Christine Ebersole to perform music from the Great American Songbook at The Mayo Center

(Morristown, NJ)— Two-time Tony-winning actress Christine Ebersole will perform a special evening of romantic music from the Great American Songbook on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 8 pm at The Mayo Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $37-$62. Christine will be accompanied by her musical director, John Oddo

Christine Ebersole has enchanted audiences throughout her performing career, from the Broadway stage to television series and specials, films, concert appearances, and recordings. Christine just received unanimous praise for her starring role as "Margo Channing" in the City Center's Encores production of Applause, the highest grossing Encore's production of its 15 year history.

Prior to Encores, Christine received virtually every Off Broadway Award and her second Tony Award for Leading Actress in a Musical for her "dual role of a lifetime" as "Edie Beale and "Little Edie Beale" in Grey Gardens. Acclaimed by critics and audiences alike, the show was nominated for 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and its CD was nominated for a Grammy Award. Other memorable New York stage
performances include her Tony Award winning performance as "Dorothy Brock" in the smash hit revival 42nd Street, Steel Magnolia's, On the Twentieth Century, Oklahoma, Dinner at Eight (Tony and Outer Critics Circle nominations) and The Best Man opposite Chris Noth and Charles Durning.

She has starred in five Encores productions, at City Center, including "A Connecticut Yankee", stopping the show every night performing “To Keep My Love Alive." In concert, Ms. Ebersole has appeared in The American Songbook series at Lincoln Center and in concert halls across the country. After making her debut with The Boston Pops two years ago, Christine returns to Boston Symphony Hall and Tanglewood starring as Desiree Armfeldt in a concert version of A Little Night Music with The Boston Pops, June and July, 2008.

The Mayo Center for the Performing Arts, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit performing arts organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2010-2011season is made possible in part by a grant from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State. The Community Theatre at Mayo Center for the Performing Arts has been designated a Major Presenting Organization by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.