OIB Party This Sunday, Bijou Theatre–Includes Show, Belting Beauties Under The Mistletoe

Okay kids, it’s OIB party time this Sunday, 6 p.m. at the sensational Bijou Theatre on Fairfield Avenue, Downtown. Join us at the Bijou starting at 6 p.m. Free admission. Free food. Cash bar. Free concert. We’ll have good eats from Two Boots and, drum roll … you’re all invited as OIB guests to the 7 p.m. holiday show featuring Christy McIntosh, Maggie Pangrazio and Jenifer Menedis, The Belting Beauties Under The Mistletoe. They’ll belt out songs from holiday classics and contemporary pop carols by artists such as Mariah Carey and Carrie Underwood. The concert will feature a three-piece band with Eli Newsom on piano, Gabriel Nappi on drums and Charles Casimiro on bass. So join us for Two Boots pie, the best gossip in the city and a sweet concert from amazing local talent. Spread the word.

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The Bijou Theatre in association with Eli Newsom present an evening of holiday songs featuring three of Fairfield County’s most talented singers. Christy McIntosh, Jenifer Menedis and Maggie Pangrazio star in a cabaret as The Belting Beauties, and will belt out both holiday classics and contemporary pop carols by artists like Mariah Carey and Carrie Underwood. The concert will feature a three-piece band with Eli Newsom on piano, Gabriel Nappi on drums and Charles Casimiro on bass.

Christy McIntosh is a professional actress and singer and has appeared Off-Broadway (Evil Dead: The Musical, Elvis and Juliet, The Truth), regionally (Hartford Stage, Denver Center Theatre Company, George St. Playhouse, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Barrington Stage Company), and on national television (Law & Order: SVU). She is on the Board of Directors of Bridgeport Theatre Company and has directed their productions of Hairspray and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and has produced many of their shows, including RENT and The Music Man. She is a proud member of the Actors Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild.

Jenifer Menedis has performed throughout the United States Canada and Australia. She is a versatile performer who is equally comfortable doing theatre and rocking out in concert. She began her career singing jingles and doing hometown “gigs” in Columbus, OH. From there, she moved to L.A. where she worked at Disneyland and toured with the international company “Imagination Entertainment.” Jenifer also toured with Internationally known ABBA tribute band “Bjorn Again” as Frida for which she received rave reviews wherever they opened. You can check her out in the Clint Eastwood film “Flags of Our Fathers” as the Andrews Sister soloist. Living here in CT, she is recording a solo album and plans to continue her career in New York and on Broadway.

Maggie Pangrazio was most recently seen at the Downtown Cabaret Theatre in the original cast of the new musical SubUrban Decay. Other recent shows include Legally Blonde The Musical, Pinkalicious, and Sleeping Beauty and Her Prince, as well as Bridgeport Theatre Company’s Seussical The Musical, Lend Me a Tenor, and RENT. She holds a BA from American University in Music Theatre and Communications. She’s a certified make-up artist, the contributing editor-in-chief for artistew.com, and dabbles in producing local community theatre. She recently made her directorial debut with BTC’s Dracula.