BETTY BUCKLEY IN "PORTRAITS" AT CAFE CARLYLE

THE CAFE CARLYLE (35 East 76th Street, NYC - 1-212-744-1600 - http://www.thecarlyle.com/cal.cfm) announces the return engagement of Tony Award-winner Betty Buckley in her new show "PORTRAITS," an engagingly eclectic evening of music by American composers - both new and old - whom Ms. Buckley says "reflect the American spirit and whose work deserves to be included in the Great American Songbook." Ms. Buckley will be joined by her musical director Kenny Werner on piano, Tony Marino on bass and Todd Reynolds on violin. Performances begin March 2nd and will continue through March 27th, Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8:45 pm with late shows on Fridays and Saturdays at 10:45 pm. There is a $65 cover charge on Tuesday through Thursday evenings and a $75 cover charge on Friday and Saturday evenings. There is no minimum required for any performance. Dinner is served from 6:30 pm.

Her program will include works by such established names as Billy Joel, Paul Simon and Mary Chapin Carpenter to the lesser known Ricky Ian Gordon and Adam Guettel. Ms. Buckley will also offer "Why Did I Choose You?," from the Broadway musical The Yearling, "If I Never Knew You," the Oscar-winning love theme by Stephen Schwartz & Alan Menken from the Disney animated film Pocahontas and Leslie Bricusse's "When I Look In Your Eyes," as well as two songs from the current Academy Award-nominated film Cold Mountain.

Betty Buckley won a Tony Award for her performance as Grizabella, the Glamour Cat, in Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS. She received her second Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a musical for her performance as Hesione in TRIUMPH OF LOVE and an Olivier Award nomination for her interpretation of Norma Desmond in the London production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's SUNSET BOULEVARD, which she repeated to more rave reviews on Broadway.

Her other Broadway credits include 1776, PIPPIN, SONG AND DANCE, THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD and CARRIE. Off-Broadway credits include the original NYSF production of DROOD, THE EROS TRILOGY, JUNO SWANS and ELEGIES. Regional credits include GYPSY, THE THEEPENNY OPERA, CAMINO REAL and BUFFALO GAL. She starred in the London production PROMISES, PROMISES.

Her film appearances include her debut in Brian de Palma's screen version of Stephen King's CARRIE, Bruce Beresford's TENDER MERCIES, Roman Polanski's FRANTIC, Woody Allen's ANOTHER WOMAN and Lawrence Kasdan's WYATT EARP.

Buckley has appeared on television in the series MONK, the HBO Cable series OZ and starred as Abby Bradford in the hit series EIGHT IS ENOUGH. She has completed 10 CDs, among them the Grammy Award-nominated STARS AND THE MOON, BETTY BUCKLEY LIVE AT THE DONMAR and most recently THE DOORWAY.

For over thirty years Ms. Buckley has been a teacher of scene study and song interpretation, giving workshops in Manhattan and various universities and performing arts conservatories. She is currently a faculty member in the theatre department of the University of Texas at Arlington.

 

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