Mark Nadler is a New York City-based cabaret performer, actor, and comedic pianist. He has been described as "one of New York's most acclaimed singer/pianists"[1] and a "virtuoso" of classical piano.[2]

Early life and education

Nadler was born and raised in Waterloo, Iowa. He took an interest in Broadway musicals from a young age, and was a fan of Danny Kaye, Mahalia Jackson, Jimmy Durante, the Marx Brothers, and Bugs Bunny.[3] At the age of ten, he began performing professionally at the Long Straw Saloon in Cedar Falls, Iowa.[3] As the gay son of Jewish immigrants, he felt out of place in the American Midwest.[4] He studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy in 1981[5] before moving to Manhattan at age 17.

Career

Nadler frequently has collaborated with singer KT Sullivan.[6] He has written and performed in dozens of touring, Broadway, and off-Broadway productions, as well as on television programs. Some of his more notable productions include American Rhapsody in 1999, an off-Broadway revue based on George Gershwin that won the Manhattan Association of Cabarets Award for Outstanding Musical Revue and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award and two Lucille Lortel Awards;[7] Red Light, an "opera in honky-tonk" co-written with Dawn Hampton, which also won a MAC Award;[8] Tschaikovsky (and Other Russians), performed at the Algonquin Hotel and the American Conservatory Theater, among other venues, which won the 2003 Bistro Award;[9] and Russian on the Side, based on the Ira Gershwin/Kurt Weill patter song "Tschaikowsky (and Other Russians)", which played the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the Marines Memorial Theater in San Francisco, California.[3]

Personal life

In 2004, Nadler and his partner hosted a "Bark Mitzvah" for their wheaten terrier, Admiral Rufus K. Boom,[10] as a commentary on the frivolity and excess of Bar Mitzvah engagements at which Nadler had performed earlier in his career.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Original angel flies back to Bay for Berkeley Rep's 'Ghosts'". Oakland Tribune. 2004-02-27. Archived from the original on 2013-07-24.
  2. ↑ "Russian on the Side". KGO AM. Archived from the original on 2011-05-25.
  3. 1 2 3 Hamlin, Jesse (October 12, 2008). "Comic pianist Mark Nadler: a new Danny Kaye". San Francisco Chronicle.
  4. ↑ Hurwitt, Robert (October 23, 2008). "Theater review: Nadler's 'Russian on the Side'". San Francisco Chronicle.
  5. ↑ Dodds, Richard (October 16, 2008). "Pianist revelations:Mark Nadler brings 'Russian on the Side' to SF". Bay Area Reporter.
  6. ↑ Friedwald, Will (March 23, 2007). "Weston's African State of Mind". New York Sun.
  7. ↑ "American Rhapsody Has Gershwin Rhythm at Triad, Opening Nov. 10". Playbill. October 27, 2000.
  8. ↑ "Dawn Hampton: Artist Biography". AllMusic.com.
  9. ↑ Holden, Stephen (January 24, 2003). "Cabaret Guide". The New York Times.
  10. ↑ Koppel, Lily (December 20, 2004). "Today He Is a Dog; Actually, He Always Was". The New York Times.
  11. ↑ Cantor, Andrea (April 25, 2013). "Russians Are Coming! Russians Are Coming -- and an Iowan, Too!". The Jewish Exponent.
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