Torch Goddess

Artist: Karen Murphy
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Format: CD
SKU: RBI657102  |  Barcode: 825346571027

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Description

BISTRO Award and ENCORE Taking-Off Award winning actress, comedienne, and chanteuse Karen Murphy transports you to the sophisticated era of big bands and ballrooms, starring in Torch Goddess. In Torch Goddess, Karen Murphy recaptures the smoldering sexiness of a time when torch songs topped the Hit Parade and romance was celebrated with stolen glances by candlelight. Resplendent in a sparkling, strapless, midnight blue gown, Karen Murphy portrays the ultimate Torch Goddess. Backed by Jay Leonhart on bass, James Musto on drums/percussion and Fred Barton on keyboard, Ms. Murphy offers exciting arrangements of timeless classics such as 'Stranger In Paradise,' 'Occasional Man,' 'Cry Me a River,' and 'Steam Heat.' A compact one-hour musical tribute, Torch Goddess is for anyone who ever fell (or dreams of falling) in love. Versatile New York actress Karen Murphy returns to the cabaret stage following her recent Taking Off Award winning and critically-acclaimed performance in the musical spoof 'Zombie Prom.' ABC television proclaimed that Ms. Murphy '...invites and deserves comparisons to Carol Burnett,' and The Daily News heralded that 'Murphy steals the show, belting and camping as the zany principal.' As Ms. Murphy brings her formidable talents to the fore in Torch Goddess, theatre, music, and cabaret lovers will discover why Back Stage calls her 'a dazzling performer of exceptional talent' and The Boston Globe hails her 'broad range of talent and musical styles...magnetic stage presence...brassy self-confidence mellowed by...humor.' This production reunites Karen Murphy, Fred Barton, and Mike Oster, the three having collaborated previously at Don't Tell Mama on Murphy's BISTRO Award winning New York City cabaret debut, acclaimed by Back Stage as 'refreshingly original, beautifully structured, and graced by her fantastic voice.' Karen Murphy's additional New York cabaret credits include appearances at Rainbow & Stars with Martin Charnin and Steve Ross.

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Specifications

  • Format
    CD
  • Composers
    Jerry Ross, Ralph Blane, Ned Washington, Betty Comden, Sammy Fain, Adolph Green, Dimitri Tiomkin, Ira Gershwin, Hugh Martin, Henry Mancini, Burt Bacharach, Lester Allen, Jule Styne, Robert Wright, Robert Hill, Paul Francis Webster, André Previn, Harold Arlen, George Forrest
  • Label
  • Genre
  • Number of Discs
    1
  • Release Date
    2/8/2005

Tracks

  • 1 Stranger in Paradise
  • 2 Kiss of Fire
  • 3 The Desperate Hours
  • 4 Gotta Have Me Go with You
  • 5 Secret Love
  • 6 An Occasional Man
  • 7 High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)
  • 8 Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
  • 9 Thanks a Lot, But No Thanks
  • 10 How Did He Look/Cry Me a River
  • 11 Steam Heat
  • 12 Bye Bye (Theme from Peter Gunn)
  • 13 Just in Time