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Christine Ebersole has enchanted audiences throughout her performing career, from the Broadway stage to television series and specials, film, concert appearances and recordings. She received critical acclaim for her performance as Dorothy Brock in the smash revival of 42nd Street, where she won the Outer Critics Circle Award and the coveted Tony Award® for Best Leading Actress in a Musical. Other memorable New York stage performances include I Love My Wife, On The Twentieth Century, Oklahoma, Dinner At Eight (Tony® and Outer Critics Circle nominations) and The Best Man opposite Chris Noth and Charles Durning. She has starred in two Encores productions at City Center, stopping the show with "To Keep My Love Alive" from A Connecticut Yankee. Christine has appeared in many hit movies including Tootsie, Amadeus, Dead Again, Thief Of Hearts, Till There Was You and My Girl 2. On television, she was seen as as stripper Tessie Tura in Bette Midler's Gypsy, co-starred in the reunion film Mary and Rhoda, with Diana Ross in Platinum and opposite Jane Fonda in the critically acclaimed The Dollmaker. Christine was a Not Ready For Prime Time Player during the 1981-82 Saturday Night Live season alongside Eddie Murphy, Joe Piscopo and Mary Gross. She co-starred in the CBS/Ted Danson series INK and has guest-starred on Will and Grace, Murphy Brown, Don't Shoot Me and many others. In televised concerts, Christine has appeared on PBS often, including her star turns in Ira Gershwin at 100: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall and The Rodgers & Hart Story: Thou Swell, Thou Witty. In Concert, Christine has appeared in The American Songbook Series at Lincoln Center and concert halls across the country. During the 2005-2006 season, Christine recently starred as M'Lynn in the Broadway hit Steel Magnolias and is starring in the upcoming musical Grey Gardens. Teaming with fellow 42nd Street co-star BILLY STRITCH brought kudos from critics and audiences alike at Feinsteins, resulting in a CD of the show, In Your Dreams, released in 2005 on Gaslight Records. They are currently on tour together, performing classics from The Great American and Broadway Songbook!
And The Critics Said...
"When
Christine Ebersole sashays onto the stage…., the atmosphere begins to fizz
as if the cork from a giant Champagne bottle had been popped, and the whole room
levitates in the sweet, bubbly mist of her comic energy.
“Admirers
of unique artistry should race…to catch Christine Ebersole's splendid act.
The Tony Award-winning performer offers a demonstration of cabaret finesse”.
"a delicious
musical comedy treasure"
“Show
Stopping!”
“I
Can't think of a more potent combination of sophistication and talented musicians
than Christine Ebersole and Billy Stritch.”
“Christine
Ebersole is smashing”
"A
Knockout comedienne"
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