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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     

Deborah Boily at Pizza on the Park - May 26, 27, 28 and 29What 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

 

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