Archive for May, 2008

SHEERA BEN-DAVID AT THE OAK ROOM

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

SHEERA BEN-DAVID

INTRODUCES HER NEW SHOW “COME SUMMER”

AT THE OAK ROOM OF THE ALGONQUIN HOTEL

JUNE 17 – 28

NEW CD “ON A CAROUSEL” OUT JUNE 3

SHEERA BEN-DAVID, the acclaimed vocalist called “a fully developed dramatic singer who delivers the goods on several counts” by The New York Times, will return to the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel with an exclusive engagement from June 17 – 28. Her new show “Come Summer,” welcomes the warm weather with standards by Cole Porter (“Too Darn Hot”) and Antonio Carlos Jobim (“The Waters Of March”); theater classics by Jerry Herman (“Ribbons Down My Back”) and Leonard Bernstein (“Something’s Coming”); and compositions by newer writers like John Bucchino (“This Moment”), Jason Robert Brown (“A Summer In Ohio”) and Tom Kitt (“I Miss The Mountains”).

The show features musical direction by her brother

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FEINSTEIN’S AT LOEWS REGENCY

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

FEINSTEIN’S AT LOEWS REGENCY

PRESENTS

 

THE NIGHTCLUB DEBUT OF TWO TIME EMMY AND TONY AWARD WINNER

 

BEBE NEUWIRTH

 

 

“STORIES WITH PIANO”

 

MAY 20 – 31

 

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 the Spring 2008 season with the nightclub debut of two time Emmy and Tony Award-winning performer BEBE NEUWIRTH from May 20 – 31. Her show “Stories With Piano” will feature songs by of Kurt Weill, Kander & Ebb, Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim and Tom Waits. She will be joined by Musical director Scott Cady on piano. All shows take place at the Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue at 61st Street).

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KAREN AKERS RETURNS FOR HER NINTH ANNIVERSARY

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

KAREN AKERS RETURNS FOR HER NINTH ANNIVERSARY
AT THE ALGONQUIN’S OAK ROOM MAY 13-JUNE 14
IN AN ALL-NEW SHOW “MOVE ON”

Karen Akers, internationally acclaimed chanteuse, actress and cabaret star, returns for her ninth consecutive spring engagement to New York’s legendary Algonquin Oak Room. Beginning Tuesday May 13th through Saturday June 14th, Ms. Akers will present an all-new show entitled Move On. She will be accompanied on piano by her longtime musical director Don Rebic. The evening is directed by Eric Michael Gillett, who also directed last year’s show, the hugely successful Simply Styne (which has just been released on DRG Records). akers

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