NYC: ILENE GRAFF IN "FIRST YOU DREAM"
Broadway/television veteran Ilene Graff will be performing her concert, "First You Dream" at BIRDLAND (315 West 44th Street, NYC - 212-581-3080) on Monday, April 19th at 7:00 pm. This concert will be part of the long-running Broadway at Birdland series, showcasing performers and composers from the Great White Way. Accompanied by her Musical Director-husband Ben Lanzarone, Graff will perform material ranging from Harold Arlen to the Beatles, the Bergmans to Sondheim, all with unique interpretations and arrangements. Ilene Graff is best known to audiences as Marsha Owens, the mom on the long running ABC comedy "Mr. Belvedere." She made her professional Broadway debut years earlier on the musical stage in Promises Promises, the Neil Simon, Bacharach/David hit, where she understudied the leading lady and sang backups from the orchestra pit. She performed the role of Fran Kubelik in New York before starring in the National Tour. One of her biggest Broadway triumphs was creating the role of Cleo in the Cy Coleman, Michael Stewart musical comedy hit I Love My Wife, directed by Tony Award winner Gene Saks. She can be heard on the show's Original Cast Album. There is a $25 cover plus a $10 food/drink minimum.
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