Maxine Linehan

Born in Newry, Northern Ireland on July 9, 1973, the eldest of four to Maureen (née McAnulty) Linehan and Patrick Gabriel Linehan, Maxine Therese Linehan was raised in County Cork, Republic of Ireland,{{cite web| url=http://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/reclaiming-charlotte-bronte-for-ireland-bronte-a-portrait-of-charlotte-off-broadway-149102865-237443751.html| title=Reclaiming Charlotte Bronte For Ireland – "Bronte: a portrait of Charlotte" Off Broadway| author=Cahir O'Doherty| date=April 28, 2012| publisher=Irish Central| access-date=January 6, 2016}} and performed as a child. She visited the U.S. for the first time at age 12 and wrote about the experience years later: {{quote|"I came back thinking, someday I’ll live there. For me, freedom was just in the air here. I grew up in a town where everyone looked the same, everyone believed in the same thing. I wanted to be in a place where you could be different. Now, I’m not that different and I didn’t NEED to immigrate to save my life or escape persecution, I just wanted to be in a place that allowed you to be you."}} At age 17 she had a role in The Sound of Music produced by the Irish Operatic Repertory Company at Cork Opera House in Cork{{cite web| url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/Photo-Flash-Maxine-Linehan-in-Alloy-Theater-Companys-BRONT-A-PORTRAIT-OF-CHARLOTTE-20120508| title=Maxine Linehan in Alloy Theater Company's Bronte: A portrait of Charlotte| date=May 8, 2012| publisher=Broadway World| access-date=January 6, 2016}} and played Nancy in Oliver! for the same company. She performed both roles again at Wycombe Swan Theater in High Wycombe, England. She told a New York Irish-American paper in 2015, however, "Theater is not considered a steady career back home. So I went to law school."

She was awarded a Bachelor of Laws from the University of London and graduated from the Inns of Court School of Law. She also studied performance at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Linehan was called to the bar in the U.K. capital and worked for a law firm there which moved her, in 2001, to New York City.{{cite web| url=http://irishecho.com/2012/05/linehan-feels-affinity-with-charlotte-bronte/| title=Linehan feels affinity with Charlotte Bronte| date=May 2, 2012| publisher=The Irish Echo| access-date=January 6, 2016}} While this U.S. office closed within a few years, she decided to stay in the city and devote herself to musical performance.

In the 2007, Linehan created an autobiographical 90-minute cabaret show So Far... which played at the Metropolitan Room in New York City, for which she was nominated a MAC Award. The next year, she co-founded the Alloy Theater Company with Michelle Pruett: The two met while waitressingh at a Del Frisco's in New York City. That same year, Linehan starred in its production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's song cycle, Tell Me on a Sunday at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in Manhattan.{{cite web| url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/unexpected-song-tell-me-on-a-sunday-with-actress-linehan-begins-nyc-run-mar-148658| title=Unexpected Song: Tell Me On a Sunday, with Actress Linehan, Begins NYC Run March 30| author=Andrew Gans| date=March 30, 2008| publisher=Playbill| access-date=January 6, 2016}} She appeared in Alloy's production of fellow Irish woman Jacqueline McCarrick's The Mushroom Pickers in 2009. The play is about a London actress who returns home to County Monaghan, joining her widower father to work in the mushroom tunnels.{{cite web| url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/mccarricks-irish-play-the-mushroom-pickers-to-get-u.s.-premiere-feb.-12-156842| title=McCarrick's Irish Play, The Mushroom Pickers, to Get U.S. Premiere Feb. 12| author=Kenneth Jones| date=January 12, 2009| publisher=Playbill| access-date=January 6, 2016}}

In 2009 and 2010, Linehan was part of the ensemble in the first U.S. tour of Bartlett Sher's Tony Award-winning revival of South Pacific, which premiered in San Francisco, and travelled to Chicago, Charlotte, North Carolina,{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Flash-SOUTH-PACIFIC-National-Tour-Lands-SFs-Golden-Gate-Theatre-20090922|title=Photo Flash: SOUTH PACIFIC National Tour Lands At SF's Golden Gate Theatre|work=BroadwayWorld|date=September 22, 2009}}{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/David-Pittsinger-and-Carmen-Cusack-to-Star-in-Chicago-Engagement-of-SOUTH-PACIFIC-1124-1129-20091007|title=David Pittsinger and Carmen Cusack to Star in Chicago Engagement of SOUTH PACIFIC, 11/24 – 11/29|work=BroadwayWorld|date=September 22, 2009}}{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/charlotte/article/SOUTH-PACIFIC-Announces-Casting-For-the-Belk-Theater-in-Charlotte-20010101|title=SOUTH PACIFIC Announces Casting For the Belk Theater in Charlotte|work=BroadwayWorld|date=October 20, 2009}} and Des Moines, Iowa.{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/des-moines/article/SOUTH-PACIFIC-to-Play-Civic-Center-of-Greater-Des-Moines-518523-20100128|title=SOUTH PACIFIC to Play Civic Center of Greater Des Moines, 5/18-5/23|work=BroadwayWorld|date=January 28, 2010}} In 2010, Linehan played Charlotte Brontë in the Alloy Theater Company's production of Brontë: A Portrait of Charlotte. Written in 1983 by William Luce, an American, it is based on the correspondence between Brontë and her childhood friend Ellen Nussey. Linehan said that she read the play in one sitting and conducted her own research into Brontë's background to prepare for the part.{{cite web| url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/maxine-linehan-featured-in-off-broadways-bronte-a-portrait-of-charlotte-beg-193174| title=Maxine Linehan Featured in Off-Broadway's Bronte: A Portrait of Charlotte Beginning May 3| author=Michael Gioia| date=May 3, 2012| publisher=Playbill| access-date=January 6, 2016}} The production, directed by theater veteran Timothy Douglas, was the company's first official Off-Broadway production and ran for seven months.{{cite web| url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/MAXINE-LINEHAN-AN-AMERICAN-JOURNEY-Set-for-Broadway-at-Birdland-107-20130913|title=MAXINE LINEHAN: AN AMERICAN JOURNEY Set for Broadway at Birdland, 10/7|work=BroadwayWorld|date=September 13, 2013}}

In summer 2014 Linehan was part of Siegel's two-act Broadway Ballyhoo with Mark Nadler and others.{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Jill-Paice-Mark-Nadler-Marya-Coburn-and-More-Set-for-Two-Act-BROADWAY-BALLYHOO-Today-20140707|title=Jill Paice, Mark Nadler, Marya Coburn and More Set for Two-Act BROADWAY BALLYHOO Tonight|date=July 8, 2014|work=BroadwayWorld}}

Linehan's first single was a cover of Lesley Gore's "You Don't Own Me" with rapper Phil Phlaymz. She performed a concert of Petula Clark's music in 2009 at the Laurie Beechman which included "Downtown", "Don’t Sleep on the Subway," and "Call Me." Her performances of the same material, including at the album release party that year and at least one performance in 2010 at the Tainted Blue studios in Manhattan,{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/The-Cabaret-Chronicles-Michael-Feinstein-David-Hyde-Pierce-Maxine-Linehan-Gretchen-Reinhagen-and-More-20091212|title=The Cabaret Chronicles: Michael Feinstein & David Hyde Pierce, Maxine Linehan, Gretchen Reinhagen and More!|work=BroadwayWorld|date=June 12, 2009|last=Esposito|first=Jenna}} coincided with the release of her album, What Would Petula Do?: A Tribute to Petula Clark{{cite web|url=http://maxinelinehan.com/about/|work=MaxineLinehan.com|title=About}}{{cite web| url=http://www.sonicscoop.com/2010/02/10/petula-clark-is-pop-maxine-linehan-has-new-proof-for-2010/#sthash.Pb3GFzMu.Ru8AmkU6.dpbs| title=Petula Clark IS Pop: Maxine Linehan Has New Proof for 2010| author=David Weiss| date=February 10, 2010| publisher=Sonic Scoop| access-date=January 6, 2016}} in which Linehan sings and references the music of the '60s singer and others of the era, which she grew up listening to at home. The album's title track was written by Linehan's musical director Gerald Stockstill with Ken Jones. The album was produced by her husband Andrew Koss and Gerald Stockstill engineered by Chach and was reviewed favorably. Linehan revived the concert in 2015 at the Metropolitan Room{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/MARK-NADLER-Set-As-First-Performer-in-New-Monthly-Series-NEW-YORK-CABARETS-GREATEST-HITS-at-Metropolitan-Room-826-20150711|title=MARK NADLER Set As First Performer in New Monthly Series NEW YORK CABARET'S GREATEST HITS at Metropolitan Room, 8/26|work=BroadwayWorld|date=July 11, 2015}} and for the New York Cabaret's Greatest Hits series and again in 2019 at Adelphi University Performing Arts Center in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/BWW-Commentary-With-Return-of-His-RUSSIANS-Show-As-a-Greatest-Hit-and-Going-CRAZY-On-New-PBS-Series-MARK-NADLER-is-Making-Cabaret-History-His-Way-20151005|title=BWW Commentary: With Return of His RUSSIANS Show As a Greatest Hit and Going CRAZY On New PBS Series, MARK NADLER is Making Cabaret History His Way|work=BroadwayWorld|last=Napolitano|first=Peter|date=October 5, 2015}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/long-island/article/Maxine-Linehan-Performs-WHAT-WOULD-PETULA-DO-A-Tribute-To-Petula-Clark-On-March-23-20190307|title = Maxine Linehan Performs WHAT WOULD PETULA DO? A Tribute to Petula Clark on March 23}}

The Town Hall presented a sold-out The Broadway Musicals of 1940–1964 created and directed by Scott Siegel as part of the Broadway by the Year series, in its 14th year, featuring Linehan among the performers.{{Cite web| url=http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/03-2014/robert-cuccioli-patrick-page-and-more-will-celebra_67735.html| title=Robert Cuccioli, Patrick Page, and More Will Celebrate The Broadway Musicals of 1940–1964| author=David Gordon| date=March 4, 2014| publisher=Theater Mania| access-date=January 6, 2016}} She subsequently appeared in every one of the yearly events: The 15th celebrated the musicals from 1991 to 2015,{{Cite web| url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Photo-Coverage-Inside-BROADWAY-BY-THE-YEARS--Musicals-of-1991-2015-20150624|title=Photo Coverage: Inside Broadway By the Year- Musicals of 1991–2015|date=June 24, 2015| work=BroadwayWorld|last=Keddy|first=Genevieve Rafter}} the 16th the musicals of the 1970s,{{Cite web| url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-Rachel-Bay-Jones-Robert-Creighton-More-Sing-the-Songs-of-the-70s-at-BROADWAY-BY-THE-YEAR-20160621|title=Photo Coverage: Rachel Bay Jones, Robert Creighton & More Sing the Songs of the 70s at Broadway By the Year|date=June 21, 2016| work=BroadwayWorld|last=Keddy}} the 17th the musicals from the Aughts,{{Cite web| url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Christina-Bianco-Emily-Skinner-Josh-Young-and-More-to-Bring-the-2000s-to-BROADWAY-BY-THE-YEAR-at-Town-Hall-20170428| work=BroadwayWorld|title=Christina Bianco, Emily Skinner, Josh Young and More to Bring the 2000s to BROADWAY BY THE YEAR at Town Hall|date=April 28, 2017}} the 18th the musicals of 1956 and 1975,{{Cite news| url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Photo-Coverage-Inside-BROADWAY-BY-THE-YEARs-Season-Opener-with-Karen-Ziemba-Tonya-Pinkins-More-20150225|title=Photo Coverage: Inside Broadway By the Year's Season Opener with Karen Ziemba, Tonya Pinkins & More!|date=February 25, 2015| work=BroadwayWorld|last=Keddy}}{{Cite news| url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-Carolee-Carmello-and-More-Turn-Out-for-Town-Halls-BROADWAY-BY-THE-YEAR-201805225|title=Photo Coverage: Carolee Carmello and More Turn Out for Town Hall's Broadway By the Year|date=May 22, 2018 | work=BroadwayWorld|last=Keddy}}{{Cite news| url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Carolee-Carmello-John-Easterlin-and-More-Set-For-Broadway-By-The-Year-At-Town-Hall-20180504| work=BroadwayWorld|title=Carolee Carmello, John Easterlin and More Set For 'Broadway By The Year' At Town Hall|date= May 4, 2018}} the 19th the musicals of 1987 and 2015.{{Cite news| url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Kenita-Miller-Lisa-Howard-and-More-Will-Take-Part-in-Broadway-By-The-Year-Broadway-Musicals-Of-1987-and-2015-20190604| work=BroadwayWorld|title=Kenita Miller, Lisa Howard, and More Will Take Part in Broadway By The Year: Broadway Musicals Of 1987 and 2015|date=June 4, 2019}}

Linehan premiered the solo performance, Maxine Linehan: An American Journey, created and directed by Siegel, in 2013 at Birdland, which sold out and moved to Times Square's Terminus Recording Studios the next year, with her husband, Andrew Koss, on guitar. The one-hour show is about her story of leaving Ireland for America and her development there.{{cite web| url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Maxine-Linehan-to-Present-Solo-Show-AN-AMERICAN-JOURNEY-at-Terminus-Recording-Studios-427-514-20140407| title=Maxine Linehan to Present Solo Show AN AMERICAN JOURNEY at Terminus Recording Studios, 4/27-5/14| date=April 7, 2014| publisher=Broadway World| access-date=January 6, 2016}}{{cite web| url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/BWW-Reviews-Cabaret-Newcomer-and-New-American-Maxine-Linehan-Begins-Her-Journey-to-Singing-Stardom-With-New-Show-at-Terminus-Studios-20140507| title=BWW Reviews: Cabaret Newcomer and New American MAXINE LINEHAN Begins Her Journey to Singing Stardom With New Show at Terminus Studios|last=Hanks|first=Stephen|publisher=Broadway World|date= May 7, 2014}} In it, the Irish Echo wrote Linehan "has some pertinent things to say (and sing) about the experience. And sing she does, often electrifyingly well, in a show that’s by turns intimate and epic, just like the city in which she makes her home"{{cite web| url=http://www.irishcentral.com/news/irishvoice/Maxine-Linehan----an-exciting-new-Irish-voice.html| title=Maxine Linehan – an exciting new Irish voice| author=Cahir O'Doherty| date=May 13, 2014| publisher=Irish Central| access-date=January 6, 2016}} and Stephen Hanks of BroadwayWorld wrote, "I could go the rest of my life without hearing Stephen Sondheim's "What More Do I Need?" from Saturday Night, or "Pure Imagination" from Willy Wonka in another cabaret show, but, thankfully, Linehan's renditions were lovely and entertaining".

In fall 2014 she debuted the Siegel-written and -directed "Beautiful Songs: An Evening of Music for the Soul and the Senses" at the Metropolitan Room on West 22nd Street in New York.{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Maxine-Linehan-to-Bring-BEAUTIFUL-SONGS-to-the-Met-Room-101-22-20140905|title=Maxine Linehan to Bring BEAUTIFUL SONGS to the Met Room, 10/1-22|date=September 5, 2014|work=BroadwayWorld}}{{cite web| url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mixing-it-up-at-the-metro_b_5768650| title=Mixing it up at the Metropolitan Room| author=Nancy Cohen-koan| date=September 5, 2014| publisher=Huffington Post| access-date=October 11, 2020}}{{cite web| url=http://www.irishcentral.com/news/irishvoice/Maxine-Linehan-brings-Beautiful-Songs-to-New-York-VIDEOS.html| title=Maxine Linehan brings "Beautiful Songs" to New York| author=Eileen Murphy| date=February 9, 2015| publisher=Irish Central| access-date=January 6, 2016}} The show, which includes "Danny Boy" and original songs like "There Won't Be Trumpets/A Quiet Thing" and Koss's "I Think Of You" representing a range of genres from Broadway, folk, and pop{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/04/27/listen-up-playlist-cassandra-wilson/26314195/|title=Playlist: What's Elysa Gardner listening to?|work=USA Today|last=Gardner|first=Elyse|date=April 27, 2015}}{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Maxine-Linehan-Coming-to-Feinsteins54-Below-1017-20151016|work=BroadwayWorld|title=Maxine Linehan Comes to Feinstein's/54 Below Tonight|date=October 17, 2015}} was reviewed favorably the following year by the New York Times's Stephen Holden, with his describing her as "self-assured, fiercely talented" and "grounded." In October 2014, Linehan performed in Quiet Please, There's a Lady on Stage, a concert celebrating American cabaret performer Julie Wilson's 90th birthday as part of the 25th Annual New York Cabaret Convention at Jazz at Lincoln Center.{{cite web| url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/over-60-vocalists-including-many-broadway-stars-set-for-25th-annual-cabaret-322099| title=Over 60 Vocalists, Including Many Broadway Stars, Set for 25th Annual Cabaret Convention| author=Andrew Gans| date=June 5, 2014| publisher=Playbill| access-date=January 6, 2016}} Her performances of "Something Better Than This" (from Sweet Charity) and Noël Coward's "Sail Away" were lauded by Hanks.{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Cabaret-Life-NYC-My-Second-Half-of-2014-Cabaret-Journey-or-One-Reviewers-Long-Long-Procrastination-Special-as-We-Bid-Farewell-to-Another-Year-of-Show-Hopping-20141226|work=BroadwayWorld|title=CABARET LIFE NYC: My Second Half of 2014 Cabaret Journey or One Reviewer's Long Procrastination Special as We Bid Farewell to Another Year of Show Hopping|last=Hanks|first=Stephen|date=December 26, 2014}} She repeated the Wilson show at 54 Below the next year.54 Celebrates Julie Wilson Broadway Ballyhoo, Beautiful Songs, Linehan and Siegal were nominated for that year's BroadwayWorld.com New York Cabaret Awards.{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/BWW-2014-NY-Cabaret-Award-Final-Nominees-Announced-LuPone-Maye-Callaway-Monheit-Ebersole-Gillett-and-Bufford-Among-Multiple-Nominees-Voting-Until-1231-20141201|work=BroadwayWorld|title=BWW 2014 NY Cabaret Award Final Nominees Announced: LuPone, Maye, Callaway, Monheit, Ebersole, Gillett and Bufford Among Multiple Nominees; Voting Until 12/31|date=December 1, 2014|last=Hanks}}

She released her third album Beautiful Songs in 2015,{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/11/arts/music/review-maxine-linehan-transforms-the-popular-into-the-personal.html?_r=4&referrer|title=Maxine Linehan Transforms the Popular Into the Personal| author=Stephen Holden| date=February 10, 2015|work=The New York Times| access-date=January 6, 2016}}{{Cite web| url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/maxine-linehan-mn0003408793/discography| title=Maxine Linehan| publisher=AllMusic| access-date=January 6, 2016}} which she later described as "a traditional pop vocal album that's mostly American songbook." It was co-produced and arranged by Ryan Shirar, and he also performed on it.{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Lisa-Jason-to-Bring-BULLIED-TO-BEAUTIFUL-to-the-Met-Room-20160818|work=BroadwayWorld|title=Lisa Jason to Bring Bullied to Beautiful to the Met Room|date=August 18, 2016}} USA Today's Elysa Gardner called "There Won't Be Trumpets," "an inspired medley celebrating the kind of romantic love that endures." Linehan sang the closing song "The House I Live In" at the Sinatra-Thon at the Cutting Room in May. BroadwayWorld's Alix Cohen called it "a stirring anthem in her capable hands" but also wrote that she "long[ed] for a pullback enhancing emotional impact."{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/BWW-Reviews-Its-All-Sinatra-All-the-Time-and-All-the-Way-as-Will-Friedwalds-14-Hour-SINATRA-THON-Entertains-and-Informs-at-The-Cutting-Room-20150512|work=BroadwayWorld|title=BWW Reviews: It's All Sinatra All the Time and All the Way as Will Friedwald's 14-Hour SINATRA-THON Entertains and Informs at The Cutting Room|last=Cohen|first=Alix|date=May 12, 2015}} The next month Linehan performed in Grounded for Life: The Musical, book by Pat Hazell and Bill Habeeb, lyrics by Lawrence Goldberg and Hazell.{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/York-Theatre-Company-to-Stage-Four-New-Works-as-Part-Development-Readings-Series-This-Month-20150601|work=BroadwayWorld|title=York Theatre Company to Stage Four New Works as Part Development Readings Series This Month|date=June 1, 2015}} The act Beautiful Songs moved to supper club Feinsteins/54 Below.

That same year, she created a video tribute with her husband to the New York Mets' Daniel Murphy with a rewrite of "Danny Boy" called "Oh, Danny Boy!" It garnered more than 23,000 views on YouTube in a few days.{{cite web| url=http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/10/mets-fan-sings-beautiful-oh-danny-boy-tribute-to-daniel-murphy| title=Mets fan sings beautiful 'Oh, Danny Boy' tribute to Daniel Murphy| author=Like Kerr-Dineen| date=October 27, 2015| newspaper=USA Today| access-date=January 6, 2016}}{{cite web| url=http://www.villagevoice.com/news/irish-born-mets-fan-rewrites-danny-boy-as-a-theme-song-for-daniel-murphy-7837711| title=Irish-Born Mets Fan Rewrites 'Danny Boy' As a Theme Song for Daniel Murphy| author=Jackson Connor| date=October 27, 2015| publisher=The Village Voice| access-date=January 6, 2016}} Linehan was also included in the concert Edith Piaf: An All-Star Tribute produced, written, and hosted by Siegel,{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Photo-Coverage-All-Star-Cast-Honors-The-Great-Edith-Piaf-at-54-Below-20150614|work=BroadwayWorld|title=Photo Coverage: All-Star Cast Honors The Great Edith Piaf at 54 Below|last=Keddy|date=June 14, 2015}} which was recommended in June 2015 as one of the "Top 5 N.Y. shows" the week of its run by NJ.com.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/06/on_stage_top_5_ny_shows_this_week_marion_cotillard.html| title=On stage: Top 5 N.Y. shows this week: Marion Cotillard with the New York Philharmonic| author=Ronni Reich| date=June 8, 2015| publisher=NJ.com| access-date=January 6, 2016}} She also revived her Petula Clark act in Siegal's 54 Sings Broadway's Greatest Hit Songs (which ran through 2019){{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Kerry-Butler-Phillipa-Soo-Jason-Danieley-and-More-Set-for-Feinsteins54-Below-This-Month-20151001|work=BroadwayWorld|title=Kerry Butler, Phillipa Soo, Jason Danieley and More Set for Feinstein's/54 Below This Month|date=October 1, 2015}}{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Lea-Salonga-Donna-McKechnie-SOMETHING-ROTTEN-and-More-Coming-to-Feinsteins54-Below-This-April-20160331|work=BroadwayWorld|title=Lea Salonga, Donna McKechnie, Something Rotten! and More Coming to Feinstein's/54 Below This April|date=March 31, 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/ONCE-ON-THIS-ISLAND-Sings-Ahrens-Flaherty-Vonda-Shepard-More-Next-Week-at-54-Below-20180713|title=Once On This Island Sings Ahrens & Flaherty, Vonda Shepard & More Next Week at 54 Below|date=July 13, 2018|work=BroadwayWorld}}{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Our-Table-A-New-Musical-Broadway-Is-850-Strong-Max-Sheldon-And-More-Come-to-Feinsteins54-Below-This-Week-20190117|title=Our Table: A New Musical, Broadway Is 850 Strong, Max Sheldon, And More Come to Feinstein's/54 Below This Week|date=January 17, 2019|work=BroadwayWorld}} and was described by BroadwayWorld's Billy Roe "could certainly be considered one [of] the best [cabaret shows] of this or any year."{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/BWW-Review-Six-Years-After-Its-Debut-Maxine-Linehans-Stunning-Petula-Clark-Tribute-Show-Retroactively-Becomes-One-of-New-York-Cabarets-Greatest-Hits-20151105|work=BroadwayWorld|title=BWW Review: Six Years After Its Debut, Maxine Linehan's Stunning Petula Clark Tribute Show Retroactively Becomes One of New York Cabaret's Greatest Hits|last=Roe|first=Billie|date=November 5, 2015}} Linehan performed other material for his The Greatest Pop Songs Of All Time – Volume 1{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Scott-Siegel-Brings-New-Show-GREATEST-POP-SONGS-OF-ALL-TIME-Volume-1-to-Feinsteins54-Below-20160103|work=BroadwayWorld|title=Scott Siegel Brings New Show, Greatest Pop Songs Of All Time – Volume 1 to Feinstein's/54 Below|date=January 3, 2016}} and also participated in a 40-person choir and multi-piece orchestra, directed by Garrett Taylor, for "Songs of Inspiration: Broadway Goes to Church!" at St. Paul the Apostle Church in celebration of the Pope Francis's visit to New York City.{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Tony-Winners-Lillias-White-Cady-Huffman-to-Join-Nunziata-Brothers-for-BROADWAY-GOES-TO-CHURCH-20150910|work=BroadwayWorld|title=Tony Winners Lillias White & Cady Huffman to Join Nunziata Brothers for Broadway Goes to Church|date=September 10, 2015}}

In 2016, Linehan performed an all-U2 show called One: The Songs of U2 at the BirdLand Theatre and recorded a single around it that forwarded all proceeds from both to the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6956291/maxine-linehan-u2-cover-show|title=Broadway's Maxine Linehan Talks Putting a Traditional Spin on U2's Biggest Hits|first= Natalie |last=Weiner|date= March 9, 2016|work=Billboard Magazine}} The production was based around the U2 hit, whose title Holden of the New York Times wrote "leads many to assume it’s a hymn of unity, Ms. Linehan pointed out, is really a song about a couple breaking up." Supported by Brian Charles Rooney and Tony Award nominee Jarrod Spector, other songs include "Sunday Bloody Sunday," "Beautiful Day," "Where the Streets Have No Name."{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/VIDEO-Maxine-Linehan-Unveils-Music-Video-for-U2s-One-BCEFA-Benefit-Concert-Set-for-Birdland-20160222|work=BroadwayWorld|title=Video: Maxine Linehan Unveils Music Video for U2's 'One'; BC/EFA Benefit Concert Set for Birdland|date=February 22, 2016}} She appeared in Siegal's The Greatest Pop Songs Of All Time – Volume 4. She performed Beautiful Songs at the Players' Club Playhouse in Detroit in May.{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/detroit/article/Cabaret-313-to-Open-Third-Season-with-Christine-Andreas-926-20150915|work=BroadwayWorld|title=Cabaret 313 to Open Third Season with Christine Andreas, 9/26|date=September 15, 2016}}

She sold out a performance of "What Would Petula Do?" at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris in May 2016,{{cite web| url=http://www.regardencoulisse.com/maxine-linehan-rend-hommage-a-petula-clark-au-theatre-du-chatelet/| title=Maxine Linehan honors Petula Clark at the Theatre du Chatelet| date=May 17, 2016| author=Stéphane Ly-Cuong| publisher=Regard En Coulisse| access-date=July 22, 2016}}{{cite web| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-schonberg/the-artist-in-reflection-_b_10100032.html| title=The Artist in Reflection: Singer, Maxine Linehan Says Life's Offered Her a New Perspective and Voice| date=May 23, 2016| author=Steve Schonberg| work=The Huffington Post| access-date=July 22, 2016}} and Feinstein's/54 Below in New York City.{{cite web| url=http://cabaretscenes.org/2016/05/17/maxine-linehan-what-would-petula-do/| title=Maxine Linehan: What Would Petula Do?| author=Alix Cohen| date=May 17, 2016| publisher=Cabaret Scenes| access-date=July 22, 2016}}{{cite web| url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Marilyn-Maye-Howard-McGillin-More-Set-for-Feinsteins54-Below-Next-Week-20160506| title=Marilyn Maye, Howard McGillin & More Set for Feinstein's/54 Below Next week| date=May 6, 2016| publisher=Broadway World| access-date=July 22, 2016}} Having obtained U.S. citizenship in 2013, Linehan voted in the U.S. for the first time in 2016 and wrote about the experience on Medium,{{cite web| url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/First-Time-Voter-Maxine-Lineham-WritesSings-About-What-America-Means-to-Her-20161108|title=First Time Voter Maxine Linehan Writes/Sings About What America Means to Her|work=Broadway World|date=November 8, 2016}} saying, "It was not fun. In fact it was frustrating beyond anything I imagined. I have wanted to break my television on many occasions."{{cite web| url=https://medium.com/@MaxineLinehan/what-is-america-to-me-2dee06ee53ca#.fisq6hjdr|title=What Is America To Me?|author=Maxine Linehan|work=Medium|date=November 8, 2016}} She continued to perform Maxine Linehan's One in 2017 and 2018, in addition to participating in a concert around the music of Billy Joel, produced, written, and hosted by Siegel, at Feinstein's/54 Below.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Maxine-Linehan-to-Return-to-Feinsteins54-Below-with-ONE-THE-SONGS-OF-U2-20170802|title = Maxine Linehan to Return to Feinstein's/54 Below with ONE: THE SONGS OF U2}}{{cite web| url=https://54below.com/events/maxine-linehans-one-songs-u2/|title=Maxine Linehan's One, The Songs of U2, MARCH 16, 2018|website=54Below}}{{cite web| url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Carrie-St-Louis-Laura-Michelle-Kelly-54-SINGS-BILLY-JOEL-and-More-Set-for-This-Month-at-Feinsteins54-Below-20171101|title=Carrie St. Louis, Laura Michelle Kelly, 54 SINGS BILLY JOEL and More Set for This Month at Feinstein's/54 Below| work=Broadway World|date=November 1, 2017}}

That same year Linehan released a single written with Koss in support of Everytown for Gun Safety, "Living Proof (You're Gonna Hear Us Now)," recorded at their studio at Strawberry Fields Lane in Manchester, Vermont.{{cite web| url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Maxine-Linehan-Releases-LIVING-PROOF-YOURE-GONNA-HEAR-US-NOW-In-Support-of-Everytown-for-Gun-Safety-20180404| title=Maxine Linehan Releases Living Proof (You're Gonna Hear Us Now) In Support of Everytown for Gun Safety|work=Broadway World|date=April 4, 2018}}{{cite web| url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Maxine-Linehan-Announces-The-Summer-Sessions-Season-2-20190624|title=Maxine Linehan Announces The Summer Sessions Season 2|work=Broadway World|date=June 24, 2019}} In early 2019, she was a featured vocalist in "More About the Melody: Celtic Night – Songs of Ireland and Scotland" hosted by cellist Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf and appeared in the Siegal-produced "Frank Sinatra – The Second Century – A Celebration of Sinatra's Timeless Hit Songs."{{cite web| url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Birdland-Presents-The-John-Pizzarelli-Trio-And-More-Week-Of-February-4-20190125|title=Birdland Presents The John Pizzarelli Trio And More Week Of February 4|work=Broadway World|date=January 25, 2019}}{{cite web| url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Next-Week-at-Feinsteins-54-Below-Joanna-Gleason-Bonnie-Milligan-Tovah-Feldshuh-and-More-20190222|title=Next Week at Feinstein's 54 Below: Joanna Gleason, Bonnie Milligan, Tovah Feldshuh and More!|work=Broadway World|date=February 22, 2019}} She next appeared in the 19th edition of Broadway Unplugged at Merkin Concert Hall,{{cite web| url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/BROADWAY-UNPLUGGED-Returns-for-19th-Edition-at-Merkin-Concert-Hall-20191010|title=Broadway Unplugged Returns for 19th Edition at Merkin Concert Hall|work=Broadway World|date=October 10, 2019}} brought her Petula Clark show to Gainesville, Georgia,{{Cite web|url=http://maxinelinehan.com/shows/|title = Maxine Linehan | Shows}} and in 2020, the Siegel produced concert, "The Great American Songbook."{{cite web| url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/Scott-Siegel-Presents-the-GREAT-AMERICAN-SONGBOOK-CONCERT-20200420|title= Scott Siegel Presents the Great American Songbook|work=Broadway World|date=April 20, 2020}}

• What Would Petula Do?: A Tribute to Petula Clark (2010)
• Maxine Linehan: An American Journey (2014)
• Beautiful Songs (2015)
• This Time of Year (2020)

• MAC Award nomination, 2016, for recording for Beautiful Songs{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/2016-MAC-Award-Nominees-Announced-Ceremony-Set-for-BB-Kings-Next-Month-20160226|title=2016 MAC Award Nominees Announced; Ceremony Set for BB King's Next Month!|work=BroadwayWorld|date=February 26, 2016}}
• MAC Award nominations, 2015, for female vocalist in Beautiful Songs and for recording for American Journey{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/The-Skivvies-Barb-Jungr-Jinkx-Monsoon-More-Nominated-for-2015-MAC-Awards-Full-List-20150226|title=The Skivvies, Barb Jungr, Jinkx Monsoon & More Nominated for 2015 MAC Awards; Full List!|work=BroadwayWorld|date=February 26, 2015}}
• BroadwayWorld.com's New York Cabaret Awards for Best Vocalist, Female (Non-Celebrity) and Best Show, Female for Beautiful Songs, 2014
• MAC Award nomination, 2007, for So Far...{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/bio/Maxine-Linehan/|title=Maxine Linehan Biography|work=BroadwayWorld|accessdate=October 23, 2020}}

• The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, voting member

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