Bonnie Langford to Perform at 59E59, 12/14-1/2

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes Bonnie Langford to the 2010 Brits Off Broadway festival with the US premiere of BONNIE LANGFORD: CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK, an intimate evening of songs and stories with Ms. Langford. With musical direction by Michael Lavine, BONNIE LANGFORD: CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK begins performances on Tuesday, December 14 for a limited engagement through Sunday, January 2. Press opening is Sunday, December 19 at 7:30 PM. The performance schedule is Tuesday - Friday at 7:30 PM; Saturday at 6:30 PM and 8:30 PM; and Sunday at 3:30 PM and 7:30 PM. Tickets are $25 ($17.50 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or go to www.59e59.org. For more information, visit www.britsoffbroadway.com.

Holiday performance schedule: No performance on Saturday, December 25; Friday, December 31 at 5:30 PM and 7:30 PM; Saturday, January 1 at 8:30 PM only.

Her career launched as the UK's most precocious child star, but she dazzled audiences on Broadway and in the West End into adulthood. Bonnie Langford's first, and only, Christmas in New York was at the age of ten, when she was starring as Baby June on Broadway in Gypsy. Until now.

This year, Bonnie celebrates Christmas in New York at Brits Off Broadway, singing landmark songs from the major musicals of her career, including Gone with the Wind, Gypsy, Sweet Charity, Chicago and the movie Bugsy Malone. She shares stories of some of the leading ladies she grew up with, including Angela Lansbury, Carol Channing and Elaine Page. And, of course, she discusses her infamous encounter with Noël Coward. BONNIE LANGFORD: CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK is a warm and wonderful way to ring in the holidays!

Bonnie Langford (performer) recently appeared with Tyne Daly in a workshop production of the new musical Queen of the Stardust Ballroom, based on the film, directed by Jerry Mitchell. She garnered rave reviews last season for her portrayal of Roxie Hart in Chicago both on Broadway and on the North American national tour, a role which she also played to standing ovations at the Adelphi Theatre and the Cambridge Theatre in London's West End.

Bonnie made her debut in the West End at the age of seven in a musical adaptation of Gone with the Wind at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The following year she played Baby June in Gypsy opposite Angela Lansbury at the Piccadilly Theatre, which transferred to a highly successful Broadway run. At the age of ten, Bonnie was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for her performance.

On London's West End stage, she has starred in a further five smash hit musicals including Cats - New London Theatre (original London cast); The Pirates Of Penzance first at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and later at the London Palladium; Peter Pan - The Musical (playing the title role) at the Aldwych Theatre; Me And My Girl - Adelphi Theatre, and her much acclaimed portrayal of Charity in Sweet Charity at the Victoria Palace Theatre.

Bonnie appeared in the hit musical film Bugsy Malone and starred in many British television series. She has been the subject of ITV's This Is Your Life. In 2006, she learned to ice skate in front of millions in the hit show Dancing on Ice, skating her way to the final. Her solo albums inlcude Bonnie Langford Now and the top selling Jazz at the Theatre.

Michael Lavine (Music Director) has worked as a musical director, pianist, vocal coach and singer all over the world. He works regularly with Heather MacRae and is working on Drama Desk nominee Jon Peterson's one-man show, Song Man, Dance Man, celebrating Astaire, Cohan, Gene Kelly, Anthony Newley and Bobby Darin. He has also been working on the Wally Harper/Sherman Yellen musical, Josephine, about Josephine Baker. Michael has accompanied Broadway and television star Bryan Batt many times at Feinstein's and the Metropolitan Room in New York and in New Orleans. Musical directing credits include: Outer Critic's Circle Awards; Broadway Cares Teddy Bear Auction; the Astaire Awards; the Comden and Green musical Billion Dollar Baby starring Kristin Chenoweth, Marc Kudisch and Debbie Gravitte and the Burton Lane/Alan Jay Lerner musical Carmelina with Debbie Gravitte (both at the York Theater). He shared the stage with Mimi Hines and Peter Howard (his mentor) at the Kennedy Center in a Rodgers and Hart revue, This Funny World. Michael is known for owning one of the largest privately held sheet music collections in the world.