Photo Flash: Ashley Brown's BROADWAY AT BIRDLAND Debut

The Broadway at Birdland concert series presented Ashley Brown in concert on Monday, November 19 at 7pm. The show - Ashley Brown: Call Me Irresponsible - featured many of Ms. Brown's favorite songs from Broadway and the American Songbook, including selections from her PBS Special, which received a Telly Award. Yaron Gershovsky (Manhattan Transfer) was Music Director, and her special guests were Gavin Lee (Mary Poppins), Brad Haak and Emily Jones Ryan. Check out photos from the concert below!

Ashley Brown recently reprised her title role in Mary Poppins on Broadway for which she received Outer Critics, Drama League and Drama Desk nominations for Best Actress. Ms. Brown also starred as Mary Poppins in the national tour of Mary Poppins where she garnered a 2010 Garland award for “Best Performance in a Musical.” Ms. Brown’s other Broadway credits include Belle in Beauty and The Beast, and she has starred in the national tour of Disney's On The Record. Ms. Brown recently starred as Magnolia opposite Nathan Gunn in Francesca Zembello’s Showboat at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. She has performed with many orchestras including the Boston Pops, the New York Philharmonic, The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra at Disney Hall, The Pittsburgh Symphony, the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall (three times), Fort Worth Symphony, the Cincinnati Pops, Philadelphia Orchestra (two times), the Indianapolis Symphony (three times), Seattle Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, the Philly Pops, and the BBC orchestra opposite Josh Groban. She also recently made her solo concert debut at The Kennedy Center as part of Barbara Cook’s Spotlight Series and made her cabaret debut to great acclaim at the renowned Feinstein’s at the Regency in New York City.

Other projects include a star turn at the La Jolla Playhouse in a production of Limelight, The Sound of Music at the St. Louis MUNY which garnered her a 2011 Kevin Kline award, and her own PBS special called “Ashley Brown: Call Me Irresponsible” which received a 2011 PBS Telly Award. Ms. Brown’s long awaited debut album of Broadway and American Songbook standards was recently released nationwide on Ghostlight/Sony.

Photo Credit: Seth Walters

Ashley Brown before the show

Ashley Brown

Ashley Brown and the band

Ashley Brown

Ashley Brown

Ashley Brown

Ashley Brown

Ashley Brown

Ashley Brown

Emily Jones Ryan and Ashley Brown

Gavin Lee and Ashley Brown

Gavin Lee and Ashley Brown

Alton Fitzgerald White and Ashley Brown

Ashley Brown and Andrew Lippa

Ashley Brown and the band

Ashley Brown and fans

Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee

Ashley Brown and Steven Reineke

Ashley Brown and Steven Reineke

Daniel Wisler and Ashley Brown

The Cast of MARY POPPINS

Ryan Silverman and Ashley Brown

Tom Schumacher and Ashley Brown