Bistro, BroadwayWorld, MAC and Margaret Whiting Award winner Celia Berk is debuting her new cabaret show On My Way To You: Improbable Stories That Inspired An Unlikely Path on Thursday, February 17 at 7 PM at the Laurie Beechman Theater. Tedd Firth is the Music Director and accompanist. Mark Nadler directs.
In the show, Berk explores the courage and daring of iconic performers from Al Jolson to Maria Callas to Barbara Cook and the deep impression they left on her. The songs are as unexpected as the stories of the people who sang them, from Tin Pan Alley to Pop and everything in between.
Firth is a musical director, jazz pianist and arranger who has worked with Barbara Cook, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marilyn Maye, Michael Feinstein, Karen Akers, Mary Cleere Haran, Margaret Whiting and many others. Among the jazz musicians he has performed or recorded with are John Pizzarelli, Houston Person, Frank Wess, Mark Whitfield, Red Holloway, Benny Golson and Joe Morello.
Singer, pianist, tap dancer and comedian, Mark Nadler, has directed cabaret shows for a range of performers including Heather Mac Rae, Billie Roe and Marta Sanders. Among other credits he was director/music director/accompanist/arranger for Nancy McCall’s first cabaret show in more than a decade, guiding her to a 2020 Bistro Award for Interpretive Artistry.
There is a $25 cover + $25 food/beverage minimum (tickets are non-refundable). For more information and tickets, click here.
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