Gardiner, Odmark, et al. Set for BWAY DUETS Cabaret at the Signature, 6/7-11

The Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre completes its 21st season with "Broadway Duets" - a cabaret performance celebrating some of the greatest duets ever written for the Broadway stage. Presenting classic songs by Irving Berlin, Stephen Sondheim, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and many more will be four favorites of the Signature stage - Felicia Curry (Les Misérables), James Gardiner ([title of show]), Jake Odmark (Sunset Boulevard), and Bayla Whitten (Chess). Renowned duets from Wicked, Damn Yankees, Godspell, Hairspray, Hello, Dolly!, Aida, among others, will be featured by the talented foursome. Directed by Signature's Resident Director Matthew Gardiner (Side by Side by Sondheim, Art) in the intimacy of the 110-seat ARK Theatre, "Broadway Duets" will be presented from June 7th through June 11th.

An extension of Signature's commitment to musical theater, the cabaret series provides a distinct entertainment experience to its audiences. Transforming its smaller performance space into an intimate club complete with small tables and candlelight, Signature invites patrons to bring the outstanding wine, mixed drinks, and light fare from its highly praised Ali's Bar into the Theatre to enjoy during the performances.

In speaking about "Broadway Duets" Matt Gardiner stated, "Exploring this special musical form with these four performers has been a blast. We've selected a very eclectic song-list that spans many decades of Broadway music. This promises to be a fun and nostalgic evening that features many musical theatre favorites sung by some of the most talented singers in Washington DC."

TICKETS & SCHEDULE
Tickets are $35 per person and available by calling Ticketmaster at (703) 573-SEAT
(7328) or by visiting www.signature-theatre.org/10-11_cabaret_season.htm.

Show dates & times:
Tuesday, June 7 - Saturday, June 11
All performances at 8:30 pm

Felicia Curry SIGNATURE: Les Misérables (Eponine, Helen Hayes nomination).
OFF-BROADWAY: Petite Rouge. NATIONAL TOURS: Kennedy Center: Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka; Mattel/Live Nation: Barbie Live!; Capitol Steps. REGIONAL: Adventure Theatre: Mirandy and the Brother Wind; Ford's Theatre: The Civil War, A Christmas Carol, Little Shop of Horrors; Kennedy Center: Beehive, Chasing George Washington; Round House Theatre: Once on This Island (u/s); MetroStage: Two Queens; One Castle; Three Sistahs; tick, tick...BOOM!; The Stephen Schwartz Project; Imagination Stage: Bunnicula, The Araboolies of Liberty Street; Toby's Columbia: Godspell (Helen Hayes nomination), Aida (Helen Hayes nomination). CONCERTS: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Holiday Spectacular. OTHER: DC Fringe: Dizzy Miss Lizzie's Roadside Revue. EDUCATION: UMCP. UPCOMING: Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre: Aida; Adventure Theatre: Lily's Purple Plastic Purse.

James Gardiner SIGNATURE: [title of show], Chess, Les Misérables (Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Ensemble), Kiss of the Spider Woman, Merrily We Roll Along, The Witches of Eastwick, Saving Aimee, Anyone Can Whistle in Concert, Funny Girl in Concert. BROADWAY: Glory Days (book writer). DC AREA: Ford's Theatre: Liberty Smith, A Christmas Carol (Associate Director); Library of Congress: West Side Story: 50th Anniversary Concert; Everyman Theatre: A Tribute to Irving Berlin; Olney Theatre: Call of the Wild; Woolly Mammoth/UM: The Distance From Here; Kennedy Center: The Phantom Tollbooth, The Brand New Kid; Round House Theatre: A Prayer for Owen Meany; Studio Theatre: Dog Sees God. REGIONAL: Williamstown Theatre Festival: Home Free!, Create Fate, This is a Chair. FILM: Boys (Kellogg Curry Jr.). EDUCATION: University of Maryland, BA, Theatre. UPCOMING: I Capture the Castle (21/24), The Boy Detective Fails, The Hollow.

Jake Odmark SIGNATURE: Sunset Boulevard, Tamar and the River (21/24 workshop). NEW YORK: Tokio Confidential (The Actor's Studio). TOURS: Grease (Macau, China), The Pajama Game, Fame! (China Tour), Grease (Istanbul). DC AREA: Olney Theatre: Triumph of Love; Toby's Dinner Theatre: Grease, West Side Story, Oklahoma; MetroStage: CaberYAY. EDUCATION: James Madison University, BM, Voice/Music Theatre.

Bayla Whitten SIGNATURE: Chess (Ensemble/us Florence), The Boy Detective Fails, December Divas II cabaret, Merrily We Roll Along (Beth). LONDON: West End: Les Misérables (Ensemble/Fantine). NEW YORK: Hurricane (Rose Silva), In The Ebb. REGIONAL: Snow White, Rose Red (and Fred!), A Concert Tribute to Irvine Berlin, Christmas Carol 1941, No One in the World (Gayla). WORKSHOPS: The Lord of the Rings, Best Friends and Butterflies, Tamar and the River. TRAINING: Royal Academy of Music; London School of Musical Theatre.

Howard Breitbart (Pianist, Musical Director) MUSIC DIRECTOR: SIGNATURE: various cabarets and concerts. DC AREA: Studio Theatre: Caroline, or Change; MetroStage: Closer Than Ever, The Last Five Years; Ford's Theatre: Christmas Carol. Everyman Theater: Concerts featuring the music of Irving Berlin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Rodgers and Hart and Johnny Mercer. KEYBOARDS: Ford's Theatre: Civil War; Kennedy Center: Sunday in the Park with George. Over 17 years as pianist for Capitol Steps political satire troupe.

Matthew Gardiner (Director) SIGNATURE: Director: Side by Side by Sondheim, Art, [title of show], See What I Wanna See; Choreographer: Sweeney Todd, Dirty Blonde; Assistant Director and Choreographer: over 20 productions at Signature Theatre, alongside Eric Schaeffer, Frank Galati, John Rando, Karma Camp, and Christopher d'Amboise. Resident Director 2010-present, Resident Assistant Director 2006-2010. SIGNATURE CABARET: Director: Lost Songs of Broadway 1950s, Signature Sings (featuring Natascia Diaz & Euan Morton), December Divas II, Singing Shakespeare. NEW YORK: Director: NYMF: The Greenwood Tree; Assistant Director: Circle in the Square: Glory Days. DC AREA: Director/Choreographer: Kennedy Center: Snow White, Rose Red & Fred; MetroStage: tick, tick...BOOM!; Catholic University of America: La Boheme, Candide; Co-Director & Choreographer: Studio Theatre: Jerry Springer: The Opera, Reefer Madness (2008 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Musical and Direction of a Musical), Choreographer: Studio Theatre: Grey Gardens, Adding Machine. EDUCATION: Carnegie Mellon University.

SIGNATURE'S 2011-12 SEASON TICKETS
Signature Theatre has announced their new 2011-2012 line-up featuring the Tony Award®-winning shows Hairspray and God of Carnage and the Washington DC premiere of the cult classic musical Xanadu. The season also features an unprecedented five world premiere works, including The Hollow, The Boy Detective Fails (both in repertory), Brother Russia, and Really Really. In addition to the mainstage shows, Signature will be presenting three productions with limited engagements, including the world premiere of A Second Chance and Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South, based on the award-winning book. Stephen Sondheim's first musical Saturday Night will be a special concert event that will play for four performances only.

Subscription packages are available by calling Signature's Box Office at (703) 820-9771. For more information on the 2011-12 season, please visit www.signature-theatre.org.

Recipient of the 2009 Regional Theatre Tony Award®, Signature Theatre is a non-profit professional theater company in Arlington, Virginia dedicated to producing contemporary musicals and plays, reinventing classic musicals, and developing new work. Under the leadership of co-founder and Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer and Managing Director Maggie Boland, Signature has presented 32 world premiere productions and is renowned for combining Broadway-quality productions with intimate playing spaces.

In addition to hosting the finest talent from the DC metropolitan area and New York, Signature has been home to such theatre luminaries as Chita Rivera, George Hearn, Hunter Foster, Emily Skinner, Marc Kudisch, Judy Kuhn, John Kander and Fred Ebb, Cameron Mackintosh, Terrence McNally, and the company's signature composer, Stephen Sondheim. Since its founding in 1989, Signature has won 72 Helen Hayes Awards for excellence in the Washington, DC region's professional theater and has been honored with 293 nominations.

Signature is partially supported by a grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts and by a gift from Arlington County through the Arlington Commission for the Arts and the Cultural Affairs Division of the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources.

Signature Theatre is located at 4200 Campbell Avenue (22206) off I-395 at the Shirlington exit. After the exit, blue Signature signs mark the way to the theatre. Free parking is available in two adjacent public garages. Please note that Campbell Avenue is a new street and some GPS online mapping systems do not yet recognize Signature Theatre's address. For directions visit http://signature-theatre.org/map.htm.

 

 

Photo Credit: Walter McBride/WM Photos

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