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Karyn Levitt Makes Stunning Carnegie Hall Debut in The Age of Romance: From Vienna to BroadwayTo view the YouTube video of the Carnegie Hall performance, click here. For booking information, click here. To purchase the Age of Romance CD, click here. Karyn Levitt is a singer/actress/writer who conceives of and performs unique concert-theatre pieces that interweave music and theater. Ms. Levitt sings everything from operatic arias to Broadway standards, swing, country, klezmer, and pop rock. Classical sonnets, contemporary monologues, jazz standards, art songs, and original pieces combine in unexpected ways to create a musical/theatrical experience you won't forget. The Age of Romance: From Vienna to Broadway is Ms. Levitt's latest creation. The show traces the origin of modern musical theatre to its musical roots in the Viennese operetta. This rapturously enchanting show has received standing ovations from audiences across New England and had its New York debut at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall under the direction of Terrence Montgomery on October 6th, 2007. Ms. Levitt created her concert-theatre piece, Puccini and His Contemporaries: A Cabaret of Opera and Theatre, as a multi-textured pastiche of songs, letters, monologues, poetry and reviews. The show offers a gorgeous and theatrical experience of Giacomo Puccini’s music and letters and has met with acclaim from audiences at Italian societies, museums, and libraries. Collaborating with renowned Shakespearean actor/teacher/director, Jonathan Epstein, Ms. Levitt wrote Shakespeare and the Dark, a concert-theatre piece about Shakespeare’s love affair with the Dark Lady of the sonnets. With composer Leslie Shaak Hitelman, Ms. Levitt conceived of and wrote Lyrics by Shakespeare: a Cabaret of Shakespeare Sonnet Songs (as composed by Leslie Shaak Hitelman) and also recorded a CD of the sonnet songs with the composer, Lyrics by Shakespeare. This show was performed at The Center for Arts Natick (TCAN) and at Oberlin College. Ms. Levitt is also available for singing at weddings, parties, with bands, and for all social occasions. Current Offerings: Great Songs of the Yiddish Theater The Age of Romance: From Vienna to Broadway A Tribute to the Great American Songbook Puccini and His Contemporaries: A Cabaret of Opera and Theatre |