JOYCE MOODY TO MAKE NYC SOLO DEBUT WITH VAMPIN' LADY
Singer Joyce Moody will make her New York City solo cabaret debut in
"VAMPIN' LADY: The Music of Milton Ager" at DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West
46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788 -
http://www.donttellmamanyc.com/
) on Wednesday, December 19th, at 6:30 pm. Two other performances are
scheduled: Friday, December 21st, at 6:30 pm and Saturday, December
22nd at 6:00 pm. Musical director Earl Wentz, who crafted this fast-paced,
funny, and sentimental hour-long revue of Milton Ager's music, will
accompany Joyce on the piano. The show is being produced in association
with Sixpence, Inc., a New York City-based theatre producer and publisher
of books, music, and CDs. There is a $15 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.
$10 cover for members of CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE.
VAMPIN' LADY premiered at Bob Egan's Cosmopolitan Club
in New Hope, PA on Thursday, October 25th. The one-hour premiere also
marked the release of Moody's new CD "Vampin' Lady" by Sixpence, Inc.,
and is the latest entry in New York City-based Wenhelm Productions'
ongoing American Composer Series.
Songwriters' Hall of Famer Milton Ager (1893-1979) would
qualify as one of America's musical treasures had he only penned one
of his trove of songs-"Happy Days Are Here Again." Instead, he penned
over 130, including "Ain't She Sweet"-which has been recorded by artists
as diverse as Frank Sinatra, Lawrence Welk, and The Beatles; "Hard
Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah)"-which scored successes for
Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, and Ray Charles among others; the Judy
Garland weepie "I'm Nobody's Baby"; and "I'm the Last of the Red Hot
Mammas," Sophie Tucker's signature tune.
All of these songs-and 23 more-are included in Moody's
"Vampin' Lady" show, which takes its title not just from Ager's keenly-focused
ear for songs about seductive sirens, but more specifically from Ager's
1923 hit "Louisville Lou (That Vampin' Lady)." The "Vampin' Lady"
CD features 24 songs from the show and will be available at the performance.
Joyce Moody is well known to Philadelphia audiences
for her many appearances on stage, including as the Mother in Ragtime,
Dolly in Hello, Dolly!, Babette in La Cage Aux Folles, and in The
Sound of Music and My Fair Lady at Walnut Street Theatre. Moody appeared
opposite Dick Van Dyke in the role of Gloria Thorpe in the national
tour of Damn Yankees and in NYC in the Irving Berlin tribute Say It
With Music. For Wenhelm Productions' American Composer Series in New
York, she appeared in Rodgers Without The 'H' Factor (celebrating
the music of Richard Rodgers without Hammerstein or Hart) and Sweet
Mystery: The Music of Victor Herbert.
Earl Wentz's credits include guest appearances with
the Nashville, Charleston, Glenn Miller, and Jan Garber Orchestras
and at such varied venues as the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami, the
Greenbrier, and the UN. He has been featured as performer/director
and arranger/composer from coast to coast. Wentz is music and artistic
director for the ongoing American Composer Series, which he created
in 2000.
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