Christine Ebersole News

The Public Theater has just announced the return of PUBLIC SINGS! on March 5, 2012, an unforgettable evening that celebrates the rich history of musicals produced by The Public Theater, including HAIR, A Chorus Line, and Caroline, or Change, as well as new musicals in development like February House premiering at The Public this May. This intimate evening at Joe's Pub will welcome to the stage many popular Public Theater and Joe's Pub artists, including Laura Benanti, David Byrne, Raul Esparza, Jesse L. Martin, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Steven Pasquale, as well as offer a sneak peak at upcoming musicals. PUBLIC SINGS! tickets can be purchased by calling the Development Office at (212) 539-8554.

The Carlyle Hotel's legendary Café Carlyle just kicked off a concert series last night, January 10, featuring Tony winner Paulo Szot. Szot will ring in the New Year with an all new program in a three-week return engagement through January 28 with Billy Stritch, Musical Director.

The Carlyle Hotel (Erich Steinbock, Managing Director) has announced the 2012 Winter season of performers at the legendary Cafe Carlyle - the "favorite of all New York nightspots," says Liz Smith - another New York legend.

A seven-years-and-counting fixture at New York's famed Café Carlyle (a spot he inherited from one of his mentors, the late Bobby Short), Steve Tyrell--a long-time behind-the-scenes music veteran-turned chart-topping jazz superstar--has returned to Orange County, California for a series of highly-entertaining shows at the Samueli Theatre as part of Segerstrom Center for the Arts' wonderful Cabaret Series through Sunday, January 8. Backed by a truly kick-ass jazz ensemble led by his music director Quinn Johnson behind the piano, Tyrell's rousing show truly set out to showcase a feel-good time, injecting lots of life to some very familiar tunes from the Great American Songbook.

B.B. King Blues Club & Grill Restaurant has many weekly and one-night-only events coming up in 2012.

Producers Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel and INFINITY Stages announced today that Tony Award nominee KERRY BUTLER (Xanadu) has joined the cast of the 2012 Broadway revival of Gore Vidal's THE BEST MAN in the role of Mabel Cantwell, a role that Edie Adams played in the film adaptation and later by Christine Ebersole in the 2000 Broadway revival. The addition of Butler marks the completion of principal casting for this star-studded theatrical event.

The Holiday Season at Birdland has been crammed with a wide array of talent from the Broadway and jazz communities, as evidenced by these snapshots.

Birdland has announced the return of 'A Swinging Birdland Christmas,' starring Birdland regulars Klea Blackhurst, Jim Caruso and Billy Stritch.

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and The Noël Coward Foundation have revealed further information about some the artifacts that will be displayed in the exhibition Star Quality: The World Of Noel Coward which will run from March 12 to August 18, 2012.

One normally doesn't expect to see an operatic baritone put on an intimate jazz cabaret showcase, yet in Paulo Szot's Orange County debut, the audacious notion proves to be a surprisingly pleasant affair. Performing as part of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts' Cabaret series, the Tony Award-winning Broadway star of the much-lauded 2008 Lincoln Center revival of SOUTH PACIFIC will be serenading audiences nightly through this Sunday, December 18.

B.B. King Blues Club & Grill is located at 237 West 42nd Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues) New York, NY 10036

Bay Area Cabaret continues its 2011-2012 season January 15, 2012 with two-time Tony Award winning actress/singer Christine Ebersole.

Lincoln Center's American Songbook Week Two runs January 18-21, 2012 at The Allen Room, at Frederick P. Rose Hall, located at Broadway at 60th Street.

Transport Group has announced that its production of Queen of the Mist, words and music by five-time Tony Award nominee Michael John LaChiusa, directed by four-time Drama Desk Award nominee Jack Cummings III, will be recorded by Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records on January 3, 2012.

The event also featured a special video message from three time Tony award-winner Carol Channing - see her message below!

Bay Area Cabaret, the eight-year-old non-profit presenting top Broadway, jazz, and pop performers, has announced its Spring 2011 lineup for the 2011-2012 season, Venetian Evenings. Opening the season January 15, 2012 is two-time Tony award winner Christine Ebersole, star of Broadway's Grey Gardens and 42nd Street and Hollywood films Amadeus and Tootsie, followed on Sunday, February 26 by two performances, the first by acclaimed jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli and his quartet and a second performance with his wife, Broadway star Jessica Molaskey. Finishing the season on Saturday, May 12 is Tony winner Laura Benanti, star of Broadway's Gypsy.

After selling out the original 5pm Sunday, December 11 performance a month in advance, Bay Area Cabaret has added a second Stacey Kent concert, 7:30pm Sunday, December 11, 2011 at the Venetian Room of the Fairmont San Francisco (950 Mason Street). Grammy Award nominee and internationally-renowned jazz vocalist Stacey Kent makes her first Bay Area appearance in more than six years.

Bay Area Cabaret continues its 2011-2012 season December 11, 2011 with Grammy Award nominee and internationally-renowned jazz vocalist Stacey Kent, making her first Bay Area appearance in more than six years.

The Carlyle Hotel (Erich Steinbock, Managing Director) has announced the 2012 Winter season of performers at the legendary Cafe Carlyle - the "favorite of all New York nightspots," says Liz Smith - another New York legend.