Eric Michael Gillett

ERIC MICHAEL GILLETT

 

***NEW SHOW***

THE BEST OF MY LOVE

 

AWARD-WINNING VOCALIST AND BROADWAY ACTOR ERIC MICHAEL GILLETT RETURNS TO THE CONCERT STAGE WITH HIS FIRST ALL-NEW SOLO SHOW SINCE THE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED “HOOK, LINE & SINGER.”

 

IN “BEST OF MY LOVE”, THIS MAC & BISTRO AWARD WINNER, WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN AS THE FORMER RINGMASTER OF RINGLING BROS. CIRCUS, TAKES A WRY, MOVING, AND OCCASIONALLY HILARIOUS LOOK AT THE INTRICATE WAYS OF THE HEART AND THE UNIVERSAL PATHS WE ALL TREAD AS WE STUMBLE OUR WAY TOWARD TRUE ROMANCE. GILLETT'S REPERTOIRE FOR THIS ENGAGEMENT INCLUDES AN ECLECTIC ARRAY OF MATERIAL, FROM SONDHEIM TO RODGERS & HART, FROM JIM BRICKMAN TO STEPHEN BISHOP, FROM PORTER TO BERNSTEIN, AND BEYOND.

 

GILLETT HAS BEEN CALLED “THE GREATEST SHOWMAN IN CABARET” (SCOTT AND BARBARA SIEGEL),  “A WINNER” (TORONTO SUN), “OUTSTANDING” (DAILY VARIETY),  “THE BEST MALE VOICE IN CABARET” (THEATRE SCENE), AND “A CABARET PRESENCE TO BE RECKONED WITH” (NY POST).  THE NEW YORK TIMES SAYS, “GILLETT SHOWS A VOCAL KINSHIP WITH JOHNNY MATHIS”, WHILE CABARET SCENES REPORTS “IT'S EASY TO FATHOM THE UNIVERSAL ACCLAIM FOR ERIC'S BEAUTIFUL TENOR VOICE.”  THE LOS ANGELES TIMES ADDS, “THERE'S NO EASY-LISTENING BLANDNESS ABOUT GILLETT'S MUSCULAR TENOR OR HIS EXPRESSIVE, CELEBRATORY DELIVERY.”  OF "BEST OF MY LOVE," SHERRY EAKER, EDITOR-AT-LARGE OF BACK STAGE SAID, "THIS SHOW RAISES THE BAR OF WHAT A CABARET SHOW, OR EVEN WHAT PERFORMING IN CONCERT IN A LARGER AUDITORIUM, SHOULD BE ABOUT."

 

 

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HOOK, LINE & SINGER

 

The former circus ringmaster recalls his teenage radio days and what those Top 40 songs with their tenacious hooks meant to him.  Some of the chartbusters are kidded ("Delta Dawn," "Twilight Tone") and some are kissed ("Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'," "Almost Paradise"). Gillett has a ball singing toe-tapping pop hits from the '50s to '80s.  Joined by a band and backup vocalists, this top tenor raises his glorious voice and it's "Yesterday Once More."

 

 

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CAST OF THOUSANDS-THE SONGS OF CRAIG CARNELIA

 

GILLETT IS CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE THE FOREMOST INTERPRETER OF THIS BROADWAY AND CABARET COMPOSER’S INTRICATE AND MOVING PORTRAITS OF CONTEMPORARY LIFE.  CAST OF THOUSANDS HAS BEEN PERFORMED TO RAVE REVIEWS IN VENUES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND WEAVES A RICH TAPESTRY OF SONG AS GILLET ENACTS THE LIVES OF THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH WHOM WE INTERACT EVERY DAY BUT MAY NEVER COME TO KNOW.  FEATURING SONGS FROM CARNELIA’S ACCLAIMED SCORES FOR IS THERE LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, WORKING, THREE POSTCARDS AND CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE CABARET WORLD, “FLIGHT,” “LIFE ON EARTH” AND MANY OTHERS.

THE ORIGINAL CAST ALBUM OF THIS SHOW WAS NAMED #1 ALBUM OF THE YEAR BY IN THEATER MAGAZINE.

 

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***ALSO AVAILABLE***

IT TAKES TWO-DUETS OF THE STAGE AND SCREEN

 

TWO-ACT CONCERT FEATURING BROADWAY SINGERS ERIC MICHAEL GILLETT AND MELANIE VAUGHAN SINGING CLASSIC SONDHEIM AND GERSHIWIN STAGE DUETS COMBINED WITH CLASSIC DUETS FROM THE WORLD OF MOTION PICTURES.  REVIEWS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.