Klea Blackhurst News

National Corporate Theatre Fund (NCTF) held its Annual Chairman's Awards Gala and benefit on Monday, April 14 at New York's Cipriani's Pegasus (30 Rockefeller Plaza). This year, NCTF Chairman James S. Turley, Chairman & CEO of Ernst & Young, honored Angela Lansbury, the Actors Theatre of Louisville's Humana Festival of New American Plays and Bank of America.

National Corporate Theatre Fund (NCTF) will hold its Annual Chairman's Awards Gala and benefit on Monday, April 14 at New York's Cipriani's Pegasus (30 Rockefeller Plaza).

On Monday, March 4, Jim Caruso's Cast Party and TheaterMania.com were proud to present the Grammy nominated musical-theater team of MICHAEL HEITZMAN and ILENE REID, as part of the long-running, critically-heralded and popular concert series Broadway at Birdland.

Eileen Fulton, Klea Blackhurst, John Treacy Egan, Heather Parcells & Nancy Witter announced the nominees for the 22nd Annual MAC Awards of the Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs, on Tuesday, March 25, 2008, at 1:30pm at Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Triangle (at 66th Street).

Eileen Fulton, Klea Blackhurst, John Treacy Egan, Heather Parcells & Nancy Witter will announce the nominees for the 22nd Annual MAC Awards of the Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs, on Tuesday, March 25, 2008, at 1:30pm at Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Triangle (at 66th Street). The Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs will celebrate the 22nd Annual MAC Awards, on May 6, 2008, at B.B. King Blues Club, in New York City. The announcement came from the Board of Directors of MAC; Ricky Ritzel, President. Lennie Watts will be directing the Awards Ceremony.

Grammy nominated musical-theater team of Michael Heitzman and Ilene Reid debut at Birdland on Monday, March 24, 2008 at 7PM

Tony Danza and Bebe Neuwirth have joined the 2008 line-up of star-studded talent at Feinstein's at Loews Regency.

Brent Barrett, Diana Canova, Tyne Daly, and David Garrison are all set as guest artists for 'Life Is a Cabaret: A Tribute to Fred Ebb,' to be presented as part of the 92nd Street Y's Lyrics and Lyricists series running February 23-25. Rob Fisher will be the guest artistic and musical director for the evening, which will salute Ebb, the lyricist of such shows as Cabaret, Chicago, Zorba!, and Kiss of the Spider Woman.

American song-man Tony Bennett was a special guest at Jim Caruso's Cast Party on Monday, January 28 at Birdland.

Uptown Express is kicking off the holiday season with two performances of 'Red, Hot & Xmas' on Sunday, December 16 at 7PM and Thursday, December 20 at 7:30PM at the Metropolitan Room

Producer Jeff Gardner presented a star-studded reading of his Broadway-bound Grumpy Old Men: The Musical on November 1 & 2.

Martin Vidnovic, who currently stars as 'Bellomy' in The Fantasticks, the world's longest running musical, will star for one night only in the finale concert of the 18th Annual New York Cabaret Convention to be held at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall (Broadway at 60th Street) on Thursday, November 8 at 6PM.

Klea Blackhurst celebrated Ethel Merman's 100th birthday at the legendary Birdland Jazz Club on Monday October 15. Following the concert was Jim Caruso's Cast Party.

Marilyn Maye opened her two-week run at the Metropolitan Room on Wednesday, September 12.

On Sunday, July 29 at 7 PM, 'Billy Stritch and The Girls' was presented as part of Broadway at Birdland.

The Mabel Mercer Foundation's 2007 New York Cabaret Convention will include the talents of Andrea Marcovicci, Tony Award-winner Christine Ebersole and Julie Wilson

Ashley Brown, Lucie Arnaz, Michele Lee, Christine Ebersole, Stephanie J. Block and more have joined the July Broadway at Birdland line-up of performances.

This year's Bistro Awards for Oustanding Excellence in Cabaret were given out Mon., April 9, at the Gotham Comedy Club.

On Sunday, April 1st, jazz legend Marilyn Maye and Billy Stritch ended their SRO run at the Metropolitan Room

On March 29th, the Metropolitan Room hosted a star-studded edition of 'Jamie deRoy & friends,' as well as a performance by Marilyn Maye