BARBARA BRUSSELL
A recording of her critically acclaimed show, PATTERNS, is available on CD and ranked “One of the year’s TOP TEN BEST,” by In Theater Magazine, 1998. Her newest CD “LERNER IN LOVE” made, TOP TEN CDs of 2005, by Rob Lester on TALKIN’BROADWAY.COM. Both CDS are available in stores, her website, and LMLMusic.com. She is part of the 92nd St. Y’s cast recording, “Love Life and Laughter: Kurt Weill in America.” with Andrea Marcovicci. Due 2007.
Critics have stated, “BARBARA BRUSSELL epitomizes the art of cabaret singing...a consummate singer/actress. She doesn’t just sing (a song), she inhabits it.” says BackStage’s Roy Sander. The New York Times’ Stephen Holden, writes of her Lerner show,“It ought to establish BB as a singer and story teller ready to join the dozen or so performers on cabaret’s top rung.” “... An utterly distinctive voice...her dramatic instincts give every word a purposeful intention...the California Dreamer and the New York sophisticate join hands.” Legendary cabaret singer Julie Wilson proclaims,“She is a brilliant performer. I'm inspired by her.” Andrea Marcovicci exclaims, “Don't miss Barbara Brussell!" And Rex Reed, of The New York Observer, exclaimed,"In a cabaret world...Barbara Brussell is a dream come true."
Other critically acclaimed shows include: “Love Makes the World Go Round: The Songs of Bob Merrill,” “Michael ‘Mickey’ Leonard Songbook: Variations on a Theme,” (“Best Show of the Season Award, 2001-2002,” from The New York Sheet Music Society). “From Big Sur to Broadway: Let it Be a Dance,” with poet laureate/songwriter, Ric Masten, “The Piano Bench of My Mind: Songs I’ve Been Sitting On for Far Too Long,” “Almost Like Being in Love: The Life, Loves and Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner,” “Mercer, Mercer Me, the Love and Songs of Johnny Mercer.” “The Quality of Mercer and Other Huckleberry Friends.” And for the Neue Galerie, in 2006, “A Tale of Three Cities: Paris, Berlin and New York.”
Barbara is a fourth generation Californian, born in Los Angeles and educated in the U.S. and Europe. She started dance classes at the age of three after seeing her first musical, “The King and I.” She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Music, from the Academy of Music, CA, and studied at ACT (American Conservatory Theater) in San Francisco, HB Studios in NYC. She has starred in regional and national tours of Pirates of Penzance, A Little Night Music, The Fantasticks, and Fiddler of the Roof. Please visit barbarabrussell.com.