come hear all your
favorite songs (and the stories behind them) performed by the original
writers of such hits as "How Far" (Martina McBride), "American Made"
(Oakridge Boys), "To Be Loved By You" (Wynonna), "The River" (Garth
Brooks), "Think About Elvis" (Patty Loveless) -- just to name a
few! Between them they have written over 30 #1 songs! http://www.victoriashaw.com
November 28th - Charles Busch and Julie Halston $30
Charles Busch and his long time stage buddy Julie
Halston will perform songs, sketches and reminisce about their twenty-year
friendship and the creation of the long running cult play Vampire
Lesbians of Sodom. Busch, (Tony-nominated author of The Tale of
the Allergist's Wife and the star of the film "Die Mommie Die")
and Julie Halston (Gypsy, Twentieth Century, Bitsy Von Muffling
on "Sex and the City" and currently in Hairspray) starred together
in the original Off-Broadway productions of Busch's plays Vampire
Lesbians of Sodom, The Lady in Question, Red Scare on Sunset and
You Should Be So Lucky. Last March the duo starred in a sold-out
benefit for the Actors Fund at the Music Box Theatre called Charles
Busch and Julie Halston on Broadway. In this outing, they will be
accompanied by musical director and cabaret superstar, Billy Stritch.
http://www.charlesbusch.com
December 5th - Susan Egan $25
Joined by her musical director, Christopher McGovern,
Broadway leading lady Susan Egan will sing songs from her past shows,
tunes from her latest CD, "Coffee House," and showcase material
by New York's hippest young writers. Critics have called Egan's
voice "a knockout," "the perfect Broadway instrument," and "electrifying,"
and have raved that her concerts are "a seamless weaving of the
classic and the modern" and "an all night conversation with your
best friend." http://www.susanegan.com
December 12th - Natalie Douglas $25
Six-time MAC award winner Natalie Douglas returns
to Birdland with an all-new show! Fresh from her fall engagements
at the Kennedy Center's Open Arts Festival and the Mabel Mercer
Foundation's Cabaret Convention at Jazz at Lincoln Center, this
2005 Outstanding Female Vocalist, will sing standards and contemporary
material, backed by longtime musical director/arranger and Avenue
Q conductor, Mark Hartman. http://www.nataliedouglas.com
Tuesday, December 20th - Christmas with Christine
Ebersole & Billy Stritch - $40
The Tony Award-winning star of Broadway's 42nd Street
and the WB's "Related" returns to Birdland for her fourth engagement,
armed with a dazzling concoction of Broadway tunes, standards, holiday
songs and her wry take on life. Cabaret superstar Billy Stritch
joins Christine at the piano and on vocals. http://www.christineebersole.com
January 2th - Mylinda Hull - $25
Currently starring as Nickie in Broadway's Sweet
Charity, Mylinda Hull and Her Lucky Seven swing into Birdland just
in time to break all their New Year's Resolutions! Hull leads seven
of Broadway's top musicians out from orchestra pit and onto the
stage with a true blend of funny, sexy, jazzy arrangements of theater
songs. http://www.mylindahull.com
January 9th - Harada, Hocking & Pawk in "Louder ...
Faster ... Funnier" $35
Hold on to your hats as belting Broadway divas Ann
Harada (Avenue Q), Leah Hocking (All Shook Up, Hairspray) and Tony
Award Winner Michele Pawk (Hollywood Arms, Mamma Mia) take the stage
and rattle the rafters in an evening of song, stories, and unbridled
mayhem. Legit sopranos need not apply.
January 30th - Darius DeHaas - $25
The New York Times called Darius DeHaas "an astonishing
vocal acrobat." This very special concert will be a culmination
of material from Darius' highly acclaimed Stevie Wonder and Billy
Strayhorn Lincoln Center concerts, along with some brand new original
songs. Most recently, he has been touring as special guest of Vanessa
Williams in her national concert tour.
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