Alex Tang in Washington, DC

Updated 15 January 2020

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, Wolf Trap, Strathmore, and 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, Anastasia, Miss Saigon, and My Fair Lady, for world premieres of works by Broadway composers Kander & Ebb (Over & Over), Michael John LaChiusa (The Highest Yellow, Giant), Tom Kitt & Brian Yorkey (If/Then, w/Idina Menzel), for TV/Broadway performers and Tony winners including Debbie Allen (Fame, Sweet Charity), Michael Rupert (Falsettos), 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), Il Divo (feat. Lea Salonga) and for the pre-Broadway tryouts of Kander & Ebb's The Visit (Signature, w/Chita Rivera, George Hearn) and the revival of Gigi (Kennedy Center). 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 has served as staff pianist for the American Pops Orchestra and 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. 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

Tues., Dec. 17, 2019 - Sun., Jan. 19, 2020 (playing 7:30pm on Thurs. 1/2, Tues. 1/7, Sat. 1/11, Sun. 1/12, Wed. 1/15, Sat. 1/18): Keyboard sub, My Fair Lady (national tour), Kennedy Center (Opera House), 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC (Metrorail: Foggy Bottom-BWU (Blue/Silver/Orange Lines)). (Rehearsal: 12/17; audits: 12/28 mat., 12/29 eve.)

RECURRING: Suns., Jan. 5, 19, & 26, 2020, 11am: Pianist, Unity Center of Washington, DC, 3655 Calvert Street NW, Washington, DC.

RECURRING: Mons., Jan. 6-Jun. 1, 2020, 7-9pm: Rehearsal pianist, Potomac Fever, select a cappella ensemble of the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC, National City Christian Church (Thomas Circle), Washington, DC.

Sat., Jan. 18, 2020: Play memorial service, Silver Spring, MD.

Thurs, Jan. 23, 2020, 7pm: Accompany Tony Award winner LaChanze (The Color Purple, Ragtime, Dreamgirls, Once On This Island, If/Then, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical) and Alysha Umphress (Smokey Joe's Cafe, Beaches, On A Clear Day, On the Town) for Artspeak! (educational arts program), Watkins Mill H.S., 10301 Apple Ridge Rd, Gaithersburg, MD 20879. Free.

Mon., Feb. 3, 2020, 6:30pm: Play private event, produced by Nouveau Productions, New York, NY. (Rehearsal: Sun. 2/2.)

Fri., Feb. 7, 2019, 8pm: Pianist/music director, "Hearts & Darts IV: Another Valentine's Celebration with a Twist," featuring Chris Cochran, Rachel Dougan, Emily Gleichenhaus, Becky Levin, Marianne Glass Miller, Dana Nearing, and Justin Ritchie, Maggie's Cabaret series to benefit homeless services and ministries, St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, 1830 Conn. Ave., NW, Washington, DC (Metrorail: Dupont Circle (Red Line)). Suggested donation: $20.

Sun., Feb. 9, 2020, 9am-12pm: Audition pianist, American Musical & Dramatic Academy (AMDA) (NYC/LA), Marriott Metro Center, 775 12th Street NW, Washington, DC.

Tues., Feb. 11-Sun., Mar. 8, 2020 (selected performances): Substitute player, Keyboard 2, Broadway national tour of WICKED, Hippodrome Theatre, 12 N Eutaw St, Baltimore, MD 21201. (Rehearsals/audit: 2/11, 2/12.)

Sat., Feb. 15, 2020, 12pm: Accompany Megan Hilty (Smash!, 9 to 5, Wicked) and Cheyenne Jackson (Altar Boyz, Xanadu, All Shook Up) for Artspeak! (educational arts program) at a Montgomery County, MD, high school to be announced. Free.

RECURRING: Suns., Feb. 16-Mar. 29, 2020, 1:30-4pm: Rehearsal pianist (lighter fare program TBD), Arioso Chorale, Friday Morning Music Club, Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 East Capitol St NE, Washington, DC 20003.

Sat., Mar. 7, 2020, 9am-12pm: Audition pianist, American Musical & Dramatic Academy (AMDA) (NYC/LA), Marriott Metro Center, 775 12th Street NW, Washington, DC.

TENTATIVE: Sat., Mar. 21 @ 8:30pm, & Sun., Mar. 22 @ 4:30pm, 2020: Accompany Congressional Chorus concert ("Vogue: Return to the '90s"), Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St NE, Washington, DC.

Sun., March 29, 2020, 8pm: Pianist/conductor, American Pops Orchestra, 3rd Annual NextGen Vocal Competition, Arena Stage, Kreeger Theater, 1101 Sixth Street SW, Washington, DC (Metrorail: Waterfront (Green Line)). (Rehearsals: Fri. aft. 3/27, Sat. morn. 3/28, Sat. aft. 3/29.)

Sun., Apr. 5, 2020, 9am-12pm: Audition pianist, American Musical & Dramatic Academy (AMDA) (NYC/LA), Marriott Metro Center, 775 12th Street NW, Washington, DC.

RECURRING: Suns., Apr. 26-June 22, 2020 (exc. 5/24), 1:30-4pm: Rehearsal pianist (Leavitt Requiem et al. TBD), Arioso Chorale, Friday Morning Music Club, Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 East Capitol St NE, Washington, DC 20003.

Sun., May 17, 2020, 9am-12pm: Audition pianist, American Musical & Dramatic Academy (AMDA) (NYC/LA), Marriott Metro Center, 775 12th Street NW, Washington, DC.

Sat., May 30, 2020, 3pm & 8pm: Pianist, American Pops Orchestra, Comedy Tonight, Arena Stage, Fichandler Stage, 1101 Sixth Street SW, Washington, DC (Metrorail: Waterfront (Green Line)). (Rehearsals: Thurs. 5/28 aft., Fri. 5/29 aft./eve.)

TENTATIVE: Thurs., June 25 - Sun., July 5, 2020: Keyboards, MAMMA MIA!, produced by Signature Theatre at The Anthem, 901 Wharf St SW, Washington, DC 20024 (Metrorail: Waterfront (Green Line) or L'Enfant Plaza (Yellow/Green/Blue/Orange/Silver Lines)). Performances: Tues.-Wed. @ 7:30p, Thurs.-Sat. @ 8pm, Sun. @ 7pm, matinees Sat./Sun. & Fri. 7/3 @ 2pm; no performances Mon. 6/29, Sat. 7/4.

Sun., Sept. 27, 2020, 1 (brunch performance) & 6pm: Pianist and music director, annual cabaret, Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC, at City Winery, 1350 Okie St. NE (Ivy City), Washington, DC (Metrorail: Rhode Isl. Ave.-Brentwood (Red Line), then 1.3 mile walk), (202) 250-2531. (Rehearsals: Suns., 8/16-9/20.)

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