Katie Welsh to Bring FROM SONGBOOK TO SONDHEIM to Don't Tell Mama This Weekend

Singer Katie Welsh, accompanied by pianist Emily Whitaker, brings From Songbook to Sondheim to Don't Tell Mama on Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 8:00 PM.

In this evening of song, Katie takes the audience on a musical journey from the early 20th century Great American Songbook to the mid-20th century Golden Age of Broadway to the mid-to-late 20th century work of Stephen Sondheim. Enjoy Songs by Irving Berlin, the Gershwins, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Sondheim, and more!

You can find more information about Katie's work on her website, katiewelsh.com.

Katie Welsh and Emily Whitaker in From Songbook to Sondheim plays Don't Tell Mama (343 West 46th Street) on Saturday, October 22, 2016. There is a $20 cover charge and 2-drink minimum. Cash only. Reservations are strongly encouraged. You can make your reservation at www.donttellmamanyc.com or call (212) 757-0788 after 4 p.m.

Katie Welsh is a singer who specializes in musical theater and the Great American Songbook. Recent cabaret appearances include solo engagements at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre, the Metropolitan Room, the Princeton Club of New York, and Feinstein's/54 Below. She recently gave an extensive interview about the development of her cabaret show, Women in the World of Sondheim, to Everything Sondheim, a print and online publication on the work of Stephen Sondheim. In addition to her work as a performer, she also works as a freelance researcher and writer on topics of musical theater. Katie is a graduate of Princeton University.

Emily Whitaker is a music director, pianist, and accompanist in the New York City area. She recently music directed the world premiere of the new musical The Luckiest Girl at Princeton University, and last summer served as a music intern for the new musical Unknown Soldier at Williamstown Theatre Festival. She was also a music assistant for the McCarter Theatre production of Fiasco Theatre's Into the Woods, which appeared Off-Broadway in 2014-2015. Emily graduated from Princeton in 2015, where she worked frequently as a music director and conductor for theater department and student productions. Favorite credits include Sweeney Todd, Next to Normal, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, as well as conducting the Princeton Triangle Club's student written, professionally produced shows at the McCarter Theatre and on national tours. She is currently a musical theatre teaching artist at the McCarter Theatre Center, and occasionally works as a music director for improv comedy, having played for the Princeton group Quipfire! throughout college. For her senior thesis, Emily created Ding!, an interactive music-theater piece in which audiences were led through a collective music-making experience by using toys, games, and other objects from childhood as instruments.

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