Karen Akers “Feels Like Home”

Birdland is thrilled to announce the concert return of Karen Akers to the historic stage on Monday, November 18 at 7pm! The show, entitled Feels Like Home, will be musical directed by Alex Rybeck, and will include songs by Carly Simon, Billy Joel, Randy Newman, Stephen Sondheim, Julie Gold, and many more.Karen Akers is one of Americas more arresting and successful concert and cabaret stars. She is the recipient of the 2005 New York Nightlife Award for Outstanding Female Cabaret Vocalist in a Major Engagement, as well as the 2009 Nightlife Legend Award. Ms. Akers has appeared in many prestigious venues worldwide, including Carnegie Hall and The Hollywood Bowl, as well as New Yorks premiere nightspots, the Cafe Carlyle and The Oak Room at The Algonquin Hotel. She has taken her music to the south of France, Russia, Barcelonas Liceu Opera House and more recently, to The Crazy Coqs in London.Cabaret and concert performances are only a part of Ms. Akers multifaceted career, which encompasses theatre, television, film, and recordings. She appeared at the Martin Beck Theatre on Broadway as one of the original stars of the Tony Award-winning musical Grand Hotel, directed by Tommy Tune. She made her debut on the Great White Way in the original production of NINE, also directed by Tommy Tune, receiving a Tony nomination and a Theatre World Award. Ms. Akers television appearances include Cheers, The Tonight Show, The Equalizer, Hart to Hart, the Merv Griffin Show and the PBS Specials: Ellington: The Music Lives On and Ira Gershwin at 100: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall. In addition, Ms. Akers had two of her own PBS specials, Presenting Karen Akers and Karen Akers: On Stage at Wolf Trap. The latter is available on DVD.Her film roles include the femme fatale in Mike Nichols Heartburn, opposite Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep, Woody Allens The Purple Rose of Cairo, and Vibes. Ms. Akerss CDs include: If We Only Have Love, Feels Like Home, Live From Rainbow and Stars, Under Paris Skies, Just Imagine, Unchained Melodies, In A Very Unusual Way, Like It Was, Presenting Karen Akers and Simply Styne (DRG Records).