TONY
WINNER KAREN ZIEMBA HOSTS 'BOUND FOR BROADWAY' JUNE 18th AT MERKIN
HALL CELEBRATING NEW MUSICAL THEATRE SONGWRITERS
TONY
AWARD winner Karen Ziemba, currently starring in CONTACT at Lincoln
Center, will host "Bound for Broadway," the final concert of the "Broadway
Close Up" series at MERKIN HALL (129 West 67th Street, NYC), on Monday,
June 18th at 8:00 pm.
Presented by the Elaine
Kaufman Cultural Center in association with BMI, the series salutes
the rising stars of today's musical theatre. The concert features
many Broadway performers including Mary Stout (JANE EYRE), Michael
Winther (1776) and Donna Lynne Champlin (3HREE) singing songs from
13 new Broadway-bound musicals by such up-coming songwriters as Robert
Lindsey Nassif ("3hree") and Kirstin Childs ("The Bubbly Black Girl...").
In addition to her hosting duties, Ms. Ziemba will perform a new song
"Table Three" from "Live Girl" by Dan Martin and Michael Biello.
Ms. Ziemba, who recently
hosted the TDF Astaire Awards, received the TONY, Drama Desk and Outer
Critics Circle Awards for her performance in CONTACT. The Susan Stroman/John
Weidman musical marks Ms. Ziemba's 7th Broadway show. Her other Broadway
appearances include the original production of 42ND STREET (as Peggy
Sawyer opposite Jerry Orbach,) TEDDY AND ALICE, CRAZY FOR YOU, STEEL
PIER and CHICAGO. She also received the Drama Desk Award for AND THE
WORLD GOES 'ROUND. She has a featured role in Alec Baldwin's new film
"The Devil and Daniel Webster" with Anthony Hopkins.
Tickets for "Bound for
Broadway" are $10 and are available at the Merkin Hall Box office
or by calling 212-501-3330. Merkin Hall Website: http://www.ekcc.org/
Ms. Ziemba's website is
http://www.karenziemba.com/
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