Karen Akers

Karen Akers, one of America's most arresting and successful concert and cabaret stars, presents Simply Styne, an evening of music utilizing the well-known  melodies of Jule Styne, one of the worlds most popular and prolific composers , whose musical collaborations have yielded such familiar standards as “Just in Time,” “Make Someone Happy,” “Time After Time,” and “I Fall In Love Too Easily.” In addition, his melodies  for the Broadway scores of Funny Girl, Gypsy and Bells Are Ringing, have put songs including  “People,” “Everything's Coming Up Roses,” and “The Party's Over,” into the Great American Songbook. It's a match made in musical heaven  Stephen Holden of the New York Times calls Simply Styne “Extraordinary” and “A moving, witty cabaret answer to “Scenes From a Marriage.”