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Catwoman Eartha Kitt Prowls into Town to “Purr–form” with the Phoenix Symphony
Tickets Now On Sale to Hear Living Legend for One Night Only
PHOENIX (March 20, 2008) – International legend Eartha Kitt joins The Phoenix Symphony for a dazzling night of music on May 31 at 8:00 p.m. The performance, under the direction of Guest Conductor Daryl Waters, will showcase the distinctive and sultry voice of Ms. Kitt as she performs her signature songs including I Wanna Be Evil and C’est Si Bon. The evening concert takes place at Symphony Hall located in downtown Phoenix.
Best known for her role as “Catwoman” on the 1960s television series Batman, Ms. Kitt has been entertaining audiences with her mesmerizing voice for decades. She is one of only a handful of performers to be nominated for a Tony (three times), a Grammy (twice) and an Emmy Award. She captivated New York nightclub audiences during her extended stays at The Café Carlyle and made a triumphant return with a sold-out run last summer. That performance has been captured in her newest recording, Eartha Kitt: Live from the Café Carlyle. Recently, Ms. Kitt has enthralled an entirely new generation of fans as she lent her unique voice to the role of Yzma, in Disney’s animated feature The Emperor’s New Groove, (2001 Annie Award for Best Vocal Performance/Animated Feature). Ms. Kitt will appear in Phoenix shortly after being honored at the April 2008 Wisdom Awards Gala sponsored by the National Visionary Leadership Project.
Tickets to hear Eartha Kitt are $25, $35, $45, and $65, and can be purchased by calling the Phoenix Symphony Box Office at 602.495.1999 or by visiting the Symphony’s website at www.phoenixsymphony.org.
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About Eartha Kitt: Eartha Kitt is an international star who gives new meaning to the word versatile. She has distinguished herself in film, theater, cabaret, music and on television. As a shy teen, a friend dared her to audition for the famed Katherine Dunham Dance Troupe. She won a spot as a featured dancer and vocalist and before the age of 20, toured worldwide with the company. Her unique persona earned her fans and fame and sparked a career that includes several stints on Broadway, national and international tours, a recording contract that produced a succession of best-selling records including Love For Sale, I Want to Be Evil, Santa Baby and Folk Tales of the Tribes of Africa, a role as “Catwoman” on the 1960s television series, Batman, and four best-selling autobiographies. Over the last few years, she has starred in several Broadway roles as well as national tours of The Wizard of Oz and Rogers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Recent appearances include Detroit’s Music Hall, Washington, D.C.’s Blues Alley, Seattle’s Jazz Alley, Florida’s Kravis Center with the Palm Beach Pops, The Mohegan Sun Casino’s Cabaret Showroom, Sarasota, Florida’s Van Wezel Center for the Performing Arts and the famed Ravinia Festival. In February 2007, overseas fans welcomed Ms. Kitt back to London for a special series of six performances at The Shaw Theater.
About The Phoenix Symphony: Celebrating its 60th Anniversary Season, The Phoenix Symphony has been proudly serving the citizens of the Phoenix metropolitan area and Arizona since 1947. What began as an occasional group of musicians performing a handful of concerts each year (in a city of fewer than 100,000 people) today serves more than 300,000 people annually, with 275 concerts and presentations throughout the greater Phoenix area and beyond.
Under the artistic leadership of Michael Christie as the Virginia G. Piper Music Director and administrative leadership of President Maryellen H. Gleason, the orchestra is overseen by the non-profit Phoenix Symphony Association under Board Chairman Ed Wolf.
The 76-member Phoenix Symphony presents an annual season from September through the beginning of June, featuring full-length classical and pops concerts at Symphony Hall in downtown Phoenix, in Scottsdale, in Prescott, and throughout central Arizona. The Symphony performs for more than 50,000 students and children, helping to introduce music to new generations through a variety of education and youth-engagement programs.
Eartha Kitt in Concert Special Event Concert
May 31– Saturday evening at 8:00 p.m. Symphony Hall
THE PHOENIX SYMPHONY
Daryl Waters, conductor
The one and only Eartha Kitt joins The Phoenix Symphony for a purr-fectly delicious evening! Best known as the Catwoman from Batman, Ms. Kitt is an international star who gives new meaning to the word versatile. Dazzling audiences around the globe, she is devoted to performing in front of live audiences, from intimate cabarets to concert halls with symphony orchestras. Ms. Kitt comes to Phoenix with her sultry and distinctive voice to perform all her signature songs—from I Wanna Be Evil to C’est Si Bon—with the full Phoenix Symphony! Don’t miss this spectacular night as one of America’s most legendary and enduring performers brings her live concert to Phoenix!
TICKETS: $25, $35, $45, $65
--------------------------------------------------------- The Phoenix Symphony's 2007-08 Media Sponsors are The Arizona Republic and KAET.
