Information for Mark’s wake and funeral are below.

Wake
Sunday, February 7, 2010
2-4:30 pm and 7-9 pm
Overton Funeral Home, Islip, NY
172 Main Street, Islip, NY 11751
631-581-5085

Funeral
Monday, February 8, 2010 -  9:45 am
St. Mary’s in East Islip
20 Harrison Ave, East Islip, NY 11730

A charity will be determined shortly for donations

The “tastiest pizza in Manhattan” (yelp.com) will honor the amazing cast of Memphis with a specialty pizza offered January 27th until March 1^st at its Hell’s Kitchen location.  Cast members from Memphis, now playing at The Shubert Theatre and starring Montego Glover and Chad Kimball, will appear at Two Boots in their Theater District Neighborhood location to sample the new pizza.  The new slice will be called Huey’s Bad Boy and includes pulled pork, red onions, Dancing Pig BBQ sauce from Memphis, and topped with homemade cole slaw.

Two Boots Hell’s Kitchen is located at 625 9th Avenue between 44th and 45th Street (212-956-2668) and is part of the 10 Two Boots locations in New York City, Connecticut, and Los Angeles.  Two Boots is named for the geographical shapes of Italy and Louisiana and was established in the summer of 1987 in the East Village of Manhattan.  Two Boots specializes in family friendly Cajun-Italian cooking and supports of number of artistic endeavors including the Film and Theater community at large.  For more information please visit www.twoboots.com.

Memphis currently plays at The Sam S. Shubert Theater, 225 West 44^th Street. Tickets may be purchased by visiting www.telecharge.com or by phoning 212-239-6200.  For more information about Memphis, visit www.memphisthemusical.com

Special guests include Tony Winners Adriane Lenox, LaChanze, Lillias White and Broadway’s Kecia Lewis-Evans, Tituss Burgess, Todd Hunter, Kevin Anthony, Kenny Williams, Tyrick Wiltez Jones, Bobby Daye, Connie Pachl & Jim Conant singer/ songwriter’s Crystal Joy, Joseph P. Murray and Tahraqa Patterson along with many more artists. The evening is hosted by Lee Summers and co-hosted by motivational speaker, Shaun Derik, with guest composer arranger, Zane Mark occasionally on piano.

Lee Summers’ Just A Piano SM Concert Series has presented numerous top artists singing to JUST A PIANO since 2006 at New York’s most beautifully refurbished venue, the historic Triad. The list includes Broadway/TV’s, Roz Ryan, Tony Award Winners, Lillias White and Adriane Lenox, recording sensation Alyson Williams (“Just Call My Name”), Marva Hicks (Caroline or Change), Julie Reiber (Wicked), Crystal Mone Hall (Rent) Shoshana Bean (Hairspray/Wicked, Featuring Rojelio Douglass), Kevin-Anthony, co-founder of “Black2 Broadway” Opera’s Shirley Verrett’s vocal protégé Erika Banks – The Little Mermaid’s, Zakiya Young Mizen (Featuring Norm Lewis), Drowsy Chaperone’s Kecia Lewis Evans (Featuring Tony Winner LaChanze), 3 Time Grammy Nominee/Tony Winner Melba Moore, Anwar Robinson (American Idol Season 4 Finalist), Rebecca Covington (Featuring Tituss Burgess, Chester Gregory and Norm Lewis), most recently, Aisha DaHaas, Lawrence Clayton, April Nixon and Jerry Dixon.

Just A Piano Concert Series featured pianists include, Timothy Graphenreed (The Wiz), Brian Whitted (Bette Midler), Ray Leslee (Avenue X), James Samplina, Matt Perri (The Drowsy Chaperone) Onaje Allan Gumbs, Shelton Becton (The Color Purple), Doug Oberhamer (Thoroughly Modern Millie) and many more.

There is a $10 suggested donation + 1 Drink Minimum. For reservations please go to www.triadnyc.com or call 212-362-2590. All proceeds will go to The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund and The American Red Cross.

The Triad Theatre is located at 158 West 72nd Street (between Broadway & Columbus).

Ms. White will perform an evening that’s all about love – the good, the bad and the ugly! Featuring a mixture of old and new Jazz standards, Ms. White will be backed by a 6 piece band that includes Miles Dalto on piano and Patience Higgins on saxophone and flute.

The sensational, multi-talented White, recipient of the Tony, Emmy, Obie, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards is currently enjoying rave reviews for her starring role in the hit Broadway production of Fela! now playing at The Eugene O’Neill Theater. “Ms. White’s voice can penetrate the heavens!” exclaims The New York Times.

Ms. White debuted on Broadway in Barnum in 1981 and has since appeared in the original production of Dreamgirls and in the 1987 revival, Cats, Rock’N'Roll! The First 5000 Years, Carrie and Chicago. Her tour-de-force performance in Cy Coleman’s The Life was honored with the 1997 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.

White’s television appearances include a regular role on Sesame Street (Emmy Award), Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and NYPD Blue. Her film credits include How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Game 6, Pieces of April and Then She Found Me.

The Iridium Jazz Club is located at 1650 Broadway (corner of 51st). Tickets are $25.00 with a $10 food and beverage minimum.  For tickets please go to www.ticketweb.com.  Visit www.iridiumjazzclub.com or call (212) 582-2121 for more information.

NEW YORK, January 7, 2010 – Cary Hoffman will take his highly acclaimed show My Sinatra, A Musical Memoir About Obsession, to The Triad uptown.  After several successful and critically acclaimed workshops at the Algonquin Theater downtown, the show will make its official Triad debut on Friday, January 15^th at 9:00 PM for a four performance limited run.

My Sinatra, A Musical Memoir About Obsession, is the very true story about one man’s love and idolization of Frank Sinatra, one of the world’s greatest performers of all time.  The show takes us on a journey that asks us to aspire and believe in the magic and power of entertaining and questions the need many of us have to be somebody else.  Co-written by Cary Hoffman and Paul Linke (“…But First Sammy Shore”) with musical direction by Tex Arnold, this reality musical, which originally appeared as a special on PBS, specifically follows Hoffman’s real life, that of a Long Island teenager growing up in the 1940’s, who obsesses over the legendary Frank Sinatra.  After the death of two fathers and the support of his three studio musician uncles (who played with Sinatra), the persona of Sinatra takes on a whole new meaning for Cary throughout his life and career.  My Sinatra…is Cary’s story, where he bares his soul through personal anecdotes, humor, and some of the songs made famous by Sinatra and shares how his obsession affected his life.

The multi-talented Cary Hoffman has been performing the music of Frank Sinatra for the past eight years all over the world inspiring The New York Times to call him, “Dead on.”  In addition to life as a performer, Hoffman is currently one of the Executive Producer of the new TNT series Men of a Certain Age starring Ray Romano and Scott Bakula.  Previously Hoffman worked as a successful songwriter/producer including the off-Broadway musical “What’s A Nice Country Like Yours, Doing in a State Like This” (starring Martin Short and Betty Buckley), two top twenty Country hits and some of the most well known jingles.  As a personal manager, Cary discovered the great R&B crooner Luther Vandross and also manages Mike Royce (co-created Men of a Certain Age), Tom Hertz (Creator of Rules of Engagement on CBS).  Cary was also the owner of Stand-Up NY Comedy Club, a landmark club on the Upper West Side for the past 22 years.

My Sinatra, A Musical Memoir About Obsession plays at The Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street. Friday, January 15th 9pm, Tuesday, January 26th 7pm, Saturday, February 13th 7pm, Friday, March 5th 9pm. Tickets are $20 and may be purchased by contacting Smarttix at 212 868-4444 or www.smarttix.com. The Triad Theater has a two-drink minimum and is a cash-only venue.  For information about Mr. Hoffman and to listen to his work (you won’t believe your ears) please visit www.mysinatra.com.

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NEW YORK,  January 4, 2010 – Tyrick Wiltez Jones, featured in the Broadway hits Finian’s Rainbow and Hairspray has been selected as the newest sexy addition to the “Broadway Hottie of the Month” by entertainment and health related website Gaylifenyc.org.

Gaylifenyc.org highlights and honors a male Broadway artist once a month who inspires, entertains and possesses the strong values that represent the mission of the organization. Past recipients include Broadway alumnus Jack Noseworthy and Nick Adams.

Tyrick’s videotaped interview with Gaylifenyc.org will be featured on the site’s homepage throughout the month of January.  The honor of “Broadway Hottie of the Month” is “more than just about looks, although Tyrick is certainly very attractive,” says Gaylifenyc.org founder Michael Cavnaugh.  “ We chose Tyrick because we believe he is one of the next up and coming stars of both stage and screen.  His commitment to the excellence of his craft, education and his winning personality also represent the mission of Gaylifenyc.org.”

Gaylifenyc.org is a non-profit AIDS Health Resources website with Entertainment News, features and On-The-Town updates. It’s also dedicated to helping people get around, get through and get over the system that hinders timely assistance for the newly diagnosed & people living with HIV/AIDS. And it’s dedicated to entertaining you, and keeping your spirits up where they should be.

Finian’s Rainbow currently plays at St. James Theatre, 246 West 44 Street. Tickets may be purchased by visiting www.telecharge.com or by phoning 212.239.6200. For more information about Finian’s Rainbow, visit www.FiniansOnBroadway.com.

“A BRAND NEW YEAR ME!” WITH TONY AWARD WINNER LILLIAS WHITE at CITY HALL RESTAURANT In THE GRANITE ROOM 8:30PM & 11:30PM SHOWS 12/31

New York, November 16, 2009 - City Hall Restaurant and MJS LIVE, Inc. are pleased to announce “A Brand New Year Me!”, A New Year’s Eve celebration with Tony & Emmy Award Winner Lillias White at the exciting new “old time” venue The Granite Room – ‘Neath the Sidewalks of New York. This special New Years Eve celebration is scheduled for two shows at 8:30 PM and 11:30 PM. Accompanying Ms. White is the masterful pianist Miles Dalto.

Currently starring in the thrilling new musical Fela! on Broadway, the sensational, multi-talented White, recipient of Tony, Emmy, Obie, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards will perform a very special New Year’s Eve celebration of her favorite songs of love, reflection and self satisfaction. “You have to love who you are”, says White “And embrace the things you can’t change “.

Lillias White is the recent recipient of a 2009 Best Actress LA Ovation Award nomination for her performance in Cy Coleman’s The Best is Yet to Come. Ms. White debuted on Broadway in Barnum in 1981 and has since appeared in the original and 1987 revival productions of Dreamgirls, Cats, Rock’N’Roll! The First 5000 Years, Carrie, and Chicago. Her tour-de-force performance in Cy Coleman’s The Life was honored with the 1997 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.

White’s television appearances include a regular role on Sesame Street (Emmy Award), Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and NYPD Blue. Her film credits include How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Game 6, Pieces of April and Then She Found Me.

Built as a Hall for all New Yorkers, City Hall Restaurant has the sophistication and style to captivate all who pass through her doors. Housed in an 1863 cast iron landmark building, this TriBeCa Grande Dame has served New York cuisine with elegance and charm for more than a decade. City Hall Restaurant is the classic New York Steak & Fish restaurant. The Granite Room is the premier private dining venue in lower Manhattan. Among many prestigious culinary and civic honors, City Hall Restaurant is the recipient of the 2008 Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Restaurant & Hospitality Award and winner of the Wine Spectator “Best of Award of Excellence” for 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

City Hall Restaurant and The Granite Room at 131 Duane Street is located in the heart of TriBeCa. With the revitalization of downtown along a rapid residential growth, Chef/Proprietor Henry Meer debuted City Hall Restaurant and its Granite Room in 1998. City Hall Restaurant has become “a perfect balance of young and old, where you get the sense of being in the exact center of the New York world,” says Ruth Reichl of The NY Times. With its sleek and beautiful granite walls and gorgeous black grand piano, it’s the perfect spot to incorporate live entertainment.

Tickets for the 8:30pm show are $150 per person plus a $30 drink minimum and $250 per person plus a $30 drink minimum for the 11:30pm show. The 11:30pm show includes a champagne toast. Pre-show a la carte dining is available in the main dining room of City Hall Restaurant.

To purchase tickets and make reservations to “A Brand New Year Me!” Lillias White’s New Year’s Eve celebration performances on December 31, 2009 at 8:30 PM and 11:30 PM, contact City Hall Restaurant at 212-227-7777. Visit www.cityhallnewyork.com or www.mjslive.com for more information. The Granite Room at City Hall Restaurant is located at 131 Duane Street in TriBeCa. (Show ticket price includes 8.875% NYC sales tax and convenience fee. Gratuity not included. Doors open 1 hour prior for show ticket purchases only.)

New York, NY, November 5, 2009 – Dance Theater Workshop in association with Doug Elkins & Friends, and David Parker and The Bang Group present HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA featuring FRÄULEIN MARIA and NUT/CRACKED. This holiday mini-festival opens with FRÄULEIN MARIA, Doug Elkins’ delightful take on Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music. This New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award winning workincludes ballet, hip-hop, voguing, stepping, stomping, and more. Directed by Barbara Karger and Michael Preston, with a mix of original cast members, downtown dance all-stars, and new faces including Devin Buchanan, Cindy Chung Camins, Carolyn Cryer, Doug Elkins, Kevin Fitzgerald Ferguson, Krista Racho Jansen, Jeffrey Kazin, Deborah Lohse, Scott Lowe, Meghan Merrill, Lisa Niedermeyer, Donnell Oakley, David Parker, Michael Preston, and Amber Sloan.

On the weekends, FRÄULEIN MARIA is joined by matinee performances of David Parker and The Bang Group’s NUT/CRACKED, the contemporary dance world’s beloved version of The Nutcracker. With an enterprising mix of tap, ballet, contemporary, disco and even toe tap, Parker conjures a comic, subversive neo-vaudeville tinged with whimsy. NUT/CRACKED is danced to both novelty and popular arrangements of the score as well as the traditional orchestral suite.

HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA brings these widely toured and awarded treats home for the holidays. Complete with family packages and discount pricing this festival offers an affordable Holiday entertainment option with a contemporary twist.

Performances of FRÄULEIN MARIA will take place at Dance Theater Workshop in the Bessie Schönberg Theater, December 10 – 12 (Thursday- Saturday) at 7:30pm and December 17 – 19 (Thursday- Saturday) at 7:30pm. There will be a Pre-Show Talk on December 10 (Thursday) at 6:30pm with Ted Chapin, President of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, and a free wine reception following every performance. Fee-free tickets are $25 and are available online at dancetheaterworkshop.org, over the phone at 212.924.0077, and in person at the box office. Dance Theater Workshop Members, Students, and Seniors are eligible for a 20% discount ($20 Tickets).

Performances of NUT/CRACKED will take place at Dance Theater Workshop in the Bessie Schönberg Theater, December 13 (Saturday) at 2:00pm, and December 19 – 20 (Saturday – Sunday) at 2:00pm. Fee-free tickets are $25 and are available online at dancetheaterworkshop.org, over the phone at 212.924.0077, and in person at the box office. Dance Theater Workshop Members, Students, and Seniors are eligible for a 20% discount ($20 Tickets).

Box office hours are Monday – Friday from 5pm – 9pm and Saturday – Sunday from 12pm – 8pm.  Dance Theater Workshop is located at 219 West 19th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues.

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Discounts are available online at dancetheaterworkshop.org, at the box-office and over the phone at 212.924.0077.

FRÄULEIN MARIA BIOGRAPHIES

Doug Elkins is a two-time New York Dance and Performance “BESSIE” Award-winning choreographer who began his career as a B-Boy touring the world with break dance groups New York Dance Express and Magnificent Force, among others. In 1988, he founded the Doug Elkins Dance Company with Lisa Nicks and Jane Weiner, which performed nationally and internationally for fifteen years before disbanding in 2003. Doug is a recipient of significant choreographic commissions and awards from the NEA, National Performance Network, Jerome Foundation, Choo-San Goh & H. Robert Magee Foundation, Dance Magazine Foundation, Metropolitan Life/American Dance Festival, Hartford Foundation, Arts International, The Greenwall Foundation, and The Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts. In 1994, Doug received a Brandeis University Creative Arts Medal, sharing the stage with author Philip Roth and photographer Nan Goldin. In 2006, he was honored in New York City by the Martha Hill Award for Career Achievement.  Doug has taught and choreographed extensively in the U.S. and Europe and has created original work for Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company, Flying Karamazov Brothers, MaggioDanza, Pennsylvania Ballet, Union Dance, and CanDoCo of London, as well as a number of university dance companies and the renowned Mini & Maxi of Holland. His theater work includes collaborations with Joanne Akalaitis and Philip Glass, Robert Woodruff, Pavel Dubrusky, Annie Hamburger, Molly Smith, Craig Lucas, David Henry Hwang, Michael Preston, and Barbara Karger.  Most recently he worked with Arin Arbus on her critically-acclaimed Othello for Theatre for a New Audience. At A.R.T., where Doug frequently consults, he worked on Cardenio (written by Charles Mee and Stephen Greenblatt and directed by Les Waters) and The Communist Dracula Pageant (directed by Anne Kaufman) in the 2008 season.  A graduate of SUNY/Purchase, he received his MFA in Dance from Hollins University/ADF in 2007.  He currently teaches at The Beacon School on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

Barbara Karger was born and raised in Vienna, Austria and received her MFA in Physical Theater at the renowned Folkwang Hochschule in Essen, Germany. She was a founding member of the theater company, Antagon, which toured throughout Europe. As a performer she has worked with various companies including a world tour with the Swiss Mask Theater Troupe “Mummenschanz.” Since the early 90’s she has been directing productions both in the U.S. and abroad, including Peter and the Wolf with Doug Elkins and Michael Preston.  She is an Associate Professor of Theater and Dance at Trinity College, Hartford.

Michael Preston was a member of the Shaliko Company in New York City, founded by Leonardo Shapiro. He also worked with such artists as John Sayles, David Cale, Wynn Handman and Theodora Skipitares. From 1991 until 2000, he toured the world as one of the Flying Karamazov Brothers, which included three different runs on Broadway. With them, he collaborated on and performed nine different shows, ranging from the post-modern tragedy Le Petomane to an update of Room Service (winner of an L.A. critic’s award in 1998). They were nominated for an Olivier award in London for Best Comedy in 1994. He directed their last show, Life: A Guide for the Perplexed. He co-directed Peter and the Wolf, with Barbara Karger, which was choreographed by Doug Elkins, in Amsterdam in 2001. He is currently an Associate Professor of Theater and Dance at Trinity College, Hartford.

NUT/CRACKED BIOGRAPHIES

David Parker grew up around Boston and began studying tap and ballet when he was 16. He continued to study dance at Bard College and began to experiment with mixing the post-modern forms he was learning there with classical and percussive dance. Moving to New York in 1979, he danced with an unusually broad range of choreographers and companies in styles which included historic modern dance revivals, folk dance, experimental and traditional tap forms, contemporary and post-modern dance, and even character roles in classical ballet. This provided the basis for his choreographic work which began in earnest with his appearances on Dance Theater Workshop’s Fresh Tracks series in 1990 and 1992. He undertook his first full-evening show in 1993. This season’s performances of NUT/CRACKED represent his seventh full-evening program presented by Dance Theater Workshop. He has been presented twice by Danspace Project and twice by Symphony Space where his company will appear in partnership with Gina Gibney Dance in March 2010. He has a long relationship with DanceNOW [NYC] which recently commissioned him to create Show Down, a choreographic reinvention of Annie Get Your Gun which returned by popular demand for an encore run at Joe’s Pub in June 2009.

The Bang Group recently celebrated its tenth anniversary as a company in residence at Summer Stages Dance Festival in Concord, Massachusetts where they have developed most of their new work over the past decade. They are also a company in residence at Manhattan’s West End Theater where Parker and Jeffrey Kazin present thrice-yearly mini-festivals of new dance.

NUT/CRACKED was originally co-commissioned by Dance Theater Workshop and the Carlo Felice Opera House’s Auditorium Theater in Genoa, Italy in 2003 and has enjoyed over 150 performances throughout the U.S., Italy and Scotland over six consecutive seasons of touring.

The Bang Group has appeared throughout Europe in festivals in The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Croatia, Monaco, Scotland, and The Czech Republic. Parker himself has made over 20 commissioned works for other companies and university dance groups including Juilliard New Dances, Pittsburgh Dance Alloy Theater, GroundWorks Dancetheater in Cleveland, The Anna Sokolow Players Project, The University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, The Barnard/DTW Project, and most recently at Northwestern University.

Parker makes frequent appearances as a guest performer with Sara Rudner (Dancing on View at the ICA Boston), Christopher Williams, Sara Hook, New York Theater Ballet, Catherine Tharin, Fiona Marcotty, Dixie Fun Lee Shulman, and as Liesl, the eldest Von Trapp daughter in Doug Elkins’ Fräulein Maria.

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Dance Theater Workshop is the preeminent U.S. based center for dance and performance that maintains an uncompromising mission to identify, present, and support independent contemporary artists and companies to advance dance and live performance in New York and worldwide. Dance Theater Workshop supports innovative artists through all facets of their creative process and offers audiences the opportunity to experience and engage with artistic expression in bold and evocative ways.

Dance Theater Workshop’s 2009-2010 Season Supporters   (as of July 1, 2009)

Private support provided by: American Masterpieces: Dance Initiative of the New England Foundation for the Arts; The Carnegie Corporation of New York; Chervenak-Nunnalle Foundation; The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; The Ford Foundation; French United States Exchange in Dance of the New England Foundation for the Arts; The Howard Gilman Foundation; The Mertz Gilmore Foundation; The Greenwall Foundation; The William Randolph Hearst Foundations; The Jerome Foundation; The Lambent Foundation; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts; National Performance Network; The New York Community Trust; New York State DanceForce; The Jerome Robbins Foundation; Rockefeller Brothers Fund; The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; The Scherman Foundation; The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation; The Shubert Foundation, Inc.; The Trust for Mutual Understanding; and The Lila Acheson Wallace Theater Fund.

Corporate support provided by: Bloomberg L.P. and Consolidated Edison Company of New York.

Public support provided by the following government agencies and elected representatives: National Endowment for the Arts; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; Kate D. Levin, Commissioner; Speaker Christine C. Quinn; New York City Council; New York State Council on the Arts; New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; Senator Thomas K. Duane, New York State Senate.

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NEW YORK, October 16, 2009 – The Triad is pleased to announce APRIL NIXON IS REBORN on Monday night, November 2 at 7pm and Sunday night December 13th at 9:30pm – on Lee Summers’ JUST A PIANO Concert Series.

The spectacularly multi-talented Nixon, recipient of the 1998 Olivier Award nomination for her critically acclaimed performance as “Lola” in the successful London production of Damn Yankees starring Jerry Lewis, will offer a stirring evening of song, dance and reflection.

The most profound lessons in life can often be found through challenge & conflict. April Nixon shares her most insightful view of love, relationships & loss, through her passion for music. APRIL NIXON IS REBORN, captures the highs and lows of life, while proving the human spirit endures beyond our own expectations.

Ms. Nixon has enjoyed great success on the Broadway stage performing in Smokey Joe’s Cafe, The Who’s Tommy, Cats, Fosse, The Wiz, Dreamgirls, The Dancers Life (opposite Chita Rivera), Crowns, and Caroline or Change. Her numerous television appearances include HBO’s The Wire, Law & Order; Law & Order Criminal Intent; Law & Order Special Victims Unit, Man On The Moon and the Dave Chappelle Show among many others. April’s popular cabaret performances have been seen in NYC at Don’t Tell Mama’s and The Laurie Beechman Theater and at LA’s Cinegrill at the famed Roosevelt Hotel.
Written & directed by Leonard Joseph, APRIL NIXON IS REBORN features musical direction by Lenny Underwood and choreography and staging by Czion D. Earle. The show will also include a special song composed by Larry O’Keefe and a special appearance by Destan Owens

Lee Summers’ Just A Piano SM Concert Series has presented numerous top artists such as the sensational Tony & Emmy Winner Lillias White, Broadway/TV’s Roz Ryan, Tony Award Winner Adriane Lenox, recording sensation Alyson Williams (“Just Call My Name”), Marva Hicks (Caroline or Change), Julie Reiber (Wicked), Crystal Mone Hall (Rent), Shoshana Bean (Hairspray, Wicked), Kevin-Anthony (co-founder of “Black2 Broadway”), Opera diva Shirley Verrett’s vocal protégé Erika Banks, The Little Mermaid’s Zakiya Young Mizen, Drowsy Chaperone’s Kecia Lewis-Evans (featuring Tony Winner, LaChanze), rising star, Rebecca Covington (Featuring  Norm Lewis, Tituss Burgess and Chester Gregory), Doreen Montalvo (In the Heights), 3 Time Grammy Nominee/Tony Winner Melba Moore and series creator, Lee Summers (Dreamgirls).

The Triad is located at 158 West 72nd Street, NY, NY Tickets are $20 each plus a 2 drink minimum. For reservations visit www.triadnyc.com or call 212-362-2590.