The husband-and-wife songwriting and cabaret duo David Alpher (composer-pianist) and Jennie Litt (lyricist-singer) join forces with their teenage daughter Mirabelle in a family cabaret about growing up, letting go and holding tight. Relatively Speaking Singing! will play the Brick Room at Don’t Tell Mama on Saturday, August 30 at 7 PM Sunday, September 7 at 3:30 PM and Saturday, September 13 at 7 PM. Arranger and musical director is David Alpher.
Relatively Speaking Singing! is a love letter from mother to daughter, and a retrospective of Jennie and Mirabelle’s relationship from womb to Zoom (the only way they’ll be able to see each other once Mirabelle goes off to college!). She’s currently a senior at NYC’s Special Music School High School majoring in vocal performance, and has been immersed in the art of cabaret since the age of 9, when she took her first cabaret performance workshop taught by her parents at SummerKeys in Lubec, Maine.
More than a few times, Alpher & Litt have found their songwriting inspiration in Mirabelle Alpher, and “Relatively Speaking Singing!” includes two Mirabelle-specific Alpher & Litt originals—the MAC Award-nominated “A Prime Little Number,” in the grand tradition of math comedy, and the pregnancy song “Hello In There,” which spent 34 years in gestation.The show also includes songs by Bacharach & David, Dave Frishberg, Kander & Ebb, Stephen Schwartz, Stephen Sondheim, Stevie Wonder and more.
Cover is $20, ($15 MAC). Club minimum of $20 must include 2 drinks. Reserve at donttellmamanyc.com.
Don’t Tell Mama is located at 343 West 46th St. in Manhattan
