OTHER AMERICAN SONG NEWS!!

December 17th:
episode 4 American Song: SWING BLUE (1930 - 1939)

Featuring the legendary LOU MARINI!
"Against the backdrop of the Great Depression, and the explosion of American media (both radio and film), Swing Blue is a screwball comedy of romance, both reflective of the stories told to lead American minds away from their troubles and of the period of cultural expansion as the shadow of European misery teases the horizon of the US."
Duration: 1 hour
episode 4 will be at THE GREENE SPACE
44 Charlton Street, New York, NY
(corner of Varick Street)

Heresy

“Clever new satire…sharp comedy…The smart and fun production features an excellent cast directed with precision by Jim Simpson.”
-The Huffington Post

“Heresy hits the funny bone…the cast and Jim Simpson’s brisk direction make it fun.”
-The Daily News

“The arguments made are compelling — as well as highly critical of the status quo. And Gurney includes just enough humor to make this information easily digestible while not diluting its bite.”
-Theatermania

“Solid direction, engaging performances, clever dialogue, well-articulated ideas and an abundance of jokes.”
-Stage and Cinema

“A consistently amusing and well-played take on the state of the union.”
-Blog Critics

HERESY runs through November 4, Tuesday – Saturday at 7pm, Saturday and Sunday at 3pm. Tickets are $45 Tuesday – Thursday and Sunday Matinees, $50 on Friday and Saturday nights, and $10 Saturday Matinees. Tuesdays are Pay What You Can, at the door only. The Flea is located at 41 White Street between Broadway and Church, three blocks south of Canal, close to the A/C/E, N/R/Q/W, 6, J/M/Z and 1 subway lines.  Tickets are available by calling 212-352-3101 or online at :

www.theflea.org.

Appearing as Mrs. Lovett in :

SWEENEY TODD 

Celebrating the music of Marvin Hamlish

http://www.encompassopera.org/

http://www.riversidetheatre.com/

Andrew Gerle, Karen Ziemba and Betsy Wolfe

Writer, composer, and lyricist Andrew Gerle, a Helen Hayes Award nominee and four-time Richard Rodgers Award winner for new musical writing, performs an evening of musical theater cabaret with Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba and Betsy Wolfe. Part of ASCAP’s “Songwriters: the Next Generation” series.

 Kennedy Center

Steel Magnolias

by Robert Harling

August 3 – September 10, 2011

Tuesdays- Sundays, 8PM

Steel Magnolias illustrates how the lives of six distinctly different women interweave via the small town gossip.  Filled with hilarious Southern repartee, the play draws on the town's underlying strength-and love-which gives its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and in bad.
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June 27 in the Harbor View Room at Battery Gardens.

Evan Pappas (Parade, My Favorite Year, A Chorus Line) is set to host Prospect Theater Company’s 2011 annual gala, Make Our Garden Grow, June 27 in the Harbor View Room at Battery Gardens.

The one-night-only event will feature a concert with performances from Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba (Contact, Curtains, Chicago), Matt Cavenaugh (West Side Story, Grey Gardens, Urban Cowboy), Jose Llana (Wonderland, Flower Drum Song, Rent), Marla Mindelle (Sister Act, South Pacific) and Gordon Stanley (Ragtime), and is set to begin at 6 PM with cocktails and dinner.

The concert, set to kick off at 8 PM, will feature song selections from Prospect’s decade-long repertoire and a sneak peek of the upcoming 2011-12 season. It will also include an encore performance from Prospect's 2010 production of With Glee including performers Zach Bandler, Christopher Carlisle, Jason Edward Cook, Dan Lawler and Max Spitulink.

Proceeds from the evening will benefit Prospect’s mission to develop and produce new American musical theatre works. The non-profit organization, founded in 1998 by five graduates of Princeton University, allows a diverse group of emerging theatre professionals to work together in pursuit of artistic excellence and innovation.

Battery Gardens is located inside New York City’s Battery Park (opposite 17 State Street).
For more information and tickets, visit www.ProspectTheater.org.

Karen will appear at Joe's Pub in

SAY WE FLEW: The Andrew Gerle Songbook Release Concert

Monday March 27th

Joe's Pub Site

Tue-Wed, May 17-18, 7:30pm
The Allen Room
The second concert curated by Michael Feinstein journeys through the important transition in popular music when white composers like Irving Berlin and George Gershwin brought jazz to Broadway, often introducing African American jazz performers and composers like Fats Waller and Eubie Blake to the American mainstream for the first time. This unique concert illustrates the role of Broadway as the social engine that created an alliance society could embrace in song if not yet in real life, and will showcase classic songs such as “The Birth of the Blues,” “Ol’ Man River,” and “Harlem on My Mind,” among others. Featuring Quentin Earl Darrington (Ragtime [2009 Revival]), Allan Harris, and Karen Ziemba (Contact, Curtains). (Michael Feinstein is NOT performing.)
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Give Our Regards to Broadway

Metropolitan Winds
Sunday, April 3, 2011 7:30PM
Meyerson Symphony Center
Dallas, TX

It has been several years since The Metropolitan Winds has programmed exclusively Broadway music and this popular genre returns in full force April 3rd. With special transcriptions and arrangements written exclusively for the ensemble, the band will welcome guest singers Ron Raines and Karen Ziemba directly from Broadway!! A back up chorus and of course, the biggest of big bands The Metropolitan Winds are also featured. Both guests are entertainment veterans with impressive credentials. A three time EMMY nominee, Ron has an impressive list of TV and Broadway credits along with concert appearances with more than 50 symphony orchestras around the country. Karen has earned a TONY, Drama Desk and outer Critics Circle Awards for her Broadway work and has numerous film and TV appearances to her credit. Make no mistake about it: this will be a first class entertaining evening!

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