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MEDIA RELEASE
CONTACT: Susan S. Harding, Acting Public Information Officer, 301-600-1385
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, February 15, 2007
WEINBERG CENTER
EARTHA KITT
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You may know her as TV’s Catwoman. Your children know her as Disney’s
villain Yzma from The Emperor’s New Groove. And your parents know her as the silky
voice of songs like “Santa Baby” and “Love for
star Eartha Kitt!
Appearing in
10, 2007 at
2007 season. To enhance the celebration, join the
Directors for a
special gala pre-show dinner and post-show reception! For more
information and
tickets to an evening you won’t soon forget, please call the Box Office at
301-600-2828 or
visit www.weinbergcenter.org.
Since the 1950s, Eartha Kitt has wowed successive generations of fans as singer,
movie star, stage performer and television actress, all in ten different languages. Miss Kitt
is one of only a handful of performers to be nominated for a Tony (three times), the
Grammy (twice), and an Emmy Award. Miss Kitt has performed in over 100 countries
and was honored with a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. She has
enthralled
and made a triumphant return to this epitome of chic with a sold out run
last summer. That performance has been captured in her newest recording, Eartha Kitt,
Live At The Carlyle.
Miss Kitt’s distinctive voice has enthralled an entirely new generation of fans.
Young fans loved her in the role of Yzma, the villain, in Disney’s animated feature The
Emperor’s New Groove, (2001 Annie Award for Best Vocal Performance / Animated
Feature). Miss Kitt was also featured in the sequel, The Emperor’s New Groove II, and
recently finished recording upcoming episodes of the Saturday morning series based on
the film. Miss Kitt has also endeared herself to young people through her on-camera
performance as Mme. Zeroni in the Disney adaptation of the classic children’s book,
“Holes”. Great seats are still available for this once in a lifetime experience!
This season celebrates the “Jewel of Frederick’s” 80th
year and Ms. Kitt’s 80th
birthday. To
celebrate both 80th year events, a
selection of 150 premium theater seats in
the
Front Orchestra have been reserved.
These $50 seats are available to the Gala
Dinner
and Reception attendees only. Ticket Prices for the Gala
Dinner and Reception
are an
additional $80.00 per person.
As
a birthday gift to the
Directors, at a
private reception after her performance on the evening of March 10th. Proceeds from the reception will benefit the
Weinberg Center Inc., the non-profit organization that supports
the theater in many ways, including underwriting artistic programs. For
tax purposes, only $40 is tax-deductible. The balance represents the fair
market value of the entertainment for the event. The
extent
allowed by law on all solicitations.
To purchase tickets all your tickets, call the Weinberg Center for the Arts at 301-
600-2828, 301-600-2838 TTY or stop by the Box Office Tuesday thru Friday 10:00am to
The Weinberg Center for the Arts,
a municipal facility of the City of
located at
opened in 1926 as the
Today as one of the
region’s premier presenting facilities, the 1,100 seat Weinberg
Center offers professional LIVE! Series, including dance, music, theatre, family
performances and films, weekday performances for students, and classic movies.
Performance space and professional services are available to a variety of community arts
groups, civic and business organizations, and other arts promoters. Programming at the
Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, The Frederick News-Post, State Farm Insurance, The
Tivoli Society, other corporate and individual donors.. For more information about
upcoming events at the
visit www.weinbergcenter.org.
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