CAROL CHANNING IN CONCERT...STARRING RICHARD SKIPPER Comes to NYC, 7/27

Richard Skipper, the 4-time MAC Award winning celebrity tribute artist, brings his critically-acclaimed show Carol Channing IN CONCERT...STARRING Richard Skipper! to New Yorkfor a 1-Night Only Special Performance. The show will be included in an upcoming documentary filmon the life and career of Tony Award-winner Carol Channing. The performance and taping will occurJuly 27that St. Luke's Theater, located on Restaurant Row in Manhattan's Theater District.

Carol Channing IN CONCERT...STARRING Richard Skipper! is a fully staged andresearched musical montage celebrating the career and persona of the unique theatrical legend.Blending Channing's standards with original material and other familiar songs sung by Skipper in aspot-on Channing-on-Broadway perfection, the musical evening surveys Channing's life with manystops along the way for Skipper's unique--and riotous--"ad-lib" interactions with the audience.Skipper is accompanied by John Fischer (piano), Jeff Carney (bass), and Steve Bartosik(percussion); special appearance songstress Martina Vidmar joins Skipper.

The 1-night performance of Carol Channing IN CONCERT...STARRING Richard Skipper!will be a sneak preview for Skipper's upcoming one-actor musical play As Carol!, which is slated to open Off-Broadway this December prior to bookings nationwide. As Carol!, co-created by Skipperand long-time NYC actor/theater producer Mark Robert Gordon, showcases Skipper's celebratedperformance as Carol Channing but also delves into Skipper's personal life and desire to develop anacting career separate from the Channing personage but who inevitably is drawn back to performingwhile donning the theater legend's blonde wig, glitzy gowns, and bedazzling jewelry. As Carol! willbe produced by The Camelback Kid. Off-Broadway theater venue and opening dates to-be-announced soon...

Richard Skipper (www.RichardSkipper.com) is a 4-time recipient of the MAC (ManhattanAssociation of Cabaret) Award a Back Stage Bistro Award, and a CLONEY AWARD in Las Vegas forbest performer. He was named as one of the Top Ten Cabaret Performers by Cabaret Hotline and as"one of the Top of the Century Premiere Cabaret Acts" by Cabaret Scenes Magazine

Carol Channing In Concert...Starring Richard Skipper performs 1-night only on TuesdayJuly 27that 8pm at St. Luke's Theater (308 W. 46thStreet, between Eighth & Ninth Avenuesin Manhattan).

Tickets: available in-person at the St. Luke's box office or through TeleCharge(www.Telecharge.com or (212) 239-6200). Tickets are $36.50-$75.00.Running time is 1 hour 30 minutes (no intermission).

NOTE: Carol Channing & Richard Skipper will be making a joint appearance atthe Barnes & Noble Lincoln Square to celebrate the release of Channing's new cd "ForHeaven's Sake!". A Conversation with Carol Channing and Richard Skipper will occurFriday July 23rdat 6pm.

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