The Songs of Ron Abel & Chuck Steffan November 22, 2010

Composer, arranger, orchestrator and producer Ron Abel, lyricist Chuck Steffan, and friends will take to the Birdland stage once again to perform some crowd-favorites, and to premiere songs never heard before from five of their new musicals. Joining them will be Lucie Arnaz and Valarie Pettiford. Among the writing duo's new shows are: 'Bombshell,' the story of Hollywood love goddess Cleo Moore, the Queen of the B-Movie Bad Girls; 'Presenting Laurette Bishop,' celebrating the return of one of the greatest jazz singers you never knew; and 'undressed,' a new and raw telling of the novel 'Camille' by Alexander Dumas fils.