Peggy Herman Makes Metropolitan Room Debut with HERMAN ON HERMAN, 5/14-6/5

The singer-actress Peggy Herman is making a splashy return to performing in New York City in a new club act conceived and directed by Peter Glebo and the nine-time Tony Award-winner Tommy Tune. She debuts "Herman on Herman... with a Touch of Merman," a tribute to the Broadway legend Jerry Herman, at the Metropolitan Room at The Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street, Saturday through Monday May 14, 15, 16 (all at 7pm), and Sunday June 5 at 4pm. Music director Alex Rybeck accompanies on piano.

Hailed as "the Mt. St. Helen's of cabaret" by the NY Post, Herman has appeared at Town Hall, The Firebird Café, The King Kong Room, and Eighty Eights. Her career was launched at sea, where she performed on five-star cruise ships with Cunard, Royal Viking, Oceania, and Crystal Cruise Lines. This in turn led to a nightclub career, during which she opened for Phyllis Diller at Miami Beach's Fontainebleau Hotel, and, later on, for Bob Hope, Alan King and Milton Berle.

With her volcanic voice and personality Herman has been known to blow her audiences away. Her solo CD debut, "Mercer and More..." (Original Cast Records), was hailed as "a lush album" by John Hoglund in Back Stage, where he added, "she's got a big voice that serves a big talent."

Speaking of the show's music, Herman says she's been working with her longtime music director and arranger Alex Rybeck on finding a balance between her favorite Jerry Herman standards, and some of his less-well-known material. Says Herman: "I wanted to explore the timelessness of these songs by taking them out of their original musical theatre context, outfitting them with new musical settings, and bringing a fresh contemporary sound to them."

For the record, Peggy Herman was married once before to Jerry Herman... the carpet salesman.

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