Birdland is proud to present the return of singer/actress Karen Mason in a birthday celebration called, Karen Mason’s Birdland Birthday Bash.  This one-night only Birdland Birthday Bash will take place on Monday, March 30 at 7pm.  After sold-out shows in New York, Chicago, Connecticut,  and Puerto Vallarta, singer Karen Mason brings a celebration of her actual birth date to Birdland.  She’s ready to celebrate all 75 years! 

Sassy, brassy, and tinged with confessional monologues, and songs from some of her favorite writers, Karen will share her love of music, and her love of storytelling.  The show will feature songs from every decade of Karen’s life, plus some fan favorites like “All That Jazz,” “A Whole New World, Help/Being Alive,” “For Good,” and more.  This one-night-only event will be directed by Barry Kleinbort, with Music Direction by Christopher Denny, and Tom Hubbard on bass. 

Karen Mason played Mrs. Marsh on Ryan Murphy’s “Halston” on Netflix.  Seen as “Madame Giry” in the North American Premier of Love Never Dies (Lloyd Webber’s sequel to The Phantom of the Opera). On Broadway, starred as The  Queen of Hearts in Wonderland, and originated the role of Tanya in Mamma Mia! (2002 Drama Desk nomination as Best Actress). Karen also starred as Norma Desmond in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset   Boulevard on Broadway and in Los Angeles; Velma von Tussel in the Broadway company of Hairspray, “Monotony” singer and Mazeppa in Jerome Robbins’ Broadway. On tour and regionally, she starred in Chasing Rainbows (Paper Mill Playhouse) A Christmas Story as Miss Shields; White Christmas, (St. Louis Muni Opera), Gypsy (Sundance Theatre & Muni); Company (Huntington Theatre). Off-Broadway, she won the Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance in And The World Goes ‘Round. She is a 14-time MAC Award winner, and was the recipient of the 2019 MAC Lifetime Achievement Award. Her nine albums include her most recent Award Winning Album, Karen Mason And All That Jazz! ;  It’s About Time includes the single, “It’s About Time,” written by Paul Rolnick and Shelly Markham; Let The Music Play; Right Here/ Right Now, The Sweetest of Nights, When The Sun Comes Out, Christmas! Christmas! Christmas!, Better Days (featuring the 1998 Emmy Award-winning song “Hold Me”); and Not So Simply Broadway. Also, Wonderland (original cast); Jeffrey; Wonderful Town & the cast album of And The World Goes ‘Round.