Maureen McGovern in Sing, My Sisters, Sing!
with Jeff Harris, piano
One-night-only benefit performance for George Street Playhouse, saluting women Singer/Songwriters
WHEN: Wednesday, September 16, at 8 pm
WHERE: George Street Playhouse • 9 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick
Tickets: $50, $75, $100 ($100 includes post-performance reception)
Box Office 732-246-7717 • www.GSPonline.org for helpful parking and dining recommendations
Award-Winning Vocalist MAUREEN McGOVERN Performs From Her Upcoming CD Sing, My Sisters, Sing!
George Street Playhouse announced today that award-winning vocalist MAUREEN McGOVERN will make a special appearance at the New Brunswick theatre. Ms. McGovern’s powerful new show (and upcoming CD), pays tribute to the iconic women singer/songwriters who changed the texture of American Popular Music. The special show features the deeply personal and timeless songs of Annie Lennox, Janis Ian, Carole King, Phoebe Snow, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon, Laura Nyro, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Amanda McBroom, Melissa Manchester and others.
Maureen also pays tribute to her “early singing sisters:” Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Annie Ross, who paved the way by writing their own signature songs. The performance includes: “Heart Like A Wheel,” “Natural Woman,” “I Feel The Earth Move,” “Poetry Man,” “Help Me,” “At Seventeen,” “Come In From The Rain,” “A Tisket, A Tasket,” “God Bless The Child,” and more.
MAUREEN McGOVERN, celebrated as "The Stradivarius Voice," marked the 43rd anniversary of the release of her #1 Oscar-winning International Gold Record, "The Morning After" from The Poseidon Adventure, which garnered her a Grammy Nomination in 1973 for Best New Artist. Maureen received her second Grammy Nomination in 1998 for Best Traditional Pop Vocal for her solo piano/voice album, The Pleasure of His Company, with Emmy-winning, Grammy-nominated jazz pianist, Mike Renzi. She was also a featured guest artist on the Grammy Award-winning Songs from the Neighborhood: The Music of Mister Rogers. Other hits include, "Can You Read My Mind" from Superman, the Oscar-winning "We May Never Love Like This Again" from The Towering Inferno and "Different Worlds" from the TV series Angie. Maureen supports music therapy and has been an Artist Spokesperson for the American Music Therapy Association since 2001.
JEFF HARRIS is a musician who is comfortable in many kinds of music: pop, jazz, classical, and musical theatre. He is equally at home as a pianist, composer, arranger, conductor, and lyricist. He has worked with such diverse singers as Maureen McGovern, Chaka Khan, Barbara Cook, Jane Krakowski, Jack Jones, Audra McDonald, Cleo Laine, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Christine Andreas, Liz Callaway, and Karen Akers. His longest association has been with Maureen McGovern, playing on and arranging six of her CDs, writing many songs for her (she has recorded sixteen) and appearing with her frequently on television and in concerts.
In the 42 years since its founding, George Street Playhouse has become a nationally recognized theatre, presenting an acclaimed mainstage season while providing an artistic home for established and emerging theatre artists. Its leadership consists of Artistic Director David Saint, Resident Artistic Director Michael Mastro and Managing Director Kelly Ryman. Founded in 1974, the Playhouse has been well represented by numerous productions both on and off-Broadway – recent productions include the Outer Critics’ Circle Best Musical Award-winner The Toxic Avenger; the Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk and Drama League nominated production of The Spitfire Grill; and the recent Broadway hit and Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning play Proof by David Auburn, which was developed at GSP during the 1999 Next Stage Series of new plays. In 2015, George Street Playhouse will be represented by two productions in New York: the current Broadway production of It Shoulda Been You, and Joe DiPietro’s Clever Little Lies, opening off-Broadway this fall. Both shows received their premieres at the Playhouse. In addition to its mainstage season, GSP’s Touring Educational Theatre features three issue-oriented productions that are seen by more than 40,000 students annually. George Street Playhouse programming is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.
