THE DIVA-LUTION OF MOLLY POPE RETURNS IN MARCH & APRIL
Molly Pope, the Diva-in-Waiting, waits no more as she once again takes
the stage at DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788
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http://www.donttellmamanyc.com/
) on Fridays, March 28th and April 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th at 8:30
pm to celebrate her unique existence as a modern day reincarnation
of the great ladies of stage and screen. The Diva-lution of Molly
Pope is an evening in the life of a hybrid gay-man-black-woman-eighty-year-old-grande-dame,
born both too soon and too late for her prime. Taking cues from Sarah
Vaughan, Judy Garland, Peggy Lee, and Barbra Streisand, Ms. Pope revels
in reconciling her present day and age with her ideal day and age.
Under the direction of Matt Sigl and accompanied by Ray Fellman, she
gleefully proves her status as a quintessential diva.
Ms. Pope began her career as a Diva-in-Waiting at New York University
where she studied at the Stella Adler Studio, Experimental Theatre
Wing, and Viewpoints Studio. Her stage roles include the Young Woman
in Machinal, Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (directed
by Matt Sigl), Portia in The Merchant of Venice, Desiree in A Little
Night Music, and Maria in Twelfth Night: The Drinking Game. Prior
to the debut of The Diva-lution of Molly Pope last fall, she appeared
as a guest star in the MAC award-winning cabaret show Matt Sigl:
Unstuck in Time and has been both a performer and judge for Overnight
Sensation with Native Aliens Theatre Collective. She is a member
of The Dreamscape Theatre Company and The Dorothy Parker Society.
Most recently, she appeared in the ID America Festival with Quo
Vadimus Arts as Snickers in Appetite (voted Best of Festival Audience
Favorite).
Director Matt Sigl won a 2006 MAC Award for his show Unstuck in
Time, which was performed at both Don't Tell Mama and Ars Nova.
He has acted professionally with the Shakespeare Theatre of New
Jersey, appeared in Genius/Famous at the 2005 New York Fringe, and
toured with TheatreworksUSA. He is a graduate of NYU where he trained
at the Stella Adler Conservatory and RADA in London. He has directed
a self-produced production of The Fantasticks and last directed
Molly Pope in Edward Albee's Who Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and
he has the therapy bills to prove it. Music Director Ray Fellman
was the musical director for Stephen Schwartz's Off-Broadway production
and national tour of Captain Louie (Little Schubert Theater). Also
active as a cabaret artist, Ray was the musical director/arranger
for the 2007 MAC Awards at B.B. Kings and received a 2007 Backstage
Bistro Award for his musical direction of The After Party, an ongoing
show hosted by Brandon Cutrell, featuring Broadway's finest every
Friday night at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.
There is a $12 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.
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