Actors Theatre of Indiana will welcome classically-trained, award-winning pianist Richard Glazier to the stage on May 5 as part of this year’s ATI Live at Feinstein’s season.
Richard Glazier – From Broadway to Hollywood will feature Glazier on piano performing songs from the Gershwin repertoire as well as tunes from the Great American Popular Songbook. All the while Glazier will capture the audience with tales of his childhood in Indianapolis.
Glazier was only nine years old when he saw the film Girl Crazy with the score by George and Ira Gershwin. He was so excited by the music that he decided to write a fan letter to famed lyricist Ira Gershwin. Ira answered, and the two began a three-year correspondence that culminated in Gershwin’s invitation for his young friend to visit him in his home in Beverly Hills. Glazier and his parents made the trip in 1975.
Richard Glazier will perform classics from the Gershwin repertoire and the Great American Popular Songbook next month during ATI Live at Feinstein’s in Carmel. (Photo provided)
Not only did Glazier meet this legend, but he was invited to play a Gershwin tune on the piano that once belonged to Ira’s brother, legendary composer George Gershwin.
Glazier grew up in Indianapolis and began studying piano when he was six. He went on to earn his Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Piano Performance from the Indiana University School of Music, then a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the Cleveland Institute of Music.
Glazier has starred in and produced three awarding winning TV shows for PBS and Turner Classic Movies. You can check out more information about Glazier on his new website, richardglazier.com.
Glazier’s passion for The Great American Songbook and more contemporary standards has led him to create his own show celebrating both eras. With incredible piano arrangements, vintage images and rare film clips, he tells the history behind the songs while sharing fascinating stories about the composers, the shows, the films, and the stars – not to mention some funny anecdotes.
For your chance to experience this talented performer, please visit atistage.org or feinsteinshc.com for tickets.
About Actors Theatre of Indiana
Actors Theatre of Indiana was co-founded in 2005 by Cynthia Collins, Don Farrell, and Judy Fitzgerald with a mission to celebrate the power of theater and contribute to the quality of life in central Indiana by offering high quality professional theater performances and programs that engage, inspire, educate, and entertain. An award-winning Equity Professional Theater company, Actors Theatre of Indiana is the resident professional theater company of The Studio Theater at The Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, now in its 17th season of high-powered musical theater productions, world premieres, and innovative community works.
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