Award-winning cabaret performer Jamie deRoy, best known for her Jamie deRoy & friends cabaret series, offers a musical compendium of songs she has performed in her award-winning cabaret show-- with "Wish on the Moon," a spirited collection of Ms. deRoy's personal favorite songs. The CD -- deRoy's ninth full-length recording -- will be released by Harbinger Records on May 16, 2011.
The recording showcases a diverse list of writers including: Alan &
Marilyn Bergman,
Larry Gatlin,
Shelly Markham,
Barry Kleinbort & Ms. deRoy,
Richard Rodgers &
Oscar Hammerstein II,
Julie Gold,
David Buskin,
Barry Manilow and
Kenny Loggins.
Jamie deRoy has won eight MAC Awards, four Back Stage Bistro Awards, ten Telly Awards and CaB Magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award for her extensive work on both stage and screen. Jamie 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 Harbinger and PS Classics labels. Her theatre producing credits include: Mother F**ker with a Hat, Catch Me If You Can, The Addams Family, Lend Me A Tenor, Finian's Rainbow, Ragtime, Enron, A Behanding In Spokane and All About Me. Other Broadway credits include: The Norman Conquests (TONY, Drama Desk and outer Critics Circle Awards winner for Best Play Revival), Desire Under the Elms, Blithe Spirit, Impressionism, Speed-the-Plow,
Arthur Miller's All My Sons, The Seagull, George Steven Jr.'s Thurgood,
Clifford Odets' The Country Girl,
David Mamet's November,
Jay Johnson: The Two and Only,
Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life, and Say Goodnight Gracie; Off-Broadway: Black Tie, Beebo Brinker Chronicles, Make Me A Song: The Music of
William Finn, Dividing The Estate (Outer Critics Circle Award), Opus,
Spalding Gray: Stories Left To Tell,
Athol Fugard's Exits and Entrances,
Christopher Durang's Adrift in Macao,
A.R. Gurney's Buffalo Gal and Indian Blood (Outer Critics Circle Award),
Terrence McNally's Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams, and The Complete Works of
William Shakespeare (Abridged). Her London credits include: Marguerite, Make Me a Song and the upcoming The King's Speech. Other 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, Jamie appeared with
Rene Auberjonois in The Threepenny Opera, as well as in The Drunkard with musical direction by
Barry Manilow.
"Wish on the Moon," is produced by
Lanny Meyers &
Paul Rolnick. Artistic Director is
Barry Kleinbort. Executive Producer is
Jamie deRoy,
Jamie deRoy & friends, inc. It is available at record stores and on the web at cdbaby.com and
HarbingerRecords.com.
Track LIST
1. JEWS DON'T CAMP
Music and Lyric:
David Buskin2. THE HOUSE ON MAPLE HILL
Music and Lyric:
Julie Gold 3. IN MY OWN LITTLE CORNER
Music:
Richard Rodgers Lyric:
Oscar Hammerstein II
4. DADDY'S GIRL
Music and Lyric:
Jamie deRoy,
Lanny Meyers & Jane R. Snyder
5. WISH ON THE MOON
Music:
Shelly Markham Lyric:
Barry Kleinbort &
Jamie deRoy 6. ALL THE TIME with
Lennie WattsMusic and Lyric by
Barry Manilow and
Marty Panzer 7. HE WAS TOO GOOD TO ME *
Music:
Richard Rodgers Lyric:
Lorenz Hart 8. IT'S OVER with The Accidentals
Music and Lyric: Boz Skaggs and David Paich
9. I'VE DONE ENOUGH DYIN' TODAY
Music and Lyric:
Larry Gatlin 10. SIXTY GOING ON SEVENTY
Music:
Richard Rodgers Lyric:
Oscar Hammerstein II
Parody Lyric:
Barry Kleinbort 11. THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND
Music:
Michel Legrand Lyric: Alan and
Marilyn Bergman 12. HOUSE AT POOH CORNER with
Scott Coulter
Photo Credit: Walter McBride/WM Photos
