Betty Buckley Performs on 'The Today Show' Oct.19

Betty Buckley will appear on NBC's "The Today Show" the morning of Friday October 19.  She will perform a song from her coming album "Betty Buckley: 1967" and her Town Hall concert on October 20.

Acclaimed actress/singer Betty Buckley makes her Town Hall solo concert debut on Saturday, October 20 at 8PM as part of the Third Annual Broadway Cabaret Festival in "An Evening with Betty Buckley".  The evening is hosted by Scott Siegel with musical direction by long-time Buckley collaborator Kenny Werner.

Betty Buckley won a Tony Award for her performance as Grizabella, the Glamour Cat, in Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS. She received her second Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a musical for her performance as Hesione in Triumph of Love, and an Olivier Award nomination for her interpretation of Norma Desmond in the London production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard, which she repeated to more rave reviews on Broadway.

Her other Broadway credits include 1776, Pippin, Song and Dance, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Carrie. Off-Broadway credits include Lincoln Center's ELEGIES, the original NYSF production of Edwin Drood, The Eros Trilogy and Juno Swans.  Regional credits include Gypsy, Threepenny Opera, Camino Real and Buffalo Gal.  She starred in the London production of Promises Promises.

Buckley has completed 11 CDs, among them "Quintessence" to be released in 2008 and the Grammy Nominated "Stars and the Moon," "Betty Buckley Live at the Donmar. Buckley's latest, "Betty Buckley 1967," was released on October 16, from Playbill Records. www.bettybuckley.com

Tickets to the Town Hall Concert are available at $50 for this all-star weekend through TicketMaster, 212-307-4100, or www.ticketmaster.com, or by visiting the Town Hall Box Office between noon and 6 PM (except Sundays) at 123 West 43rd Street, 212-840-2824 or visit www.the-townhall-nyc.org.