EBERSOLE & STRITCH IN HOLIDAY SHOWS AT BIRDLAND
Jim Caruso's Cast Party and TheaterMania.com announce a remarkable
holiday treat: four special nights at BIRDLAND (315 West 44th Street,
NYC - 212-581-3080 -
http://www.birdlandjazz.com/
) with Christine Ebersole, accompanied by pianist Billy Stritch, part
of the concert series Broadway at Birdland. Performances are scheduled
for Wednesday through Saturday, December 5th through 8th at 8:30 pm,
with late shows on Friday & Saturday at 11:00 pm. Ebersole and Stritch
will perform a special seasonal showcase entitled Winter Wonderland,
featuring classic holiday & wintertime standards including "White
Christmas," "All I Want For Christmas Is You" and Kay Thompson's "The
Holiday Season," mixed with more-recent favorites. Additionally, Ebersole
will be debuting songs from her upcoming CD, "Sunday In New York."
Ebersole last graced Broadway stages with her tour-de-force
dual-role performance as both ''Little'' Edie Beale and Edith Bouvier
Beale in the critically-acclaimed musical Grey Gardens, for which
she won universal critical raves and the 2007 Tony Award for Best
Actress in a Musical, her second in this category. Ben Brantley
of The New York Times called it, "Possibly the greatest performance
I've ever seen in a musical."
In addition to her reputation as one of the leading
ladies of the modern stage, Ebersole has also taken Hollywood by
storm, in feature films including classics like Amadeus and Tootsie,
and as a cast member of the 1981-82 season of NBC's Saturday Night
Live.
One of the premier pianists and singers on the New
York jazz and cabaret scene, Stritch made his Broadway debut in
the 2001 TonyÂ-winning revival of 42nd Street and continues to dazzle
audiences in nightclubs and concert halls around the world. A "musician
with chameleon-like skills" who "sings and plays the piano with
real drive" (The New York Times), Stritch is also a gifted composer,
who continues a longtime association with Liza Minnelli, as a producer
and arranger of her work.
Tickets are $40 & $60 plus there is a $10 food/drink
minimum.
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