NYC: GREGG MARX SINGS "MUSIC & LYRICS BY COLE PORTER"
Gregg Marx, a popular L.A. based crooner, voice-over artist and former soap star will make his first New York City cabaret appearance since 2005 on at the THE METROPOLITAN ROOM (34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440) on Monday, May 21st at 9:30 pm & Tuesday, May 22nd at 7:00 pm. His show, "Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter" brings with it a uniquely personal edge. A little known piece of show business history connects Gregg Marx, the famous Marx Brothers, Salvador Dali and Cole Porter; and it's a lot closer than the popular parlor game of six degrees of separation. Gregg, the grandson of Gummo Marx, one of the legendary five Marx Brothers, discovered that Salvador Dali was an avid Marx Brothers fan in the 1930's. Dali was so inspired by his idols that he was developing a film project for them with music by none other than his friend, Cole Porter. Dali wrote the treatment and was going to direct it and design the sets. Not surprisingly, the concept was deemed too "surreal" by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and "not funny" by Groucho. Though the project never came to fruition, it inspired Gregg Marx to return to the ever-popular songs of the inimitable Mr. Porter in this critically lauded show, directed by the multi-talented Kirby Tepper and performed recently at Catalina Jazz in Los Angeles among other venues. There is a $20 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.
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