Harbinger Records DVD release, The Mabel Mercer Foundation Presents Sidney Myer: Live at the Laurie Beechman Theatre is now available for purchase. Myer drolly delivers numbers that are understated, humorous and even heartbreaking. Disarming, funny, often preposterous, touching, and utterly unique, Myer has won numerous awards for his incomparable choice of material, delivery and wit.
For this debut the live record
ing captures one of the country’s leading cabaret performers. He’s performed around the world making New York his base. Yet, for the past 25 years, despite constant urging from admirers, Myer limited his brilliance to cameos at clubs, benefits and conventions. The DVD, filmed at one of his six one-man shows is at long last a record of a uniquely versatile performer that will delight aficionados of musical comedy, cabaret, popular song and standup comedy. There’s something for everyone in this record of a master showman.
Sidney Myer: Live at the Laurie Beechman Theater was filmed and edited by Michael Lee Stever, whose credits include UPM on the acclaimed documentary Broadway: The Golden Age by the Legends Who Were There. He was chief cinematographer for Off Broadway’s Little Rock and co-cinematographer for the Terrence McNally documentary Every Act Of Life. Stever also filmed, directed and executive produced Resurrecting Carrie, featuring Piper Laurie, and Jan Broberg’s Guide To Thespians, Sociopaths & Scream Queens!’ featuring Elijah Wood. His work has screened at numerous film festivals and pop culture conventions throughout the United States. www.MichaelStever.net
Ken Bloom, proucer of the DVD, is a leading authority on American popular song and musical theatre. His books American Song, Hollywood Song, and Tin Pan Alley document over 300,000 songs. His Broadway: An Encyclopedic Guide to the History, People and Places of Times Square was named one of the top reference books of the year by The New York Times. Bloom’s newest book, Show and Tell: The New Book of Broadway Anecdotes, was released by Oxford University Press in 2016. Bloom also co-founded, with Bill Rudman, Harbinger Records.
This DVD is available from Harbinger Records (HarbingerRecords.com) and has just become available at Amazon.com. Harbinger is distributed by Naxos USA.
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