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World Cafe Live to Host One Child Born: Music of Laura Nyro  |
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Philadelphia-born performer Kate Ferber and her co-writer Louis Greenstein, explore the musical legacy of Laura Nyro in One Child Born: The Music of Laura Nyro. After selling out in New York City, the performance makes its Philadelphia premiere on Thursday, April 8th at 8PM at World Cafe Live, marking the 13th anniversary of Nyro’s death, with a second show on Friday, April 9th at 8 PM.
ONE CHILD BORN is a one-woman cabaret celebrating the songs of Laura Nyro, directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt (Missed Connections (Ars Nova), Seven Minutes in Heaven (Ars Nova/ANT Fest), Mark Leckey in The Long Tail (Gavin Brown/Henry Street Playhouse, NYC). This new cabaret celebrates the music and creative force of the late singer-songwriter whose pop masterpieces - including “Eli's Comin',” “And When I Die,” and “Save the Country”– topped the charts in the '60s and '70s.
The fresh, young talent, Kate Ferber, assumes the role of nine characters, each of whose lives were touched by Nyro’s music. In ONE CHILD BORN, Ferber takes the audience on a journey of passion, whimsy, humor, and classic songs that will inspire long-time fans as well as a generation of music lovers who are new to Nyro’s catalogue.
Singer-songwriter Laura Nyro (1947-1997) had more simultaneous Top 10 hits than any other songwriter until the Beatles. The first woman ever to sit at the piano and perform her own pop songs, she has been covered by artists including the Fifth Dimension, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Three Dog Night, Peter, Paul & Mary, Barbra Streisand, and Liza Minnelli – and was recently sampled by Kanye West. Bursting onto the music scene as a Bronx teenager, Nyro bridged doo-wop, Tin Pan Alley, and jazz to create her own sound, hailed by heavyweights as diverse as Miles Davis, Stephen Sondheim, and Jackson Browne. Nyro’s music captures her love of New York City, her response to war and poverty in the turbulent 1960s, her unbridled poetic expression, signature chord progressions, and soaring vocals. In 1996 she was diagnosed with Ovarian cancer and passed away on April 8th, 1997.
World Cafe Live is a premier music venue and restaurant located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dedicated to the ultimate live performance experience, World Cafe Live has been helping launch the careers of many local and national musicians for the five years it has been in operation. With an array of musicians passing through its doors and a delicious menu, World Cafe Live has been named Philly’s best several times over.
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