'An Evening with Betty Buckley' at Town Hall Oct.20

Acclaimed actress/singer Betty Buckley makes her Town Hall solo concert debut on Saturday, October 20 at 8PM as part of the Third Annual Broadway Cabaret Festival in "An Evening with Betty Buckley".  The evening is hosted by Scott Siegel with musical direction by long-time Buckley collaborator Kenny Werner.

Betty Buckley won a Tony Award for her performance as Grizabella, the Glamour Cat, in Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS. She received her second Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a musical for her performance as Hesione in Triumph of Love, and an Olivier Award nomination for her interpretation of Norma Desmond in the London production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard, which she repeated to more rave reviews on Broadway.

Her other Broadway credits include 1776, Pippin, Song and Dance, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Carrie. Off-Broadway credits include Lincoln Center's ELEGIES, the original NYSF production of Edwin Drood, The Eros Trilogy and Juno Swans.  Regional credits include Gypsy, Threepenny Opera, Camino Real and Buffalo Gal.  She starred in the London production of Promises Promises.

Her film appearances include her debut in Brian de Palma's screen version of Stephen King's Carrie, Bruce Beresford's Tender Mercies, Roman Polanski's Frantic, Woody Allen's Another Woman and Lawrence Kasden's Wyatt Earp.

Most recently, Buckley appeared on the 2006 Kennedy Center Honors.  She has also starred in the HBO series "OZ" and as Abby Bradford in the hit series "Eight is Enough." She has appeared in the CBS series "Without a Trace," the NBC series "Law & Order: SVU," the FOX series "The Jury" and "Monk" for the USA Network.  She has received two Emmy Nominations.

Buckley has completed 11 CDs, among them "Quintessence" to be released in 2008 and the Grammy Nominated "Stars and the Moon," "Betty Buckley Live at the Donmar. Buckley's latest, "Betty Buckley 1967," is set for release on October 16, from Playbill Records.

For over thirty years Buckley has been a teacher of scene study and song interpretation, giving workshops in Manhattan and various universities and performing arts conservatories around the country.  She has been a faculty member in the theatre department of the University of Texas at Arlington, the Terry Schreiber Acting School in New York City and the Casa Manana Theatre in Fort Worth, TX.

In March of 2007, Buckley was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in Austin. www.bettybuckley.com

Tickets are available at $50 for this all-star weekend through TicketMaster, 212-307-4100, or www.ticketmaster.com, or by visiting the Town Hall Box Office between noon and 6 PM (except Sundays) at 123 West 43rd Street, 212-840-2824 or visit www.the-townhall-nyc.org.