Broadway diva and star of the smash gothic musical Jekyll and Hyde, Linda Eder, makes her highly-anticipated return to the McCallum Theater on Thursday, March 27, at 8:00pm. No matter what she sings, Linda Eder sings with amazing power and clarity. She is truly a vocal force to be recognized!
By age 26, she had her own show at Harrah's Casino in Atlantic City, four shows a night, six nights a week. It was during her time at Harrah's that her unique style began to evolve. In 1987, Linda tried out for the television show "Star Search" and won a spot on the first episode of that season. Hoping to win one show, Linda proved unbeatable for an unprecedented 12-week run. Her success on "Star Search" led to a leading role as Lucy Harris in the 1990 Broadway-bound musical Jekyll & Hyde, a role she played for eleven years and approximately 900 performances. In the summer of 2003, Linda returned to the stage, this time at the Norma Terris Theater in Connecticut, in Camille Claudel, a musical about the mistress and muse of sculptor Auguste Rodin.
Linda Eder's career is built on a solid Broadway base, but reaches far beyond it. Over the years, passionate fans across the country packed concert halls, including New York's Carnegie Hall. Among her many milestones, Linda has been profiled by the Bravo Network, had a solo concert run at Broadway's Gershwin Theater, and performed the track "Gold" to which Kristi Yamaguchi skated during the Opening Ceremony at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Aside from music and family, Linda has a lifelong love of animals. She took it a step further with "Trail Mix," a primetime television special she created and hosted for Animal Planet. The show teamed Linda with other celebrities who share her passion for horses.
Linda's CD, By Myself, showcased the songs of Judy Garland. In its eleven tracks, Linda pulled off the impossible, paying tribute to her musical idol and capturing the contrasting strength and fragility of Judy's voice, while making the timeless Garland songs her own. Linda's most recent CD, The Other Side of Me, is an album of American pop and country flavored songs and arrangements. Each song was chosen because it was something that Linda wanted to say. As Linda describes the CD, "My desire was not to sing at you, but to sing with you, to go to a sunny stretch of road and stay there for awhile."
Linda Eder will appear at the McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert, California, on Thursday, March 27, 2008, at 8:00pm. -- www.mccallumtheatre.com
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