Alex Tang in Washington, DC

Updated 15 April 2019

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 performed 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 with numerous 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, and Miss Saigon, 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), Cheyenne Jackson (Xanadu, Glee), Tony Yazbeck (On The Town), Erika Henningsen & Kyle Selig (Mean Girls), Corey Cott (Newsies), Alex Brightman (Beetlejuice, School of Rock), 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 is staff pianist for the American Pops Orchestra. 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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Music Projects/Activities:

Current and upcoming


  • RECURRING: Mons., Jan. 7-May 20, 2019, 7-9pm: Rehearsal pianist for Potomac Fever, an ensemble of the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington,DC, Music Suite, National Capital City Church, Thomas Circle, Washington, DC.


  • RECURRING: Suns., Feb. 3-May 5, 2019, 1:30-4pm: Rehearsal pianist, Friday Morning Music Club (FMMC) Chorale (Opera Meets Broadway), Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 East Capitol St NE, Washington, DC.


  • RECURRING: Tues., Feb. 12, through Sat., Apr. 27, 2019: Co-instructor (w/Deb Gottesman), "Creating A Musical Role," weekly classes (Tues. 7-10pm, Thurs., 7-10:30pm, Sat. 10am-1pm), to learn/perform SIDE SHOW, Theatre Lab (see below, May 2019).


  • Fri., April 19, 2019, 6-11pm: Band rehearsal, SIDE SHOW, Theatre Lab (see below).


  • Wed.-Mon., Apr. 24-29, 2019: Keyboard 3, TOMMY, starring Casey Cott et al., Broadway Center Stage Series, Kennedy Center, Eisenhower Theater, 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC (Metrorail: Foggy Bottom-GWU (Blue/Orange/Silver Lines)). Performances: Wed.-Sun. 8pm, Sat./Sun. 2pm, Mon. 7pm. (Rehearsals: Sat. 4/20, 1-4pm, 6-9pm (orch. read); Sun. 4/21, 6:30-9:30pm (sitzprobe); Wed. 4/24, 10:30-12:30pm (sound check), 2-5pm (dress).)


  • Tues.-Wed. eves., Apr. 30-May 1, 2019: Dress rehearsals, SIDE SHOW (see below).


  • Thurs.-Sat., May 2-4 & 9-11, 2019, 7:30pm: Music director/pianist, SIDE SHOW, performed by "Creating a Musical Role" students at Theatre Lab, Calvary Baptist Church (Woodward Hall), 755 8th Street NW, 2d floor, Washington, DC (Metrorail: Gallery Place-Chinatown (Red/Yellow/Green Lines)).



  • Sun., May 5, 2019, 6:30pm: Open mic pianist, La Trattoria Restaurant (upstairs), 305 S. Washington St, Alexandria, VA 22314 (Metrorail: King Street-Old Town (Blue/Yellow Lines)).


  • TENTATIVE: Mon., May 13, 2019, 7pm: Pianist for Ashley Park (Mean Girls (Tony nomination), King & I) and another Broadway musical theater performer TBA, at a Montgomery County, MD, high school TBD, for a lecture-performance presentation to students, sponsored by Artspeak (Shugoll Research). Free admission.


  • Sat., May 18, 2019, 8pm: American Pops Orchestra, I Am What I Am: Music of Jerry Herman, Fichandler Theatre, Arena Stage, 1101 6th Street SW, Washington, DC (Metrorail: Waterfront-SEU (Green Line)). (Rehearsals: Fri. 5/17 @ 2:30-5:30pm, 7-10pm, Sat. 5/18 @ 3-6pm.)



  • Mon., June 24, 2019, 8pm: Pianist/music director, 2019 DC Cabaret Network Members' Showcase, at Busboys & Poets, 2021 14th Street NW, Washington, DC (Metrorail: U Street-Cardozo (Yellow/Green Lines)).


  • Mon., July 15, 2019, 8-10pm: Open mic pianist, DC Cabaret Network, at Seasons and Sessions, 2427 18th Street NW (formerly the Black Squirrel), Washington, DC 20009. (Metrorail: Woodley Park-Adams Morgan (Red Line) or U Street-Cardozo (Yellow/Green Lines)).


  • Mon., Aug. 12, 2019, 8-10pm: Open mic pianist, DC Cabaret Network, at Seasons and Sessions, 2427 18th Street NW (formerly the Black Squirrel), Washington, DC 20009. (Metrorail: Woodley Park-Adams Morgan (Red Line) or U Street-Cardozo (Yellow/Green Lines)).


  • Tues., Sept. 17-Sun., Oct. 6, 2019: Keyboard sub, CATS, Kennedy Center (Opera House), 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC.


  • Sat. eve., November 9, 2019: Musical director-pianist, annual cabaret featuring soloists from the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC (this year's theme: "Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda"), at Keegan Theatre, 1742 Church St NW, Washington, DC 20036 (Metrorail: Dupont Circle (Red Line)).


2020


  • Sat., January 25, 2020, 4pm & 8pm: Musical director-pianist, annual cabaret featuring soloists from the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC (this year's theme: "Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda"), at CAMP Rehoboth, 37 Baltimore Ave., Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971.


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