Page Sampson Braving the Elements at MAMA'S

Page Sampson returns to DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 1-212-757-0788 - http://www.donttellmama.com/) in June and July with a new show, "Braving the Elements." Performances are Wednesday, June 11th at 8:30 pm; Wednesday, June 25th at 8:30 pm; Wednesday, July 9th at 7:00 pm; Saturday, July 12th at 5:30 pm; Wednesday, July 16th at 7:00 pm and Tuesday, July 29th at 7:00 pm. Ms. Sampson is once again teamed with MAC and Bistro Award-winning musical director and arranger David Maiocco. Joining the team as director is Lina Koutrakos, recipient of the MAC Award for Outstanding Female Vocalist and the 2003 Bistro Award for Best Director. There is a $15 cover charge ($10 for members of MAC) and a two-drink minimum.

Following up on Ms. Sampson's critically acclaimed 2002 show "First Person Singular," "Braving the Elements" features songs by James Taylor, Kurt Weill, K.D. Lang, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joan Armatrading, Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen, and Mary Liz McNamara, among others.

Page Sampson's most recent show, "First Person Singular" enjoyed an extended run at Don't Tell Mama in 2002 and early 2003. Her show "All That I Want" ran at Judy's Chelsea in the fall of 2001. Active in cabaret since 1999, she has also performed in a number of showcases and revues at Don't Tell Mama and The Duplex. Page was born and raised in Westminster, Massachusetts, a small town 50 miles west of Boston. She attended Middlebury College, and upon graduation moved to New York City, where she worked for many years in the field of arts administration. She now lives in Glen Ridge, New Jersey with her husband, WBGO-FM news anchor Andrew Meyer.

David Maiocco is the recipient of the 2002 MAC Award and the 2000 Back Stage Bistro Award, both for Outstanding Musical Direction. He has served as musical director for the 2003 MAC Awards show, Nancy McGraw, Eric Pickering, the 2002 MAC Award-winning revue "Crazy World: The Songs of Leslie Bricusse" (starring James Beaman and Goldie Dver), Steven Brinberg's "Simply Barbra," Richard Skipper as Carol Channing, and James Beaman as both Lauren Bacall and Marlene Dietrich. For six years and running David has also been known as Mort Lindsay, and he will usually answer to that name after serving as Tommy Femia's musical director for "Judy Garland Live!"

Singer/songwriter Lina Koutrakos is a frequent headliner at the world-renowned Bottom Line, and has played most of the top rock venues in Manhattan. She received the MAC Award for Outstanding Female Vocalist and a 2002 nomination for Outstanding Director, the Village Voice Award for Best Rock Newcomer and France's Petit Piaf award as Female Vocalist. Earlier this year she received the Back Stage Bistro Award for Best Director. Lina was a Master Teacher at the O'Neill Theater Center's Cabaret Symposium for two years and has taught cabaret workshops and directed acts for over ten years.

For more information, see http://www.pagesampson.com/.

 

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