The evening, which will be helmed by Mark Waldrop (When Pigs Fly, Whoop-De-Doo), will feature Michael Arden (Big River, Bare), Kate Baldwin (Wonderful Town), Will
Chase (Lennon, The Full Monty), Amanda Watkins (Slut, Urinetown), and
Rebecca Luker (Nine, Show Boat). The stars will perform songs for which Davis penned the music; some of Davis' lyricists represented in Songs by Sam are Mark Campbell, Sean Hartley, Alisa Klein, Georgia Stitt, Waldrop, and William Youmans. The show will be produced by Glenn Seven Allen (The Light in the Piazza).Davis is a winner of the Jonathan Larson Award, and a founding member
of the New Voices Collective at Symphony Space. His songs have been
featured in concerts starring Rebecca Luker, Audra McDonald, Gavin
Creel, and Bolcom and Morris, as well as in events at Joe's Pub, the
Lucille Lortel Theater, the Drama Dept. and Lincoln Center's American
Songbook Series. Davis was a contributing songwriter to last season's
Chef's Theater at the Supper Club, and is also an accomplished
arranger, conductor, and pianist with many Broadway and Off-Broadway
credits.
Tickets, which are $25, are very limited and are going fast. They are available at www.telecharge.com (212.239.6200) or at the box office at Joe's Pub.
