Maxine Linehan

Early life and education

Linehan was raised in County Cork, Ireland. She performed as a child and at age 17 she had a role in The Sound of Music produced by the Irish Operatic Repertory Company. Linehan was called to the bar in London, where she earned her law degree. She worked for a London law firm which moved her to New York City in 2001.

Career

Linehan's first single was a cover of "You Don't Own Me" by Lesley Gore. In 2008, Linehan co-founded the Alloy Theater Company with Michelle Pruett in New York City. That same year, Linehan starred in Alloy's production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's song cycle, Tell Me on a Sunday. She appeared in Alloy's production of The Mushroom Pickers in 2009. Linehan performed a concert of Petula Clark's music in 2009 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in New York. Her later performances of the same concert, including a 2010 performance at the Tainted Blue studios in Manhattan, coincided with the release of her album, What Would Petula Do?

In 2012, Linehan played Charlotte Brontë in the Alloy Theater Company’s production of Bronte: A Portrait of Charlotte after finishing a national tour of South Pacific. The Town Hall presented The Broadway Musicals of 1940-1964 as part of the Broadway by the Year series, with Linehan featured among the performers. Linehan gave the solo performance, An American Journey, created and directed by Scott Siegel, in 2014. The one-hour performance is about leaving Ireland for America. In October 2014, Linehan performed in Quiet Please, There's a Lady on Stage, a concert celebrating Julie Wilson's 90th birthday as part of the 25th Annual New York Cabaret Convention at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

She released the album Beautiful Songs in 2015. With the release of the album, she performed "Beautiful Songs: An Evening of Music for the Soul and the Senses" at the Metropolitan Room in New York. That same year, she created a video tribute to the New York Mets' Daniel Murphy called "Oh, Danny Boy!" Also in 2015, Linehan was included in the concert Edith Piaf: An All-Star Tribute hosted by Scott Sigel.

In 2016, Linehan performed an all-U2 show called One: The Songs of U2 at the BirdLand Theatre that forwarded all proceeds to the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Linehan performed What Would Petula Do? at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris in May 2016, and 54 Below in New York City.

Discography