FEINSTEIN'S AT THE REGENCY PRESENTS BETTY BUCKLEY
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 Tony
Award winning singer and actress Betty Buckley from March 27th through
April 7th. Her new show "Singin' For My Supper" will include a blend
of classic standards, theatre tunes and popular contemporary songs.
The show will play the following schedule: Tuesdays through Saturdays
at 8:30 pm with late shows on Fridays and Saturdays at 11:00 pm.
Betty Buckley won a Tony Award for her performance
as "Grizabella" in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, a Tony Award nomination
for her performance as "Hesione" in Triumph of Love, and an Olivier
nomination for her interpretation of "Norma Desmond" in Sunset Boulevard.
Ms. Buckley added to her critically acclaimed work
the role of "Mama Rose" in the great American musical Gypsy for
the renowned Papermill Playhouse. Her other Broadway credits include
Lloyd Webber's Song and Dance and the role of "Margaret White" in
the cult musical Carrie, for which she was nominated as Best Actress
in a Musical by the Outer Critics Circle. She made her Broadway
debut creating the role of "Martha Jefferson" in the musical 1776,
then performed the roles of "Catherine" in Bob Fosse's Pippin and
"Edwin Drood" in the New York Shakespeare Festival's The Mystery
of Edwin Drood. In London she starred as "Fran Kubelik" in Promises,
Promises, for which she received a nomination from The Evening Standard
for Best Actress in a Musical.
She also starred Off-Broadway in A.R. Gurney's new
play, Buffalo Gal, Nicky Silver's The Eros Trilogy and Second Stage's
Juno's Swans. She has performed the role of "Pirate Jenny" in Three
Penny Opera and starred as "Marguerite Gautier" in Tennessee Williams'
Camino Real.
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, Wood Allen's Another Woman,
and Lawrence Kasden's Wyatt Earp. On television, she recently finished
the film Vinegar Hill for CBS. For three seasons she played the
role of "Suzanne Fitzgerald" in the HBO Cable series Oz. She was
featured on the Fox series "The Jury," the USA Network series "Monk"
and starred for four seasons as "Abby Bradford" in the hit series
"Eight is Enough." She had starring roles in the mini-series "Roses
for the Rich" and "Evergreen."
Ms. Buckley's CD Stars and the Moon: Live at the Donmar,
released by Concord Records, received a Grammy Award nomination.
Ms. Buckley performs concerts around the world with her ensemble
and has now completed eight CDs. Her next recording, Quintessence,
will be released later this year.
She received two Emmy Award nominations for the After-School
Specials "Bobby and Sarah" and "Taking a Stand". She hosted the
PBS special "The Women of Tin Pan Alley" and starred in the American
Movie Classics' Emmy Award-winning series "Remember WENN." The Bravo
network has aired a documentary about her life entitled "Betty Buckley
In Concert and In Person."
All shows have a $60 cover and a $40 minimum.
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