Photo Coverage: Petula Clark Opens at Feinstein's at Loews Regency
By: Stephen Sorokoff Jan. 25, 2012
Feinstein's at Loews Regency presented the debut engagement of two-time Grammy Award winning singer, actress and songwriter Petula Clark last night, January 24, 2012. BroadwayWorld was on hand and brings you photo coverage below!
Making her first New York nightclub engagement since the 1970s, Ms. Clark performed her chart-topping pop hits like "Downtown," "I Know A Place" and "My Love," as well as highlights from her stage and screen roles in Sunset Boulevard, Blood Brothers and Finian's Rainbow. Ms. Clark's show at Feinstein's will run from January 24 to February 4, 2012. Prior to New York, she performed at the Casino De Paris Theatre on November 7, for her first Paris concert in two years. Immediately after her run at Feinstein's, she will fly down under for a 15 day concert tour of Australia.
Petula Clark, the legendary pop singer who also starred on stage and screen, has sold over 70 million records. She was honored with the prestigious CBE by her Majesty the Queen of England.
Ms. Clark first broke into the limelight during World War II when as a child she entertained the troops, both on radio and in concert. She performed over 200 shows for the forces all over England before the age of nine. In 1944, Petula made her first movie and has since appeared in over 30 British and American films. She started making hit records in her teens, and by the mid-sixties was recording in French, German and Italian.
In 1964, English songwriter Tony Hatch was visiting Petula at her apartment in Paris and played her a new song called "Downtown." Two weeks later they recorded it in London. The song quickly became #1 worldwide, winning Petula her first Grammy Award. It was rapidly followed by "I Know A Place" and another Grammy. Tony went on to write 15 Top-40 songs for Petula, recording in London, LA and New York.
In the sixties, she starred in two Hollywood musicals, Finian's Rainbow and Goodbye Mr. Chips, opposite Fred Astaire and Peter O'Toole. She also starred in her own TV series on BBC and various television specials in America. She's also had success as a country recording star with the Top 10 hit, "Natural Love."
Her first love, though, is live performance, and as a solo artist sells out concert halls worldwide, including regular engagements in Las Vegas. But she also enjoys working as part of a team in the theater appearing on Broadway and the West End in such roles as Maria in The Sound Of Music (London), Someone Like You (for which she wrote the music), Blood Brothers (Broadway and US tour) and Norma Desmond in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard (London and US tour).
She has just completed a new French CD, including a song she co-wrote with Charles Aznavour. She is now preparing new material for a CD in English.
For tickets and more information, visit www.feinsteinsatloewsregency.com.
Photo Credit: Stephen Sorokoff
Regis Phiibin, Petula Clark, Joy Philbin
Regis Phiibin, Petula Clark, Joy Philbin
Jamie deRoy, Petula Clark, Barry Kleinbort (Downtown parody lyrics)
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