Ebersole Confirms 9/21 Ghostlight Release of Christine Ebersole Sings Noel Coward

By: Sep. 15, 2010
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Ghostlight Records is proud to confirm the September 21st release of 'Christine Ebersole Sings Noel Coward.' Two-time Tony Award winner Ebersole, whose soprano voice was heard singing Noel Coward songs between scenes of the most recent Broadway revival of Blithe Spirit, has teamed up with Musical Director Larry Yurman on an album of Coward tunes. Pre-order and get more information via: http://sh-k-boom.com/ebersolesingsnoelcoward.shtml

Ebersole will perform and sign CDs at in in-store appearance at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Center, September 23rd at 7:30pm. On October 8th in NYC, Ebersole will perform as part of the Mabel Mercer Cabaret Convention's Night of Noel Coward at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater. On October 22nd, Ebersole will perform two concerts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Visit ChristineEbersole.com for additional upcoming appearances.

See Ebersole discuss and perform songs from the new CD on NY-1 TV's On Stage, here:
http://www.ny1.com/content/125408/on-stage--ebersole-sings-coward-in-her-latest album.

Ebersole's last collaboration with Ghostlight, the popular Sunday In New York (with Billy Stritch,) earned rave reviews. The New York Daily News' Howard Kissell said "it is sensational," and Steven Suskin of Playbill praised it as "an irrepressible ride." Backstage's David Sheward: "... absolutely loving it;" NY Blade said that Ebersole has "more interpretive power than just about any other singer I can bring to mind. Wow." Talkin' Broadway buzzed: "There's infectious joy in the snazzy, crackling duets..." The new CD marks Ebersole's third collaboration with Ghostlight, the first being her solo CD In Your Dreams.

Track Listing for Christine Ebersole Sings Noel Coward:
Someday I'll Find You
Any Little Fish/It's Only You
You Were There
A Room with a View (*Duet with Howard McGillin)
Chase Me Charlie
Matelot/Come The Wild, Wild Weather
I'll Follow My Secret Heart
World Weary
If Love Were All
Mad About the Boy
Never Again/Sail Away
The Dream Is Over
When My Ship Comes Home
I'll See You Again

More about Christine Ebersole:
For her work in the dual roles of Edith Bouvier Beale and "Little" Edie Beale in the Off-Broadway and Broadway productions of Grey Gardens, Christine Ebersole was honored with the Tony Award, the Drama Desk Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, an Obie, a special citation from the New York Drama Critics Circle and the Drama League's 2006 Distinguished Performance of the Year Award. She also received a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for her work as Dorothy Brock in the hit revival of 42nd Street and a 2003 Tony nomination for her performance in Lincoln Center's production of Dinner at Eight. Ebersole's other Broadway credits include Blithe Spirit, The Best Man, Getting Away with Murder, Harrigan 'n Hart, Camelot, Oklahoma!, On the Twentieth Century, I Love My Wife, Angel Street and the City Center Encores! productions of A Connecticut Yankee, Ziegfeld Follies of 1936, Lady in the Dark and Allegro. Ebersole was also seen Off-Broadway in Talking Heads and in the recent City Center Encores! production of Applause. Visit http://www.christineebersole.com.

More about Ghostlight Records:
Ghostlight was created by and for the Broadway community. The label has since emerged as the standard bearer on the Broadway music scene. Their releases of the OCRs for Tony winners In The Heights and Passing Strange, as well as their single release featuring the winner of MTV's Legally Blonde The Musical competition, have brought them acclaim for their innovative marketing techniques and their efforts to reach the next generation of Broadway music fans via iTunes, music videos and more. The label (and President Kurt Deutsch) recently earned their first ever GRAMMY AWARD for In The Heights. Coverage has ranged from Rolling Stone to USA TODAY to The New York Times, from Blender Magazine to Playbill to Billboard, from AP Radio to Entertainment Weekly, from New York Magazine to Variety to NY-1 TV, from Time Out NY to Paper Magazine to The Advocate and much more. Other current releases include the double CD collector's edition of 'Reefer Madness' and 'Patti LuPone at Les Mouches,' which received expansive and wildly favorable media overage. Their release of Sutton Foster's solo CD, 'Wish', garnered coverage including two USA TODAY 'Listen Up Music Picks', an appearance on NBC-TV Weekend Today Show, and a debut on Billboard's Heatseekers Chart. Their releases of 'HAIR,' 'Next to Normal' and 'Everyday Rapture' garnered national coverage as well. President Kurt Deutsch was interviewed by PLAYBILL, regarding the label's embrace of 'Broadway's Digital Age': http://www.playbill.com/features/article/118331.html. The label celebrates its 10th Anniversary this year.



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