Fuller, Ragusa, Etc. Set for 3/29 'Jamie deRoy & friends'

Celebrated cabaret performer Jamie deRoy will kick off a monthly series of Thursday evenings of her Multi MAC Award-winning variety show, "Jamie deRoy & friends" on Thursday, March 29th (7:30PM) at the New York hotspot The Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street Between 5th  & 6th Avenues). The following Thursday dates will be April 26, May 31, and June 28 at 7:30PM.

The March 29th evening will feature the following artists: comic Eddie Brill; two-time Tony nominee Penny Fuller (Applause, The Dinner Party); accomplished singer Hilary Kole; Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Victoria Shaw; and theater's own Michele Ragusa, fresh from her noted performance in Adrift In Macao, for which she received a Barrymore Award. Barry Kleinbort is the director of Jamie DeRoy & friends and Paul Greenwood will serve as musical director.

"The colorful cabaret series, which has been thrilling New York City audiences for the past 16 years and serves as the basis for deRoy's award-winning cable television show, spotlights a wide variety of well-known entertainers and newcomers lighting up the cabaret, theater, and comedy worlds," state press materials.

deRoy has won eight MAC Awards, four Back Stage Bistro Awards, nine Telly Awards and CaB Magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award for her extensive work on both stage and screen. deRoy has produced seven CDs in the Jamie deRoy & friends series on the Harbinger label. Her theatre producing credits include Broadway's Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life; Say Goodnight, Gracie, and Indian Blood.  Her TV and film producing credits include the Emmy-nominated "The Biggest Little Operas in Town" for Channel 13 and Rick McKay's documentary Broadway: The Golden Age. Her acting credits include appearances on the television shows "Alice," "Spiderman" and "Knight Rider," and in the films GoodFellas, Raging Bull, See No Evil Hear No Evil, and Married to It. Onstage, deRoy appeared with Rene Auberjonois in The Threepenny Opera, as well as in The Drunkard with musical direction by Barry Manilow.

"Jamie deRoy & friends" at Metropolitan Room at Gotham, 34 West 22 Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues) has a $20 cover charge plus a two beverage minimum.  For reservations, please call (212) 206-0440. Program is subject to change.                

Photo of Jamie deRoy by Eric Stephen Jacobs