LESLIE AND RICKY ARE BACK WITH JOHNNY MERCER SINGS SHOW
The multi-award winning duo of Leslie Anderson and Ricky Ritzel bring
their back their new show "Johnny Mercer Sings! - the songs he didn't
write," featuring Joe Regan & "The Pied Pipers" to UPSTAIRS AT ROSE'S
TURN (55 Grove Street, NYC - 212-366-5438 -
http://www.rosesturn.com/
) on Saturdays, January 6th, 13th & 20th at 9:00 pm and Saturday,
January 27th at 7:00 pm. The show was presented in November & December
2006 at four venues and garnered acclaim from reviewers and audiences
alike. The show is directed by Jim Luzar.
Leslie Anderson received the 2005 MAC Award for Outstanding
Piano Bar Performer. Along with her musical director, Ricky Ritzel,
she also received the 2005 MAC Award for Best Revue for their Johnny
Mercer Birthday Show. They continued to receive accolades for their
third cabaret tribute to Johnny Mercer titled Mercer At The Movies,
which they performed at Helen1s Hideaway in Chelsea. Leslie enjoyed
being back on Broadway at the Schubert Theatre in the concert version
of A Wonderful Life, which was a one-night-only AFA Benefit starring
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Judy Kuhn and David Hyde Pierce. She was
honored with a 2005 BACKSTAGE Bistro Award for Outstanding Musical
Duo for her work with Ricky Ritzel in their JOHNNY MERCER A-to-Z
SHOW. She was also honored in 2003 with a BACKSTAGE Bistro Award
for Outstanding Piano Bar Performer. She continues to perform weekly
in various piano bars. Leslie performed at The Town Hall where she
received the 2005 Nightlife Award for Outstanding Cabaret Piano
Bar Performer.
Ricky Ritzel has been a fixture on the nightclub and
cabaret scene in NYC for over 20 years and has received numerous
Cabaret awards including 10 Manhattan Association of Cabarets Awards
in 7 different categories. He has performed all over the United
States, as well as London and Paris. An accomplished solo performer,
Ricky has also accompanied such greats as Vivian Blaine, Ruth Warrick,
Arthur Prysock, Varla Jean Merman, Julie Wilson, Lenora Nemetz and
Miss Coco. With famed Chicago jazz vocalist Spider Saloff, Ricky
created several award winning revues such as "1938", which was recorded
on the Kopathetics label, "Porgy & Bess: a Cabaret Concert" and
"Ira and Others". His performance as Jimmy Durante in "Schnozzola!"
earned him critical raves and numerous awards. Ricky is also half
of the kooky "Lounge does Top 40" duo, THE LOUNGEOLEERS with 5 CD's
on the Emenar label.
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