Morrison, Jackson, Etc. Join Stitt for 4/9 Birdland Show

Jim Caruso's Cast Party and TheaterMania.com will present composer Georgia Stitt in concert at Birdland, April 9 at 7pm.

She will be joined by some very special guest performers, including Andrea Burns, Will Chase, Jenn Colella, Matthew Morrison, Tituss Burgess, Cheyenne Jackson and Lauren Kennedy. The event will celebrate the release of the new CD, "This Ordinary Thursday," released on the PS Classics label the following day, April 10. This concert is part of "Broadway at Birdland," an ongoing series of events featuring top Broadway stars and songwriters at the legendary club (315 West 44th Street, NYC).

Georgia Stitt makes her living as a composer, lyricist, musical director, conductor, arranger, and pianist. She is currently working as the on-camera vocal coach for the NBC reality TV show "Grease: You're The One That I Want." She has written several musicals for the theater, including The Water, written with Jeff Hylton and Tim Werenko, and Big Red Sun, written with John Jiler.  Her non-theatrical commissions include several choral pieces, "A Better Resurrection" and "The Promise of Light," published by Walton Music, Let Me Sing For You, performed at The Kennedy Center, Echo, performed by the Women's Chorus at the University of California, Berkeley, and De Profundis, premiered by the International Orange Chorale in San Francisco, as well as a setting of a poem by Howard Schwartz, "These Two," for string quartet and tenor. She contributed nine songs to the American Music Festival in Tono, Japan and served as composer-in-residence for the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in New York City.

Stitt worked as the Production Music Coordinator for the Disney/ABC TV musical "Once Upon A Mattress" starring Tracey Ullman and Carol Burnett. On Broadway she was the assistant conductor of the 2003 Little Shop of Horrors revival and was the associate conductor of the Encores! production of Can-Can starring Patti LuPone. Also on Broadway, she worked on: Avenue Q, Sweet Smell of Success, The Music Man, Titanic, Annie, and the national tour of Parade, as well as the upcoming Leap of Faith and The Little Mermaid. She has also served as musical director and arranger/orchestrator for "The Broadway Divas" in concerts in New York, California and Australia and was music consultant for the feature film The Stepford Wives, directed by Frank Oz. In 2005 she served as an arranger for the Boston Pops Orchestra (Keith Lockhart, conductor) in their 75th Anniversary Tribute to Stephen Sondheim at Tanglewood and Boston's Symphony Hall.

A full dinner menu is available at Birdland until 1am. Every Monday concert is followed by Jim Caruso's Cast Party, an open-mic for the Broadway and music communities.

Birdland is located at 315 West 44 Street, NYC.  Call 212-581-3080 or visit www.InstantSeats.com/Birdland for tickets.  Admission is $25 cover, and there is a $10 food/drink minimum.