On Friday July 3rd members of the San Francisco casts of ‘Wicked' and ‘Spamalot' will join Composer and Lyricist Scott Alan for a concert of his songbook at the Rrazz Room at Hotel Nikko.
Joining Alan for this intimate set of his work will include Merle Dandridge, currently starring as The Lady of the Lake in the touring company of Spamalot, as well as Alexa Green, Celisse Henderson, Vicki Noon (Elphaba Standby) and Eddy Rioseco (Boq) from the San Francisco sit down production of ‘Wicked.' More performers to be announced soon.
The 11pm concert will feature songs from Alan's debut CD, ‘Dreaming Wide Awake' and his follow up, ‘Keys.' Alan will also debut new material from his further-coming, untitled CD as well as songs from his forthcoming musical, 'Piece.'
Scott Alan wrote the book, music and lyrics for the musical Detour in Los Angeles. Since returning to New York City five years ago, many of Broadway's elite have sung his music, including Liz Callaway, Shoshana Bean, Adriane Lenox, Stephanie J. Block, Cheyenne Jackson, Eden Espinosa and more, all of which can be found featured on his debut CD Dreaming Wide Awake: The Music of Scott Alan now available on his website and iTunes. He has sold out concerts of his music in New York City at The Duplex Cabaret Theatre, The Laurie Beechman Theatre and Birdland and his forthcoming sold out concert in London's West End's The Duchess Theatre. In October 2008, Alan released the follow up CD, Keys, which features more of Broadway and West End elite singing his work, including Sutton Foster, Norm Lewis, Kerry Ellis, Randy Graff, Megan Hilty, Hadley Fraser, Julia Murney and many more. His current Theatre Projects include ‘Piece,' which was featured at the 2003 Palo Alto TheatreWorks festival, 2005 NAMT festival and 2006 Seattle Theatre Festival and ‘The Warmth of the Womb,' a new song cycle. His love for new talent helped conceive and produce the acclaimed monthly series, 'Monday Nights, New Voices' at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre, which is now heading into this fifth year. The series honors and celebrates new vocalists and new writers in the theatre community. Alan also produced and directed the Neo2 Benefit Concert at the York Theatre in 2006 featuring some of todays brightest up and coming composers and lyricists, sung by some of Broadways greatest performers.
The Rrazz Room is located inside Hotel Nikko at 222 Mason Street, San Francisco. Ticket Prices: $30 General Admission; $50 Limited VIP. To purchase tickets, click here.
Photo Credit: Linda Lenzi
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