Karen Mason, who is currently starring as Velma Von Tussle in the Tony Award-winning smash hit HAIRSPRAY, celebrates the release of her new CD Right Here/Right Now with a special appearance on Wednesday, June 18th at 5:30pm at Barnes & Noble's Lincoln Triangle location, 1972 Broadway, New York.
The nine-time MAC Award winning Mason's sixth CD is a showcase for her dynamic vocals and musical versatility. The recording is already garnering acclaim and radio airplay across the country including
Jonathan Schwartz' Saturday Show on WNYC, David Kenney's Everything Old Is New Again on WBAI and the nationally syndicated Broadway's Biggest Hits hosted by Bud Wilkinson.
The CD features a mix of classic standards, Broadway and motion picture favorites. Highlights include Karen's powerful rendition of As If We Never Said Goodbye, from Sunset Boulevard (Mason played the lead role of Norma Desmond on Broadway and in Los Angeles over 200 times), All That Jazz from Chicago, Make Someone Happy from Do-Re-Mi and Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. There are also two new songs co-written by Emmy Award-winning composer
Paul Rolnick: the album's title cut Right Here, Right Now and Like The Heavens Hold The Stars. The CD is available at Barnes and Noble and on the web at karenmason.com, cdbaby.com, amazon.com and iTunes.
Mason's Broadway credentials are vast including originating the role of Tanya in
Mamma Mia!, for which she was awarded a 2002 Drama Desk nomination as Best Actress. She also won the Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance in And The World Goes Round.
With her Broadway stage performances, TV appearances, CD recordings and live concerts, Karen "has few peers when it comes to ripping the roof off with her amazing voice that knows no bounds" (TheaterScene.net), which her stunning new release reaffirms.
