We all love Jamie! And "Jews Don't Camp" I think I need to head over to "Duane Reade" ;-)
Jamie deRoy & friends
Concludes Monthly Series of Thursday Nights of Cabaret Entertainment
Thursday, June 28th at Metropolitan Room
Nancy Anderson * Donna Lynne Champlin *Jim David * Xanthe Elbrick * Lorinda Lisitza
* Heather Mac Rae * Lennie Watts
Celebrated cabaret performer Jamie deRoy will conclude the monthly series of Thursday evenings of her Multi MAC Award-winning variety show, Jamie deRoy & friends on Thursday, June 28th (7:30PM) at the New York hotspot The Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street between 5th & 6th Avenues).
The June 28th evening will feature the following artists: accomplished actress and singer, Drama Desk Award nominee Nancy Anderson; ‘triple threat’ Donna Lynne Champlin (recent Obie Winner) and last seen on Broadway in Sweeney Todd; two-time MAC award winner, comedian Jim David; Theatre World Award winner and Tony Award nominee for Coram Boy Xanthe Elbrick; actress and award winning cabaret performer Lorinda Lisitza; veteran actress/singer and MAC award winning vocalist Heather Mac Rae and multiple MAC and Bistro Award winner, longtime cabaret entertainer Lennie Watts. Barry Kleinbort is the director of Jamie deRoy & friends and Paul Greenwood will serve as musical director.
The colorful cabaret series, which has been thrilling New York City audiences for the past 16 years and serves as the basis for deRoy's award-winning cable television show, spotlights a wide variety of well-known entertainers and newcomers lighting up the cabaret, theater, and comedy worlds.
JAMIE deROY has won eight MAC Awards, four Back Stage Bistro Awards, nine Telly Awards and CaB Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award for her extensive work on both stage and screen. Jamie has appeared onstage with Joan Rivers and has headlined at many of New York’s major clubs. She has produced eight CDs in the Jamie deRoy & friends series on the Harbinger and PS Classics labels. Her theatre producing credits include Broadway: Jay Johnson: The Two and Only, Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life, Say Goodnight Gracie; Off-Broadway: Spalding Gray: Stories Left To Tell, Athol Fugard’s Exits and Entrances, Christopher Durang’s Adrift in Macao, Indian Blood, Terrence McNally’s Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). Her TV and film producing credits include the Emmy-nominated "The Biggest Little Operas in Town" for Channel 13 and Rick McKay’s documentary Broadway: The Golden Age. Her acting credits include appearances on the television shows “Alice,” “Spiderman” and “Knight Rider,” and in the films GoodFellas, Raging Bull, See No Evil Hear No Evil, and Married to It. Onstage, Jamie appeared with Rene Auberjonois in The Threepenny Opera, as well as in The Drunkard with musical direction by Barry Manilow.
Jamie deRoy & friends at Metropolitan Room at Gotham, 34 West 22nd Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues) has a $20 cover charge plus a two beverage minimum. For reservations, please call (212) 206-0440. Program is subject to change.
