PALM BEACH POPS With CHRISTINE ANDREAS And JOHN PAGANO

(John Pagano Is Pictured)

STARS John Pagano AND Christine Andreas TEAM TOGETHER WITH THE PALM BEACH POPS FOR "THE MUSIC OF Burt Bacharach, Cole Porter, & MORE"

BOB LAPPIN AND THE PALM BEACH POPS LIGHT UP THE STAGE WITH SONGS LIKE THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR, ALFIE, ANYTHING GOES, LET'S FALL IN LOVE AND MORE

 

Bob Lappin and The Palm Beach Pops are setting the stage for a tribute to The Music of Burt Bacharach, Cole Porter & More from November 29^th – December 5^th.The concert will feature John Pagano, Bacharach's lead singer for over 15 years and Broadway star Christine Andreas who just ended performing in La Cage Aux Folles with Kelsey Grammar. Songs that will be featured during this concert include Alfie, What The World Needs Now, Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head, Let's Fall in Love, Any Day Now and more.

 

Providence, Rhode Island native John Pagano is truly a singer's singer. As the lead vocalist in the legendary Burt Bacharach's band for 15 years, John has traveled extensively, performing in major concert venues and with numerous symphony orchestras. In addition to his ongoing association with Mr. Bacharach, John has collaborated with Grammy Award winning writer-producer Barry Mann, renowned composer-producer George Duke, George Howard, Elvis Costello, Garth Brooks, Whitney Houston, Faith Hill, Wynona Judd and David Cassidy. Along the way, John's voice caught the ear of Jerry Seinfeld, for whom he opened shows in both Las Vegas and Atlantic City. John's film credits include the Adam Sandler film "CLICK" and Jim Carrey's "Yes Man."

 

John is featured on ten albums including his recent solo release Pure Imagination which he recorded with a 40-piece orchestra at the legendary Capitol Recording Studio A in Hollywood, California. Having his friend and mentor, Burt Bacharach, play on and produce cuts on the album further enriched the experience for John. Reacting so quickly and yet so gracefully to one's surroundings requires a formidable musical intelligence and Pagano is quick to credit the 15 years that he has spent as Bacharach's lead singer. "I've learned so much from Burt...when I was younger, I thought it was all about going for it and singing as loud as you can to get people to react. But I remember him saying to me, 'You can make someone cry with the softest note.' He taught me to translate that sensitivity to the smallest gestures." Three of Bacharach's songs are featured on his album with arrangements, piano, and production on two of them provided by the master himself.

 

 

Engagements in New York at the Café Carlyle and the Algonquin's Oak Room prompted the New York Times to extol, "She delicately kills with the sheer beauty of her voice…She finds a blend of lyricism and sweet sensuality that only the finest Broadway voices can conjure." Her Carnegie Hall debut was hailed as 'brilliant', 'delicious' and 'sexy' in Variety. The LA Times called her "a mesmerizing musical presence."

 

Concerts for The Palm Beach Pops begin November 29^th at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, December 5^th at the Eissey Campus Theatre at Palm Beach State College in Palm Beach Gardens and December 1^st, 2^nd, and 4^th at the Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Center at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. Tickets start at just $29 and are available by calling 561-832-7677 or visiting www.palmbeachpops.org/bacharach.

 

The concert is sponsored by Robert and Janet Nakushian.