Winter Season At Birdland Announced Featuring Shaw, Egan, Pawk, DeHaas And More
By: BWW News Desk Nov. 04, 2005
Charles Busch and his long time stage buddy Julie Halston will perform songs, sketches and reminisce about their twenty-year friendship and the creation of the long running cult play Vampire Lesbians of Sodom. Busch, (Tony-nominated author of The Tale of the Allergist's Wife and the star of the film "Die Mommie Die") and Julie Halston (Gypsy, Twentieth Century, Bitsy Von Muffling on "Sex and the City" and currently in Hairspray) starred together in the original Off-Broadway productions of Busch's plays Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, The Lady in Question, Red Scare on Sunset and You Should Be So Lucky. Last March the duo starred in a sold-out benefit for the Actors Fund at the Music Box Theatre called Charles Busch and Julie Halston on Broadway. In this outing, they will be accompanied by musical director and cabaret superstar, Billy Stritch. http://www.charlesbusch.com
Joined by her musical director, Christopher McGovern, Broadway leading lady Susan Egan will sing songs from her past shows, tunes from her latest CD, "Coffee House," and showcase material by New York's hippest young writers. Critics have called Egan's voice "a knockout," "the perfect Broadway instrument," and "electrifying," and have raved that her concerts are "a seamless weaving of the classic and the modern" and "an all night conversation with your best friend." http://www.susanegan.comDecember 12 - Natalie Douglas $25
Six-time MAC award winner Natalie Douglas returns to Birdland with an all-new show! Fresh from her fall engagements at the Kennedy Center's Open Arts Festival and the Mabel Mercer Foundation's Cabaret Conventionat Jazz at Lincoln Center, this 2005 Outstanding Female Vocalist, will sing standards and contemporary material, backed by longtime musical director/arranger and Avenue Q conductor, Mark Hartman. http://www.nataliedouglas.com December 20 - Christmas with Christine Ebersole & Billy Stritch - $40
The Tony Award-winning star of Broadway's 42nd Streetand the WB's "Related" returns to Birdland for her fourth engagement, armed with a dazzling concoction of Broadway tunes, standards, holiday songs and her wry take on life. Cabaret superstar Billy Stritch joins Christine at the piano and on vocals. http://www.christineebersole.com January 2 - Mylinda Hull - $25
Currently starring as Nickie in Broadway's Sweet Charity, Mylinda Hull and Her Lucky Seven swing into Birdland just in time to break all their New Year's Resolutions! Hull leads seven of Broadway's top musicians out from orchestra pit and onto the stage with a true blend of funny, sexy, jazzy arrangements of theater songs. http://www.mylindahull.comJanuary 9 - Harada, Hocking & Pawk in "Louder…Faster…Funnier" $35
Hold on to your hats as belting Broadway divas Ann Harada (Avenue Q), Leah Hocking (All Shook Up, Hairspray) and Tony Award Winner Michele Pawk (Hollywood Arms, Mamma Mia) take the stage and rattle the rafters in an evening of song, stories, and unbridled mayhem. Legit sopranos need not apply. January 30 - Darius DeHaas - $25
The New York Times called Darius DeHaas "an astonishing vocal acrobat." This very special concert will be a culmination of material from Darius' highly acclaimed Stevie Wonder and Billy Strayhorn Lincoln Center concerts, along with some brand new original songs. Most recently, he has been touring as special guest of Vanessa Williams in her national concert tour. Birdland
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