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 Katonah, NY - Broadway performer and nightclub star Jason Graae, whose acclaimed cabaret performances have delighted audiences in New York and Los Angeles, returns to the Caramoor International Music Festival with his latest show, Graae’s Anatomy, for two Cabaret at Caramoor evenings of delightful and wildly mischievous performances of Broadway standards, pop hits, and specialty numbers on Wednesday and Thursday, July 30 and July 31, at 8:30pm in the Reception Tent.
He will be accompanied by music director Alex Rybeck.
Jason Graae, who last appeared at Caramoor in 2005, recently won his 4th New York Bistro Award for Graae’s Anatomy. He has recorded over forty CDs, including original cast albums, concerts, compilations, and two solo CDs: You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile: Jason Graae Sings Charles Strouse, and Jason Graae LIVE at The Cinegrill. His previous solo show, Coup de Graae!, won the 2006 New York Nightlife Award, as well as the Bistro Award for Best Major Engagement, and was listed in TimeOut New York's Top 10 cabaret shows of the year. He has appeared on Broadway in A Grand Night For Singing, Falsettos, Stardust, Snoopy! and Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? Off- Broadway shows include Hello, Muddah, Hello, Fadduh, for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award, Forever Plaid, Olympus on My Mind, All in the Timing, and many more.
TICKETS
Tickets for Jason Graae in Graae’s Anatomy are $60 and may be ordered by calling the Caramoor Box Office at 914.232.1252 or online at www.caramoor.org.
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts is located at 149 Girdle Ridge Road in Katonah, New York.
ABOUT CARAMOOR
Caramoor is the legacy of Walter and Lucie Rosen, who built the great house and filled it with their treasures. Walter Rosen was the master planner for the Caramoor estate, bringing to reality his dream of creating a place to entertain friends from around the world. Their musical evenings were the seeds of today’s International Music Festival. Realizing the pleasure their friends took in the beauty of Caramoor – the house with its art collection, the gardens, and the musical programs on summer evenings – in 1946 the Rosens established a public charity to open Caramoor to the community.
Lucie Rosen survived her husband by seventeen years. During those years, she expanded the Music Festival: the Spanish Courtyard was used as a setting for musical events, as it is today, and, under her direction, the great stage of the Venetian Theater was built.
Caramoor is a Garden of Great Music. “We invite people to come early, explore our beautiful grounds, take a tour of the House Museum, visit our gift shop, enjoy a pre-concert picnic, and discover beautiful music in a relaxed setting,” advises Paul Rosenblum, Caramoor’s Managing Director. With its unique heritage, Caramoor remains a place where magical summer days and nights are shared and enjoyed by thousands. “Caramoor is the loveliest Festival of them all.” - The New York Times
Art and Gardens
Concerts take place in two outdoor theaters: the large, acoustically superb Venetian Theater and the more intimate, romantic Spanish Courtyard. Caramoor is more than just music – there is beauty at every turn. The House Museum, the former summer home of Caramoor’s founders, Lucie and Walter Rosen, contains a vast collection of Renaissance, 18th-century, and Eastern art objects, including furniture, tapestries, sculpture, paintings, textiles, porcelain, and jade in twenty rooms that are open to the public. There are entire rooms that were imported from European palaces and villas. In fact, Caramoor is one of just five mansions in the country that incorporate entire rooms into its collection. On Thursdays and Fridays, afternoon tea is served in the Summer Dining Room, overlooking the charming Spanish Courtyard.
Caramoor’s gardens are also well worth the visit and include nine unique perennial gardens. Among them are a Sense Circle for the visually handicapped, a Butterfly Garden, Tapestry Hedge, and an Iris and Peony Garden, which may be enjoyed on one’s own or seen on a guided tour.
Enjoy a Picnic at Caramoor
Extend your Caramoor experience by arriving for concerts early and enjoying a picnic amidst the beautiful gardens. Bring your own picnic or pre-order from Great Performances® by calling 212.337.6055.
House Museum
Guided tours of the House Museum are provided from Wednesday through Sunday, 1:00pm-4:00pm with the last tour at 3:00pm. On Saturdays, during the Festival, tours are given from 1:00pm-5:00pm, with the last tour at 4:00pm. Tickets are $10 (children 16 and under free).
GETTING TO CARAMOOR
Caramoor is easy to get to by car and mass transportation.
By car from the West Side of Manhattan and New Jersey, take the Saw Mill River Parkway north to Katonah. Exit at Route 35/Cross River. Turn right and, at the first traffic light, make a right turn onto Route 22 south. Travel 1.9 miles to the junction of Girdle Ridge Road. Follow the signs to Caramoor. (For detailed directions call 914.232.5035 and press 2, or online at www.caramoor.org). Parking at Caramoor is free.
By train, take the Harlem Division of the Metro-North Railroad to Katonah, New York. Taxi service from the station to Caramoor (five minutes away) is available.
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts is located at 149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah, New York.
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