Sandy Stewart & Bill Charlap

“…a concert that leaves you aglow with a sense of well-being and gratitude:

a jubilee of the most rarified sort.”…Stephen Holden, The New York Times

“Together, they make the kind of music you hear about once every 10  years…

if you’re lucky.”…Rex Reed,  New York Observer

Sandy Stewart, celebrated for her sensual voice and impeccable phrasing, and acclaimed jazz pianist Bill Charlap, join forces at he Oak Room for two weeks only in a new show, “The Best Thing for You.”   The pair—who happen also to be mother and son—will offer “I Don’t Stand A Ghost of a Chance,” “When You Wish Upon a Star,” “Solitude” and “Where or When,” among other gems from the Great American Songbook.   Shows are Tuesday through Thursday at 8:30 and Friday and Saturday at 8:30 and 11:00.   There is a $60 cover charge per person plus either a $30 minimum or $60 prix fixe dinner. Reservations: 212 419 9331 or bmcgurn@algonquinhotel.com.

Sandy Stewart is best known for the Grammy-nominated song, ”My Coloring Book” (losing to Ella Fitzgerald’s “Mack the Knife”).  She began performing at 15 in her native Philadelphia and soon moved to New York for TV gigs with Dick Van Dyke and Merv Griffin, and as a regular on the Perry Como show while also touring with Benny Goodman.    She resumed her career after the loss of her husband, Broadway composer Moose Charlap (Peter Pan, Whoop-Up, Kelly, etc.).  Sandy’s most recent CD

with Bill is “Love Is Here To Stay” for Blue Note. 

            Bill Charlap began playing piano at three, displayed an early interest in jazz and later worked with Gerry Mulligan, Benny Carter and Tony Bennett, among others. With Peter Washington (bass) and Kenny Washington (drums), he has recorded six albums as a leader for Blue Note, including two Grammy-nominated CDs: “Somewhere,” featuring the music of Leonard Bernstein, and “The Bill Charlap Trio: Live at the Village Vanguard.”  He is Artistic Director of New York’s 92^nd Street Y’s “Jazz in July” series, and recently toured worldwide on behalf of Blue Note’s 70^th anniversary. 

Emily Bergl

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BY POPULAR DEMAND, EMILY BERGL REPRISES HER HIT OAK ROOM SHOW FOR FIVE MONDAYS NOVEMBER 21 TO DECEMBER 19

“Incandescent…like a gust of fresh air that could knock you off your feet.”…

Stephen Holden, The New York Times

“…a practiced hand at conveying multiple layers of meaning, most astutely in contemporary songs, as in her mash-up of Lily Allen’s “The Fear” and Madonna’s “Material Girl.”…

Will Friedwald, The Wall Street Journal

In her auspicious Oak Room debut August 30,  brilliant young actress singer Emily Bergl, star of Broadway, film and most recently TV’s Desperate Housewives, presented ”Kidding on the Square,” a theatrical cabaret that transports the audience on a fast-paced ride through love, heartbreak and everything in between.  By popular demand, Emily will reprise her show:

Five Mondays at 7:30: November 21 and 28, and December 5, 12 and  19.

The cover charge is $50 per person plus either a $25  food and beverage minimum or a $50 prix fixe dinner.  Reservations:  212 419 9331 or bmcgurn@algonquinhotel.com

Emily’s show, under Jonathan Mastro’s musical direction and Sarna Lapine’s direction, will include Rodgers & Hart’s “Ten Cents a Dance,” Charles Chaplin’s “Smile,” Roy Orbison’s “Cryin’,” Bill Zeffiro’s “Happy Birthday, Mrs. Parker,” (an homage to the Algonquin Round Table doyenne), Dave Frishberg’s “Peel Me A Grape,” Noel Coward’s “Mad About the Boy” and several seasonal offerings, among others.    

Emily Bergl, whose musical studies include classical and contemporary singing, piano and harp, is a rare breed of actress who is at home on the Broadway stage, Hollywood films and television.   She was chosen from a nationwide casting call to play the lead in MGM’s The Rage: Carrie 2, and leads in such independent films as Fur, Chasing Sleep and Happy Campers.    She has appeared on Broadway opposite Laurence Fishburne, Stockard Channing and Gabriel Byrne, and off-Broadway she originated roles in plays by Wendy Wasserstein, Steven Dietz and Christopher Shinn.   On television, she has starred in Stephen Spielberg’s Taken, and has guest-starred on Grey’s Anatomy, The Good Wife, CSI:Miami, two seasons on The Gilmore Girls and as the eccentric  Annie on the ABC comedy Men in Trees.

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Andrea Marcovicci

ANDREA MARCOVICCI CELEBRATES HER 25^TH ANNIVERSARY

OAK ROOM SEASON NOVEMBER 15-DECEMBER 30

The Queen of Cabaret holds the record for the longest continuous run at the famed Algonquin Oak Room.  Our most sophisticated performer is the only female entertainer ever to reach such a milestone in the history of cabaret.  The New York Times dubbed her “the high priestess of the American Songbook,” falling “under her spell,” while the Wall Street Journal called an evening with Andrea “the most immersive experience you will ever have.”

Everyone looks forward to getting away from it all.  To celebrate Andrea’s unprecedented achievement, her latest show, “No Strings,” does just that!  Andrea takes the audience on a wonderful trip around the world.  It’s a journey about life on the road—a warm, funny, heartfelt and candid tale of Andrea’s travels from city to city and what that bittersweet journey has meant for her as a singer, an actress, a wife and mother. Highlights include “Sunday in New York,” “Two For the Road,” “How Are Things in Glocca Morra?,” “Under Paris Skies” and “A Foggy Day.”  In addition, Andrea will recreate her celebrated rendition of “These Foolish Things.”  It’s an odyssey that flows from the romance of Andrea’s favorite places to unexpected bumps in the road producing some pretty wacky stories…a fun, sweet and romantic saga as only Andrea can tell it!  A nostalgic look at a quarter century of a singer’s life.   Andrea will be accompanied on piano by Shelly Markham with Jered Egan on bass. 

“No Strings” will run November 15 through December 30, with shows Tuesday through Thursday at 8:30 and Friday and Saturday at 8:30 and 11:00.  Holiday shows are Thanksgiving at 7:30, Christmas Eve at 7:30 and Monday December 26 (Boxing Day) at 7:30.  There is a $60 cover charge per person Tuesday-Thursday and late Friday-Saturday, and $65 for the 8:30 shows Friday and Saturday, plus either a $30 food and beverage minimum or a $60 prix fixe dinner.

Andrea Marcovicci has created more than thirty nightclub acts, has sold out Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, Lincoln Center, and appeared in concert with numerous orchestras and at the

White House.  She has acted in film, television and theatre, on Broadway and regionally.  Co-stars include Danny DeVito, Woody Allen, Sir Michael Caine, Sir John Gielgud and Sam Waterston, among others.  Most recently she starred in the off-Broadway revival of “Coco” and on TV in “General Hospital.” 

Personal PR: Miller Wright 212 977 7800.