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Metropolitan Room Presents SONGS FOR JUSTICE to Benefit ACLU

By: Feb. 15, 2017
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Presented by The Metropolitan Room and Suzanne Dressler, SONGS FOR JUSTICE will feature the talents of over a dozen performers, all gathering to show their support for The American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU is a nonpartisan, non-profit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." The February 25th concert will begin at 12:45pm at the famed cabaret. All proceeds will benefit The ACLU and its continued fight for justice, integrity and civil rights.

Suzanne has performed across the country in regional theatre, national tours and in NYC at the Metropolitan Opera, the New York Musical Theatre Festival, the Fringe Festival and Feinstein's/54 Below among others. She has participated in the Metropolitan Room's Broadway on 22nd Series and was a soloist at the Laurie Beechman in May for the annual Cabaret Cares benefit.

Audiences can expect to hear songs from musical theatre, the American songbook and brand new pieces written by participants. Joining Dressler are Richard Rice Alan, Tamala Baldwin, Maizy Boosin, Blair Brown, Julia DeSimone, Beth Fitzpatrick, Morgan Paige Fluss, Willow Grey, James Horan, Alison Mahoney, Megan Marod, Emily Mattheson, Steven Carl McCasland, Andrew Parks, Merrill Peiffer, Jeanine Robinson, Jasmine Speiss, Nora Terzo, Daniel Walstad, Valerie Williams and America's Sweethearts.

Tickets for the February 25th, 12:45pm concert begin at $30 and are available now at http://metropolitanroom.com/event.cfm?id=256462&cart.

Voted #1 Jazz Cabaret Club by New York Magazine, The Metropolitan Room is one of the most critically acclaimed venues in NYC and is known as the "Home" for big name talents and rising stars. This famed, Flatiron District, 22nd Street bastion for singers, is located in the heart of Manhattan in the Flatiron/Chelsea District. A high-end cabaret and jazz club, the Metropolitan Room brings the best in live music to New York City. Every night of the week, at 7pm, 9:30pm and 11:30pm. Fabulous award-winning Broadway, TV, Film and Radio performers take the stage in an intimate 115-seat atmosphere reminiscent of the golden age of cabaret. The renowned Chelsea club and performance space provides an intimate for a range of entertainments as diverse as New York itself. From spectacles like "The Flatiron Follies" to performances by drag comedienne Hedda Lettuce, side-splitting comedy acts and moving cabaret sets by top Broadway stars, the 115-seat Metroplitan Room provides the perfect setting for audience-pleasing shows, night after night. For more information, visit www.metropolitanroom.com.



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