Meg
Mackay & Billy Philadelphia
Headline at The Plush Room
TEN YEARS TOGETHER
"The "First Couple of
San Francisco Cabaret." -Drama-Logue Magazine
Meg Mackay & Billy Philadelphia
return to THE PLUSH ROOM at the York Hotel (940 Sutter Street, 
San
Francisco, CA - 415-885-2800 - http://www.plushroom.com/)
with their new show TEN YEARS TOGETHER - celebrating 10 years of joyously
making music together. San Francisco-based Meg Mackay & Billy Philadelphia's
combined cabaret performances are anxiously awaited, yet both artists
work continually in their respective solo careers. This engagement
is a chance to see them doing together what they do best! TEN YEARS
TOGETHER runs for two weeks June 6th through 17th - Wednesday through
Saturday at 8:00 pm and on Sunday at 3:00 pm. Opening night is Wednesday,
June 6th. There is a $15 cover charge for all shows except $20 for
Friday and Saturday nights. (The Plush Room has a two-drink minimum).
Meg Mackay, the reigning
diva of the Bay Area musical theatre scene is celebrated by audiences
and critics alike. A sophisticated actress with a distinctive voice,
Meg has received 7 Drama-Logue/Dean Goodman Choice Awards and 7 Bay
Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards. She is best known for her diverse
repertoire that includes both the familiar and the rarely heard: American
popular songs from the 30's & 40s, Broadway show tunes and original
works. Her one-woman cabaret show has been well received in NY, Philadelphia,
Chicago and LA and at The Plush Room in SF.
On the boards, Meg has
performed in BEACH BLANKET BABYLON and in the National Touring Company
of the Tony award-winning play, TORCH SONG TRILOGY. Other appearances
include Momma Rose in GYPSY (TheatreWorks), Dolly Levi in HELLO, DOLLY!
(Mountain Play), ENTER THE GUARDSMAN (San Jose Rep), THE SUBJECT WAS
ROSES and GUYS AND DOLLS (Pacific Stage Alliance), A KAREN CARPENTER
CHRISTMAS (The Marsh, SF), two Stephen Sondheim revues at Marin Theatre
Company, performances with the Marin Symphony, both the SF and LA
companies of STARDUST), and numerous star turns for San Francisco's
42nd Street Moon.
She has also recorded 2
critically-acclaimed albums, SO MANY PEOPLE (1994). and LEGALLY BLONDE
(1998). Both CD's were produced and arranged by pianist (& husband)
Billy Philadelphia.
Billy Philadelphia is a
rare performer who is equally at home on stage or behind the scenes
He accompanied the incomparable Dame Edna in her Tony award-winning
show, THE ROYAL TOUR at Theater on the Square in SF. As musical director
on local TV (AM San Francisco and SFO) he and his band played for
such artists as Andy Williams, Nell Carter, Little Richard, Vanessa
Williams, Ben Vereen and James Galway. He has led bands of all kinds
in numerous Bay Area clubs & cabarets, as well as opening for Van
Morrison, Maria Muldaur, The Lettermen and Leon Redbone. He has also
played with Chuck Berry, Commander Cody, Asleep at The Wheel and Lea
DeLaria.
As an actor his favorite
role was songwriter/actor Hoagy Carmichael in HOAGY-, a show he produced
and co-wrote. It had successful runs at the Zephyr Theatre in SF and
the prestigious Milwaukee Repertory Theater. He has appeared in SONS
OF DON JUAN and THE 1940s RADIO HOUR (San Jose Rep) and Marin Theatre
Company where last year he took the piano score to Irving Berlin's
AS THOUSANDS CHEER and arranged it for the on-stage band. This winter
he directed his first stage production, the 1938 opera BRUNDIBAR at
the Julia Morgan Theater in Berkeley as part of the Berkeley Jewish
Music Festival. Billy is remembered as The Man About Town on the Frank
& Mike radio show on KNBR-AM. He also teaches a very popular class
in Cabaret Performance at UC Extension.
For additional information,
visit Meg & Billy at http://www.megmackay.com/
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