Photos: JAMIE DEROY & FRIENDS Returns To the Birdland Stage
Proceeds from the evening benefitted The Entertainment Community Fund.
Once again, hostess/producer Jamie deRoy brought her multi-MAC Award-winning Variety Show, Jamie deRoy & friends, back to Birdland on Monday, October 23. See photos of the evening.
Proceeds from the evening benefitted The Entertainment Community Fund: Jamie deRoy & friends Cabaret Initiative. Special guests at Jamie deRoy & friends were Tony Danza, Nikki M. James, Daisy Jopling, Nicolas King & Seth Sikes, and Steven Scott. The show was directed by Barry Kleinbort, and musical directed by Ron Abel, with Ritt Henn on bass and Ray Marchica on drums.
This colorful cabaret series has been thrilling New York City audiences for the past 25 years and serves as the basis for deRoy's award-winning cable television show which spotlights well-known entertainers and newcomers that are lighting up the marquees of cabaret, theater, music, and comedy. Jamie deRoy has won three Tony Awards, eight MAC Awards, four Back Stage Bistro Awards and ten Telly Awards for her extensive work on both stage and screen. She has appeared onstage with Joan Rivers and has headlined at many of New York’s major clubs. She has produced nine CDs in the Jamie deRoy & friends series, all of which are available on Harbinger and PS Classics labels. Birdland is located at 315 West 44 Street in the heart of Manhattan’s theater district.
Photo Credit: Kevin Alvey
Seth Sikes, Jamie deRoy, Nicolas King
Ron Abel, Barry Kleinbort, Ritt Henn, Tony Danza, Ray Marchica
Nicolas King, Jamie deRoy, Seth Sikes
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