Updated 24 July 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, Spamalot, Moulin Rouge, 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 Sept. 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.
2026
Tues. eve., July 28, 2026: Play cocktail music, private reception, Chevy Chase, MD.
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., Aug. 22, 2026, 8pm: Music Director, "It Only Takes A Moment: The Music of Jerry Herman," Root Family Stage (Outdoors), Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, MD 20832 Tickets: $45, online or 301-924-3400 (box office).
Sat. eve., Sept. 26, 2026: Pianist for "The Gift," a cabaret performance by vocalist Jennifer Timberlake, The Palisades Hub, 5200 Cathedral Avenue NW, Washington, DC. Tickets: $21.90 (includes light refreshments after the concert).
Tues., Oct. 20, 2026, 7:30pm: Music Director, Rachel Potter & Friends in Concert, Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC.
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, Annual Benefit Gala, Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC.
Past
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