Dexter, Errico, Etc. Set for 5/31 Jamie deRoy & friends

Celebrated cabaret performer Jamie deRoy will continue the monthly series of Thursday evenings of her Multi MAC Award-winning variety show, Jamie deRoy & friends on Thursday, May 31st (7:30PM) at the New York hotspot The Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street Between 5th  & 6th Avenues).  The final Thursday evening of the series will be June 28th at 7:30PM.

The May 31st evening will feature the following artists: pianist and vocalist, Eric Comstock; cabaret favorite, Baby Jane Dexter; Tony-nominated singer/actress Melissa Errico; MAC Award-winning vocalist Barbara Fasano; award-winning composer and popular singing pianist Michael Garin; America's beloved tenor, former New York City Police Officer Daniel Rodriguez, and Comedy Central regular, rising stand-up comic Michael Somerville. Barry Kleinbort is the director of Jamie DeRoy & friends and Lanny Meyers will serve as musical director.

"The colorful cabaret series, which has been thrilling New York City audiences for the past 16 years and serves as the basis for deRoy's award-winning cable television show, spotlights a wide variety of well-known entertainers and newcomers lighting up the cabaret, theater, and comedy worlds," state press materials.

deRoy has won eight MAC Awards, four Back Stage Bistro Awards, nine Telly Awards and CaB Magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award for her extensive work on both stage and screen.  She has appeared onstage with Joan Rivers and has headlined at many of New York's major clubs. She has produced eight CDs in the "Jamie DeRoy & friends" series on the Harbinger and PS Classics labels. Her theatre producing credits include Broadway: Jay Johnson: The Two and Only, Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life, Say Goodnight Gracie; Off-Broadway: Spalding Gray: Stories Left To Tell,  Athol Fugard's Exits and Entrances, Christopher Durang's Adrift in Macao, Indian Blood, Terrence McNally's Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams, and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). Her TV and film producing credits include the Emmy-nominated "The Biggest Little Operas in Town" for Channel 13 and Rick McKay's documentary Broadway: The Golden Age.  Her acting credits include appearances on the television shows "Alice," "Spiderman" and "Knight Rider," and in the films GoodFellas, Raging Bull, See No Evil Hear No Evil, and Married to It. Onstage, deRoy appeared with Rene Auberjonois in The Threepenny Opera, as well as in The Drunkard, with musical direction by Barry Manilow.

"Jamie DeRoy & friends" at Metropolitan Room at Gotham, 34 West 22nd Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues) has a $20 cover charge plus a two beverage minimum.  For reservations, please call (212) 206-0440. Program is subject to change.       

Photo of Melissa Errico by Craig Brockman