Bay Area Cabaret Presents Tony Winner Christine Ebersole

Bay Area Cabaret continues its 2011-2012 season January 15, 2012 with two-time Tony Award winning actress/singer Christine Ebersole. Ebersole makes her Venetian Room debut with her new show from New York’s Café Carlyle about youth, age, and Hollywood illusions. This special one-night-only engagement will take place at the historic Venetian Room of The Fairmont San Francisco (950 Mason Street) 5pm Sunday, January 15, 2012. Tickets ($45 general / $40 subscribers) are available at www.bayareacabaret.org or by phone at City Box Office (415) 392-4400.

Ebersole’s show mixes standards from her vast repertoire, ranging from the poignant “Another Winter in Summer Town” from the Broadway musical Grey Gardens, to the rollicking Sophie Tucker number “You Can’t Deep Freeze a Red Hot Mama.” Ebersole has enchanted audiences throughout her performing career on the Broadway stage, in television series and specials, films, concert appearances, and recordings. Her many accolades include two Tony Awards for her performances as “Edith Beale” and “Little Edie Beale” in the Broadway musical Grey Gardens, and as “Dorothy Brock” in the smash hit revival of 42nd Street. Other memorable stage performances include roles in Steel Magnolias, On the Twentieth Century, Oklahoma, Dinner at Eight (Tony and Outer Critics Circle nominations), The Best Man, and the recent revival of Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit. She has starred in five City Center Encores! Productions, most recently receiving praise for her starring role as “Margo Channing” in Applause.

Ms. Ebersole’s many hit film appearances include roles in Amadeus, Tootsie, Richie Rich, Black Sheep, Dead Again, Folks!, Ghost Dad, True Crime, My Girl 2, Mac and Me, and Confessions of a Shopaholic. She also has an extensive list of television credits, including recent appearances on Retired at 35, Royal Pains, Ugly Betty, Law and Order: SVU, Boston Legal, Samantha Who, and Will and Grace.

In concert, Christine Ebersole has appeared in numerous halls throughout the country. Most recently, she performed in the concert version of the opera The Grapes of Wrath at Carnegie Hall. Previously, Ebersole participated in the Opening Night Gala of Carnegie Hall’s 118th Season and has also appeared with the San Francisco Symphony in its tribute to Leonard Bernstein. After making her debut with the Boston Pops three years ago, she returned to Boston’s Symphony Hall and Tanglewood to star as “Desiree Armfeldt” in a concert version of A Little Night Music with the Boston Pops. In televised concerts, she has had star turns in Ira Gershwin at 100: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall and The Rodgers & Hart Story: Thou Swell, Thou Witty. In December 2010, she performed for the second time on the Kennedy Center Honors.

A celebrated recording artist, Ebersole has released such albums as Christine Ebersole: Live at the Cinegrill, In Your Dreams, Sunday in New York, and the newly released Christine Ebersole Sings Noel Coward.

Bay Area Cabaret’s 2011-2012 season continues February 26, 2012 with appearances by jazz guitarist/singer John Pizzarelli, including a second, newly added show featuring Pizzarelli and his wife, Broadway star Jessica Molaskey, and May 12 with Tony winner Laura Benanti. For patrons of Bay Area Cabaret, The Fairmont San Francisco offers a three-course dinner in the Laurel Court Restaurant & Bar for $40 (plus tax and tip), plus free parking for all who dine in the Laurel Court Restaurant & Bar. For Bay Area Cabaret 2011-2012 season subscriptions, or for more information including audio and video samples, visit www.bayareacabaret.org.

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