Jane Monheit News

On Wednesday, May 11th, Morgan Karr will officially release his much-anticipated debut EP. An actor, singer and songwriter hailing from Nashville Tennessee, Karr's first release comes after quickly making his mark on the New York City entertainment scene.

Easter Weekend brings one of the jazz world's hottest young singers to the Spencer Theater for a popping jazz performance April 23 at 7 p.m. Nikki Yanofsky hasn't yet graduated from high school, but she's gathered an impressive collection of recordings and awards since her debut at the 2006 Montreal International Jazz Festival, where she wowed the audience with the Ella Fitzgerald classic, 'It Don't Mean a Thing If it Ain't Got That Swing.'

Singer, pianist and songwriter Tony DeSare has won critical and popular acclaim for his concert performances throughout the United States as well as Australia, Japan and Hong Kong. In January 2010, he launched an international tour with three weeks at the Algonquin Hotel's Oak Room in New York and two weeks in London. DeSare's noted versatility enables him to headline a variety of venues, including major jazz rooms such as Birdland and the Blue Note, posh nightclubs like the Café Carlyle and Feinstein's at the Regency and concert halls like Jazz at Lincoln Center . His newest album, Radio Show, tunes in to the Golden Era of radio, spanning decades of swing, jazz and pop. Featuring special guests Jane Monheit and Bucky Pizzarelli, the album was released in 2009.

Hosted by Christine Pedi, the 2011 MAC Awards will take place on Tuesday, Mat 10 and B.B. King Blues Club and Grill. The ceremony will honor Annie Ross for Lifetime Achievement and George Sanders with the MAC Board of Directors Award.

Usdan Center For the Creative and Performing Arts (www.usdan.com), whose art exhibit Self-Defining Mediums is now running at Manhattan's Lobby Gallery, 430 Park Avenue, will hold its next Open House this Sunday March 27 from 11 AM to 2 PM.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed "Best of New York" by New York Magazine and "an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post will continue its Spring 2011 season with the debut of pop music legend PETER ASHER and his multimedia show "A Musical Memoir of the 60s and Beyond" from May 3 through May 7.

Usdan Center For the Creative and Performing Arts (www.usdan.com), whose art exhibit Self-Defining Mediums is now running at Manhattan's Lobby Gallery, 430 Park Avenue, will hold its next Open House this Sunday March 27 from 11 AM to 2 PM.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced the 2011-2012 seasons for the Kennedy Center, National Symphony Orchestra and Washington National Opera. In wide-ranging programming that covers theater, dance, classical music, jazz, and productions for young people, the Kennedy Center continues its commitment, as the nation's center for the performing arts, to producing and presenting the best of national and international arts.

MORGAN KARR, Nashville-born singer/songwriter, made his Rockwood Music Hall debut after playing to sold out crowds at Joe's Pub and The Bitter End this past fall. Adding a full band to his soaring vocals, Karr showcased his soulful pop/rock sound by playing his original music as well as his own twist on hits by Sara Bareilles, Bruno Mars, and The Fugees.

Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, whose alumni include Natalie Portman, Mariah Carey, playwright Michele Lowe (whose Map Of Heaven just premiered at the Denver Theater Center, and who won the 2010 Francesca Primus Prize from the American Theater Critics Association), Jordan Leeds, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Seth Rudetsky and Jane Monheit, will hold its next Open House on Wednesday February 23 from 11 AM to 2 PM at Usdan Center's magnificent 200-acre woodland campus in the Huntington area of Long Island.

MORGAN KARR, Nashville-born singer/songwriter, will be making his Rockwood Music Hall debut after playing to sold out crowds at Joe's Pub and The Bitter End this past fall.

Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, whose alumni include Natalie Portman, Mariah Carey, playwright Michele Lowe (whose Map Of Heaven just premiered at the Denver Theater Center, and who won the 2010 Francesca Primus Prize from the American Theater Critics Association), Jordan Leeds, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Seth Rudetsky and Jane Monheit, will hold its next Open House on Wednesday February 23 from 11 AM to 2 PM at Usdan Center's magnificent 200-acre woodland campus in the Huntington area of Long Island.

Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook, which explores the best of the golden age of musical standards through to the best in current songwriting, will bring to the stage some of today's most gifted interpreters of song.

From the Cast of ANYTHING GOES and SPIDER-MAN, to the Ladies of THE VIEW, Raul Esparza, Barbra Streisand, Alan Menken, Bernadette Peters, Susan Boyle, Kelsey Grammer, GLEE and everyone in between...it's the BroadwayWorld.com 2011 Valentine's Day Special! Its Biggest Ever!

Leading Manhattan music destination The Iridium has booked an exciting and eclectic lineup this February, featuring a mix of guitar heroes and jazz innovators.

Leading Manhattan music destination The Iridium has booked an exciting and eclectic lineup this February, featuring a mix of guitar heroes and jazz innovators.

Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook, which explores the best of the golden age of musical standards through to the best in current songwriting, will bring to the stage some of today's most gifted interpreters of song. Week Three is a Grammy Awards fest, as three of the four acts are current and past nominees. On February 2nd one can experience life in the Piedmont hills of the Carolinas via the vibrant sound of the Carolina Chocolate Drops. This three-piece string band plays old-time roots music with virtuoso playing of the banjo, fiddle, guitar, harmonica, jug and more. Next up is the crown princess of bossa nova, Bebel Gilberto. Gilberto has taken classic bossa nova rhythms and mixed them with modern pop - for a sound that is up for a Grammy this year. On February 4th perennial Grammy nominee Joan Osborne will perform an emotionally-charged work she has written with Jack Petruzzelli: Love and Hate - A Song Cycle. On February 5th, actress/singer Anika Noni Rose, a Tony winner for Caroline, Or Change, will make her eagerly-anticipated solo concert debut.

Providing its region with a cultural attraction of world-class quality and scale, the multi-venue Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, Indiana - just outside of the state capital of Indianapolis - opened the first of its venues on January 29, 2011, with an inaugural concert at its state-of-the-art concert hall The Palladium. The Center's other venues, now under construction, will be a 200-seat studio theater (opening in March 2011) and The Tarkington, a 500-seat proscenium theater (opening in August 2011).

Leading Manhattan music destination The Iridium has booked an exciting and eclectic lineup this February, featuring a mix of guitar heroes and jazz innovators.

Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook, which explores the best of the golden age of musical standards through to today's most dynamic songwriting, will bring to the stage some of today's most gifted interpreters of song. Week Two starts on January 26th with a tribute to arguably the greatest songwriting team in American Songbook history: the brothers George and Ira Gershwin. Conductor, arranger and pianist (as well as Artistic Director of the Gershwin centenary) Rob Fisher will lead Victoria Clark (Tony winner for Light in the Piazza) and Norm Lewis (Les Miserables, The Little Mermaid) in a night of gorgeous Gershwin. On January 27th singer/songwriter Shara Worden (from the group My Brightest Diamond) performs her unique blend of vocal music that has her pegged as a star to watch. Week Two closes out with gritty veteran John Doe singing 'real' country, with all its understated empathy and rough poetry. Pfizer is a proud sponsor of Lincoln Center's American Songbook 2011.