“I had the great pleasure of seeing Annie’s beautiful, poignant, and funny show. She nailed the gleaming and mercurial light that was… my stepmother! I laughed and cried in equal measures.”
~ Kate Burton
Ann Talman will be a guest on Everything Old Is New Again Radio Show on Sunday, April 21st at 10PM(ET) on WBAI 99.5 FM New York & wbai.org & & Wednesday, 24th, 2024 at 9PM(ET) on The Penthouse at thepenthouse.fm. More info at www.oldisnew.org.
This episode is about Mike Renzi was Musical Director, Arranger & Accompanist to some of the biggest names in show business. These talented & lucky ladies spent a day with Mike and would record with him. These would be Mike's last studio recordings. Mike Renzi died on September 29, 2021. The show will be an appreciation of his musical contribution. In addition to hearing Mike with Tony Bennett & Lena Horne & Maureen McGovern & Mel Torme and dozens of others, you will also hear Mike’s final recordings from the Recording Studio Workshop tapings. Provided to the show by the workshop’s creator Lina Koutrakos with performances by: Margaret Curry, Diane D'Angelo, Mary Sue Daniels, Patrice McKinley, Ann Talman & Lina Koutrakos.
Ann’s Cabaret Show
“Although most people working in the small venues of the industry are simply referenced as singers, Ann Talman's skills demand the moniker storyteller. A perfectly lovely singer with a pleasing voice, Talman's particular gift is that every moment on the stage, every move, every sigh, every note sung, every word spoken, every raised eyebrow, half-smile, or lowering of eyelids is employed in service of the story. Whether sitting on a stool and cheekily performing the theme song to The Andy Griffith Show or weaving a family history through a Jerry Herman classic, Ann Talman has come to tell a story, with purpose, with consciousness, and without a single shred of random influence. In her work as a performing artist, Ann Talman always, first, surveys the lay of the land and, then, chooses that which will best tell the story she has come to tell. It is one of the things that will make her a cabaret storyteller audiences demand to see.”
– Stephen Mosher, BroadwayWorld.com
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UPCOMING SHOW:
WESTPORT PLAYHOUSE
IN THE
LUCILLE LORTEL WHITE BARN
25 POWERS COURT
WESTPORT, CONNECTICUT 06880
APRIL 21ST, 2024 @ 7PM
The Shadow of Her Smile Named as a Top 10 Cabaret Show of 2023 by Times Square Chronicle
Ann is honored to be a small part of The American Songbook Association and Cabaret Scenes Magazine, which had a brilliant and beautiful 2023, with events that featured resplendent talent; education programs that reached thousands of differently abled, at risk or underserved public school students Pre-K- High School; seniors in memory care units and lovers of great American musical legacies (jazz, musical theatre and classic song) across the country. ASA’s programs are offered free of charge in all five boroughs of New York City and Chicago. Their next target is Los Angeles! They are working to make their music programs available in schools and senior centers in all 50 states.
Please help us keep the music playing by making an end-of-year, totally tax deductible donation to americansongbookassociation.org. Better yet, become a member for $65. You will receive a year's subscription to Cabaret Scenes Magazine, their weekly newsletter covering live music nationwide, and many other perks, as a benefit of membership. Thank you!
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You can listen to the podcast from the shows archives on the website —
https://oldisnew.org/show/231015_18_margaret-whiting/
