Singer/songwriters Christine Lavin and Julie Gold present the show April Fools on Tuesday, April 2 at 5:30 PM. at Birdland Theater. Gold and Lavin will welcome special guests David Buskin and Robin Batteau, and John Forster, as they get together (as they do every April) to share some of their funniest musical offerings, and prove it’s never too late to make April Fools of themselves.
Multi-instrumentalists Buskin & Batteau offer their acoustic ballads and fun-filled performances, while clever songwriter John Forster was lauded by, Tom Lehrer, who said, “You don’t need me anymore. Now you’ve got John Forster to kick around.”
Lavin performs concerts all over the US, Canada, and points beyond, including Australia, Germany, and Israel. Her songs have been performed by artists as diverse as Broadway stars Betty Buckley, Sutton Foster, Karen Ziemba and Klea Blackhurst, and cabaret divas Andrea Marcovicci. Barbara Brussell and Colleen McHugh. Her book Cold Pizza for Breakfast, with the foreword by Jeff Daniels, won the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for excellence in writing about music.
Gold is best known for Bette Midler’s version of her song “From A Distance,” which won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1991. It has since received close to 5 million airplays, recited into the Congressional Record by Senator Barbara Boxer, recorded internationally, translated into many languages, and quoted in books, calendars and greeting cards. Nanci Griffith, the first to record “From a Distance,” also covered Gold’s songs “Heaven,” “Southbound Train,” “Good Night New York,” “Mountain of Sorrow” and “Love is Love is Love.” Her song “Thanks to You” was featured in the motion picture Andre, and her song “Dream Loud” was featured in the motion picture Unfaithful, starring Richard Gere.
There is a $30 music charge and a $20 food and beverage minimum. For reservations, please call (212) 581-3080 or visit www.BirdlandJazz.com.
Birdland is located at 315 West 44th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues) in Manhattan.
