Maureen McGovern at the Metropolitan Room Starts Feb.13

Maureen McGovern returns to the Manhattan cabaret scene with her new show A Long and Winding Road at New York City's Metropolitan Room at 7:30 p.m. on February 13-16 and February 21-23.  The show is directed and co-conceived by Philip Himberg.
 
A Long and Winding Road will feature intimate musical portraits of such celebrated 60's songwriters as Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Webb, Paul Simon, Carole King, James Taylor, Randy Newman, Bob Dylan, John Lennon , Paul McCartney, Laura Nyro and more.  The repertoire celebrates an eclectic selection of iconoclastic singer-songwriter material including "The Circle Game," "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" "The Moon's A Harsh Mistress," "Imagine" and many others.
  
Maureen McGovern has spent much of the past few years wowing audiences in her Drama Desk nominated role of Marmee in the musical Little Women, first on Broadway and more recently in the show's first national tour.  She has also starred on Broadway in The Pirates of Penzance, Nine, 3 Penny Opera, and Off-Broadway in Brownstone, appeared in the Broadway National Tour of The King and I, and regionally in The Lion in Winter, Of Thee I Sing,  Let 'Em Eat Cake, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Letters from 'Nam, Elegies, The Sound of Music, South Pacific, Guys & Dolls, I Do, I Do and The Bengal Tiger's Ball.
 
McGovern's recording career began with her Oscar-winning International Gold Records, "The Morning After" and "We May Never Love Like This Again."  She was nominated for a Grammy as "Best New Artist" and for her "The Pleasure of His Company" CD and was Grammy-Awarded for her participation in "Songs From The Neighborhood:  The Music of Mister Rogers."   She has recorded more than 25 albums, including songwriter tributes to George Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Richard Rodgers and Alan & Marilyn Bergman.  She is to receive the AMEE Award from the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists on January 28th for her life's work in television, radio and recording.
 
A concert artist for over 36 years, her talents range from pop to jazz to classical and to the musical theater.  She has consistently been a much sought-after guest artist with all the major symphonies, including the Boston Pops, The National Symphony and the New York Pops. She has also toured extensively with the jazz greats Mel Torme, Mercer Ellington and The Duke Ellington Orchestra and John Pizzarelli.
 
Maureen McGovern also devotes a considerable amount of time to numerous charities and is the recipient of the 2007 Imagination Award, presented by Imagination Stage, for her work with children, the arts, and philanthropy.  She received the Songs From The Heart Award from NARAS and The American Music Therapy Association, for which she is an Artist Spokesperson.  She is a National Board Member of the Muscular Dystrophy Association and has been an MDA volunteer for 27 years.   McGovern is the founder of The Maureen McGovern "Works of Heart" Foundation for Music and Healing,, with recent releases "Help Is On The Way" (in partnership with Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS) and "Works of Heart: Songs of Hope" featuring a 30th Anniversary recording of her signature song, "The Morning After."
 
Tickets for A Long and Winding Road, priced at $35 plus two-drink minimum, may be purchased by calling The Metropolitan Room at (212) 206-0440 or by visiting www.metropolitanroom.com  The Metropolitan Room is located at 34 W. 22nd Street in New York City. 

Maureen McGovern (photo by Gideon Lewin)