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Karen Oberlin

Karen Oberlin, a jazz-cabaret singer who was recently named as a finalist for Outstanding Vocalist for the 2007 Nightlife Award for her work in her new show, "Like Love: The Popular Music of Andre Previn," won the Back Stage Bistro Award for Outstanding Vocalist of the Year for her previous show, the critically acclaimed "Secret Love: A Tribute to the True Doris Day." (An award-winning CD was developed from the show, "Secret Love: The Music of Doris Day," on the Miranda Music label.) Her voice and interpretations, called "moving," "artful," and "velvety," by Entertainment Weekly, have been heard at major New York venues such as Town Hall (for the Mabel Mercer Cabaret Convention, and the Broadway By The Year series), Merkin Hall, The Metropolitan Room, The Firebird, and The Knitting Factory, among others, and she entertained sold-out audiences at the Algonquin Hotel’s Oak Room to launch the release of her highly lauded debut CD, "My Standards" (Miranda Music). She performed in the world premiere of the newly discovered musical by Duke Ellington and Herb Martin, "Renaissance Man," as well as in an all-star CD version, "Secret Ellington" (True Life), which featured Joe Lovano, Grover Washington, Jr., and Freddy Cole, among others. She has also had guest appearances on other CD compilations.

Ms. Oberlin appeared in more than 100 Off-Broadway performances of the smash-hit show "Our Sinatra," and has performed her own shows nationally and abroad. She had the honor of being part of the first-ever Cabaret Conventions in both Philadelphia and the Hamptons. Ms. Oberlin was in the first staged incarnation of the now-legendary Broadway show, "Rent," in the role of Maureen. She has also held lead roles at such prestigious theatres as the North Carolina Theatre, the Palace Theatre in Louisville, The Prince Music Theatre in Philadelphia and the Ordway Theatre in St. Paul. She has appeared as a professional actress in everything from Shakespeare to national commercials, including playing a nurse on ALL MY CHILDREN and acting in both independent and feature films. She also enjoyed being part of a professional a capella group called "Where’s The Band?" for many years.

Ms. Oberlin has a deep background in classical music, jazz, cabaret, theatre and musical theatre. The youngest daughter of two classical musicians, she often performed and competed in classical music singing events as a child in upstate New York. She also played piano and flute, and cello in the county orchestra, and she performed in her first role in an opera at age six.

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Karen Oberlin: My Standards

Read "My Standards" reviewed by Dave Nathan


The title My Standards does not mean that this CD is a play list of classic entries in the Great American Songbook. Rather these are tunes that Karen Oberlin has listened to and adopted over the years, from Irving Berlin's to Elvis Costello's. Not only does the variety of music make this album bracing, but so does the way it is presented.

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Karen Oberlin the Wizard of Words Yip Harburg' S Songs of Wit & Wisdom at the Metropolitan Room January 13th, 20th & 27th

Karen Oberlin the Wizard of Words Yip Harburg' S Songs of Wit & Wisdom at the Metropolitan Room January 13th, 20th & 27th

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services

KAREN OBERLIN in THE WIZARD OF WORDS Yip Harburg's Songs of Wit & Wisdom THREE SUNDAYS IN JANUARY at 9:30pm January 13th, 20th & 27th Tedd Firth, Musical Director Sean Smith, Bass The Metropolitan Room at Gotham 34 West 22nd St. (Between 5th & 6th Aves), NYC Reservations: 212-206-0440 $20 Cover / 2-Beverage Minimum E. Y. “Yip" Harburg was an artist of extraordinary personal ...

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Karen Oberlin Returns to the Metropolitan Room for One Night Only Tuesday, November 13that 7PM

Karen Oberlin Returns to the Metropolitan Room for One Night Only Tuesday, November 13that 7PM

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 at 7PM By popular demand, Bistro Award-winning jazz-pop singer Karen Oberlin returns to The Metropolitan Room for one night only with her highly acclaimed show, “Like Love: The Popular Songs of Andre Previn," for which she was a finalist for the critics' Nightlife Awards in 2007. Audiences will be delighted and surprised by this varied collection of extraordinary songs -- some beloved, some virtually unknown, by a master composer who defies category. Lyricists Dory Langdon (Previn), Johnny ...

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Karen Oberlin "Like Love: The Popular Songs of Andre Previn" at The Metropolitan Room September 14-17

Karen Oberlin "Like Love: The Popular Songs of Andre Previn" at The Metropolitan Room September 14-17

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services

Karen Oberlin Is Pleased To Announce Her Upcoming Appearance at The Metropolitan Room September 14-17

Show title: Like Love: The Popular Songs of Andre Previn

Dates: Thursday, September 14 7pm Friday, September 15 7pm Saturday, September 16 7pm Sunday, September 17 4pm

The Metropolitan Room 34 West 22nd Street (Between 5th & 6th Avenues) NYC

Reservations: 212-206-0440

http://www.metropolitanroom.com/

COVER CHARGE: $20 2-drink minimum (for MAC members ...

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Karen Oberlin "Like Love: The Popular Songs of Andre Previn" at The Metropolitan Room, September 14-17

Karen Oberlin "Like Love: The Popular Songs of Andre Previn" at The Metropolitan Room, September 14-17

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services

Karen Oberlin Is Pleased To Announce Her Upcoming Appearance at The Metropolitan Room September 14-17

Show title: Like Love: The Popular Songs of Andre Previn

Dates:

Thursday, September 14 7pm Friday, September 15 7pm Saturday, September 16 7pm Sunday, September 17 4pm

Where:

The Metropolitan Room 34 West 22nd Street (Between 5th & 6th Avenues) NYC

Reservations: 212-206-0440

http://www.metropolitanroom.com/

COVER CHARGE: $20 2-drink minimum ...

"(Oberlin) invests ballads with a breathless intimacy and lays the allure at the listener's feet." -- Robert L. Daniels, Variety

"Ms. Oberlin's vocals can only be described as heavenly, and her performance flawless. You simply must see and hear (her)... (It) is perfection!" -- Stu Hamstra, Cabaret Hotline

"(Oberlin) presents (songs) as lusciously lyrical tales told for the very first time." -- David Murphy, Time Out NY

"Riveting... Exciting... Poignant... Oberlin mixes exquisite singing with pithy and charming patter. A gifted writer and performer!" -- Barbara & Scott Siegel, Theatermania.com

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Secret Love: the...

Miranda Music
2002

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My Standards

Miranda Music
2001

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