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| Alan Cumming visits Strathmore, February 14th |
From our friends at Strathmore...
Strathmore Presents Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs
‘Bawdy countercultural sprite’ feels things, sings about them in Valentine’s Day cabaret
Schmaltzy. Bitter. Corny. Vindictive. Moonstruck. Tempestuous. Alan Cumming takes doe-eyed lovers on a fantastical arc from the throes of love to unrequited desire in a Valentine’s Day cabaret dripping with feelings in Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs on Sunday, February 14, 2016 at 8 PM in the Music Center at Strathmore. The eclectic Tony winner, best known for his star turns as the Emcee in the Broadway revival of Cabaret and Eli Gold on the hit series The Good Wife, traverses songs from the likes of Annie Lennox, Elaine Stritch, Adele, Keane, and Rufus Wainwright “with tremendous theatrical authority” (The New York Times.) The evening of song and comical banter is backed by his Emmy-winning Musical Director Lance Horne and cellist Eleanor Norton. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (301) 581-5100 or visit www.strathmore.org.
Alan Cumming is an actor and activist, identified by The New York Times as, “a bawdy countercultural sprite.” Time named him one of the most fun people in show business. Cumming’s diverse career has found him performing at venues around the globe, including the Sydney Opera House; making back-to-back films with Stanley Kubrick and The Spice Girls; directing and starring in a musical condom commercial; creating voices of a Smurf, a goat, and Hitler; entering upside down and suspended by his ankles in a Greek tragedy (in the National Theatre of Scotland’s The Bacchae); and recording an award-winning album of songs (plus a dance remix.)
Cumming is also host of PBS’s Masterpiece Mystery and appears opposite Lisa Kudrow in Showtime’s Web Therapy. Cumming has written for The New York Times, Newsweek, Harper’s Bazaar, Out, has a bi-monthly column for Globe and Mail, and two books: Tommy’s Tale and The New York Times bestselling memoir, Not My Father’s Son.
A tireless champion for LGBT civil rights and the fight against HIV/AIDS, Cumming serves on the Board of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and works closely with amfAR, The Trevor Project, and the Ali Forney Center. In 2009, Cumming was made an OBE in the Queen’s Honors List and by his homeland, Scotland, for which he was a vocal supporter of the YES for Independence campaign. Cumming has been awarded the Great Scot and Icon of Scotland awards, and recently had his portrait unveiled at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Strathmore Presents
Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs
Sunday, February 14, 2016
8 PM
Sunday, February 14, 2016
8 PM
Tickets $35-$85
Music Center at Strathmore
5301 Tuckerman Lane
North Bethesda, MD 20852
For additional information or to purchase tickets, visit www.strathmore.org or call (301) 581-5100.
About Strathmore:
Strathmore presents and produces exemplary visual and performing arts programs for diverse audiences; creates dynamic arts education experiences; and nurtures creative ideas and conversations that advance the future of the arts. The organization’s hallmark is the Music Center at Strathmore, with a 1,976-seat concert hall and education complex. Its core campus also includes the historic Mansion at Strathmore, which features an intimate Music Room and art galleries. Most recently, Strathmore opened AMP, a 250-seat cabaret-style venue located just up Rockville Pike from the core campus in the burgeoning Pike District of Montgomery County. Strathmore’s signature education, mission-driven programs include the Strathmore Student Concerts, the Artist in Residence and Fine Artist in Residence programs, and its Spring Break @ Strathmore camp.
