Updated 13 June 2025
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 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, National Gallery of Art, Library of Congress, 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, 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), Stephanie Mills (The Wiz), Il Divo (feat. Lea Salonga), Dionne Warwick, 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. 8, 2025, 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.
2025
Thurs., June 26, 2025, 7pm: Accompany pre-show cabaret performance by Maureen Kerrigan, for Charisma Wooten's one-woman show, A Night with Jackie "Moms" Mabley, Mr. Henry's (Capitol Hill), 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Washington, DC. Tickets: $20.
Sat., June 28, 2025, 8pm: Signature Theatre and Wolf Trap present Broadway in the Park, with Broadway's Jessie Mueller (Waitress, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, On a Clear Day, Carousel) and Lindsay Mendez (Merrily We Roll Along, Carousel), featuring Signature performers Felicia Curry, Christian Douglas, Kevin McAllister, Tracy Lynn Olivera, Nova Y. Payton, Awa Sal Secka, and Tobias A. Young, Wolf Trap Nat'l Park for the Performing Arts (Filene Center), 1551 Trap Road, Vienna, VA. Tickets: $35+. (Rehearsals: 6/25, 6/27, 6/8.)
Sun., June 29, 2025, 10:30am: Play service, Arlington Temple United Methodist Church, 1701 N. Bryan Street, Arlington, VA.
Wed., July 9, 2025, 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!
Wed., Aug. 13, 2025, 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!
Tues., Aug. 19, through Sun., Sept. 7, 2025: Substitute keyboard, national tour of PARADE, Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington, DC.
Sun., Sept. 21, 2025: Concert version of Carole King's Tapestry album, with alternative singer-songwriter Morgxn and the American Pops Orchestra, Arena Stage (Kogod Cradle), 1101 Sixth Street SW, Washington, DC.
Sat., Oct. 11, 2025, 2pm, 5pm, 8pm: Pianist for Bawdy!, a cabaret featuring soloists from the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC, Keegan Theatre, 1742 Church Street NW, Washington, DC (Dupont Circle). (Rehearsals: 8/11, 8/18, 9/7, 9/14, 9/21, 9/28, 10/5, 10/9).
Sat., Nov. 1, 2025, 7pm: Pianist for Bawdy!, a cabaret featuring soloists from the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC, Luray Performing Arts Center, 1 East Main Street, Luray, VA.
Thurs. eve., Nov. 6, 2025: The Three Tenors of Broadway, featuring Justin Guarini and the American Pops Orchestra, Cramton Auditorium (Childers Hall), Howard Univ., 2455 Sixth Street NW, Washington, DC.
Sat., Dec. 6, 2025: Holiday Show: Just Like The Ones We Used To Know, with Nova Payton, Eric Ulloa, Hillary Morrow, and the American Pops Orchestra, Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st Street NW, Washington, DC.
TENTATIVE--Tues., Dec. 16, 2025, through Sun., Jan. 4, 2026: Keyboard sub, national tour of SPALAMOT, Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington, DC.
2026
Sun., Jan. 11, 2026, 2pm: 9th Annual NextGen Collegiate Vocal Competition Finals, sponsored by the American Pops Orchestra, David Rubenstein Atrium, Lincoln Center, 1882 Broadway (at 62nd), New York, NY. Free admission.
Sat., Jan. 17, 2026, 2pm, 5pm, 8pm: Pianist for Bawdy!, a cabaret featuring soloists from the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC, CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave, Rehoboth Beach, DE.
Tues. eve., Feb. 3, 2026: Movin' on Broadway, in collaboration with choreographer Robbie Fairchild, (Tony nominee for American in Paris, New York City Ballet), presented by the American Pops Orchestra, Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st Street NW, Washington, DC.
Sun., Mar. 29, 2026, 2pm: 2nd Annual Ruth Wales DuPont Collegiate Composition Competition, sponsored by the American Pops Orchestra, Winterthur Museum, Gardens, & Library, 5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, DE 19735.
Sat., May 16, 2025: You Better Sing: APO Goes to Church, with the American Pops Orchestra, Howard Theatre, 620 T Street NW, Washington, DC.
TENTATIVE--Tues., June 16, through Sat., July 4, 2026: Keyboard sub, national tour of MOULIN ROUGE, Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington, DC.
TENTATIVE--Tues., July 7, through July 19, 2026: Keyboard sub, national tour of BACK TO THE FUTURE, Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington, DC.
Past
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