To celebrate her recently released debut solo CD, I'VE GOTTA GET BACK TO NEW YORK, accomplished cabaret artist and Broadway vet Teri Ralston (Company, A Little Night Music) will make two special appearances in Manhattan this fall. On Wednesday, 15 October, at 6pm, Teri will sign CD's and sing selected songs at the Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble Bookstore. Then, on Monday, 17 November, at 9pm, she will perform in concert at the Metropolitan Room, where I'VE GOTTA GET BACK TO NEW YORK was recorded, live, earlier this year.
With a title inspired by her 2006 move back to New York after years on the west coast, I'VE GOTTA GET BACK TO NEW YORK captures the excitement of this astonishing vocalist performing a collection of 22 songs that hold particular significance from her celebrated career or are simply personal favorites. In-between songs, Teri entertains her audience with witty backstage stories and anecdotes. Musical numbers include show tunes from such stage and screen composers as
Stephen Sondheim and Stephan Schwartz, plus numbers from such artists as
Peggy Lee,
Amanda McBroom, and
Shelly Markham. Also featured on the CD is guest performer and Company co-star Pam Myers (singing "Another Hundred People" from Company, and "Little Green Apples"). In addition, there are two studio-recorded bonus tracks: "Losing My Mind" from Follies and "The Road Not Taken" from Too Old for the Chorus. Complete track listing and sample songs can be found at
www.lmlmusic.com.
The Barnes and Noble at Lincoln Triangle is located at 1972 Broadway (at 66th St.), Manhattan. For more information, call 212/595-6859 or visit www.bn.com. Teri sings selected numbers and signs CD's on Wednesday, 15 October, at 6pm.
The Metropolitan Room is located at 34 W. 22nd St. (between 5th and 6th Ave.), Manhattan. For more information, call 212-595-6859 or visit www.metropolitanroom.com. For reservations, call 212-206-0440. Teri performs in concert with musical director
Shelly Markham and signs CD's on Monday, 17 November at 9pm.
Teri Ralston was attending San Francisco University when she was cast in the rock musical Your Own Thing, which brought her to New York. One night she went to see an Off-Broadway production of Jacques BreI is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, and fell in love with the show. Not knowing any better, she called the stage manager, insisted on an audition—and was promptly cast! Serendipity stepped in when actor/writer
George Furth caught her performance and thought she would be perfect for one of the roles in a new musical he was writing. In no time she was cast as Jenny, one of Bobby's "good and crazy married friends," in the groundbreaking Company. It was the beginning of a long and fruitful relationship with two giants of the American theater—composer
Stephen Sondheim and producer/director
Hal Prince.
Teri reprised her Company role for the California and London productions, after which she went right into the next Sondheim/Prince collaboration, A Little Night Music. After that, she was cast in two shows created by some of Broadway's brightest talents, but which closed out of town. One of them, The Baker's Wife, began her long association with composer
Stephen Schwartz, who wrote the song "Chanson" specifically for her. The second show, Home Again, Home Again, allowed her to work with the great
Cy Coleman.
Teri's association with Sondheim's work has continued over the years. As a performer, she has appeared in Side by Side by Sondheim several times; she has also played Sally in three different productions of Follies, Mamma Rose in
Gypsy, and Yvonne in Sunday In The Park With George. In Los Angeles, she stood by for
Lois Nettleton as Desiree in A Little Night Music, and for
Carol Burnett in the 1998 revised version of Putting It Together at the
Mark Taper Forum. She also starred inMoving On, the latest in a long string of Sondheim revues, when it made its U.S. premiere at the
Laguna Playhouse in 2001. And last year she played family matriarch Madame Armfeldt in the
South Coast Repertory production of A Little Night Music.
Teri is also an accomplished director, where her own extensive theater experience has been put to good use. Her actor/director credits include Side by Side by Sondheim (co-starring with
Peggy Lee) and Follies (playing Sally alongside theatre stalwarts
Julie Wilson,
Betty Garrett,
John Raitt,
Harvey Evans, and
Kurt Peterson). Other directing credits includeInto the Woods, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and A Little Night Music. She has also directed productions of No, No Nanette, My One and Only, Me and My Girl, Man of La Mancha,
Jacques Brel, Quilters, Candide, Side Show,
The Fantasticks, The Baker's Wife, and The King and I, as well as the Los Angeles premieres of The Octette Bridge Cluband Gloria Duplex.
Her television credits include: Frasier, Dharma and Greg, Geppetto, George Carlin, Wings, Murder She Wrote, The Slapp Maxwell Story, One Day at a Time, Married With Children, and The Bold and The Beautiful.
Teri Ralston makes two special appearances in Manhattan this fall to promote her debut solo CD, I'VE GOTTA GET BACK TO NEW YORK. On Wednesday, 15 October, at 6pm, she sings highlights from the CD, followed by a signing, atthe Barnes and Noble at Lincoln Triangle, 1972 Broadway (at 66th St.) in Manhattan. For further information, call 212/595-6859 or visit
www.bn.com. On Monday, 17 November at 9pm, Teri appears in concert with musical director
Shelly Markham at the Metropolitan Room, 34 W. 22nd St. (between 5th and 6th Ave.), Manhattan. For further information, call 212-595-6859 or visit
www.metropolitanroom.com. For reservations, call 212-206-0440.
I'VE GOTTA GET BACK TO NEW YORK was produced by
Mark Winkler and associated produced by
Shelly Markham for the Los Angeles-based LML Music. Musical direction and musical arrangements are also by
Shelly Markham. I'VE GOTTA GET BACK TO NEW YORK was recorded live at New York's famed Metropolitan Room in January 2008 and was officially released on September 9th. It is available online at
www.lmlmusic.com,
www.amazon.com,
www.tower.com, and other music resources, and is available for download at iTunes. It is also available at Best Buy and other retail outlets. The suggested retail price is $16.98.
