Marilyn Maye to Bring "More Mercer" to the Metropolitan Room

From October 6th - October 16th, MAC Award winner Marilyn Maye will perform her new show "More Mercer," a celebration of songwriter Johnny Mercer, at the Metropolitan Room.  She will be accompanied by pianist Tedd Firth, drummer Jim Elkof, and bassist Tom Hubbard.

Other upcoming events at the Metropolitan room include Gay Marshall (September 22nd, 29th, October 1st, 8th), Broadway and cabaret favorite Jason Graae (September 24th-26th, October 2nd-4th), Barb Jungr (September 28th-October 3rd), Shawn Ryan (October 9th), Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano (October 10th), Jamie deRoy & Friends with guests including Euan Morton and Paul Scott Goodman (October 15th), Liz Callaway (October 20th, 22nd-25th), and Amanda McBroom (October 26th-28th, 30th).

For reservations, call 212-206-0440 or visit www.metropolitanroom.com.

In the years since Marilyn Maye first appeared in the spotlight as a tiny pre-teen vocalist in a series of amateur contests in Topeka, Kansas, she has received an endless stream of kudos. The late Johnny Carson called her "Super Singer." Ella Fitzgerald dubbed her "The greatest white female singer in the world." The Houston Chronicle termed her "A National Treasure." And the prestigious Smithsonian Institution chose her recording of "Too Late Now" (from her RCA Lamp Is Low album) for inclusion in its Best Performers of the Best Compositions of the 20th Century Permanent Collection, along with such other singing greats as Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland. Add 76 appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, a Grammy nomination in the mid-Sixties as Best New Artist, a bevy of awards reflecting her showmanship, and you have an illustrious singing career that is still going strong after a life-time spent entertaining audiences.

 

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