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Mark Nadler Wiki Information
Mark Nadler
is a prominent New York-based cabaret performer, actor and comedic pianist. He is described as "one of New York's most acclaimed singer/pianists" [1] and a "virtuoso" of classical piano. [2]
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Biography
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. [ He began performing professionally at age 10, at the Long Straw Saloon in Cedar Falls, Iowa/][ As a gay, and son of Jewish immigrants, he felt out of place in the Midwestern town. [3]
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Nadler studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy in 1981 [4] [5] before moving to Manhattan at age 17.
In 2004 Nadler and his partner hosted a "Bark Mitzvah" for their wheaten terrier, Admiral Rufus K. Boom, [6] as a commentary on the frivolity and excess of Bar Mitzvah engagements at which Nadler had performed earlier in his career. [7]
Nadler has frequently collaborated with singer KT Sullivan. [8]
Works
Nadler has written and performed in dozens of touring, Broadway, and off-broadway productions, as well as television appearances. Some of the more notable productions include the following.
- American Rhapsody
, an off-broadway revue based on George Gershwin. Won Manhattan Association Of Cabarets award for "Outstanding Musical Revue"; nominated for a Drama Desk Award and two Lucille Lortel Awards. [9]
- Red Light
, an "opera in honky-tonk. Co-written with Dawn Hampton. Won Manhattan Association Of Cabarets award.
- Tschaikowsky (and Other Russians)
, performed at the Algonquin Hotel and the American Conservatory Theater, among other venues. Won the 2003 "Bistro Award".
- Russian on the side
, based on the Ira Gershwin / Kurt Weill song Tchaikovsky and Other Russians, played the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the Marines Memorial Theater in San Francisco, California [10]
References
- Original angel flies back to Bay for Berkeley Rep's 'Ghosts'
- Title Unavailable
- Nadler: Russian on the Side
- http://www.joeldossi.com/clips/regional/nadler.htm
- Pianist revelations:Mark Nadler brings 'Russian on the Side' to SF
- Today He Is a Dog; Actually, He Always Was
- Russians Are Coming! Russians Are Coming -- and an Iowan, Too!
- Weston's African State of Mind
- Life is a Cabaret
- Comic pianist Mark Nadler: a new Danny Kaye
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