Award-winning vocalist Karen Akers offers a special evening with Water Under the Bridge, on Monday, May 27 at 7:00 PM at Birdland. The show features musical director Alex Rybeck.
Akers once again takes a look back at some of the songs that first brought her attention in cabaret as well as on Broadway, television and recordings: works by Craig Carnelia, Maury Yeston, Edith Piaf, and Stephen Sondheim, among other treasures.
Akers is the recipient of the 2005 New York Nightlife Award for Outstanding Female Cabaret Vocalist in a Major Engagement, as well as the 2009 Nightlife Legend Award. She has appeared in venues worldwide, including Carnegie Hall and The Hollywood Bowl, as well as New York’s premiere nightspots, the Cafe Carlyle and The Oak Room at The Algonquin Hotel. She has taken her music to the south of France, Russia, Barcelona’s Liceu Opera House and more recently, to The Crazy Coqs in London.
She appeared at the Martin Beck Theatre on Broadway as one of the original stars of the Tony Award-winning musical Grand Hotel, directed by Tommy Tune and made her Broadway debut in the original production of Nine, also directed by Tommy Tune, receiving a Tony nomination. Akers television appearances include “Cheers,” “The Tonight Show,” “Hart to Hart,” “The Merv Griffin Show” and the PBS Specials “Ellington: The Music Lives On” and “Ira Gershwin at 100: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall.”
There is a $30-40 music charge and a $20 food and beverage minimum. For reservations, please call (212) 581-3080 or visit www.BirdlandJazz.com.
Birdland is located at 315 West 44th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues) in Manhattan.
