America Singing in new york city with k.d. lang concert

America Singing nytimes playbill.coms

Deborah Voigt will perform songs from Broadway, and some surprises, when she opens the 2008 season of the American Songbook series at Lincoln Center, on Jan. 23. Among other performers to appear on 17 evenings of cabaret, folk, rhythm and blues, pop, country, rock and bluegrass in the Allen Room at Frederick P. Rose Hall are Kelli O’Hara (Jan. 26), John Lloyd Young (Feb. 23), K. D. Lang (Feb. 26-28), Christine Ebersole (Feb. 29) and Patti Smith, who ends the season on March 1.

The tenth season of Lincoln Center's acclaimed American Songbook series, which celebrates the diversity of the American popular song, will feature solo concerts by John Lloyd Young, Christine Ebersole and Kelli O'Hara as well as evenings that celebrate the songs of Leonard Bernstein, Charles Strouse and David Yazbek.

The 2008 season, which runs Jan. 23-March 1, will be presented in the Allen Room of Frederick P. Rose Hall and will kick off with opera singer Deborah Voigt, who will be singing the songs of The Great White Way as well as a "few vocal surprises." Show times are 7:30 and 9:30 PM.

Rob Fisher Celebrates the Leonard Bernstein Songbook is the title of the Jan. 25 concert, which will be hosted by musical director Fisher, who is currently the conductor of the New York Pops Orchestra. The 8:30 PM will feature an array of vocalists to be announced at a later date.

Kelli O'Hara, who will be seen as Nellie Forbush in the upcoming revival of South Pacific, will go it solo Jan. 26 at 8:30 and 10:30 PM. The two-time Tony nominee will perform songs written by classic and up-n-coming composers.

This Is the Life: Eric Comstock Salutes Charles Strouse @ 80 will be presented Feb. 6 at 8:30 PM. Comstock will be joined by vocalist Barbara Fasano and tenor saxophonist Harry Allen for an evening that will celebrate the work of the composer of Applause, Annie and Bye, Bye Birdie.

Pop songwriter David Yazbek, who also composed the scores for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Full Monty, will offer an evening of his own compositions Feb. 9 at 8:30 PM. Yazbek, who will release his fifth album of original songs this winter, will be joined by several friends.

Tony Award-winning Jersey Boys star John Lloyd Young will perform music from the 1960s and 70s during his Feb. 23 concerts at 8:30 and 10:30 PM. He will be followed on Feb. 29 at 8:30 and 10:30 PM by another Tony winner, Christine Ebersole, who was most recently seen in Grey Gardens. Ebersole will perform an all-new show for American Songbook audiences, and she will be joined onstage by music director Billy Stritch.

Non-theatre folk who will grace the series include Lori McKenna, Joe Henry (with Brad Meldhau on piano), the Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Jimmy Scott, k.d. lang and Patti Smith.

The Allen Room of Frederick P. Rose Hall is located at Broadway at 60th Street. Tickets can be purchased by calling (212) 721-6500 or by visiting www.lincolncenter.org or in person at the Avery Fisher Hall box office or the Frederick P. Rose Hall box office.

k.d. lang
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 8:30 PM
The Allen Room

http://www.lincolncenter.org/show_events_list.asp?eventcode=16988

American Songbook (i wonder what that actually means in terms of this concert for k.d. lang if there is any difference from the rest of the tour?)





“Ms. Lang fuses Patsy Cline's earthy torchiness with Peggy Lee's smoky intensity and Liza Minnelli's belting fervor. — The New York Times

k.d. lang could have the most extravagantly praised voice performing today. Her duets with Tony Bennett are legendary, and she is a multi Grammy Award winner for her albums Shadowland, Ingenue, and A Wonderful World (with Bennett.) Originally a country star in her native Canada, lang’s impeccable musical taste and soaring vocals led her into the pop genre with ease. With the release of her newest album, Watershed, lang is at the very top of her game.

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