Christiane Noll to Play the Metropolitan Room this May and June

New York born, New Jersey raised actress Christiane Noll starred on Broadway in the Kennedy Center Revival of RAGTIME, receiving TONY and Drama Desk Award nominations and winning a Helen Hayes Award for her portrayal of Mother. She made her Broadway debut creating the role of Emma in JEKYLL & HYDE, receiving a FANY award for Best actress in a musical. Ms. Noll received her second Drama Desk nomination for her work in CHAPLIN. She has been seen perennially as Sister Margaretta in NBC's THE SOUND OF MUSIC LIVE with Carrie Underwood. She supplied the singing-voice of Anna in the Warner Brothers animated feature THE KING AND I.

She has enjoyed starring in Broadway productions of ELF (at Madison Square Garden), IT AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT THE BLUES and on tour in URINETOWN (Ovation Award), THE MAMBO KINGS, GREASE!, MISS SAIGON and CITY OF ANGELS as well as a tour of Australia and Thailand of SOUTH PACIFIC.

With a reputation for great versatility, Ms. Noll has performed a varied repertoire in Broadway, Operetta and Jazz. She has been a frequent guest soloist with symphony orchestras in every state in the USA, as well as international appearances with Toronto Symphony, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony, Sinfonica Brasileira in Rio, China Philharmonic with concert pianist, Lang Lang and orchestras in Hong Kong, Czech Republic and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She made her Carnegie Hall debut with Skitch Henderson, in his last pops performance with The New York Pops and sang with Steven Reineke SONDHEIM! THE BIRTHDAY CONCERT at Carnegie Hall. She made her Hollywood Bowl and O2 Arena debut singing with Julie Andrews in GIFTS OF MUSIC and her opera debut with Placido Domingo in THE MERRY WIDOW at the Kennedy Center as well as City Center Encores! THE NEW MOON, THE STUDENT PRINCE, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE and THE MIKADO.

Ms. Noll has premiered shows Off-Broadway and regionally: John Kander's KID VICTORY, THE COTTAGE, THEY'RE PLAYING HIS SONGS, ACE (Helen Hayes nomination), THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK, THE PIPER, FRANKENSTEIN, KEPT (Krieger/Russell), CALL THE CHILDREN HOME, A FINE AND PRIVATE PLACE, TAKE FLIGHT (Maltby/Shire), LITTLE BY LITTLE and LIZZIE BORDEN. And happily starred in favorites CLOSER THAN EVER (Off-Broadway Alliance award), MARY POPPINS, 1776, THE KING & I, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, INTO THE WOODS, MACK & MABEL (Connecticut Critics Circle Award), THE BAKER'S WIFE, THE SOUND OF MUSIC (Salzburg Marionette Theare), and CAROUSEL.

Christiane has performed her solo show in cabaret at 54 Below, Feinstein's The Regency, The Plush Room, The Duplex, The Nevermore, Arci's Place, The China Club, Peaches, B.Smith's and The West Bank Café as well as appearing in Town Hall's BROADWAY BY THE YEAR and the Lincoln Center American Songbook Series. She is a Founding Member of Midtown Direct Rep. Theater Company.

She has released five solo CD's, Christiane Noll - A BROADWAY LOVE STORY and THE Ira Gershwin ALBUM, both on Fynsworth Alley, LIVE AT THE WESTBANK CAFÉ on 2Die4 Records, MY PERSONAL PROPERTY on Jay Records and GIFTS - LIVE AT 54 BELOW on Broadway Records.