Maureen McGovern has spent much of the past few years wowing audiences in her Drama Desk-nominated role of Marmee in the musical Little Women, first on Broadway and subsequently in the show’s first national tour. She has also starred on Broadway in The Pirates of Penzance, Nine, 3 Penny Opera and Off-Broadway in Brownstone, appeared in the Broadway national tour of The King and I and regionally in The Lion in Winter, Of Thee I Sing, Let ’Em Eat Cake, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Letters from ’Nam, Elegies, The Sound of Music, South Pacific, Guys & Dolls, I Do, I Do, and The Bengal Tiger’s Ball. Ms. McGovern’s recording career began with the Oscar-winning best-selling recordings “The Morning After” and “We May Never Love Like This Again” from the classic disaster films The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno, respectively. She was nominated for a Grammy as Best New Artist and for her CD The Pleasure of His Company, and shares a Grammy Award for Best Musical Recording for Children for her participation in the CD/DVD Songs from the Neighborhood: The Music of Mister Rogers. She has recorded more than 25 albums, including songwriter tributes to George Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Richard Rodgers, and Alan & Marilyn Bergman. Her current PS Classics CD, A Long and Winding Road (based on her recent one-woman show), has earned high critical praise. In 2008 she received the AMEE Award from the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists for her life’s work in television, radio, and recording, and the MAC Lifetime Achievement Award. A concert artist for nearly forty years, she has displayed her versatility and talents in repertoire that ranges from pop to jazz to classical and to the musical theater. She has consistently been a much sought-after guest artist with major symphony orchestras, including the National Symphony and the New York Pops. She has been a guest with the Boston Pops in both spring and holiday seasons, most recently in June 2007 for the “Presidents at Pops” corporate fundraiser. She has also toured extensively with jazz greats Mel Tormé, Mercer Ellington and the Duke Ellington Orchestra, and John Pizzarelli. Maureen McGovern devotes a considerable amount of time to numerous charities and is the recipient of the 2007 Imagination Award, presented by Imagination Stage, for her work with children, the arts, and philanthropy. She received the Songs From The Heart Award from NARAS and the American Music Therapy Association, for which she is an artist spokesperson. She is a national board member of the Muscular Dystrophy Association and has been an MDA volunteer for nearly thirty years. She is the founder of The Maureen McGovern “Works of Heart” Foundation for Music and Healing, with recent releases Help Is On The Way (in partnership with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS) and Works of Heart: Songs of Hope, featuring a 30th-anniversary recording of her signature song, “The Morning After.” Visit maureenmcgovern.com for further information.
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