Karen Mason to Bring SHOW QUEEN Concert to Iridium Tonight

Internationally-acclaimed songstress Karen Mason, who recently starred as the zany Queen of Hearts in "Wonderland" at the Marquis Theatre, returns to Broadway tonight, July 19th with a 7pm show at Iridium (1650 Broadway, at 51st Street).

A ten-time Mac Award Winner, Karen was named Major Female Vocalist of the Year for six consecutive years. She's a three-time Backstage Bistro Award Winner, a 2006 Nightlife Award Winner for Major Female Vocalist, and an Outer Critics Circle Award Winner for her performance in "And The World Goes Round" on Broadway. Other Broadway credits include "Hairspray," "Mamma Mia" (where she originated the role of "Tanya"), "Sunset Boulevard," "Jerome Robbins' Broadway," "Torch Song Trilogy," and "Play Me A Country Song." Off-Broadway, Karen has dazzled audiences in "Karen Mason Sings Broadway, Beatles, and Brian" and "Carnival" (where she received a 1993 Drama Desk Nomination).

CDs include her 2009 MAC Award-winning release Right Here /Right Now, The Sweetest of Nights, and the MAC Award-winning When The Sun Comes Out, as well as: Christmas! Christmas! Christmas!; Better Days, featuring songs by her longtime composer/arranger, Brian Lasser (including the 1998 Emmy Award-winning song "Hold Me"); and Not So Simply Broadway. Karen has been featured on the soundtrack of Jeffrey (Varese Sarabande), the studio cast recording of Frank Wildhorn's Wonderland: Alice's New Adventures; Wonderful Town (JAY Records); the original cast album of And The World Goes Round (RCA Victor); The Child In Me, Vol. 1 (Harbinger Records); and Lost in Boston ll (Varese Sarabande).

In addition to performing around the world, Karen has headlined Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Feinstein's at the Regency, Rainbow & Stars, The Algonquin, Arci's Place, The Supper Club, The Metropolitan Room, and The Ballroom. She has shared concert stages with such music luminaries as Luciano Pavarotti, Rosemary Clooney, Liza Minnelli, Michael Feinstein, Jerry Herman, John Kander & Frank Ebb, as well as The New York Pops with Skitch Henderson, The Philly Pops with Peter Nero, The Oklahoma Philharmonic with Joel Levine, the premier performance of The Chicagoland Pops, The Indianapolis Philharmonic, and the St. Louis Symphony with John McDaniel.

Iridium Jazz Club, 1650 Broadway at 51st Street. For Reservations call 212-582-2121 . $25 cover, $10 minimum food/drink.