Patina Miller, Heidi Blickenstaff, Laura Osnes et al. Lead 'Music of Kooman & Dimond' Concert at Birdland, 7/18

The Broadway at Birdland concert series is happy to announce that songwriters Michael Kooman and Chris Dimond, who won the 2010 Jonathan Larson Grant, will be presenting "Out Of Our Heads: The Music of Kooman & Dimond" on Monday, July 18 at 7pm.

A cast of Broadway performers will be joining them including Patina Miller (Sister Act), Heidi Blickenstaff (The Addams Family, [title of show]), Julia Murney (Wicked, Lennon), Anderson Davis (Les Miserables), Matt Doyle (War Horse, Spring Awakening), Jeremy Jordan (Rock of Ages, West Side Story), Kyle Dean Massey (Next To Normal, Wicked), Phoebe Strole (Spring Awakening), Laura Osnes (Anything Goes, South Pacific, Grease), Zak Resnick (Lucky Guy), Jose Llana (Wonderland, Spelling Bee, Rent), Allison Case (Hair, Mamma Mia!), Lee Gayer (Follies), and Katie Hennies.The show will be directed by Kate Pines, and produced by Michael Alshooler of MNA Entertainment INC.

"Out Of Our Heads" will be a release party/concert for the cd of the same name, and will feature Broadway performers singing the songs of Kooman & Dimond. The cd is a compilation of songs that blur the lines between musical theater and pop, running the gamut from the absurd to the sublime. The recording features the vocal talents of Kerry Butler, Christopher Sieber, Patina Miller, Heidi Blockenstaff, Matt Doyle, Kyle Dean Massey and more. Audience members will receive a complimentary cd.

Michael Kooman (music) and Christopher Dimond (book and lyrics) are the authors of the musicals Dani Girl, which has been workshopped and developed at the Kennedy Center, American Conservatory Theatre, Cherry Lane Theatre, and the ASCAP/Disney Musical Theater Workshop; Golden Gate (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Homemade Fusion (London's Ambassadors Theater); and the family-friendly Christmas musical Junior Claus.

For tickets and more information, visit www.BirdlandJazz.com.

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