'SONGS OF OUR YOUTH' with Samantha Blaire Cutler & Sam Poon Set for Don't Tell Mama, 4/27

On April 27, at 7:00 p.m., a cabaret performance entitled Songs of Our Youth: Samantha Blaire Cutler and Sam Poon, will be performed at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, New York, NY. The show will feature Sam Poon ( The King and I, Macbeth, Billy Elliot, Les Miserables) and Samantha Blaire Cutler ( Billy Elliot, Orange is the New Black, Sisters). Special guests joining Sam and Sam will be friends from stage and television and the Professional Performing Arts School including: Jibreel Mawry ( Motown the Musical), Brionna Trilling ( Billy Elliot), Ella Watts ( The Sound of Music Live), Saoirse Dempsey and Katya Urban.

Both Samantha Blaire Cutler and Sam Poon have been singing show tunes since they were toddlers. This cabaret will highlight what it means to be a child who has gone from a show tune singing toddler to a young teen now trying to find his and her place on stage in the teen years. Through an eclectic mix of songs from shows such as Tarzan, Rent, Beautiful, Songs For a New World, and Bring It On as well as some pop and rock tunes, they will emphasize the ups and downs, the highs and lows, and how Sam and Sam and friends have managed to continue to evolve and find their place performing.

Samantha Cutler has been performing professionally since she was very young. At age seven she began in the roles of Chip in Beauty and the Beast and Susan Waverly in White Christmas at The Derby Dinner Playhouse. She spent several years touring North and South America in Billy Elliot, playing a swing and then the role of Debbie. She can be seen as Sara, Young Piper's friend, in Season Two of Orange is the New Black. She also appears in the not yet released film of Sisters, appearing as the younger version of Tina Fey's character.

Sam Poon is currently a swing and understudy in The King and I at Lincoln Center Theater where he was seen last year as Macduff's son in Macbeth starring Ethan Hawke. He has also performed professionally since a very young age, performing at the MUNY at age six, then going on to National Tours, Broadway, Carnegie Hall, The David Letterman Show, national commercials, and a feature film entitled Boychoir starring Dustin Hoffman.

The cabaret will also feature Seth Bisen-Hersh as the emceeing accompanist, and be directed by Casey Erin Clark. Doors open at 6:30.

For more information and to reserve your seats, visit http://www.donttellmamanyc.com/cabaret and click on the shows link to select April 27 in the calendar.