As a kick-off to her upcoming musical Spit It Out!, Amy Coleman will perform at Birdland (315 W. 44th St., between 8th and 9th Avenues) on Monday, July 11th at 7 PM.
Coleman and her band will perform a variety of Broadway songs, standards and blues in her cabaret, with the evening hosted by Valerie Smaldone. With Smaldone, Coleman co-wrote and stars in the new musical Spit It Out!, which will play the Midtown International Theatre Festival from July 18th to August 6th at the WorkShop Theatre (312 W. 36th St., 4th floor). The show is a "comical and endearing look at an unlikely friendship
between two women that develops when their paths
in life collide as Kara Angelo (Smaldone), a career driven successful
television talk show host meets the down on her luck
blues singer, Hanna Cohen (Coleman)." Both the Coleman cabaret and Spit It Out! are Two Sides of a Coin productions.Coleman received Backstage Magazine's Best Vocalist of the Year award for her cabaret Face to the Wall, a piece set to the words and music of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. She fronts an all-female blues band called Sweet Potata (with whom she released the CD Soul Kiss), and recently released her first solo CD on Regular Records, entitled Flame On. Regionally, she has appeared in Jesus Christ Superstar, Little Shop of Horrors, and also played Janis Joplin in the original production of Beehive at the Village Gate. Coleman appeared as Vickie for three years in the hit off-Broadway production of The Last Session.
Coleman's Birdland concert includes a $25 entry, and $10 drink minimum. For information, call 212-704-4012. Spit It Out!'s tickets are priced at $15, and can be ordered by visiting www.smarttix.com. For more information (including performance schedule) on the show, visit www.twosidesofacoin.com.
