Paul Hope is famed for bringing the Great American Songbook to Houston, previously by BAYOU CITY CONCERT MUSICALS. He is back in new capacity to continue the popular cabaret series in Rice Village at the intimate Ovations Night Club.
“The Songwriter’s Songwriter”- this is what his colleagues said of HAROLD ARLEN. No American Songwriter has written the sheet number of immortal songs and not become a household name, even after composing the songs for THE WIZARD OF OZ.
That Old Black Magic is just one of Arlen’s hit parades from this period. One for My Baby, When the Sun Comes Out, Happiness is just a Thing Called Joe, This Time the Dream’s On Me...this is only a partial list! Beloved by singers from Sinasta to Streisand, Bennett to Garlant to Fitzgerald, Arlen’s music, be it for Hollywood or Broadway, has become a huge presence in our American musical life.
The CAST will include returning regulars SETH CUNNINGHAM, GRACE GIVENS, BRIAN CHAMBERS, TAMARA SILER, and WHITNEY ZANGARINE. We also have an exciting newcomers joining us, BRAD GOERTZ and AMANDA PASSANANTE. They are all marvelous performers, and we are once again thrilled to present some of Houston's finest musical theatre talent. MUSIC DIRECTION is once again under the very talented EDUARDO GUZMAN. We are thrilled to return to Ovations Night Club, Houston's premiere cabaret space.