Vocalist Elvira Tortora debuts a new show, The Bookmaker’s Daughter, on Saturday, October 14 at 8:00 PM at Don’t Tell Mama. The show reprises on Sundays, October 29 and November 5, both at 3:00 PM. Music director is Gregory Toroian, The show is directed by Lina Koutrakos.
The Bookmaker’s Daughter, the story of her childhood as the daughter of a bookie living and raising a family in Brooklyn, where nothing was unusual, is told through the songs of John Kander and Fred Ebb, Frank Loesser, Stephen Sondheim, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, and others from the soundtrack of the 60’s to today.
Tortora returned to her first love, musical theatre, after a 23-year career at fashion house Jones New York. A new-found devotion to the study of acting and improv led to various roles in independent films and eventually to voice teacher Celeste Simone. After Simone encouraged Tortora to enroll in the cabaret workshops of Lina Koutrakos, she found her calling: telling her own stories.
$20 cover; $20 minimum (must include 2 drinks) per person. Cash only. Tickets at www.donttellmamanyc.com
Don’t Tell Mama is located at 343 W 46th St, NYC
