Birdland is proud to announce that on Monday, April 21, singer Joanne Halev will share songs and stories that illuminate life’s little miracles in “Sailing On.” 

She will weave her stories through the lens of brilliant music and lyrics by Lerner and Loewe, Carol Hall, Rodgers & Hart, Amanda McBroom, Francesca Blumenthal, Irving Berlin, Stephen Sondheim, Dillie Keane, and more. You’ll travel from the rocky coast of Maine to The Dairy State, from Manhattan's Lower East Side to Waldorf Astoria’s Peacock Alley to Sheridan Square in Greenwich Village, and even to Brooklyn -- long before it became a haven for hipsters! Expect tales of first loves and rites of passage, whooping cough and waterbeds, fate, friendship, and one fabulous farm boy -- all shared with keen observations, wry humor, and surprising candor.  This show will be musical directed by Alex Rybeck, directed by Sara Louise Lazarus, with Tom Hubbard on bass.

New Yorker Joanne Halev received the prestigious Bistro Award in 2020 for her much-lauded debut show, "Like a Perfumed Woman," which premiered in 2019 at Birdland Theatre. A “sophisticated songbird,” Joanne was said to "deliver with a voice reminiscent of a warmed-up brandy with one square of the deepest darkest chocolate."  Joanne is described as “a talented performer with imagination, mindfulness, and innate elegance." 

In addition to her musical accomplishments, Joanne has had a diverse career. She worked in global fragrance development at Firmenich, and in magazine publishing during the '80s and '90s at prestigious publications like The New Yorker and W. Joanne was also a co-founding Actor/Teacher of The Creative Arts Team, an educational theatre company originally in residence at New York University and now at CUNY. There she performed in and helped to develop plays addressing topical and social issues for underserved students in New York City's public schools.