Rita Wilson Returning to Cafe Carlyle for Two-Week Engagement

Musician, actress and producer Rita Wilson makes her return to Café Carlyle in a two-week engagement, February 23-March 5, 2016. Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote of her debut residency in the fall of 2014: "[If you] closed your eyes at certain moments you could imagine you were cruising down a Southern California highway in the early 1970s. Sandwiched between the music of Joni Mitchell and Jackson Browne on the car radio was a promising new voice whose sound fit right in with theirs."

Performances will take place Tuesday - Friday at 8:45pm; and Saturdays at 8:45pm and 10:45pm. Reservations made by phone at 212.744.1600 are $90 ($140 for premium seating, $80 for bar seating) Tuesday - Thursday & the Saturday late show; and $110 ($160 for premium seating, $75 for bar seating) on Friday and Saturday. Reservations made online atwww.ticketweb.com are $100 ($150 for premium seating) Tuesday - Thursday & the Saturday late show; and $120 ($175 for premium seating) on Friday and Saturday. Café Carlyle is located in The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel (35 East 76th Street, at Madison Avenue).

Although Wilson is well-known as an actress (It's Complicated, Sleepless in Seattle, and recurring roles on CBS' The Good Wife and HBO's Golden Globe winning series Girls, recently starring in Larry David's sold out Broadway hit Fish in the Dark) and a film producer (discovered and produced My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Mamma Mia!), few may be aware that her early show biz ambitions were actually musical. Wilson released her critically acclaimed debut album AM/FM - an intimate, elegant, and beautifully sung collection of classics from the '60s and '70s in 2012. Her second studio album self-titled Rita Wilson featuring a collection of original songs that she co-wrote, will be released in early 2016.

More information about the Café Carlyle winter season lineup, including additional details about this show, to follow.