LARI WHITE IN OAK ROOM DEBUT THROUGH MARCH 3
Acclaimed singer-songwriter-actress Lari White will make her New York
cabaret debut in a new show, "My First Affair...," at THE ALGONQUIN
OAK ROOM (59 West 44th Street, NYC - 212-419-9331 -
http://www.algonquinhotel.com/nav_oakroom_cabaret.html
) for one week only, from Tuesday through Saturday, February 27th
through March 3rd. Musical director is Don Rebic, with Steve Doyle
on bass and Eric Michael Gillette as director. Shows are Tuesday through
Saturday at 9:00 pm with late shows on Friday and Saturday at 11:30
pm.
Ms. White's show will be featuring such classics as
Rodgers & Hart's "Falling in Love with Love," Gershwin & Arlen's
"Gotta Have Me Go With You," Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Cockeyed Optimist,"
Johnny Cash's "All Over Again," Marilyn & Alan Bergman's "Where
Is It Written?" and "A Piece of Sky" and Stephen Schwartz' "Forgiveness'
Embrace," among others.
In the last year alone, Lari White, a Florida native
based in Nashville, has produced country superstar Toby Keith's
platinum album, "White Trash with Money," co-starred in the Broadway
musical Ring of Fire, based on the songs of Johnny Cash, and starred
in four shows at Town Hall, a musical evening with Michael Feinstein
at Zankel Hall, a salute to Marilyn and Alan Bergman for Lincoln
Center's American Songbook Series, and prepared for her Carnegie
Hall debut in March with Marvin Hamlisch and the New York Pops.
Lari began her musical career in a church choir and
with the White Family Singers. After studies at the University of
Miami, where as an Isaac Bashevis Singer scholar she studied voice
and musical engineering, Lari moved to Nashville and won first prize
in the Nashville Network's talent show, "You Can Be A Star," which
led to a recording career with RCA, and her Gold album, "Wishes."
More solo albums followed, and she earned Best Gospel Album Grammys
for the 1995 compilation "Amazing Grace" and "The Apostle" soundtrack.
She appeared as the Angel Sculptress in the Tom Hanks' film Cast
Away. Lari, her husband singer-songwriter Chuck Cannon, and their
three children divide their time between Nashville and New York.
There is a $60 cover charge per person and $25 food
and beverage minimum except the 9:00 pm shows Friday and Saturday,
when a $65 prix fixe dinner is required.
If
you would like to receive a free e-mail subscription to CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE,
please e-mail