Cabaret star Andrea Marcovicci shares her passion for celebrating and preserving the American popular song and offers an insider's look at the art of cabaret. Andrea treats viewers to songs from, "I’m Feeling Like a Million: A Salute to the Incomparable Hildegarde," and her new album, "My Christmas Song For You." WATCH ANDREA'S INTERVIEW AND PERFORMANCE Acclaimed cabaret performer Andrea Marcovicci celebrates her 20th anniversary season, performing at New York City's famous Algonquin Hotel Oak Room in her latest show, I'm Feeling Like a Million: A Salute to the Incomparable Hildegarde from now through January 13th. In this centenary salute to Hildegarde, the "First Lady of Supper Clubs," Andrea tells the story of a plucky girl from Milwaukee who became the toast of cafe society from New York to Paris. Andrea is joined on the piano by musical director Shelly Markham and Jered Egan on bass. An accomplished actress and cabaret performer whose work has changed the landscape of the genre, Andrea continues to entertain sold-out audiences from coast to coast whenever touring her many critically lauded shows. Utilizing themes to give her shows a beginning, middle, and end, her recent shows include I Am Anne Frank, I'll Be Seeing You...Love Songs of WWII, Kurt Weill in America, and the upcoming Thanks for the Memories: The Lyrics of Leo Robin, debuting in 2007. A Recording of I'll Be Seeing You... is also slated in 2007, as is a reprise of her I Am Anne Frank show. Andrea has fourteen CDs to her credit, including her latest release, My Christmas Song for You, which deubuted just in time for the 2006 Holiday season. Other favorites include Andrea Sings Astaire, How's Your Romance? Andrea Marcovicci Sings Cole Porter and If I Were A Bell ~ The Songs of Frank Loesser, debuted on her own record label, Andreasong. Andrea began her career on the daytime television series Love Is A Many Splendored Thing. She made her Broadway debut in Ambassador and most recently appeared in Any Given Day with Sada Thompson. Other notable stage appearances include playing Ophelia opposite Sam Waterson in a production of Hamlet at Shakespeare in the Park. Her film credits include: The Front (nominated for a Golden Globe Award) with Woody Allen, The Hand, The Stuff, The Canterville Ghost and Jack the Bear. Her concert work includes appearances with the San Francisco Pops, Florida Philharmonic, and Oregon and Ft. Worth Symphonies. Her 1993 Carnegie Hall solo debut, with the American Symphony Orchestra, was to a sold-out audience. Andrea has also appeared at nightclubs across the country, including the Gardenia and The Cinegrill in Los Angles, The Plush Room in San Francisco, The Colony in Palm Beach, FL., Le Chat Noir of New Orleans, and many others. Her London cabaret debut in 1994 sold out a one- month engagement at the Music Room at Pizza on the Park. She has also performed at the White House, teaches Master Classes on the art of cabaret in several cities, and teaches a week-long summer workshop at the Perry Mansfield Performing Arts Camp in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. She is the recipient of several awards and honors,
including three Lifetime Achievement Awards - from
Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC), the
Licia Albanese - Puccini Foundation, and a Bob Harrington
Backstage Bistro Award. In recognition of her
accomplishments in the arts, Andrea has received honorary
degrees from Trinity College in Hartford, CT and the
Memphis College of Art.
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