Updated 11 June 2026
ABOUT ME
Lawyer; musician (piano and other keyboards). Contact me at the following e-mail address (remove "NO" and "SPAM" from address before sending): atangNO@aya.yale.eduSPAM.
Pianist ALEX TANG has played for productions and concerts at the Kennedy Center, Smithsonian, Arena Stage, Signature Theatre, Studio Theatre, National Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre, Warner Theatre, Ford's Theatre, Source Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, The Anthem, National Gallery of Art, Library of Congress, DAR Constitution Hall, Atlas Performing Arts Center, Wolf Trap, Strathmore, Baltimore Hippodrome and Opera House, Town Hall and Lincoln Center (NYC), Fox Theatre (Atlanta), PBS, and the TODAY Show (NBC), performing with a wide variety of orchestral, opera, chamber, and cabaret groups and artists. He has played locally for the national tours of Mamma Mia!, Cats, Cabaret (w/Teri Hatcher and Norbert Leo Butz), Big River, Hairspray, The Lion King, Legally Blonde, Wicked, Disney's Beauty & The Beast, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, Matilda, Something Rotten!, Les Misérables, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Anastasia, Miss Saigon, My Fair Lady, Ain't Too Proud (Temptations), Beautiful (Carole King), The Prom, Mean Girls, Into the Woods, Company, Funny Girl, Back to the Future, & Juliet, Parade, Sound of Music, and for world premieres of works by Broadway composers Kander & Ebb (Over & Over), Michael John LaChiusa (The Highest Yellow, Giant), and Tom Kitt & Brian Yorkey (If/Then, w/Idina Menzel). He has accompanied TV/Broadway performers and Tony winners such as Debbie Allen (Fame, Sweet Charity), Laura Osnes (Cinderella), Elaine Paige (London's West End), John Raitt (Carousel), Laura Benanti (Gypsy, Sound of Music, She Loves Me), Anthony Rapp (Rent), Heidi Blickenstaff (Little Mermaid, [title of show]), Nicholas Rodriguez (Tarzan, One Life to Live), Ali Stroker (Glee Project, Spring Awakening, Oklahoma!), Cheyenne Jackson (Xanadu, Glee), Santino Fontana (Frozen, Tootsie), Tony Yazbeck (On The Town), Erika Henningsen, Kyle Selig & Ashley Park (Mean Girls), Corey Cott (Newsies), Alex Brightman (Beetlejuice, School of Rock), Beth Malone (Fun Home), LaChanze (The Color Purple, Once on This Island), Alysha Umphress (On the Town, On A Clear Day), Megan Hilty (Smash, Wicked), Stephanie Mills (The Wiz), Il Divo (feat. Lea Salonga), Paulo Szot (South Pacific), performed in concert with Dionne Warwick, Laufey, Andrea Bocelli, Denyce Graves, and played for the pre-Broadway tryouts of Kander & Ebb's The Visit (Signature, w/Chita Rivera, George Hearn), and pre-Broadway revivals of Gigi, Spamalot (Kennedy Center), and Evita (Shakespeare). He was the music director of the Smithsonian's gala concert for the centenary of Broadway composer Richard Rodgers, and a staff accompanist and member of the Opera House Orchestra (Passion, with Michael Cerveris, Judy Kuhn) for the Kennedy Center's acclaimed Sondheim Celebration. He was a pianist-conductor for the area premieres of Last Five Years (Metrostage), the Helen Hayes Award-winning production of Urinetown (Signature), and Adding Machine: A Musical and Passing Strange (Studio). Currently, he is principal pianist for the American Pops Orchestra and has served on the faculty of The Theatre Lab. He also regularly plays open mics and performances with the D.C. Cabaret Network and Capital Cabaret, and is associate pianist with the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC (GMCW), whom he accompanied on their historic concert tour of Cuba. Previously, he accompanied the Lesbian & Gay Chorus of Washington (LGCW), also producing their premiere CD. In his other life, he is a full-time lawyer who has served on the advisory boards of the Thomas Circle Singers (Washingtonians of the Year), Liz Lerman Dance Exchange (MacArthur Foundation Award), and GAYLAW (now LGBT Bar Ass'n of DC). Musical training: Juilliard (Pre-College Div.); Yale (B.A. with honors). Member, Local 161-710, Amer. Fed. of Musicians.
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CURRENT AND UPCOMING
RECURRING: Mons., resuming Jan. 5, 2026, 7-9pm: Rehearsal pianist for Potomac Fever, select a cappella ensemble of the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC, St. Thomas' Parish, 1517 18th St. NW, Washington, DC.
RECURRING: Alternating Tues., resuming Jan., 9pm: Rehearsal accompanist, Capitol Hill Chorale, Lutheran Church of the Reformation, East Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC.
2026
Wed., June 17, through Sun., June 28, 2026: Keyboard sub for selected performances, national tour of MOULIN ROUGE, Kennedy Center, Opera House, Washington, DC. Playing 6/21 mat., 6/23. 6/24. 6/27 mat.
Wed., June 17, 2026, 8-11pm: Play open mic, hosted by the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, Crush Dance Bar (new location), 2007 14th St NW, Washington, DC (U Street-Cardozo Metro (Green Line)). Free!
Sat., June 20, 2026, 8pm: Broadway in the Park, ft. Titus Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) and Heather Headley (Aida, Lion King), presented by Signature Theatre and Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna, VA.
Mon., July 13, 2026, 7-9pm: Accompany open mic, sponsored by Capital Cabaret, at Barrel House Cafe & Bar, 1341 14th St. NW, Washington, DC. Free, sign-up starts at 6:30pm.
Wed., July 15, 2026, 8-11pm: Play open mic, hosted by the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, Crush Dance Bar (new location), 2007 14th St NW, Washington, DC (U Street-Cardozo Metro (Green Line)). Free!
Thurs., July 16, 2026, 7pm: Play master class ft. Matt DeAngelis (Waitress, Swept Away, Hair), sponsored by Theatre Lab, Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC.
Wed., Aug. 19, 2026, 8-11pm: Play open mic, hosted by the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, Crush Dance Bar (new location), 2007 14th St NW, Washington, DC (U Street-Cardozo Metro (Green Line)). Free!
Sat. eve., Sept. 26, 2026: Accompany cabaret performance by Jennifer Timberlake, location TBD.
Sat., Oct. 24, 2026, 2, 5, & 8pm: Music director, "Heated Revelry," annual cabaret featuring soloists from the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC, Keegan Theatre, 1742 Church Street NW, Washington, DC (Dupont Circle).
Sun., Nov. 8, 2026, 5pm: Theatre Lab Annual Cabaret Benefit Dinner and Auction Benefit, Ritz-Carlton, 1150 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC. I will be delivering prepared remarks as the organization's 2026 honoree.
2027
Tues. eve., Apr. 20, 2027: Music director, Rachel Potter (Wicked) and friends in concert, "In The Room Where It Happened," Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC.
Past
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