Clark, Testa, Etc. Join Blumenkrantz at Birdland, 11/20

Jim Caruso and TheaterMania.com will present the return of "The Jeff Blumenkrantz Songbook" on Monday, November 20 at 7pm, in continuation of "Broadway at Birdland."  The series features top Broadway performers and songwriters at the legendary music room located at 315 West 44 Street in NYC. 

Joining the Tony-nominated composer will be Broadway singers Victoria Clark (Tony winner/The Light In The Piazza), Liz Callaway (Tony-nominee/Baby ), Michael McElroy (Tony-nominee/Big River), Mary Testa (Tony-nominee/42nd Street, On The Town) and Alysha Umphress (XL Star).  Blumenkrantz will host from the piano, with Peter Donovan on bass and Sean McDaniel on drums.

Blumenkrantz began his career as an actor, performing in such Broadway shows as Into the Woods , Threepenny Opera, Damn Yankees, How to Succeed in Business… , and A Class Act.  Although he joined the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop in 1987, it wasn't until 2000 when Audra McDonald recorded his song "I Won't Mind" (lyrics by Annie Kessler and Libby Saines) that his songwriting career was launched.  Since then, he received a Best Original Score Tony nomination for his songs in Urban Cowboy, and he contributed the Rita Gardner song, "I Think," to last year's Off-Broadway production, The Audience.  His one-act pieces, Woman with Pocketbook and Precious Little Jewel , have been performed at several regional theatres, and he has been commissioned to write songs by Carnegie Hall and the Guggenheim's Works and Process program. is a

He is a recipient of the BMI Harrington Award and the Dramatists Guild Jonathan Larsen Memorial Musical Theatre Fellowship, and is a graduate of Northwestern University. 

Tickets are $25 plus a $10 food/drink minimum. For tickets, call 212-581-3080 or visit www.InstantSeats.com/Birdland.

The Jeff Blumenkrantz Songbook is available for purchase at www.jeffblumenkrantz.com.