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Tickets
are now available for the Henlopen Theater Project’s first offering of
their 2002 Summer Season, Sweet & Low Down: A Gershwin Evening. The
award winning show features its original New York cast; cabaret star KT
Sullivan and the multi-talented pianist and performer Mark Nadler and of
course the fabulous music of George and Ira Gershwin.
The
show ran for several months in New York and London and received critical
acclaim and was nominated for a Drama Desk and two Lucille Lortel awards
and won the prestigious MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabaret) Award for
Outstanding Musical Review. Critics call the show “S’wonderful”,
“Sophisticated and Bubbly” and “Beguiling” singling out Ms.
Sullivan as sultry and has been compared to Judy Holiday and Marilyn
Monroe. Mr. Nadler was hailed as a genius at the piano and was praised
for his gifted comic abilities as well as his tap-dancing.
KT
Sullivan was recently named one of the top ten cabaret performers in
America by Fortune magazine and Billboard magazine called her “one of
the finest cabaret/musical stage performers around” The New York Times
described her as “… the cabaret equivalent of whipped cream atop a
surprisingly nutritious dessert.” She has appeared on Broadway in
Three Penny Opera with Sting, the play Broadway (directed by the theater
legend George Abbott) and the lead of Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes. Ms. Sullivan also co-starred with Tommy Tune in the workshop of
Easter Parade and the national tour of Annie Get Your Gun. As well Ms.
Sullivan has headlined at the White House, Carnegie Hall, The Spoleto
Festival and regularly performs at the Algonquin in New York. On
Television Ms. Sullivan has appeared on Police Squad, Night Court and
Remington Steele. She has recorded five albums.
Mark
Nadler received the MAC Award for three years in a row as outstanding
Musical Comedy Performer as well as the 1994 Bistro Award for directing,
conceiving and music directing Hard Candy: The songs of Carol Hall. Mark
has performed at Carnegie Hall and Town Hall with the NY Pops and almost
every major cabaret room in NY. Internationally he has performed in
England, France, Belgium and Holland.
On
Broadway, Mark appeared as “The Fingers on the Keys” in Dame Edna:
The Royal Tour and as Pinky Pickles in The Sheik of Avenue B. At Lincoln
Center Mark co-wrote and starred in The Nose Knows a tribute to Jimmy
Durante. Regionally he appeared in Sheer Madness and as the octogenarian
piano-ukulele and chimes playing, singing, dancing Miss Mabel in Radio
Gals.
He
has appeared on The Phil Donahue Show, Current Affair and Live with
Regis and Kathie Lee, and has worked with many artists including Glenn
Close, Shirley MacLaine and even Katherine Hepburn.
Sweet
& Low Down plays for three shows, July 5 and 6 at 8 p.m. and July 7
at 7 p.m. at The Little Theater, 150 Kings Hwy, Lewes. Tickets are $30
and can be purchased by calling 302-226-4103.
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