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ANDREA MARCOVICCI PERFORMS HER AWARD-WINNING CABARET ACT TO BENEFIT THE GREEN STREET ARTS CENTER ON NOVEMBER 3
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BENEFIT CONCERT PART OF WESLEYAN PRESIDENT MICHAEL ROTH’S INAUGURATION FESTIVITIES

Middletown, Conn., October 11, 2007— Andrea Marcovicci, “the Queen of Cabaret,” has created over twenty-five nightclub acts, sold out Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, and appeared at the White House. Just two days before accepting the Mabel Mercer Award for Cabaret at Lincoln Center, she brings her critically acclaimed act I’ll Be Seeing You…Love Songs of WWII to Wesleyan University for a special concert on Saturday, November 3 at 9pm to benefit the Green Street Arts Center and celebrate the inauguration of Wesleyan President Michael Roth.
 
The concert will take place at Crowell Concert Hall (283 Washington Terr., Middletown). General admission is $50; a limited number of Patron tickets and Benefactor tickets are also available. For tickets and more information, call the University Box Office at 860-685-3355 or visit www.wesleyan.edu/boxoffice.
 
In I’ll Be Seeing You…Love Songs of WWII, Marcovicci takes the audience on a journey through America’s most dramatic era using songs and stories. In memory of the anniversary of D-Day, the show was performed in Normandy and for veterans throughout the United States. The music represents many of America’s most prolific songwriters including Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer, Jule Styne, and the many others responsible for hits like “Sentimental Journey,” “The White Cliffs of Dover” and “Skylark.”

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“…a grande dame of cabaret…To watch Ms. Marcovicci in action is to observe a great singing actress interpreting lyrics with every fiber of her body…”–New York Times
 
“In my short time here, I have seen what a tremendous resource Green Street is for Middletown. I am thrilled to have Andrea Marcovicci, an artist that I’ve enjoyed and admired for many years, perform a concert to benefit Green Street on my inauguration weekend. I’ve heard her sing to my students in Claremont, and to delighted audiences in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. It is wonderful to have her in Middletown!”—Wesleyan President Michael Roth
 
About Andrea Marcovicci
An actress and singer, Marcovicci began on the daytime television series Love Is A Many Splendored Thing on the CBS network. She debuted on Broadway in Ambassador, the musical adaptation of the novel by Henry James. Her film credits include: The Front (nominated for a Golden Globe Award) with Woody Allen, The Hand with Sir Michael Caine, The Stuff with Michael Moriarty, The Canterville Ghost with Sir John Gielgud, Henry Jaglom’s Someone To Love (featuring Orson Welles in his last film appearance), and Jack the Bear, as Danny DeVito’s wife. Her many television appearances include Arli$$ for HBO, Cybil, Taxi, Magnum P.I., Hill Street Blues, and Trapper John, M.D.
 
Earlier this year, Marcovicci debuted her latest show, Marcovicci Sings Rodgers & Hart at the Plush Room in San Francisco, and helped to launch Jeff Harnar’s American Songbook in London series. For the third year in a row Marcovicci served as guest Artistic Director for the prestigious Lyrics and Lyricists series at the 92nd Street Y creating Thanks for the Memories: The Lyrics of Leo Robin. In celebration of her 20th Anniversary at the legendary Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel, a suite was dedicated in her name.

For more information, please visit http://www.andreamarcovicci.com/

About the Green Street Arts Center
The Green Street Arts Center, now in its third year of programming, was created to serve as both an anchor to the revitalization of the North End of Middletown and as a unique artistic and educational resource for residents of the neighborhood and the region. It is the result of a major collaboration between Wesleyan University, the North End Action Team (NEAT), the City of Middletown and other community and arts partners. The state-of-the-art facility offers fully-equipped sound/recording, videography, digital photography, writing and graphic arts labs. It also features two visual arts studios for drawing, painting and sculpture, a dance studio and a performance studio with seating capacity of 100.
 
For more information on the Green Street Arts Center, visit www.greenstreetartscenter.org or call 860-685-7871.

Photo Credit: Heather Sullivan