Danielle Grabianowski Comes To The Metropolitain Room 10/30, 11/4

DANIELLE GRABIANOWSKI - the 2008 1930's Idol and this year's 1st runner up in the Metropolitan Room's Metrostar Talent Challenge - makes her nightclub debut at the Metropolitan Room for two shows only: Friday, October 30 and Wednesday, November 4. Her show, "Old, New, Borrowed and Blues," features classics from the Great American Songbook ("Brother, Can You Spare a Dime, "Try A Little Tenderness"), new tunes from the likes of Regina Spektor, The Indigo Girls and Ray Lamontagne and, of course, the blues. The show is directed by award winning performer and director, Lennie Watts with Musical Direction by nightclub favorite Nate Buccieri.

For her work in the Metrostar Talent Challenge Danielle was called, "one of those performers who can remind a listener of many predecessors, yet instantly seems newly-minted and already defiantly resists being fitted into anyone else's mold" by The Huffington Post. She was praised for her "arresting quality" and "unique vocal that seemed part Edith Piaf and part Janis Joplin" by TalkinBroadway.com and her "captivating sound, a disarming manner" by NitelifeExchange.com who claimed, "Danielle is a mix of sassy, sly and sweet...delicious dynamite." Later this year, Danielle will alternate with Carole Bufford to open for Metrostar winner, Liz Lark Brown.

In 2006 Danielle appeared in "Hotter Than a Pregnant Cow: The Music of William Finn" at Rose's Turn and has performed with various theater companies around the country including the Georgia Shakespeare Festival, Bakerloo Theatre Project and Bigfork Summer Playhouse as well as in various readings and workshops of new musicals and plays in New York City. Her favorite stage roles include Thea in Fiorello, the Porter in Macbeth, Fiona in Brigadoon and Angelique in The Imaginary Invalid.

Danielle was born in the suburbs of Buffalo, NY and moved to Florida's Tampa Bay Area when she was 13. After unsuccessfully trying out for various sports teams and academic clubs, she was finally cast in her high school drama club's production of Grease. Following this initial success she decided that a career in the performing arts would be the most logical way to go and went on to obtain a degree in Musical Theater from Florida State University.

DANIELLE GRABIANOWSKI will appear at the Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street between 5th and 6th Avenues) Friday, October 30 at 9:45PM and Wednesday, November 4 at 7:30PM. There is a $15.00 cover charge with $10.00 seats for MAC and AEA members both with a 2-drink minimum. For reservations, please call (212) 206-0440 or visit http://www.metropolitanroom.com. Also visit www.daniellegrabianowski.com.

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