Betty Buckley to Hold Song and Monologue Workshop in NYC, 7/25

The Legendary Broadway star, actress/singer Betty Buckley will offer a special four day Song Interpretation, Scene and Monologue Workshop beginning July 25. The Tony winner will assist aspiring artists, educators and experienced performers in the craft of singing, acting and storytelling.

Ms. Buckley shares her expertise and guides her students through a methodology that facilitates audience connection through songs and monologues. Her emotional connection to songs and audiences is renowned, and that very connection is at the heart of what Ms. Buckley imparts to her students.

After her most recent successful run at Feinstein's!, The New York Times' Stephen Holden raved, "Betty Buckley [is] at the very top of her game." John Simon of Bloomberg Press wrote, "Equally accomplished as actress and singer, she pours a lifetime into every song."

Jason Bennett, founder of "The Jason Bennett Actor's Workshop" said, "Our community of working artists is thrilled and honored Ms. Buckley will again join us to share her wisdom. Her generosity to students and passion for teaching is in the time-honored tradition of working artists mentoring new generations of performers. She hasdeveloped her own approach to the work, as all great performers do. Her work goes beyond performing, it's an approach to living, as with all deep explorations of creative process."

The class welcomes auditors, at a reduced rate, who participate in all aspects of the class - including powerful group exercises and work with partners - except the individual singing and monologue coaching by Ms. Buckley.

The workshop will consist of four sessions beginning Monday, July 25 - Thursday, July 28. Each session will go 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m . For further information and an interview with Jason Bennett, call 212-777-7603 or and go to JBActors.com for more details. A pianist will be provided.

Most recently co-starred in Dallas Theatre Center's smash hit "Arsenic and Old Lace, the Tony award winner has thrilled audiences for with acclaimed performances in such Broadway shows as Sunset Boulevard, Cats, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and 1776.

Her highly praised starring role in the M. Night Shyamalan feature film The Happening, joins her other memorable film performances including Tender Mercies, Frantic, and Carrie. Last year she appeared in the new Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg mini-series The Pacific on HBO and her most recent film Five Time Champion will open in theatres soon. Last summer Ms. Buckley starred Off-Broadway in White's Lies. In 2009, Ms. Buckley was honored with the Texas Medal of Arts Award for Theater and was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in 2007. She also has an extensive concert career and recently received rave reviews for her new show For the Love of Broadway! at the prestigious Feinstein's nightclub in NYC. 

The actor-singer works regularly in concert with her ensemble of musicians. Her solo CD, Stars and the Moon: Betty Buckley Live at the Donmar Warehouse, received a Grammy nomination. In 2007, she released a new CD Betty Buckley 1967, which hit the Billboard charts. In 2008, Quintessence with her quintet was released by Playbill and Sony BMG Broadway Masterworks. She has two new upcoming CDs, the recently released Bootleg: Boardmixes from the Road and Ghostlight produced by the legendary T Bone Burnett out in fall 2011.

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