Bistro and MAC Award-winning performers, vocalist Marcus Simeone and music director/pianist/vocalist Tracy Stark present Twilight Canopy/Up, Up & Away on Sunday, March 3 at 4:00 PM at Don’t Tell Mama.Lina Koutrakos directs.
The duo take us on a journey through the music and career of songwriter Jimmy Webb, via solos and duets. One of the most influential songwriters in American music, with a career spanning over five decades, Webb has written lasting songs/standard, including “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” and “Wichita Lineman.” His music has been recorded by the great voices of the world, including Frank Sinatra and Barbra Streisand. In 2016, Rolling Stone magazine listed Webb as one of the top 50 songwriters of all time. He was the youngest member ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and served as its Chairman.
Simeone is a 6-time MAC Award winner in the categories of Vocalist, CD and Song of the Year, and a Bistro Award winner for Outstanding Male Vocalist. He has appeared multiple times at the Mabel Mercer Foundation’s Cabaret Convention and has sung at Town Hall, Symphony Space, Firebird, Laurie Beechman Theatre, the Algonquin, B.B. King’s, Birdland, Jazz At Lincoln Center,and the Cutting Room. He has released five albums to date on the Miranda Music label. Pianist/arranger/singer-songwriter Stark is a 13-time MAC Award winner in the categories of Music Director, Piano Bar Entertainer, and Song of the Year. She is also a Bistro Award winner for Musical Direction, the winner of the Dottie Burman Songwriter of the Year Award, and winner of the Broadway World Award for Musical Direction.
Cover is $20 ($15 MAC) + $20 two-drink minimum per person (food menu available) CASH ONLY. Click here to reserve.
Don’t Tell Mama is located at 343 West 46th Street, NYC
