The Granite Room At City Hall Restaurant Adds Performance of KT Sullivan's EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN 10/9

Lower Manhattan, once known for music and merriment, later for formality and frugality, has finally returned to it roots as the city's newest cabaret hotspot; "There's a new cabaret supper club in downtown New York that, with luck, may become a regular fixture. An impressively decorated boîte downstairs at City Hall Restaurant, the Granite Room evokes thoughts of upscale basement speakeasies" Cabaret Scenes. The Granite Room at City Hall Restaurant extends KT Sullivan's celebrated Everything Old is New Again, on Friday, October 9, 2009 audiences will get another opportunity to witness the leading New York cabaret and concert hall chanteuse as she channels Helen Morgan and Diamond Lil. Dinner will begin at 8pm, performance at 10pm.

Everything about the experience of Everything Old is New Again will be natural, authentic, friendly and "timeless." Dating back to the late 1800s -from the Gay 90s, through a hopeful new Century, through "The War to End All Wars" with its dashed illusions, to the Roaring 20s that some viewed as the "end to civilization," these songs are melodically, lyrically and emotionally memorable and have stood the test of time. Ranging from the lightness of operetta, including Victor Herbert and Sigmund Romberg, as well as a Merry Widow aria, to the Americana of George M. Cohan and early works of Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and Cole Porter, familiar songs from all over - Ireland, Austria, Italy. This show also features a wonderful medley entitled 29 from 29. The Huffington Post states "Suave, sexy Sullivan unquestionably creates her own brand of intimacy. Keeping right up with her, is accompanist Jon Weber, who's a stitch on his own. But there's something about her outing, "'Neath the Sidewalk of New York" outing that shows her off as well as she's ever been shown. To be specific, it's a site to see."

Accompanying Ms. Sullivan is the masterful pianist and jazz great Jon Weber, who'll also offer special musical interpretations during dinner. Jon's CD "Simple-Complex" won Best Jazz Album of the Year Award 2004 in the Chicago Tribune's competition.

The Granite Room at City Hall Restaurant has been welcomed by the cabaret community, featuring stunning visual appeal, amazing acoustics and remarkable menu; it is soon to become the center of the downtown cabaret renaissance. "The Granite Room is one cool place" exclaims The Examiner, "With vintage atmosphere...it's easy to believe you're entering a time warp in the city's newest nightspot -it has the look and feel of a Depression-era speakeasy" NY Post.

With sophistication and style, City Hall Restaurant has captivated all who have passed through her doors with its décor and menu. Originally built as a shoe factory built in 1863, The Granite Room sits where the factory's coal room once stood. Carved out the Manhattan bedrock the ceiling is literally the underside of the New York City sidewalks, this room is the perfect combination of old and new. Ruth Reichl wrote in the New York Times about City Hall Restaurant "If you crossed the ‘21Club' with Balthazar and threw in a bit of the Oyster Bar you would have something like City Hall. No wonder everybody likes the place so much...there is a perfect balance of young and old ...you get the sense of being in the exact center of the New York world."

KT Sullivan's Everything Old is New Again

At The Granite Room at City Hall is located at 131 Duane Street

Opens for dinner 8 pm (show begins at 10pm)

Combining dinner and show into a recession-conscious $90 package

(inclusive of delicious three-course dinner and full hour performance, beverages & tax are additional)

For combined dinner/performance reservations and tickets,

please call City Hall Restaurant at 212 227-7777

www.cityhallnewyork.com

Photo credit: Peter James Zielinski