Marty Thomas Presents DIVA, Welcomes Emma Hunton

Grammy nominated recording artist Marty Thomas (Xanadu, Secret Garden, Wicked) will present his new act Marty Thomas Presents: Diva, in Hell's Kitchen at Industry-Bar.

Bob Pontarelli the proprietor of Industry-Bar describes the event: "The Divas night is a weekly salute to all the divas we know and love from film, recordings and video...from Madonna, Tina, and Aretha, to Gaga and Beyoncé...the list is endless! The centerpiece each week is a live tribute featuring the biggest, belting, show-stopping voices on Broadway. What's not to love?"

"Diva will hit home with the theatre crowd," Thomas explains. "It'll be a brand new show every week, featuring diva material - all the songs that fans like to hear, but in a new light. This is really a way to feature and celebrate some wonderful female talent."

Diva promises a return to glamour and the theatrics lost onto a culture starved for original performers, who sing live and regaled their adoring audiences in fabulous fashions. "It'll be more
burlesque/cabaret/concert and less karaoke," elaborated Marty, who is the MC of the weekly Monday night event, and will be musically arranging and conceptualizing the varying themes. The girls, emerging starlets in their own rites are pop-songstresses Kelly King
(Michael Bolton and Babyface), singer-actress Marissa Rosen (My Big Gay italian Wedding), and recording artist Jennifer McGill (The Mickey Mouse Club).

"The girls will be working as a group, providing three-part harmonies," continued Thomas, "they will also be featured as solo artists." They will be performing some favorite popular standards,
hits made famous by Whitney, Celine, Barbra, Mariah, Aretha and other divas throughout history.

Each week, the divas are joined by a guest act from the Broadway stage, recording or dance industry. Past guests have included Orfeh, Ramona Keller, Leslie Kritzer, Sabra Johnson, Felicia Finley, Alysha Umphress, Carly Jibson, Rachel Potter, Celina Carvajal, and many more.

This Monday Dec. 26, Emma Hunton will grace the diva stage as special guest. Emma Hunton made her Broadway debut at age 16 as Ilse in the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening, she also appeared on Broadway in Next To Normal. She previously toured with Next to Normal,
with Les Misérables as Young Cosette, co-starred in Distracted with Rita Wilson, and appeared in the film Happy Endings.

Marty Thomas presents DIVA performs every Monday night at 11 PM at Industry Bar in midtown Manhattan. There is no cover charge, arrive early to get prime seating. You must be 21 years of age to enter. For more information www.martythomaspresentsdiva.com. Follow @martysdivas.