Julia Murney Performs Songs from CD at Birdland, 10/23

On Monday, October 23 at 7pm, Julia Murney will take the stage at Birdland (315 West 44 Street, NYC). 

Murney will perform songs from her recently released CD, "I'm Not Waiting" (Sh-K-Boom Records). Tom Kitt (composer of the upcoming High Fidelity and musical director of Laugh Whore) will serve as musical director for the evening. 

Murney has garnered critical and popular acclaim since starring as Queenie in the 2000 world premiere of Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party, a role that earned her a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Musical. Her other stage credits include the Broadway production of Lennon, as well as the Manhattan Theatre Club's productions of A Class Act and Time and Again, for which she received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress. For the past six months, Murney has been starring as Elphaba in the national tour of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Wicked.

"I'm Not Waiting" was produced by Grammy Award-nominee Andrew Lippa, with musical direction by Tom Kitt and Stephen Oremus. The album was recorded and mixed by Grammy Award winner Joel Moss. Included in the Birdland concert will be songs from the CD by pop composers Bobbie Gentry, John Lennon, Annie Lennox, Joni Mitchell, and Tom Waits, as well as theater writers Tom Kitt, Andrew Lippa and Stephen Schwartz.

Birdland is located at 315 West 44 Street.  Tickets are $25, plus a $10 food/drink minimum; call 212-581-3080 or visit www.InstantSeats.com/Birdland.