Tony Winner Jane Krakowski Set for Kennedy Center's 'Barbara Cook Spotlight' 10/3

The Kennedy Center today announced a one-time-only performance with Tony Award®-winning actress and singer Jane Krakowski on October 3, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. in the Terrace Theater. The evening is part of Barbara Cook's Spotlight, which features theater cabaret performances throughout the 2009-2010 season by Broadway artists chosen by Barbara Cook.

Jane Krakowski's theater credits include her stunning and sultry portrayal of Carla in Broadway's Nine opposite Antonio Banderas, she won Tony®, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics awards. She won an Olivier Award while starring in Guys and Dolls with Ewan McGregor on the West End. Krakowski held other acclaimed roles in Broadway productions of Grand Hotel, Company, Once Upon A Mattress, Tartuffe and Starlight Express. During her 2008 hiatus from "30 Rock," Krakowski starred in Encores revival of Damn Yankees opposite Sean Hayes.

Krakowski currently stars as Jenna Maroney on NBC's two-time Emmy® Award-winning "30 Rock," a workplace comedy where the workplace exists behind-the-scenes of a live variety show. Krakowski, along with the "30 Rock" cast, was nominated for a 2008 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. The New Jersey-born Krakowski is an accomplished actress, dancer, and singer with numerous awards and credits to her name from film, theater, and television.

During her five-year stint on the Emmy®, Golden Globe, and SAG award-winning series "Ally McBeal," she received a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of Elaine Vassal. Other credits include television appearances on NBC's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and "Everwood."

Making her film debut as Cousin Vickie in National Lampoon's Vacation with Chevy Chase, Krakowski has also starred alongside Jude Law in Alfie, the remake of the famous 1966 film, and in Pretty Persuasion with Evan Rachel Wood and James Woods. In addition to lending her voIce To the Sony animated film Open Season, she co-starred, opposite Abigail Breslin, in the family film Kit Kittredge: All American Girl, produced by Julia Roberts. She can also be seen in the upcoming NBC Christmas Special, Muppets: Letters to Santa, as well as the Universal feature, Cirque du Freak, from director Paul Weitz.

In addition to singing on several original Broadway cast recordings and the "Ally McBeal" Christmas episode compilation CDs, Krakowski recorded the hit single track "You" with Jim Brickman on his recent album Lovesongs and Lullabies.

Each season, Barbara Cook's Spotlight brings perennial Broadway favorites to the Kennedy Center's intimate Terrace Theater for a host of theater cabaret performances. Performances during the 2009-2010 season include Jane Krakowski on October 3, 2009; Cheyenne Jackson on October 9, 2009; Christine Ebersole on November 14, 2009; Karen Akers on December 12, 2009; Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell on April 30, 2010; and Jessica Molaskey and John Pizzarelli on June 4, 2010.
TICKET INFORMATION

The performance of Barbara Cook's Spotlight: Jane Krakowski is October 3, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. in the Terrace Theater. Tickets costing $45 will go on sale August 12, 2009 and will be available for purchase at the Kennedy Center box office or by calling Instant Charge at (202) 467-4600. Patrons living outside the Washington metropolitan area may dial toll-free at (800) 444-1324 or visit the website at kennedy-center.org.

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