Winter Season At Birdland Announced Featuring Shaw, Egan, Pawk, DeHaas And More

By: Nov. 04, 2005
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"The Winter Season" of concerts at Birdland featuring top Broadway performers and songwriters has been announced. The series, which is produced by Jim Caruso and TheaterMania.com will be presented at the legendary Birdland (315 West 44th Street, NYC).

The season will include Victoria Shaw (Monday, November 14), Charles Busch & Julie Halston (Monday, November 28), Susan Egan (Monday, December 5), Natalie Douglas (Monday, December 12), Christine Ebersole & Billy Stritch (Tuesday, December 20), Mylinda Hull (Monday, January 2), Ann Harada, Leah Hocking & Michele Pawk (Monday, January 9), and Darius DeHaas(Monday, January 30). All shows start at 7pm. The cover charges range from $25 - $40, plus a $10 food/drink minimum. Tickets may be purchased through the Birdland box office (212-581-3080) or online at www.instantseats.com/birdland. Jim Caruso's Cast Party, the Broadway open-mic extravaganza, will follow each Monday night concert. A full dinner menu is available at Birdland until 1AM.

November 14 Under the Covers With Victoria Shaw- $25 -- Victoria, along with composers Gary Burr and Bob DiPiero celebrate Country Music week in NYC!!! Come hear all your favorite songs (and the stories behind them) performed by the original writers of such hits as "How Far" (Martina McBride), "American Made" (Oakridge Boys), "To Be Loved By You" (Wynonna), "The River" (Garth Brooks), "Think About Elvis" (Patty Loveless) -- just to name a few! Between them they have written over 30 #1 songs! http://www.victoriashaw.com

November 28 - Charles Busch and Julie Halston $30
Charles Busch and his long time stage buddy Julie Halston will perform songs, sketches and reminisce about their twenty-year friendship and the creation of the long running cult play Vampire Lesbians of Sodom. Busch, (Tony-nominated author of The Tale of the Allergist's Wife and the star of the film "Die Mommie Die") and Julie Halston (Gypsy, Twentieth Century, Bitsy Von Muffling on "Sex and the City" and currently in Hairspray) starred together in the original Off-Broadway productions of Busch's plays Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, The Lady in Question, Red Scare on Sunset and You Should Be So Lucky. Last March the duo starred in a sold-out benefit for the Actors Fund at the Music Box Theatre called Charles Busch and Julie Halston on Broadway. In this outing, they will be accompanied by musical director and cabaret superstar, Billy Stritch. http://www.charlesbusch.com

December 5 - Susan Egan $25
Joined by her musical director, Christopher McGovern, Broadway leading lady Susan Egan will sing songs from her past shows, tunes from her latest CD, "Coffee House," and showcase material by New York's hippest young writers. Critics have called Egan's voice "a knockout," "the perfect Broadway instrument," and "electrifying," and have raved that her concerts are "a seamless weaving of the classic and the modern" and "an all night conversation with your best friend." http://www.susanegan.com

December 12 - Natalie Douglas $25
Six-time MAC award winner Natalie Douglas returns to Birdland with an all-new show! Fresh from her fall engagements at the Kennedy Center's Open Arts Festival and the Mabel Mercer Foundation's Cabaret Conventionat Jazz at Lincoln Center, this 2005 Outstanding Female Vocalist, will sing standards and contemporary material, backed by longtime musical director/arranger and Avenue Q conductor, Mark Hartman. http://www.nataliedouglas.com 

December 20 - Christmas with Christine Ebersole & Billy Stritch - $40
The Tony Award-winning star of Broadway's 42nd Streetand the WB's "Related" returns to Birdland for her fourth engagement, armed with a dazzling concoction of Broadway tunes, standards, holiday songs and her wry take on life. Cabaret superstar Billy Stritch joins Christine at the piano and on vocals. http://www.christineebersole.com

January 2 - Mylinda Hull - $25
Currently starring as Nickie in Broadway's Sweet Charity, Mylinda Hull and Her Lucky Seven swing into Birdland just in time to break all their New Year's Resolutions! Hull leads seven of Broadway's top musicians out from orchestra pit and onto the stage with a true blend of funny, sexy, jazzy arrangements of theater songs. http://www.mylindahull.com

January 9 - Harada, Hocking & Pawk in "Louder…Faster…Funnier" $35
Hold on to your hats as belting Broadway divas Ann Harada (Avenue Q), Leah Hocking (All Shook Up, Hairspray) and Tony Award Winner Michele Pawk (Hollywood Arms, Mamma Mia) take the stage and rattle the rafters in an evening of song, stories, and unbridled mayhem. Legit sopranos need not apply.

January 30 - Darius DeHaas - $25
The New York Times called Darius DeHaas "an astonishing vocal acrobat." This very special concert will be a culmination of material from Darius' highly acclaimed Stevie Wonder and Billy Strayhorn Lincoln Center concerts, along with some brand new original songs. Most recently, he has been touring as special guest of Vanessa Williams in her national concert tour.

Birdland
315 West 44 Street, NYC
Reservations: 212-581-3080
http://www.instantseats.com/birdland 

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