Jane Krakowski Joins McDonald, Mitchell in Blackcreek Music Fest, 7/9

Jane Krakowski, the Tony Award winning Broadway star of Nine and two-time Emmy nominee for NBC-TV's comedy sensation, 30 Rock, has been added to the line-up of stars scheduled to perform in "The Very, Very Best of Broadway" concert scheduled for Saturday, July 9 as part of the new, annual BlackCreek Summer Music Festival. She joins previously announced stars Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Martin Short for an evening of Broadway showstoppers led by pops conductor and BlackCreek Artistic Advisor, Marvin Hamlisch, and featuring the BlackCreek Orchestra and Chorus.

Jane Krakowski currently stars as "Jenna Maroney" in NBC-TV's Emmy Award-winning, 30 Rock. In 2010 and 2009, she received Emmy nominations for "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, and along with the 30 Rock cast, she won the 2008 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. She is also familiar to TV audiences from her five-year stint on Ally McBeal, and received a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of "Elaine Vassal."

On Broadway, she won the 2003 Tony Award for her stunning portrayal of "Carla" in the Broadway revival of Nine opposite Antonio Banderas, and earned her first Tony nomination for her work in the original Broadway production of Grand Hotel. Her other Broadway credits include Company, Once Upon a Mattress, Tartuffe and Starlight Express. In the summer of 2008, she starred in the Encores revival of Damn Yankees opposite Sean Hayes.

Making her film debut as "Cousin Vickie" in National Lampoon's Vacation (with Chevy Chase), Krakowski has also starred alongside Jude Law in the remake of Alfie Pretty Persuasion (with Evan Rachel Wood and James Woods), co-starred opposite Abigail Breslin in the family film Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, and appeared in the Universal feature Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (directed by Paul Weitz).

Last summer, she released her solo debut album, "The Laziest Gal in Town," a CD recording captured during her cabaret nightclub debut at New York City hotspot, Feinstein's at Loews Regency.

The new BlackCreek Summer Music Festival will launch its inaugural season at the Rexall Centre on the campus of York University beginning on June 4th with Plácido Domingo in concert. The 2011 season spans 14 weeks, from June to September, and includes such renowned artists as James Taylor, Diana Krall, Tony Bennett, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones and Lorin Maazel conducting the London Symphony and Castleton Festival Orchestras -all performing "under the stars."

Tickets for "The Very, Very Best of Broadway" will go on sale in the spring.
For general information, or to sign up for the BlackCreek Summer Music Festival alerts, please visit our website at www.blackcreekfestival.com

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