Valerie Pettiford Performing At Birdland 7/21

Jim Caruso's Cast Party and TheaterMania.com have announced Valarie Pettiford Monday, July 21, 2008 at 7:00p.m., as part of the long-running, Nightlife Award-winning concert series Broadway at Birdland.

VALERIE PETTIFORD gives you the reasons why she is thankful, as she puts her thoughts to music in her new show entitled "Thankful."  The multi-talented, Tony nominated actress appears for one night only at Broadway at Birdland, blending a mixture of jazz, classic standards and musical theatre, with a stellar band musically directed by the brilliant Ron Abel.

PETTIFORD was thrilled to start 2008 with a recurring role on the hit comedy series "House of Payne" as Sandra Lucas. Last year she opened the 2007 Summer Concert Series with The Pasadena Pops, conducted by Rachel Worby. She went on to shoot the pilot "Anatomy of Hope" for HBO as Deanna Rivers, directed by JJ Abrams.

In February 2006, PETTIFORD completed her fourth season of the hit TV series "Half & Half" (now in Syndication) that earned her three NAACP Image Award nominations for her portrayal as Big Dee Dee Thorne. She guest starred as Dr. Lana Whitford in "CSI Miami" (Spring 2006), Ellen Laskow in "Bones" (Spring 2007) and as Aunt Jackie in the number one film for 3 weeks, and now the number one DVD, "Stomp the Yard," (A Sony Screen Gems production 2007).

PETTIFORD 's Broadway and tour credits include Fosse, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award and recognizes by the Drama League, Chicago (opposite Chita Rivera) London West End debut, Sophisticated Ladies, original cast and understudy for Judith Jamison.

Highlights in TV and film include "The District," "Frasier," "The West Wing," "One Life to Live," "The Wiz," and Glitter.   PETTIFORD continues to lend her support and talents to charities annually and is thrilled to have fulfilled a life long dream of recording an album titled Hear My Soul which is currently being sold on her website www.valariepettiford.com.

Broadway at Birdland is located at 315 West 44th Street (between 8th & 9th Aves), New York City. Tickets are $25.00 + $10.00 Food/Drink Minimum (Per Person)

Tickets can be purchased Online: www.BIRDLANDJAZZ.com; or by Telephone: 212.581.3080.

Created by acclaimed performer, writer, producer & presenter Jim Caruso, BROADWAY AT BIRDLAND is a weekly concert series on Sunday and Monday evenings, showcasing legendary Broadway performers and composers, as well as up-and-coming musical theater talents. Started as a companion piece to the hugely popular and hilarious weekly impromptu variety show Jim Caruso's Cast Party (which follows Mondays at 9:30pm). BROADWAY AT BIRDLAND has recently hosted such diverse performers as Jason Robert Brown, Lucie Arnaz, Christine Ebersole with Billy Stritch, and Melissa Errico – as well as the benefit concert Chita Rivera LOVES BROADWAY CARES, which sold out two shows in record time.

Photo Credit James Sims
 

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