Michael Winther at The Metropolitan Room Starting 6/18
By: BWW News Desk
Michael Winther and Kimberly Grigsby, piano present "New Love Songs" on Wednesday, June 18th, 7:30pm, Monday, June 23rd, 9:30pm (with special guest, Sally Wilfert), Wednesday, June 25th, 7:30pm, and Monday, June 30th, 9:30pm (with special guest, Sally Wilfert) at The Metropolitan Room.
Join Broadway actor-singer, Michael Winther (Mamma Mia, 1776, Songs From An Unmade Bed -- 2006 Drama Desk Nominee) and one of Broadway's top musical directors, Kimberly Grigsby (Spring Awakening, Caroline, or Change, The Full Monty) for a unique, evening of new love songs by some of our best contemporary theater composers and lyricists. Among the songwriters represented will be Deborah Abramson, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Mark Campbell, Carmel Dean, William Finn, Peter Foley, Jenny Giering and Sean Barry, Adam Guettel, Fred Hersch, Paul Loesel, Steve Marzullo, Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda, Chris Miller, John Mercurio, Peter Foley, Joseph Thalken and more. Sally Wilfert (Make Me A Song) will be Michael's special guest on Monday, June 23rd and Monday June 30th. The Village Voice called Michael Winther "an exciting voice doing exciting new voices. Like Audra McDonald, he loves plucking selections from the new writer's bumper crop." A veteran of the new musical theatre scene, he and his collaborator, Kimberly Grigsby have chosen the evening's songs with an eye towards material they find "fresh, accessible, tuneful and theatrical." Frank Rizzo of Variety said of his Drama Desk nominated solo performance in SONGS FROM AN UNMADE BED: "Winther makes it look all so easy and relaxed. Never cloying or cute, he offers just the right tone. That he sings like a dream helps, too." If you are a follower of the musical theater scene, enjoy vocal music or are just curious and eager to hear something new and exciting, don't miss this special engagement. Come discover some unknown gems!
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