DIAHANN CARROLL EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND THROUGH MARCH 24th
FEINSTEIN'S at the Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue, NYC - 212-339-4095
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http://www.feinsteinsattheregency.com/
) continues its Spring 2007 season with the return engagement of award-winning
entertainer Diahann Carroll. The new show, "Both Sides Now," featuring
songs and stories from her legendary career, has been extended by
popular demand another week through March 24th. Her engagement last
year, which marked the first time Ms. Carroll performed in a New York
nightclub in four decades, played to sold-out houses. The show will
play Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8:30 pm.
Diahann Carroll is one of America's major performing
talents, appearing on the Broadway stage, in nightclubs, motion
pictures and television. Ms. Carroll is a Tony Award winner, an
Emmy and Grammy nominee, a Golden Globe winner and a Best Actress
Oscar nominee.
In 1968, Ms. Carroll became the first black actress
in television history to star in her own series, "Julia" for NBC,
which soared to the top of the Nielsen rating and received an Emmy
nomination in its first year on the air. In 1989 she was nominated
for an Emmy Award for the successful NBC TV series, "A Different
World", as outstanding actress in a comedy series. In 1984 Ms. Carroll
became the first black actress to star in the award winning night
time series "Dynasty," which is still in syndication around the
world.
She had a recurring role in Showtime's hit series
"Soul Food," playing the outspoken 'Aunt Ruthie,' for which she
was nominated twice for a NAACP Image Award. She guest starred in
Lifetime TV's "Strong Medicine" and in NBC's TV show "Whoopi," playing
Whoopi Goldberg's mother. In 2004 she starred on stage in the musical
Bubbling Brown Sugar receiving critical acclaim. In 1995 she starred
on stage as 'Norma Desmond' in the Toronto premiere of Andrew Lloyd
Webber's hit musical Sunset Boulevard, staged by director Trevor
Nunn and the show's entire original creative team. She played to
sell-out crowds and her Canadian cast recording outsold all other
recordings of the show.
Diahann made her Broadway stage debut starring in
Harold Arlen and Truman Capote's House of Flowers. After seeing
her in this production, Richard Rodgers created the Broadway musical
No Strings as a starring vehicle for Ms. Carroll, for which she
won the Tony Award. She also starred on Broadway in the play Agnes
of God. Her film work includes Claudine, for which she received
a 1974 Best Actress Academy Award nomination, Carmen Jones, Paris
Blues, Porgy & Bess, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings and Eve's Bayou.
Ms. Carroll's new memoir will be published by Harper
Collins in 2007. A new PBS documentary on her life, An Evening With
Diahann Carroll, recently aired on PBS stations around the country.
All shows have a $75 cover and a $40 minimum.
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