Magic Thread Cabaret is proud to welcome back to Indiana for its final act of the 2017-18 season a shining star of New York City and beyond, dancer-singer-actress-choreographer Melissa Schott. The accomplished young artist will present her own cabaret Nov. 16-18, “Melissa Schott: The Key of Me,” at The Cat Theatre in Carmel the weekend before Thanksgiving.
Schott brings a blend of pop, Broadway and folk to her cabaret, making “you feel like she’s singing it just for you,” according to Indiana Auditions. You will spot Schott playing a waitress in the next season of Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” The New Palestine native has toured nationally with Cirque du Soleil’s “Banana Shpeel,” performed as a soloist across the U.S. and Canada in the symphony pops concert “Classic FM” and was a member of the national company of “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas” at Detroit’s Fox Theatre. She was invited to perform as a featured soloist at the Adrienne Arsht Center’s 11th Annual Gala, A Celebration of Women in the Arts, alongside Chita Rivera, Rita Moreno, Vanessa Williams and Gloria Estefan, the latter of whom remarked “I wish I could tap like that. It would be a dream!” Schott is an award-winning choreographer and currently teaches tap at Broadway Dance Center in the heart of Times Square in New York.
Schott will be accompanied by her music director Scott Harris on piano. Born and raised in Toledo, Ohio, Harris graduated from Belmont University with a degree in composition and arranging and has made a living in Nashville’s vibrant music scene as an arranger, orchestrator, producer, publisher and multi-instrumentalist. In 2016, Harris was recruited to run A&R and music publishing for the Barbershop Harmony Society. He works with the artform’s top arrangers from all over the world to create and produce new four-part a cappella arrangements for quartets and choruses and also curates the society’s 80-year catalog of songs arranged in the barbershop style.
“Melissa Schott: The Key of Me” will run at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 16 and 17 and at 4 p.m. on Nov. 18 at The Cat Theatre, 254 Veterans Way, Carmel. Tickets are $35 and $25 and reflect seating options. Tickets are available online at magicthreadcabaret.com, by calling 800-838-3006 or at the door. Cash beer and wine bar and snacks are available.