Performers Sing for Fans
Editors’ Note: Sandi Durell is producing her 15th Annual Songwriter Showcase for American Popular Song Society whose Mission keeps the Great American Songbook alive and growing. The monthly meetings now take place online on Zoom. Featured this year are emerging and established songwriters including: Michele Brourman, Spencer Day, Clint Edwards, Larry Kerchner, Jamie Elizabeth Maletz, Billy Reece and Alex Rybeck. There will be some singers as well. The event takes place on Saturday, May 9 at Noon on Zoom! If you’d like to join in, contact Sandi for the Zoom invite and login beginning May 4th at srdurell@aol.com
In lieu of Sandi Durell’s cabaret column, she is sending some of the video pieces from many of the performers who are part of her recent Covid19 campaign “Performers Sing for Fans” – many more on www.TheaterPizzazz.com and continuing.
Vivian Reed
Vivian Reed is one of the great iconic jazz artists who is offering up this song from her Vivian Reed Sings Lena Horne show, which she created. She also has a new show called Little Bit of Soul, Little Bit of Pop – which she says is “more for mature audiences” – – She’s a multi award winner with two Tony nominations as well as Drama Desk, Theatre World, Outer Critics Circle. She learned much of what makes her unique under the guidance of Honi Coles and Bobby Schiffman of the Apollo Theater. From Broadway to Television to Cabaret, she performs internationally. And she’s magic on stage! www.vivianreed.com
Todd Murray
Crooner Todd Murray has a deep baritone, sexy voice that is easy on the ears. He’s a great jazz interpreter who loves to sing the Great American songbook standards, along with some of his own originals. Here’s his advice from his home in L.A.(in his summer tuxedo) during Covid-19. www.ToddMurray.com
Nicolas King with Mike Renzi
Nicholas King is one of today’s top jazz performers seen regularly at Birdland with Mike Renzi at his side on piano. Nicolas and Mike are happy to perform for fans during Covid 19 to help lift spiritsl. Nicolas has been performing since he was 4 years old. He was on Broadway in Beauty & The Beast, in A Thousand Clowns (with Tom Selleck) and Hollywood Arms directed by Hal Prince . . . and all this before he was 12 years old! www.TheNicolasKing.com
Sandi Durell is Publisher/Editor of www.theaterpizzazz.com/
and has been writing, reviewing, producing, having a voice in the theater, cabaret and entertainment communities for over 25+ years. She is a Voting Member of the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards; member of the American Theatre Critics Association.
Sandi is a producer of Broadway & Hollywood Live! Revues (www.ShaRellProductions.com); has produced numerous Songwriter Events for the American Popular Song Society (APSS – formerly New York Sheet Music Society on which she is a Board member); the benefit CD “Our Heart Sings;” is a producer on the Award winning film “Broadway the Golden Age” (with Rick McKay) and has produced a variety of entertainment events for most of her career.
She is a member of the League of Professional Theatre Women, Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU – Advisory Board),100+ year old Dutch Treat Club, The Lambs; an occasional theater “angel” and has had a career as a vocalist-performer.
Her column can also be found at www.theaterlife.com
I love them all!!!!