sallydarling

Sally's background in theater and related areas is rich and varied: actress, director, coach, narrator, cabaret performer. Her first professional role as an actress was 'Anna' in "the King and I" with Leonard Graves. (As Yul Brynner's understudy, he played the King over a thousand times on Broadway.) She has since performed with Barry Manilow, James MacArthur, David Carradine, Katharine Houghton, Sarah Rice, Hal Linden...... She has staged operas, narrated with symphony orchestras, and directed everything from Thurber to Shakespeare. In the '70s she created and staged three revues of the music of Noel Coward and Cole Porter, then created a fourth for the Theater Guild which she tailored for Patricia Morison, Larry Kert, Dick Shawn and Tony Tanner. As a narrator for The Talking Book program of The Library of Congress and for Recorded Books, Sally has over 250 fiction and non-fiction books on tape, including "To Kill a Mockingbird" for Recorded Books, for which she was chosen over more than 100 applicants. She has won awards for her compelling voice and her unmatched interpretive skills. In 2005 she collaborated with the late Paul Trueblood on a cabaret program, "Noël and Cole". Since then she has created 11 completely new shows, four more with Paul and now seven (and counting!) with Matthew Martin Ward, with whom she's found not only a bond but a strong rapport. Paul started her on the cabaret path; Matthew has taken her ever further. To both she is forever grateful. AWARDS: *2016 MAC Hanson Award *2017 Bistro Award. Tribute Show, "Totally Noel" *2016, 2017, 2018 MAC Award nominee TheaterScene described her remarkable ability this way: "She made the lyrics come alive with her great interpretive skills." SallyDarling.net