Maureen McGovern in Concert May 6, 2007

BAY AREA CABARET concludes its 2006 / 2007 SEASON

MAUREEN McGOVERN - May 6, 2007
(Sun.- 5:00 pm) Commandants Ballroom - Marines Memorial Club

2007 NYC Nightlife Legend Award Winner

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2007 - Bay Area Cabaret’s 2006 / 2007 season of performances by nationally renowned singers and songwriters concludes with Grammy and Tony-nominated artist MAUREEN McGOVERN on Sun. May 6, 2007 in the elegant Marines Memorial Club Commandants Ballroom, 609 Sutter Street, SF. Ms. McGovern will perform a program of Gershwin, Richard Rodgers and other favorites. Tickets ($45/40) are now on sale at www.bayareacabaret.org and at City Box Office 415/ 392 - 4400. After the performance, Bay Area Cabaret will host a closing night reception with Ms. McGovern at the Marines Memorial Club following the performance. Reservations for the post-concert reception ($25) are required and may be made by visiting www.bayareacabaret.org or calling (415) 927-INFO.

Maureen McGovern burst on the recording scene some 30 years ago with her version of the Academy Award winning, #1 chart-topping, international gold record, "The Morning After," from The Poseidon Adventure, followed by another Oscar-winning gold record
“We May Never Love Like This Again”. She has since earned a reputation for being one of America's most popular artists with a voice that defies categorization.

Possessing a jazzy, warm register, Maureen glides easily into a crystalline coloratura. It is no wonder she has been called "The Stradivarius Voice." To quote Mel Tormé, “Maureen McGovern is, quite simply, the most glorious singer to come down the pike… one of the finest vocal instruments in the world, a range that hasn't been matched since Yma Sumac stunned us decades ago… a world-class performer."

Maureen recently appeared at The Hollywood Bowl and Chicago's Ravinia Festival in a Tribute to Miss Peggy Lee. Maureen guest starred with Mel Tormé and Buddy Rich (in his last public performance) on Sentimental Swing: A Tribute to the Music of Tommy Dorsey. She has performed in extensive cross-country tours with Tormé, Mercer Ellington and the Duke Ellington Orchestra and, a 36 city tour with John Pizzarelli. She has performed rare Gershwin with Dick Hyman and the Jazz in July series in NY and Sondheim & Jazz with Eddie Daniels. McGovern was featured on Disney's Pulse, the IAJE live jazz concert recording, where she stopped the show with her stratospheric, pyro-technical version of "I'm Late!" Maureen appeared with Dame Cleo Laine, John Dankworth for the Mel Tormé Tribute at The Hollywood Bowl.

Highlights from her recent CD’s include, Out Of This World: McGovern Sings Arlen, Maureen's tribute to the music of the great Harold Arlen in a Centennial celebration and The Music Never Ends: The Lyrics of Alan & Marilyn Bergman (both CDs feature new bonus cuts produced & recorded by Maureen). Also, Naughty Baby: McGovern Sings Gershwin and her Grammy nominated: The Pleasure Of His Company, with jazz pianist, Mike Renzi. Maureen is featured singing a Brazilian version "This Is Just The Day" on the Grammy- winning, "Best Musical Recording for Children" CD/DVD, Songs from the Neighborhood: The Music of Mister Rogers.

Maureen's current CD's, Help Is On the Way (in partnership with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids) and Works of Heart, songs of hope featuring a newly arranged symphonic version of "The Morning After," launched the Maureen McGovern "Works of Heart" Foundation for Music and Healing to address emotional and inspirational needs of patients and caregivers.

MAUREEN McGOVERN web site - http://www.maureenmcgovern.com

Bay Area Cabaret has presented Broadway legend Barbara Cook, Broadway stars
Marin Mazzie & Jason Danieley, Karen Mason, Patricia Racette, singer/songwriter Amanda McBroom, and jazz artist Ann Hampton Callaway, and will present, in collaboration with the Fairmont San Francisco, the SF debut of three Canadian tenors ROMANZA, performing selections from opera and musical theatre, in a Supper Club Evening at the famed Venetian Room on Sat., April 28. Founded in 2004 by
Marilyn Levinson (niece of the late James Schwabacher), Bay Area Cabaret is devoted to presenting rare and elegant performances by nationally acclaimed concert, stage and recording artists spanning repertory from the Great American Songbook and Broadway, to jazz standards and pop.

Calendar Editors, please note…

What: Bay Area Cabaret presents

Who: MAUREEN McGOVERN - Grammy and Tony -nominated performer

Date: Sunday, May 6, 2007 at 5:00 pm

Venue: Commandants Ballroom at the Marines Memorial Club
609 Sutter Street, SF

Tickets: $40 / $45

Telephone: 415/ 392 - 4400

Website: www.bayareacabaret.org

Marines Memorial Club is wheelchair accessible.

Official Website: http://www.bayareacabaret.org