Friday, August 15, 2014

The Grand Gesture

Last month, I performed in the NY Theatre Barn's cabaret focusing on new composers. Andy Monroe, whom I worked with on "The Tragic and Horrible Life of the Singing Nun," asked me to sing a song from his musical  Chasing Garbo, based on the film, Garbo Talks. My character, Jane, helps the hero (played below by Tom Stuart) find his way to Garbo while expressing her longing for the type of man who uses a "Grand Gesture" to win his fair lady: