Singer/songwriter Meg Flather, director Lennie Watts and musical director Tracy Stark debut their collaborative Rodgers & Hammerstein 2021 project/show on Sunday, September 26 at 6 PM at Don’t Tell Mama.
The new production will explore the iconic Rodgers & Hammerstein Songbook through the lens of a contemporary female singer/songwriter in her 50s. A few years ago, Flather began to revisit this beloved music from her youth and was struck by how relevant these compositions are in the 21st century. “Rodgers & Hammerstein were precursors in tackling discrimination and domestic violence, and questioning the fairness of the American Dream,” she observes. “They told true war stories and took us all over the world, including writing a show featuring the first all-Asian Broadway cast in Flower Drum Song. They created strong female characters, vulnerable male characters and did all of this against a backdrop of such respect for the environment.”
Flather won the 2015 MAC Hanson Award, the 2016 MAC Award for Best Original Song, and the 2017 MAC and Bistro Awards for Female Vocalist of the Year. In 2018, she made her debut in the Mabel Mercer Foundation Annual Cabaret Convention at Lincoln Center and in 2019 received her fourth MAC Award for “Special Production” for Meg Flather Songs: A Cabaret Sisterhood, which featured 27 of her fellow women vocalists singing 14 of her original songs. During the pandemic, Flather completed her 8th album, Reaching Higher.
There is a $20 Cover, $15 for MAC Members, and two-drink minimum (cash only).
Don’t Tell Mama is located at 343 West 46th Street, NYC, 212-757-0788
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