Manilow on Broadway extends run by two weeks

Due to demand, Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum recording artist Barry Manilow's Broadway concert event, Manilow on Broadway, has added two additional weeks of performances and will now play through to 23 Feb 2013.

The concert will open its Broadway engagement on 24 Jan 2013 at the St. James Theatre, following previews from 18 Jan 2013. Manilow grew up in Brooklyn, where music was an integral part of his life. By the age of seven, he was taking accordion lessons and playing on a neighbor's piano. Choosing a career in music while still in his teens, he attended New York College of Music and the Juilliard School of Music while working in the mailroom at CBS. He subsequently became musical director for a CBS show named "Callback" (the predecessor to "American Idol").

Since then, Manilow has been ranked as the top Adult Contemporary chart artist of all time, according to R&R (Radio & Records), with no less than 25 consecutive Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1975 and 1983. The list includes all-time favorites that Manilow still sings today: "Mandy," "It's A Miracle," "Could It Be Magic," "I Write the Songs," "Tryin' To Get the Feeling Again," "This One's For You," "Weekend In New England," "Looks Like We Made It," "Can't Smile Without You," "Even Now," and the Grammy Award-winning "Copacabana (At the Copa)."

Barry Manilow said, "Growing up in New York, Broadway has always held a special place in my heart and I am honored to have the opportunity to make the St. James Theatre my home in the New Year."

Manilow on Broadway is presented by Jujamcyn Theaters and STILETTO Entertainment.