KT Sullivan Heads Urban Stages' WINTER RHYTHMS

Thursday, December 1 at 7PM, Urban Stages (Frances Hill, Founding Artistic Director), assisted by director/lyricist Peter Napolitano will kick-off a two week musical celebration entitled WINTER RHYTHMS with a evening honoring Donald Smith, founder of the Mabel Mercer Foundation. Mr. Smith will receive The Urban Stages Luminary Award for his remarkable contributions to Cabaret in New York. The opening night benefit celebration will be hosted by award winning performer KLea Blackhurst and will include performances by KT Sullivan, Jeff Harnar, Nicholas King, Valerie Lemon, Colleen McHugh, Georga Osborne, Karen Oberlin, T. Oliver Reid, and Jennifer Sheehan followed by a champagne reception. Urban Stages is located at 259 West 30 Street, and tickets to the WINTER RHYTHMS opening night benefit are $50 and are available at the Box Office 30 minutes before the curtain.

WINTER RHYTHMS, marks the third year that Urban Stages has brought noted musical artists to its stage during the holiday period. Proceeds from the musical series helps to fund Urban Stages’ Outreach Program that brings over 300 free “arts in education” presentations to libraries and schools throughout the five boroughs.

In addition to the star studded opening night benefit, WINTER RHYTHMS will close with the celebrated cabaret entertainer Steve Ross on Sunday, December 11, followed by a with a champagne reception and supper. Tickets for the closing night celebration are $75.

Other performers to present solo shows in the series are Tony Award winner Chuck Cooper, award-winning cabaret artists Karen Oberlin, Jennifer Sheehan, Gay Marshall, Janice Hall, Sarah Rice and David Vernon, Daryl Glenn and Ricky Ritzel, Gretchen Reinhagen, Tanya Holt, Maureen Taylor, classical pianist Steven Cantor, instrumentalist Sean Harkness (Guitar) and Sean Hagerty (composite of electronic instruments). Special group shows include: an evening devoted to the music of Emmy Award winner Glen Roven, composer/conductor, featuring opera star Lauren Flanigan with The Broadway Youth Ensemble, Broadway performers Jeff McCarthy, Donna Lynne Champlin, Luba Mason, Nikolas King and noted opera singers Benjamin Perry Wenzelberg, Matthew Garrett and Christopher Herbert; acclaimed musical director/pianist Barry Levitt’s ”Jazz Jam” with vocalists Kat Gang, Cleve Douglass and others to be announced; Very Special Material, an evening of the songs of Bistro Award winner Richard Eisenberg, Bill Zeffiro and others with performers to be announced, and All in Good Time: The Songs of Barry Levitt and Peter Napolitano, featuring their work together and with other collaborators, to be performed by Tony nominee Robert Cuccioli and cabaret artists Julie Reyburn, Susan Winter, Barbara Porteus, Helena Grenot, Deb Berman, Rob Langeder, Stacie Perlman, Janice Hall, Joshua Dixon, Fran Leonardis and Gary Crawford.

Also included in the series will be seminars in the afternoons on Saturdays at 5PM and Sundays at 3PM at Urban Stages Theatre, 259 West 30th Street. These seminars are co sponsored by Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC; Lennie Watts, President) and Urban Stages. They are free to MAC members and WINTER RHYTHMS ticket holders.

WINTER RHYTHMS
December 1- 11, 2011
Urban Stages is located at 259 West 30 Street
Performance schedule: Monday through Saturday at 7PM & 9PM
Sunday 5PM, 7PM & 9PM

FREE SEMINARS
Saturdays at 5PM and Sundays at 3PM
Urban Stages and Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC) will host seminars
Free for MAC Members and WINTER RHYTHMS ticket holders

Tickets are $25 ($40 for two shows, one night) with a complimentary glass of wine
Opening night honoring Donald Smith, Hosted by KLea Blackhurst, is $50

Closing night show and reception, featuring Steve Ross is $75 and may be purchased
through the Urban Stages office, 212 421-1380

Tickets for all other shows can be purchased by visiting www.SmartTix.com or calling 212 868-4444

For more information please visit www.urbanstages.org
For more information: 212 421-1380.
Artists and schedule are subject to change
Photo link for Winter Rhythms

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