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Margaret
Whiting was one of America's favorite and
most venerated singers for more than sixty
years. She delivered stellar performances
on record, radio, television, and the musical
comedy, concert, and cabaret stages. She
received twelve Gold Records. She offered
a repertoire that ranged from Jerome Kern
to Leon Russell, and from Rodgers &
Hart to Michel Legrand and Alan & Marilyn
Bergman.
And when
she performed those songs -- in any venue,
any time, anywhere -- her voice was instantly
recognizable. There was only one Margaret
Whiting.
To
honor and commemorate Whiting's 90th birthday
anniversary, The
Mabel Mercer Foundation announces its
presentation of IT
MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING!
A Celebration in Song of the Incomparable
Life of Margaret Whiting. The special, one-time-only
concert will be offered at 7 p.m. on Monday,
June 23, 2014, at Weill Recital Hall at
Carnegie Hall, 154 West 57th Street. Co-hosts
are KT Sullivan (artistic director of The
Foundation) and Debbi Whiting, daughter
of Ms. Whiting and legendary honky-tonk
and jazz pianist/arranger/record producer
Lou Busch (also known as Joe "Fingers"
Carr). Ms. Whiting's long-time accompanist
Tex Arnold serves as musical director.
Patron
tickets are available @ $150 and include
preferred seating and a post-performance
cocktail reception; for these, please contact
The Mabel Mercer Foundation at 212 980-3026.
General
seating tickets are priced at $75, $50,
$25, and $15 (seniors/students/MAC discount)
and can be obtained by calling 212 247-7800
or by visiting the Carnegie Hall box office
beginning at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April
23rd.
IT MIGHT
AS WELL BE SPRING! features more than two
dozen songs, including such classics as
"Moonlight in Vermont," "Come
Rain or Come Shine," "My Ideal,"
"That Old Black Magic," "Baby,
It's Cold Outside," and "Blues
in the Night." Reminiscences about
the Whiting career and personality will
encompass her days as teenage Hollywood
royalty (she was the daughter of composer
Richard Whiting); her early success as one
of the first vocalists signed to Johnny
Mercer's Capitol Records; her radio -- and
then television -- careers on virtually
every top-rated program between the 1940s
and the 1980s; her acclaimed Broadway, off-Broadway,
or national stage work in (among others)
DREAM, TAKING MY TURN, DO IT AGAIN, GYPSY,
ANYTHING GOES, CALL ME MADAM, PLAIN &
FANCY, GIRL CRAZY, and HIGH BUTTON SHOES;
or her concert and cabaret tours, whether
as a solo artist or in performance with
THE BIG BAND CAVALCADE or 4 GIRLS 4.
The cabaret
notables performing on June 23rd include
Carole J. Bufford, Jim Caruso, Eric Comstock,
Mary Foster Conklin, Baby Jane Dexter, Natalie
Douglas, Barbara Fasano, Lauren Fox, John
Fricke, Eric Yves Garcia, Terese Genecco,
Wayne Hosford, Heather MacRae, Marilyn Maye,
Tanya Moberly, Marissa Mulder, Karen Oberlin,
Shaynee Rainbolt, Jennifer Sheehan, Billy
Stritch, KT Sullivan, Stacy Sullivan, Debbi
Whiting, and Carol Woods. (Artists subject
to availability.)
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