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DEBORAH BOILY
By Cindy Hacker
THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC - American cabaret singer DEBORAH BOILY Returns to Larry’s Music Room at Pizza on the Park, London, Wednesday 26 to Saturday 29 MAY 2004 With MD/pianist Jerome Kaslin and special guest Nathan Martin www.pizzaonthepark.co.uk
What
the critics say:
“Boily is the very model of a modern chanteuse, coming into a new maturity
and confidence as a solo artist….in fine voice, singing with range, power and
rich feeling”. - Everett Evans, Houston Chronicle.
“…She is able to bring a particular poignancy and immediacy to the lyrics” -
Martin Schaeffer, Back Stage (New York).
“…As rich and compelling a cabaret evening as I have been lucky to witness
since I first heard the incomparable Amanda McBroom…it is her gorgeous respect
and palpable love of this material that communicates itself so vivaciously in
the same way” - Mark Shenton, The Stage.
"Living legend Deborah Boily symbolizes the true essence and psyche of the
original Parisian cabaret. A world-class performer. La creme de la creme."-
Maximillien de Lafayette, Monthly Herald,
Editor-in-Chief.
Thank You For The Music - Pizza on The Park for four nights, with two shows nightly at 9:15p and 10:45pm. Tickets are £12 in advance £14 on the door Wednesdays and Thursdays. £14 and £16 on Fridays and Saturdays. Reservations: 020 7235 5273 between 10am and 6pm Larry’s Room at Pizza on The Park is located at 11 Knightsbridge, at Hyde Park Corner, London SW1
Deborah
Boily was at Jermyn Street in 2002 in a show called I’ve Got My
Standards…Now & Then! This cabaret, which debuted in New York, went on
to Houston, London and Paris. Revised and re-named Thank You For The
Music, it was recorded live in June of 2003 and was recently released on the
LML Music label. Deborah Boily has recorded two previous CDs, A French
Collection and The Song Remembers When. Born in Louisiana, Deborah
Boily, who now lives in Houston, Texas, is grounded in American songs,
standards as well as contemporary, by songwriters ranging from The Gershwins
to The Bergmans, Jason Robert Brown and John Bucchino. She also offers
a country music song chosen for its storytelling lyrics, Austin, paired with
Crazy. In another segment, Deborah fluently sings in French in tribute
to her love of Jacques Brel (If We Only Have Love). In a fascinating
bit of musical history, she shares how some songs claimed as American
popular songs began life as French chansons; she also offers a parody of
Edith Piaf’s No Regrets with I Regret Everything.
In 1994 she moved to Paris and sang at
the Hotel Westminster and from 1996-98, she lived in London where she
performed at Pizza on the Park, Jermyn Street Theatre, The Green Room and
CentreStage. She appeared in a West End musical revue, The Mercury
Theatre Project’s Late and Lyrical, and recorded her first CD while living
in London. Accompanying Deborah Boily is her musical director Jerome
Kaslin, a French pianist who has a background in classical, pop and Latin
music, as well as jazz (influenced especially by jazz pianist Art Tatum).
He has worked with Deborah Boily for the past decade in both Paris and
Houston, recording two CDs with her. Says Boily, “He has a wonderfully
light yet assertive touch”. An artist with a great sense of humour,
Jerome is currently working with a French singer and pianist on a new
comic show about the piano. Deborah’s special guest is acclaimed London
talent Nathan Martin, a noted pianist, singer and musical director who has
worked with many performers including Gay Soper, Liz Robertson, Brent
Barrett, Marin Mazzie and Donna McKechnie. In London, he has musical
directed shows including Dorothy Fields Forever (The King’s Head Theatre),
Assassins (New End) and High Spirits (Bridewell). He has
worked extensively with Steven Brinberg on his Simply Barbra show which has
toured the world, and he has played piano for West End shows including Miss
Saigon and The Lion King. Nathan has released his own debut CD,
Anywhere With You.
CD: Thank You For The Music – A selection of standards :
review copies available from Cindy Hacker 020 7629 2998
cindy@parrotprods.co.uk