Linda Eder Performs Broadway Songs and Pop Tunes at Mayo Center Tonight

Broadway favorite Linda Eder performs songs from her favorite theatre and pop composers at Mayo Performing Arts Center tonight, November 13, 2015 at 8 pm. Tickets are $49-79. She will be accompanied by a four-piece band.

Showcasing one of the greatest contemporary voices of our time, Linda Eder's diverse repertoire spans Broadway, standards, pop, country and jazz. As the tragic character "Lucy" in the Broadway musical Jekyll & Hyde, from composer Frank Wildhorn, Eder blew the roof off of New York's Plymouth Theatre each night as she belted out signature songs "Someone Like You" and "A New Life." Her Broadway debut, for which she was rewarded with a Drama Desk nomination, sent her already rapidly rising star blazing across the sky, securing her spot as one of America's most beloved singers and dynamic live performers. Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote, "What do we mean when we use the word perfection? The question arises every time I watch the pop singer Linda Eder."

Most recently, in October 2013, Linda released Christmas Where You Are, the follow-up to her best-selling and critically acclaimed Christmas Stays the Same (2000). This CD features twelve tracks - six selected by her fans via social media voting and two originals from Eder. It also features a unique twist on the classic, "Baby, It's Cold Outside" which Linda re-wrote and performs in a duet with her teenage son, Jake to represent a classic mother-son debate over going outside to play in a snow storm.

Born in Tucson, Arizona, and raised in Brainerd, Minnesota, Eder began her career singing in her home state and eventually landed a gig at Harrah's Casino in Atlantic City. But it was her appearances on the 1987 season of Star Search, where she won for an unprecedented 12 weeks, that attracted the attention of audiences and record companies alike.

Eder launched her recording career in 1991 with her self-titled debut album and soon established a vital niche as America's most popular and acclaimed new interpreter of pop standards and theatrical songs with 15 solo albums and 12 musical recordings. Those albums highlight Eder's abundant vocal gifts as well as her skill for delivering dramatic, emotionally resonant interpretations of familiar songs while making them her own.

The concert stage remains the mainstay of Eder's career. She has performed for sold-out crowds in venues across the country and throughout Europe. She has been featured on numerous PBS television concert specials including Clay Aiken's Tried & True; Hallelujah Broadway; Linda Eder: The PBS Concert; Best of Broadway: Broadway's Leading Ladies; Best of Broadway: Love Songs; Jim Brickman plays The Disney Songbook; and more. Her 2001 holiday concert, Christmas Stays the Same was broadcast on Bravo TV and continues to be a popular selling DVD.

Trail Mix, her primetime Animal Planet special about singers with a passion for horses, was a natural extension of her love of animals and featured Linda interviewing fellow recording artists Sheryl Crow, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Irish tenor Ronan Tynan, Rob Thomas, and Aerosmith's Joe Perry.

Mayo Performing Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2015-2016 season is made possible, in part, by a grant the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as support received from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, F.M. Kirby Foundation and numerous corporations, foundations and individuals. The Mayo Performing Arts Center has been designated a Major Presenting Organization by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Visit www.mayoarts.org for tickets and more information.

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