EXCLUSIVE: Betty Buckley to Record 'AH MEN! The Boys of Broadway' Album

BroadwayWorld.com is very excited to share news straight from Tony-winner Betty Buckley that she will soon head back into the studio to record a new album capturing songs from her recent and upcoming hit engagements of AH MEN! The Boys of Broadway. In the show, Buckley performs men's songs from Broadway shows that she has always wanted to sing, including numbers from Sweeney Todd, West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, Pippin, Mame and La Cage Aux Folles.

The new album will be recorded by Palmetto Records who will also release Buckley's anticipated new album produced by the legendary T Bone Burnett, GHOSTLIGHT in the Spring of 2012.

GHOSTLIGHT as first revealed by BroadwayWorld in a 2010 interview, will include songs like "Comin' Back To Me", which is a Jefferson Airplane song. "Lazy Afternoon". "Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered". "Body & Soul". "Come To Me, Bend To Me". "This Nearly Was Mine" and other tunes mixing contemporary songs, Broadway and the music of the 60s with a seven piece band, including guitarist Bill Frisell. 

Excited about her new record label, Buckley is currently headed to Los Angeles, to perform an Actors' Fund benefit concert of "AH MEN! The Boys of Broadway" on Monday, December 5th - 8:30pm. Tickets are $125 and can be purchased by calling 323.933.9244 ext.434. Proceeds from this evenings benefit will go towards The Actors Fund's comprehensive programs and services.

She next will present workshops on song interpration and monologues in both LA and Chicago. In Los Angeles, the workshop is being presented by Collaboration Factory and will consist of a four day Intensive from Tuesday, Dec. 6 through Friday, December 9. For further information and an interview, call 323-650-2500 or info@collaborationfactory.com.

In Chicago, Ms. Buckley will be offering her workshop for the first time. A four day intensive will run from Monday, December 12 through Thursday, December 15. Contact joanne.ray@att.net for information and to register

Betty Buckley's career has moved between theater, film, and television for decades. Crowned Miss Fort Worth in 1966, she performed at the Miss America Pageant the following year and was spotted by a talent agent to audition in New York, where she landed the part of Martha Jefferson in the Broadway musical 1776. Other theater musicals included Promises, Promises and Pippin' (directed by her childhood idol Bob Fosse) and later Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats which earned her a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical and her triumphant portrayal of Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard which won her rave critical reviews and a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Buckley's feature film debut in Brian de Palma's horror classic Carrie got her the role of stepmother opposite Dick Van Patten in the hit TV series "Eight Is Enough." She went on to appear in numerous TV shows and movies, including Tender Mercies, "Cagney and Lacey," "LA Law," Woody Allen's Another Woman, Roman Polanski's Frantic, Wyatt Earp and more. Buckley continues to perform successfully on both stage and screen.

Photo by Linda Lenzi