Christine Ebersole Comes To The Cafe Carlyle Stage

Two-time Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole returns to the legendary Café Carlyle for her third engagement in the legendary New York venue. Beginning Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 (and playing through Saturday, February 20th), Ms. Ebersole will present an all new program -- an eclectic musical evening on the subjects of sex, politics, religion...and weather. John Oddo (Musical Director) will lead a quartet. Tony Award-winner Scott Wittman directs.

Ms. Ebersole will receive the 2010 Nightlife Award for "Outstanding Cabaret Vocalist in a Major Engagement" for her critically-acclaimed 2009 Café Carlyle engagement at the 8th Annual Nightlife Awards ceremony to be held at Town Hall on Monday, January 25th.

The Café Carlyle is located in The Carlyle Hotel - 35 East 76th Street at Madison Avenue. The performance schedule is: Tuesday-Friday at 8:45 PM with an additional show on Saturday at 10:45 PM. There is a $75 music charge for the Tuesday-Friday performances and an $85 music charge for the Friday and Saturday performances. Bar seating is available for all shows with a $45 music charge. Dinner is served from 6:30PM. Ms. Ebersole will present a special Valentine's Day performance on Sunday, February 14th at 8:45PM. There is a $100 music charge. Bar seating is available for $50. Dinner will be served from 6:30 PM. For reservations please call 212-744-1600. For additional information please visit www.thecarlyle.com.

Christine Ebersole has enchanted audiences throughout her performing career, from the Broadway stage to television series and specials, films, concert appearances, and recordings. Ms. Ebersole received virtually every Off-Broadway award and her second Tony Award for Leading Actress in a Musical for her "dual role of a lifetime" as Edie Beale and Little Edie Beale in Grey Gardens. Acclaimed by critics and audiences alike, the show was nominated for ten Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and its CD was nominated for a Grammy Award.

Other memorable New York stage performances include her Tony Award-winning performance as Dorothy Brock in the smash hit revival 42nd Street, Steel Magnolias, On the Twentieth Century, Oklahoma, Dinner at Eight (Tony and Outer Critics Circle nominations), The Best Man, and the recent revival of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit. She has starred in five City Center Encores! Productions, most recently receiving unanimous praise for her starring role as Margo Channing in Applause.

Ms. Ebersole has appeared in many hit movies, including "Tootsie," "Richie Rich," "Black Sheep," "Amadeus," "Dead Again, Folks!" "Ghost Dad," "True Crime," "My Girl 2," "Mac and Me," and Confessions of a Shopaholic. Ms. Ebersole has an extensive list of television credits including recent appearances on "Royal Pains," "Ugly Betty," "Law and Order SVU," "Boston Legal," "Samantha Who," and "Will and Grace."

In concert, Ms. Ebersole has appeared in numerous halls throughout the country. Last fall, she delighted audiences by participating in the Opening Night Gala of Carnegie Hall's 118th Season. She appeared with the San Francisco Symphony in their tribute to Leonard Bernstein. After making her debut with the Boston Pops two years ago, she returned to Boston's Symphony Hall and Tanglewood last season to star as Desiree Armfeldt in a concert version of A Little Night Music with the Boston Pops. In televised concerts, she has often appeared on PBS, including her star turns in Ira Gershwin at 100: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall and the Rodgers & Hart Story: Thou Swell, Thou Witty. In December 2006 she performed on the Kennedy Center Honors on CBS.

A recording artist as well, Ms. Ebersole has released such albums as: "Christine Ebersole: Live at the Cinegrill," "In Your Dreams," and "Sunday in New York." For more information, please visit her website at: www.christineebersole.com.

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