Mark Nadler

Tschaikowsky (And Other Russians)

In this show, Mark Nadler gives a bravura performance based on the tongue- twisting

Weill-Gershwin classic  in which 48 Russian composers are rattled  off at breakneck speed,

a remarkable lesson in history, musicology and humanity. 
                                                                                                                                                                                 

The song "Tschaikowsky (and Other Russians), a list of 48 Russian and Polish composers which was assembled by Ira Gershwin and set to music by  Kurt Weill made Danny Kaye a star overnight. Mark Nadler deconstructs this song by explaining who each of these men were, playing bits of their music and tying their lives to American popular song.This is a madcap, richly layered and ultimately deeply moving study in the nature of fame.