Featuring new performers with every show, the weekly, award-winning Piano Bar Live! (PBL!) streams this Tuesday, December 29th at 7:15 pm ET, as we start the New Year celebration early, with hosts Scott Barbarino and Liberace (David Maiocco) PBL! is proud to continue the long-established tradition of the piano bar—that special place where we can gather, entertain, support and create, as we connect with live music. Best of all, PBL! is the the unique chance to see veteran performers pass the torch to the next generation of blossoming young talent. The line-up always features a mix of veteran and rising star performers from the world of piano bars, cabaret and Broadway.
This week’s guests are Jef Labes, David Maiocco, Viviana Renteria, Bryan Seet, Cat Yates and Michael RJ Campbell, plus Mystery Guests and MORE!
Join us this TUESDAY, December 29th at 7:15 pm ET at www.facebook.com/PianoBarLive, on BroadwayOnDemand.com or on YouTube @PianoBarLive
David Maiocco has served as musical director and pianist for some of the most iconic legends of all times—or at least, reasonable facsimiles! He’s graced stages with Tommy Femia’s Judy Garland Live!, Tommy Femia and Rick Skye’s Judy and Liza Live, James Beaman’s Marlene Dietrich and Lauren Bacall shows, Richard Skipper’s Carol Channing show, Steven Brinberg’s Simply Barbra and Chuck Sweeney’s Miss Peggy Lee. Maiocco is a multiple award winner, including the 2000 Backstage Bistro Award for Outstanding Musical Direction, the 2002 MAC Award for Best Music Director and the 2017 Bistro Award for Musical Comedy Duo, Lee Squared—The Liberace and Peggy Lee Comeback Tour. www.david-maiocco.com
Viviana Maria Renteria Ayala, from Bogotá, Colombia, is currently a student of Music Theatre at AMDA. With passion and love for performance she decided to travel all the way to New York to follow her dreams. She is committed to creating her own art and path to represent her country’s and community’s talent in the best way possible.
Bryan Seet and Jef Labes are pianists at The Alley Piano Bar & Restaurant in Oakland California.
Cat Yates has played a variety of character roles in regional theatre across the United States. Her favorite roles include Electra in Gypsy at The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Jeannie in The Great American Trailer Park Musical with Sierra Repertory Theatre and Miss Hannigan in Annie at Berkeley Playhouse. She’s also performed at Walt Disney World and is a proud graduate of Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts.
Michael RJ Campbell is a theatrical Renaissance Man from California. After meeting Cat Yates in a world premiere musical, he moved to New York and starting singing in the band Flock of Indifference. Favorite roles include Dr. Frankenfurter in The Rocky Horror Show, Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof; Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Zaza/Albin in La Cage aux Folles. Campbell and Yates have stayed in their tiny apartment in New York during the pandemic, making a lot of art and starting their careers in voiceover. Please visit society6.com/mrjcat, catyates.com and mrjctheactor.com
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