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JULY 30 CABARET AT CARAMOOR: JASON GRAAE
GRAAE'S ANATOMY
Wednesday, 8:30pm
Symphony Court
Tickets: $60.00
Jason Graae, vocalist, Alex Rybeck, musical director
Award-winning singer and entertainer, Jason Graae returned to Caramoor for an intimate evening of Cabaret in a dynamic program that tickled with delight. "Mr. Graae emerges as an irresistible cutup whose splendid voice is matched by mischievous charisma." - New York Times
He recently won his 4th New York Bistro Award for his solo show, Graae's Anatomy. His last show Coup de Graae! won the 2006 New York Nightlife Award and was listed in Time Out New York’s Top 10 Cabaret Shows of the year.
Mr. Graae has appeared on Broadway in A Grand Night For Singing, Falsettos, Stardust, Snoopy! and Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? Off- Broadway shows include Hello, Muddah, Hello, Fudduh, for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award, Forever Plaid, Olympus on My Mind, All in the Timing and many more.
Caramoor recognizes with gratitude the dedication of Adela and Lawrence Elow in support of Cabaret.
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Jason Graae, vocalist ~ The New York Times recently said, “Nowadays, probably no other performer could infuse (that song) with the manic mischief that Jason Graae, a frisky clown with a real tenor, pumped into it...”
He just won his 4th New York Bistro Award for his solo show, Graae's Anatomy. His last show Coup de Graae! won the 2006 New York Nightlife Award and was listed in TimeOutNewYork’s Top 10 Cabaret Shows of the year.
Mr. Graae has appeared on Broadway in A Grand Night For Singing, Falsettos, Stardust, Snoopy! and Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? Off- Broadway shows include Hello, Muddah, Hello, Fudduh, for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award, Forever Plaid, Olympus on My Mind, All in the Timing and many more.
Mr. Graae made his Metropolitan Opera House debut as featured vocalist in Twyla Tharp’s Everlast with American Ballet Theatre, and in New York City has performed his one-man show at Rainbow and Stars and Birdland, among others.
In Los Angeles, he just won his second L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award - the 2008 Joel Hirschorn Award for Oustanding Achievement in Musical Theatre. He won an Ovation Award for Forbidden Broadway Y2KLA!, an Artistic Director’s Achievement Award for Fully Committed and a Santa Barbara Indie Award for High Button Shoes. Mr. Graae originated the role of Houdini in the L.A. production of Ragtime at the Shubert Theatre. Other L.A. credits include Marcellus in The Music Man at the Hollywood Bowl, many shows at Reprise!, and Grand Hotel and The Grand Tour at The Colony.
On TV, he has appeared on dozens of shows including Six Feet Under, Rude Awakening, Friends, Frasier, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Living Single, Caroline in the City, etc. On PBS, he was a guest soloist twice with the Boston Pops and once with Marvin Hamlisch and the National Symphony on Holiday for the Troops at The Kennedy Center and recently in Words and Music by Jerry Herman.
Movies include Disney’s Home on the Range, On Edge, Gepetto, and The Dukes of Hazzard in Hollywood. He has been heard on many cartoons and for five years he was the voice of “Lucky, the Leprechaun” for Lucky Charms Cereal, a balanced part of your complete breakfast.
He made his Los Angeles Opera debut as Njegus in The Merry Widow, repeating the role with Dallas Opera, Houston Grand Opera and New Orleans Opera. Also with L.A. Opera he was featured as Offenbach in The Grand Duchess, directed by Garry Marshall. He played Frosch in Die Fledermaus with Washington National Opera and recently with San Francisco Opera.
Mr. Graae has recorded over forty CDs, including original cast albums, concerts, compilations, and his two solo CDs: You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile - Jason Graae Sings Charles Strouse, and Jason Graae LIVE at The Cinegrill (Fynsworth Alley).
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Alex Rybeck, musical director ~ Alex Rybeck is a composer, arranger, and pianist who has worked with George Abbott, Hal Prince, Tommy Tune, and Burt Bacharach.
Mr. Rybeck’s Broadway credits include: Merrily We Roll Along; Grand Hotel, Tommy Tune Tonight and Damn Yankees. His Off-Broadway experience includes Really Rosie, Dames At Sea; Wings; Flora The Red Menace and George Abbott's Tropicana.
He has served as musical director for numerous Broadway and cabaret stars, including Faith Prince, Karen Mason, Tommy Tune, Lee Roy Reams, Jeff Harnar, Debbie Gravitte, Liz and Ann Hampton Callaway, Alexandra Haas; Marni Nixon (“The Voice of Hollywood”), Rita Gardner, Metropolitan Opera star Roberta Peters, and the legendary Kitty Carlisle Hart.
Mr. Rybeck’s numerous CD’s include solo albums by Liz Callaway (Anywhere I Wander, The Story Goes On, The Beat Goes On) Liz and Hampton Callaway (Sibiing Revelry), Craig Rubano (Finishing the Act), Faith Prince (A Leap of Faith), Jeff Harnar (The 1959 Broadway Songbook, Because of You and Sammy Cahn/All the Way), and Leading Men Don't Dance, to name just a few.
Original songs include What a Funny Boy He Is (recorded by Nancy LaMott) and Sing Out (premiered by the NYC Gay Men’s Chorus at Carnegie Hall).
He holds degrees from Oberlin College and NYU (his teachers included Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Hal Prince, Comden & Green, Stephen Schwartz, and ArthurLaurents), and is a member of the Dramatists Guild and ASCAP.
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