Nancy Atlas and Randi Fishenfeld Set for Bay Street Theatre's 'Fireside Sessions' Tonight

Bay Street Theatre has announced "Fireside Sessions with Nancy Atlas and a special guest" continue through January and February. The special guest tonight, January 24 at 8 pm will be violinist Randi Fishenfeld. Cost is $20. The music sessions will continue every Friday in January and February (excluding February 7) and will feature a different special guest each week, along with the music and fun of Nancy Atlas and the Nancy Atlas Project live in concert.

Other announced special guests include blues singer Jonny Rosch on Friday, January 31 at 8 pm and keyboardist Brian Mitchell on Friday, February 14 at 8 pm. Each session is $20 per person. Special guests for Friday, February 21 and Friday, February 28 are to be announced soon.

"We wanted to offer something different this winter," says Gary Hygom, Producer at Bay Street Theatre. "The sessions with Nancy have been very popular and are a perfect way to keep warm on a Friday night and just have a good time with the music."

Nancy Atlas and her band of Journeymen have been dominating the East End Music scene or Long Island for quite some time. Known for her raw, live performances and stellar songwriting Nancy and her band, The Nancy Atlas Project, have opened for almost everyone under the sun. To name a few: Elvis Costello, Lucinda Williams, Toots and the Maytals, Jimmy Buffett, Crosby, Stills and Nash... the list goes on and on.

Nancy grew up with gypsy blood in Commack, NY. She spent her entire college years abroad at both Cambridge University in England and Richmond College in London and Florence. There was a serious recession going on the year she graduated college so instead of becoming an advertising executive she walked down to Portabello Road, London, bought a guitar for 60 quid and never looked back.

Nancy now lives in Montauk, New York with her husband Thomas and her two sons Cash and Levon and her daughter Tallulah. When she is not writing a song or on stage rocking out, she can be found spending time with her family enjoying the outdoors.

Tickets for each evening are $20 with general admission seating. For more information or to buy tickets, stop by the Box Office Tues.-Sat. 11 am - 5 pm or call 631-725-9500. To buy online, log on to www.baystreet.org. The series is sponsored by Dan's Papers.

Bay Street Theatre is a year-round, not-for-profit professional theater and community cultural center which endeavors to innovate, educate, and entertain a diverse community through the practice of the performing arts. We serve as a social and cultural gathering place, an educational resource, and a home for a community of artists.