Puttin' On The Ritz: An Irving Berlin Celebration - May 25
Mabel Mercer Foundation
Who's Who
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Karen Akers
Karen Akers is one of America’s most arresting and successful concert and cabaret stars. She 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. Ms. Akers has appeared in many prestigious venues worldwide, including Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl, as well as New York’s premier nightspots, such as Café Carlyle and the Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel. She's perfromed in France, Russia, Barcelona’s Liceu Opera House, and the Crazy Coqs in London. She starred in the Tony Award-winning musical "GRAND HOTEL," directed by Tommy Tune. She made her debut on the Great White Way in 1982 in "NINE" for which she won a Theatre World Award and Tony Award nomination. Karen's film roles include the femme fatale in Mike Nichols's "HEARTBURN" opposite Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep, Woody Allen's "THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO" and "VIBES." www.KarenAkers.com
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Anna Bergman
Anna Bergman “thrills you with the sheer aural sensation of her voice” (WALL STREET JOURNAL) and is hailed as “a vocal citizen of the world who triumphs in everything from Broadway tunes to opera arias and the sultry innuendoes of the cabaret chanteuse.” (WASHINGTON POST). Anna enjoys an international career from London, Paris and Moscow to South America, Asia and India and as soloist for presidents, diplomats and royalty including Queen Elizabeth’s birthday. An American diplomat’s daughter and graduate of Vassar College, she is a multi-lingual crossover artist who has starred at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, The White House, Kennedy Center, Kravis Center, Feinstein’s 54 Below & The Regency, Guild Hall, London’s Café Royal, Brazil’s Manaus Opera, and television specials including her PBS concert. Theatre/ Opera roles range from Chekov, Shaw, Mamet, Sondheim, Lerner & Loewe, Porter and Guettel to Lehar, Strauss, Mozart and Puccini. AnnaBergman.com.
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