Alex Tang
IN Washington, DC
Updated 30 April 2024
ABOUT ME
Lawyer; musician (piano and other keyboards). Contact me at the following e-mail address (remove "NO" and "SPAM" from address before sending): atang_dcNO@aya.yale.eduSPAM.
Pianist ALEX TANG has played for productions at the Kennedy Center, Smithsonian, Arena Stage, Signature Theatre, Studio Theatre, National Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre, Warner Theatre, Ford's Theatre, Source Theatre, National Gallery of Art, Library of Congress, Wolf Trap, Strathmore, Baltimore Hippodrome and Opera House, Lincoln Center (NYC), Fox Theatre (Atlanta), PBS, TODAY Show (NBC), and for many other 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, 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 also 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), Stephanie Mills (The Wiz), 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), Il Divo (feat. Lea Salonga) and for the pre-Broadway tryouts of Kander & Ebb's The Visit (Signature, w/Chita Rivera, George Hearn), and 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). For nearly eight seasons, he served as accompanist for the Lesbian & Gay Chorus of Washington, also producing their premiere CD. He also regularly plays open mics and performances with the D.C. Cabaret Network, La-Ti-Do (musical theater and spoken word cabaret), and the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC, whom he accompanied on their historic concert tour of Cuba. In addition, he is principal pianist for the American Pops Orchestra and has served on the faculty of The Theatre Lab. 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. 11, 2023, 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.
2024
Wed., Apr. 25, 2024, 7pm: Members of American Pops Orchestra, 2024 Nat'l Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW) Candlelight Vigil, with actor Anthony Edwards, Office for Victims of Crime, Off. of Justice Progs., U.S. Dep't of Justice, National Mall (between 3rd & 4th Street NW), Washington, DC. Event will be livestreamed. Registration and more information here.
Wed., May 1, 2024, 6pm: Accompany singer Bayla Whitten, DC Volunteer Lawyers Project 2024 Benefit, honoring Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Ritz-Carlton (West End), Washington, DC.
Sun., May 5, 2024, 12-5pm: Play for open call auditions, Montgomery College Summer Dinner Theatre, Rockville, MD. Open to students 16+ and members of the MC community, for credit or non-credit. "Singing: All participants need to prepare one piece, 32 bars in length. For the singing audition, participants must provide the proper sheet music in the correct key and cuts for the SDT staff accompanist." Info: summerdinnertheatre@montgomerycollege.edu.
Wed., May 15, 2024, 8-11pm: Play Sing Out! open mic, hosted by the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC. (Metrorail: Union Station (Red Line), then 20-minute walk or use H Street streetcar.) Free!
Sat., June 1, 2024: Accompany GenOUT (youth chorus), Pride Family Day, Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th & G Streets NW, Washington, DC (Metrorail: Gallery Place-Chinatown (Red/Yellow/Green Lines). Free.
Mon., June 3, 2024, 7:30pm: Guest pianist, Quintango, Metrostage Cabaret Series at the Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St., Alexandria, VA 22314.
Sun. eve., June 9, 2024: Orchestra keyboards, Ford's Theatre Annual Gala, Ford's Theatre, 511 10th St. NW, Washington, DC 20004. (Rehearsals: Th.-Su., 6/6-6/9.)
Sat., June 15, 2024: Accompany GenOUT (youth chorus), Family Day performance, Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Library, 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC ((Metrorail: Gallery Place-Chinatown (Red/Yellow/Green Lines). Free.
Mon., June 17, 2024, 7:30pm-10pm: Accompany monthly open mic, DC Cabaret Network, at Restaurant Rosemarino d'Italia (upstairs), 1714 Conn. Ave. NW, Washington, DC (Metrorail: Dupont Circle (Red Line)). BYO sheet music, no cover charge, but tip your pianist accordingly!
Fri., June 21, 2024, 8pm: Guest pianist, Quintango, Lubber Run Park Amphitheater, 200 N. Columbus St., Arlington, VA 22203.
Tues., June 25, through Sun., July 14, 2024 (playing Sun. mat./eve. 6/30 & 7/7, Sat. eve. 7/13, Sun. mat. 7/14): Keyboard 2 substitute, North American tour of FUNNY GIRL, Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington, DC.
Sat., June 29, 8pm: Signature Theatre presents Broadway in the Park, featuring Broadway's Laura Benanti (Gypsy, My Fair Lady, She Loves Me) and Jordan Fisher (Dear Evan Hansen, Hamilton, Dancing with the Stars) Filene Center, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, 1551 Trap Rd., Vienna, VA. (Rehearsals: 6/27-29).
Tues., July 23, through Sun., Aug. 11, 2024 (selected dates): Keyboard substitute, national tour of BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL, Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington, DC.
Tues., Aug. 13, through Sun., Sept. 1, 2024 (selected dates): Keyboard substitute, national tour of MAMMA MIA!, Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington, DC.
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