Klea Blackhurst Holds Concert at Birdland 1/10
By: Gabrielle Sierra
Jim Caruso is proud to present "An Evening With KLea Blackhurst," as part of the Broadway at Birdland concert series, spotlighting performers and writers from the Great White Way. The event will take place on Monday, January 10 at 7pm.
"An Evening with KLea Blackhurst!" will be a delightful evening, as Klea romps through her favorite selections from the great American songbook, Broadway, and contemporary pop. From her "Star Search" audition to her adoration of Donny Osmond, from "A Cockeyed Optimist" to "The Yodeling Muchacha," this evening is certain to dispel those post-holiday doldrums and kick the New Year off with a skip in your step!KLea Blackhurst is best known for her award-winning solo shows: Everything The Traffic Will Allow, her acclaimed tribute to Ethel Merman; and, Autumn in New York: Vernon Duke's Broadway. She can currently be seen as pundit Shelby Cross on the IFC Comedy Series "The Onion News Network." Her most recent show teaming with Billy Stritch, Dreaming of a Song: The Music of Hoagy Carmichael, received a 2009 MAC Award. Klea's concert appearances include the London Palladium, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, ten Mabel Mercer Foundation Cabaret Conventions, Carnegie Hall with Michael Feinstein, Oklahoma! at London's Royal Albert Hall, and New York's 92nd Street Y Lyrics & Lyricists (Leo Robin & Cole Porter). Klea's theatre credits include: In New York - Bingo, By Jupiter, Radio Gals, Oil City Symphony; Regional - Chicago, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Red Hot and Blue, Anything Goes. TV and radio: "Law and Order: SVU," "The Rosie O'Donnell Show," "Sesame Street," "A Prairie Home Companion."Monday, January 10 at 7pm
Birdland, 315 West 44 Street, NYC
212-581-3080 or www.BirdlandJazz.com
$25 or $35 cover/$10 food/drink minimum
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