Alex Tang in Washington, DC

Updated 16 November 2018

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, the upcoming Anastasia, Miss Saigon, and Disney's Aladdin, 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), 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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Current and upcoming


  • RECURRING: Mons., starting Sept. 10, 2018, 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.


  • Tues., Oct. 30-Sun., Nov. 25, 2018 (performing Nov. 4 eve, 6, 7, 8, 15, 23 mat. & 24 mat.): Substitute player (Keyboard 2), ANASTASIA national tour, Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington, DC. (Rehearsal: Tues. 10/30, 9a-2p, 5:30-6:30p.)


  • RECURRING: Suns., Nov. 11-Dec. 16, 2018 & Jan. 6-23, 2019, 1:30-4pm: Rehearsal pianist, Friday Morning Music Club Chorale (Poulenc Stabat Mater, Mozart Davide Penitente), Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 East Capitol St NE, Washington, DC.


  • Sat., Nov. 17, 2018, 5pm (ASL interp.) & 8pm: Pianist for The Best Worst Thing, a cabaret performance featuring soloists from the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC, at Atlas Performing Arts Center (Sprenger Theatre), 1333 H St NE, Washington, DC (Metrorail: Union Station (Red Line), then take H Street trolley east). Description: "Every bad experience has a silver lining. Hear our cabaret cast reveals the best worst thing to ever happen to them through story and song." (Rehearsal @ 2pm.)



  • Sun., Nov. 18, 2018, 4:30pm: Piano four-hands (primo part), Where Dreams Fly by William Averitt, performed on the concert program, "Poets, Painters & Dreams," Congressional Chorus, Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G Street, NW, Washington, DC (Metrorail: Metro Center (Red/Blue/Orange/Silver Lines)). Tickets: $19 (students), $32 (general seating), $39 (preferred seating). (Rehearsals: Mon.10/5, Tues.10/13, Wed. 10/14, Fri. 10/16 @ 7pm.)


  • Tues. eves., Nov. 20 (Jeriah Johnson, Ariana Morrison) & 27, 2018: Accompany student musical theater"capstone" performances, Howard U., Dept. of Theatre Arts, Environmental Theater Space (ETS), 2544 Sixth Street NW, Washington, DC. Free, open to the public.


  • Wed., Nov. 28, 2018, 7pm: Accompany Broadway and cabaret stars Liz Callaway (Baby!, Cats, Miss Saigon, Anastasia film) and Jessie Mueller (Waitress, Beautiful) for ArtSpeak! educational program, Albert Einstein HS, 11135 Newport Mill Rd. Kensington, MD 20895. Free, open to the public, no tickets required.



  • Sun., Dec. 9, 2018, 10:15am-12:30pm: Pianist for student auditions, American Musical & Dramatic Academy, at at Washington Marriott Wardman Park, 2660 Woodley Rd NW, Washington, DC 20008 (Metrorail: Woodley Park-Zoo-Adams Morgan (Red Line)).


  • Sun., Dec. 9, 2018, 7pm: Accompany a holiday cabaret, Gay Apparel, performed by Stephen Gregory Smith and Kara-Tameika Watkins, Creative Cauldron, 410 South Maple Avenue, #116, Falls Church, VA 22046, 703-436-9948. Tickets: General Admission $22; Seniors/Military $20; Students $18; Tables for Two with wine $60; Tables for Four with wine $120.


  • Tues., Dec. 11, 2018 through Sun., 13, 2019 (playing Sun. 12/16, 7:30pm; Sun. 12/23, 7:30pm; Wed. 12/26, 1:30pm; Sun. 1/6, 7:30pm; Sat. 1/12, 1:30pm): Substitute for Keyboard 2 book, national Broadway tour of MISS SAIGON, Kennedy Center, Opera House, Washington, DC.


2019



  • RECURRING: Feb. 3-Apr. 7, 2019, 1:30-4pm: Rehearsal pianist, Friday Morning Music Club Chorale (Opera Meets Broadway), Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 East Capitol St NE, Washington, DC.


  • Fri. eve., Feb. 8, 2018 (tentative): Accompanist for Valentine's Day cabaret, "Hearts & Darts," Maggie's Cabaret Series, St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, 1830 Conn. Ave. NW, Washington, DC (Metrorail: Dupont Circle (Red Line)).




  • 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: Thurs. 5/16 @ 7-9:30p, Fri. 5/17 @ 7-10pm, Sat. 5/18 @ 3-6pm.)


  • Thurs., July 18, through Sat., Sept. 7, 2019 (specific peformance dates/times TBD): Keyboard sub, national Broadway tour of Disney's ALADDIN, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC.


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