Experience Broadway talent in an intimate, underground nightclub setting!
Studio Tenn Theatre Company and Tennessee Performing Arts Center® present A Cabaret Experience, a three-show summer series of cabaret performances exploring the intersection of song and soul and featuring towering talents of Broadway with unique perspectives. Three individual evenings blend the music of Broadway with the stories behind the songs, presented with performers and audience members together in an intimate cabaret setting. The series includes two-time Tony Award® winner Kate Baldwin’s Sing Pretty, Don’t Fall Down, The Lion King royalty Alton Fitzgerald White’s Broadway My Way, and a magical new cabaret creation, Pink Goes Good with Green, with Wicked stars Kara Lindsay and Teal Wicks.
with Broadway’s Kate Baldwin
Music Direction by John McDaniel
As Kate Baldwin nervously stood backstage before a performance in college, her professor whispered, “Sing pretty. Don’t fall down.” She’s managed to do both throughout her journey from Northwestern theatre student to one of Broadway’s most beloved leading ladies. Now, she brings her cabaret show named after that same advice, SING PRETTY, DON’T FALL DOWN, to Nashville as part of Studio Tenn and TPAC’s summer cabaret series. With music direction by John McDaniel, the two-time Tony nominee with the “velvety soprano” (Entertainment Weekly) blends stories, music, and humor to share the lessons learned in her journey from college student to budding professional to one of Broadway’s honored leading ladies.
Kate Baldwin
Baldwin starred as Irene Molloy opposite Bette Midler, David Hyde Pierce and Gavin Creel in the hit Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly!, for which she was nominated for the Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critic’s Circle Awards. She originated the role of Sandra Bloom in Big Fish on Broadway and earned accolades and a Drama Desk Award nomination for her work as Leslie Lynnton Benedict in Michael John LaChiusa’s Giant at The Public Theatre. She received a Drama Desk Award nomination for her role as Jen in Keen Company’s 20th Anniversary revival of Andrew Lippa and Tom Greenwald’s John & Jen. She garnered critical acclaim and a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Tom Kitt and John Logan’s Superhero at Second Stage. Her starring role in the 2009 revival of Yip Harburg’s and Burton Lane’s classic musical Finian’s Rainbow drew Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critic’s Circle Award nominations and put her on the map as “a real musical theatre star” (New York Post). Baldwin has appeared in the Broadway casts of The Full Monty, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Wonderful Town. She starred in The King and I at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (San Francisco, Detroit, Toronto), The Women at The Old Globe, Henry V at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, She Loves Me at the Willliamstown Theatre Festival, and The Music Man and South Pacific at Arena Stage, earning a Helen Hayes Award nomination. She drew raves for her portrayal of Francesca Johnson in The Bridges of Madison County, directed by original cast member Hunter Foster, and for her turn as Dorothy Brock in 42nd Street at Goodspeed Opera House directed by original creator Randy Skinner.
John McDaniel
John McDaniel is a Grammy and Emmy Award winning Music Director, Composer, Director, Arranger, Orchestrator, and Producer and is an Artistic Director at the Tony Award-winning Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. Most recently, McDaniel arranged, orchestrated, and was the Music Director for Carol Burnett’s 90th Birthday Special on NBC, which won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Primetime Variety Special. McDaniel participated in a live Playbill concert event in Times Square, featuring Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jessica Vos, and Senator Chuck Schumer. He composed, produced, and directed a virtual concert of Sticks & Stones starring Audra McDonald and Javier Muñoz. He is also a camp director of Kristin Chenoweth’s Broadway Boot Camp. McDaniel directed Into The Woods and Hair in concert at the historic Patchogue Theater, Sondheim Originals at 54 Below, and Piano Men at Birdland. Broadway credits include Bonnie and Clyde (Drama Desk Nomination, Best Orchestrations), Catch Me If You Can, Brooklyn (Producer and Orchestrator), Annie Get Your Gun (Grammy Award), Taboo, Chicago, Grease, Patti LuPone on Broadway, and Company – the Original Cast in Concert at Lincoln Center. On Television: The Rosie O’Donnell Show (2 Emmy Awards & 8 nominations). He has collaborated with Cab Calloway, Shirley MacLaine, George Burns, Joel Grey, Betty Buckley, Bette Midler, Shirley Jones, and Katy Perry, and he has guest-conducted at 15 symphony orchestras across America, including 5 concerts with his hometown St. Louis Symphony. McDaniel received a BFA in Drama from Carnegie Mellon University.
with Kara Lindsay and Teal Wicks
Conceived by Patrick Cassidy
In PINK GOES GOOD WITH GREEN, two “wicked” witches give you a peek behind the emerald curtain with personal, out of the bubble, off the broom tales about what it was like to visit Oz night after night on Broadway. In a new cabaret experience conceived by Patrick Cassidy, Studio Tenn’s artistic director, hear heartwarming stories from Kara Lindsay, during her time in pink as Glinda the Good Witch, and Teal Wicks as she was glammed up in green as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West. Together they’ll create on-stage magic as they look back on the show that changed them and audiences “for good.”
Kara Lindsay
Kara Lindsay previously performed the role of Glinda in the Broadway company and national tour of Wicked. She appeared in the original Broadway company of Newsies as Katherine; a performance captured for Disney & Fathom Events on the stage of the Hollywood Pantages Theatre. She also appeared in the Broadway company of Beautiful as Cynthia Weil and in the National Tour and Guthrie Theatre productions of Little House on the Prairie as Laura. Regional credits include Paper Mill Playhouse (Newsies, Little House on the Prairie); North Carolina Theatre (Mary Poppins); Kansas City Starlight (Cinderella); Kansas City Rep (Sally Bowles in Cabaret); The 5th Avenue Theatre (Lone Star Love); and Geva Theatre Center (A Christmas Carol), among others.
Teal Wicks
On Broadway, Teal Wicks originated the roles of Lady in The Cher Show, Mary Barrie in Finding Neverland, and Emma Carew in the revival of Jekyll & Hyde. She made her Broadway debut as Elphaba in Wicked after playing the role to critical acclaim
in the Los Angeles and San Francisco companies. Teal has created lead roles in various productions Off-Broadway and across the US, including The Ballad of Little Jo (Two River Theatre), The Blue Flower (Second Stage/A.R.T.), Piece of My Heart: The Bert Berns Story (Signature Theatre), Life of the Party (Theatreworks, w/ Andrew Lippa), and Fahrenheit 451 (59E59). TV Credits include NCIS: New Orleans, Evil, Elementary, The Good Wife, and Chicago Justice.
Patrick Cassidy
Since becoming Studio Tenn’s artistic director in fall 2019, Patrick Cassidy has directed acclaimed productions of Million Dollar Quartet, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, and Elton John & Tim Rice’s Aida; directed Sally Struthers, Kathie Lee Gifford, and Conrad John Schuck in Love Letters; and produced the hit shows Camelot, A Christmas Carol, Steel Magnolias, Smoke on the Mountain, The Sound of Music, and the regional premiere of the new Dolly Parton musical Here You Come Again. He created the star studded Studio Tenn Talks, interviewing luminaries like Stephen Sondheim, Patti LuPone, and Audra McDonald, and teamed with the non-profit Tennessee Performing Arts Center to launch Cabaret On Stage, featuring intimate concerts with Broadway stars like Norm Lewis, Shoshana Bean, Adam Pascal, Susan Egan, and Kristin Chenoweth. Cassidy masterminded Studio Tenn’s One Night Only galas Broadway’s Big Top, Fosse, Rodgers & Hammerstein, and Fall Fundraiser concerts with Shaun Cassidy, Michael Feinstein, and Jason Alexander. He also directed and starred in The Music Man at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.; produced Beauty and the Beast, Shrek, Matilda, Dreamgirls, West Side Story, and The Music Man as artistic director at 5-Star Theatricals in Southern California; and produced and starred in Have You Met Miss Jones?, a musical valentine to his mom. For Las Vegas’ Wynn Hotel, he was resident director of ShowStoppers and acting coach for the aquatic production show Le Réve. Before moving behind the scenes, he followed in the footsteps of his parents, Academy Award winner Shirley Jones and Tony Award winner Jack Cassidy, forging a four decade career on Broadway, film, and television. Cassidy’s greatest accomplishments are his sons, Cole and Jack, and his marriage of 29 years to his wife, Nashville Ballet faculty member Melissa Hurley Cassidy.
with Alton Fitzgerald White
Music Direction by John McDaniel
Broadway’s Alton Fitzgerald White is a triple talented singer, actor, and dancer who has performed the role of Mufasa in Disney’s The Lion King a record-breaking 4,308 times. Now, the pride lands royalty known for captivating audiences with his silky smooth baritone brings his cabaret show, BROADWAY MY WAY, to Nashville as part of Studio Tenn and TPAC’s summer cabaret series. With music direction by John McDaniel, White’s unique show is an evening with Broadway’s best, featuring songs from characters he has played and interpretations of his favorite music by Stephen Sondheim, Alan Menken, and Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty, along with crowd pleasing surprises.
Alton Fitzgerald White made his starring Broadway debut as John in Miss Saigon with his powerful performance of “Bui Doi” bringing nightly ovations. He then demonstrated his vocal versatility as The Hawker in The Who’s Tommy and dazzled audiences in Smokey Joe’s Café, eventually making his West End debut in the original London Company. He starred as Coalhouse Walker Jr. in the pre-Broadway original company in Toronto of Ragtime: The Musical opposite Audra McDonald, the critically acclaimed national tour, and the Broadway company opposite LaChanze. White originated the role of Mufasa in the First National Tour of Disney’s The Lion King, and after a year of touring, was invited to take over the role in the Broadway company. Disney invited White to re-create the role for a sit-down company at The Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas before he again joined the Broadway company. After a record-breaking 4,308 performances, White authored MY PRIDE: Mastering Life’s Daily Performance, a best selling inspirational biography filled with secrets to fulfillment and joy in work and life published by Disney Editions. In October 2012, White released his critically acclaimed album, Disney My Way!, full of re-imagined Disney classics. In addition to performing in concerts around the world, voice-overs, and commercials, White has guest starred on Dexter: New Blood (Showtime), Manifest (Netflix), The Black List (NBC), Dear Edward (Apple TV), Let the Right One In (Showtime), The Girls on the Bus (MAX), Powerbook II: Ghost (STARZ), Mindhunter (Netflix), Madam Secretary (CBS), Bull (CBS), The Good Fight (Paramount), Elementary (CBS), Law and Order SVU (NBC), Code Black (CBS), and RENT Live on FOX. In film, White has appeared opposite Nicole Kidman, Marcia Gay Harden, and Sam Elliott, and he is featured in The Invention of Lying and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Recently, White made his directorial debut and starred in the US Premiere of Ragtime Symphonic, an exciting new version of the Tony Award winning hit Ragtime: The Musical with The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.
Alton Fitzgerald White
John McDaniel
John McDaniel is a Grammy and Emmy Award winning Music Director, Composer, Director, Arranger, Orchestrator, and Producer and is an Artistic Director at the Tony Award-winning Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. Most recently, McDaniel arranged,
orchestrated, and was the Music Director for Carol Burnett’s 90th Birthday Special on NBC, which won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Primetime Variety Special. McDaniel participated in a live Playbill concert event in Times Square, featuring Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jessica Vos, and Senator Chuck Schumer. He composed, produced, and directed a virtual concert of Sticks & Stones starring Audra McDonald and Javier Muñoz. He is also a camp director of Kristin Chenoweth’s Broadway Boot Camp. McDaniel directed Into The Woods and Hair in concert at the historic Patchogue Theater, Sondheim Originals at 54 Below, and Piano Men at Birdland. Broadway credits include Bonnie and Clyde (Drama Desk Nomination, Best Orchestrations), Catch Me If You Can, Brooklyn (Producer and Orchestrator), Annie Get Your Gun (Grammy Award), Taboo, Chicago, Grease, Patti LuPone on Broadway, and Company – the Original Cast in Concert at Lincoln Center. On Television: The Rosie O’Donnell Show (2 Emmy Awards & 8 nominations). He has collaborated with Cab Calloway, Shirley MacLaine, George Burns, Joel Grey, Betty Buckley, Bette Midler, Shirley Jones, and Katy Perry, and he has guest-conducted at 15 symphony orchestras across America, including 5 concerts with his hometown St. Louis Symphony. McDaniel received a BFA in Drama from Carnegie Mellon University.