Ann Hamtpon Callaway, Ted Rosenthal Present Two for the Road in New Hope

Ann Hampton Callaway, platinum-selling, award-winning singer/songwriter, will present her new show, "Two for the Road" when she returns for her second summer engagement at Bob Egan's in New Hope, Friday, August 12 and Saturday August 13. Presenting what Callaway calls a "musical pas de deux of unforgettable songs," Callaway will team up with world renowned jazz pianist, Ted Rosenthal, for these two special evenings. Performances both nights will be at 8:30 pm. Tickets are $45.

As a champion of the great American Songbook, Ann Hampton Callaway has made her mark as a singer, pianist, composer, lyricist, arranger, actress, educator, TV host and producer. A born entertainer, her unique singing style blends jazz and traditional pop, making her a mainstay in concert halls, theaters and jazz clubs as well as in the recording studio, on television, and in film. She is best known for Tony-nominated performance in the hit Broadway musical "Swing!" and for writing and singing the theme song to the hit TV series "The Nanny." Callaway is a Platinum Award winning writer whose songs are featured on five of Barbra Streisand's recent CDs. The only composer to have collaborated with Cole Porter, she has also written songs with Carole King, Rolf Lovland and Barbara Carroll to name a few.

Callaway's live performances showcase her warmth, spontaneous wit and passionate delivery of standards, jazz classics and originals. She is one of America's most gifted improvisers, taking words and phrases from her audiences and creating songs on the spot, whether alone at a piano or with a symphony orchestra. Callaway has been a special guest performer with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall and Tanglewood and is featured at many of the Carnegie Hall tributes. She has sung with more than twenty-five of the world's top orchestras and big bands, and has performed for President Clinton in Washington, D.C. and at President Gorbachev's Youth Peace Summit in Moscow. Callaway performed with her sister, Broadway star Liz Callaway, in their award-winning show Sibling Revelry at London's Donmar Warehouse, and has performed twice in Berlin's famed Philharmonic Hall by special invitation.

In 2009, Callaway released her most powerful recording to date called "At Last" on Telarc Records. Her recent CDs "Signature," "Slow" and "Blues in the Night" have received high critical acclaim. She has recorded two popular holiday CDs - "Holiday Pops!" with Peter Nero and the Philly Pops, and her solo CD, "This Christmas." Callaway's other recordings include "Easy Living," "To Ella with Love," "After Ours," "Bring Back Romance," "Ann Hampton Callaway," and the award-winning live recording "Sibling Revelry." Callaway has also been a guest performer on more than forty CDs including Kenny Barron's latest CD "The Traveler."

Callaway made her feature film debut opposite Angelina Jolie and Matt Damon in the Robert De Niro film "The Good Shepherd", performing the standard "Come Rain or Come Shine". She recorded "Isn't It Romantic?" and "The Nearness of You" in Wayne Wong's "Last Holiday", starring Queen Latifah. She is currently writing songs for the upcoming movie musical "State Of Affairs." As a part of her mission to keep the American Songbook thriving, she has produced and hosted two TV specials with guests Liza Minnelli and Christine Ebersole for WTTW National to lead up to her PBS series "Singer's Spotlight With Ann Hampton Callaway."

In September 2005, Callaway performed her original composition "Let the Saints Come Marching", written to honor Hurricane Katrina victims, on a national TV broadcast on the Fox News Channel. Her song "Who Can See the Blue the Same Again?" was released earlier in 2005 as a single, paying tribute to the tsunami survivors and raising much needed money for The Tsunami Fund of The PRASAD Project. In the aftermath of September 11th, Callaway composed the stirring anthem, "I Believe in America", which she performed on Larry King Live and released as a CD single. Just days after the tragedy, Callaway composed "Let Us Be United," a song she recorded with Kenny Werner, The Siddha Yoga International Choir and five-year-old Sonali Beaven, who sang in honor of her father who lost his life on Flight 93.

Ted Rosenthal has performed worldwide as a soloist, leader and sideman with many jazz greats, including Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer, Phil Woods, Bob Brookmeyer, James Moody and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. Winner of the 1988 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition, Rosenthal has released twelve CDs as a leader; his latest, "Impromptu," features jazz reimaginings of classical themes. His solo album, The 3 B's received four stars from DownBeat magazine. He has also been a featured soloist with orchestras including the Detroit and Fort Worth Symphonies, and the Boston Pops. Rosenthal is Artistic Director of Jazz at Dicapo, a faculty member at Manhattan School of Music and The Juilliard School, and a published author. A recipient of three NEA grants, Rosenthal composes jazz tunes and large-scale works, including music for Uptown for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Bob Egan's New Hope - Supper Club and Cabaret is located at the Ramada of New Hope, 6426 Lower York Road (Route 202) in New Hope, PA. Tickets for Ann Hampton Callaway are $45 and a $15 food or drink minimum. Food is served starting at 6 pm · Tickets and are available online at www.bobegansnewhope.com, Call: 215-862-5225 (The Ramada) or 215-794-7716 (Bob Egan Entertainment) for more information.

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