Second Act Cabaret

July 12 – 15 at 9:45pm
following performances of Shooting Star

Altar Boyz composer/lyricist Gary Adler returns for a special encore cabaret performance. Last summer, he brought his friend Howie Michael Smith from Avenue Q.  This summer Gary shares the stage with his songwriting partner Phoebe Kreutz and special guest Adam Armstrong. They are certain to have you laughing, tapping your toes and singing along as they perform songs from their musicals: past, present and future.

Contains music and laughter (sophisticated and a little bit naughty)

Artist Bios

Gary Adler is a composer and musical director based in New York. He received two 2005 Drama Desk nominations (along with Michael Patrick Walker) for his music and lyrics for the off-Broadway show Altar Boyz. As a composer, Adler has written songs for Disney Channel’s Johnny and the Sprites and Dance Dance Revolution. Gary has served as the musical director for numerous shows, most notably Avenue Q and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. At ATF Gary has served as the musical director for An Unexpected Evening with Howie Michael Smith (2010), Altar Boyz (2008), tick…tick, BOOM! (2007) and he wrote the cabaret Max & Maxine – The Coming Home Tour (1997).

Phoebe Kreutz has been singing her joke folk songs for years, traveling from Berlin to Birdland and back to the Sidewalk Cafe. She’s recorded 3 albums and has played in numerous bands, including Piaf The Eiffel Tower and The Phyllis Newman Health Initiative Dancers. An award-winning member of the BMI Musical Theater Writing Workshop, she’s written lyrics for “Johnny and the Sprites”, “Dance Dance Revolution”, “The Water Coolers” and other stuff. She’s also working on two musicals, The Dirty Hippie Jam Band Project with Dan Israel and Thanks! with Gary Adler.

What the critics have to say about Phoebe:

“The kingpin of the joke-folk genre.” – The New Yorker

“Phoebe Kreutz’s chanteusey delivery and comic writing are genuinely funny.”  – The New York Times

“Kookily cute… Adorably quirky, her voice soars over spiky strumming like a countrified Regina Spektor, using craftily contagious songs to woo the heart of the audience.”  – Skinny Mag (U.K.)