Clark and Sperling's 'The Vicki and Ted Show' Plays Feinsteins Thru 10/24

Feinstein's at Lowes Regency, the nightclub proclaimed "Best of New York" by New York Magazine and "an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post, continues its star-studded Fall 2009 season with the debut of Tony Award winning actress and vocalist Victoria Clark and Tony Award winning music director, arranger and orchestrator, Ted Sperling in "The Vicki and Ted Show." For their engagement at Feinstein's, Ms. Clark and Mr. Sperling celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of a remarkable friendship that began as students at Yale University and inspired some of Broadway's most unforgettable moments, including How to Succeed in Business..., Titanic and The Light in the Piazza. Their acclaimed show - which debuted at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater in Washington DC - will make its New York debut the Regency Hotel. The show is running through Saturday, October 24.

Victoria Clark received the 2005 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards, as well as a Drama League honor for the critically-acclaimed Craig Lucas-Adam Guettel musical The Light in the Piazza. Her virtuoso performance in the Tony Award-winning musical has made her a favorite among audiences and critics, including The New York Times' Ben Brantley, who called Clark's work in Piazza "the best musical performance by an actress this season."

Last season, Clark was reunited with her colleagues Craig Lucas and Bartlett Sher for the Playwrights Horizons production of A Prayer For My Enemy. Her Broadway credits include Sunday in the Park With George, Titanic, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Guys and Dolls, Urinetown, Cabaret and A Grand Night for Singing. Other off-Broadway credits include The Marriage of Bette and Boo for the Roundabout Theater Company, The Agony and the Agony at the Vineyard Theatre, and Tres Ninas, a musical by Michael John La Chiusa at the Zipper Theater. Miss Clark has been a favorite of the City Center Encores series, starring in Bye Bye Birdie, Juno, and Follies.

Clark recently sang with the Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Keith Lockhart and with Sun Valley Symphony Orchestra in a program co-starring Paulo Szot and conducted by Ted Sperling. Clark has starred in one-woman concerts at the Allen Room as part of the American Songbook Series, at the Kaplan Penthouse in New York City, and at The Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater in Washington DC as part of the acclaimed Barbara Cook Broadway Cabaret Series. Her solo album Fifteen Seconds of Grace, produced by PS Classics, was music directed by Mr. Sperling. Critic Steven Suskin praised the CD saying, "Fifteen Seconds of Grace is 46 minutes of joy."

Clark's film credits include Cradle Will Rock, The Happening, Tickling Leo the debut of actor/film maker Jeremy Davidson, and two upcoming films: Harvest by Marc Myers, and Main Street, Horton Foote's last screenplay, directed by John Doyle. Her television appearances include "Law & Order," "Law & Order: SVU," and the PBS special "Sweeney Todd in Concert." Clark's voice can be heard in many animated feature films including Aladdin, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Anastasia, Beauty and the Beast, Christmas Belle, and The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, and she has been a frequent guest on Garrison Keillor's "Prairie Home Companion" on Minnesota Public Radio.

Ted Sperling is a director, music director, arranger, orchestrator, conductor, singer, pianist and violinist. His Broadway and off-Broadway credits as music director include the recent Broadway revivals of Guys and Dolls and South Pacific, The Light in the Piazza (for which he won the 2005 Tony and Drama Desk Awards for his orchestrations), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Fully Monty, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Kiss of the Spider Woman, My Favorite Year, A Man of No Importance, Wise Guys, A New Brain, Saturn Returns and Floyd Collins.

As a stage director, Sperling's work includes the off-Broadway productions of Striking 12 and See What I Wanna See as well as the premiere of Charlotte: Life? Or Theater? and a revival of Lady in the Dark in Philadelphia. He has conducted the scores for the films The Manchurian Candidate and Everything Is Illuminated, and directed the short musical film, Love Mom. He made his professional acting debut as an original cast member of the Broadway musical Titanic.

Mr. Sperling has an active concert career as well, working with Audra McDonald, Deborah Voigt, Patti LuPone, Kelli O'Hara and Paulo Szot. He has conducted the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago and San Francisco Symphony orchestras, and at the Houston Grand Opera. He has put together many programs for Lincoln Center's American Songbook series and the 92nd Street Y. A recipient of the Shen Family Foundation's Musical Theatre Leadership Award, Mr. Sperling currently holds the post of Director of the Music Theater Initiative at the Public Theater.

Feinstein's at Loews Regency will present Victoria Clark and Ted Sperling in "The Vicki and Ted Show" for one week only: Tuesday, October 20 through Saturday, October 24. The engagement will play the following schedule: Tuesday through Thursday at 8:30 PM; and Friday and Saturday at 8:00 PM and 10:30 PM. For ticket reservations, attire recommendations and club information, please call (212) 339-4095 or visit feinsteinsatloewsregency.com and TicketWeb.com.

 

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