Klea Blackhurst to Perform at Mason Street Warehouse 10/4

On October 4th, 2008 at 8PM The 2008 Mason Street Warehouse season will present Broadway performer Klea Blackhurst as she brings her one-woman show, “Everthing The Traffic Will Allow, the Songs and Sass of Ethel Merman” to Saugatuck for one night only.  "Filled with humor and fabulous songs by some of America’s greatest composers, this show is chock full of stories about the Broadway legend who never needed a microphone," describes press notes.  The New York Times calls Klea Blackhurst “an improbably terrific performer”.

Mason Street Warehouse is located in Saugatuk, MI. For more information and ticket purchase please visit www.masonstreetwarehouse.com

Klea Blackhurst is best known for her acclaimed tribute to Ethel Merman, Everything the Traffic Will Allow, which earned her the Special Achievement Award from Time Out New York, among many accolades. Her follow-up show, Autumn in New York: Vernon Duke's Broadway, debuted at the Café Carlyle and also played in New York at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater.

Klea's concert appearances include Jerry Herman's Broadway with Angela Lansbury at London's Palladium Theatre, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall with Michael Feinstein, Oklahoma! at London's Royal Albert Hall, New York's 92nd Street Y (Leo Robin & Cole Porter), New Jersey Performing Arts Center, and the Chicago Humanities Festival.

Klea made her screen debut in the award-winning short film, Andy Across the Water. Klea's television and radio appearances include “The Rosie O'Donnell Show”, “Sesame Street”, “Law and Order: SVU”, and “A Prairie Home Companion”. Other recordings include “Jule Styne in Hollywood”, “Lost in Boston IV” and “Unsung Irving Berlin” and the original cast recordings of Bingo and Radio Gals. Her solo recordings "Autumn in New York" and "Everything the Traffic Will Allow" are also available through Ghostlight.

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