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Amanda McBroom Kicks Off
Mr. Finn’s Cabaret Season at Barrington Stage with
Let’s Fall in Love
May 16-18
(PITTSFIELD, MA) – Barrington Stage Company (BSC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Managing Director Tristan Wilson, announces the return of Amanda McBroom with Let’s Fall in Love for three performances May 16-18, kicking off the Mr. Finn’s Cabaret Season Series at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center (36 Linden Street, Downtown Pittsfield).
One of Barrington Stage’s most popular performers, Amanda will be joined by her accompanist Michele Brourman. Together they will present a musical evening filled with songs of romance by such popular songwriters as Cole Porter, Jacques Brel, Sammy Cahn, Jerome Kern, and – of course – Amanda McBroom.
Amanda McBroom has been called “…the greatest cabaret performer of her generation, an urban poet who writes like an angel and has a voice to match.” Her name first came to the attention of the music public when Bette Midler’s version of Amanda’s song “The Rose” hit number one all over the world in 1979. But it was Amanda’s performance of her own song on the Golden Globes (she won), the Grammys (she didn’t) and The Tonight Show that launched her career as a singer as well as songwriter.
Her songs have been recorded by the likes of Bette Midler, Leanne Rimes, Barry Manilow, Judy Collins, Barbara Cook, Anne Murray, Harry Belafonte, Betty Buckley, Stephanie Mills, The Manhattan Transfer, Donny Osmond, and the Chipmunks.
Performances of Let’s Fall in Love are Friday, May 16 and Saturday, May 17 at 8pm; Sunday, May 18 at 5pm will be held at Mr. Finn’s Cabaret at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $45, and available by calling 413-236-8888, at the Barrington Stage Box Office (30 Union Street), or online at www.barringtonstageco.org.
The 2014 Mr. Finn’s Cabaret Series is sponsored by Renee and Steven Finn.
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