REMEMBERING DOTTIE, A MUSICAL TRIBUTE, AT DON'T TELL MAMA
A musical tribute to the late Dottie Burman, hosted by Richard Skipper,
will be held at DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 1-212-757-0788
-
http://www.donttellmamanyc.com/
) on Tuesday, January 16th at 8:00 pm. Musical director will be Paul
Greenwood. Scheduled to perform are Sue Matsuki, Dana Lorge, Gerta
Grunen, Diana Templeton, Ivan Farkas, Susan Baum, Richard Malavet,
Trudi Mann, Vickie Phillips, Shannon Wollman and Laurie Krauz. Special
remembrances will be presented by Sidney Meyer, Patricia Norcia, Carol
Shedlin, Bobbie Horowitz, Ann Dawson and others. There is a $25 cover
with a 2 drink minimum. All proceeds will be donated in Dottie's memory
to THE CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY (
http://www.centralparknyc.org/
).
Dottie Burman was a singer, songwriter, entertainer
and motivational speaker who brought the excitement of the New York
theatrical scene to meetings and special events for organizations.
She performed her unique programs with a Musical Message, making
her points with her witty original songs and stories. Dottie originally
taught English at Stuyvesant High School in New York City. While
teaching, she was also pursuing a career as a singer and songwriter,
performing as a folk singer and then with her own Bluegrass group,
The Canarsie Five. She followed her own dreams when she left teaching
to go into show business full time. She wrote, produced and performed
her one-woman show, Five Shows a Day, about the anxieties and joys
of this career transition.
She has also written two other full length musicals.
During the 1998-1999 season she completed critically acclaimed runs
of two shows, both at Don't Tell Mama: Follow Your Dreams and I'm
in Love with My Computer: the Songs of Dottie Burman featuring songs
from her first CD, I'M IN LOVE WITH MY COMPUTER. The album was voted
"One of the Best Cabaret CD's of the year" by Barbara and Scott
Siegel of InTheater Magazine.
Her most recent show, An Evening With Dottie Burman,
was nominated for a 2005 MAC Award in the category of Musical Comedy
Performer. The show featured songs from her new CD, WHEN THE PALM
TREES GROW IN CENTRAL PARK. The title song from this album won Second
Prize of $500 in the International Unisong Contest in the category
of Social/Political songs from over 4,500 entries.
She was the founder, president and CEO of Burtley
Productions, Inc. She had also been a career coach for performers
with a specialty in marketing and publicity. Dottie was a member
of ASCAP, The New York Sheet Music Society, The Dramatists Guild,
the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC) and an alumna
of the ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop led by Charles Strouse. She
was also a member of BNI, Business Network International.
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