CABARET THEATRE on the campus of the College of the Florida Keys BOBBY in the Lobby “They say it’s Wonderful” Irving Berlin THE SONGS OF February 23 & 24, 2025 presented with support from Steve & Dodee Black
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presents Bobby Nesbitt in Bobby in the Lobby “They say it’s Wonderful— The Songs Of Irving Berlin” featuring Susan Richard Powell White Lighting Design Anthony Palmer Sound Design Matthew Rawls February 23 & 24, 2025
American Songbook. Originally from Rochester NY, he was trained at an early age in classical piano. But Beethoven and Grieg were soon replaced by Berlin and Gershwin as he discovered and concentrated on the masters of 20th Century song. From London’s Savoy Hotel, where he had a one year engagement as the first American performer in the famed American Bar, to a three year stint at the Fairmont in San Francisco, as well as residencies at Harry’s New York Bar in Berlin and Pussers Bar in Munich, Bobby has traveled the world performing for enthusiastic audiences. His CD “Big Time” was one of 25 selected by the music director of the Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City to be included in the Olympic Games Music Library. Since 2006, Bobby has written and performed a series of shows for the Tennessee Williams Theater, the popular Bobby in the Lobby series, a combination lecture/concert with stories and songs focusing on one songwriter per show. He has done intensive research for these shows and audiences hear stories about the familiar and beloved songs and look at them in a new light. He has performed these shows literally around the world on the luxury cruise lines Regent and Seabourn. He has also performed at the Metropolitan Museum in NYC, the National Arts Club of NYC, and the Arts Club of Chicago. In 2010, Bobby started a new series at the Harry S Truman Little White House in Key West. Set in the Trumans’ living room, Bobby performs on Harry’s piano and sings the songs of the Truman era, while giving a history lesson at the same time. Bobby is an entertainer of the old school, no drum machines, tracks, synthesizers. Just piano and voice, performing the songs of the masters of American songwriting. SUSAN POWELL was born and raised in Elk City, Oklahoma and in September of 1980 she was named Miss America 1981. In the years following Susan has appeared before audiences in theatres, opera houses and concert halls all over the world. For 12 seasons, Miss Powell hosted her own one hour series called HOME MATTERS on The Discovery Channel. Off-Broadway Susan starred as Alcamene in OLYMPUS ON MY MIND. She made her operatic debut as Adele in DIE FLEDERMAUS with the Seattle Opera and debuted at the New York City Opera as Johanna in Harold Prince’s production of SWEENEY TODD. She has been the featured soloist with numerous symphonies, including The Boston Pops, Philadelphia,
City, Richmond, Omaha and Chicago. Susan made her Carnegie Hall Debut in 2017. She is most proud of recent performances as Sally in FOLLIES, Abigail Adams in 1776, Lilly/Kate in KISS ME KATE, Dorothy Brock in 42nd STREET and Desiree in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. She is featured on the cast recordings of OLYMPUS ON MY MIND and FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN. Susan lives in New York City with her husband, Richard White. RICHARD WHITE is familiar to audiences the world over as the voice of the villain, “Gaston,” in the critically acclaimed animated feature film, Beauty and the Beast, which earned him a Platinum record, a Grammy Award, and the opportunity to sing on the 64th Annual Academy Awards telecast. Richard made his Broadway debut as Joey in The Most Happy Fella and was most recently seen on Broadway in Jekyll and Hyde and Gigi. He toured nationally in the Tony Award winning musical, Urinetown, Jekyll and Hyde, and with Robert Goulet in Camelot, and Yul Brynner in The King and I. He appeared in the New York revivals of Brigadoon as Tommy and South Pacific as Lieutenant Cable. He starred opposite Estelle Parsons in the Off-Broadway production of Elizabeth and Essex and as George Kirby in Jerry Sterner’s Topper. Richard created the title role in the Maury Yeston/ Arthur Kopit Phantom and can be heard in that role on the Premier Cast Recording. Television audiences have seen his performance as Gaylord Ravinal in Showboat and Robert Mission in The New moon telecast on PBS Great Performances. Regionally, Richard has been seen in such roles as Starbuck in 110 in the Shade, Carl-Magnus in A Little Night Music, Billy Bigelow in Carousel, Jefferson, Lee, Dickinson, and Rutledge in 1776, Fred Graham in Kiss Me Kate, Paul in Carnival, Curley in Oklahoma!, and Count Danilo in The Merry Widow. Richard was also seen as Richard Henry Lee in the Goodspeed and Guthrie Theaters’ productions of 1776. He has performed as a guest soloist in concert at Carnegie Hall and from coast to coast with the Florida and Los Angeles Philharmonics, Chicago, Cincinnati, Kalamazoo, Long Beach, Chattanooga, Indianapolis, Honolulu, and Huntsville Symphonies in addition to three appearances at the Hollywood Bowl. Richard has been on stage with his wife, Susan Powell, in numerous theatrical productions as well as concerts including The New Japan Philharmonic in Tokyo. He currently resides with Susan in New York City.
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