Broadway Sings P!nk was held Jan. 19 at 8 PM at the Highline Ballroom. The group's second concert will be offered Jan. 25 at 9 PM at (le) Poisson Rouge.
P!nk is the seventh installment in the Broadway Sings… concert series. Previous artists featured include Adele, Michael Jackson, Beyoncé, Stevie Wonder, Amy Winehouse and Justin Timberlake.
Performers include Gisela Adisa (Beautiful), Hall (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Kinky Boots), Jessica Hendy (Aida, Cats), Eric Michael Krop (Godspell), Margherita (Matilda the Musical), Chelsea Packard (Hands on a Hardbody, Wicked), Kyle Post (Kinky Boots, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark), Gabrielle Reid (Beautiful, Hairspray), Kate Rockwell (Rock of Ages, Legally Blonde), Mike Schwitter (Pippin, Book of Mormon), Kate Shindle (Legally Blonde, Cabaret) Anita Welch (Avenue Q), Lauren Zakrin (Rock of Ages), Christine Dwyer (Wicked), Colin Hanlon (Rent), Carly Hughes (Pippin, Beautiful), Mach (Hands on a Hardbody, Godspell), Ciara Renée (Pippin, Big Fish), Zak Resnick (Mamma Mia!) and Natalie Weiss (Everyday Rapture). Zakrin performed Jan. 19 only, and Rockwell will perform Jan. 25 only.
According to press notes, "More than 20 Broadway performers will be accompanied by a full band playing brand new, original orchestrations of the singer's greatest songs. The concert will feature cover songs to celebrate the legend's iconic, theatrical songs, including 'Sober,' 'Just Like a Pill,' 'Lady Marmalade,' 'So What' and 'Just Give Me a Reason.' The music will be orchestrated and arranged by Joshua Stephen Kartes."
P!nk has released seven albums since 2000, selling more than 51 million copies and 95 million singles worldwide. She has received three Grammy Awards, a Brit Award and six MTV Video Music Awards. Mach (Hands on a Hardbody, Wicked, Godspell) produces and directs.
(le) Poisson Rouge is located at 158 Bleecker Street. Tickets are $25/$30 or $15 with a student ID (day of show only). For tickets, call (212) 505-3474 or visit lePoissonRouge.com.
Lena Hall: "Misery." P!nk and Steven Tyler!!!
Lesli Margherita: "Stupid Girls." Outcasts and girls with ambition — that's what I wanna see.
Corey Mach: This tour video of "Sober" is P!NK to a T for me. Flying around an arena on a trapeze and rope swings while belting her F'ing face off. So unbelievably theatrical and thrilling.
Kyle Post: "So What." When I saw her "Truth About Love" tour last year and she flew around the Barclays à la Spider Man Turn Off The Dark, while singing LIVE in a unitard and six-inch heels, she made it next to impossible for anyone to top her in my book.
Christine Dwyer: P!nk singing "Dear Mr. President" — love and acoustic!! One of my absolute favorite songs of hers, and I just loved how raspy and rock 'n' roll she sounds here.
Kate Shindle: "Glitter In the Air." This Grammy performance is EVERYTHING. She really did that.
Gabrielle Reid: "Try" from AMAs 2012 proved she is the queen of BADASSARY.
Gisela Adisa: My fave P!nk video is most definitely the one she and her family did for "True Love" — it's so cool that she shared this vignette of her life — her old man, the little nugget and the circus life that comes with being a rock star. And, the clips where she and her hubby are lobbing fistfuls of rose petals at each other cracks me up.
Anita Welch: "F**Kin' Perfect" is my favorite. I love this song!!!! I love the lyrics; this song makes me feel good!
Mike Schwitter: P!nk's "So What" at the 2008 MTV Awards. I try to wake up each morning with the same attitude. (Including pushing the guy down the subway stairs. Rush hour, AMIRIGHT?)
Jessica Hendy: I'm gonna have to go with P!nk singing "Lady Marmalade." Such a fun version of the song and a great way to ask someone to sleep with you! Hahaha!!! Plus her top hat and glitter bra ROCK!
