Suzanne Somers Brings One Woman Show to NY July 8 - September 3

Suzanne Somers, actress, comedienne, singer, and New York Times best-selling author, will come to New York this July with her one-woman musical show, The Blonde in the Thunderbird, the story of one woman's struggle to make it, tracing her path from a tortured childhood to where she is today. It's a life that has been filled with major highs and deep lows, wrapped in a love affair for the past 37 years. Written and directed by the Emmy Award-winning writing/composing team of Ken and Mitzie Welch, The Blonde in the Thunderbird will begin performances on July 8 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 W. 47th Street) and play a strictly limited engagement of 64 performances only through September 3.

When she takes to the stage in The Blonde in the Thunderbird, Suzanne Somers talks intimately and honestly about her journey to become the successful and well-known performer and entrepreneur she is today, just as she did in her best-selling autobiography, Keeping Secrets. In addition to some well-known songs, the funny, warm and inspiring show features original music created especially for Ms. Somers.

Prior to coming to New York, The Blonde in the Thunderbird will play an engagement at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto, June 16-26. The show had its world premiere at the Spreckels Theatre in San Diego, CA, in January 2004.

Suzanne Somers initially captured the public's attention as the mysterious blonde driving the white Thunderbird in George Lucas' 1973 cult classic, American Graffiti. She has since starred in 21 years of various television series, including "Three's Company," "Step by Step," "She's the Sheriff," "The Suzanne Somers Show," and served as co-host of "Candid Camera" and host of VH1's "8 Track Series Flashback." Ms. Somers, who has entered into a long-term publishing agreement with Crown Publishers for seven books over the next several years, is the author of five New York Times bestsellers. They include Suzanne Somers' Eat, Cheat, and Melt the Fat Away, Suzanne Somers' Eat Great, Lose Weight, Suzanne Somers' Get Skinny on Fabulous Food, and her autobiography, Keeping Secrets, which remained on that list for 21 weeks. Her other titles include Suzanne Somers' Fast & Easy, which hit the bestseller list at #1 and remained there for several weeks, Somersize Desserts, 365 Ways to Change Your Life, After the Fall, Wednesday's Children, Touch Me, and The Sexy Years. Suzanne and her husband, Alan Hamel, live in Los Angeles.

With 14 Emmys between them, Mitzie and Ken Welch have written, composed, and produced TV specials and series for a broad range of artists: pop music stars Barbra Streisand, Cher, and Barry Manilow; comedians Carol Burnett, Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams, Bea Arthur, and Bob Hope; country personalities Dolly Parton and Barbara Mandrell; operatic artists Beverly Sills and Placido Domingo, and singer/actors Hal Linden, Linda Lavin, Robert Guillaume and Ben Vereen, among many others.

The Blonde in the Thunderbird will begin performances on July 8 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 W. 47th Street) and play a strictly limited engagement of 64 performances only through September 3. The performance schedule will be Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8PM, with matinees on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 2PM. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster, (212) 307-4100 & (800) 755-4000 (or at www.ticketmaster.com). The Brooks Atkinson Theatre box office will open on Monday, May 6.