• Jul 14, 2010 from 3:00pm to 4:15pm
  • Location: Joe's Pub
  • Latest Activity: Aug 21, 2019
"An enchanting performer who sings with heart stirring transparency and possesses Piaf's spirit as well as the throbbing mixture of steel and cotton in the voice." - Charles Isherwood, The New York Times“It takes a brave singer to take on the Edith Piaf songbook. It takes a special one to pull it off so heart-piercingly.” - Adam Feldman, Time Out New York.Piano and Musical Direction Eric SvejcarViolin Deni BonetCello Jim PedersonBass Steve GilewskiAccordion Art BaileyGay Marshall, a BILLBOARD Top World Music Artist, reprises her smashing concert - PIAF: Queen of Heart - at Joe’s Pub on Bastille Day, July 14 at 7:00 PM. Gay Marshall has been enchanting audiences with her extraordinary take on the late French icon: a celebration rather than an imitation, Gay presents Piaf as a versatile powerhouse of heartwarming and heartbreaking emotion, full of personality and humor.As Marshall told NPR’s Scott Simon recently, “Piaf is always portrayed as ‘the poor thing,’” “… but I find her much more magic than tragic.”PIAF: Queen of Heart is based on Marshall’s CD, Gay Marshall Sings Piaf, La Vie l’Amour, which listed in BILLBOARD in January 2010 as a #12 Hot Shot Debut. Marshall's previous engagement of PIAF: Queen of Heart had audiences on their feet every night, and landed her on Time Out's 2009 10 Best music list. “It takes a brave singer to take on the Edith Piaf songbook,” wrote Adam Feldman of Time Out New York, “it takes a special one to pull it off so heart-piercingly.”Marshall delivers the dramatic repertoire – including her own English adaptations – with an unusual mix of the well known (L’Accordeoniste and Padam Padam) and the rare (Avec Ce Soleil and The Lady From Pigalle), accompanied by a superb five piece ensemble led by Eric Svejcar. The original arrangements by Marshall and Paul Bevan put a modern twist on a classical theme. BistroAwards.com praised the way Marshall “fiercely inhabits every song.” Cabaret Scenes described her as “mesmerizing,” and wrote “Gay Marshall amazes at every turn as she embodies the passion, spirit, joy, humor and tragedy of Piaf.”Marshall played Diana Morales in A Chorus Line on Broadway, created Grizabella in the French production of Cats, and has written and performed two one woman shows which have played at theaters in Paris as well as the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Missouri Rep, The Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival and the Victory Theater. She has worked frequently in European theater since falling in love with French photographer, Jean-Louis Blondeau (Man On Wire). Lately, Marshall re-captured the attention of New York audiences with her performance in the Zipper Theater’s revival of ‘Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris.’ Charles Isherwood wrote of Marshall in the New York Times, “To hear her sing Brel's despairing ‘Ne Me Quitte Pas,’ ….is to experience Brel's art in its purest and most persuasive form.”Marshall, who began a singing career with her own Dixieland band in her home town of Cleveland, Ohio, is currently completing production on a new CD of her favorite 20’s and 30’s blues tunes inspired by that experience. $25
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