JOYCE MOODY'S "VAMPIN' LADY RETURNS TO DON'T TELL MAMA
Singer Joyce Moody returns to DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West 46th Street,
NYC - 212-757-0788 -
http://www.donttellmamanyc.com/
) for two more performances of VAMPIN' LADY: THE MUSIC OF MILTON AGER
on Thursday & Friday, April 17th & 18th at 6:30 pm. VAMPIN'
LADY initially played the Restaurant Row nightspot in December, returning
for three additional performances in January-early February, and three
more in March, after a sold-out premiere at Bob Egan's Cosmopolitan
Club in New Hope, PA in October of 2007.
The one-hour premiere marked Moody's solo cabaret
debut as well as the release of her new CD "Vampin' Lady" by Sixpence,
Inc., and is the latest entry in New York City-based Wenhelm Productions'
ongoing American Composer Series. Musical director Earl Wentz, who
crafted this hour-long revue of Milton Ager's music, will accompany
Joyce Moody on the piano again.
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 performances.
VAMPIN' LADY is produced by Wenhelm Productions' American
Composer Series in association with Sixpence, Inc., a New York City-based
theatre producer and publisher of books, music, and CDs.
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