The Marcy & Zina Show Returns to Birdland 4/26

Jim Caruso is please to present Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich in "The Marcy & Zina Show" as part of the Broadway at Birdland concert series on Monday, April 26 at 7pm. This performance marks the 10th time the writing duo has been booked at the historic music room!

Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich, the songwriting team responsible for many of today's most quirky romantic comedy songs, return to Birdland for a one night only performance of The Marcy & Zina Show on Monday, April 26th at 7:00 pm. Joined by Scott Coulter, Jill Abramovitz, and special guests Clinton Kelly, Jill Abramovitz, Nathan Klau and Jonathan Root, Marcy and Zina will offer a collection of songs, plus a sneak peek at some of their upcoming theatrical projects including Freakin' Fabulous, Serena Bergman, and more. The duo will also feature selections from Marcy & Zina: The Album, a definitive collection of their work together released in November 2009 on Yellow Sound Label. With Mike Croiter on drums and guitar, Mary Ann McSweeney on bass, and Clay Ruede on cello, The Marcy and Zina Show musically celebrates both the serious and silly sides of the search for love, not to mention the perfect cup of coffee.

Author Marcy Heisler and Composer Zina Goldrich, who have been collaborating since 1993, are honored to be the recipients of the 2009 Fred Ebb Award for Musical Theatre Songwriting. They also received 2009 Drama Desk Award nominations for Outstanding Lyrics and Music for Dear Edwina, and are past recipients of ASCAP's Richard Rodgers New Horizons Theatre Award. Praised by The New York Times as a "bright inventive production" that "beguiles with rock, rag, rhythm and blues and doo wop among other attractions, Marcy & Zina's Junie B. Jones enjoyed three highly successful off-Broadway runs under the auspices of Theatreworks USA, earning two Lucille Lortel Award nominations.

As performers, MARCY and ZINA have toured domestically and internationally, presenting their music at some of the finest venues, including Carnegie Hall, Canada's "Juste Pour Rire" comedy festival and the Kennedy Center. Raved The Village Voice, "[They] have been turning out smart lyrics and sophisticated melodies for some time. Keep in mind they're the ones whose nifty love song rhymed 'quesadilla' with 'IKEA.'" Kristin Chenoweth popularized their song, "Taylor, the Latte Boy," performing it on The Today Show and The Rosie O'Donnell Show and in concert at Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Opera House, and the White House. Together and apart, MARCY and ZINA have provided original songs for The Disney Channel, Disney Interactive and Feature Animation projects, Disney Theatricals, PBS, and Nickelodeon. November 2009 marks the release of MARCY AND ZINA: The Album on Yellow Sound Label, and their Songbooks Volumes 1 and 2 are available from Hal Leonard. They have many new theatrical projects in the works, including Snow White Rose Red (and Fred) for the Kennedy Center's 2010 season, a Cyrano story set in the Brill Building Era, and Freakin Fabulous, based on the bestselling book by author and stylemaker Clinton Kelly of TLC's "What Not To Wear."

The Marcy & Zina Show
Monday, April 26 at 7pm
Birdland, 315 West 44 Street, NYC
$25 cover, $10 food/drink minimum
212-581-3080 or www.BirdlandJazz.com

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