ANNA BERGMAN SINGS "WHEREVER LOVE TAKES ME"
Song stylist Anna Bergman premieres "Wherever Love Takes Me," her
first solo show in New York in four years, at THE METROPOLITAN ROOM
(34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440 -
http://www.metropolitanroom.com/
) in an exclusive 2-week engagement, Thursdays through Saturdays at
7:30 pm starting on October 11th and running though October 20th.
Bergman collaborates for the first time with a new creative team led
by director Eric Michael Gillett and music director Paul Greenwood.
Musical arrangements are by Paul Greenwood, Dennis Buck, and Alex
Rybeck.
In "Wherever Love Takes Me" she melds American and
European sensibilities, in a wide variety of styles from pop to
classical, and in four languages. Filled with songs about love and
romance, "Wherever Love Takes Me" marries Broadway (Sondheim, Porter
and Guettel) with European favorites (Legrand, Leander and Weill)
and contemporary composers like Friedman and Gold.
Bergman's public television special, "You & the Night
& the Music: A Salon with Anna Bergman" features the Broadway leading
man Brent Barrett as her guest artist. Produced by Maryland Public
Television, it premiered in May, and airs in numerous states across
the country beginning in December.
Born in Paris and raised in Europe and African capitals
as the daughter of an American diplomat and an actress, Bergman
was first exposed to the European-style salons hosted by her parents
in their homes. In 2001, after a performance in New York City just
days after 9/11, she was inspired to experiment with a more personal
and intimate approach to the cabaret medium. Encouraged by Kitty
Carlisle Hart, who hosted Bergman's first in a series of salons
in her home in April 2006, Bergman has gone on to perform salons
in cities across the country. Her public television special was
filmed a year later, on the night of Miss Hart's death in Manhattan
on April 17th.
As a singer and actress Bergman has performed in Lincoln
Center's American Songbook Series, with Adam Guettel in concert
("The Light in the Piazza"), the Kennedy Center's landmark Sondheim
celebration ("A Little Night Music"), as a soloist in Carnegie Hall's
centennial tribute to Ira Gershwin, The Pasedena Pops, The White
House, London's Lost Musicals, International Festival of Cardiff,
the Manaus Opera House, Aspen Music Festival, the New York Festival
of Song, "Lyrics & Lyricists," and Jonathan Sheffer's opera "Blood
on the Dining Room Floor." Her New York club appearances have included
The Algonquin Hotel's Oak Room, The Rainbow Room, and The Stanhope
Hotel. Out of town she has been presented at The Colony Hotel, Crest
Theatre, Caramoor and Strathmore Music Centers, Guild Hall and Le
Chat Noir in New Orleans. Her recordings include the award-winning
"Souvenir," and the newly released "Kurt Weill in America" (both
on LML Music). For more information visit www.annabergman.com.
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