JAMIE DEROY CONCLUDES MONTHLY SERIES AT
METROPOLITAN ROOM
Celebrated cabaret performer Jamie deRoy will conclude the monthly
series of Thursday evenings of her Multi MAC Award-winning variety
show, Jamie deRoy & friends on Thursday, June 28th at 7:30 pm at
the New York hotspot THE METROPOLITAN ROOM (34 West 22nd Street,
NYC - 212-206-0440 -
http://www.metropolitanroom.com/
) The June 28th evening will feature the following artists: accomplished
actress and singer, Drama Desk Award nominee Nancy Anderson; 'triple
threat' Donna Lynne Champlin (recent Obie Winner) and last seen
on Broadway in Sweeney Todd; two-time MAC award winner, comedian
Jim David; Theatre World Award winner and Tony Award nominee for
Coram Boy Xanthe Elbrick; actress and award winning cabaret performer
Lorinda Lisitza; veteran actress/singer and MAC award winning vocalist
Heather Mac Rae and multiple MAC and Bistro Award winner, longtime
cabaret entertainer Lennie Watts. Barry Kleinbort is the director
of Jamie deRoy & friends and Paul Greenwood will serve as musical
director.
The colorful cabaret series, which has been thrilling
New York City audiences for the past 16 years and serves as the
basis for deRoy's award-winning cable television show, spotlights
a wide variety of well-known entertainers and newcomers lighting
up the cabaret, theater, and comedy worlds.
Jamie deRoy has won eight MAC Awards, four Back
Stage Bistro Awards, and nine Telly Awards for her extensive work
on both stage and screen. Jamie has appeared onstage with Joan
Rivers and has headlined at many of New York's major clubs. She
has produced eight CDs in the Jamie deRoy & friends series on
the Harbinger and PS Classics labels. Her theatre producing credits
include Broadway: Jay Johnson: The Two and Only, Chita Rivera:
The Dancer's Life, Say Goodnight Gracie; Off-Broadway: Spalding
Gray: Stories Left To Tell, Athol Fugard's Exits and Entrances,
Christopher Durang's Adrift in Macao, Indian Blood, Terrence McNally's
Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams, The Complete Works of William
Shakespeare (Abridged).
Her TV and film producing credits include the Emmy-nominated
"The Biggest Little Operas in Town" for Channel 13 and Rick McKay's
documentary Broadway: The Golden Age. Her acting credits include
appearances on the television shows "Alice," "Spiderman" and "Knight
Rider," and in the films GoodFellas, Raging Bull, See No Evil
Hear No Evil, and Married to It. Onstage, Jamie appeared with
Rene Auberjonois in The Threepenny Opera, as well as in The Drunkard
with musical direction by Barry Manilow.
There is a $20 cover charge plus a two beverage
minimum.
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