Ann Talman: Elizabeth Taylor and the Shadow of Her Smile at Crazy Coqs
Dates: (23/3/2025 )
Crazy Coqs |
20 Sherwood Street
London, W1F 7ED
Phone: 020 7734 4888
ANN TALMAN brings her award-winning show Elizabeth Taylor and the Shadow of Her Smile to Crazy Coqs Theatre & Cabaret in London! Talman shares hilarious and touching stories about her special bond with Miss Taylor, woven with Broadway and Great American Songbook gems, on Sunday, March 23 at 5:00 PM. The show features musical director ALEX RYBECK on piano and is directed by LINA KOUTRAKOS.
In 1981, Ann Talman landed the plum role in The Little Foxes playing Elizabeth Taylor’s daughter on Broadway. The show traveled the world for eighteen months and their loving friendship lasted for the rest of Miss Taylor’s life. Ann’s imitation of Elizabeth is so spot on, if you close your eyes, you’ll swear they’re together again! “Elizabeth loved cabaret,” says Ms. Talman. “If she were alive, she'd be here right now holding court!"
“I had the great pleasure of seeing Annie’s beautiful, poignant, and funny show. She nailed the gleaming and mercurial light that was… my stepmother! I laughed and I cried in equal measures.” – Kate Burton
“I had a wonderful time watching this catchy, revealing and tuneful tribute to a time well spent with one of the screen’s most revered icons. I could see [it] again and again. It’s a unique and delightful experience!” – Rex Reed
Crazy Coqs
20 Sherwood Street,
London, W1F 7ED
phone 020 7734 4888
https://www.brasseriezedel.com/crazy-coqs/
Sunday, March 23, 5:00 PM
Tickets £25: https://tickets.crazycoqs.com/tickets/series/ANNTAL25/ann-talman-2025-1284132?startDate=03-23-2025
“Ann Talman shines and sparkles like an Elizabeth Taylor Diamond. The Shadow of Her Smile explores Ann’s close relationship with Taylor by beautifully weaving together songs and stories. The act is pure perfection” – Richard Ridge, BroadwayWorld
“Ann Talman, a 2023 Bistro Award winner, delivers a warm and heartfelt performance – and one that often produces goosebumps – as she tells the tale of her decades long friendship with one of our biggest stars of all time. Elizabeth Taylor And The Shadow Of Her Smile has exquisite direction by Lina Koutrakos and Alex Rybeck brings forth his masterful skills as the show’s musical director. When the opportunity arises to see this show again, see it! I know I will.” – David Kenney, WBAI
Ann Talman: Elizabeth Taylor and the Shadow of her Smile has received critical and audience acclaim since its debut at 54 Below in March 2022, and its return engagement in September 2022. It has since played Laurie Beechman Theatre in NYC, Feinstein’s Hotel Carmichael in Carmel, Feinstein’s Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, Davenports in Chicago, Penguin Rep Theatre in Stony Point, The World AIDS Day Gala @ The Liz in Washington DC, The Delray Beach Playhouse in Delray Beach, and Casa Karma Red Room at Act2PV in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Cast and Creative team for Ann Talman: Elizabeth Taylor and the Shadow of Her Smile at Crazy Coqs
Cast
Ann Talman
Vocalist
Ann Talman is an actress, storyteller and documentary film maker based in New York City. She made her stage debut in 1981 in the
Broadway production of The Little Foxes with Elizabeth Taylor, portraying her daughter, Alexandra. Following the engagement, she toured
with Ms. Taylor in the production for 18 months with stops in Ft. Lauderdale, Washington, D.C. (The Kennedy Center), New Orleans, as well
as London’s West End. Her stage credits include Yours, Anne, The House of Blue Leaves, Carnival, Some Americans Abroad, and the
Broadway revival of The Women. Ms. Talman has appeared in several motion pictures including Serendipity, Limitless, and Wall Street.
Television credits include guest starring roles on “Seinfeld,” “Ellen,” “Murphy Brown,” “The Street” and “Law & Order,” and a year on “General
Hospital,” among others. She wrote, starred in and produced the multiple award-winning documentary film Woody’s Order!, based on her
solo play about her lifelong dedication to her older brother Woody who lived a full life with cerebral palsy. It premiered at the Tribeca Film
Festival. She has toured the country as a storyteller sharing her very personal and touching tales which she plans to compile for an upcoming
book. www.anntalman.com.
Alex Rybeck
Musical Director/Arranger/Piano
Alex Rybeck is a music director, composer, arranger, and pianist, best known for his work in concerts and cabarets, on recordings, and in
the theater. Broadway credits include Merrily We Roll Along (directed by Hal Prince), Grand Hotel (directed by Tommy Tune), and others. He
has also worked with Susan Stroman (Flora The Red Menace) and Patricia Birch (Really Rosie). Regionally, his work on “What the World
Needs Now”, starring Sutton Foster, won him personal praise from Burt Bacharach. After growing up in the suburbs of Washington, DC, and
attending Oberlin College, he moved to New York City, where he was mentored by Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents
and Stephen Schwartz while attending NYU's Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program. Among the many artists he has worked with are
such legends as George Abbott, Metropolitan Opera diva Roberta Peters, "Voice of Hollywood" Marni Nixon, Eartha Kitt, The McGuire Sisters,
Julie Wilson, and Kitty Carlisle Hart. He has also enjoyed meaningful collaborations with Faith Prince, Liz and Ann Hampton Callaway, Jane
Olivor, Karen Mason, Sharon McNight, Jeff Harnar, Donna McKechnie, Ann Kittredge, Jason Graae, Lee Roy Reams, Tovah Feldshuh, Rita
Gardner, Roslyn Kind, Amanda McBroom, and many, many others. His original song "What a Funny Boy He Is" was recorded by the late
Nancy LaMott. He has received numerous awards and honors (MAC, Bistro, Nightlife, Billboard, and BroadwayWorld) as music director and
songwriter. As a highly sought-after coach, he has taught master classes in NYC, L.A., and DC, as well as at Yale, Harvard, Northwestern,
Queensland Conservatorium (Brisbane) and the New Zealand Singing School.
Creative Team
Lina Koutrakos
Director
Lina Koutrakos is an award-winning and accomplished singer/songwriter/teacher/director based in New York City. As a singer, she has
been repeatedly rave reviewed from The New York Times to Billboard Magazine in both rock and roll and cabaret and has been awarded
Cabaret’s most prestigious awards for “Best Female Vocalist” and “Entertainer of the Year,” repeatedly. For 3 decades, Koutrakos has been a
New York City musical fixture - as both soloist and as a director and performance coach. Her directorial nods include being a 4-time winner
for “Best Director” from the MAC Association and she is a lifetime Backstage Bistro Award-Winner for “Best Director,” as well. Koutrakos was
on staff as a Master Teacher for years at both the Eugene O'Neill Cabaret Symposium and The Yale Cabaret Conference. She was the first
Master Teacher with The St Louis Cabaret Conference and co-founded NYC’s Summer in the City yearly workshop on weekends. She has
since gone on to start her own performance workshop “Performance Connection,” which umbrellas many ongoing and specialty workshops
and seminars now both online and in person. The Advance Performance Workshop in NYC has produced many award-winning performers
and shows over the last 2 decades. Her singing and being the founder of the Midwest Cabaret Conference in Chicago for 10 years won her
the “Gold Coast” Award with the Chicago Cabaret Professionals in 2019. She spearheads a now annual advanced performance workshop on
the island of Mykonos. From performance workshops with full bands to one-on-one clients across the U.S., to her own award-winning original
material and one woman shows, it’s no wonder Koutrakos is referred to as a “Walking Master Class” by Billboard Magazine as both singer
and director.
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