The Girl From Oz: An Evening With Caroline O'Connor

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  Hold on Manhattan! Australian musical theatre star Caroline O'Connor, who made her Broadway debut in Kander and Ebb's Chicago, will return to Manhattan in 2010, for a one-night-only engagement at Birdland. The Girl From Oz: An Evening with Caroline O’Connor will be presented at the famed jazz club Jan. 17, 2010, at 6pm. Daniel Edmonds will be the evening's musical director.

The concert will feature musical theatre classics by Kander and Ebb, Jerry Herman, Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein. O'Connor will also pay tribute to some of her musical inspirations: Judy Garland, Edith Piaf and Ethel Merman. She will be backed by Tom Hubbard on bass, Barrie Shaw on saxophone and woodwinds and Ray Marchica on drums.

Caroline O'Connor made her Broadway debut in November 2002, in Chicago, playing merry murderess Velma Kelly, a role she also played in the Australian production, where she was awarded the MO Award and the Green Room Award for Best Actress in a Musical. O'Connor received an Olivier Award nomination for her performance as Mabel Normand in the West End production of Jerry Herman's Mack and Mabel, and her other theatrical credits include roles in West Side Story, Piaf and Bombshells. The actress-singer-dancer portrayed Nini Legs in acclaimed film Moulin Rouge, and her solo recordings include What I Did for Love, A Tribute to Piaf and Stage to Screen.