Karen King to Premiere New Show at The Cutting Room, 10/8

New York based multi-talented singer-songwriter/performer Karen King is back on the NYC stage, debuting her new live concert show at the popular Cutting Room in Manhattan at 44 East 32nd Street on Thursday, October 8th at 9pm.

Karen King, who wows audiences with her four octave vocal range, will perform a selection of jazz tunes, classic favorites and some personal favorites with an 8-piece band and horn section, under the direction of acclaimed musical conductor/arranger Angelo DiPippo. Well known stand-up bassist David Finck has arranged an impressive line-up of some of the best musicians in New York to perform with King.

Songs in the new show will range from Judy Garland's From This Moment on and Losing My Mind, performed by Barbara Cook, to King's version of the 70's rock hit Vehicle by The Ides of March and At This Moment by Billy Vera and The Beaters, among many others, along with a few surprises for the audience.

She'll also be celebrating her new "American anthem" single "Here We Are (America)", which she performed live for the first time on the Wounded Warriors float at this year's parade for the Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy. The new single was recorded under the direction of Angelo DiPippo, with whom she has recorded in the past, and is currently in the studio working on a new album.

Throughout the years, she and her husband, actor and radio personality, John "Cha Cha" Ciarcia, have become beloved mainstays in New York's Italian-American community and in Little Italy. Over the summer, Karen King was asked to sing for visiting Italian Mayor Luigi de Magistris of Naples at the Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in Little Italy in June of this year, an event that was covered by the New York Times.

In addition to making numerous TV and radio talk show appearances, Karen King has performed to help raise funds for the Vietnam Veterans Association of America and has appeared on both the Jerry Lewis Telethon and the Danny Thomas Telethon.

She also enjoyed a very successful limited engagement of the Off-Broadway show she wrote and starred in, The Original American Idol, based on the life of legendary singer Kate Smith, at The Players Club in Manhattan.