Mara Davi to perform solo show at Birdland on May 19th.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party and TheaterMania.com, the leading source for exclusive theater information and live-events tickets nationwide, are proud to announce MARA DAVI Monday, May 19, 2008 at 7:00p.m., as part of the long-running, critically-heralded and popular concert series Broadway at Birdland.

 
MARA DAVI is known best for her work on Broadway as Maggie Winslow in A Chorus Line and more recently as Janet Van De Graaff in The Drowsy Chaperone.

Making her Birdland debut in her cabaret Dreaming Wide Awake, MARA DAVI, along with Adam Waite (composer/conductor/pianist), will share the songs that fuel her fantasy life, make her heart soar and her toes tap.  The evening of song, which will include two hits from the recently premiered musical Dancing in the Dark, is a blend of jazz, musical theatre, and contemporary music all arranged with DAVI and Waite's fanciful touch.

DAVI's other credits include: City Center Encores! she played Emily Benson in Of Thee I Sing. DAVI will be seen in the upcoming No, No Nanette in the title role. DAVI played Princess Buttercup in the workshop of The Princess Bride and toured USA and Japan as Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street. Currently, DAVI is developing the role of Gabrielle Gerard in Dancing in the Dark, a new musical based on the movie The Bandwagon.

DAVI's favorite piano man, composer/conductor/pianist Adam Waite has had the privilege of performing alongside many great jazz musicians including Claudia Acuna, Kenny Burrell, and Charlie Biddle. Since 2005, he has been the Music Director for Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, and is the recently appointed Artistic Director of the Lyrica Chamber Orchestra. His compositions and arrangements have garnered numerous ASCAP awards and have received performances from ensembles throughout the country.

 

PERFORMANCE DETAILS

 
WHEN:  Monday, May 19, 2008 at 7:00p.m.

WHERE: Birdland, 315 West 44th Street (between 8th & 9th Aves), New York City       

 
TICKET INFO

Tickets: $25.00 + $10.00 Food/Drink Minimum (Per Person)

Tickets can be purchased Online: www.BIRDLANDJAZZ.com; or by Telephone: 212.581.3080.

 

ABOUT BROADWAY AT BIRDLAND

Created by acclaimed performer, writer, producer & presenter Jim Caruso, BROADWAY AT BIRDLAND is a weekly concert series on Monday evenings, showcasing legendary Broadway performers and composers, as well as up-and-coming musical theater talents. Started as a companion piece to the hugely popular and hilarious weekly impromptu variety show Jim Caruso's Cast Party (which follows Mondays at 9:30pm). BROADWAY AT BIRDLAND has recently hosted such diverse performers as Jason Robert Brown, Lucie Arnaz, Christine Ebersole with Billy Stritch, and Melissa Errico – as well as the benefit concert CHITA RIVERA LOVES BROADWAY CARES, which sold out two shows in record time.

 

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