LISA ASHER CELEBRATES VALENTINE'S DAY AT THE BEECHMAN
THE WEST BANK CAFE/LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATER (407 West 42nd Street,
NYC - 212-695-6909 -
http://www.westbankcafe.com/theater/schedule
) is pleased to celebrate Valentine's Day on Wednesday, February 14th,
2007 with a special evening that includes a three-course dinner (specially
prepared by Executive Chef Joe Marcus) and special musical performance,
featuring acclaimed 2007 Nightlife Award-winning vocalist Lisa Asher
and her musicians. Dinner is served at 7:30 pm, followed by the 9:00
pm performance.
Lisa Asher's eclectic musical tastes range from Rodgers
& Hammerstein (music from their classic, Cinderella) to Cole Porter
(Love For Sale), and compositions by Michael Smith, Janis Ian, Hoagy
Carmichael and Rodgers & Hart (Where or When?). She has used her
passionate, rich vocals to celebrate Valentine's Day in a special
performance for the past three years, an event that has become a
sold-out New York tradition. Her ensemble consists of Lou Tucci
on bass, Bob Green on fiddle, mandolin and guitar, and musical director
Jeff Waxman.
All-inclusive tickets are $85, which includes dinner,
show and all gratuities and taxes. Tickets may be purchased via
Smarttix: http://www.smarttix.com/
or at 212-868-4444.
Lisa Asher's critically acclaimed one-woman show,
Stranded in the Moonlight, recently completed a successful run at
THE LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATRE, which has garnered her the 2006 Nightlife
Award and the praise of audiences and critics alike. On December
31, 2006, Lisa co-hosted a stellar New Year's Eve show at THE BEECHMAN,
ringing in 2007 with her signature humor or breathtaking vocals.
Lisa made her national television debut in a solo vocal performance
on the Emmy Award-winning The Rosie O'Donnell Show, at the insistence
of the show's musical director, John McDaniel.
Ms. Asher is the recipient of a MAC (Manhattan Association
of Clubs & Cabarets) Award for Outstanding Vocalist, as well as
the Back Stage Bistro Award for her solo work in cabarets in New
York. Her critically acclaimed debut CD, Let The Mystery Be, was
nominated for a MAC Award for Recording of the Year, and her recent
release Lisa Asher, Live at the Duplex, is available in stores nationwide.
Lisa has appeared as a featured vocalist and actress in numerous
concert and theatrical venues around the country. Recently, she
appeared with Tony nominated songwriter/singer Craig Carnelia (Sweet
Smell of Success, Imaginary Friends) at a sold out concert at the
New Jersey Performing Arts Center.
Recent theatrical credits include starring in the
world premiere of two new musicals: I Married Wyatt Earp at The
Bristol Riverside Theater and, Almost Heaven ... Songs and Stories
of John Denver at the Tony Award-Winning Denver Theatre Center Company.
Lisa has toured nationally with the Broadway show, The Who's Tommy
and performed in the Off-Broadway hit, Woody Guthrie's American
Song which received a Drama Desk Nomination for Best Musical.
Opened in 1978, The West Bank Cafe was a pioneer of
fine dining on West 42nd Street at a time when Hell's Kitchen still
lived up to its name. The Laurie Beechman Theatre, opened in the
early 1980s, stages plays and hosts events nightly. Among the myriad
of performers who have graced the stage of The Beechman: The Who,
Broadway's Alison Fraser, Karen Mason and Warren Leight, Lewis Black
(the theatre's former Playwright-in-Residence), Howard Stern, Dreamgirls
composer Henry Krieger and many others. The restaurant's regulars
have included Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller and Bruce Willis.
Currently, the elegant boite and theatre are favorites of a host
of New York's most prominent personalities.
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